Chapter Summaries

Ye Liang learned that the black scythe Artifact Spirit and the Haotian Hammer had drained their power to suppress a curse inside him, leaving the hammer near death. He hesitated to release the scythe, but the hammer’s fading condition forced him to decide quickly.

• The scythe Artifact Spirit tried to persuade Ye Liang to release him with a fabricated story, but Ye Liang saw through the lie and said he would return later.
• The scythe used its remaining Spiritual Energy inside Ye Liang to drag him back, and Ye Liang realized the Artifact Spirit had saved him earlier.
• Ye Liang recognized the scythe as a Divine Artifact and asked what had happened, while the scythe revealed itself and demanded to be freed.
• The scythe explained that he and the Haotian Hammer had used their origin power to suppress the curse within Ye Liang, leaving the hammer weakened to an Immortal Artifact and close to losing consciousness.
• The scythe said he could preserve the hammer’s consciousness if Ye Liang released him, and Ye Liang hesitated before cursing and hardening his resolve as the hammer neared death.

Ye Liang freed the Shinigami Scythe and Haotian Hammer from their barriers, but learned that demonic toxic blood was threatening to consume him. The scythe revealed that the Celestial Fox Clan might know a technique to save him, and Ye Liang said he could find them.

• Ye Liang used heat and extreme cold to shape four stone keys, then placed them in the cave entrance's grooves to remove the barrier.
• The Shinigami Scythe broke the Haotian Hammer's barrier and absorbed its willing Artifact Spirit, planning to restore the hammer.
• Ye Liang prepared to leave and take the unconscious Tian Nanqi for treatment, but the scythe warned him that demonic toxic blood could erase his memories and turn him into a demon.
• The scythe said Saints could not cure the blood poison and identified it as Giant Dragon toxic blood from the Underworld Soul Giant Dragon Clan.
• The scythe explained that the Celestial Fox Clan might preserve its master's Ice Sealing Profound Spirit Art, and Ye Liang said he had a map to the Red-Eared Sky Fox Clan.

After the Death God's Black Scythe’s Artifact Spirit took treasures from the Slaughter Gate, Ye Liang fled using Tian Nanqi’s waist token to avoid the Sect Master of Primordial Beginning. He settled in an ancient city, where he watched the city lord’s daughters fight in the sky.

• Ye Liang thanked the Seven-Colored Brocade Box, left the cave, and woke in the Slaughter Gate beside the unconscious Tian Nanqi.
• Ye Liang heard that the Death God's Black Scythe’s Artifact Spirit had taken the Haotian Hammer and many other artifacts, drawing the Slaughter Gate elders’ attention.
• Ye Liang used Tian Nanqi’s waist token to open an Outer-Heaven Gate and escape the Slaughter Gate.
• He Taichu and Le Wujian discussed Ye Liang and He Taichu’s lingering attachment to Fairy Bai Qian’s weapon.
• Ye Liang settled in a Dragon Gate Inn in an ancient city and went outside to watch two women fight.
• The innkeeper told Ye Liang that the red-haired and blue-haired fighters were the city lord’s daughters.

Ye Liang arrived in Qingfeng City and got caught between the feuding Yan sisters after praising them as close sisters. After they mistook him for an Outer Domain spy, he cleared up the misunderstanding and was invited to meet their unconscious father.

• The innkeeper told Ye Liang that Yan Hongyun and Yan Bingyun often fought and that locals used soundproof barriers to sleep through their quarrels.
• Ye Liang praised the sisters as deeply affectionate, prompting the townspeople and innkeeper to flee before Yan Hongyun and Yan Bingyun confronted him with their swords.
• Yan Hongyun and Yan Bingyun accused Ye Liang of being an Outer Domain spy and attacked, but his Armor Law repelled their swords.
• Ye Liang showed the sisters Tian Nanqi's Slaughter Gate identity token and explained that he was traveling on orders from True Immortal of Primordial Beginning.
• Yan Hongyun and Yan Bingyun apologized after explaining that their father had been ambushed and remained unconscious, then pulled Ye Liang toward their residence to meet him.

Ye Liang stayed at the City Lord's Mansion and revealed to Yan Hongyun and Yan Bingyun that he was only around two hundred years old, changing how the sisters treated him. After three days, he decided to leave and sensed an Outer Domain creature entering the mansion.

• Ye Liang met Yan Hongyun in the reception hall and learned that she was three hundred years old and had reached Saint Third Tier.
• Ye Liang told Yan Hongyun that he was only around two hundred, and she left in embarrassment after realizing how young he was.
• Yan Bingyun arrived, and Ye Liang later revealed his true age to both sisters, causing them to become bashful and avoid him.
• After three days, Ye Liang decided to leave the City Lord's Mansion and spotted a tall man whose aura belonged to an Outer Domain creature.

Ye Liang investigated Doctor Hao Ren after sensing a demonic aura and discovered that Qingfeng City's City Lord was a demon plotting an invasion of the Immortal World. The chapter ended with Ye Liang realizing that demons had infiltrated the city to gather intelligence and use its reception token to launch their army.

• Ye Liang turned back after sensing a demonic aura on Doctor Hao Ren, whom the guards said had been summoned to treat the City Lord.
• Ye Liang asked Yan Bingyun to let him examine the City Lord, and she brought him to his father's bedroom.
• Ye Liang used Soul Projection to enter the dark bedroom unseen and discovered the City Lord was a demon.
• Doctor Hao Ren reported that Old Ancestor Qingyang had left with the Immortal Realm Olympics delegation and that demons could use Kazefu City's reception token to invade.
• Ye Liang recognized the demons' infiltration plan as the reason Wan Tiansheng had pursued him, while Doctor Hao Ren left the bedroom.

Ye Liang discovered that a powerful Demon Commander was hiding in the City Lord's Mansion and decided to report it to a nearby sect. After Yan Bingyun chased him from Qingfeng City and attacked him under the influence of an aphrodisiac, her father appeared and confronted Ye Liang.

• The Divine Doctor told Yan Hongyun that the City Lord still had mild residual poison and suggested she find game for him to eat.
• Ye Liang concluded that the Demon Commander in the City Lord's Mansion was at least at Saint Peak and decided to alert nearby sects.
• Yan Bingyun suspected Ye Liang's soul had left his body, but he teased her about what she had done while he was unconscious, making her flee in embarrassment.
• Ye Liang left Qingfeng City to report the demon, but Yan Bingyun followed him and tackled him in a deserted place.
• Ye Liang knocked Yan Bingyun unconscious and realized she seemed to have taken an aphrodisiac; her father arrived, praised his restraint, and drew an angry curse from him.

Ye Liang trapped the Demon Commander inside an enhanced formation called Demonbane and weakened him with cold and poisonous mist. He left the Demon Commander paralyzed after the mist froze inside his body.

• Ye Liang evaded the Demon Commander's attack with a clone and learned that the Demon Commander had killed the Rainbow Bridge Captain.
• Ye Liang activated his enhanced Four Red Yang Formation, which enclosed the City Lord's Mansion and suppressed the Demon Commander.
• Ye Liang combined the formation with Ice Release, extreme cold, poisonous mist, and Explosive Tags to prevent the Demon Commander from escaping.
• The Demon Commander transformed into his Dark Demon True Body and claimed his strength had reached the realm of Saints.
• Ye Liang appeared on the Demon Commander's shoulder and explained that the poisonous mist had frozen inside his body, leaving him unable to move.

Ye Liang defeated the Demon Commander who had destroyed Yan Bingyun’s family, then woke her and showed her the memories of what had happened. Yan Bingyun grieved for her family before realizing she had lost her virginity, leaving Ye Liang awkwardly insisting he had not taken advantage of her.

• Ye Liang erased the Demon Commander’s remains and left Qingfeng City, planning to have nearby Immortal Gates deal with the aftermath.
• After three days and nights, Ye Liang traveled to a remote mountain cave and discovered he had reached the Eighth Tier of the Saint Realm.
• Ye Liang summoned the awakened system, who told him Yan Bingyun was about to wake up and demanded that he remove her from the system’s hiding space.
• Ye Liang treated Yan Bingyun, showed her his memories of the Demon Commander’s attack, and explained that the demon had killed her father and family.
• Yan Bingyun mourned her family, then realized she had lost her virginity and questioned Ye Liang, who denied taking advantage of her but admitted he could not be sure it had nothing to do with him.

After leaving Yan Bingyun, Ye Liang wandered into a fog-shrouded mountain range and became lost. He discovered a hidden girl fleeing Venom King Tigers and grabbed her before she could escape.

• Ye Liang insisted that Yan Bingyun had caused whatever happened between them while possessed, then left the cave to seek Zi Ling.
• After Ye Liang departed, Yan Bingyun revealed that her accusations had been an act and grieved for her dead family before hoping her sect would take her in.
• Three months later, Ye Liang became lost in a mysterious mountain range while searching for the Celestial Fox Lineage and the God-Hidden Village.
• A twin-tailed girl used a concealment technique to evade the pursuing Venom King Tigers, but they saw through her illusion and chased her toward a cliff.
• Ye Liang detected the hidden girl with his Tenseigan after she collided with him, then caught her as she tried to flee the approaching tigers.

Ye Liang secretly followed a girl from God-Hidden Village, hoping she would lead him to the hidden village and the Red-Eared Sky Fox Clan. After saving her from a pack of tigers, he watched her head back toward the valley.

• The girl struggled against Ye Liang, who released her and then concealed himself.
• The green-skinned King Tigers caught up with the girl, and Ye Liang disabled her illusion technique to observe her.
• Ye Liang told the system he planned to follow the girl to God-Hidden Village and search for the Red-Eared Sky Fox Clan.
• The tigers charged the girl, but Ye Liang used Kotoamatsukami to make them see her as disgusting and leave.
• Ye Liang placed magical beast meat for the hungry tigers, while the girl got up and headed toward the valley to return to her grandfather.

Ye Liang followed a girl into the hidden God-Hidden Village and discovered Yan Bingyun there, teaching the girl basic cultivation. He stayed concealed for several months while waiting to learn why Yan Bingyun had remained in the village.

• Ye Liang used his Rinnegan to find a hidden passage through a sealed valley wall and followed the girl into God-Hidden Village.
• The village chief welcomed Yan Bingyun, a disciple of the Purple Jade Immortal, and introduced her to his granddaughter Mei Qi.
• Yan Bingyun sensed Mei Qi's cultivation potential and promised to teach her basic introductory methods before leaving.
• Ye Liang recognized Yan Bingyun as the former Young City Lord of Qingfeng City, recalled their past, and tripped while trying to approach her.
• Ye Liang remained hidden for several months as Yan Bingyun waited for her master, the Purple Jade Immortal.
• Lin Mei Qi practiced Yan Bingyun's beginner Qi Condensation technique and absorbed her first strand of Spiritual Energy.

Ye Liang discovered that the City Lord of Qingfeng City was a Demon Commander who had eaten the former City Lord and intensified Yan Bingyun’s existing feelings for him. After escaping the Demon Commander with Yan Bingyun, Ye Liang returned to the City Lord’s Mansion and prepared to avenge the dead sisters.

• Ye Liang confronted the Demon Commander and learned that he had eaten the former City Lord and amplified Yan Bingyun’s desires without changing her will.
• Ye Liang attacked the Demon Commander with Explosive Tags and a short blade, but the demon destroyed his clone while Ye Liang escaped with Yan Bingyun.
• The Demon Commander revealed that he had planted a tracking mark on Yan Bingyun and pursued Ye Liang.
• Ye Liang teleported to the City Lord’s Mansion with Yan Bingyun and placed her on his bed.
• Ye Liang found Yan Hongyun dead with her chest torn open and her heart eaten, dismissed the surviving servants, and waited in the courtyard to avenge the sisters.

Ye Liang arrived at God-Hidden Village’s centennial Blessing Festival, where Village Chief Lin Pingping announced his granddaughter Lin Mei Qi might have the bearing of an immortal. Yan Bingyun attended with Lin Mei Qi, and the festival ended with Yan Bingyun recognizing her master and the village chief welcoming the Purple Jade Immortal.

• Ye Liang walked through God-Hidden Village toward its Blessing Festival as the village chief celebrated the village’s hundredth anniversary and its long-lived residents.
• Village Chief Lin Pingping announced that Lin Mei Qi had been taught a basic Cultivation Technique and might possess the bearing of an immortal, prompting the villagers’ concern that she would receive special opportunities.
• Lin Mei Qi hurried to the feast with Yan Bingyun, who warned her that cultivators eventually had to part from mortal friends and relatives.
• Yan Bingyun noticed a phantom steal a chicken leg during the feast and recognized her master, the Purple Jade Immortal, then knelt to pay her respects.
• Village Chief Lin Pingping welcomed the Purple Jade Immortal and knelt before him.

Yan Bingyun sought refuge with Purple Jade Immortal, who agreed to take her back to the Sky Fox Clan after the Blessing Festival. As Ziyu stayed in God-Hidden Village to await an absent son-in-law, two shadowy men revealed plans to target the Sky Fox Clan in three days.

• Yan Bingyun asked Purple Jade Immortal to take her in, and Lin Mei Qi pleaded on her behalf until Purple Jade Immortal agreed to bring her back to the Sky Fox Clan after the Blessing Festival.
• After the villagers left, Ziyu questioned Lin Pingping about the son-in-law she had been told to await, and the village chief said no trace of him had appeared.
• Ziyu prepared to leave but stayed after the village chief urged her to remain through the Blessing Feast, and she refused to consider taking Lin Mei Qi into the Sky Fox Clan.
• That evening, a black shadow tried to reach through Purple Jade Immortal's window, but another shadow warned him that their plan was set for three days later and that an early attack could alert the Celestial Fox Clan.

Ye Liang watched as an impostor wearing his face arrived at the village and claimed to be the Celestial Fox Clan’s son-in-law. He decided to keep observing the situation, while the fake Ye Liang explained his supposed connection to Commander Ziyao and Zi Ling to Ziyu.

• The villagers brought a man who looked exactly like Ye Liang to the village, and Purple Jade Immortal identified him as the awaited son-in-law.
• The impostor claimed he was Ye Liang, said he loved Zi Ling, and blamed the clan for not welcoming him sooner; Ziyu accepted his story and had the villagers escort him inside.
• Ziyu ordered Yan Bingyun to give up her room, while the real Ye Liang watched in disbelief and chose to wait before exposing the impostor.
• In the reception hut, the fake Ye Liang told Ziyu that he had met Commander Ziyao during the Rainbow Bridge demon invasion and that she had arranged his marriage to Zi Ling.

Ye Liang rescued Yan Bingyun from Spring Rain’s attempt to kill her and learned that an impostor named Wang Peng had been using his identity in God-Hidden Village. After removing Yan Bingyun’s poison, Ye Liang prepared to confront Spring Rain as the group surrounded the village and the Blessing Festival approached.

• Spring Rain cultivators carried Yan Bingyun to a cliff and pushed her over after poisoning her with Anti-Immortal Restriction Poison.
• Ye Liang caught Yan Bingyun in midair, but she mistook him for Wang Peng and slapped him before realizing who he was.
• Yan Bingyun told Ye Liang that Wang Peng had impersonated him and that her master had misunderstood her investigation.
• Ye Liang questioned Yan Bingyun about Spring Rain and the village, then removed the poison from her body with his barrier.
• Ye Liang said he would confront the group, while Spring Rain’s forces surrounded God-Hidden Village and Purple Jade Immortal continued speaking with the village chief.

Ye Liang and Yan Bingyun approached God-Hidden Village to confront the impostor and uncover the village chief’s scheme. At the village feast, Ziyu was drugged and attacked, while Yan Bingyun remained skeptical of Ye Liang’s claim that the village chief had bargained for cultivation aptitude.

• Ziyu suspected that the man posing as Ye Liang lacked fox clan Spiritual Energy and questioned why Mei Qi and several villagers were absent from the feast.
• After eating, Ziyu felt dizzy and weak, and Lin Pingping tried to seize her as the impostor and nearby villagers closed in.
• Ye Liang led Yan Bingyun toward the village, avoiding a sentry by taking an alley he knew from secretly observing the village.
• Ye Liang revealed that he had been in God-Hidden Village before Yan Bingyun arrived and had watched her teach Mei Qi to cultivate.
• Ye Liang told Yan Bingyun that Lin Pingping had agreed to help outsiders capture Celestial Fox Clan women in exchange for cultivation aptitude, but Yan Bingyun rejected the claim.

Lin Mei Qi and Yan Bingyun discussed Purple Jade Immortal’s expected arrival at God-Hidden Village for Lingyin Temple’s Blessing Festival, while Ye Liang uncovered the village chief’s plot to kidnap her. Ye Liang marked the conspirators and left eager to see what would happen, hoping Fairy Ziling would stay safe.

• Lin Mei Qi told Yan Bingyun that Purple Jade Immortal would likely visit God-Hidden Village in three days for Lingyin Temple’s Blessing Festival.
• Ye Liang searched for the Sky Fox Clan and explored God-Hidden Village, noting how thoroughly its people worshipped celestial foxes.
• Ye Liang followed the village chief and overheard him discussing the Immortal Creation Plan with a mysterious person in an earthen house.
• The village chief revealed that he and his allies intended to kidnap Purple Jade Immortal when the Sky Fox passage opened and trade her to outsiders for a chance to become immortals.
• Ye Liang placed invisible Flying Thunder God marks on the village chief and the person inside, then left, hoping Fairy Ziling would not get into trouble.

Ye Liang and Yan Bingyun discovered that the Celestial Fox Clan's Cave Heaven Gate had opened early and rushed toward it, suspecting something had happened to the Purple Jade Immortal. A band of Chunyu cosmic pirates blocked their way, and their strange crippling techniques left Ye Liang immobilized as Yan Bingyun hid behind him.

• A massive Cave Heaven Gate descended beside the village well, and Yan Bingyun recognized it as the Celestial Fox Clan's gate opening unusually early.
• Ye Liang used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the gate with Yan Bingyun, but three figures had already entered it.
• The one-eyed leader of the Chunyu cosmic pirates confronted Ye Liang and Yan Bingyun, revealing his plan to imprison the Celestial Fox Clan and sell its women.
• The leader released a White Tiger phantom from his eye, immobilizing Ye Liang with a suppression technique.
• The Chunyu subordinates summoned beast phantoms through their missing body parts and sent them after Yan Bingyun, who hid behind Ye Liang and asked him to protect her.