Chapter Summaries

Yi Yang and Lu Qinglan interrogated Fatty Qian and learned that Shang Yu, the White Lotus Society, and a demon king were conspiring in a Dragon Transformation Ritual that threatened Qing Province and Lu Zui. They set out to find Lu Zui, while a White Lotus Society Holy Maiden aboard a treasure ship sensed trouble and ordered a check on the cultists in the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains.

• Yi Yang directed Lu Qinglan to question Fatty Qian, who revealed that the White Lotus Society was helping Shang Yu become a true dragon and that a demon king had agreed to aid him.
• Fatty Qian explained that the cult planned to summon the Tongueless Lotus Envoy into Lu Zui's body and use the ritual to convert Qing Province's people.
• At Yi Yang's prompting, Lu Qinglan asked where Lu Zui was, and Fatty Qian used his remaining strength to point them toward a valley roughly three days away.
• Yi Yang and Lu Qinglan searched the cultists' corpses, buried the remains, and hurried northeast toward Lu Zui.
• A white-robed Holy Maiden on a treasure ship sensed that someone had been spying on her and ordered a maid to check on Paper Lotus Child and the Gray Offering Envoy.

Yi Yang and Lu Qinglan reached a silent valley where a dangerous plant-type demon beast guarded a Wood Spirit Soul Fruit. Beneath the ironwood, Lu Qinglan spotted her grandfather, leaving her rushing toward him.

• Yi Yang carried Lu Qinglan through the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains and recalled defeating several powerful demon beasts along the way.
• Yi Yang and Lu Qinglan found a deathly silent valley filled with the remains of demon beasts.
• Yi Yang used his Divine Sense to discover a plant-type demon beast concealed in the ironwood and identify the fruit it guarded as a Wood Spirit Soul Fruit.
• Yi Yang spotted a weakened, silver-haired man leaning against the ironwood's roots, and Lu Qinglan recognized him as her grandfather and rushed forward.

Yi Yang discovered that the Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine was draining Lu Zui to ripen the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit, then secretly awakened him and revealed the danger ahead. Though Lu Zui warned that powerful demons would gather in five days, Yi Yang resolved to stay, save him, and seize the fruit; a third-realm demon then entered the valley early.

• Yi Yang restrained Lu Qinglan and detected the Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine draining Lu Zui while using the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit as bait for demons.
• Yi Yang hid with Lu Qinglan and used his divine sense to awaken Lu Zui, who warned them that seven or eight powerful demons would gather when the fruit ripened in five days.
• Lu Zui explained that Shaman Kingdom experts had driven him into the valley, where the Vine King trapped and poisoned him.
• Yi Yang refused to leave because he needed the fruit to advance and had promised to rescue Lu Zui; Lu Qinglan also insisted on staying.
• Yi Yang gave Lu Zui Profound Essence Pills and proposed restoring his strength, studying the Vine King's weakness, and taking the fruit after the demons fought.
• A third-realm demon entered the valley early, and Yi Yang sensed its violent aura.

Yi Yang and Lu Qinglan watched a red-scaled python and the Dark-Winged Roc gather outside the valley while the Vine King guarded the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit and held Lu Zui captive. Yi Yang confirmed the roc was the same beast whose eggs he had stolen, and it recognized him after he used one of the dead eggs to provoke it.

• A red-scaled python appeared outside the valley but stayed beyond the Vine King's reach.
• The Dark-Winged Roc landed on the opposite cliff, and Yi Yang recognized it as the beast whose eggs he had stolen months earlier.
• Yi Yang told Lu Qinglan that he had an old score with the roc, then considered using its hostility to create an opening to rescue Lu Zui and seize the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit.
• Yi Yang threw a dead Dark-Winged Roc egg onto a nearby stone, shattering it and releasing its scent.
• The enraged roc searched for whoever had destroyed the egg and spotted Yi Yang hiding in the cliff recess.
• The Dark-Winged Roc recognized Yi Yang as the same person who had stolen its eggs.

The Dark-Winged Roc refused to cross into the valley because the Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine deterred her, foiling Yi Yang’s plan to make the two Great Demons fight. Yi Yang considered using the Heart Ape Mind Guarding Art to sever the Vine King’s awareness of Lu Zui’s bindings, but wondered whether the plant could think or feel fear.

• The Dark-Winged Roc halted at the valley boundary when the Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine’s presence suppressed her, then circled outside instead of attacking Yi Yang.
• Yi Yang realized neither the Dark-Winged Roc nor the Scarlet-Scaled Python would enter the Vine King’s Territory before the five days were up.
• Yi Yang traced the vines binding Lu Zui and discovered that any attempt to approach or sever them would alert the Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine through its underground network.
• Yi Yang considered using the Heart Mirror, Shattering Shadow move to cut off the Vine King’s perception, but questioned whether the plant had a mind or senses for the art to affect.

Yi Yang planned to create chaos by luring the Dark-Winged Roc and Scarlet-Scaled Python into the valley so he could free Lu Zui and seize the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit. After training through the night, he watched the fruit flare and the two Great Demons prepare to attack.

• Yi Yang learned from Lu Zui that the Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine instinctively avoided fire and lightning, so he planned to use the two Great Demons to distract it.
• Yi Yang told Lu Zui and Lu Qinglan they would act the next day, and Lu Zui offered to unleash his remaining strength for up to ten breaths.
• Yi Yang gave Lu Qinglan the Dark-Winged Roc's remaining live eggs and instructed her to use them to draw the Roc's fury toward a chosen spot.
• Yi Yang cultivated the Awakening of Insects Style through the night, repeatedly forming and crushing a thunder seal while keeping his presence concealed.
• At dawn, the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit released a crimson-gold flash, and the Scarlet-Scaled Python and Dark-Winged Roc surged toward the canopy.
• Yi Yang opened his eyes, saw the two Great Demons ready to attack, and said the Vine King would ripen the fruit after absorbing their blood essence.

Yi Yang lured the Dark-Winged Roc and Scarlet-Scaled Python into the valley, triggering the Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine’s attack and creating an opening to rescue Lu Zui. The chapter ended with Yi Yang racing toward the ironwood’s roots, drawing his Mysterious Abyss Saber.

• Yi Yang baited the Scarlet-Scaled Python by pretending to reach for the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit while Lu Qinglan threw the Dark-Winged Roc’s eggs into the valley.
• The Dark-Winged Roc dived in to save its eggs, and the Scarlet-Scaled Python charged in after it, bringing both beasts across the valley boundary.
• The Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine attacked the intruders, and the Dark-Winged Roc and Scarlet-Scaled Python fought back with their Dharma Bodies.
• As the Vine King shifted its roots and vines toward the battle, its restraints on Lu Zui loosened, and he began gathering strength while pretending to be dead.
• Yi Yang confirmed Lu Zui’s restraints had weakened, raced toward the ironwood’s roots, and drew his Mysterious Abyss Saber.

Yi Yang rescued Lu Zui from the Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine and stayed to pursue the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit as the Vine King unleashed its full power across the valley. With the Scarlet-Scaled Python and Dark-Winged Roc caught in the onslaught, Yi Yang manifested his Dharma Body and prepared to face the vines.

• Yi Yang cut through the vines attacking him, tore the three blood-sucking vines from Lu Zui, and sent him to join Lu Qinglan.
• Yi Yang blocked the Vine King's main vine with Azure Dragon Emerges from the Abyss and knocked it back, then chose to remain in the valley for the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit.
• The Scarlet-Scaled Python took advantage of the Vine King's diverted attention and climbed the Ironwood toward the fruit.
• The Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine went berserk, flooding the valley with vines and attacking the Scarlet-Scaled Python, the Dark-Winged Roc, and Yi Yang.
• Yi Yang released his suppression and manifested his Dharma Body, regaining a youthful appearance and facing the vines closing in around him.

Yi Yang and two beasts fought the Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine as its vines regenerated and the Scarlet-Scaled Python was drained to ripen the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit. When the Dark-Winged Roc tried to flee, Yi Yang unleashed White Tiger Howls at the Moon against it.

• Yi Yang used Vermilion Bird Burns the Flame to burn through the Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine's vines, impressing Lu Zui and Lu Qinglan.
• The Spirit-Devouring Blood Vine regenerated its vines and squeezed Yi Yang and the two beasts into an increasingly narrow space.
• The vine strangled the Scarlet-Scaled Python, drained its blood essence, and caused the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit to turn scarlet-gold and near full ripeness.
• The Dark-Winged Roc tore open the overhead vine net and tried to escape from the valley.
• Yi Yang ignored attacking vines, channeled killing intent and the Mysterious Abyss Saber's Ferocious Essence, and struck at the Roc with White Tiger Howls at the Moon.

Yi Yang and Lu Zui killed the Vine King before it could break through to the Profound Transformation Realm, and Yi Yang secured the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit. A day later, the Heavenly-Scaled White Jade Python discovered the fruit was gone and vowed to slaughter humans in Great Yu Dynasty.

• Yi Yang killed the Dark-Winged Roc with the Mysterious Abyss Saber, and the Vine King absorbed the Roc and its eggs as the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit ripened.
• Yi Yang urged Lu Zui to attack the ironwood trunk, and Lu Zui unleashed his Profound Transformation Realm strength to topple the tree and crack the Vine King's cocoon.
• Yi Yang drove his Nine Heavens Thunderclap Seal into the cocoon and killed the Vine King, then took the Wood Spirit Soul Fruit and escaped with Lu Zui and Lu Qinglan.
• The Heavenly-Scaled White Jade Python arrived a day later with three Profound Transformation Great Demons and learned that humans had stolen the fruit.
• The White Jade Python failed to track Yi Yang and vowed to join its father in the Dragon Transformation Ritual before slaughtering cities in Great Yu Dynasty for human blood essence.