Arc 10War and the Golden Core Pursuit

Wang Yan claimed the treasures of Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain, advanced his cultivation, and returned to the Firecloud Sect as war with Lin Nation erupted. After joining a scouting vanguard, he fled Lingyunzi’s pursuit and used traps and puppets to fight him, but Lingyunzi’s attacks forced Wang Yan to rely on the Cave Abode Secret Realm Pagoda.

  • Wang Yan entered Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain, survived the Purple Mountain Medicine Sage’s possession, and gained the Sage’s help and two True Immortal Spirit Treasures.
  • Wang Yan trapped Ma Ang and Elder Du in the mountain’s formation, killed Ma Ang with the Spirit Cannon, repaired the Water-Type Immortal Card Artifact, and advanced to early Core Condensation.
  • Wang Yan returned to the Firecloud Sect, cultivated and refined Immortal Cards, then secretly sheltered Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang while reaching great completion of the Core Condensation Realm.
  • Ye Shisan told Wang Yan that Lin Nation’s Three Great Sects had declared war on Cloud Nation, and Venerable Gray Three assigned Wang Yan to defend Yellow Cloud Peak rather than join the campaign.
  • Lingyunzi recruited Wang Yan, Ye Shisan, and the Zhang sisters for a scouting vanguard, then led them into a clash with masked cultivators whose Black-Light Beads scattered the team.
  • Wang Yan fled with Ye Shisan and the Zhang sisters, but Lingyunzi tracked them down and demanded that the women and Ye Shisan help kill Wang Yan.
  • Wang Yan lured Lingyunzi into a gorge and triggered Fire Blast Techniques that collapsed the cliffs, then sent five Metal Puppets to attack him with Spirit Cannons.
  • Lingyunzi evaded the puppets and attacked Wang Yan with his Golden Gourd, but Wang Yan used the Cave Abode Secret Realm Pagoda to deflect its golden beams as Card Fairy warned him to run.
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Ch. 226Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain

Wang Yan traveled with Ma Ang and Elder Du to Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain, hoping to get the Water-Type Immortal Card Artifact while avoiding the Lü Household’s demand that he apologize for Lü Zijun’s death. After reaching the mountain’s hidden entrance, Ma Ang revealed it would open under the full moon that night and brought out the treasure map.

  • Wang Yan deliberately lost a game of Fairy Chess to Elder Du so the Ma Family would not be reluctant to let him leave, while he discussed his plans with Card Fairy through voice transmissions.
  • Ma Ang changed his expedition party after the Purple Flame Sect demanded that Wang Yan apologize to the Lü Household, and Wang Yan set out with Ma Ang and Elder Du.
  • After more than a month of travel, the party reached the mist-shrouded mountain, where Ma Ang explained that Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain appeared only once every twelve years.
  • Ma Ang told Wang Yan to search the mountain’s outer area for spirit medicines, but Wang Yan privately intended to disregard the instruction.
  • When the full moon rose and the mountain’s mist turned purple, Ma Ang announced that the time had come and took out the Treasure Map of Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain.

Ch. 227Man-Eating Black Crow

Ma Ang activated the Treasure Map, transforming it into a Flying Carpet that carried the cultivators toward Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain. After they fought off Man-Eating Black Crows, including a Golden Core Stage leader, Ma Ang guided them into the violet mist and ignored a group calling after them.

  • Ma Ang used his blood and a hand seal to transform the Treasure Map into a Flying Carpet, revealing it as the key to Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain.
  • Man-Eating Black Crows swarmed the Flying Carpet, and Elder Du, Wang Yan, Ma Ang, and the Ma Family cultivators attacked them as Ma Ang sped toward the mountain.
  • A Golden Core Stage Man-Eating Black Crow struck the Flying Carpet with a sound-wave attack, but Wang Yan's Explosive Fire Talismans and Elder Du's poisonous mist weakened it.
  • Ma Ang announced that they had reached the violet mist, then ignored five or six cultivators flying out of a nearby valley and steered the Flying Carpet into it.

Ch. 228The Herb Garden

Wang Yan searched Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain for a way to exploit its formations and found a herb garden protected by a restriction array. He brought three Ma Family cultivators there and stepped into the formation, leaving them to follow him inside.

  • Ma Ang divided the cultivators, sending Wang Yan and three Ma Family disciples to gather spirit medicine while he and Elder Du continued with their plan.
  • Wang Yan suspected Ma Ang wanted to search his storage items, but he relied on his Immortal Card Artifact to evade detection.
  • Wang Yan and Card Fairy discussed using a formation to trap or capture the others, and Card Fairy began studying how to control a nearby formation.
  • Wang Yan found an ancient herb garden surrounded by powerful restriction arrays and waited while Card Fairy examined them.
  • Wang Yan brought the three Ma Family cultivators to the garden, claimed they should try breaking the formation before notifying Ma Ang, and walked into it.

Ch. 229True Immortal Spirit Treasures

Wang Yan passed through the herb garden’s formation and discovered two True Immortal Spirit Treasures beside the remains of a cultivator killed by a Heavenly Tribulation. When he touched the skeleton, it awakened and sent a gray spectral figure into his body.

  • Card Fairy guided Wang Yan through the formation to a vast herb garden and urged him to inspect its building.
  • Wang Yan found a charred cultivator’s remains, a gold-and-jade platter, and a golden cauldron inside the ruined building.
  • Card Fairy identified the platter and cauldron as True Immortal Spirit Treasures, and Wang Yan prepared to claim them.
  • Wang Yan kowtowed to the dead cultivator and reached out to move the skeleton.
  • The skeleton’s blue light immobilized Wang Yan, and a gray spectral figure overcame his defenses and plunged into his body.

Ch. 230Purple Mountain Medicine Sage

Wang Yan and Card Fairy fought off the Purple Mountain Medicine Sage’s possession, but his soul began to dissolve when he discovered Wang Yan had no Dantian. Card Fairy saved him by transferring him into Wang Yan’s defensive puppet, bound by a servitude restriction, and proposed that they help each other.

  • Purple Mountain Medicine Sage invaded Wang Yan’s body, and Card Fairy joined Wang Yan in resisting the possession.
  • Purple Mountain Medicine Sage took control of Wang Yan, but he was horrified to discover that Wang Yan had no Dantian and was forced out as his soul began to dissolve.
  • Card Fairy offered to preserve Purple Mountain Medicine Sage in Wang Yan’s defensive puppet in exchange for help with pill refinement.
  • Wang Yan followed Card Fairy’s instructions, and she used his body to transfer Purple Mountain Medicine Sage into the puppet and place a servitude restriction on him.
  • Purple Mountain Medicine Sage objected to becoming Wang Yan’s puppet, but Card Fairy explained that the puppet was his only chance to survive and said they could help each other.

Ch. 231Persuading him to surrender

Wang Yan persuaded the Purple Mountain Medicine Sage to cooperate and learned how to use Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain’s teleportation array to reach the summit. As Ma Ang and Elder Du fought their way through the mountain’s wooden puppets, the puppets suddenly stopped and opened a path.

  • The Card Fairy convinced the Purple Mountain Medicine Sage that helping Wang Yan could let them rebuild their bodies, and Wang Yan promised to help him recover.
  • The Purple Mountain Medicine Sage agreed to cooperate, and Wang Yan returned the defense puppet to its Immortal Card to nourish the Sage’s soul.
  • Wang Yan learned that Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain was the Sage’s movable cave abode and that Ma Ang and Elder Du were heading toward his Treasure Tower.
  • The Purple Mountain Medicine Sage let Wang Yan take the Five-Element Spirit Jade Tablet and Medicine God Spirit King Cauldron, then told him where to find a teleportation array to the summit.
  • The Purple Mountain Medicine Sage suggested that pills might repair Wang Yan’s damaged dantian, though he needed to recover much of his cultivation first.
  • While Wang Yan teleported toward the summit, Ma Ang, Elder Du, and Ma Family cultivators fought hundreds of wooden puppets until the puppets withdrew and opened a path.

Ch. 232Why Be Afraid of Him?

Wang Yan used the Purple Mountain Medicine Sage’s guidance to lure Ma Ang and Elder Du toward a trapping formation on Moon-Embracing Purple Mountain. After Wang Yan appeared with the Medicine God Spirit King Cauldron and was blasted back into the mist, the two Golden Core cultivators pursued him into the formation.

  • Ma Ang and Elder Du sent the other Ma Family cultivators to find the Third Elder, then climbed toward the summit together.
  • Wang Yan watched from above and, with the Purple Mountain Medicine Sage’s help, descended into the plaza’s formation to draw the two elders in.
  • Ma Ang and Elder Du detected the restriction formation, paused to study it, and retreated when the mist began to surge.
  • Wang Yan emerged from the mist holding the Medicine God Spirit King Cauldron, then fled back inside when the elders recognized him.
  • Ma Ang struck Wang Yan with a giant hand of spiritual light, but the cauldron released golden energy and the blast threw Wang Yan into the mist.
  • Elder Du and Ma Ang argued briefly over Wang Yan’s presence, then followed his aura into the formation from opposite sides.

Ch. 233Chain of Ten Thousand Beasts Formation

Wang Yan and the Purple Mountain Medicine Sage trapped Ma Ang and Elder Du in the Chain of Ten Thousand Beasts Formation, where the two Golden Core cultivators mistook each other for enemies. With only one day before their invitations would teleport them out, Wang Yan devised a plan to stop them from escaping.

  • Ma Ang and Elder Du charged into the formation, where its shifting illusions separated them and made them attack each other.
  • The Purple Mountain Medicine Sage confirmed that the formation could hold even a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, but said killing the two Golden Core cultivators would be difficult.
  • Wang Yan learned that Ma Ang's Water-Type Immortal Card Artifact could not be seized safely while Ma Ang lived, and the Card Fairy lacked the power to deal with it.
  • Wang Yan and the Purple Mountain Medicine Sage realized Ma Ang and Elder Du would be teleported out in one day, even from inside the formation.
  • Wang Yan proposed a plan to approach the trapped cultivators, and the Purple Mountain Medicine Sage agreed to drain their magic power while Wang Yan prepared several items.

Ch. 234The Ma Family's Tragedy

Wang Yan and the Purple Mountain Medicine Sage used a Spirit Cannon inside the formation to kill Ma Ang and obtain the other half of the Water-Type Immortal Card Artifact. After repairing the artifact, Wang Yan advanced to the early core condensation realm, while the Ma Family learned that its ancestor and several elders had died.

  • Wang Yan fired the Spirit Cannon at Ma Ang, whose senses were obstructed by the formation, and killed him after dozens of blasts.
  • Wang Yan obtained the other half of the Water-Type Immortal Card Artifact and turned the cannon toward Elder Du.
  • Ma Ang's soul-bound life lamp shattered, and the Ma Family Grand Elder ordered Ma Valley sealed after several more elders' lamps went out.
  • Wang Yan and Card Fairy repaired the Water-Type Immortal Card Artifact over several days.
  • Wang Yan's cultivation broke through to the early core condensation realm.

Ch. 235Reunion

Wang Yan returned from the Moon-Embracing Treasure Mountain with his cultivation at the early Core Condensation Realm and reunited with Ye Shisan in the Azure Spirit Mountain Range. They headed back to the Firecloud Sect, where Wang Yan learned Ye Shisan had completed all their sect missions and hinted that he had brought back useful items.

  • Wang Yan flew toward the Cloud Nation using his new water-fire fusion cultivation method, traveling faster than ordinary cultivators at his level.
  • Ye Shisan flew back from his delayed mission and wondered whether Wang Yan was already waiting for him.
  • Wang Yan used the Little Bell to contact Ye Shisan after finding him absent from their meeting place in the Azure Spirit Mountain Range.
  • Ye Shisan arrived, and Wang Yan confirmed that he had reached the early Core Condensation Realm before the two flew toward the Firecloud Sect.
  • Ye Shisan said he had completed all their sect missions, and Wang Yan mentioned that he had brought back useful things for Ye Shisan.

Ch. 236Five Elements Spirit Jade Mat

After returning to the Firecloud Sect, Wang Yan settled on Yellow Cloud Peak and planned to focus on cultivation, repairing his Water-Type Immortal Card Artifact, and developing his other abilities. After more than a month of seclusion, he received a message from Venerable Gray Three and went to his cave abode.

  • Wang Yan and Ye Shisan returned to the Firecloud Sect, submitted proof of their mission, collected their rewards and sect merit points, and returned to their separate peaks.
  • Wang Yan visited Venerable Gray Three, but his master was in seclusion; Bing Ning was surprised by Wang Yan's early Core Condensation cultivation and treated him with greater regard.
  • Wang Yan planned to cultivate, practice artifact refining, repair his Water-Type Immortal Card Artifact, and research auxiliary Immortal Cards while the Card Fairy and Purple Mountain Medicine Sage worked on their own tasks.
  • Ye Shisan wanted to leave the sect to fight, and the Card Fairy agreed that actual combat suited him, so Wang Yan let him go alone.
  • Wang Yan cultivated on the Five Elements Spirit Jade Mat with medicinal liquid and improved considerably over a little more than a month.
  • Venerable Gray Three sent Wang Yan a Message Transmission Talisman summoning him, and Wang Yan flew to his master's cave abode.

Ch. 237The Path?

Wang Yan visited Venerable Gray Three, who praised his rapid cultivation, gave him Scripture Pavilion tokens, and offered to pass on his dual cultivation method. After discussing the offer with Card Fairy, Wang Yan flew toward Mystery Cloud Peak to visit Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang.

  • Venerable Gray Three welcomed Wang Yan and praised his advancement to the early core condensation realm.
  • Venerable Gray Three gave Wang Yan three Scripture Pavilion Spirit Tokens and advised him to focus on cultivation.
  • Venerable Gray Three offered Wang Yan his dual cultivation method and a chance to become his successor, but Wang Yan hesitated and accepted the Jade Slip only to examine it.
  • Wang Yan asked Card Fairy whether Venerable Gray Three was testing him or wanted him to inherit the dual cultivation path.
  • Wang Yan flew toward Mystery Cloud Peak to visit Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang, while Card Fairy teased him about his motives.

Ch. 238Breaking Through the Fourth Layer of the Heart-Control Art

Wang Yan failed to visit Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang, then spent more than a year cultivating and refining Immortal Cards before taking sect missions to overcome his bottleneck. After completing the missions and breaking through the Heart-Control Art’s fourth layer, he headed back to Firecloud Sect and sensed Linlang nearby.

  • Wang Yan learned that Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang were in secluded cultivation and that Lingyunzi wanted them as dual cultivation partners, but their master and the women had not agreed.
  • Wang Yan returned to his Cave Abode, set aside Venerable Gray Three’s dual cultivation method, and cultivated for more than a year, refining several Immortal Cards.
  • Wang Yan descended the mountain to gain experience and test his cards, killing a Four-Armed One-Horned Beast with his Water-Fire Spirit Sword Card.
  • Wang Yan completed his remaining sect missions after killing several Core Condensation Realm cultivators, and he broke through the Heart-Control Art’s fourth layer along the way.
  • Wang Yan flew toward Firecloud Divine Mountain and recognized a familiar aura near the sect, asking Card Fairy whether it was Linlang.

Ch. 239Lingyunzi

After sensing Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang, Wang Yan found them fleeing from Lingyunzi and hid them with a mysterious ability. He misled Lingyunzi about their whereabouts, but the golden core cultivator suddenly stopped and turned a threatening gaze back on him.

  • Wang Yan used his Invisibility Card to follow Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang as they secretly crossed a valley.
  • Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang attacked Wang Yan when he startled them, then stopped once they recognized him.
  • Wang Yan realized the women were fleeing Lingyunzi and used a five-colored light to hide them.
  • Lingyunzi pursued Wang Yan and asked whether he had seen the two women.
  • Wang Yan pretended to admire Lingyunzi and claimed the women had vanished beneath a treasure, then watched Lingyunzi fly toward Firecloud Divine Mountain.
  • Lingyunzi abruptly stopped, turned around, and stared viciously at Wang Yan.

Ch. 240A Beauty's Request

Wang Yan sheltered Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang in his Cave Abode Secret Realm after Lingyunzi harassed them, then secluded himself to advance his cultivation. He had already reached great completion of the Core Condensation Realm and successfully refined a mysterious treasure, surprising even Card Fairy.

  • Wang Yan lied to Lingyunzi by claiming to be Yue Yang, then returned to his cave abode with Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang hidden in the Cave Abode Secret Realm.
  • Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang asked Wang Yan to let them stay and cultivate in his secret realm, and he agreed on the condition that they use only the second floor and keep their cultivation there secret.
  • Wang Yan secluded himself to cultivate while Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang followed his rules and trained on the second floor.
  • More than three months later, Wang Yan revealed that he had reached great completion of the Core Condensation Realm half a month earlier and had now successfully refined a mysterious treasure.
  • Card Fairy expressed surprise at Wang Yan's success, and Wang Yan questioned whether Card Fairy had arranged for him to draw the treasure.

Ch. 241News of War?

Wang Yan reached great completion of the Core Condensation Realm, gained the Water-Fire Dragon Pearl, and crafted a Disguise Card to conceal his cultivation. After Ye Shisan arrived, he revealed that Lin Nation’s three major sects had declared war on Cloud Nation.

  • Wang Yan drew the Water-Fire Dragon Pearl and learned that his dual Dantians let him barely activate an ancient treasure, though the Card Fairy warned him not to challenge Golden Core Stage cultivators.
  • The Card Fairy urged Wang Yan to hide his rapid cultivation and taught him to craft a Disguise Card.
  • Wang Yan accidentally saw Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang cultivating naked, then stopped watching and decided to enter seclusion.
  • Wang Yan used the Disguise Card to lower his displayed cultivation before meeting Ye Shisan, while Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang joked that they had married him.
  • Ye Shisan recognized that Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang were hiding with Wang Yan and asked about his speed; Wang Yan claimed he had mastered a divine ability.
  • Ye Shisan told Wang Yan that Lin Nation’s three major sects had declared war on Cloud Nation.

Ch. 242A war between cultivators

Wang Yan learned that the Three Great Sects of Lin Nation were preparing for war against Cloud Nation and strengthened his combat readiness by refining puppets. He was summoned to assemble with the Firecloud Sect, where he found Venerable Gray Three and dozens of cultivators gathered.

  • Ye Shisan told Wang Yan that the Three Great Sects of Lin Nation were gathering cultivators for a possible war, though they did not know the real cause.
  • Wang Yan, Ye Shisan, and the two women exchanged cultivation advice and sparred, with Wang Yan defeating them individually before conceding when they challenged him together.
  • Ye Shisan moved into Wang Yan's Cave Abode Secret Realm to cultivate, while Wang Yan resolved to prepare for war by refining puppets.
  • Zhang Qiulin told Wang Yan that their master had ordered them to assemble, and Venerable Gray Three sent Wang Yan the same summons.
  • Wang Yan took the two women to Mystery Cloud Peak, then went to Yellow Cloud Peak and found dozens of cultivators gathered around Venerable Gray Three and two Golden Core Stage cultivators.

Ch. 243Unexpectedly left behind

Venerable Gray Three revealed that the Three Great Sects of Lin Nation had invaded Cloud Nation and divided the cultivators of Yellow Cloud Peak between the war and its defense. Wang Yan was left behind to guard the peak, while Venerable Gray Three prepared to depart and gave him a Storage Bag that could only be opened later.

  • Venerable Gray Three introduced Zhong Ling and Lin Xia to Wang Yan, then announced that the Three Great Sects of Lin Nation had joined forces and occupied three border cities.
  • Venerable Gray Three selected more than half the cultivators, including Liu Wushuang, to go to war, while Wang Yan and the others were assigned to defend Yellow Cloud Peak.
  • Venerable Gray Three told the selected cultivators to prepare for battle and summoned Wang Yan to his cave abode.
  • Wang Yan volunteered to join the war, but Venerable Gray Three refused and urged him to cultivate and protect the Firecloud Sect in the future.
  • Venerable Gray Three gave Wang Yan a Storage Bag that he could open after its divine-sense mark disappeared or he reached the Golden Core Stage, then sent him away.

Ch. 244Grim News from the Front

After the Cloud Nation’s allied army was trapped in the Ten Thousand Lakes Mountain Range, Wang Yan and Yellow Cloud Peak’s disciples were ordered to join a relief force. The army departed, and Lingyunzi proposed forming a forward scouting unit.

  • Wang Yan heard the emergency bell and learned from Lin Xia that the allied army had been surrounded by the Lin Nation’s forces in the Ten Thousand Lakes Mountain Range.
  • Lin Xia ordered Yellow Cloud Peak’s Core Condensation Realm disciples to prepare for battle, and Wang Yan readied his five new puppets.
  • At Firecloud Divine Mountain, Daoist Dongling and Lingyunzi assembled the relief army; Lingyunzi recognized Wang Yan, who denied having met him before.
  • Earth Cloud Peak’s disciples arrived, and Daoist Dongling ordered the assembled cultivators to board the Flying Boats and fight for the Firecloud Sect.
  • As the fleet traveled toward the front, Lingyunzi asked Daoist Dongling to select disciples for a forward scouting unit.

Ch. 245Vanguard Team

Lingyunzi secured command of a vanguard by claiming he wanted to protect the sect, then used his position to recruit disciples he wanted near him. He assembled the team with Wang Yan, Liu Wushuang, Ye Shisan, and the Linlang sisters, leaving Fairy Dream Mysterious unable to stop him.

  • Daoist Dongling and the Golden Core Stage cultivators agreed to form a vanguard after Lingyunzi proposed the plan.
  • Lingyunzi insisted on leading the vanguard and argued that Fairy Dream Mysterious had obstructed his pursuit of her two disciples, the Linlang sisters.
  • Fairy Dream Mysterious made Lingyunzi promise to harbor no improper intentions toward her disciples during the battle, and he agreed while claiming the sect came first.
  • Lingyunzi recruited Wang Yan and Liu Wushuang from Yellow Cloud Peak and selected Ye Shisan and another powerful cultivator from Earth Cloud Peak.
  • Lingyunzi ordered Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang to join the vanguard; Fairy Dream Mysterious reluctantly let them go, and they felt reassured when they saw Wang Yan and Ye Shisan on the team.
  • Ye Shisan greeted the Linlang sisters, and Lingyunzi glared at him coldly.

Ch. 246Using Public Office for Private Ends

Lingyunzi led the Vanguard Team toward the front, using his authority to harass Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang while Wang Yan struggled to prevent a confrontation. When Lingyunzi grabbed Zhang Qiulin, Wang Yan warned of enemies below, and the team spotted cultivators fleeing from the hills.

  • Lingyunzi explained that the Vanguard Team would scout ahead, then led Wang Yan and the others away from the Flying Boat.
  • While they flew, Lingyunzi crowded Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang and sent them unwanted voice transmissions, while Wang Yan cautioned Ye Shisan against intervening.
  • Lingyunzi seized Zhang Qiulin's hand, and Zhang Qiulang attacked him with the Mandarin Duck Scissors, which his defenses repelled.
  • Wang Yan stopped Ye Shisan from attacking and shouted a warning about enemies, prompting Lingyunzi and the other cultivators to rush down toward the hills.
  • A shout came from the hills, and streaks of escape light scattered in every direction.

Ch. 247Seizing the Chance to Slip Away

Wang Yan pursued a masked cultivator with Ye Shisan and the Zhang sisters, then recognized a chance to escape amid the fight against the Black Evil Sect. He drew the women and Ye Shisan into his Cave Abode Secret Realm and flew away from Lingyunzi.

  • Lingyunzi killed three masked cultivators with Golden Light Sword-Rays as the survivors fled in different directions, and the Firecloud Sect cultivators split up to pursue them.
  • Lingyunzi chased one masked cultivator, who attacked him with Black-Light Beads that unleashed a storm of skulls and explosions.
  • Wang Yan used his Azure Wind Wings to intercept Ye Shisan, then blocked another Black-Light Bead with Red-Light Flame Fists while carrying Ye Shisan back from the blast.
  • The masked cultivator escaped, and Wang Yan stopped Ye Shisan from pursuing him and sent Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang into his Cave Abode Secret Realm.
  • Wang Yan brought Ye Shisan into the secret realm and flew in the opposite direction from Lingyunzi to make their escape.

Ch. 248He caught up

Wang Yan fled the front lines with Ye Shisan and two women to escape Lingyunzi, but Lingyunzi tracked them to a barren mountain and attacked. After revealing that he had secretly marked Zhang Qiulin and attempting to turn the group against Wang Yan, Lingyunzi faced their united defiance as Wang Yan ordered an attack.

  • Wang Yan flew away from the front lines with Ye Shisan and the two women, explaining that he feared Lingyunzi and wanted to hide.
  • Ye Shisan objected to fleeing, but Wang Yan and the women persuaded him to stay with them.
  • After half a day, the group reached barren mountains, where Lingyunzi appeared from invisibility and struck Wang Yan with a Golden Sword-Ray.
  • Lingyunzi accused the group of desertion and revealed that he had placed a tracking mark on Zhang Qiulin.
  • Lingyunzi offered to spare the women and Ye Shisan if they returned with him and killed Wang Yan, but they refused, and Wang Yan ordered them to attack.

Ch. 249Battle with Lingyunzi

Wang Yan fled through the mountains to lure Lingyunzi away while preparing an ambush, and Ye Shisan and the Zhang sisters followed rather than escaping. Wang Yan detonated traps in a gorge to bury Lingyunzi beneath collapsing cliffs.

  • Wang Yan flew away as Lingyunzi attacked, while Ye Shisan and the Zhang sisters struck Lingyunzi with their weapons and spells but could not penetrate his Golden Disc defense.
  • Lingyunzi abandoned the others and chased Wang Yan into the valley, and Ye Shisan and the Zhang sisters followed after Zhang Qiulin revealed she could not escape because Lingyunzi had placed a restriction on her.
  • Wang Yan activated Immortal Cards while leading Lingyunzi through the mountains, hoping to buy time and carry out a plan to defeat him.
  • Lingyunzi closed in on Wang Yan as he entered a gorge, where Wang Yan had planted Fire Blast Techniques along both cliffs.
  • Wang Yan shouted for the traps to explode, causing the cliffs to collapse and enormous boulders to rain down on Lingyunzi.

Ch. 250Supreme Ancient Treasure

Wang Yan fought Lingyunzi with explosive attacks and five cannon puppets, but Lingyunzi escaped with a teleportation treasure and retaliated with a powerful Golden Gourd. Wang Yan blocked the gourd’s golden beams with the Cave Abode Secret Realm Pagoda, while Lingyunzi began charging another attack and Card Fairy urged Wang Yan to flee.

  • Lingyunzi broke free of Wang Yan’s attacks and was surrounded by five Metal Puppets, whose Spirit Cannons blasted him and the surrounding valley.
  • Lingyunzi used Golden Light Wings and a Teleportation Treasure to evade the cannon beams, then reappeared and sent his Golden Gourd smashing toward Wang Yan.
  • Wang Yan dodged the Golden Gourd’s first strike with his Azure Wind Light Wings, but its impact blasted a hole through a mountain peak.
  • The Golden Gourd fired a storm of golden beams at Wang Yan, who summoned the Cave Abode Secret Realm Pagoda to deflect them and escape harm.
  • Lingyunzi began gathering power for another attack, and Card Fairy warned Wang Yan to run.
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