Chapter Summaries

Liang Hongyu, Shangguan Xia, and Mo Hou fought Song Yu after he claimed Huo Shan had controlled him with gu. Song Yu died in the battle, while Mo Hou survived his serious injury and Pan Sheng continued pursuing Zhao Xin and the others.

• Song Yu told Liang Hongyu, Shangguan Xia, and Mo Hou that Huo Shan's gu had controlled him, but they refused to believe him and continued attacking.
• Song Yu abandoned his defenses and fought desperately, then struck Mo Hou's left arm with his Straight Whip.
• Mo Hou counterattacked with a punch that sent Song Yu flying into Liang Hongyu and Shangguan Xia's swords.
• Liang Hongyu and Shangguan Xia cut Song Yu open, killing him, then checked Mo Hou's injuries and found he would survive.
• Pan Sheng continued chasing Zhao Xin and the others, while Jiang Da, Mo Huang, and their companions fled into the Cave Abode.

Zhao Xin was killed by the panicked crowd as the battle drove survivors toward the Cave Abode. The demon army stormed the shelter, defeated the remaining defenders, and ended the fighting when more than a thousand enemies surrendered.

• Pan Sheng pursued Zhao Xin, who found the Cave Abode entrance blocked by terrified survivors and attacked the crowd, killing several people before they overwhelmed and killed him.
• As the demon race pursued the fleeing army, many survivors escaped into the Cave Abode while others fought outside or surrendered, reducing the enemy force from over eight thousand to fewer than four thousand.
• Little Boss led Fierce Shrimp, Little Fish, and the others into the Cave Abode while Carp King and Old Eagle Clan Chief entered through another passage to attack from the rear.
• Carp King and his allies routed the defenders, and the Snail Clan chief and River Clam Clan Chief captured Dou Se before the Snail Clan chief killed him.
• After another half hour of fighting, the surviving enemies surrendered, and Carp King and the others stopped their assault.

After the battle, Wang Baishun punished the Old Eagle Clan Chief for accepting surrender without permission and organized the care, rewards, and next campaign for his Demon Race forces. He then ordered the surrendered soldiers to sign Servant Contracts, leaving them bound to serve him.

• The Old Eagle Clan Chief confessed that he had accepted the enemy’s surrender without authorization, and Wang Baishun confiscated his reward as punishment.
• Wang Baishun surveyed the battlefield and asked the Carp King for casualties and results; the Carp King reported 1,820 Demon Race warriors dead, about 6,981 enemies killed, and 1,456 captured.
• Wang Baishun ordered the Demon Race clans to bury their dead, treat the wounded, record contributions and losses, collect battlefield valuables, and use the corpses to strengthen their warriors.
• Wang Baishun told the Carp King and the others to bring out the next batch of warriors from the Little Realm Pearl once the battlefield work was finished.
• Wang Baishun summoned Su Qing, Jiang Da, Mo Huang, Li Zhen, and the other surrendered soldiers to sign Servant Contracts, and Su Qing and about three hundred others agreed without hesitation.

Wang Baishun forced the captured Heavenly Prodigies to choose between servitude and death, then ordered the Carp King and Su Qing to lead the slaughter. He demanded that Lin Zihan attend him, but Fatty Zhang and Tao Yang refused, while Shangguan Xia offered to take her place.

• Wang Baishun let the captives choose between signing servant contracts and surrendering enough resources to buy their freedom, and over a hundred signed the contracts.
• Wang Baishun ordered the Carp King to attack the rest, and the Demon Race slaughtered the nine hundred-odd Heavenly Prodigies as they begged for mercy.
• Wang Baishun appointed Su Qing to oversee the surviving servants, collect their Storage Rings, and lead them into battle.
• Wang Baishun ordered Lin Zihan to attend him and told everyone else to join his ranks.
• Fatty Zhang and Tao Yang refused to let Lin Zihan go, and Shangguan Xia offered to take her place.

Lin Zihan and a dozen fellow disciples volunteered to face Wang Baishun, only to discover he wanted massages, while his forces defeated their enemies. After four months of secluded cultivation, Ying Ming Hao left his chamber as hidden watchers continued plotting to lure him out.

• Lin Zihan volunteered to go to Wang Baishun, and Shangguan Xia, Liang Hongyu, and the other women joined her despite their companions’ protests.
• Wang Baishun asked Lin Zihan and the others to massage him, revealing that they had mistaken his demand for something more threatening.
• The Carp King and the others defeated their enemies, while Su Qing and her companions covered themselves in enemy blood to look loyal and the Old Eagle Clan Chief worried about his standing.
• Hidden watchers discussed how Ying Ming Hao had stayed inside the sect for four months and decided to keep waiting for a chance to lure him out.
• Ying Ming Hao finished his secluded cultivation at the eighth level of the late spirit division realm and left the Cultivation Chamber.

After perfecting a steak only to discover it was far too salty, Ying Ming Hao dressed extravagantly and went to the Inner Disciples' Trial Towers. There, he watched Senior Brother Liu and Goddess Ye prepare to challenge the trials and wondered whether the Heartless Dao could improve his own prospects.

• Ying Ming Hao proudly cooked and ate a meal he had practiced making for over half a year, but the dishes were so salty that he struggled to finish them.
• Ying Ming Hao dressed in a flashy outfit and headed to the Inner Disciples' Trial Towers, where clearing three towers could earn promotion to Personal Disciple and clearing all of them could earn promotion to True Disciple.
• Ying Ming Hao heard disciples discuss why many had gone to explore the newly opened Secret Realm and why he had stayed behind.
• Ying Ming Hao watched Senior Brother Liu finish the Heart Demon Tower with a hundred points before he entered the Mirror Image Tower to continue his trials.
• Goddess Ye arrived carrying the Glazed Sword, and Ying Ming Hao wondered whether studying the Heartless Dao could make him more talented and striking.

Ying Ming Hao entered the Heart Demon Tower and faced trials that tested his endurance and self-control. He passed the desert and seduction stages, then found himself in a marketplace full of tempting food.

• Ying Ming Hao entered the Heart Demon Tower and found himself in an endless desert that made him suffer from thirst and exhaustion.
• A beautiful woman offered Ying Ming Hao her blood, but he resisted the temptation and passed the first stage.
• A seductive woman asked Ying Ming Hao to suck venom from her wound, but he killed her and cleared another floor.
• Ying Ming Hao appeared in a bustling marketplace and eagerly ordered a heap of delicious food.

Ying Ming Hao and his wounded companions made a desperate last stand against Zhao Yuan, Luo Bai, and their forces, sacrificing themselves to kill as many enemies as possible. The battle continued as more allies fell, leaving Ying Ming Hao fighting alone amid the devastation.

• Zhao Yuan and Luo Bai trapped Ying Ming Hao and the wounded survivors, who refused to abandon one another as the enemy charged.
• Luo Bai ambushed Fatty Zhang, who held his sword long enough to strike back before Zhang Ze impaled Luo Bai and detonated himself.
• Fatty Zhang, Xuan Chengzi, Shui Yanbin, Shui Zhiqiu, and Shui Yihong died fighting, and Shui Furong and the others were gravely wounded.
• Miss Shui, Lin Qi, Lin Xue, Wang Yong, Meng Yi, Qing Yun, Qing Ying, and others died or detonated themselves as Ying Ming Hao fought through the enemy ranks.
• Liu Quer killed Lin Qinqin, who detonated herself, while Little Red and Little Green also sacrificed themselves against the attackers.
• Qi Li fell in her true taotie form, and Qing Yu transformed into his Azure Phoenix form and crashed into Luo Junhang and the others, creating a huge crater.

Ying Ming Hao cleared the Heart Demon Tower with a perfect score after enduring a vision of his companions dying around him. He left the crowd of disciples and entered the Gravity Trial Tower to begin his next trial.

• In the Heart Demon Tower, Zhao Bufan, Jie Kong, Lin Zihan, Lin Yong, Lin Hao, and Jiang Lingfeng died fighting enemies, leaving Ying Ming Hao alone on the battlefield.
• Ying Ming Hao killed Wang Baishun and unleashed an explosion that wiped out countless enemies as Steward Jin attacked him.
• Ying Ming Hao opened his eyes on the tower’s Tenth Floor, and the screen announced that he had cleared the Heart Demon Tower in three hours with a score of 100.
• Disciples gathered to praise Ying Ming Hao and invite him to explore the Secret Realm, but he accepted several cards and hurried away.
• Ying Ming Hao swiped his token and entered the Gravity Trial Tower.

Ying Ming Hao endured the Gravity Trial Tower for over nine hours and earned a score of one hundred, surpassing the disciples’ expectations. He entered the Mirror Image Trial Tower next, where twelve versions of himself emerged with different auras.

• Ying Ming Hao entered the Gravity Trial Tower and spotted Junior Sister Ye enduring its pressure.
• Ying Ming Hao hid from Junior Sister Ye and resisted the tower’s gravity while disciples entered and left around him.
• Junior Sister Ye endured the trial for more than six hours, earned a score of one hundred, and left for another Trial Tower.
• Ying Ming Hao endured the gravity for over nine hours, stopped before risking serious injury, and earned a score of one hundred.
• Ying Ming Hao entered the Mirror Image Trial Tower, where twelve versions of himself emerged from the mirrors.

Ying Ming Hao defeated all twelve mirror versions in the Trial Tower, earned a perfect score, and became a personal disciple of the Misty Sect. After disciples crowded around asking to become his followers, he politely but firmly refused, choosing to focus on cultivation.

• Ying Ming Hao fought the twelve mirror versions for three hours, improving his techniques and physical strength until he defeated the final opponent.
• Ying Ming Hao cleared the mirror Trial Tower perfectly, earned one hundred points, and officially became a personal disciple of the Misty Sect.
• The disciples gathered outside the Trial Tower congratulated Ying Ming Hao and eagerly offered to become his followers.
• Ying Ming Hao declined the disciples’ offers, explaining that he wanted to devote himself to cultivation and had no plans to form a team.
• The disappointed disciples gradually dispersed after Ying Ming Hao firmly maintained his decision.

Ying Ming Hao registered as a Personal Disciple and then entered the fourth Trial Tower to seek a cultivation method. After contemplating the Heartless Dao, he obtained the Supreme Heartless Scripture and began cultivating it.

• Ying Ming Hao received his Personal Disciple token, stipend details, and a booklet and voice transmission talisman from the registration elder.
• The elder assured Ying Ming Hao that the sect would not reclaim Ming Hao Palace, and accepted his Storage Ring as thanks.
• Ying Ming Hao chose to continue challenging the Trial Tower instead of returning to his residence.
• In the Insight Tower, Ying Ming Hao contemplated the Heartless Dao and attracted a plain light cluster from the depths of the river of stars.
• Ying Ming Hao received the Supreme Heartless Scripture and began cultivating its first page.

Ying Ming Hao perfectly cleared the Comprehension Trial, then fought through the Combat Power Tower using the Supreme Heartless Scripture and cleared it after defeating its final wave of skeletons. He entered the Divine Soul Tower and began learning to use divine soul power against three tree demons.

• Ying Ming Hao perfectly cleared the Comprehension Trial and earned one hundred points, briefly taking on a cold, emotionless aura before regaining his usual demeanor.
• Ying Ming Hao entered the Combat Power Tower and used the first form of the Supreme Heartless Scripture to battle waves of skeletons.
• Ying Ming Hao defeated the final wave of great-perfection Spirit Division Realm skeletons and cleared the Combat Power Tower.
• Ying Ming Hao entered the Divine Soul Tower, where three tree demons attacked his divine soul.
• Ying Ming Hao infused his saber with divine soul power and gradually improved his control while fighting the tree demons.

Ying Ming Hao cleared the ninth floor of the Divine Soul Tower by defeating three snow apes and a lava monster, strengthening his Divine Soul. After disciples praised him, he headed for the Physical Body Trial Tower, intending to leave three of the ten Trial Towers uncleared to avoid the duties of becoming a true disciple.

• Ying Ming Hao overcame the ninth floor’s freezing conditions and killed three snow apes with his saber and Ice Spike.
• Ying Ming Hao entered a lava world, cut down the tentacled monster’s supports, and finished it with Thunder Slash.
• Ying Ming Hao was teleported out of the Divine Soul Tower with a stronger Divine Soul, and inner disciples congratulated him.
• Ying Ming Hao decided to attempt every Trial Tower but deliberately leave three uncleared so he would not become a true disciple and receive sect missions.
• Ying Ming Hao entered the Physical Body Trial Tower as disciples watched, some with envy and others with flashes of killing intent.

Ying Ming Hao endured the Bone-Scraping Yin Wind for three hours and cleared the Physical Body Trial Tower, then challenged several more towers without completing their highest floors. As he continued cultivating, a Steward suspected he was holding back and decided to activate a backup plan, while other disciples discussed the dangers and opportunities of the Secret Realms.

• Ying Ming Hao resisted the Bone-Scraping Yin Wind until three hours had passed, healing when formation light appeared and clearing the Physical Body Trial Tower.
• Ying Ming Hao entered the Heavenly Aptitude Tower, the Mortal World Tower, the Spell Tower, and other challenges, but stalled on the highest floors of several later towers.
• A watching Steward suspected Ying Ming Hao was deliberately holding back and decided to activate a backup plan to force him out of the sect.
• Ying Ming Hao continued entering cultivation towers while disciples debated his prospects and the dangers of exploring the Secret Realms.
• The disciples discussed rumors of a new Secret Realm appearing and proposed forming a team with Ying Ming Hao.

After training in the Trial Towers, Ying Ming Hao went to the cafeteria and encountered Ye Hua, whom he had secretly ogled in the Gravity Tower. He provoked her by grabbing and restraining her during a meal, and the chapter left them struggling against each other beneath the table.

• Ying Ming Hao finished several days of Trial Tower challenges, then went to the cafeteria and ordered two cartloads of food.
• Ying Ming Hao told the cafeteria auntie that his companions had gone to the Secret Realm while he stayed behind because he was too weak.
• Ye Hua approached Ying Ming Hao, and he nervously invited her to share his food while fearing she knew he had watched her in the Gravity Tower.
• Ying Ming Hao pushed Ye Hua into a seat, stuffed a venison leg into her mouth, and left greasy handprints on her clothes and hand.
• Ye Hua attacked Ying Ming Hao with the venison leg, but he caught her wrists and trapped her feet between his legs as she struggled to break free.

After Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao ended their scuffle, they shared a huge meal, and Ye Hua revealed why she was short on money. Ying Ming Hao then cultivated for seven days, broke through to the first level of the Body Integration Realm, and went to the Hall of Missions to take on work.

• Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao agreed to release each other, and Ying Ming Hao apologized by treating her to a feast.
• Ye Hua ate with Ying Ming Hao and recalled how her fiancé betrayed her, leaving her to spend her resources on Heartless Dao cultivation and sect missions.
• After finishing the meal, Ye Hua warned Ying Ming Hao to stay away and left to wash up.
• Ying Ming Hao returned to Ming Hao Palace, cultivated for seven days, and broke through to the first level of the Body Integration Realm.
• Ying Ming Hao went to the Hall of Missions to collect missions and fulfill the sect's monthly requirement ahead of time.

Ying Ming Hao persistently followed Ye Hua as they searched for missions, then secretly signed them both up to help raise spirit beasts in the Spirit Beast Hall. Ye Hua chased after him in a fury after realizing he had taken her identity token and mission tablet.

• Ying Ming Hao greeted Ye Hua at the Projection Stele and ignored her attempts to keep him at a distance.
• Ying Ming Hao examined the mission listings and ruled out missions that required leaving the sect, while Ye Hua chose the Spirit Beast Hall mission.
• Ying Ming Hao suddenly volunteered for the same mission, and the registration elder issued mission tablets to both of them.
• Ying Ming Hao grabbed both identity tokens and mission tablets and hurried out of the registration area.
• Ye Hua drew her sword and chased Ying Ming Hao, threatening to beat him.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua brought their feud to the Spirit Beast Hall, where Li Yin tried to keep them apart while assigning their work. After a chaotic chase left Li Yin covered in wounds, he led the two juniors toward the Back Mountain to give them their assignments.

• Ying Ming Hao presented the mission tokens to Li Yin, but Ye Hua charged into the hall and pursued him with her sword.
• Ying Ming Hao hid behind Li Yin and taunted Ye Hua as she repeatedly struck at him, injuring Li Yin instead.
• Li Yin, Ye Hua, and Ying Ming Hao chased one another through the hall until nightfall, when Ye Hua finally stopped from exhaustion.
• Ying Ming Hao pretended he was too injured to stand, but Ye Hua's sword made him leap up immediately.
• Li Yin led Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua toward the Back Mountain to assign their work.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua began managing the sect’s spirit beasts from a two-room cottage, each settling into a separate room after fighting over the better one. The next morning, Ying Ming Hao invited Ye Hua to breakfast, and they both discovered his cooking was not as good as he had claimed.

• Li Yin assigned Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua to care for the sect’s spirit beasts and gave them Livestock-Raising Manuals.
• Ying Ming Hao claimed the larger room, leaving Ye Hua the shabby one, and the two read their manuals that evening.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua woke to the spirit beasts’ noisy calls the next morning.
• Ying Ming Hao cooked breakfast and coaxed Ye Hua into eating with him.
• Ye Hua tactfully called the salty porridge and fish passable, but Ying Ming Hao soon tasted the food and looked embarrassed.