Chapter Summaries

Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao worked through the Spirit Beast Hall’s exhausting chores, where Ying Ming Hao repeatedly tried to cull a frail chick. After the chick escaped each attempt and followed him for food, he spared it for now and nearly stepped on it as he prepared to cook another chicken.

• Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao pushed a huge feed cart around the mountain, fed the livestock, collected Spirit Beast Eggs, and inspected the animals.
• Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao found a frail chick that its mother and flock rejected, and Ying Ming Hao tossed it into the cart of culled beasts.
• Ying Ming Hao was surprised when the chick escaped the deep cart, but Ye Hua threw it back in before leaving to wash.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua cooked and ate a goose for lunch while discussing which livestock to slaughter next.
• After a senior brother confirmed they had met their quota, Ying Ming Hao found the chick had escaped again, fed and watered it, then nearly stepped on it as it followed him to the hut.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua bickered as they worked and shared meals, while Ying Ming Hao cared for a sickly chick that kept following him. After several days of being fed, the chick recovered and began clucking.

• Ye Hua praised Ying Ming Hao's cooking, then grew angry when he teased her about the Heartless Dao and chased him through the woods with her sword.
• The next morning, Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua traded insults before making and eating breakfast.
• Ying Ming Hao found the chick still alive at the cottage entrance, fed it, and set off to work with Ye Hua as the chick followed behind.
• Ying Ming Hao fed the chick pieces of rabbit meat, and its strength began to return.
• Over the next several days, the chick grew healthier, recovered, and began clucking.

The Plain Maiden Sect disciples continued cultivating on the Blood Jade Tray while slaughtering anyone who tried to enter the Cave Abode. The onlookers feared them as the tray absorbed the dead, while Lu Ji and his forces remained trapped inside.

• The Plain Maiden Sect disciples killed several Heavenly Prodigies who ignored their warning to leave, frightening the remaining onlookers.
• The crowd discussed the disciples’ sudden strength and brutality, noting that more than a thousand people had died in seven days.
• A Plain Maiden Sect disciple ordered the others to collect the dead, their heads, and their Storage Rings before returning to Su Yan and the rest.
• The disciples fed the bodies to the bone pile beneath the Blood Jade Tray, where they turned into blood energy for the cultivators to absorb.
• The disciples resumed cultivating on the tray while guarding the Cave Abode, and the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda continued to hold Lu Ji and his force trapped inside.

The Blood Jade Tray stopped rotating after the Plain Maiden Sect disciples absorbed its power, driving them into a murderous frenzy. Qin Jinfeng and the others failed to catch the fleeing Heavenly Prodigies, while Su Yan remained unaffected.

• After the Blood Jade Tray consumed the corpses beneath it, it stopped rotating, and the Plain Maiden Sect women opened their blood-red eyes.
• Qin Jinfeng announced that she had reached the peak of the Great Luo Realm and urged the disciples to capture Lu Ji and refine their blood energy.
• The newly empowered Plain Maiden Sect disciples attacked the onlookers, sending thousands of Heavenly Prodigies fleeing in terror.
• The disciples gained the name “Viperous Evil Cultivators,” and rumors spread that they devoured people alive.
• Qin Jinfeng and the others returned without catching anyone, while Zhu Ling'er warned Qin about her killing intent before succumbing to it herself.
• Most Plain Maiden Sect disciples remained consumed by murderous urges, but Su Yan stayed calm and unaffected.

Su Yan reassured the Pure Maiden Sect disciples that their absorbed killing intent would fade, then promised Senior Sister Zhang he would punish Lu Ji for ambushing and humiliating them. With Lu Ji and her allies trapped in the damaged Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, Su Yan prepared to lead the senior sisters inside to defeat them.

• Su Yan explained that the disciples’ killing intent would gradually dissipate and celebrated their breakthroughs as the senior sisters teased him and vied for his attention.
• Su Yan declared that he loved only Senior Sister Zhang, while the other disciples envied how well she could endure his affection.
• Zhu Ling'er and Junior Sister Xu urged Su Yan to settle their score with Lu Ji and the Joyous Union Sect for their attacks and attempted capture of the Pure Maiden Sect disciples.
• Senior Sister Zhang demanded that Lu Ji be imprisoned and tormented, and Su Yan promised to fulfill her request.
• Su Yan explained that the damaged Demon-Suppressing Pagoda was difficult to control and that Lu Ji and the others were still resisting inside it.
• Su Yan directed the senior sisters to enter the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda and surround Lu Ji and her allies, then flew there on the Blood Jade Tray.

Su Yan and the Plain Maiden Sect planned to hunt those still trapped inside the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda and demand their resources in exchange for their lives. Zhu Ling'er broadcast their terms to Lu Ji, the Flood Dragon King, and the other captives, leaving them to choose whether to surrender or fight.

• Su Yan showed Zhu Ling'er and the others a projection of Lu Ji, the Flood Dragon King, and thousands of captives searching the darkness of the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda for an exit.
• Zhu Ling'er warned that killing disciples from many factions could provoke their backers, but Qin Jinfeng and the other Plain Maiden Sect disciples urged revenge against their enemies.
• Su Yan ordered the captives to surrender their fortuitous gains and said the Plain Maiden Sect would eliminate anyone who resisted.
• Su Yan activated a projection above the captives, and Lu Ji, Yu Manfeng, and the others recognized Zhu Ling'er and hoped they might escape.
• Zhu Ling'er demanded all resources from most factions and eighty percent from groups friendly with the Plain Maiden Sect, ordering those who agreed to move aside.

The factions debated whether to surrender their gains to Zhu Ling'er and the Plain Maiden Sect or resist, while Lu Ji and other hostile leaders urged them to fight. The chapter ended with demonic factions boasting about capturing the Plain Maiden Sect disciples as Furnace Cauldrons.

• The Pure Nun Convent disciples asked Li Ni whether they should surrender their gains, and she warned them to prepare for danger because they had been trapped for days.
• Wu Zilong listened to Starwind Academy disciples debate and decided to hand over their gains in exchange for their lives.
• Liu Tong recommended that the Natural Dao Sect surrender its resources, and most of its disciples agreed.
• Lu Ji and Feng Hai urged the factions to resist the Plain Maiden Sect, while Lü Wei threatened to claim its disciples as Furnace Cauldrons.
• Members of the Azure Blood Sect and other factions openly argued over which Plain Maiden Sect disciples, including Zhang Jie, they wanted to capture.

Su Yan and Zhu Ling’er split the gathered factions by demanding they surrender their resources, then summoned monsters and demons to surround the larger group. The chapter left Lu Ji, the Flood Dragon King, and their allies staring in terror at the creatures closing in around them.

• Senior Sister Zhang comforted Su Yan, and Zhu Ling’er gave the crowd one minute to decide whether to hand over their resources.
• Wu Zilong and Liu Tong led their factions to the left, while nearly twenty-eight thousand people remained with Lu Ji and the Demon Race forces on the right.
• Lu Ji, Cheng Fengyan, the Flood Dragon King, and the Roc King mocked the factions that had left and threatened the Plain Maiden Sect disciples.
• Su Yan told Zhu Ling’er to wait, then cast a spell commanding monsters and demons to attack the larger group while sparing those on the left.
• Lightning revealed monsters and demons from the Demon, Devil, and Ghost Races surrounding Lu Ji’s group, whose members watched in terror.

Monsters and demons launched a sudden assault on the Heavenly Prodigies, tearing through their ranks and forcing the survivors to fight for their lives. Lu Ji organized a rotating circular defense, but the arrogant Demon Race experts refused to follow her orders, leaving dangerous gaps in the formation.

• Monsters and demons swarmed the Heavenly Prodigies, killing and devouring many before they could form defenses.
• Lu Ji led Joyous Union Sect disciples and other powerful Heavenly Prodigies in resisting the attack, while most Demon Race experts were overwhelmed despite their strength.
• Liu Tong, Wu Zilong, Li Ni, and the others felt relieved that they had chosen a safer position, but still formed defensive formations as monsters passed nearby.
• The survivors fought off the creatures’ bizarre attacks and lightning, losing more than two thousand people before their defenses stabilized.
• Yu Manfeng warned Lu Ji that the endless assault would wear them down, so Lu Ji ordered the disciples to form a circle and take turns fighting.
• The Flood Dragon King, the Baleful Tiger King, and other Demon Race members ignored Lu Ji’s orders, leaving gaps in the defensive formation.

Su Yan held the Plain Maiden Sect women back while the monsters and demons inside the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda weakened the trapped factions. Lu Ji’s group suffered heavy losses, and she restrained herself from charging into the horde after her junior brother was killed.

• Zhu Ling’er, Qin Jinfeng, and the other Plain Maiden Sect disciples demanded that Su Yan let them join the battle and take revenge on their enemies.
• Su Yan persuaded the women to wait until the trapped fighters were exhausted, while he fondled Senior Sister Zhang and Junior Sister Xu.
• The monsters and demons grew stronger as they devoured captives, dragging disciples away and killing them amid the battle.
• Lu Ji watched the monsters seize and devour Junior Brother Tang, then erupted in grief and fury.
• Yu Manfeng stopped Lu Ji from charging into the monster horde, and she reluctantly recognized that she would likely be devoured too.

The sects fought desperately against monsters that regenerated and dragged their victims into darkness. Zhang Shilong rescued the captured Junior Sister Yao and returned wounded, while Qin Xuan used a fellow Clearwind Sect disciple as a shield and kept fighting.

• The Backing Mountain Sect’s wounded retreated to heal as monsters tore through their ranks.
• Zhang Shilong and the Misty Sect disciples struggled against creatures that resisted spells and reformed after being cut apart.
• When a tentacled beast dragged Junior Sister Yao into the darkness, Zhang Shilong charged after her despite his fellow disciples’ warnings.
• Zhang Shilong erupted with a brilliant attack, rescued the mangled Junior Sister Yao, and fought his way back, earning cheers from the Misty Sect.
• As Clearwind Sect disciples were dragged away, Qin Xuan used one of them to block a fatal blow, killed an ambushing vengeful ghost, and continued fighting.

The Demon Race kings and their allies fought waves of bizarre monsters, but the creatures’ strange resilience and relentless attacks left them badly wounded and struggling. The battle remained at a stalemate, and the defenders had not realized that no further monsters were coming from the darkness.

• The Flood Dragon King charged through the monsters, but bloodsuckers clung to him and a three-headed, six-armed monster wounded him with its Bone Blades.
• The White Elephant King crushed and swept aside monsters, but they recovered and swarmed over his body.
• The Roc King battled a swift Bone Bird Monster, scraped it off against the ground, and then fought it in midair.
• The Baleful Tiger King lost his tail and fended off hyenas that repeatedly threatened his rear.
• The Leopard Spirit struggled against an unbreakable worm while other monsters attacked him and the separated Demon Race fighters.
• The Demon Race forces remained locked in a stalemate, unaware that the monsters already surrounding them were all that had emerged from the darkness.

After three hours of battle inside the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, Su Yan proposed offering surrender terms to weaken Lu Ji and the others’ forces. Zhu Ling’er’s appeal split the battlefield between those who continued resisting and those who moved to surrender, leaving Lu Ji and her allies struggling to keep their forces together.

• The forces led by Lu Ji and the Flood Dragon King lost more than seven thousand comrades while fighting the monsters and demons to a stalemate.
• Su Yan told Zhu Ling’er to offer lord-subject contracts to willing surrenders and Servant Contracts to demons, while taking their resources.
• Zhu Ling’er announced the surrender terms, and Su Yan recalled the monsters and demons into the darkness.
• Zhang Shilong led more than three hundred Misty Sect disciples toward the surrendering group despite Feng Hai’s protests.
• Qin Xuan rejected Lu Ji’s appeal to stay and fight, insulted her, and left with Clearwind Sect disciples.
• Lü Wei, Yu Manfeng, and others tried to persuade members of their forces not to surrender.

Su Yan used the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda to bind the surrendered Demonic Beasts and sent Zhu Ling'er and the others to secure lord-subject contracts from Zhang Shilong’s faction. Lu Ji attacked Zhu Ling'er but was drawn into battle with a Bone Bird Monster, leaving her allies and the Flood Dragon King’s side outnumbered and struggling to hold their ground.

• The Flood Dragon King condemned the injured Demon Race leaders for surrendering, while the Giant Snake Demon led her followers away from him.
• Su Yan planted slave marks on the Giant Snake Demon, White Elephant King, and the other surrendered Demonic Beasts with the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda.
• Zhu Ling'er and Senior Sister Zhang brought their group through a passage and ordered Zhang Shilong and the others to sign lord-subject contracts, which they accepted.
• Lu Ji charged Zhu Ling'er but was attacked by a Bone Bird Monster after leaving the Defensive Perimeter, and she fought it while her allies joined the battle.
• Monsters and demons killed several Joyous Union Sect disciples, forcing Feng Hai, Lü Wei, and others to help defend them.
• Lu Ji, the Flood Dragon King, and their allies retreated into a Circular Formation as Zhang Shilong and the Giant Snake Demon’s group watched from safety.

Su Yan renewed his lightning assault on the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda while the Plain Maiden Sect disciples entered and joined the battle against Lu Ji and her allies. Zhu Ling'er and Qin Jinfeng led a brutal slaughter, and the Viperous Evil Cultivators terrified both enemies and allies.

• Su Yan summoned fresh thunderclouds to continue striking Lu Ji and the others, while the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda began to glow faintly.
• Factions drawn by the commotion tried to seize the pagoda, but the Plain Maiden Sect disciples slaughtered them and drove the survivors away.
• Su Yan marked the disciples with protective light and opened a passage into the pagoda after they clamored to join the fight.
• Zhu Ling'er ordered Zhang Shilong, the Giant Snake Demon, and the others into battle, leaving Lu Ji and Feng Hai's side in grave danger.
• Zhu Ling'er ambushed Lu Ji, wounded her shoulder, then evaded her while attacking Joyous Union Sect disciples.
• Qin Jinfeng and the other Plain Maiden Sect disciples massacred their enemies, spreading fear of the Viperous Evil Cultivators across the battlefield.

Zhang Jie, Xu Paopao, and the other Plain Maiden Sect women defeated Yu Manfeng and Cheng Fengyan when the men’s controlling marks failed, then began torturing them in revenge. The chapter flashed back six months to Mount Hua City, where the Joyous Union Sect targeted the women and surrounded them with lewd intentions.

• Zhang Jie, Xu Paopao, and the others attacked Yu Manfeng and Cheng Fengyan after the men failed to activate their controlling marks.
• Zhang Jie crippled Yu Manfeng, while Xu Paopao and the others crippled Cheng Fengyan and inflicted grievous wounds on both men.
• Zhang Jie remembered arriving in Mount Hua City half a year earlier with Xu Paopao, Senior Sister Zhao, and the other Plain Maiden Sect disciples.
• Yu Manfeng and Cheng Fengyan leered at the Plain Maiden Sect women and discussed their plans to exploit Zhang Jie and the others.
• Yu Manfeng led dozens of Joyous Union Sect disciples to surround the women, who angrily ordered them to get out of the way.

The Plain Maiden Sect and Joyous Union Sect nearly came to blows in Mount Hua City after a Joyous Union disciple groped a junior sister and she cut off his arm. The City Lord’s Residence intervened to stop the fight, leaving the two factions facing off under the Commandant General’s uneasy restraint.

• A Joyous Union disciple threatened Senior Sister Zhao and her companions while Cheng Fengyan tried to dismiss their objections.
• A shifty-eyed Joyous Union disciple groped a Plain Maiden Sect junior sister, who cut off his right arm.
• Senior Sister Zhao and Yu Manfeng’s disciples drew their swords and traded threats as bystanders fled.
• The Commandant General arrived with soldiers and ordered both sects to stop fighting inside Mount Hua City.
• Yu Manfeng blamed the Plain Maiden Sect, but Senior Sister Zhao accused him of twisting the truth and mocked his title.
• The Commandant General stood between the factions and told them to leave the city if they wanted to settle their dispute.

After Yu Manfeng withdrew, he secretly sent a message, and a rumored treasure at Ao Mountain Pass stirred the Plain Maiden Sect into debate. When Zhang Jie warned that the sudden opportunity could be a trap, a junior sister mocked her stalled cultivation and challenged her standing, prompting Zhao and Xu Paopao to defend her.

• Yu Manfeng led his people away after threatening the Plain Maiden Sect, then assured his injured companion that their enemies would soon be under their control and sent a mysterious message with his Communication Jade Talisman.
• A woman beside a mountain stream read Yu Manfeng's message and turned toward a pool where more than a dozen women were bathing.
• Three days later, rumors spread through Mount Hua City that a cave abode at Ao Mountain Pass held a nearly ripe supreme-grade Iceheart Jade Fruit, prompting the Plain Maiden Sect disciples to consider exploring it.
• Zhang Jie warned the disciples that the sudden opportunity might be a trap, but a petite junior sister mocked her years of stalled cultivation and urged her to give up her position as Eldest Senior Sister.
• Senior Sister Zhao slapped the mocking junior sister, and Xu Paopao struck her again as other disciples rallied to Zhang Jie's defense.

Senior Sister Zhao’s group encountered Junior Sister Liu and her companions, who had also heard that Iceheart Jade Fruit was nearby. Despite Senior Sister Zhao’s suspicions that the Joyous Union Sect might be setting a trap, the group’s eagerness to claim the treasure prevailed, and several sisters went to gather information.

• Senior Sister Zhao persuaded her group to proceed cautiously after Junior Sister Su urged them to pursue the opportunity.
• Junior Sister Liu arrived with more than a dozen sisters and said they had come seeking the Iceheart Jade Fruit after receiving a confidential message.
• Senior Sister Zhao explained that she feared the news was a Joyous Union Sect trap, but Junior Sister Liu said her group had received the message seven days earlier.
• Junior Sister Liu gave ointment to Junior Sister Su, who claimed she had swollen her face by falling.
• Junior Sister Liu and the other sisters urged Senior Sister Zhao to pursue the fruit, and she agreed to observe the situation a little longer before deciding.
• Impatient sisters scattered to gather information while Senior Sister Zhao and a few others remained uneasy.

Senior Sister Zhao’s group hurried to Ao Mountain Pass to seize the Iceheart Jade Fruits, but Zhang Jie recognized a trap too late to stop the eager junior sisters. The women were trapped inside the cave and attacked by the shifty-eyed Joyous Union Sect disciple and his allies, while the experienced senior sisters fought to protect them.

• Senior Sister Zhao ordered Zhang Jie to lead the junior sisters in retreat if they were ambushed, then the group set out for Ao Mountain Pass.
• Zhang Jie and Senior Sister Zhao noticed that other cultivators had vanished, and Zhang Jie warned the group that the cave abode was an ambush.
• Junior Sister Su and Junior Sister Liu ignored Zhang Jie and rushed into the cave, where they discovered the Iceheart Jade Fruits were illusions.
• Formations trapped the fastest women as the shifty-eyed Joyous Union Sect disciple and his allies blocked the exits and surrounded them.
• The shifty-eyed disciple ordered his Gum Demons to capture the women, and several senior sisters rallied the others into a desperate fight.