Chapter Summaries

In the Misty Sect’s Thunder Prison, a hidden pair of sapphire-blue eyes secretly intensified the punishment and caused many disciples to die. Meanwhile, Bo Stronghold Chief led the Sandwind Stronghold’s elites to surround Gu Family Village, where Gu Yanchen and the rescued captives prepared to face an overwhelming attack.

• Chu Wei, Yan Xi, and the other disciples endured their fourth day of Thunder Punishment after failing to find Ying Ming Hao, while dozens had already died.
• A pair of sapphire-blue eyes within the thunderclouds secretly strengthened the lightning, killing more than half of the disciples who had perished.
• Bo Stronghold Chief brought more than twenty Human Immortal Realm experts and over three thousand bandits to surround Gu Family Village.
• Gu Yanchen defied Bo Zei and urged the village defenders not to lose their fighting spirit despite the enemy’s strength.
• Wang Xie condemned the Sandwind Stronghold for enslaving and torturing him and vowed to fight, while another rescued Human Immortal Realm cultivator called the bandits demons who deserved death.

Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao launched a surprise attack on Sandwind Stronghold, while Bo Li and his forces massacred Gu Family Village. After a message warned the bandits that their stronghold was under attack, Bo Li sent half his men back to reinforce it and kept the rest attacking the village.

• Ye Hua killed the bandits in Sandwind Stronghold, and Ying Ming Hao joined her as they slaughtered the alerted defenders with Little Chicken Kun following behind.
• At Gu Family Village, the Third-in-Command and more than twenty Human Immortal Realm cultivators overwhelmed the villagers, while Gu Yanchen and the other defenders struggled to resist.
• Gu Sen, the young married woman surnamed Li, and Wang Xie urged Gu Yanchen to retreat; after Scarface attacked the young married woman, Gu Er Niu arrived to help her.
• Gu Yanchen ordered the villagers to flee toward Wang Family Village, but Bo Li continued killing them until the bandits received a message that Sandwind Stronghold was under surprise attack.
• Bo Li ordered Second Brother and Third Brother to take half the bandits back to reinforce the stronghold, while he and the remaining men continued attacking Gu Family Village.

Gu Yanchen and the people of Gu Family Village barely survived Bo Li’s attack when reinforcements from Li Family Village and Wang Family Village arrived. Meanwhile, Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua escaped with Little Chicken Kun and stopped to eat and rest before planning their next move.

• Bo Li wounded Gu Yanchen and drove back Gu Er Niu, Gu Sen, and the villagers who tried to protect him.
• Bo Li offered to help the bandit who killed the most enemies break through another major realm, and the renewed assault devastated Gu Family Village.
• Gu Yanchen led the survivors toward the neighboring villages, and reinforcements arrived just as the bandits were close to wiping them out.
• Bo Li ordered a retreat, and the survivors of Gu Family Village wept with relief; at Sandwind Stronghold, the bandits found a message saying the Male-Female Twin Fiends had been there.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua rested after fleeing across several mountains, while Little Chicken Kun returned with wild chickens for their meal.
• After eating, Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua studied a map of the South Sea Continent, then fell asleep together.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua explored the Boundary Balance Mountains, gathering spirit herbs before a strange demonic wind confronted them with a Yellow Weasel. The weasel hesitated over seeking human recognition to transform, leaving both sides frozen in a tense standoff.

• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua gathered spirit herbs and recalled the dangers and rewards of their days exploring the mountains.
• Ying Ming Hao crushed an ambushing Green Bamboo Snake and fed it to Little Chicken Kun.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua entered a bamboo forest, where a violent demonic wind surrounded them.
• The wind revealed a Yellow Weasel, and Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua prepared for a possible attack.
• The Yellow Weasel weighed whether to seek human recognition and transform, while the humans waited nervously without speaking.

The Yellow Weasel asked Ying Ming Hao to judge her appearance and grant her a title, and he tried to secure benefits by describing her as his devoted concubine. The ritual drained his cultivation and life force into her, leaving him near death as the transformed Yellow Weasel became a Saint Realm beauty bound to him.

• The Yellow Weasel asked Ying Ming Hao whether she looked more human or immortal, and he realized that refusing her request could bring disaster.
• Ying Ming Hao called her his beautiful, devoted concubine, prompting the Heavenly Dao to bind them in beams of white light.
• The ritual drained Ying Ming Hao's cultivation, fortune, vitality, and talents while the Yellow Weasel transformed and grew stronger.
• Ye Hua tried to reach Ying Ming Hao through the barrier, then cared for him after the ritual left him shriveled, aged, and barely breathing.
• The Yellow Weasel reached the Saint Realm and became devoted to Ying Ming Hao, but Ye Hua angrily pushed her away before she returned to hold his hand and sob.

Ying Ming Hao’s soul fragments returned to a body hidden in the Misty Sect’s Thunder Prison, while Qin Fu Su and Xuan Qiwu discussed signs of impending conflict across the Xuanhuang Continent. After finishing his memorials, Fu Su left the palace with Qiwu for the East Street Night Market.

• Ying Ming Hao’s remains turned to ash, but his soul fragments slipped into a body concealed within the Thunder Prison.
• Qin Fu Su sensed something unusual while reviewing memorials and worried that his promised outing with Xuan Qiwu had been delayed too long.
• Xuan Qiwu barged into Fu Su’s office, asked him to keep his promise, and waited while he finished his work.
• Qin Fu Su told Xuan Qiwu that the north and south were mobilizing troops and that the Central Region might be preparing to seize control as the Xuanhuang Minor World approached advancement.
• Qin Fu Su finished his memorials, changed into casual clothes, and left for the East Street Night Market with Xuan Qiwu and their attendants.

After Ying Ming Hao’s death, Ye Hua sat in silent grief for ten days while Huang Rong kept watch and tried to get her to eat. Gu Yanchen and his companions arrived, paid their respects, and left, while Ye Hua remained motionless beside the grave.

• Ye Hua’s hair turned white overnight as she sat beside Ying Ming Hao’s grave, refusing food and water despite Huang Rong’s pleas.
• Huang Rong admitted she blamed herself for Ying Ming Hao’s death and promised to protect Ye Hua as he had asked.
• For several days, Huang Rong cooked food and urged Ye Hua to eat, but Ye Hua did not respond; Little Chicken Kun began seeking fights and was repeatedly beaten by stronger demonic beasts.
• On the tenth day, Ye Hua finally moved her head when Gu Yanchen, Wang Xie, Gu Sen, Gu Er Niu, Madam Li, and several dozen others arrived.
• Gu Yanchen and the others recognized Ying Ming Hao’s grave, thanked Ye Hua and Huang Rong for their earlier help, paid their respects, and left.

Ying Ming Hao returned to the Misty Sect with a rebuilt avatar and Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivation, then was pulled back into managing the Breeding Farm. He left the chapter demanding lavish compensation and assistants, lying about his falling-out with Ye Hua, and evicting the disciples who had taken over his hut.

• Ying Ming Hao returned to the Misty Sect, concealed his cultivation, and applied for a replacement identity token.
• Zhao Xu and Yu Huohuo dragged Ying Ming Hao to the Breeding Farm and asked him to take charge again.
• Ying Ming Hao bargained for fifty times his former compensation and several assistants, and Zhao Xu agreed on the condition that he did the job.
• Ying Ming Hao told Zhao Xu and Yu Huohuo that Ye Hua had rejected his confession and warned them not to mention her again.
• Ying Ming Hao reached the Breeding Farm, threw seven or eight disciples out of his hut, and threatened to return to Ming Hao Palace.

Ye Hua began her Human Immortal tribulation after grief over Ying Ming Hao's death awakened her Heartless Dao, but she faced the dreaded ninefold heart demon tribulation while weakened and unprepared. After Huang Rong warned her to prioritize resisting the heart demons, Ye Hua changed tactics and prepared to face the next wave.

• Ye Hua left Ying Ming Hao's gravestone and began her Human Immortal tribulation as her cultivation broke through.
• Huang Rong, Little Chicken Kun, and nearby demonic beasts watched as Ye Hua faced the gathering lightning.
• Ye Hua identified the first strike as the ninefold heart demon tribulation and easily survived its first three rounds.
• The fourth round intensified, wounding Ye Hua and assailing her with heart-demon illusions as Huang Rong urged her to focus on resisting them.
• Ye Hua sat cross-legged, raised barriers against the lightning, concentrated on her heart demons, and swallowed pills to restore her condition.

Ye Hua endured the fifth through eighth waves of tribulation lightning, overcoming heart-demon illusions built from her painful past and her growing affection for Ying Ming Hao. After breaking free of the eighth wave, she restored herself while the final tribulation gathered overhead.

• Ye Hua overcame an illusion of childhood rejection and prepared for the sixth wave of lightning.
• Ye Hua resisted memories of hardship in the Misty Sect and discovering her fiancé with another woman, then tore up their Marriage Contract.
• Ye Hua survived the seventh wave of purple lightning and faced memories of meeting Ying Ming Hao and growing close to him.
• Huang Rong and Little Chicken Kun watched anxiously as Ye Hua remained trapped in the eighth-wave illusion while demonic beasts gathered nearby.
• Ye Hua finally shattered the illusion, drank earth marrow cold spring water to recover, and waited as the final wave began to form.

Ye Hua faced the final bolt of her ninefold heart demon tribulation, using the heaven mountain snow lotus Ying Ming Hao had given her to withstand the black phoenix lightning. Meanwhile, Ying Ming Hao expanded his smuggling business in the Misty Sect and tightened his hold over the disciples helping him.

• Ye Hua swallowed a piece of the heaven mountain snow lotus as the black phoenix lightning struck, and its energy began repairing her shattered body.
• Ye Hua and the black lightning became locked in a struggle that strengthened her body while her mind fell into a heart-demon illusion about her time with Ying Ming Hao.
• Ying Ming Hao paused during a secret sale of spirit fowl after sensing something, then resumed business and handed a Storage Bag of livestock to a masked inner disciple.
• Ying Ming Hao took the disciple’s spirit stones, rewarded his servant helpers, and warned them to keep the smuggling operation secret.
• Ying Ming Hao revealed that he had taken control of two breeding farms and was secretly selling their surplus goods for profit.

Ye Hua relived her joyful memories with Ying Ming Hao and their friends in Ascension City during the heart-demon illusion. The recollection ended with Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao watching the sunrise together at Purple Mist Shore, their hands clasped.

• Ye Hua remembered arriving in Ascension City with Ying Ming Hao, where they met Zhou Duoduo and joined her group after fleeing the authorities.
• The group defeated enemies from the Western Region, divided their spoils, and later rescued Du Xiangmei from Ye Qingxuan’s attempted assault.
• Ying Ming Hao helped Ye Hua and Zhou Duoduo acquire ornaments at a night-market stall, and the group went on to the Mid-Autumn Festival gathering at Purple Mist Shore.
• Zhou Duoduo wagered against Yang Jihua, used Ying Ming Hao’s Prelude to Water Melody to win, and took the spotlight at the gathering.
• Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao watched the sunrise together at Purple Mist Shore while holding hands.

Ye Hua remained trapped in a heart-demon illusion during her tribulation, her body weakening as demonic beasts gathered nearby. Ying Ming Hao’s fading phantom appeared and touched her forehead, but vanished as Ye Hua awoke and cried out for him.

• Ye Hua relived memories of her time with Ying Ming Hao while Huang Rong watched over her during the tribulation.
• As Ye Hua’s breathing weakened and cracks spread across her body, demonic beasts gathered around her.
• The Jasmine Jade Pin released a mysterious light, and Ying Ming Hao’s phantom appeared before Ye Hua.
• Ying Ming Hao touched Ye Hua’s forehead, then rapidly faded until only his smiling head remained.
• Ye Hua opened her eyes, saw Ying Ming Hao vanishing, and desperately reached for him as Huang Rong and Little Chicken Kun wept.

After overcoming her heart demon tribulation, Ye Hua broke through to the Human Immortal Realm and slaughtered the demonic beasts drawn to her. She reached the sixth level of the realm, then returned to Ying Ming Hao's grave while Little Chicken Kun gathered the spoils.

• Ye Hua emerged from the tribulation transformed, healed, and newly advanced to the Human Immortal Realm as demonic beasts attacked her.
• Huang Rong told Little Chicken Kun that Ye Hua needed the battle to strengthen and steady herself, and promised to intervene if Ye Hua faced danger.
• Ye Hua fought the encircling beasts with the Glazed Sword, while her Heartless Dao cultivation grew and her emotions faded.
• After killing nearly a thousand demonic beasts over more than an hour, Ye Hua reached the sixth level of the Human Immortal Realm.
• Ye Hua returned to Ying Ming Hao's grave and sat beside it, while Little Chicken Kun collected the beasts' corpses and inner cores.

Ye Hua left Ying Ming Hao’s grave to seek revenge on Sandwind Stronghold, but found its former hideout and Gu Family Village in ruins. After failing to learn where the bandits had gone, she continued her planned journey, unaware that the stronghold had secretly relocated to the mountains.

• Ye Hua mourned Ying Ming Hao, vowed to avenge him and fulfill his dream, then departed with Little Chicken Kun and Huang Rong.
• Ye Hua returned to Sandwind Stronghold and Gu Family Village, found both in ruins, and wondered what had happened to the bandits.
• Ye Hua questioned a group of riders about Sandwind Stronghold, but a young man tried to assault her, so she killed him and his companions.
• Ye Hua searched nearby villages for several days without finding any clues, then resumed the training journey she had planned with Ying Ming Hao.
• After being ambushed again, the leader of Sandwind Stronghold moved the whole stronghold overnight to a secluded mountain hideout.

Ye Hua rescued Gu Yanchen and his companions from a force seeking their treasures, then slaughtered those who refused to become her servants. The survivors signed her Servant Contract and began gathering resources under her command.

• Ye Hua found Gu Yanchen, Wang Xie, and their companions surrounded by cultivators demanding their cultivation methods and pills.
• Gu Yanchen and the others begged Ye Hua to save them, and she turned back after Gu Yanchen offered their obedience.
• Ye Hua killed the earth immortal leader and drove off the surrounding cultivators, saving Gu Yanchen's group.
• Ye Hua presented a Servant Contract, then killed those who resisted and wounded Gu Yanchen and the others until they agreed to sign it.
• Gu Yanchen, Wang Xie, Gu Sen, and the surviving companions signed the contract, and Ye Hua ordered them to loot the corpses.

Two years later, Ying Ming Hao had become a revered inner disciple who used his wealth and influence to support others. He met Chen Gong and four prospective clients in a secluded grove and presented the goods for their transaction.

• Two years passed, and Ying Ming Hao’s former servant-disciple companions became inner disciples through his patronage.
• Yun Qingyi told Ying Ming Hao that Chen Gong had arrived with four new clients, and Ying Ming Hao asked whether the goods were ready.
• Ying Ming Hao and his disciples went to a secluded grove, where his guards watched for intruders.
• Chen Gong introduced Ying Ming Hao to Senior Brother Lin, Senior Brother Pei, Senior Brother Gao, and Senior Sister Chu.
• Ying Ming Hao exchanged courteous greetings with the visitors and instructed Yun Qingyi to hand Chen Gong the goods for inspection.

Ying Ming Hao’s private beast-trading business drew wealthy disciples seeking supplies for feasts after the Five Great Secret Realms closed. After a long day of deals earned him several hundred million spirit stones, he rewarded the disciples who helped him.

• Chen Gong inspected Ying Ming Hao’s goods, paid three million lower-grade spirit stones, and ordered premium spirit beasts for a feast after the secret realms closed.
• Ying Ming Hao offered Chen Gong a limited selection of high-grade spirit snakes, and Chen Gong reserved them without hesitation.
• Senior Sister Chu, Senior Brother Pei, and two other senior brothers placed orders for beasts, poultry, vegetables, and wine.
• After Chen Gong and the others left, waiting customers entered the Grove and negotiated deals with Ying Ming Hao, assisted by Yun Qingyi.
• Ying Ming Hao finished trading around midnight, calculated earnings of several hundred million spirit stones, and rewarded the disciples who had helped him.

After the five secret realms closed, disciples gathered at the Misty Sect to welcome those returning from three years of training. Ying Ming Hao waited among the crowd as Qing Yun, Lin Zihan, Shui Furong, and others approached, while enemies and bereaved disciples prepared for what awaited them back at the sect.

• Ying Ming Hao greeted the disciples gathered around him and accepted their praise as a successful supplier to the Misty Sect.
• Qing Yun, Wang Yong, Zi Xuan, and Qing Ying approached the sect aboard a flying ship and discussed reuniting with Ying Ming Hao after three years away.
• Lin Zihan looked forward to seeing Ying Ming Hao, while Shui Furong worried about how their reunion would go.
• Fatty Zhang, Lin Yong, and the others celebrated their return and planned a lavish meal, while some disciples grieved for companions killed in the secret realms.
• Luo Bai plotted to retaliate against Ying Ming Hao, and Zhao Yuan, Su Mei, and their allies planned to target Qing Yun, Lin Zihan, and their companions after returning.

Ying Ming Hao reunited with his friends after returning to the sect, stunning them with his changed appearance and greeting them with affectionate embraces and teasing. He and his companions headed to Ming Hao Palace while their enemies watched with renewed hatred, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Qing Yun, Wang Yong, and the others searched the arriving disciples until they recognized Ying Ming Hao by his height and azure hair.
• Ying Ming Hao teased his friends about failing to recognize him, and they praised his transformed appearance.
• Lin Zihan embraced Ying Ming Hao, and he then pulled Shui Furong into an embrace despite her protests.
• Ying Ming Hao tried to embrace Lin Qinqin, then hugged Little Red and Little Green before greeting Fatty Zhang, Lin Yong, Jie Kong, Xuan Chengzi, and the others.
• Ying Ming Hao and his companions left for Ming Hao Palace, while Luo Bai, Wang Baishun, Zhao Yuan, Su Mei, and the others watched resentfully and faced the consequences of their failed attack.