Chapter Summaries

Xu Feng forced Niu Dabao to serve him, but Long Ji, Youmeng, and their allies surrounded them. Youmeng immobilized Niu Dabao and Xu Feng, then brought Xu Feng down with her terrifying gaze.

• Xu Feng made Niu Dabao kneel and promised him eventual freedom and rewards for serving him.
• Long Ji and Youmeng appeared, and Xu Feng tried to intimidate them by pointing to Niu Dabao's strength.
• Gan Xin and the rest of Long Ji's group surrounded Xu Feng and Niu Dabao, including Zhu Fei and Shuzi, whom the group had rescued and marked as servants.
• Zhu Fei confronted Niu Dabao for abandoning the demons he had been hunting, while Niu Dabao was shocked that Zhu Fei served a human master.
• Xu Feng ordered Niu Dabao to kill Long Ji, but Youmeng froze Niu Dabao in place and Xu Feng slapped him down.
• Youmeng immobilized Xu Feng with her power and blood-red gaze, overwhelming his mind until he collapsed.

Long Ji forced Xu Feng and Niu Dabao to accept Servant Marks, then divided the looted Storage Rings with Youmeng. Meanwhile, Hu Li was cornered by lecherous cultivators until Niu Dabao, Zhu Fei, Gan Xin, Shuzi, and the others arrived and killed her attackers, leaving her trembling in the corner.

• Long Ji and the others woke Xu Feng and Niu Dabao, subdued them, and forced them to accept Servant Marks.
• Long Ji returned the nearly empty Storage Rings to Xu Feng and Niu Dabao, then divided the loot with Youmeng.
• Wang Di and the others searched farther afield, worried that the injured Ox Demon might recover.
• A crowd of cultivators cornered Hu Li, exhausted her strength, and began tearing her clothes as she sobbed.
• Niu Dabao, Zhu Fei, Gan Xin, Shuzi, and the others arrived and killed the cultivators attacking Hu Li.
• Hu Li remained in the corner, trembling with her arms wrapped around her legs.

Long Ji forced Hu Li to accept a Servant Mark after Gan Xin helped her dress, then burned the human skins and left with his followers. Elsewhere, Wu Yue was captured by a group of men who sealed her spiritual energy and attacked her, leaving her cries for help unanswered.

• Gan Xin shielded Hu Li from Ox Demon and the others and gave her fresh clothes while they gathered Storage Rings for Long Ji.
• Hu Li offered to serve Long Ji, and he ordered her to accept a Servant Mark from him and Youmeng.
• Long Ji burned the human skins on the ground and led Youmeng and the others away to seek their next encounter.
• A group surrounded the exhausted Wu Yue and seized both her legs as she fought to escape.
• The men sealed Wu Yue's spiritual energy and ignored her pleas as they attacked her.

Youmeng saved Wu Yue from assault and made her a servant of herself and Long Ji, who then confronted Wu Yue over her past abuse of him. Long Ji gathered a growing group of powerful followers and let four tortured women take revenge on their captors.

• Youmeng stopped the attackers with the Evil Soul Curse, saved Wu Yue, and made her a servant alongside Long Ji.
• Wu Yue recognized Long Ji and recalled how she and the others had mistreated him; Long Ji punished her with a painful spiritual attack before sparing her.
• Long Ji searched the area, recruited powerful demons and cultivators, and sent those who resisted to Youmeng as blood food.
• Wang Di and the others summoned their disciples back but received almost no replies, then went out to gather the remaining survivors.
• Long Ji offered four tortured women a chance to kill their captors, and they tore into the captives after the Ox Demon and others crippled them.

Long Ji planted Servant Marks in Shen Rong and the other three women after saving them, then prepared to confront Wang Di’s force. Wang Di’s dwindled group gathered in the palace, where Shen San demanded to know what had happened to Shen Rong and the others.

• Shen Rong and the other three women swore to serve Long Ji, and he planted Servant Marks in them and gave them clothes and healing pills.
• Youmeng absorbed the corpses’ flesh-and-blood essence, greatly increasing her strength, while Long Ji burned the remaining skins.
• Long Ji led his companions toward Wang Di and the more than one hundred people gathered around him to settle their conflict.
• Wang Di learned that only about one hundred and twenty people remained from the nearly five hundred who had entered the palace, and he angrily questioned the survivors.
• Shen Chang accused Sima Jian of abandoning his missing siblings, while Shen San demanded to know where Shen Rong and the other women were.

Sima Jian falsely convinced Shen San that he had tried to protect Shen Rong and the others, but their return exposed his deception. Long Ji’s group reunited the survivors with their friends and relatives while Gan Xin and Hu Li blocked Sima Jian and his companions from escaping.

• Sima Jian and his companions pretended to accept blame for Shen Rong’s supposed death, persuading Shen San and the others that they had done their best.
• A group led by Long Ji approached, and Wang Di’s people feared the returning Ox Demon would attack them.
• Shen San and Shen Chang discovered that Shen Rong, Shen Tang, and the others were alive and badly wounded, and the sisters broke down crying in their brothers’ arms.
• Sima Jian and his companions tried to slip away after realizing their lie had been exposed, but Gan Xin, Hu Li, and the others kept watch over them.
• The survivors on both sides reunited with friends and relatives, while Wang Di and the other leaders watched in confusion.

Shen Rong revealed that Sima Jian’s group had ambushed her clan, killed several members, and tortured the captured women before Long Ji and Youmeng rescued them. Shen San and the survivors attacked Sima Jian, while Long Ji’s forces routed Wang Di’s group and helped leave Sima Jian’s remaining men close to defeat.

• Shen Rong told Shen San that Sima Jian had betrayed her clan, killing nearly ten men and torturing the captured women until Long Ji and Youmeng arrived to rescue them.
• Shen San, Shen Chang, Shen Rong, and the other survivors attacked Sima Jian and his men, rejecting their excuses.
• Long Ji ordered Ox Demon, Gan Xin, and the others to attack Wang Di’s group, while Youmeng immobilized the enemy with her Evil Soul Curse and killed more than twenty of them.
• Ox Demon and Youmeng overwhelmed Wang Di’s forces, prompting Wang Di and his men to flee before Long Ji’s allies trapped them.
• Youmeng’s curse also immobilized Sima Jian’s group, allowing Shen San’s side to kill five of them and bring the remaining four close to defeat.

Shen Rong, Shen San, and their allies fought Sima Jian while Long Ji's forces surrounded Wang Di's group. Shen San and Shen Chang defeated Sima Jian, and Shen Rong and the other women killed him, avenging themselves as the battle elsewhere paused for Xu Feng to seek Long Ji's decision.

• Sima Jian begged Shen Chang and Shen Rong to spare him, but they rejected his pleas and continued attacking.
• Shuzi stopped Zhu Fei from leering at Shen Rong and ordered him to help block Wang Di's group from escaping.
• Wang Di offered the group's Storage Rings in exchange for their lives, and the Ox Demon directed Xu Feng to ask Long Ji what she wanted.
• Sima Jian unleashed his strongest spear technique against Shen San and Shen Chang, but their combined attacks overwhelmed him and left him near death.
• Shen Rong, Shen Tang, and two other women stabbed Sima Jian to death, then collapsed and wept.

Shen Rong, Shen Tang, and their companions avenged themselves by killing the last Sima Family disciples, while Long Ji forced the remaining cultivators in the hidden palace to choose between becoming his servants and dying. After Wang Di and the others surrendered, Long Ji became the palace’s biggest winner with more than a hundred powerful servants.

• Shen Rong, Shen Tang, and their companions killed the three remaining Sima Family disciples, wiping out the Sima Family disciples in the palace.
• Long Ji demanded that Wang Di and the others accept his Servant Mark or die, and Ox Demon gave them one minute to choose.
• As Ox Demon led the attack, the crowd rushed to surrender, leaving Wang Di standing alone.
• Wang Di discarded his sword and hurried to join the others in surrendering.
• Long Ji and Youmeng marked the new servants, raising Long Ji’s following above a hundred and leaving him unchallenged in the hidden palace.

Senior Sister Zhang led Su Yan away from the Pure Maiden Sect’s quarters under the pretense of admiring the moon, while a group secretly followed them. At the mountain, Su Yan’s advances disrupted Zhang’s plan, and the watchers gathered in the woods to observe them.

• Senior Sister Zhang invited Su Yan to admire the moon and led him away while seven or eight figures secretly followed.
• Zhang took Su Yan past the palace peaks toward a distant mountain, where four Pure Maiden Sect disciples were waiting.
• Zhang said the other disciples would keep watch, but Su Yan began groping her as they climbed.
• Zhang’s resistance weakened as Su Yan continued, and she stopped walking.
• More than a dozen hidden onlookers gathered in the woods and watched the pair.

Su Yan used the Great Star-Absorbing Art to remove the Joyous Union Sect’s Peach Blossom Mark from Senior Sister Zhang, freeing her from its control. She then pursued Su Yan, while Zhu Ling’er and the other Pure Maiden Sect disciples watched and made excuses not to intervene.

• Senior Sister Zhang’s Peach Blossom Mark appeared after the Joyous Union Sect’s influence stirred her desire for Su Yan.
• Su Yan absorbed the mark with the Great Star-Absorbing Art, and Senior Sister Zhang regained her sobriety and thanked him.
• Senior Sister Zhang grabbed Su Yan and pursued him despite the mark’s removal, and the two struggled before she pressed him down.
• Su Yan turned the tables and overpowered Senior Sister Zhang, while Ying Ming Hao and Qin Fu Su sensed something from afar.
• Zhu Ling’er and the Pure Maiden Sect disciples watched from the void, claiming Senior Sister Zhang might still need Su Yan’s help and deciding not to interfere.

Qin Jinfeng and the other female disciples watched Su Yan treat Senior Sister Zhang, claiming they needed to study his method and protect him. After three hours, Su Yan and Zhang had both broken through, but he refused to let her rest or treat Junior Sister Xu and the others.

• Qin Jinfeng asked Zhu Ling'er what to do about the disciples afflicted with Peach Blossom Marks, and Zhu Ling'er said Su Yan might have to treat them one by one.
• The other female disciples insisted on staying to guard Su Yan and observe his rescue method, while Qin Jinfeng openly recorded the scene.
• Junior Sister Xu and the others waited nearby, struggling with the Peach Blossom Marks and hoping Su Yan would treat them after Zhang.
• After three hours, Su Yan had reached the sixth level of the Void Insight Realm, and Zhang had advanced from the Golden Immortal realm to the great yi realm.
• Zhang called Junior Sister Xu and the others over for treatment, but Su Yan held Zhang close and said he only wanted her.

Su Yan used the Great Star-Absorbing Art and dual cultivation to free Senior Sister Zhang, Junior Sister Xu, and the other Pure Maiden Sect disciples from the Joyous Union Sect's peach blossom marks. While the disciples at the ruined palace waited for news, Su Yan began tending to Senior Sister Zhang again, delaying their return.

• Su Yan removed the peach blossom marks from Junior Sister Xu and the others, who woke and thanked him.
• Junior Sister Xu and the other freed disciples stayed with Su Yan as he continued helping them, while they discussed his methods and who would be next.
• At the ruined palace, the Pure Maiden Sect disciples worried about Senior Sister Zhu, Junior Sister Qin, and the others; Senior Sister Zhu sent word that they were safe and asked them to wait.
• Several dozen Pure Maiden Sect disciples sneaked away to look for Senior Sister Zhu and the others.
• Su Yan picked Senior Sister Zhang up again despite her warning that Senior Sister Zhu and the others might come looking for them.

Cao Feng, Xu Wei, and the others were trapped in a powerful formation while Wei Shi revealed his betrayal and attacked Su He. Wei Shi planned to hand the captives and their treasures over to Wang Lie and his allies, while Su He remained in immediate danger.

• Wei Shi used an inner formation to trap Cao Feng, Xu Wei, and the others while he and his men surrounded Su He, Liu Zhuer, and Xu Xiuer.
• Liu Zhuer, Xu Xiuer, and the other women fled after Wei Shi attacked, leaving Su He behind to be immobilized by his men.
• Wei Shi revealed that he had allied with Wang Lie of the Minor Formation Sect and had deliberately let the women flee toward Wang Lie's group.
• Cao Feng, Xu Wei, and the others searched for the cores of three interconnected formations, having found two but remaining unable to escape.
• Wei Shi seized Su He, tore at her clothes, and ignored the furious threats of the trapped cultivators.

Auntie Red rescued Su He from Wei Shi and slaughtered the Minor Formation Sect disciples, allowing Su He to loot their resources. Su He then urged the trapped crowd to break the formation before Wang Lie arrived and planned to use the corpses to help heal Auntie Red.

• Auntie Red emerged from Su He's Jade Bangle, killed Wei Shi, and attacked the nearby lechers while Su He finished Wei Shi with her Glazed Sword.
• Auntie Red defeated and killed the Minor Formation Sect disciples despite their attempts to form combined strikes and use their trump cards, while Su He watched and then looted their Storage Rings.
• Su He noticed Cao Yan, Xu Wei, and the others staring at her after her clothes had fallen away, so she used a formation to change into a fresh dress.
• Su He warned the crowd that Wang Lie might arrive and told them to break the formation, prompting them to attack it in search of its third formation eye.
• Su He gathered Wei Shi and the others' corpses, intending to refine them into Flesh-and-Blood Spirit Pills to heal Auntie Red.

Su He helped the trapped disciples break the Three-Layer Grand Formation while Auntie Red returned to collect the enemies’ Storage Rings and bodies. With the formation shattered and Wang Lie’s group approaching, the disciples showered Su He with gifts, and she secretly welcomed the extra resources.

• Auntie Red told Su He she had killed all the enemies, and Su He scolded her for leaving their Storage Rings and bodies behind until she went back to collect them.
• Su He examined the formation while Cao Feng, Xu Wei, and the others worked to escape before Wang Lie and his disciples arrived.
• Su He found the final formation core at the Bing Position, and everyone struck it together to break the Three-Layer Grand Formation.
• Cao Feng, Xu Wei, and the others gathered around Su He, praised her, and offered her pills and medicines while voicing their anger at Wang Lie’s group and their former companions.
• Su He reluctantly accepted the disciples’ gifts and secretly rejoiced at gaining more resources.

Su He and Auntie Red fled as Wang Lie led a coalition of forces against Cao Feng and his companions. The pursuers split up to hunt them, then Wang Lie taunted Cao Feng by displaying the battered Xu Xiuer, Liu Zhuer, and the other captured women.

• Auntie Red warned Su He that Wang Lie’s forces were coming, but Cao Feng, Xu Wei, and the others initially stayed to fight.
• When Wang Lie arrived with five or six thousand people, most of the defenders panicked and fled, while Cao Feng, Xu Wei, Jin Shui, and just over three hundred others stayed near Su He.
• Wang Lie’s coalition divided its troops and pursued the fleeing groups, with the leaders chasing Cao Feng and Xu Wei’s party.
• Auntie Red ran ahead while Su He silently cursed the others for wasting time before fleeing.
• Wang Lie called out to Cao Feng and showed him the battered, barely conscious Xu Xiuer, Liu Zhuer, and their companions.

Wang Lie, Li Kui, Wei Tong, and Chen Bo pursued Cao Feng and the others, abusing their captives and demanding their Storage Rings as the fleeing group struggled to escape. Qing Yun and her companions sensed something familiar among the fugitives but chose not to intervene and continued toward a cave.

• Wang Lie and his companions tormented Xu Xiuer, Liu Zhuer, and the other captives while Cao Feng and the others cursed them and fled.
• Wei Tong learned that his brother Wei Shi had been killed, flew into a rage, and renewed his abuse of a captive as Li Kui and Wang Lie threatened the fugitives.
• Li Kui recognized Jin Shui among the fleeing group, taunted him about Liu Zhuer, and Jin Shui denied his identity while vowing revenge.
• Su He and the others passed groups from other factions, whose members watched them flee.
• Qing Yun and Wang Yong sensed a familiar aura among the fugitives, but Qing Yun's group decided not to interfere and left to explore a cave.

Wang Baishun secured the nine great clans’ agreement to relocate their million-plus members out of the Secret Realm using the Little Realm Pearl. As they began packing, he led Little Fish and the others toward revenge on Gun Qiandao and the cultivators who had hunted him.

• The Carp King and the leaders of the other eight great clans agreed to follow Wang Baishun out of the Secret Realm, and he assured them he could safely transport them with the Little Realm Pearl.
• The clan leaders prepared to relocate and promised to help Wang Baishun find fortuitous opportunities and contact friendly clans.
• The nine clans began packing their belongings, while members of clans that had refused to leave watched and reconsidered their decision.
• Little Boss, Wo Man, Fierce Shrimp, Xie Chong, River Boy, and Little Fish offered to help Wang Baishun capture his enemies, and Little Fish clung jealously to his arm.
• Remembering Gun Qiandao’s pursuit and the captured cultivators, Wang Baishun decided to seek revenge and led the group toward the lake’s surface.

Wang Baishun used himself as bait to draw Gun Qiandao and his men out, while Little Fish and the others prepared to ambush them. Gun Qiandao’s forces surrounded them, but Little Fish revealed her overwhelming cultivation and faced them without fear.

• Wang Baishun ordered Little Fish and the others to hide nearby while he went out alone to lure Gun Qiandao’s men into an ambush.
• Gun Qiandao recognized Wang Baishun, sent word for his scattered forces to surround him, and waited until he reached the lake’s edge.
• When Gun Qiandao attacked Wang Baishun, Little Fish blocked his saber strike with a column of water.
• Little Fish repelled Gun Qiandao’s giant hand and resisted his threats as his men closed in around her.
• Little Fish warned Gun Qiandao and his men that they would soon be begging for mercy.