Chapter Summaries

Kang Wuhen tried to claim the short-haired Buddha Body but was killed when it turned on him. The old monk used Kang Wuhen’s and Yuantong’s blood, along with preserved essence blood, to bind the Buddha Body, while the Black Iron Box sent a White Light Orb racing toward Wang Yu.

• Kang Wuhen used his essence blood to make the short-haired Buddha Body call him Master, but the Buddha Body crushed Kang Wuhen to death.
• The old monk restrained the Buddha Body with talisman chains, then used Kang Wuhen’s blood to restore them when the Buddha Body broke free.
• The old monk tore off Yuantong’s arm and used his blood arrows to weaken the Buddha Body’s resistance.
• The old monk released preserved essence blood from a black vial, enlarging the symbol on the Buddha Body’s brow until it stopped struggling.
• Wang Yu’s Black Iron Box opened, and its White Light Orb flew away; Wang Yu used Wind-Fire Wheel to catch it in midair.

Wang Yu awakened a mysterious translucent figure who opened the bronze door and destroyed the headless spider phantom with a Full Moon treasure. The figure then attacked the fleeing Demonic Path forces, while Heavenly Bone Ancestor escaped destruction by sending an eyeball underground.

• A translucent figure emerged from the shattered sphere, took Wang Yu through a Teleportation Array, and said he would end Jialan’s plan.
• The figure opened the bronze door and sent Wang Yu outside, where an old monk held the badly wounded Yuantong beside a shadowy black figure.
• The black figure revealed itself as a headless spider phantom and fled, but the figure summoned a Full Moon that blasted it into black vapor.
• Heavenly Bone Ancestor saw the Full Moon destroy the spider phantom and ordered the Demonic Path forces to retreat.
• The figure fired the Full Moon at Heavenly Bone Ancestor, who was struck despite using his artifacts and a talisman to flee.
• Heavenly Bone Ancestor’s skeleton body exploded, but an eyeball wrapped in black vapor escaped into the ground.

Gong Yue revealed that the old monk was not a true reincarnation of High Person Jialan and exposed how he had prolonged his life by conspiring against other reincarnations. Gong Yue then revealed himself as the spirit of the Moon-Refining Mirror, awakening the old monk’s memories.

• Gong Yue told the old monk that Jialan’s essence had split into failed reincarnations and challenged him to explain what had happened to the fifth Jialan Key.
• Gong Yue pulled the fifth Jialan Key from Yuantong’s chest and explained that Jialan’s arrangements had placed it inside each new reincarnation before it later emerged.
• Gong Yue recounted how the old monk had joined forces with Jialan’s spirit pet, turned a later reincarnation into a human puppet, and helped kill the third reincarnation.
• Gong Yue summoned the full moon into the tower, where it transformed into the Moon-Refining Mirror.
• The old monk recognized the mirror and identified Gong Yue as its artifact spirit, while the mirror’s silver light filled the tower.

Gong Yue revealed that the Treasure Vault was empty and healed Yuantong, then offered to grant one request on Jialan's behalf. The old monk and Yuantong each requested a treasure, but Gong Yue said only one of them could receive it and asked who would withdraw.

• Gong Yue explained that he had only been ordered to observe Jialan's reincarnation attempt, then made his body solid with the Moon-Refining Mirror.
• Gong Yue revealed that the Treasure Vault's promised treasures were false memories, leaving the old monk devastated by the empty shelves.
• Gong Yue healed Yuantong's wounds and offered to grant him one request on Jialan's behalf.
• The old monk requested a life-extending pill, while Yuantong requested a Buddha bone Sarira.
• Gong Yue produced both requested treasures but said he could fulfill only one request, leaving the old monk and Yuantong to decide who would withdraw.

Gong Yue took the Thunderbolt Ruler and the Buddha Body, sealed the tower floor, and left Yuantong, the old monk, and Wang Yu trapped together while they competed for his single granted request. Yuantong urged Wang Yu to help kill the old monk, who threatened them both as the confrontation began.

• Yuantong refused to trade the Buddha Body Sarira for the old monk’s Thunderbolt Ruler and medicinal pills.
• Gong Yue said only the first person to find him and state a request after an incense stick would receive it, then took the Thunderbolt Ruler.
• Gong Yue told Wang Yu he had to survive until his return, sealed the tower floor, and took the Buddha Body with him.
• Yuantong asked Wang Yu to join forces against the old monk in exchange for the Buddha Body Sarira.
• The old monk threatened to kill Wang Yu and Yuantong, whether or not they joined forces.

Wang Yu and Yuantong fought the old monk, who used lightning magic and deceptive duplicates to withstand their attacks. The chapter ended with Yuantong charred and motionless while the old monk reassembled himself unharmed.

• Wang Yu invoked Overclocking as Yuantong charged the old monk with his Golden Body Arhat Art.
• The old monk shattered Yuantong's lightning net and golden attacks, then struck him with a Tongue Blade that Yuantong broke after pulling it from his brow.
• Yuantong warned Wang Yu about the old monk's sinister magical artifacts and attacked again, but the old monk created seven figures that blasted him with lightning.
• Wang Yu used Draw-Cutting Art to behead one of the old monk's figures, but the monk turned into black mist and reassembled himself.
• Yuantong lay charred and motionless on the floor as the old monk stared up at Wang Yu.

Wang Yu survived the old monk’s devastating Triple Thunderstrike by combining a Lightning-Attribute Mechanism Puppet with the layered Flame Veil of his Parent-Child Floating Mirror. The old monk’s attack destroyed the puppet and two layers of Wang Yu’s defense, but the third layer endured, leaving Wang Yu poised to counterattack.

• The old monk summoned seven phantom figures and unleashed a powerful Thunder Method at Wang Yu.
• Wang Yu released his Mechanism Puppet Wolf, which absorbed the first dozen lightning arcs before its horn exploded and its body shattered.
• Wang Yu’s first Flame Veil began to fail under the remaining lightning, so he formed a three-layered barrier with the Parent-Child Floating Mirror.
• The old monk’s azure cone-shaped Magical Artifact destroyed the outer barrier, and the lightning shattered the second layer before dissipating against the third.
• Wang Yu’s final barrier survived, astonishing the old monk, and Wang Yu sent three masses of crimson flame circling around him.

Wang Yu fought the old monk, whose Human Puppet Secret Method let him attack with hidden Spell-Breaking crystal threads. After using a Thunder Pearl as a distraction, Wang Yu revealed three strange cannon-like artifacts and fired at the old monk while a golden figure restrained him.

• The old monk unleashed black and crystal-clear threads, and Wang Yu dodged most of the attack but suffered a freezing wound in his shoulder.
• The old monk formed an enormous web of crystal threads that threatened to cover the floor, while Wang Yu recalled his mirrors and sent fireballs toward him.
• A Black Orb concealed among the fireballs exploded into a Thunderball, engulfing the old monk in lightning.
• Wang Yu revealed three unfamiliar cannon-like artifacts as the old monk laughed that lightning could not kill his human puppet body.
• A golden figure emerged from the lightning and restrained the old monk while Wang Yu's three artifacts fired golden streaks at him.

Wang Yu and Yuantong joined forces to destroy the old monk’s Soul Case and end his centuries-long survival in the Jialan Secret Realm. With the old monk dead, Wang Yu treated his injuries and exhausted Dharma Power while Yuantong healed his wounds.

• The old monk’s human puppet body was pierced by Wang Yu’s golden attacks, and Yuantong released him after being wounded in the abdomen.
• Yuantong used a Buddhist Prayer Bead to immobilize the puppet’s scattered body and reveal the old monk’s miniature black Soul Case.
• The old monk fled with Thunder Escape Technique, but Wang Yu predicted his movements and struck the Soul Case with three successive blasts from the Floating Cannons.
• The miniature black cube shattered, and the old monk’s green soul flame vanished, causing the mesh and puppet fragments to burn away.
• Wang Yu took recovery medicine and used talismans to heal his shoulder while Yuantong treated his abdomen with a green leaf.

After Wang Yu and Yuantong defeated the human puppet, Gong Yue returned to reward them and answer their questions. He sent them out of the Secret Realm, leaving the fate of the realm and Jialan mysterious.

• Wang Yu collected fragments of the human puppet’s second-tier Soul Case and found a scorched medicine bottle, while Gong Yue explained that the puppet and its possessions had been burned away.
• Gong Yue gave Wang Yu a Green Wind Wolf cub with rare bloodline potential and a Spirit Beast Bag.
• Gong Yue gave Yuantong the Buddha Body Sarira, which Yuantong swallowed.
• Yuantong asked what would happen to the Secret Realm, and Gong Yue said it was free for others to use and that he had hidden the fifth key there.
• Wang Yu asked whether Jialan was still alive, and Gong Yue replied that Jialan was in this world yet not in this world.
• Gong Yue activated a formation that transported Wang Yu and Yuantong away from the Secret Realm.

After Gong Yue carried the High Tower away and the Temple ruins’ restrictions vanished, Wang Yu escaped and later settled in a concealed forest hollow with the Green Wind Wolf cub. He discovered the cub’s unusual cold spell and examined the immense Spirit Beast Bag Gong Yue had given him, whose inscription, “Red Glow,” left him uneasy.

• Wang Yu watched the High Tower tear through the sky and disappear, then left the ruins aboard his Bone Boat after noticing the blood-colored curtain was gone.
• Yuantong watched the tower vanish from another part of the ruins and hurried away, while the Blue-Armored Woman began to wake and the Yellow-Robed Palace-Dressed Woman stared at the departing tower.
• Demonic Path disciples arrived to plunder the ruins, and the Four Sects’ disciples appeared a day later and resumed fighting them.
• Wang Yu tested the Green Wind Wolf cub’s spell and saw it extinguish his crimson flame with icy wind before he put it into the Spirit Beast Bag.
• Wang Yu admired the bag’s enormous capacity, wondered why Gong Yue had given it to him, and read the words “Red Glow” inscribed on its bottom.

Wang Yu inspected the pill and Parent-Child Floating Mirror set he had acquired, then waited out the remaining days in the Jialan Secret Realm until his exit talisman activated. On his way to the exit, he spotted Zhu Wuyan and two hidden men preparing an ambush.

• Wang Yu examined the pitch-black pill but put it away rather than risk poisoning himself.
• Wang Yu checked the Parent-Child Floating Mirror set and found its thunder spirit stones nearly depleted and several components worn.
• Wang Yu hid in changing locations and released birds carrying bottles of his essence blood until his exit talisman appeared.
• Wang Yu followed the talisman's arrow toward the exit, avoiding other cultivators on the way.
• Wang Yu halted his Bone Boat after detecting a concealed restriction and recognized Zhu Wuyan among the ambushers.

Wang Yu escaped Zhu Wuyan without a fight and continued toward the Secret Realm’s exit, while Zhu Wuyan agreed to leave with Heavenly Bone Ancestor. Wang Yu reached the exit and flew out of the Secret Realm.

• Wang Yu prepared to fight Zhu Wuyan but flew around him when Zhu Wuyan made no move to attack.
• Heavenly Bone Ancestor revealed that he intended to take Zhu Wuyan to the Black Soul Sect as his fourth direct disciple.
• Wang Yu activated Overclocking mode, confirmed that Zhu Wuyan was not following him, and resumed his journey.
• Heavenly Bone Ancestor explained that he had tracked Wang Yu through the Blood-Transforming Demon Saber Talisman Treasure he carried.
• Wang Yu reached the exit guarded by Thousand Bamboo Sect puppets, whose guards let him pass after his Inner Disciple Token flashed, and he flew into the black hole.

Wang Yu returned from the Jialan Secret Realm and went to redeem his merit points, drawing notice for his survival and his deeds in the Medicine Garden Battle. He began handing in Demonic Path Identity Tokens, where he recognized an elder named Jin, but hesitated after noticing the monk beside him.

• Wang Yu emerged from the Jialan Secret Realm, and the Foundation Establishment cultivators remarked on his survival and his use of the Bone Boat.
• Wang Yu landed in the Four Sects' camp, stored the Bone Boat, and headed to the building where he could redeem merit points.
• Two Thousand Bamboo Sect disciples recognized Wang Yu from the Medicine Garden Battle, and he asked whether they had seen Senior Brother Tianjunzi again.
• Wang Yu entered the building and offered to hand in Demonic Path Identity Tokens to the Vajra Temple monk and the black-armored elder.
• The black-armored elder recognized Wang Yu as the disciple Uncle Lihuo had selected, introduced himself as Jin, and asked him to produce the tokens.
• Wang Yu hesitated after glancing at the monk beside Jin.

Wang Yu submitted tokens from three Demonic Path true disciples, earning over four hundred temporary merit points and first place in the rankings. After learning about the Fifth Jialan Key, Tianjunzi’s grave injuries, and the Four Sects’ losses, Wang Yu was told that Ximen Mei was waiting for him aboard the sect ancestor’s Magical Ship.

• Wang Yu submitted a dozen Demonic Path disciple tokens, including three true disciple tokens, and the Black-Armored Man and Monk Zhifa provisionally placed him first with over four hundred merit points.
• News of Wang Yu’s haul spread through the camp, and he slept for a day before waking to sort through his spoils.
• Wan Shan told Wang Yu that a Setting Sun Sect disciple had obtained the Fifth Jialan Key, which had supposedly fallen from the sky onto the disciple’s head.
• Wan Shan reported that Tianjunzi had escaped the Demonic Path Foundation Establishment cultivator with every meridian severed, and that fewer than thirty percent of the Four Sects’ disciples had returned.
• Wan Shan told Wang Yu that the Four Sects had increased the exchange treasures by thirty percent and that Ximen Mei had asked him to meet her aboard the sect ancestor’s Magical Ship.

Wang Yu visited the injured Ximen Mei aboard the Heaven Toad Ancestor’s Magical Ship and learned that a late-second-tier monster had nearly killed her in the Secret Realm. After handing over the blood origin mushrooms, he accompanied her to meet her grandfather, the Heaven Toad Ancestor, hoping to ask for his help.

• Wang Yu went to the Heaven Toad Ancestor’s Magical Ship after learning Ximen Mei had returned, and its armored commander escorted him to her room.
• Ximen Mei told Wang Yu that a late-second-tier monster had injured her and that her Family Ancestor had lent her a Third-Tier Talisman to suppress the demonic energy.
• Wang Yu returned the box of blood origin mushrooms he had kept for Ximen Mei, and she said they might help his request with her Family Ancestor.
• Ximen Mei drew the talisman into her body to move normally, then led Wang Yu to the hall where the Heaven Toad Ancestor was waiting.
• The Heaven Toad Ancestor invited Ximen Mei and Wang Yu inside after she announced that the blood origin mushrooms had arrived.

Wang Yu brought the blood origin mushrooms to Heaven Toad Ancestor and asked to become his registered disciple instead of accepting another reward. Heaven Toad Ancestor accepted him provisionally, giving him twenty years to reach Foundation Establishment before his status would be revoked.

• Wang Yu met Heaven Toad Ancestor, who heard Ximen Mei praise his help in obtaining the blood origin mushrooms and saving her life.
• Ximen Mei explained that she and Wang Yu had rescued Yuan Huatian from people from Joyful Bliss Palace in the Jialan Secret Realm.
• Heaven Toad Ancestor tested the three blood origin mushrooms and confirmed that all were usable and at least a thousand years old.
• Ximen Mei told Heaven Toad Ancestor that Wang Yu wanted only temporary registered-disciple status as his reward.
• Heaven Toad Ancestor agreed to accept Wang Yu as a registered disciple without public announcement, with twenty years to reach Foundation Establishment and become his true disciple.
• Wang Yu thanked Heaven Toad Ancestor, bowed, and addressed him as Master.

Wang Yu became Heaven Toad Ancestor’s Registered Disciple and received the Mysterious Armor Scripture, Mysterious Bone Pills, and a token to transfer to the Black Tortoise Lineage. After Wang Yu left, Ximen Mei and the golden toad discussed why she had secured his acceptance and the risks he faced in competing for True Disciple status.

• Heaven Toad Ancestor gave Wang Yu the Mysterious Armor Scripture and three bottles of Mysterious Bone Pills, but declined to give him a Rolling Stone Pill.
• Heaven Toad Ancestor gave Wang Yu a token that would let him transfer to the Black Tortoise Lineage and said he would support his bid to become a True Disciple but would not intervene if he later lost the position.
• After Wang Yu left, Ximen Mei confronted the golden toad, who revealed that the apparent Heaven Toad Ancestor had been a Mirage Art illusion.
• Ximen Mei explained that Wang Yu had brought the Blood Origin Mushroom from the Secret Realm and that she had promised to secure his support, despite Heaven Toad Ancestor’s reluctance.
• The golden toad described the competition for vacant True Disciple positions, including a new Azure Dragon lineage Heavenly Prodigy and young cultivators from the Yun and Li Households who had reached Foundation Establishment.
• Ximen Mei changed the subject to the golden toad’s Mirage Art, and he explained that it could fool cultivators below Golden Core but had no destructive power and could only be used once every seven days.

Ximen Mei considered pursuing Formation Master certification to challenge her arranged marriage to Yuan Huatian, while Wang Yu examined the rewards Heaven Toad Ancestor had given him. After studying the Mysterious Armor Scripture, he learned that its highest level could help withstand attacks from second-tier Magical Artifacts.

• Golden Toad warned Ximen Mei that breaking her engagement could endanger Wang Yu and suggested she would need to prove her value against Yuan Huatian.
• Ximen Mei decided to pursue Formation Master certification, believing her talent could help persuade her grandfather to reconsider the marriage alliance.
• Wang Yu returned to his wooden hut and inspected Heaven Toad Ancestor's token, three bottles of Mysterious Bone Pills, and the Mysterious Armor Scripture.
• Wang Yu used Overclocking to study the scripture and learned its seven layers required prior mastery of a Breathing Technique and first-tier Body Tempering.
• Wang Yu learned that mastering the Mysterious Armor Scripture could let his body withstand first-tier Magical Artifacts and negate much of the power of second-tier ones.

Wang Yu weighed whether to cultivate the difficult Mysterious Armor Scripture while waiting for the Jialan Secret Realm to close. After the vortex vanished, the Golden Core Ancestors discussed his achievements, and Lie Guang asked the Heaven Toad Ancestor to let Wang Yu join his sect as a Combat Cultivator.

• Wang Yu studied the Mysterious Armor Scripture, considered the cost of body tempering, and decided to postpone the choice until he returned to the sect.
• Wang Yu spent two days cultivating and studying manuals, then learned from Wan Shan that Gu Lian had obtained the Fifth Jialan Key.
• The Jialan Secret Realm's vortex collapsed, and the four Golden Core Ancestors appeared above the camps with the remaining disciples below.
• Heaven Toad, Lie Guang, and Monk Guangfa discussed Wang Yu's killing of three Demonic Path True Disciples and Gu Lian's good fortune.
• Lie Guang asked Heaven Toad to let Wang Yu join his sect as a Combat Cultivator because Wang Yu had a high-grade fire spirit root and had performed well in the Secret Realm.