Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu entered the Jialan Secret Realm and discovered that the passage had scattered disciples to random locations. After landing near two Black Soul Sect disciples, he killed them with the Windfire Chant and Golden Needle Technique, collected their belongings, and flew toward the forest.

• Wang Yu recognized the red-dressed Senior Sister Lin as Xiao Feng, who had received a Golden Talisman from Heaven Toad Ancestor before entering the passage alone.
• Senior Brother Huang led Wang Yu and the others into the white passage after they received talismans from a Foundation Establishment elder.
• Wang Yu emerged alone above an earthen slope, where two Black Soul Sect disciples summoned a Bone Banner, Bone Shield, and White Bone Fiends to attack him.
• Wang Yu blasted the White Bone Fiends with the Windfire Chant and pierced both Black Soul Sect disciples with the Golden Needle Technique.
• Wang Yu collected the two Storage Bags and damaged magical artifacts after the flames reduced the disciples to ashes, then flew into the nearby forest.

Wang Yu fled the battlefield where Black Soul Sect disciples had fallen and headed toward a distant Mountain Range to find cover. After killing several wolves, he found himself surrounded by a vast pack and escaped into the air as they howled below.

• Wang Yu hid from a group of Black Soul Sect disciples and watched them fly toward the battlefield before they returned, apparently finding their fallen companions.
• Wang Yu surveyed the forest, lake, desert, and distant Mountain Range, then chose the Mountain Range as his destination for its rugged terrain and hiding places.
• Wang Yu killed a Yellow-Furred Demon Wolf after it attacked him, but its howl drew more wolves from the forest.
• Wang Yu killed two blue wolves, kicked three more away, and used Draw-Cutting Art to kill four others as the pack closed in.
• Wang Yu sensed wolves surrounding him, flew into the air, and watched the densely gathered pack howl beneath him.

Wang Yu killed Wei, a Mara Sect inner disciple, with the Azure-Red Wind-Fire Wheels and escaped after collecting his possessions. A group searching for Wei discovered that his essence-blood mark had vanished and feared punishment from his powerful family.

• Two ranked Azure Wolves attacked Wang Yu, and he killed them with his Willow-Leaf Flying Knives.
• Wang Yu exposed and confronted Wei, a disguised inner disciple of the Mara Sect, who attacked him with a Black Greatsword.
• Wang Yu used the Azure-Red phantom wheels to get behind Wei and kill him, though the technique badly scorched his feet.
• Wang Yu healed his feet, searched Wei's belongings, took his armor and weapons, burned the body, and fled into the forest.
• Senior Brother Zhao and other Demonic Path disciples arrived, discovered Wei's essence-blood mark had disappeared, and worried about the consequences of his death.

After Wei’s death, Senior Brother Zhao used a secret blood-induction art to track the killer, while Wang Yu fled through the forest and examined the loot he had taken. The chapter ended with Wang Yu discovering two unusual beast-hide talismans in the green-armored young man’s Storage Bags.

• Senior Brother Zhao convinced the Mara Sect disciples to search for Wei’s murderer and found no trace of him nearby.
• Senior Brother Zhao revealed that he had marked Wei’s Greenlight Armor with secret blood-induction medicine and demanded half the disciples’ future gains in exchange for using the tracking art.
• Senior Brother Zhao performed the blood-induction art, which sent a jet of blood toward the mountain range, and led the disciples after the murderer on a wooden boat.
• Wang Yu inspected the Storage Bags of two Black Soul Sect outer disciples and found ordinary supplies, spirit stones, damaged magical artifacts, and White Bone Fiends.
• Wang Yu examined the green-armored young man’s Storage Bags and discovered two beast-hide talismans, one densely inscribed and the other marked with a crude blood-red saber.

Wang Yu searched the two Storage Bags, discovered a matching helmet for his Greenlight Armor, and destroyed a bloody presence concealed within the armor before fleeing. Meanwhile, a scholar and other Mara Sect disciples were confronted by two Vajra Temple monks, leaving a clash imminent.

• Wang Yu found two thunder spirit stones, eleven blood-red pills, and a huge Storage Bag containing a Mechanism Puppet Wolf, a mask, a Mara Sect Inner Disciple Token, and a green helmet.
• Wang Yu tested the helmet and half-armor, discovered that they were Greenlight Armor with powerful defenses, and burned away a blood-red skull-shaped vapor that emerged from the half-armor.
• Wang Yu crushed the Mara Sect token and used a Yellow Talisman to increase his speed as he fled.
• The scholar and several Mara Sect disciples encountered a young Vajra Temple monk and his tall, Qi Refining-perfection senior brother aboard their azure wooden boat.
• The young monk politely asked the Mara Sect disciples for alms, but the scholar threatened them, and both sides prepared to fight.

Two young monks entered the Jialan Secret Realm and overwhelmed a group of Mara Sect disciples with powerful Buddhist techniques. Outside, Monk Guangfa confronted the other Golden Core ancestors about the hidden abilities and treasures their disciples had brought into the realm, then proposed a suggestion.

• The young monk caught and crushed a Mara Sect disciple’s blood-colored sword, while the tall, thin monk knocked away a Black Seal with a Phantom Lion-Head Fist.
• The Mara Sect scholar and his fellow disciples launched a combined attack, but the young monk and the tall, thin monk broke through their spells and artifacts and drove back a Blood Giant.
• The scholar empowered himself with blood mist and attacked with three blades of freezing saber energy, while the young monk advanced toward them with his glowing kasaya.
• Heaven Toad Ancestor and the old woman surnamed Qing questioned Monk Guangfa about the two young monks who had entered the Jialan Secret Realm.
• Monk Guangfa pointed out the unusual girl, swords, and twin sisters brought by the other sects’ disciples, and Heaven Toad Ancestor acknowledged his Buddhist Heavenly Eye.
• Monk Guangfa suggested that the Golden Core ancestors hear his proposal.

Monk Guangfa secured an agreement among four sect leaders to share cultivation methods and information found in the Jialan Secret Realm. Elsewhere, Wang Yu escaped a pack of Yellow-Furred Demon Wolves, while the young monk killed Senior Brother Zhao and left several corpses behind.

• Monk Guangfa proposed that the four sects share cultivation manuals and secret intelligence, and Heaven Toad Ancestor, the Azure Elderly Woman, and Lie Guang agreed.
• Wang Yu was surrounded by Yellow-Furred Demon Wolves in the forest and decided to target their giant leader.
• Wang Yu broke the giant wolf's shield with the Draw-Cutting Art, killed it, and cut down most of the pack with his saber.
• Wang Yu used a talisman to wash away his scent before continuing toward the mountain range.
• The young monk killed Senior Brother Zhao and dropped his corpse beside the bodies of other victims and a Blood Leopard.

Wang Yu discovered that the mask artifact could disguise his face as anyone he imagined, then continued toward the Mountain Range while avoiding the items taken from the Mara Sect disciple. As he neared the Mountain Range, fleeing cultivators and a gigantic azure wolf appeared behind him.

• Wang Yu activated the grayish-white mask and found that it created an illusory face he could change into Ding Yu, Zhou Chu, Yin Linglong, or his own appearance.
• Wang Yu used Dharma Power to remove the mask, put it away, and decided not to use the Mara Sect disciple’s artifacts inside the Secret Realm.
• Wang Yu traveled toward the Mountain Range and found that the demon wolves had vanished from the forest.
• A shrill wolf howl and crashing trees alerted Wang Yu to more than a dozen fleeing disciples from several sects.
• An enormous azure wolf with two steel-like tails rose from the forest and pursued the fleeing cultivators.

Wang Yu fled as a Foundation Establishment azure wolf slaughtered sect disciples and summoned wolf packs across the forest. After blasting through a pack of azure-furred wolves with his Wind-Fire Twin Wheels, Wang Yu crashed onto a hilltop, badly exhausted and injured.

• Wang Yu fled toward the mountains as the Foundation Establishment azure wolf’s attack killed most of a group of sect disciples.
• The azure wolf hunted the survivors, while a Joyful Bliss Palace disciple escaped after releasing a furry beast and vanishing in pink mist.
• The azure wolf summoned wolf packs, and Wang Yu realized hundreds of sect disciples were scattered through the forest and that demon beasts posed a threat alongside Demonic Path disciples.
• Wang Yu used his Wind-Fire Twin Wheels to pierce through a pack of more than twenty azure-furred wolves, killing two before speeding away.
• Wang Yu crashed into a boulder on a hilltop and climbed out of the rubble with scorched feet and a deathly pale face.

Wang Yu escaped the wolf demon and fled deeper into the secret realm, while other entrants pursued their own goals. The chapter ended with a veiled woman and her golden toad gathering rare berries on a grassland near a faint watery gleam.

• Wang Yu healed his feet, changed his shoes, and left the hill after hearing fighting continue in the forest.
• Yuanming warned Yuantong not to fight the Foundation Establishment wolf demon and explained their search for Jialan True Person’s Brahma Body Dharma Form.
• Yuanming detected and killed a Black Soul Sect disciple hiding inside a tree, and Yuantong took the man’s Storage Bag.
• A veiled Yellow-Robed Palace-Dressed Woman used her golden toad to kill a black snake and collected crimson berries.
• The palace-dressed woman fed two berries to her toad and continued toward a distant watery gleam.

The chapter followed several Four Symbols Sect disciples battling Demonic Path opponents before Luo Hao of the Thousand Bamboo Sect fought and killed Netherworld Son of the Mara Sect. Netherworld Son warned that a powerful Demonic Path disciple ranked third among their True Disciples could kill Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Luo Hao said he wanted to meet him.

• Two armored women fought enormous centipedes in an underground cavern, burning or freezing them.
• A red-skirted girl chased Demonic Path disciples through a desert and killed them with fire crows from her scarlet gourd.
• Luo Hao identified himself as the Thousand Bamboo Sect's chief True Disciple, and Netherworld Son challenged him to raise his own ranking.
• Netherworld Son summoned a white-haired zombie and attacked Luo Hao with artifacts, but Luo Hao destroyed the zombie and severed Netherworld Son's head.
• Netherworld Son warned Luo Hao about the Demonic Path's third-ranked True Disciple, whom he called a lunatic capable of killing Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Luo Hao crushed Netherworld Son's head and said he wanted to meet the powerful disciple.

A red-and-green-clad woman gathered venom from snakes, a young man used a secret art to slaughter sect disciples as a giant ape, and a pink-dressed woman enthralled a Thousand Bamboo Sect disciple. After the disciple killed the men by the lake, the pink-dressed woman ordered her to kill every man she encountered.

• A woman in red and green used a jade flute to make venomous snakes pour their venom into a wooden bowl among the corpses of Four Images Sect disciples and spirit beasts.
• A young man transformed from a giant black ape after crushing the Thousand Bamboo Sect and Setting Sun Sect disciples, then considered capturing Four Symbols Sect disciples to interrogate them.
• A Thousand Bamboo Sect woman attacked the pink-dressed woman by the lake, but the pink-dressed woman blocked her weapons and enchanted her.
• The pink-dressed woman ordered the enchanted disciple to kill the men on shore, and the disciple stabbed them all to death.
• The pink-dressed woman appeared behind the disciple and commanded her to kill every man she saw.

Wang Yu discovered and mastered the controls of a giant Heavenly Craft Sect Puppet Wolf, then examined a blood-and-qi pill taken from a Black Soul Sect disciple. When a Demonic Path cultivator attacked his hiding place with an Iron Cloud Brick, Wang Yu escaped the collapse and faced the attacker.

• Wang Yu found the Puppet Wolf’s hidden compartment, which contained a high-grade thunder spirit stone and a ring that controlled the puppet.
• Wang Yu put on the ring and used his divine sense to operate the Puppet Wolf, testing its movements and horn.
• Wang Yu examined a blood-red pill and discovered that even a small amount strongly replenished blood and qi.
• Senior Brother Yun dropped an Iron Cloud Brick onto Wang Yu’s cavern, but Wang Yu escaped the collapsing mountainside.
• Senior Brother Yun recognized that Wang Yu had survived, and Wang Yu stood among the shattered ground as Demonic Path disciples watched from above.

Wang Yu was discovered by Mara Sect disciples tracking a blood qi mark, and he fought off their opening attacks after transforming with the Breathing Technique and Guardian Warrior. The chapter ended as two disciples launched another assault while Senior Brother Yun watched for an opening to kill him.

• Senior Brother Yun identified Wang Yu through a blood qi mark and said the Mara Sect used the marks to pursue Great Ming Prefecture sect disciples who killed their own.
• Wang Yu refused to name his sect and challenged Senior Brother Yun, who ordered three disciples to test him while he waited for an opening.
• The three Mara Sect disciples surrounded Wang Yu and attacked with bats, a spear, and an iron staff as Wang Yu transformed and drew his Blue-Red Long Saber.
• Wang Yu caught the burly disciple's staff and cut apart the spear light, then swung the staff into the ground and forced the burly disciple to abandon it.
• The pockmarked disciple unleashed more spear-light phantoms while the short disciple sent black light toward Wang Yu.

Wang Yu killed three Mara Sect disciples with overwhelming strength, then discovered that Senior Brother Yun had lured him into the Iron Cloud Grand Formation. The chapter ended as Wang Yu unleashed a storm of pale-gold fists against the formation’s black cloud rings.

• Wang Yu killed the short Mara Sect disciple with a Draw-Cutting Art strike, then resisted the Fox-Faced Man’s Iron Thorn Technique without injury.
• Wang Yu cut down the Green Bats and killed the pockmarked spear-wielding disciple with a flurry of golden fists and a saber strike.
• The burly Mara Sect disciple tried to flee on a Small White Boat, but Wang Yu killed him with iron thorns from the earlier spell.
• Wang Yu confronted Senior Brother Yun, who revealed that he had trapped Wang Yu inside the Iron Cloud Grand Formation.
• Wang Yu summoned Pale-Gold Armguards and sent dense waves of pale-gold fist shadows toward the formation’s black cloud rings.

Wang Yu was trapped in the Mara Sect disciple Yun’s Iron Cloud Grand Formation, but used his Flame Veil and newly crafted Willow-Leaf Flying Knives to kill him. He recovered the knives and reflected on the stacked sword inscriptions that made them so fast.

• Yun revealed that he was the Mara Sect’s eleventh True Disciple and used his Iron Cloud Grand Formation and a gale talisman to pressure Wang Yu’s Flame Veil.
• Wang Yu tried to escape upward, but Yun’s formation sealed the way and surrounded him with iron clouds.
• Wang Yu used his Metal-Dowsing Art to open a passage through the clouds and threw three Willow-Leaf Flying Knives at Yun.
• The knives pierced Yun before his protective barrier could form, and his corpse fell as the formation collapsed into a black iron brick.
• Wang Yu recalled the knives and examined their stacked sword inscriptions, which accelerated the weapons enough to approach firearm speed at close range.

Wang Yu discovered that a Locator Crystal Ball was tracking him, but he could not find a mark on his body or identify what it followed. After confirming that the other Mara Sect disciples lacked such artifacts, he examined a Silver-Robed Man’s spoils and found useful formation flags among them.

• Wang Yu collected the slain Mara Sect disciples’ belongings and flew to a nearby hill to investigate how they had located him.
• Wang Yu activated a white crystal ball from the Silver-Robed Man’s Storage Bag and saw a blood-colored light indicating it was tracking something.
• Wang Yu moved away from his Sect Token, the enemy Identity Tokens, and the Storage Bags, but the light stayed fixed; he then searched his body and used purification talismans without finding a mark.
• Wang Yu found no Locator Crystal Balls in the other Mara Sect disciples’ Storage Bags and concluded that ordinary Demonic Path disciples probably could not track him this way.
• Wang Yu inspected the Silver-Robed Man’s remaining possessions and discovered that one little blue pennant created mist that concealed the tree hollow from sight and divine sense.

Wang Yu examined the Silver-Robed Man’s spoils, including formation notes, magical artifacts, pills, and second-tier Blood Escape Talismans. After recovering in a tree hollow, he met two monks from Vajra Temple, Yuantong and Yuanming, who asked whether he had obtained a Demonic Path positioning artifact.

• Wang Yu identified the booklet as the Silver-Robed Man’s formation notes and learned how the Iron Cloud Brick and three blue banners worked.
• Wang Yu stored the unexplained golden scroll and found an Essence-Enhancing Pill, four blood-colored pills, and two second-tier Blood Escape Talismans among the spoils.
• Wang Yu transferred the remaining items into his Storage Bags, burned the empty bags, and meditated to recover his dharma power.
• Wang Yu saw two red lights approaching on his Positioning Crystal Ball and left the tree hollow to meet them.
• Yuantong introduced himself and Yuanming as monks from Vajra Temple, then asked Wang Yu whether he had obtained a Demonic Path positioning magical artifact.

Wang Yu met the Vajra Temple monks Yuantong and Yuanming and discussed how the Demonic Path used Locator Crystal Balls to track their opponents. After the monks departed, Wang Yu chose to move deeper into the Mountain Range and strike first.

• Wang Yu showed Yuantong and Yuanming his Locator Crystal Ball, and they discussed how blood aura marks might let the Demonic Path track disciples who killed their own.
• Yuantong reasoned that the marks may transfer from slain Demonic Path disciples and that tampered Jialan Keys could enable the tracking method.
• Yuantong asked to spar with Wang Yu, but Yuanming stopped him and flew away with him on a lotus Magical Artifact.
• Wang Yu estimated the Locator Crystal Ball's range, then sank underground and headed deeper into the Mountain Range to take the initiative.
• Yuanming told Yuantong that he had stopped the spar because he feared Wang Yu would injure him.

Yuanming warned Yuantong not to underestimate Wang Yu, then the two monks were ambushed in the mountains. Wang Yu avoided two passing battles between sect disciples and Demonic Path pursuers, but was caught in a sudden attack at the end.

• Yuanming explained that Wang Yu had formidable body-tempering skills and urged Yuantong to take enemies seriously; Yuantong accepted the warning and resolved to repent for his pride.
• Yuanming revealed that he had a secret treasure that could guide them toward the Brahma Body Dharma Form, but white pillars struck their Lotus Magical Artifact from below.
• Yuanming and Yuantong descended toward black smoke rising from the mountains, where several indistinct figures waited.
• Wang Yu used his Crystal Orb to detect approaching groups and concealed himself as Setting Sun Sect disciples fled Demonic Path pursuers, followed later by Joyful Bliss Palace and Thousand Bamboo Sect disciples.
• Wang Yu continued through the mountains, but a pair of black hands burst from the ground and seized his ankles.