Arc 26The Holy War and the New Alliance

Tang Yan used the Holy War Ruins to defeat Yao Zhonglou and bring Medicine Valley into Reach the Summit. With the new alliance established, he left Northern Spirit to visit Tang Ling before investigating the Spirit Wilderness Realm.

  • Tang Yan led the cultivators through Canghai Palace, where he defeated the Golden Dragon, obtained its treasures and Verdict, and escaped with the others before the ruins collapsed.
  • Tang Yan used the Water-Moon Pearl to create the Holy War Ruins and directed the resulting campaign against Medicine Valley, while he and his allies spread accusations about its ties to the Divine Origin Sect.
  • Tang Yan gathered hundreds of fighters at Heaven-Covering Valley and transported them to Medicine Valley, where they broke through its defenses and attacked under the Human Emperor’s declaration of holy war.
  • Tang Yan secretly implanted Soul-Thought Gu in Medicine Valley’s members, defeated Yao Zhonglou, and kept the staged nature of the mission hidden as the fighters returned to Heaven-Covering Valley.
  • Tang Yan arranged Medicine Valley’s merger into Reach the Summit, selected useful treasures from its warehouses, and prepared to relocate the organization to Central Province.
  • Tang Yan told his allies to hold Northern Spirit while he visited Tang Ling, then left Zi Yun the Dao-Spirit Tree and half his Spirit Stones before traveling to Tingxiang.
  • Tang Yan reunited with Tang Ling and told him he planned to search the Spirit Wilderness Realm for his parents, offering to bring his grandfather to Northern Spirit.
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Ch. 626One call, a hundred answers

Tang Yan persuaded Guan Zirong to unite nine sects against Xiaoyao Peak, threatening the alliance that had secured Xiaoyao Peak, Myriad Beasts Valley, and the Long River Sect access to Canghai Palace. As the assembled powers confronted Xiaoyao Peak, Bai Chaogen called for everyone to stop so he could speak.

  • Tang Yan approached Guan Zirong and urged him to lead an alliance against Xiaoyao Peak while promising to spare Myriad Beasts Valley and the Long River Sect.
  • Guan Zirong secured Zhuo Shuilan's support and united nine other sects, each expecting three places in the ruins.
  • Guan Zirong publicly accused Xiaoyao Peak of greed and called on the allied powers to drive it out.
  • More than a hundred people stepped forward against Xiaoyao Peak, while Ning Changzhou and You Anling hesitated over whether to honor their alliance.
  • Bai Chaogen realized the conflict threatened Xiaoyao Peak's access to the secret realm and shouted for everyone to stop so he could speak.

Ch. 627Entering the Dragon Palace

Guan Zirong and Tang Yan negotiated their way onto the ship bound for the Dragon Palace, where the arriving cultivators encountered a golden dragon guarding the treasures. The dragon condemned the Human Clan for coveting Dragon Clan riches and filled the hall with overwhelming pressure.

  • Bai Chaogen offered thirty places to the other sects but demanded that Tang Yan be excluded; Tang Yan accepted the deal and chose to find another way in.
  • Guan Zirong secured thirty-one places for his side, while Tang Yan obtained a place from You Anling by offering pills and renowned weapons.
  • Tang Yan and the others boarded the enormous ship, which sailed through fog and submerged beneath the sea.
  • The ship arrived at the Dragon Palace, where the group found a dry hall filled with spiritual qi, rare treasures, and two chests of Spirit Stones.
  • As the cultivators rushed toward the treasures, a gigantic golden dragon appeared and threatened them with its draconic might.

Ch. 628Go Ask the Golden Dragon

Tang Yan endured the Golden Dragon’s Divine Soul pressure, seized its treasures, and defeated it to open the passage. After he saved the group, a woman accused him of causing the ordeal and demanded compensation, so Tang Yan killed her.

  • The Golden Dragon’s pressure forced everyone except Tang Yan to their knees, but Tang Yan discovered its attacks could not physically harm him.
  • Tang Yan took the Spirit Stones and Heavenly Treasures, raising his cultivation to Transcendent Grade Late Stage.
  • The Golden Dragon unleashed a lust-inducing power, and Tang Yan struck it with All Living Beings before refining its weakened Divine Soul with the Spirit-Seizing Art.
  • The Golden Dragon’s defeat opened a stone passage, and the group recovered from the enchantment as Heavenly Enchantress withdrew from Tang Yan.
  • A high-bunned woman accused Tang Yan of causing the women’s suffering and demanded his Spirit Stones, so Tang Yan beheaded her with Ninefold Mountain.

Ch. 629The Puzzle

Tang Yan and the others entered a Dragon Palace hall where golden Spirit Stones and a Golden Dragon led to a deadly trial. After realizing the stones fit a hidden dragon-shaped design, Tang Yan announced he could get everyone out if they handed over every stone.

  • Tang Yan killed the woman from Myriad Beasts Valley, and Guan Zirong defended him against Ning Changzhou and Bai Chaogen’s accusations.
  • The group entered the next hall, where a Golden Dragon appeared, displayed itself, then vanished as flames erupted from dragon heads along the walls.
  • Everyone seized the golden Spirit Stones from the wall, while Tang Yan noticed they resembled dragon scales and could not be used for cultivation.
  • As the hall heated up and attacks failed to stop the flames or break the walls, Tang Yan pressed a Spirit Stone onto the hidden dragon design and realized the trial was a puzzle.
  • Bai Chaogen and a woman in yellow blamed Tang Yan for not slaying the dragon, but Tang Yan challenged Bai Chaogen and demanded that everyone give him all their Spirit Stones.

Ch. 630Fleecing Xiaoyao Peak

Tang Yan assembled the Golden Dragon puzzle in the Great Hall, but discovered that the fragments needed Spiritual Qi replenishment. After the woman in yellow from Xiaoyao Peak admitted to hiding three Spirit Stones, Tang Yan made Bai Chaogen pay a thousand mid-grade spirit stones to continue.

  • Tang Yan collected everyone's golden Spirit Stones and used his experience with the Golden Dragon to assemble its fragments on the wall.
  • As the heat weakened the group's shields, the Golden Dragon appeared nearly complete, but Tang Yan found that three scales were missing.
  • The woman in yellow admitted she had kept three Spirit Stones, and Tang Yan used them to resume the puzzle, but the fragments would not stick.
  • Tang Yan explained that the failed attempt had depleted the fragments' Spiritual Qi and demanded a thousand mid-grade spirit stones from Xiaoyao Peak.
  • Bai Chaogen gave Tang Yan the payment under pressure from the crowd, and Tang Yan replenished the fragments so the golden Spirit Stone stayed in place.

Ch. 631Baring It All

Tang Yan completed the hall’s trial, collected the golden spirit stones, and faced Bai Chaogen’s accusation that he had stolen Xiaoyao Sect’s spirit stones. After inspectors found no stolen stones in his Storage Ring and Tang Yan stripped to prove he carried none, he took Bai Chaogen’s wager and led everyone onward.

  • Tang Yan finished the golden dragon image, then severed the dragon’s head and collected the golden spirit stones, opening the passage.
  • Bai Chaogen and Xiaoyao Sect members blocked Tang Yan and accused him of taking their spirit stones, while You Anling and Guan Zirong defended him.
  • Tang Yan offered to let his Storage Ring be inspected, wagering that Xiaoyao Sect would pay him one thousand middle-grade spirit stones if the stones were not found.
  • The Man in Purple and a Xiaoyao Peak disciple inspected Tang Yan’s Storage Ring and found no stolen spirit stones, though they were stunned by his wealth.
  • Bai Chaogen accused Tang Yan of hiding another Storage Space, so Tang Yan stripped to prove he carried nothing and claimed the wagered spirit stones.
  • Tang Yan dressed, took back his Storage Ring and the Heaven and Earth Bag, and urged everyone to continue through the ruins.

Ch. 632Treasures all over

The group entered a vast hall where treasures hung from a giant dragon statue, then tested the dangers and restrictions involved in claiming them. Guan Zirong obtained an upper-grade spirit artifact, and the survivors began eyeing the immortal artifacts higher up the dragon.

  • Bai Chaogen claimed a famous weapon at the dragon’s base, but an invisible barrier stopped him from flying higher.
  • Feng Qi tried to take a pagoda-shaped treasure halfway up the dragon and was cut in half by a gale.
  • Tang Yan advised Heavenly Enchantress to wait, while other martial artists tested the risks; several died or were injured, and each person appeared limited to one treasure.
  • Guan Zirong summoned his natal god, a golden-lit black-and-white bear, and endured repeated gales to seize an ancient zither.
  • Guan Zirong identified the zither as an upper-grade spirit artifact and confirmed that the treasures farther above were likely immortal artifacts.

Ch. 633Strolling through Lightning

Bai Chaogen’s fellow disciple Fan Zhongru died trying to claim an Immortal Artifact, but Tang Yan calmly endured the dragon’s lightning and advanced to the pearl at its throat. His shield shattered as he took another step toward it, leaving everyone watching to wonder whether he could survive and seize the treasure.

  • Bai Chaogen sent Fan Zhongru upward to claim an Immortal Artifact, but five thunderbolts destroyed his defenses and killed him.
  • Other Dominion Realm experts tested the lightning and retreated after a single strike, while Tang Yan was the only one who had not yet tried.
  • Tang Yan ascended the dragon without slowing and reached its head, where he chose the blinking pearl at its throat as his target.
  • Tang Yan raised a shield and advanced through repeated lightning strikes, reaching within two steps of the pearl.
  • A thick bolt shattered Tang Yan’s shield, but he took another step toward the pearl as the onlookers watched.

Ch. 634I, Yan, Am Willing to Go!

Tang Yan took the pearl from the dragon and discovered a sword hilt embedded in its head. As the Great Hall’s treasure trial grew more dangerous and threatened to trap or kill everyone, he agreed to risk his life to slay the dragon.

  • Tang Yan endured a lightning strike, took the pearl, and noticed a sword hilt in the dragon’s head before descending.
  • The dragon roared, removed the restraint on the group, and began another round of treasure grabbing; Bai Chaogen was badly injured by the stronger attacks.
  • Guan Zirong suspected that every survivor had to obtain a treasure before the next round and that the group might need to slay the dragon to escape.
  • Tang Yan told the group that the sword hilt might be the key, and the sect representatives begged him to take the risk; Heavenly Enchantress objected.
  • Tang Yan entrusted his final wishes to Heavenly Enchantress and declared that he was willing to go fight the dragon.

Ch. 635Dragon-Slaying

Tang Yan endured the killing intent surrounding the sword embedded in the dragon’s head and was drawn into a duel with the Sword Saint’s spirit. After learning the Sword Saint’s history and receiving his sword Verdict and the Dragon-Slaying technique, Tang Yan returned to the dragon’s head and attacked the giant dragon.

  • Bai Chaogen accused Tang Yan of pretending to risk his life for favors, but Guan Zirong, Zhao, Yin, and You Anling defended Tang Yan.
  • Tang Yan climbed onto the dragon’s head and tried to pull out the sword, enduring killing intent that terrified everyone below.
  • Tang Yan entered a realm where he fought a mysterious swordsman without spirit power, relying on technique and sword moves.
  • The swordsman revealed himself as the Sword Saint, who explained that his sword had suppressed the Dragon Vein and that Tang Yan’s Comrades in Arms move had awakened him.
  • The Sword Saint gave Tang Yan Verdict and taught him Dragon-Slaying before vanishing into Tang Yan.
  • Tang Yan returned to the dragon’s head, drew the sword, and unleashed Dragon-Slaying against the giant dragon.

Ch. 636Little Dot Was Snatched

After leaving the Canghai Palace ruins with the Eye of Truth and Water-Moon Pearl, Tang Yan began plotting to use the pearl against Medicine Valley. He then spotted a woman in green holding Little Dot and attacked her after she claimed to have killed Zi Yun; when she shattered his sword strikes, Tang Yan trapped her in a powerful formation.

  • Tang Yan collected the treasures from the dragon, escaped the collapsing Canghai Palace with the others, and parted ways with them at the island where they had first boarded.
  • The Eye of Truth attached itself between Tang Yan’s eyebrows, and he learned it could see through truth and illusion; he also identified the Water-Moon Pearl as an artifact capable of creating a world and setting its rules.
  • Tang Yan considered using the Water-Moon Pearl to gather Northern Spirit experts and kill Yao Zhonglou, then decided to head to Heaven-Covering Valley.
  • Tang Yan saw a woman in green holding Little Dot and accused her of stealing his Spirit Pet; she said she had killed the demoness Tang Yan believed was Zi Yun.
  • Tang Yan attacked the woman with Ninefold Mountain, but she dissolved his sword strikes and shattered his All Living Beings Sword Qi with a golden palm.
  • Tang Yan activated a powerful formation around the woman in green, whose expression changed as the crushing force closed in.

Ch. 637Grabbed the Wrong One?

Tang Yan battled a powerful green-dressed woman, seized what he believed was her spirit pet, and forced her to flee. He discovered he had grabbed the wrong lookalike, failed to find the woman again, and set off for Heaven-Covering Valley.

  • Tang Yan trapped the green-dressed woman in layered formations and attacked her with sword qi infused with the Heaven-Earth Creation Flame.
  • Tang Yan stole the White-Faced Dough Ball, detonated his formations, and used his domain to restrain the woman, but a Buddha phantom shattered it and she escaped with a talisman.
  • Tang Yan returned to Donglai Island and found Little Dot safe with Zi Yun, realizing he had grabbed the wrong creature.
  • Tang Yan searched the sea with Heavenly Enchantress for the green-dressed woman, but they could not find her.
  • Tang Yan gave the White-Faced Dough Ball to Heavenly Enchantress and headed for Heaven-Covering Valley.

Ch. 638Holy War Ruins

Rao Baoyue guarded the Spirit Wilderness Realm passage while searching for Yan Tang, then Tang Yan arrived at Heaven-Covering Valley and prepared a fabricated Holy War Ruins to draw Northern Spirit experts into a future attack on Medicine Valley. He finished setting up the illusion, intending to lure participants into a real assault later.

  • Rao Baoyue questioned returning Canghai Palace Ruins explorers and learned that Yan Tang and a woman were still in the Northern Spirit Realm.
  • Guan Zirong identified Yan Tang and described the pair’s actions in the ruins, while he and the other cultivators vouched for Yan Tang’s character.
  • Tang Yan told Huang Liang to announce the Holy War Ruins, opening in half a month, and invite factions except Medicine Valley.
  • Tang Yan activated the Water-Moon Pearl and built an illusion portraying participants as Human Clan warriors tasked with defeating the Aberrant Clan.
  • Tang Yan planned to use a later Holy War Ruins season and a teleportation formation to send unsuspecting experts to Medicine Valley.

Ch. 639Driving Public Opinion

Tang Yan launched a plan to turn Northern Spirit against the Divine Origin Sect and Medicine Valley, while preparing to take over Medicine Valley. As public outrage spread, Yao Zhonglou ordered Medicine Valley to publicly break its alliance with the Divine Origin Sect while secretly considering its eventual destruction.

  • Tang Yan explained his Holy War Ruins plan to Fang Xuan and instructed him to expose the Divine Origin Sect’s crimes, blame Medicine Valley, and prepare to take over it.
  • Tang Yan brought White-Faced Dough Ball to Zi Yun’s courtyard, where it met Little Dot, and gave Zi Yun a bottle of golden dragon essence blood to strengthen her before his journey to the Spirit Wilderness Realm.
  • After Shen Tingqin signaled that the Divine Origin Sect was ready, Tang Yan told Fang Xuan to begin spreading reports about its crimes, and public condemnation swept Northern Spirit before turning against Medicine Valley.
  • At Medicine Valley, Qin Donghai warned Yao Zhonglou that the sect’s alliance with the Divine Origin Sect had damaged its reputation and business prospects.
  • Yao Zhonglou ordered Medicine Valley to publicly sever its alliance with the Divine Origin Sect, secretly tell Shen Tingqin to lie low, and destroy the sect if a suitable opportunity arose.

Ch. 640Opening the Holy War Ruins

Ye Zhenpeng negotiated with Shen Tingqin to help the Divine Origin Sect disappear in exchange for spirit herbs, while Tang Yan joined the invited fighters as the Holy War Ruins expedition began. The group arrived at the Different People Sect and learned its history and their mission to attack it for points and rewards.

  • Ye Zhenpeng warned Shen Tingqin that public outrage threatened the Divine Origin Sect and urged it to relocate and lie low.
  • Shen Tingqin agreed to let Medicine Valley stage an attack on Heaven's Shore Mountain as cover for the sect's departure, demanding two hundred ninth-tier spirit herbs.
  • Ye Zhenpeng accepted the terms and left to report to Yao Zhonglou.
  • Tang Yan disguised himself among fewer than three hundred fighters gathered at Heaven-Covering Valley for the Holy War Ruins expedition.
  • The fighters entered the ruins and arrived before the Different People Sect, where an aged voice recounted Fang Hui's betrayal and instructed them to attack for points and rewards.

Ch. 641The Baiting Succeeded

Shang Zhongwen and the other participants destroyed the Otherfolk Sect, earned points and rewards, and returned to Heaven-Covering Valley. The Desolate Clan’s Seventh Elder confirmed that the second phase of the Holy War Ruins would open in twenty days, with a minimum entry requirement of lord-rank ninth-grade.

  • Shang Zhongwen killed two guards, earning the first points as the participants gathered to attack the Otherfolk Sect.
  • The burly man defending the sect used archers and Gatlings against the attackers, but Qu Changxing set up a barrier that let them break the sect-guarding formation.
  • The participants stormed the Otherfolk Sect and fought for eight hours, killing its leaders and receiving ranking rewards and points to exchange for prizes.
  • The aged voice announced that the first phase had ended and that the next phase would begin in twenty days, requiring entrants to be at least lord-rank ninth-grade.
  • The participants returned to Heaven-Covering Valley, where the Desolate Clan’s Seventh Elder confirmed the next phase’s opening and warned that lord-rank entrants could face danger.

Ch. 642The Storyteller

The Divine Origin Sect withdrew into hiding after Medicine Valley secured its cooperation, while Tang Yan created a combat-training world in the Water-Moon Pearl. In Moonlit City, Feng Chenye told a captivating story to seek news of his missing friend and vowed to search the Spirit Wilderness Realm until he found her.

  • Yao Zhonglou gave Shen Tingqin medicinal ingredients, and Shen agreed to hide the Divine Origin Sect in the Black Swallow Mountains and end its Spirit Pet business.
  • After Shen Tingqin departed, Yao Zhonglou ordered the Divine Origin Sect's cultivation residences destroyed and arranged for the rescued children to be tested and sent home or to Medicine Valley.
  • Tang Yan set up a teleportation formation in Heaven-Covering Valley, left a Void Child Pearl, and created a world of combat challenges inside the Water-Moon Pearl for Reach the Summit's martial artists.
  • Feng Chenye told the guests at Listening Wind Tower a lively story about Ye Fan, then showed them a portrait of his missing friend and asked for clues.
  • Feng Chenye explained that he had searched the Lower Plane and would keep searching the Spirit Wilderness Realm city by city until he found her.

Ch. 643Poised to strike

Feng Chenye received a lead on Meng Yao’s whereabouts, while rumors engineered by Tang Yan further damaged Medicine Valley’s reputation. With the Holy War Ruins opening soon, Tang Yan prepared an attack on Medicine Valley and secured the Spirit Shaman Clan’s support.

  • Feng Chenye told the Listening Wind Tower patrons that he was searching for Meng Yao, then left while spreading his stories to cultivate literary qi.
  • Yingyu gave Feng Chenye a Jade Token he could use to ask the Thousand Connections Pavilion for help finding Meng Yao, and Feng Chenye gave her his own token in return.
  • Medicine Valley’s reputation briefly improved after it announced that it had severed ties with the Divine Origin Sect and destroyed it, but new rumors soon accused it of secretly sheltering the sect and using children as cultivation resources.
  • Tang Yan recognized that the rumors had achieved his goal and told Fang Xuan to keep promoting "Holy War Ruins Season Two" as he prepared for the upcoming ruins opening.
  • Tang Yan told Zhu Jingkong and Lei Yu that Reach the Summit would attack Medicine Valley, and both leaders vowed to bring the Spirit Shaman Clan’s fighters and take part in its destruction.

Ch. 644Attacking Medicine Valley

Tang Yan gathered Northern Spirit Realm’s powerful figures at the Holy War Ruins and used God's Domain to reveal Medicine Valley’s crimes before sending them to attack its mountain gate. The assault began with Shang Zhongwen killing two guards and taking the lead on the points ranking.

  • Tang Yan briefed Zhu Jingkong and Lei Yu on the plan to capture Yao Zhonglou, then asked Fang Xuan to prepare a proposal for governing Medicine Valley.
  • Tang Yan arrived at Heaven-Covering Valley and secretly activated a formation, drawing 360 attendees into God's Domain.
  • The Human Emperor exposed the Divine Origin Sect’s and Medicine Valley’s abuse of children and their plot to deceive the Northern Spirit Realm.
  • The Human Emperor declared a holy war against Medicine Valley, explained its trials and rewards, and transported the participants to Medicine Valley’s mountain gate.
  • Shang Zhongwen killed two Medicine Valley guards, earned 102 points with the first-strike bonus, and appeared at the top of the ranking as the other experts charged forward.

Ch. 645Just an Illusion! Charge!

Xu Bai and Tang Yan used the Human Emperor’s illusion to convince the factions that Medicine Valley was a demonic sect, prompting them to attack. Xu Bai broke the Mountain-Guarding Formation for points, and the assault overwhelmed Medicine Valley as Yao Zhonglou faced three transcendent fighters.

  • Zhuang Zhile accused Medicine Valley of demonic cultivation, and Tang Yan’s harmless lightning strike made the attackers believe Qin Donghai’s oath had triggered heavenly punishment.
  • Cen Shushan and other allies joined the assault, while Yao Zhonglou realized the Holy War Ruins were real and warned the attackers to withdraw.
  • Shang Zhongwen received a hidden quest to hold off Yao Zhonglou with Heavenly Enchantress and Earth Baleful Intent while protecting the others.
  • Xu Bai took control of the formation’s core and shattered the Mountain-Guarding Formation, earning eight hundred points and taking the lead.
  • Tang Yan urged the attackers to charge into Medicine Valley, and Shang Zhongwen, Heavenly Enchantress, and Earth Baleful Intent blocked Yao Zhonglou’s spear strike.
  • Qin Donghai organized Medicine Valley’s defense, but the overwhelming force of the attackers left its core leadership unable to fight, with Yao Zhonglou as the sole exception.

Ch. 646Medicine Valley is willing to join Reach the Summit!

Tang Yan helped defeat Yao Zhonglou and secured Medicine Valley’s surrender to Reach the Summit. After the Holy War Ruins mission ended and its rewards were distributed, Tang Yan watched the participants leave, intending to let them discover the truth about the battle themselves.

  • Tang Yan secretly implanted Soul-Thought Gu in Qin Donghai and the other Medicine Valley members while Yao Zhonglou fought Heavenly Enchantress, Shang Zhongwen, and Shen Tingqin.
  • Shen Tingqin revealed his strength and disrupted Yao Zhonglou’s attempt to escape, but Yao Zhonglou killed him and shattered his opponents’ momentum.
  • Tang Yan struck Yao Zhonglou with sword qi, trapped him in his god’s domain, and defeated him after sealing his spirit power.
  • Yao Zhonglou recovered enough to offer Medicine Valley’s surrender to Reach the Summit, and the Human Emperor announced that the second phase had ended.
  • Heavenly Enchantress and the other top-ranked warriors received prizes and returned through a transfer station to Heaven-Covering Valley.
  • Tang Yan watched the participants depart from a mountaintop and kept the truth of the staged mission secret.

Ch. 647Clearing the Obstacles

Tang Yan arranged Reach the Summit’s takeover of Medicine Valley and prepared to move the organization inland. After Fang Xuan departed to establish a base there, Tang Yan returned to Reach the Summit, while the Shen father and son reacted to intelligence about the takeover.

  • Tang Yan told Fang Xuan to announce that the Human Emperor had created the Holy War Ruins and caused Medicine Valley’s downfall, then approved Fang Xuan’s plan to integrate Medicine Valley into Reach the Summit.
  • Tang Yan went to Medicine Valley and ordered its management to announce the merger, allowing those unwilling to join to leave after receiving compensation.
  • Qin Donghai told Medicine Valley’s managers that the sect would remain part of Reach the Summit permanently, and most accepted the merger while eighteen managers stayed behind to leave.
  • Tang Yan planted Soul-Thought Gu in the eighteen departing managers and told Qin Donghai to assure Medicine Valley’s allies that they would support Reach the Summit.
  • Tang Yan inspected Medicine Valley’s warehouses, selected useful treasures and materials, and returned to Reach the Summit as Fang Xuan set out for Medicine Valley with the Seventh Elder and Nie Fan.
  • The Shen father and son read intelligence gathered by their spies and stared at each other in shock.

Ch. 648Young master, head north

After Medicine Valley was destroyed, sects promoted the claim that the Human Emperor had turned the Holy War Ruins illusion into reality, while Feng Chenye sought Meng Yao’s whereabouts at Thousand Connections Pavilion. A divination directed him due north, and he stayed to offer the old diviner a story.

  • Shen Shan ordered his people to support the claim that the Human Emperor had made the illusion real, and Xu Bai and Cen Shushan also backed that account.
  • Feng Chenye arrived at Thousand Connections Pavilion and searched its records for Meng Yao, but found no information about her.
  • At the pavilion’s fifth floor, an old diviner cast a divination for Feng Chenye and told him to head due north to meet Meng Yao if fate allowed.
  • The divination caused the old man to suffer a backlash and spit blood, so Feng Chenye offered him his Storage Ring in gratitude.
  • The old man found little of value in Feng Chenye’s possessions, and Feng Chenye offered to tell him a story about divination.

Ch. 649Largely Under Control

Feng Chenye’s story inspired Profound Pupil to break through to the heavenly mechanism rejuvenation realm, while Fang Xuan completed Medicine Valley’s reorganization and Reach the Summit prepared to move there as its new base. Tang Yan offered support to his allies, and Lei Yu chose to remain with Reach the Summit as an Alchemy Master.

  • Feng Chenye told Profound Pupil a story about Qin Luo, whose journey helped Profound Pupil understand his Dao and enter the heavenly mechanism rejuvenation realm.
  • Profound Pupil returned to his former stooped appearance and ordered an attendant to investigate Feng Chenye.
  • Fang Xuan reported to Tang Yan that Medicine Valley’s reorganization was complete and its departments would report to Reach the Summit’s Decision Hall.
  • Tang Yan called a meeting and announced that Reach the Summit would relocate to Medicine Valley in Central Province.
  • Tang Yan told Zhu Jingkong that the Spirit Shaman could return to Black Crow Cliff and offered to help Lei Yu rebuild the Azure Nether Fire Domain.
  • Lei Yu declined to rebuild his domain and asked to remain in Reach the Summit as an Alchemy Master.

Ch. 650Grandfather and Grandson Reunited

Tang Yan returned to Tingxiang to reunite with his grandfather, Tang Ling, before setting out for the Spirit Wilderness Realm to search for his parents. After catching Tang Ling up on his adventures, Tang Yan offered to bring him to Northern Spirit so they could meet regularly.

  • Tang Yan told his allies to relocate and hold Northern Spirit while he went to visit his grandfather and then investigate the Spirit Wilderness Realm.
  • Tang Yan said goodbye to Zi Yun, left her the Dao-Spirit Tree and half his Spirit Stones, and traveled to Tingxiang.
  • Tang Yan found Tang Ling playing a blindfolded guessing game with seven women, and Tang Ling recognized him by touch before seeing him.
  • Tang Yan and Tang Ling reunited emotionally, then Tang Ling sent the women away and took his grandson to the study to hear about his past two years.
  • Tang Yan explained that he planned to search the Spirit Wilderness Realm for his parents and offered to take Tang Ling to Northern Spirit so they could see each other often.
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