Chapter Summaries

Ren Jie raced through the formation toward its core while Hua Qingqing and the others pursued him for the treasures inside. Hua Qingqing’s attack badly battered his Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner, but Ren Jie withdrew it and gambled on reaching the core first.

• Hua Qingqing offered Si Ma Tianchen and Shui Feixiang a share of the spoils, and they agreed to stop stalling her.
• Ren Jie accelerated through the formation as Hua Qingqing, Hua Wenzhe, Si Ma Tianchen, and Shui Feixiang closed in.
• Hua Meiyu attacked Ren Jie with the Jade Bee Sword Formation, but his Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner held it off.
• Hua Qingqing struck the banner with her Azure Leaf Sword Garment, forcing Ren Jie to recall the Fire Dragon and Water Dragon to stabilize it.
• Ren Jie saw that he had broken through two-thirds of the formation and withdrew the banner to race for the core.

Ren Jie raced through the formations protecting Long Rainbow Daoist’s Cave Residence while Hua Qingqing and four Taiji Realm allies pursued him. As he reached the final layer, Hua Qingqing’s Azure Leaf Sword Garment pierced through his body, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Hua Meiyu attacked Ren Jie’s formation, but Hua Qingqing shielded him from the backlash and warned him to stay calm.
• Hua Qingqing used a Space Locking Talisman, and she, Hua Meiyu, Si Ma Tianchen, Shui Feixiang, and Hua Wenzhe began smashing through the formations after Ren Jie.
• Ren Jie entered the Sage Dao Discussion state and accelerated through the final formations, alarming his pursuers.
• Hua Qingqing infused her Azure Leaf Sword Garment with essence blood and fused it into a High-Grade Transcendent Treasure to attack Ren Jie.
• Ren Jie broke the final formation, but Hua Qingqing’s sword pierced through his back and sent him crashing into a mountain of spirit jade.

Ren Jie survived Hua Qingqing’s fatal strike and reached Long Rainbow Daoist’s Cave Residence, only to find it nearly empty. With the attackers close to breaking through, he discovered and activated the formation’s hidden core beneath the waterfall, turning the final layers against them.

• Hua Qingqing’s Azure Leaf Sword Garment pierced Ren Jie, but he stayed conscious, treated his injuries, and staggered toward the Cave Residence.
• Hua Qingqing urged the others to break the formation, promising Spirit Jade and a cultivation technique, while Ren Jie realized he could not remove the Spirit Jade mountains.
• Ren Jie found only cultivation techniques and insights inside the Cave Residence, then searched the waterfall for the formation’s true core.
• As Hua Meiyu shouted that only twenty layers remained, Ren Jie discovered the underwater formation and its five pieces of Jade Essence.
• Ren Jie activated the hidden core, setting the Five Dragons Seizing Pearl formation in motion.

Ren Jie drew the Five Dragons Seizing Pearl formation’s spirit qi into himself, strengthening his Divine Soul Power and body while the formation consumed the spirit jade mountains. The attackers broke through the final barrier and rushed inside as Hua Meiyu declared Ren Jie was doomed.

• Hua Qingqing ordered Si Ma Tianchen and Shui Feixiang to use forbidden arts and attack Ren Jie while the formation was still activating.
• Si Ma Tianchen tore open gaps with the Thunder Claw, and Shui Feixiang sent the Water Fixing Treasure Pearl through them; it shattered Ren Jie’s banner formation and left him exposed and gravely wounded.
• With his spirit jade exhausted and the attackers nearing the pool, Ren Jie controlled the Five Dragons Seizing Pearl formation and absorbed its gathered spirit qi into his body.
• The spirit qi brought Ren Jie faint sounds in the Sage Dao Discussion Realm, raised his Divine Soul Power to the Taiji Realm Ninth Layer, and helped him block the Water Fixing Treasure Pearl as his body began recovering.
• Hua Qingqing and the others saw the spirit jade mountains rapidly turning to ash and attacked the formation with everything they had.
• The final layer shattered, and Hua Meiyu charged inside, shouting that Ren Jie was doomed.

Ren Jie used the Sage Dao Discussion Realm to temporarily raise his Divine Soul Power to the Law God Realm, turning the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner into a devastating weapon and advancing it to a High-Grade Transcendent Treasure. As the spirit jade ran low, he escaped into an Independent Space, leaving Hua Qingqing and the others blasted back by the formation’s final detonation.

• Ren Jie’s Law God Realm Divine Soul Power let him seize control of the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and crush Shui Feixiang’s Water Fixing Treasure Pearl, Hua Meiyu’s Jade Bee Sword Formation and body, and the Heavenly Demon Beast Red Stork.
• Hua Qingqing stopped Hua Wenzhe from attacking and warned the others that Ren Jie had turned the Five Dragons Seizing Pearl formation’s power into part of the banner’s reforging.
• Ren Jie used the vast supply of spiritual energy to strengthen his body and reforge the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner until it advanced from a Middle Grade to a High-Grade Transcendent Treasure.
• Ren Jie heard the word “Dao” in the Sage Dao Discussion Realm and comprehended spatial laws and the Small Teleportation Step Technique.
• When the spirit jade was nearly exhausted, Ren Jie withdrew the banner, opened a spatial gate into an Independent Space, and escaped through it.
• Hua Qingqing and the others pursued Ren Jie, but the Five Dragons Seizing Pearl formation detonated, blasting them back and destroying the spatial gate.

Ren Jie escaped Long Rainbow Daoist’s Cave Residence and found himself in an unfamiliar place, while his enemies regrouped and Feng Bugui continued to evade Changfeng Wanli and Changfeng Qingwu. Ren Jie assessed his strengthened body and treasures, then set out to learn where he was and return to Sky Water Sect, where Gu Xiaobao remained.

• Hua Qingqing and Hua Wenzhe left after failing to stop Ren Jie, while Shui Feixiang and Si Ma Tianchen ordered their followers to search the area for anything valuable.
• Shui Feixiang and Si Ma Tianchen’s followers collected scattered jade and other items Ren Jie had disregarded, believing they had found precious gains.
• Feng Bugui taunted Changfeng Wanli and Changfeng Qingwu as they pursued him above Jade Capital City, using the chase to improve his movement technique.
• Changfeng Qingwu wondered whether Feng Bugui had acquired a technique from an old ruin, but Changfeng Wanli said they needed to catch him to learn the truth.
• Ren Jie emerged from a spatial gate into an unfamiliar waterfall area, examined his improved cultivation and the advanced Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner, and set out to find his way back to Sky Water Sect.

Gu Xiaobao’s painful Ancestor Symbol Awakening sent him rampaging through Sky Water One Color City, where he defeated the Sky Water Sect’s defenders. Old Ancestor Shui Feixiang recognized the awakening and, coveting Gu Xiaobao’s body for the sect, swept him away with the sect’s strange water.

• Gu Xiaobao waited for Ren Jie in the Sky Water Sect’s quarters until an Illusion Demon Stone triggered a painful outburst and his power surged.
• Gu Xiaobao’s eruption destroyed the inn and sent away the attendants, patrolling disciples, and Sky Water Sect elders who tried to stop him.
• Gu Xiaobao punched through Shui Haomiao’s divine ability and forced the former sect master back, leaving the onlookers stunned.
• Shui Zhipeng returned with Shui Feixiang and offered to help, but Shui Feixiang recognized Gu Xiaobao’s condition as Ancestor Symbol Awakening.
• Shui Feixiang revealed that he wanted to seize Gu Xiaobao’s body for the Sky Water Sect, then used the sect’s strange water to sweep him away.

Ren Jie traveled to the northern Eastern Wastelands and entered the Nine Sound Sect’s enormous city, where he forced the sect to treat him as a powerful senior. While preparing to trade his spoils for spirit jade, he heard that the Zither Fairy was to be sacrificed and wondered whether the news concerned someone he knew.

• Ren Jie traveled seventy thousand miles to the Wan Family’s territory, then continued onward and learned that he was in the northern Eastern Wastelands.
• Ren Jie reached the Nine Sound Sect’s city and used his Divine Soul Power to injure a guard who tried to stop him from flying inside.
• Shi Yun warned the Nine Sound Sect’s members not to provoke Ren Jie, believing him to be a powerful ancestor-level figure.
• Ren Jie entered a Nine Sound Sect shop to exchange his accumulated treasures for spirit jade.
• Ren Jie overheard people say that the Zither Fairy was going to be sacrificed after a violent internal conflict involving Shi Yunfeng, and he wondered whether it was a coincidence.

Ren Jie recognized that the Nine Sound Sect’s Zither Fairy might be Wen Shiyu and investigated rumors about a sacrifice while selling seized goods at Cloud Pavilion. After securing payment, he learned the sacrifice involved Shi Yunfeng and the sect’s ancestral beast, but the chapter left its full purpose unclear.

• Ren Jie connected the Zither Fairy’s reputation and absence from home to Wen Shiyu, then entered the Nine Sound Sect’s Cloud Pavilion.
• Ren Jie offered Lu De goods taken from several slain Taiji Realm experts, and Lu De agreed to buy them despite recognizing items linked to the Saint Pill Sect and Sky Water Sect.
• Ren Jie secretly used his Divine Soul Power to listen to rumors that Shi Yunfeng’s body had been ruined and that a sacrifice might help him break through to the Taiji Realm.
• Ren Jie rejected Lu De’s offer of sixty-eight thousand High-Grade Spirit Jade and negotiated a price of eighty thousand.
• Ren Jie asked Lu De what was happening with the sacrifice and the Zither Fairy.

Ren Jie confirmed that the Nine Sound Sect had accused Wen Shiyu of attacking the Jade Flute Young Master and planned to sacrifice her, so he secretly prepared to protect her. Meanwhile, Wen Zihao’s book made the Wen Family famous as the source of a Literary Sage, and Wen Yong and Chang Lao Si planned their next moves amid rising political threats.

• Lu De told Ren Jie that the Zither Fairy had allegedly tried to seize power, crippled the Jade Flute Young Master, and was to be offered as a sacrifice.
• Ren Jie realized the Zither Fairy was Wen Shiyu, resolved not to let her be harmed, and secretly placed a formation inside Lu De’s body before leaving Cloud Pavilion.
• Wen Yong received a large share of the profits from the book, while Chang Lao Si explained how Ren Jie’s publishing strategy would generate more income.
• Wen Zihao fled the crowds venerating him as a Literary Sage and asked Chang Lao Si whether he should travel the world, but Chang Lao Si said they should wait for the emperor’s reaction.
• Wen Yong revealed that Wen Shiyu had gone to invite her master, a peak eighth-level Taiji Realm expert, and warned that the family must prepare for threats from the emperor, the Wind Control Sect, and the Lan Manor Sky Sect.

Ren Jie returned to the Nine Sound Sect’s city in disguise and investigated the upheaval involving Wen Shiyu and Shi Yunfeng. After a dangerous attempt to probe the sect’s inner space nearly exposed him, he decided to find another way to reach Wen Shiyu.

• Ren Jie left Cloud Pavilion, then disguised himself and returned to the Nine Sound Sect’s city to investigate while posing as an ordinary cultivator.
• Ren Jie overheard that Wen Shiyu and Shi Yunfeng were both leading candidates to inherit the sect, and that the Shi Family had likely spread the story that Wen Shiyu attacked Shi Yunfeng to cover up an internal conflict.
• Ren Jie traveled to a secluded mountain, concealed himself with formations and the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner, and began probing the Nine Sound Sect’s defenses.
• Ren Jie found an entrance to an independent space and sensed an altar, but a powerful sound attack and two formidable Divine Soul Powers nearly exposed his probe.
• Ren Jie evaded the sect’s search and concluded that he could not investigate Wen Shiyu directly, then smiled as he realized her destroyed body and competitive nature offered another approach.

Ren Jie staged a confrontation at Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to expose a mysterious oil lamp and its golden liquid, whose fragrance and phantom inspired breakthroughs among the onlookers. He escaped with the treasure while the crowd and Mi Yu realized its extraordinary effects.

• Ren Jie disguised himself as a rough Rogue Cultivator and brought worthless items to Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, which he suspected was secretly controlled by Nine Sound Sect.
• Ren Jie provoked Mi Yu into rejecting his goods and throwing the ancient oil lamp outside the shop.
• The lamp broke open, revealing golden liquid that released a fragrance and summoned a towering Buddhist phantom, prompting many people to break through or resolve cultivation problems.
• Ren Jie gathered his items, retrieved the golden liquid, and slipped away while the crowd remained entranced.
• Mi Yu realized he had also advanced and was left wondering what treasure he had thrown away.

Ren Jie used a Buddhist relic’s apparent power to draw attention to himself, prompting Shi Yunfeng and Lu De to seek the treasure while secretly pursuing him. After Ren Jie lured a group of cultivators into attacking him, the Nine Sound Sect’s forces killed them for violating its territory’s rules.

• Lu De questioned Mi Yu, then presented Shi Yunfeng with records identifying the relic as an Ancient Buddha Mind Illumination Lamp containing Ancient Buddha Golden Pills.
• Shi Yunfeng ordered the relic kept secret and sent Mi Yu to the Trial Space, while Lu De pledged his loyalty.
• Ren Jie traveled beyond the Nine Sound Sect’s territory disguised as a fatty, with pursuers following him in search of the treasure.
• A group of Yang Soul cultivators gathered around Ren Jie and prepared to kill him and seize the item.
• The Nine Sound Sect enforced its ban on killing and treasure seizures within ten thousand miles, killing the gathered Yang Soul cultivators.

Ren Jie tricked Shi Yunfeng and Lu De into taking him far from the Nine Sound Sect, then suddenly seized control of the situation and announced that he had kidnapped them. He left the sect stunned and demanded that it prepare a ransom within fifteen minutes.

• Lu De killed the Rogue Cultivators who had come for the treasure, and Shi Yunfeng approached Ren Jie pretending to offer protection.
• Ren Jie acted like an ignorant treasure seller and claimed the item had been sent to Lin City, thirty thousand miles away.
• Shi Yunfeng paid Ren Jie three hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Jades, and Lu De carried him away while secretly inspecting him.
• Ren Jie waited until they were nearly ten thousand miles from the Nine Sound Sect, then appeared above Shi Yunfeng and Lu De, escaping Lu De’s restraint.
• Ren Jie announced that he had kidnapped Shi Yunfeng and Lu De and demanded that the Nine Sound Sect state its ransom within fifteen minutes.

Ren Jie kidnapped Shi Yunfeng and Lu De, then publicly extorted the Nine Sound Sect while his dragons tortured the captives. After the Nine Sound Sect failed to respond, Ren Jie had Lu De killed, leaving Shi Yuanhong and the sect to decide how to save Shi Yunfeng.

• Ren Jie used the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner to seal Shi Yunfeng and Lu De in space and unleash two powerful dragons against them.
• Ren Jie announced that he would extort the Nine Sound Sect, while Shi Yuanhong mobilized the sect to search for the missing Shi Yunfeng and Lu De.
• Ren Jie gave the Nine Sound Sect a deadline to name a price, threatening to kill one captive if it stayed silent.
• Ren Jie ordered the fire dragon to kill Lu De and took the contents of his Storage Ring, including goods he had previously sold to the Nine Sound Sect.
• The Nine Sound Sect discovered that Lu De's Life-Bound Jade Token had shattered, and its members asked Shi Yuanhong how they should respond.

Ren Jie forced Shi Yuanhong to negotiate publicly for the release of his son, mocking the Nine Sound Sect leader before demanding an enormous ransom. Shi Yuanhong agreed after learning the Old Ancestor would intervene, and Ren Jie ordered the Zither Fairy to deliver the payment alone.

• Shi Yuanhong reluctantly addressed the Nine Sound Sect and offered thirty thousand High-Grade Spirit Jade after Ren Jie gave him no choice but to speak publicly.
• Ren Jie ridiculed Shi Yuanhong’s excuses, reminded him that Lu De had been killed, and dismissed the offered ransom as too cheap.
• Ren Jie demanded ninety thousand High-Grade Spirit Jade, two Low-Grade Transcendent Treasures, two Heavenly Pills, and miscellaneous materials.
• Shi Yuanhong resisted the demand until the Old Ancestor sent word to agree and promised to take action personally.
• Shi Yuanhong accepted the terms, and Ren Jie ordered the Zither Fairy to deliver the payment alone.

Ren Jie used Shi Yunfeng as leverage to make the Nine Sound Sect send Wen Shiyu out with a supposed ransom, but he abruptly abandoned his plan when the mark he had placed on Gu Xiaobao shattered. As Ren Jie raced toward the Sky Water Sect with Wen Shiyu, Shi Shitian and Ning Kai pursued him and the Nine Sound Grand Formation attacked.

• Shi Shitian ordered Wen Shiyu sent with the ransom after Shi Yuanhong agreed to Ren Jie's demand, and Shi Yuanhong warned her to obey.
• Ren Jie directed Wen Shiyu to fly east and secretly prepared to retrieve her while keeping Shi Yunfeng captive.
• Ren Jie sensed that the mark on Gu Xiaobao had shattered, ordered the Fire Dragon and Water Dragon to subdue Shi Yunfeng, and set off toward the Sky Water Sect.
• Shi Shitian discovered Ren Jie and ordered Ning Kai to capture him, while Ren Jie swept Wen Shiyu away at great speed.
• Shi Shitian activated the Nine Sound Grand Formation, and its bell rang across the distance toward Ren Jie.

Ren Jie escaped the Nine Sound Sect with Wen Shiyu after surviving the Thousand Year Old Ancestor’s attack, while Ning Kai pursued him. Once far from the sect, Ren Jie destroyed Shi Yunfeng’s body and sent his Divine Soul flying, forcing Ning Kai to abandon the chase as Ren Jie vanished.

• Ren Jie blocked the sect-protecting treasure’s bell strike with the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and his Jade Emperor Art, then fled with Wen Shiyu as she entered a state of enlightenment after hearing him say “dao.”
• The Nine Sound Sect pursued Ren Jie until the Thousand Year Old Ancestor ordered most of the pursuers to retreat, leaving Ning Kai to chase him.
• Ren Jie sped tens of thousands of li from the Nine Sound Sect while Ning Kai used his Blood-colored Jade Flute to attack Ren Jie’s Divine Soul.
• After leaving the sect’s territory, Ren Jie released Shi Yunfeng, destroyed his body, and sent his Divine Soul away.
• Ning Kai diverted to save Shi Yunfeng’s Divine Soul, and Ren Jie used the Small Teleportation Step Technique to disappear.

Ren Jie escaped with Wen Shiyu after rescuing her from Nine Sound Sect, then challenged her plan to return and sacrifice herself for her master and family. He left her reconsidering her options as he hurried toward Sky Water Sect to find out what had happened to Gu Xiaobao.

• Ning Kai failed to catch Ren Jie after saving Shi Yunfeng, whose soul remained threatened by raging forces.
• Wen Shiyu entered a wondrous state after hearing Ning Kai’s roar, then awoke on Ren Jie’s banner and gave him the Storage Ring.
• Wen Shiyu asked Ren Jie to let her return to Nine Sound Sect, but he refused and told her he had removed the tracking marks.
• Wen Shiyu explained that she wanted to protect her trapped master and threatened family, while Ren Jie argued that returning would not solve their troubles.
• Ren Jie urged Wen Shiyu to consider her Lineage’s strength, the Bright Jade Dynasty, and Nine Sound Sect’s enemies rather than trying to shoulder everything alone.
• Wen Shiyu reconsidered her choices as Ren Jie continued toward Sky Water Sect to check on Gu Xiaobao.

Shui Feixiang prepared to help Shui Zhipeng seize the body of the extraordinary Big Black Guy, while Hua Qingqing and Hua Meiyu plotted to gain power within the Remnant Soul. At the Ancient Village, Gu Kun and his people struggled to hold off an overwhelming army of black-iron troops.

• Shui Feixiang used the Sky Water Sect’s resources to prepare a formation that would awaken the Big Black Guy’s inherited power, then told Shui Zhipeng to seize his body.
• Hua Qingqing used Soul Condensing Liquid and Medicine Pills to help Hua Meiyu recover, while the Remnant Soul searched for the Smiling Face Man.
• Hua Qingqing told Hua Meiyu that their branch would take control of the Remnant Soul after a recent success, and Hua Meiyu grew excited about obtaining a body.
• Gu Kun and the Ancient Village’s defenders drained their essence blood to power their formations and asked whether Little Treasure’s inheritance was progressing.
• More than one hundred thousand black-iron troops attacked the Ancient Village’s valley, and Gu Kun’s exhausted people prepared to make their final stand.