Chapter Summaries

Ren Jie guided the Spirit Beast Carriage through Bright Jade Mountain Manor’s defenses by reading and altering its arrays, then smashed through the manor wall. Yu Ren Long ordered his men to capture Ren Jie, claiming he had to explain how he obtained the manor’s secrets.

• Ren Jie gathered his Guard Squad onto the Spirit Beast Carriage and directed Beast Uncle through the manor’s defensive arrays.
• Yu Ren Long ordered the array controllers to change the formations, but Ren Jie disrupted their control and opened a path inside.
• Beast Uncle accelerated the Spirit Beast Carriage, which broke through Bright Jade Mountain Manor’s city wall and charged into the manor.
• Yu Ren Long ordered the formations and wall repaired, then led men to capture Ren Jie.
• Yu Ren Long said Ren Jie would have to explain how he learned the manor’s defensive arrays, and the others followed him.

Ren Jie and his companions broke into Bright Jade Mountain Manor, where Yu Ren Long tried to force them under his command while demon beasts surrounded the manor. Ren Jie demanded to speak with Yu Cheng, the Bright Jade Pill King, and Wang Elder recognized that Ren Jie knew about the Village Lord’s urgent predicament.

• Yu Cheng appeared through a spirit jade, told Yu Wu Shuang he was occupied, and ended the call after a disturbance interrupted her explanation.
• Ren Jie’s Spirit Beast Carriage smashed through Bright Jade Mountain Manor’s city wall, and Yu Ren Long accused him of stealing the method to break the Manor Protection Formation.
• Ren Jie refuted Yu Ren Long’s accusation and warned that the Ren Family would retaliate if Bright Jade Mountain Manor detained him.
• Yu Wu Shuang returned with Wang Elder and told Yu Ren Long that Yu Cheng had permitted Ren Jie and his companions to stay.
• Yu Ren Long demanded that Ren Jie obey manor orders and help resist the demon beasts, but Ren Jie refused to negotiate with him and asked to see Yu Cheng.
• Ren Jie said Yu Cheng’s Yin and Yang cultivation had become unstable, and Wang Elder hurried to summon the Village Lord while telling Yu Wu Shuang to take the group into the great hall.

Ren Jie warned Yu Cheng that Bright Jade Mountain Manor faced a powerful demon beast assault, forcing the Village Lord to recognize the danger and order the manor to its highest emergency state. The Nine Headed Dragon King then breached the walls from all sides and trapped the manor inside the Demon Beast Grand Array.

• Wang Elder hurried away to summon Yu Cheng after Ren Jie spoke, while demon beasts began attacking Bright Jade Mountain Manor.
• Yu Cheng arrived and demanded that Ren Jie explain how he knew about a matter vital to the manor, while Yu Ren Long accused Ren Jie of being suspicious.
• Ren Jie warned Yu Cheng that powerful demons and a controlled grand array threatened the manor, and Yu Cheng sensed the danger and issued emergency orders.
• The Nine Headed Dragon King roared from outside the formation and called for Yu Changkong to come out.
• The outer walls fell under attacks from all four directions, demon beasts poured into the manor, and the Demon Beast Grand Array enclosed it.

Bright Jade Mountain Manor activated its Earth Fire Grand Formation to repel the demon hordes, while Yu Cheng rushed to save the failing Old Pill King Yu Changkong. Ren Jie’s advice briefly revived Yu Changkong, who ordered Yu Cheng to bring Ren Jie to him before his strength faded.

• Yu Ren Long tried to seize Ren Jie, but Yu Cheng blasted him away and ordered an evacuation as demon beasts breached the manor’s outer defenses.
• Yu Cheng completed the Earth Fire Grand Formation, turning the surrounding area into a sea of flames that destroyed many demon beasts and forced the Shapeshifting Great Demons to retreat.
• When Bright Jade Mountain Manor began shaking with a sudden chill, Ren Jie advised Yu Cheng to abandon strict Yin-Yang balance and gave him a way to stabilize Yu Changkong.
• Yu Cheng entered the hidden formation and watched two Supreme Elders sacrifice themselves to suppress the clashing ice and fire around Yu Changkong.
• Yu Cheng followed Ren Jie’s advice, drawing the Yin Soul’s power into Yu Changkong’s arm while suppressing the Yang Soul’s flames, and Yu Changkong stirred back to awareness.
• Yu Changkong learned that Ren Jie had devised the method and ordered Yu Cheng to bring him over, warning that the Nine Headed Dragon King was dangerous.

Yu Cheng brought Ren Jie to treat the unconscious Old Pill King Yu Changkong, and Ren Jie used the Sage Dao Discussion to examine Yu Changkong while consuming Bright Jade Mountain Manor’s spirit jade. As attackers began shaking the Earth Fire Grand Formation, Yu Cheng could only hope Ren Jie would find a way to save Yu Changkong.

• Yu Changkong’s instruction prompted Yu Cheng to fetch Ren Jie and explain that the Old Pill King’s Yin Soul and Yang Soul were spiraling out of control.
• Ren Jie demanded spirit jade, and Yu Cheng produced Bright Jade Mountain Manor’s entire reserve despite the other experts’ objections.
• Ren Jie entered the Sage Dao Discussion state, absorbed spirit jade at an alarming rate, and examined Yu Changkong for a way to save him.
• Ren Jie found that Yu Changkong’s condition had worsened and considered several remedies, but each seemed impossible to obtain or use.
• After Ren Jie consumed a third of the spirit jade in fifteen minutes, the underground chamber shook as attackers battered the Earth Fire Grand Formation.
• Yu Cheng learned that the attackers were close to breaking in, but stayed beside Ren Jie and hoped he could save Yu Changkong.

Ren Jie guided Old Pill King Yu Changkong through a perilous recovery while Bright Jade Mountain Manor was under attack by the Nine Headed Dragon King. Yu Changkong stabilized his powers just as the manor’s defenses collapsed, and he appeared in midair to confront the attacker.

• Yu Ren Long struggled to defend Bright Jade Mountain Manor as demon beasts and Shapeshifting Great Demons breached its formations.
• Ren Jie ordered Yu Cheng to freeze Yu Changkong’s body while preserving his head, then directed the awakened Old Pill King through a dangerous method to stabilize his Yin Soul and Yang Soul.
• The Nine Headed Dragon King threatened to slaughter Yu Changkong’s descendants, and Ren Jie steadied the experts operating the manor’s formation with his divine sense.
• Yu Changkong’s powers returned to balance, while Ren Jie broke through to Body Refining Realm Great Perfection and reached the Yin Yang Realm with his divine sense and major realm.
• The Nine Headed Dragon King shattered the manor’s final defenses, but Yu Changkong appeared in midair and challenged him.

Yu Changkong emerged from seclusion and drove back the Nine Headed Dragon King’s invasion, while Ren Jie used Bright Jade Mountain Manor’s formations to protect Yu Wu Shuang and the others from Mr. Mo. The Old Pill King defeated the Nine Headed Dragon King, then cut down or scattered the fleeing demon beasts as Bright Jade Mountain Manor celebrated its victory.

• Yu Changkong shattered the Nine Headed Dragon King’s phantom dragon claw, but demon beasts and black-clad figures broke into Bright Jade Mountain Manor as Yu Cheng and the other experts joined the battle.
• Mr. Mo blasted Tong Qiang’s formation and tried to abduct Yu Wu Shuang, but the fat man grabbed her and Ren Jie disrupted Mr. Mo’s attack by activating the manor’s formations.
• Ren Jie led the group into the hall and prepared more formations while Yu Cheng confronted Mr. Mo and Black Eel.
• The Nine Headed Dragon King fled after Yu Changkong defeated him, and Yu Changkong’s sword strikes killed the Three-Eared Demon Rat and drove the other demon beasts away.
• Yu Changkong returned carrying a bloodstained demon horn, and Bright Jade Mountain Manor’s people cheered for the Old Pill King.

After Bright Jade Mountain Manor’s battle, Yu Changkong presented Ren Jie with the Nine Headed Dragon King’s horn and treated him with unexpected respect. Ren Jie accepted the gift, understood that Yu Changkong was also acknowledging his role in saving Yu Wu Shuang, and went inside with him.

• Yu Changkong’s display of power made the onlookers suspect he had reached the Taiji Realm, though Ren Jie knew his Yin Yang Fusion was temporary and had damaged his foundation.
• Yu Changkong thanked the seven invited super experts for helping Bright Jade Mountain Manor and promised to remember their assistance.
• Yu Changkong gave Ren Jie the freshly severed flood dragon horn, stunning the onlookers and enraging Yu Ren Long.
• Ren Jie realized Yu Changkong’s gift also expressed gratitude for saving Yu Wu Shuang and recognition of Ren Jie’s help in restoring him.
• Ren Jie accepted the horn, and Yu Changkong invited him inside, walking beside him as an equal.

Ren Jie learned from Yu Changkong about the Eight Great Kings, the perilous path to the Taiji Realm, and his Sixth Uncle’s identity as the Asura King. After Yu Changkong ordered Yu Ren Long to apologize to Ren Jie, Yu Ren Long refused and insulted him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Ren Jie asked Yu Changkong about the Eight Great Kings and learned that Yin Yang Fusion required reaching the Taiji Realm within a year or facing certain death.
• Yu Changkong named the Kings, including the Asura King, whom Ren Jie learned was his Sixth Uncle, Ren Tianzong.
• Yu Cheng reported that Supreme Elder Yu Ning had died after returning home, and Yu Changkong ordered her descendants and the other fallen elders’ successors to be trained while declaring that Nine Dragon Pool must be exterminated.
• Yu Changkong ordered Yu Ren Long to apologize to Ren Jie, but Yu Ren Long refused, called Ren Jie a good-for-nothing, and challenged him to prove himself.

Ren Jie challenged Yu Ren Long to a duel against Xie Jian, wagering that Yu Ren Long would apologize to Yu Wu Shuang if he lost. He took Xie Jian to Old Pill King Yu Changkong’s cultivation chamber for an overnight training push, while Yu Changkong pondered who had learned of his cultivation trouble and targeted Wu Shuang.

• Yu Ren Long refused to apologize to Ren Jie despite Yu Changkong’s order, insisting he would rather die than submit.
• Ren Jie challenged Yu Ren Long’s pride and proposed that he first defeat Ren Jie’s attendant before claiming the right to fight him.
• Ren Jie summoned Xie Jian, whom Yu Ren Long recognized as the Evil Sword of the Left Hand, and arranged a duel for the following day.
• Ren Jie wagered that he would leave Bright Jade Mountain Manor and publicly apologize if Xie Jian lost, while Yu Ren Long would apologize to Yu Wu Shuang if he lost.
• Ren Jie borrowed Yu Changkong’s cultivation chamber to train Xie Jian overnight and asked Bai Pang to stay in the medicine storeroom.
• Yu Changkong sent Yu Ren Long away and wondered how the Nine Headed Dragon King had learned of his cultivation trouble and who had tried to capture Wu Shuang.

Ren Jie began restoring Xie Jian’s left hand with the Nine Headed Dragon King’s blood and arranged for him to fight Yu Ren Long the next day. Meanwhile, the Nine Headed Dragon King confronted Mr. Mo over his deception, then decided to investigate why the Sea King was interested in Yu Wu Shuang.

• Ren Jie asked Xie Jian to assess Yu Ren Long, then promised to restore Xie Jian’s left hand and have him fight Yu Ren Long the next day.
• Ren Jie used the Nine Headed Dragon King’s blood to nourish Xie Jian’s arm while guiding him to repair its damaged formations and runes.
• Yu Ren Long refused Yu Cheng’s advice to make peace with Ren Jie and vowed to defeat Xie Jian and surpass the Old Ancestor.
• The Nine Headed Dragon King confronted Mr. Mo, accused him of giving false information, and attacked him when he spoke defiantly.
• Mr. Mo invoked the Sea King to stop the Nine Headed Dragon King from killing him, and the Dragon King ordered his subordinates to watch Yu Changkong and Yu Wu Shuang.

Ren Jie restored Xie Jian’s left arm with dragon blood, bringing him back to the Divine Power Realm, then brought him before Yu Ren Long for their duel. The chapter ended as Yu Ren Long launched a fiery sword at Xie Jian’s neck.

• Xie Jian absorbed the dragon blood and recovered to the peak of the second level of the Divine Power Realm, though his left arm grew stronger than before.
• Ren Jie told Xie Jian to avoid risking mutual destruction, and Xie Jian insisted that he would win against Yu Ren Long.
• Xie Jian realized Ren Jie had also helped Yu Changkong, and Ren Jie confirmed it as they left the alchemy chamber.
• Yu Changkong noticed Xie Jian’s recovery, while Ren Jie told him he intended to discipline Yu Ren Long.
• Ren Jie and Yu Changkong watched as Xie Jian faced Yu Ren Long, who attacked first with a fiery longsword aimed at Xie Jian’s neck.

Ren Jie’s guard Xie Jian fought Yu Ren Long and defeated him with a bizarre technique that turned his left arm into a weapon. Xie Jian demanded an apology, and Ren Jie took him inside for treatment while insisting Yu Ren Long honor his loss.

• Yu Ren Long opened with a rapid flying-sword attack, but Xie Jian blocked it with his left-hand sword strike, shattering his guard’s sword.
• Xie Jian caught Yu Ren Long’s Human Dragon Flying Sword barehanded and counterattacked with his left arm, driving Yu Ren Long onto the defensive.
• Yu Ren Long unleashed the Supreme-Grade Martial Skill Flame Ninefold, and his sword pierced Xie Jian’s palm after Xie Jian’s arm unexpectedly yielded.
• Xie Jian struck Yu Ren Long between the brows with two fingers, scattering his mana and forcing him to concede defeat.
• Xie Jian demanded that Yu Ren Long apologize, while Ren Jie arranged medicinal materials with Yu Changkong and ordered Xie Jian inside for treatment.

Ren Jie prepared to treat Xie Jian’s pierced arm with a customized medicine blend, prompting Fatty to explain how Spirit Alchemists looked down on medicine refiners. As Ren Jie began mixing the materials, Fatty realized that his own medicine had already rivaled Low-Grade Spirit Pills, and Xie Jian watched to see whether Ren Jie could match a Middle Grade Healing Spirit Pill.

• Yu Changkong ordered Yu Cheng to gather the Medicinal Materials Ren Jie requested, while wondering how Ren Jie planned to heal Xie Jian without a Spirit Pill.
• Ren Jie examined Xie Jian’s arm and explained that he had accepted Yu Changkong’s healing pills for later use because a tailored blend of the requested materials could treat the injury.
• Ren Jie praised Fatty’s medicine as comparable to pills made by ordinary Low-Grade Spirit Alchemists, and Fatty excitedly explained that medicine refiners were considered inferior to Spirit Alchemists.
• Ren Jie argued that medicine could match or surpass pills when tailored to a specific condition, and Fatty became tearful as he recognized the significance of Ren Jie’s words.
• Ren Jie began preparing the medicine for Xie Jian while Fatty and Xie Jian watched closely.

After Xie Jian recovered, Ren Jie accepted Yu Changkong’s Bright Jade Pill Token and promised to seek a way to save his life. Ren Jie then left Bright Jade Mountain Manor with his people to gather medicine for Sixth Aunt.

• Fang Qi ordered an investigation into Ren Tianxing’s old records and Ren Jie’s guards, and told Fang Yuesong to wait for Ren Jie on his return route so she could reclaim the item he held.
• Ren Jie’s medicinal mixture fully healed Xie Jian’s left arm, and Ren Jie let Xie Jian keep the Human Dragon Flying Sword as his trophy.
• Yu Changkong gave Ren Jie the Bright Jade Pill Token and promised Bright Jade Mountain Manor’s support, but Ren Jie worried that the promise lasted only a year.
• Ren Jie told Yu Changkong he would try to find a way to keep him alive, giving the Old Pill King hope after he had begun arranging for his death.
• Ren Jie and Yu Changkong agreed to treat each other as brothers, and Ren Jie left Bright Jade Mountain Manor to gather medicine for Sixth Aunt.

Ren Jie led his group through the Demon Beast Abyss, training the Guard Team while gathering medicinal ingredients and strengthening himself with flood dragon blood. The chapter left him charging toward a Golden Claw Demon Ape he had drawn out near a cliff.

• Yu Cheng learned that Yu Changkong believed Ren Jie might have a way to save Yu Wu Shuang, and Yu Changkong told him to wait for news while taking the children to Jade Capital City.
• Ren Jie’s group entered the Demon Beast Abyss, where he gathered ingredients and revised the Guard Team’s cultivation and combat methods.
• After several days of training and battles, most of the group broke through, including Tong Qiang, while Fatty developed potions that rivaled ordinary Low-Grade Spirit Pills.
• Ren Jie completed the Qi Strength Rings required for the Jade Emperor Art Body Refining Chapter and used flood dragon blood to strengthen his body and adapt to the rings’ pressure.
• Ren Jie drew a Golden Claw Demon Ape from its cliffside cave by throwing stones, then charged toward it.

Ren Jie fought the Level 6 Golden Claw Demon Ape on its cliffside territory, overpowering it with relentless attacks despite its razor-sharp claws. After they crashed to the ground, Ren Jie killed the ape but was left badly injured with its golden claw embedded in his chest.

• Ren Jie climbed the cliff to challenge the Golden Claw Demon Ape, using his strength to dig handholds into the stone.
• Ren Jie seized the initiative and battered the ape down the cliff, wounding its arm and breaking it after it tried to charge upward.
• The Golden Claw Demon Ape bound Ren Jie's arm with its broken limb and stabbed at him, so they fell together from the cliff onto the ground.
• Ren Jie recovered before the dazed ape and repeatedly punched its head until it exploded its wrist and drove a golden claw into his chest.
• Ren Jie killed the Golden Claw Demon Ape with a final punch, then lay on the ground bleeding and gasping with the claw still lodged in his chest.

Ren Jie survived the Golden Claw Demon Ape’s attack, reached the True Qi Realm by refining his qi and Flood Dragon blood, and gained the ability to use the Family Head Ring. Far away, the Nine Headed Dragon King sensed a change in his severed Flood Dragon horn and sent Golden Lion to investigate.

• Ren Jie pulled the Golden Claw Demon Ape’s broken golden claw from his chest, stored the beast’s corpse, and climbed into its cave using the claws.
• Ren Jie activated the Jade Emperor Art and consumed his accumulated medicine and Flood Dragon blood to break through his 18,432 Qi Strength Rings.
• Ren Jie condensed his qi into powerful true qi, refined the Flood Dragon blood into a drop of essence, and entered the first level of the True Qi Realm.
• Ren Jie found that he could finally use the Family Head Ring.
• The Nine Headed Dragon King sensed a change in his severed Flood Dragon horn and ordered Golden Lion to investigate its location in the Demon Beast Abyss.

After reaching the True Qi Realm, Ren Jie opened the Family Head Ring and received the next level of the Jade Emperor Art, along with a glimpse of Ren Tianxing’s careful plans for him. Ren Jie began cultivating the new method and left before dawn, while Golden Lion arrived at the battlefield and began searching for him.

• Ren Jie used his True Qi Realm power to open the Family Head Ring and retrieved a Memory Jade Tablet containing the Jade Emperor Art’s True Qi Realm method and messages from Ren Tianxing.
• Ren Jie broke the restrictions on the spirit jade and found a symbol beneath it, realizing Ren Tianxing had arranged resources and challenges to help him grow without relying on outside power.
• Ren Jie began cultivating the Jade Emperor Art’s first True Qi Realm level, forming six symbol-inscribed true qi rings before dawn.
• Ren Jie left the area by leaping down the cliff and running into the distance.
• Golden Lion arrived at the battlefield on a crimson demon beast, identified it as the site of the fight with the Golden Claw Demon Ape, and ordered nearby demon beasts to report human activity.

Ren Jie reunited with the Guard Squad and led them deeper into the Demon Beast Abyss after signs of an unusual demon-beast gathering emerged. Golden Lion recognized Ren Jie’s group and mobilized powerful demon beasts to pursue them.

• Di Shu found Ren Jie, and Ren Jie returned to camp, where he agreed to Tong Qiang’s request not to leave alone again.
• Ren Jie guided the Guard Squad through battles against stronger demon beasts, and Fatty found the last Snow Valley Grass they needed.
• Fatty noted that several demon-beast nests had been strangely empty, and Tong Qiang reported that powerful demon beasts had killed a group of travelers.
• Ren Jie ordered the Guard Squad to gather and rush forward to avoid a possible trap and draw out whoever was behind the attacks.
• Golden Lion recognized Ren Jie’s group from Bright Jade Mountain Manor and sent dozens of powerful demon beasts after them.