Chapter Summaries

Heavenly Insect discovered that a valley full of spirit materials was inhabited by Soul-Bewitching Butterflies and agreed to help Demon Butterfly subdue them. After she transformed into a giant rainbow butterfly and joined the swarm, Heavenly Insect turned to find his six spirit insects entranced.

• Heavenly Insect sent his Frost Demon Spider into the valley, where hallucinogenic gas drove it mad until it dismembered itself.
• Demon Butterfly explained that Soul-Bewitching Butterflies were likely causing the madness and proposed joining forces to subdue them.
• Golden Cicada unsealed the Nine Revolutions Black-Whiskered Mosquito, and Heavenly Insect accepted Demon Butterfly's offer after discussing the risk with him.
• Demon Butterfly gave Heavenly Insect medicine to resist the gas, and he sent six high-grade spirit insects into the valley to draw out the butterflies.
• Demon Butterfly rushed into the valley and transformed into a giant rainbow butterfly, dancing alongside the Soul-Bewitching Butterflies.
• Heavenly Insect looked back at his six spirit insects and became furious when he saw their entranced expressions.

Heavenly Insect and Demon Butterfly formed an uneasy alliance to seek Spirit Butterfly Fairy’s inheritance and the Ancient Sword Butterfly. After Demon Butterfly opened the array hiding the cave dwelling, they entered and reached a plaza with a towering sword-winged butterfly statue.

• Demon Butterfly’s dance intensified the Soul-Bewitching Butterflies’ mist, causing Heavenly Insect’s spirit insects to attack one another and killing six of them.
• Heavenly Insect threatened Demon Butterfly with his Nine Revolutions Black-Whiskered Mosquito, prompting her to reveal that the Insect Prison Site held Spirit Butterfly Fairy’s ruins and an Ancient Sword Butterfly.
• Demon Butterfly proposed sharing Spirit Butterfly Fairy’s butterfly-raising methods with Heavenly Insect in exchange for his help obtaining the inheritance, and he agreed to cooperate.
• Heavenly Insect let the Nine Revolutions Black-Whiskered Mosquito devour the six dead spirit insects, restoring much of its strength.
• Demon Butterfly guided Heavenly Insect to a sea of flowers, opened a gap in its great array, and led him into Spirit Butterfly Fairy’s cave dwelling.
• Heavenly Insect and Demon Butterfly followed a passage into a vast plaza, where they found a huge white jade butterfly statue with sword-shaped wings.

Qingyan’s commanders attacked Heavenly Insect’s group near the White Jade Sword Butterfly statue, and the outsiders were forced to fight together despite their distrust. Gongyang Huo revealed a powerful transformation, while Demon Butterfly’s illusion gave Heavenly Insect an opening to strike Red Bee’s Eight-Winged Spirit Bee.

• Heavenly Insect, Demon Butterfly, Flying Scorpion Inkstone, and Gongyang Huo gathered opposite Qingyan, Red Bee, and Black Jade at the statue and recognized it as a trial left by the Spirit Butterfly Fairy.
• Qingyan, Red Bee, and Black Jade released their Heaven-grade Spirit Insects and prepared to attack the statue, while Red Bee warned that the outsiders might exploit their efforts.
• Black Jade and Red Bee turned on Heavenly Insect’s group, prompting the allies to hide behind Flying Scorpion Inkstone until Qingyan sent the Azurefire Heavenly Scorpion’s fiery net at them.
• Gongyang Huo broke through the flames with his Geometer Moth Transformation and attacked the Azurefire Heavenly Scorpion, while Flying Scorpion Inkstone charged Qingyan and Red Bee intercepted him.
• Demon Butterfly used Spirit Butterfly Dance to strengthen her Soul-Bewitching Butterfly’s illusions, and Heavenly Insect sent the Nine Revolutions Black-Whiskered Mosquito to bite Red Bee’s disoriented Eight-Winged Spirit Bee.

Heavenly Insect and his allies were caught in a deadly sword-qi assault when the White Jade Sword Butterfly emerged from its statue. Demon Butterfly gave Heavenly Insect the spirit butterfly jade marks needed to try to subdue it, and he spotted a possible way to act as the chapter ended.

• Heavenly Insect's nine revolutions black-whiskered mosquito devoured Red Bee's Eight-Winged Spirit Bee, prompting Qingyan to order a retreat.
• The Sword Butterfly Jade Statue shattered, releasing the White Jade Sword Butterfly, whose piercing cry killed Red Bee and badly injured the fighters.
• The revived White Jade Sword Butterfly unleashed sweeping sword qi, and Heavenly Insect sheltered beneath Flying Scorpion Inkstone's dying Heaven-Grade Flying Scorpion with Demon Butterfly and Inkstone.
• Demon Butterfly transferred spirit butterfly jade marks to Heavenly Insect in a kiss, explaining that he could use them to try to subdue the White Jade Sword Butterfly.
• Heavenly Insect searched for an opening beneath the flying scorpion and fixed his attention on the dying Azurefire Heavenly Scorpion beside Qingyan and Black Jade.

Heavenly Insect used the Spirit Butterfly Jade Marks to subdue the White Jade Sword Butterfly and kill Qingyan, then learned that Flying Locust had entered the ruins’ heart. Demon Butterfly revealed that the Spirit Butterfly Fairy’s true spirit might still exist in a garden, and Heavenly Insect agreed to help her reach it.

• Heavenly Insect used the Heaven-Covering Net to hurl the Azurefire Heavenly Scorpion into the White Jade Sword Butterfly’s sword qi, drawing its attack away from the others and killing the scorpion.
• Heavenly Insect activated the Spirit Butterfly Jade Marks just before the sword qi struck, awakening their power and subduing the White Jade Sword Butterfly.
• The Sword Butterfly killed Qingyan when Heavenly Insect directed its attack at him, saving Flying Scorpion Inkstone from their fight.
• Black Jade surrendered and revealed that Flying Locust had entered the heart of the ruins, while Heavenly Insect explained that the Sword Butterfly was only a puppet and could not match a Supreme expert.
• Flying Scorpion Inkstone left to search the outskirts, while Heavenly Insect pressed Demon Butterfly to share what she knew about the ruins’ heart.
• Demon Butterfly said the Spirit Butterfly Fairy’s true spirit might remain in a garden and that she knew how to awaken it, asking Heavenly Insect to help her enter.

Heavenly Insect and Demon Butterfly reached the sealed Garden, where Flying Locust arrived and attacked its barrier. The Ancient Sword Butterfly’s true spirit appeared to defend the ruins, and Flying Locust merged with his Black-Feathered Star Locust to fight it.

• Demon Butterfly revealed that she was a descendant of the Spirit Butterfly Fairy and led Heavenly Insect to the hidden Garden’s sealed basin.
• Flying Locust emerged from a Sword Butterfly Jade Statue and rode his Black-Feathered Star Locust toward the ruins’ core.
• At the dusk-dawn convergence, Heavenly Insect found a crack in the barrier, but Flying Locust’s attack blasted him and Demon Butterfly away.
• Flying Locust attacked the barrier with his divine Insect Flute, causing the Ancient Sword Butterfly’s true spirit to appear and destroy his barrage.
• Demon Butterfly revealed that the Spirit Butterfly Fairy’s husband was the Ancient Sword Butterfly in human form and that her clan carried its bloodline.
• Flying Locust merged with his Black-Feathered Star Locust and charged at the Ancient Sword Butterfly’s true spirit.

Heavenly Insect and Demon Butterfly entered the Spirit Butterfly Fairy’s garden, where the Fairy offered him treasures in exchange for helping restore and protect her lineage. When Flying Locust broke through the array, she asked to borrow Heavenly Insect’s White Jade Sword Butterfly Puppet and joined the Sword Butterfly True Spirit with it.

• Heavenly Insect and Demon Butterfly forced their way through the fading barrier while Flying Locust remained occupied by the Sword Butterfly True Spirit.
• Demon Butterfly wandered into the garden in a daze, and she and Heavenly Insect found the Spirit Butterfly Fairy beside a pool filled with supreme spirit liquid.
• The Spirit Butterfly Fairy offered Heavenly Insect an Ancient Sword Butterfly Egg and half the supreme spirit liquid if he swore to help the Spirit Butterfly Lineage rise and protect it for ten years, and he agreed.
• Flying Locust broke through the Ten Directions True Spirit Array, prompting the Spirit Butterfly Fairy to ask Heavenly Insect for his White Jade Sword Butterfly Puppet.
• The Spirit Butterfly Fairy placed the Spirit Butterfly Jade Marks into the puppet and merged the Sword Butterfly True Spirit into it.

Heavenly Insect and his allies defeated Flying Locust with the White Jade Sword Butterfly Puppet, which was destroyed in the process. Before fading away, Spirit Butterfly Fairy entrusted Demon Butterfly with the Black-Feathered Star Locust and revealed that the spirit pool held the supreme spirit liquid, an Ancient Sword Butterfly Egg, and an Insect Emperor Ancient Jade.

• Spirit Butterfly Fairy awakened the White Jade Sword Butterfly Puppet, which incapacitated the Black-Feathered Star Locust and then annihilated Flying Locust with a devastating sword strike.
• The White Jade Sword Butterfly Puppet crumbled after its attack, and Heavenly Insect accepted the loss after Spirit Butterfly Fairy explained that sacrificing it had saved them.
• Spirit Butterfly Fairy gave Heavenly Insect the Seven-Colored Glazed Glass Cup and revealed that the spirit pool contained an Ancient Sword Butterfly Egg and an Insect Emperor Ancient Jade.
• Spirit Butterfly Fairy faded away, sending one glowing butterfly into Demon Butterfly and another into the Black-Feathered Star Locust so Demon Butterfly could awaken and control it.
• Heavenly Insect used the Seven-Colored Glazed Glass Cup to collect the supreme spirit liquid, revealing the Ancient Sword Butterfly Egg and Insect Emperor Ancient Jade at the pool's bottom.

Heavenly Insect joined Demon Butterfly at the Spirit Butterfly Lineage’s ancestral grounds and used the energy returned by Golden Cicada to cultivate. After five days, he broke through from the Heaven Fusion Realm to the Heaven Transformation Realm, leaving the Spirit Butterfly Lineage in awe.

• Heavenly Insect learned that the Spirit Butterfly Lineage had limited strength and advised Demon Butterfly to keep it hidden while the city fell into disorder after Flying Locust’s death.
• Demon Butterfly brought Heavenly Insect to the ancestral grounds, where he met her mother, the Spirit Butterfly Tribe Chief, and settled into secluded cultivation.
• Heavenly Insect demanded his share of the energy Golden Cicada had stored, and Golden Cicada released a vast stream of pure spiritual energy into his qi sea.
• The Spirit Butterfly Tribe Chief arranged for Demon Butterfly to give Heavenly Insect the lineage’s Sword Jade to help hatch the Ancient Sword Butterfly Egg, while they prepared to monitor Flying Spirit City.
• After five days of cultivation, Heavenly Insect’s divine soul left his body and merged with heaven and earth, marking his breakthrough into the Heaven Transformation Realm.

After breaking through to the Heaven Transformation Realm, Heavenly Insect obtained Sword Jade from the Spirit Butterfly Lineage and raised an Ancient Sword Butterfly larva using Spirit Butterfly Fairy’s legacy. While the larva began growing, Wu Xiao defeated his rival and moved closer to becoming Flying Spirit City’s lord.

• Heavenly Insect learned from Demon Butterfly that factions in Flying Spirit City were backing the two deputy city lords, while Black Jade kept the Flying Spirit Army out of their reach.
• The Spirit Butterfly Lineage gave Heavenly Insect Sword Jade, and he began hatching the Ancient Sword Butterfly egg with a Spirit Array.
• After forty-nine days, the egg hatched; Heavenly Insect subdued the Sword Butterfly larva with an Insect-Control Blood Talisman and found that the array had consumed the Sword Jade and spirit stones.
• Heavenly Insect began preparing another array to accelerate the larva’s growth, using methods from Spirit Butterfly Fairy’s legacy.
• After ten days of cultivation, Heavenly Insect learned that Wu Xiao had defeated his rival and was close to securing the position of Flying Spirit City’s lord.

Heavenly Insect forced Black Jade to reveal information about Wu Xiao, then joined Demon Butterfly and the Spirit Butterfly Tribe Chief to plan an attack on Flying Spirit City. The Spirit Butterfly Lineage chose to strike while Wu Xiao was still consolidating power, despite the Black-Feathered Star Locust’s weakened state.

• Heavenly Insect confronted Black Jade in the Flying Spirit Army’s camp and revealed Sovereign-level power, compelling Black Jade to provide information about Wu Xiao and remain neutral.
• After Heavenly Insect left, Black Jade worried that his shifting loyalties would cost him the trust and position he had with either side.
• Heavenly Insect shared Black Jade’s information with Demon Butterfly and the Spirit Butterfly Tribe Chief, and they assessed the forces in Flying Spirit City.
• The Spirit Butterfly Tribe Chief decided the Spirit Butterfly Lineage would attack before Wu Xiao could strengthen his control of the city.
• Heavenly Insect proposed that the Black-Feathered Star Locust hold off Wu Xiao while he dealt with the Azure Mystic Ice Octopus, and the Spirit Butterfly Tribe Chief agreed to face Wu Xiao’s Spirit Insect Master with her Blue-Flame Phoenix Butterfly.

The Spirit Butterfly Lineage challenged Wu Xiao for control of Flying Spirit City, and Heavenly Insect arranged a best-of-three contest to avoid a ruinous battle. The first match went to the Spirit Butterfly Lineage by forfeit, while Wu Xiao sent out an unknown Spiritual Energy Tribulation expert for the next match, prompting Heavenly Insect to decide he could not be allowed to survive.

• Wu Xiao learned that the Spirit Butterfly Lineage had arrived with an army, but the other forces in Flying Spirit City refused to support him.
• Wu Xiao and the Spirit Butterfly Lineage met on a plain outside the city, where the Black-Feathered Star Locust alarmed the onlookers and Black Jade began making plans of his own.
• Demon Butterfly claimed the Black-Feathered Star Locust as hers, and Heavenly Insect proposed that each side send three contestants to decide the city lord's position.
• Wu Xiao agreed to the best-of-three contest, but his first contestant withdrew rather than face the Black-Feathered Star Locust, giving the Spirit Butterfly Lineage the first win.
• Wu Xiao volunteered for the next match, but Heavenly Insect yielded without choosing an opponent, so Wu Xiao sent out an unfamiliar Spiritual Energy Tribulation expert.
• Heavenly Insect recognized the new contestant as a potential threat and resolved to kill him so he could not cause trouble later.

Heavenly Insect fought Tian Fu, a mysterious woman who also bore the main surname, as their spirit insects and personal combat proved evenly matched. Tian Fu eventually conceded, but Wu Shao rejected the outcome and ordered an attack on the Spirit Butterfly Lineage.

• Heavenly Insect introduced himself to Tian Fu, and the two summoned their Soul Devouring Bee and Green-Feathered Locust swarms to fight until both had suffered heavy losses.
• Tian Fu and Heavenly Insect fought with their movement arts and weapons while the Nine Revolutions Black-Whiskered Mosquito gained the advantage over her Flying Spirit Centipede.
• Tian Fu and Heavenly Insect unleashed stronger spiritual energy and clashed again, but neither revealed their full methods.
• Tian Fu conceded to protect her Flying Spirit Centipede, giving Wu Shao's side two losses and one victory against the Spirit Butterfly Lineage.
• Wu Shao ignored his promise to accept the result and ordered his forces to kill the women.

Heavenly Insect and the Spirit Butterfly Lineage defeated Wu Xiao’s forces, and the Flying Spirit Army arrived to proclaim Heavenly Insect the new city lord of Flying Spirit City. Heavenly Insect accepted after Tian Fu urged him to trust her, though he still had little interest in ruling the city.

• Heavenly Insect and the Spirit Butterfly Lineage unleashed the Soul-Bewitching Domain, turning Wu Xiao’s insect swarms against one another while the matriarch blocked his reinforcements.
• Demon Butterfly empowered the Black-Feathered Star Locust with her life force as Heavenly Insect revealed his Ancient Sword Butterfly and joined forces with it to attack Wu Xiao’s ice-octopus fusion.
• The combined attacks carved a vast trench into the battlefield, and Wu Xiao and the Azure Mystic Ice Octopus vanished in the blast.
• The Flying Spirit Army arrived, and Black Jade knelt before Heavenly Insect to recognize him as city lord; Blue Butterfly and the Spirit Butterfly Lineage followed.
• After Tian Fu privately urged him to accept, Heavenly Insect took the position of Flying Spirit City’s lord despite wishing to leave for a larger city.

Tian Fu explained Heavenly Insect’s family ties to the Twelfth Branch and urged him to use the Flying Spirit City lordship to meet Domain Lord Tian Yuan and compete for a place in the Insect World. After a month of cultivation with Golden Cicada, Heavenly Insect found his breakthrough blocked and chose to pause and examine himself rather than force his way forward.

• Tian Fu told Heavenly Insect that they both belonged to the Twelfth Branch of the Main Surname, and that his father, Tian Qu, had been Flying Spirit City’s Inspector.
• Tian Fu revealed that investigators had linked Tian Qu and his wife’s disappearance to the previous city lord, but had found no answers before that lord died.
• Tian Fu explained that becoming city lord could let Heavenly Insect meet Tian Yuan at the Flying Salamander Domain Alliance Gathering and compete for one of the Twelfth Branch’s ten places in the Insect World.
• Heavenly Insect left Flying Spirit City’s affairs to the Spirit Butterfly Tribe Chief and used the city’s resources to cultivate with Golden Cicada.
• After a month, Heavenly Insect neared the Heaven-reaching Realm but felt an invisible obstruction, so he stopped advancing to examine its cause.

Heavenly Insect learned that accumulated unfamiliar spiritual energy was blocking his breakthrough, then received Golden Cicada’s Golden Cicada Rebirth Art and used it to transform his cultivation. With half a month left before the Flying Salamander Domain Alliance Gathering, a vast surge of spiritual energy gathered above the City Lord’s Estate, leaving the city watching as a dazzling ray shot into the sky.

• Golden Cicada explained that Heavenly Insect needed to refine the outside spiritual energy he had absorbed, then offered the Golden Cicada Rebirth Art as a faster solution to his cultivation problem.
• Heavenly Insect learned that the art required the Golden Origin Heavenly Silkworm’s origin energy, which had already fused with his bloodline, and began cultivating it after memorizing its formula.
• Heavenly Insect converted his spiritual energy to gold and tempered his body, completing the transformation in less than half a month.
• Demon Butterfly watched the golden light around Heavenly Insect’s secluded room and reflected bitterly on how far his strength had surpassed hers.
• With half a month remaining before the Flying Salamander Domain Alliance Gathering, a huge spiritual energy vortex formed above the City Lord’s Estate, astonishing the people of Flying Spirit City and Tian Fu.
• A deep rumble shook the city, spiritual energy surged through the sky, and a dazzling ray shot upward from the pillar above the City Lord’s Estate.

Heavenly Insect completed his breakthrough, then traveled with Tian Fu and Demon Butterfly to Flying Salamander City for the Alliance Gathering and searched its Spirit Insect Trade Fair. He stopped at a stall displaying ice silkworms, whose potential caught his attention.

• Heavenly Insect condensed his divine soul, absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy, and tested its strength before recalling it to his Qi sea.
• Heavenly Insect counted his wealth and traveled with Tian Fu and Demon Butterfly to Flying Salamander City.
• Heavenly Insect entered the city without paying the entry fee and reported to the Domain Lord's palace before finding lodging.
• Heavenly Insect took Tian Fu and Demon Butterfly to the Spirit Insect Trade Fair and purchased a third-floor membership card.
• Heavenly Insect toured the first floor and stopped to examine an ice box of dormant ice silkworms, prompting Tian Fu to question his interest.

Heavenly Insect bought a batch of ice silkworms after Golden Cicada sensed potential in them, and learned that one might evolve into the divine insect Ice Spirit Divine Butterfly with a Snow Soul Bead. At the Flying Salamander Domain assembly, he paid Flying Spirit City's dues and entered the arena contest, where the first challenger, Xu Qing, faced him.

• Golden Cicada identified potential in the ice silkworms, so Heavenly Insect bought all thirty-odd of them for ten million spirit stones.
• Golden Cicada revealed that one ice silkworm could evolve into an Ice Spirit Divine Butterfly, and Demon Butterfly said it needed a Snow Soul Bead; Tian Fu suggested checking the Flying Salamander Auction House.
• Heavenly Insect attended the annual assembly as Flying Spirit City's new lord, met Qing Tiao and Hong You, and paid the city's thousand units of supreme spirit liquid.
• Tian Yuan led the city lords to the arena contest, where Heavenly Insect took his place on Flying Spirit City's arena and waited for a challenger.
• Xu Qing challenged Heavenly Insect, and Heavenly Insect told him to release his life-bound spirit insect before attacking.

Heavenly Insect defeated Xu Qing in the arena challenge by using the Ancient Sword Butterfly’s sword energy, drawing Domain Lord Tian Yuan’s interest. After the match, Tian Yuan summoned Heavenly Insect, who had won the right to keep Flying Spirit City and attract powerful attention.

• Xu Qing attacked Heavenly Insect with his Icefield Demon Leech, but Heavenly Insect used Spirit Attachment with the Ancient Sword Butterfly to unleash powerful sword energy.
• Heavenly Insect’s sword energy destroyed Xu Qing’s iceberg attack, and his next strike forced Xu Qing to defend with a Mystic Ice Shield.
• Tian Yuan identified the Ancient Sword Butterfly, learned that Heavenly Insect had concealed some of his strength, and ordered that he be brought to meet him.
• Heavenly Insect defeated Xu Qing without killing him, winning his first arena challenge and retaining Flying Spirit City for the day.
• Qing Tiao and Hong You congratulated Heavenly Insect after Tian Yuan’s personal summons arrived.

Heavenly Insect earned Tian Yuan’s attention after revealing his Ancient Sword Butterfly, then used the time after the arena contest to prepare an evolution Spirit Array for his Blade Mantis. After three days of painful refinement, the Blade Mantis appeared to evolve into a Six-Eyed Blade Mantis, while Heavenly Insect remained determined to keep Golden Cicada’s identity secret.

• Tian Yuan praised Heavenly Insect’s strength and invited him to stay in Flying Salamander City after confirming he possessed an Ancient Sword Butterfly.
• No one challenged Heavenly Insect during the remaining arena contest, and he received the Demon Sound Illusion-Slaying Melody as a reward.
• Heavenly Insect bought an Illusory Demon Stone and gathered it with the Golden Crystal Jade Lotus, Azure Mystic Ice Octopus blood essence, and supreme spirit liquid for the Blade Mantis’s evolution.
• Heavenly Insect inscribed an evolution Spirit Array in a secluded valley, placed the Blade Mantis at its center, and repeatedly fed it supreme spirit liquid as the array transformed its body.
• After three days, the Blade Mantis grew to thirty feet and developed six blue-violet eye-like markings on its wings, suggesting its evolution had succeeded.
• Golden Cicada urged Heavenly Insect to let it devour the Blade Mantis, but Heavenly Insect refused and resolved to conceal Golden Cicada until he had enough strength or a powerful backer.