Chapter Summaries

Yu Tiange’s team trapped the Garrison Prefecture officers at a banquet, killed their guards, and took control of the operation to free Divine Court prisoners and clear the teleportation formations. As his plan unfolded, another pair of men in North Wind Town prepared to kill someone before the night was over.

• Wang Anquan lured the military officers to a banquet, where Yu Tiange and five masked teammates sealed the hall and poisoned them.
• Yu Tiange announced the Divine Court’s aims, and Ruyue killed Old Zhou and trapped his soul in a Soul-Refining Banner after he refused to identify Qu Acai.
• Yu Tiange used the Nine Heavens Immortal-Tier Great Thunder Seal to cow the remaining officers, while Wang Anquan reported that their Personal Guards had all been killed.
• Yu Tiange ordered Wang Anquan, Ruyue, Cheng Yuan, and He Zhu Zhu to free three hundred prisoners from the South Mountain Illusion Realm and prepare the teleportation formations; he sent Sanlang to transfer away the troops guarding the arrays.
• Elsewhere in North Wind Town, two men playing a board game agreed that a man they had been watching would not survive the night.

Ren Ye’s group found a suspiciously clean, aura-free basement in the Corpse-Mourning Red Pavilion and waited for a change, while Yu Tiange’s allies seized the teleportation formations and began moving against the prisoners and Jiu Zhi. The chapter ended as Tianhan and Northern Mountain broke into Jiu Zhi’s chamber and Wang Tudou’s scarlet orb lost its power.

• A-Er used his rabbit-shaped Human-Machine Puppet to scout the Corpse-Mourning Red Pavilion and found an aura-free area on its first basement level, so Ren Ye ordered the group to watch and wait.
• Wang Anquan obtained Jia Yuan’s approval to enter the South Mountain Illusion Realm and recruited Hao Ming and other prisoners to help seize and repair the teleportation formations.
• A suspicious adjutant came to question Han Li, but Yu Tiange forced Han Li to claim Niu Dali might be colluding with the enemy and sent the adjutant away.
• After Spirit Pigeons signaled that the three teleportation formations were secured, Yu Tiange left to oversee the Number Three formation and ordered Tianhan and Northern Mountain to take Jiu Zhi.
• Tianhan and Northern Mountain forced their way into Jiu Zhi’s underground chamber despite the Wang Family’s objections, and Wang Tudou’s scarlet orb suddenly went dark.

Ruyue told Wang Anquan that the Divine Court expected his family to hold North Wind Town’s Teleportation Grand Formation for half an hour while Yu Tiange’s group escaped, leaving Wang Anquan to recognize that the Wang Family had been treated as expendable pawns. Meanwhile, Wang Tudou organized an ambush after his squad discovered that Tianhan and Northern Mountain had taken Jiu Zhi, and Yu Tiange waited at the evacuation array for Ruyue and Cheng Yuan.

• Ruyue told Wang Anquan that he and his people had to defend the formation while she and Cheng Yuan left with Jiu Zhi, and she threatened the safety of his family and Wenping to make him comply.
• Wang Anquan realized Yu Tiange had planned to use the Wang Family as cannon fodder, then ordered the formation revived and prioritized evacuating the prisoners and his family’s elderly, women, and children.
• Tianhan and Northern Mountain rescued Jiu Zhi from the Garrison Prefecture and told Uncle Wang Mountain to reinforce the teleportation formations with the Wang Family and banquet prisoners.
• Wang Tudou organized his squad to track Jiu Zhi’s rescuers and prepare an ambush, while Zhang Tan and San Yue reported their route and the nearby patrol’s positions.
• Yu Tiange reached the evacuation array, sent a Spirit Pigeon toward the Corpse-Mourning Red Pavilion, and waited impatiently for Ruyue and Cheng Yuan.

Wang Tudou’s squad ambushed Tianhan and Northern Mountain while they escorted Jiu Zhi through North Wind Town, killing both and capturing Jiu Zhi. Wang Tudou then used the clash to send Mora toward the Garrison Prefecture, while Yu Tiange and Ren Ye reacted to the fighting and a Spirit Pigeon descended underground.

• Yang Sanhai ambushed Tianhan, but Tianhan broke his attack and pursued Northern Mountain and Jiu Zhi toward the southwest.
• Qin Heizi trapped Tianhan and Northern Mountain in an illusion formation and detonated Soul Shatter Skyburst Stars around Tianhan.
• The squad’s twin cannons attacked Northern Mountain with curses, gu insects, and flying daggers while the Space-Piercing Shuttle brought them into the formation.
• Wang Tudou entered the illusion realm and killed Northern Mountain and Tianhan with two blows, then captured Jiu Zhi and withdrew with his squad.
• Wang Tudou told Mora that the squad had fought on Hero Street while completing a Divine Monk Manor assignment and warned him that the Wang Family might be plotting trouble, prompting Mora to mobilize troops for the Garrison Prefecture.
• Yu Tiange grew increasingly unsettled by the fighting, while Ren Ye told A-Da to watch closely as a Spirit Pigeon phantom flew into the underground level of the Corpse-Mourning Red Pavilion.

Mora suspected the Wang Family’s apparent rebellion concealed a deeper scheme and ordered Feng Yiyang to seize the town’s teleportation formations and surround the Garrison Prefecture. Meanwhile, Ren Ye ambushed Lu Zhennan and Lu Zhenbei to rescue Wang Wenping, and Daoist Chu saw another group of black-clad men approaching the inn where Niu Dali was staying.

• Mora reasoned that Wang Anquan’s renewed rebellion might be a sham and sent Feng Yiyang to take control of the teleportation formations and seal off the Wang Family.
• Yu Tiange set several parts of his plan in motion, while Lu Zhennan and Lu Zhenbei brought Wang Wenping out of hiding and headed toward Teleportation Grand Formation Three.
• Ren Ye used the Ten Thousand Bone Jar, poison, and Blood Soul Flying Daggers to overpower Lu Zhenbei as A-Da and A-Er fought Lu Zhennan.
• Ren Ye and Lu Zhennan exchanged Wang Wenping for Lu Zhenbei, then fled in different directions before the night-patrol Monk Soldiers arrived.
• Daoist Chu saw black-clad men approaching the Courier Inn where Niu Dali was staying and worried that they were also targeting the Little Marquis.

A black-clad force attacked the relay inn to kill Niu Dali, and the Little Marquis escaped after using the Nine Skies God-Slaying Spear to break a Space-Locking Grand Formation. He reunited with Daoist Chu, then learned that Ren Ye’s plan in North Wind Town had collapsed after Yu Tiange took Jiu Zhi and drew attention to the Wang Family.

• More than a hundred black-clad men attacked the relay inn, and their Fifth-Grade leader challenged Niu Dali while the attackers slaughtered his guards.
• Niu Dali ordered his men to unseal the Little Marquis, who revived his spiritual power, summoned the Nine Skies God-Slaying Spear, and broke the Space-Locking Grand Formation.
• The Little Marquis fled north and met Daoist Chu, recognized him through the Fulong Pavilion signal and password, and learned that Daoist Chu and Ren Ye were in North Wind Town.
• The Little Marquis proposed returning to help capture Niu Dali, but Daoist Chu criticized his plan as they prepared to leave.
• Uncle Wang Mountain told Ren Ye that Yu Tiange had taken Jiu Zhi and unidentified attackers had fought him, leaving the Garrison Prefecture exposed to the Monk Soldiers.
• Mora grew concerned about a potential danger and sent a civil official to check whether Lord Zhenyi had retired for the night.

Ren Ye tried to salvage the Wang family's rebellion after Yu Tiange's actions jeopardized their escape, but an urgent summons nearly exposed his soul-possession secret. The Wang family fought the arriving monk soldiers while Ren Ye reached the Inner Manor, where Mora tasked him with confiscating their property and investigating their alleged ties to the Divine Court.

• Ren Ye urged Uncle Wang Mountain to send word to Wang Anquan to escape through a Teleportation Grand Formation, arguing that Wang Anquan had a trump card against Heavenly Radiance Temple.
• When a civil official entered Ren Ye's residence, Ren Ye abandoned control of the female corpse and returned his soul just before the official could discover his body unattended.
• Uncle Wang Mountain sent ten high-grade clansmen and A-Da and A-Er to notify Wang Anquan, but the twelve men encountered patrolling monk soldiers and fighting erupted around North Wind Town.
• Ren Ye covered up his unusual absence by claiming he had been practicing meditative turtle breathing, then hurried to the Inner Manor after Mora summoned him.
• Mora told Ren Ye that Wang Tudou had recovered Jiu Zhi and that the Wang family intended to rebel, then ordered him to search and confiscate the Wangs' property for evidence and possible embezzlement.

Ren Ye went to the Garrison Prefecture to confiscate the Wang family's property, but Mora's forces surrounded the compound and argued over whether to attack. Meanwhile, the Little Marquis rescued Niu Dali from an assassination, and Ren Ye was left unable to interpret Daoist Chu's two-flash signal as the chapter ended.

• Ren Ye arrived at the surrounded Garrison Prefecture and sent Lao Lu to summon Liu Wei and the Mess Hall Army as backup.
• Uncle Wang Mountain refused to surrender until Wang Anquan escaped, while Fulai ordered Feng Yiyang to storm the compound despite the risk to the captured commanders.
• The commanders' trusted officers blocked Feng Yiyang's assault, drawing their weapons and leaving Ren Ye to watch the factions clash.
• Niu Dali was nearly killed by black-clad attackers, but the Little Marquis broke through the Space-Locking Grand Formation and escaped with him.
• Niu Dali recognized one attacker as a Gray-Robed Battalion officer and concluded that Mora had ordered the assassination.
• Daoist Chu sent Ren Ye a signal with two flashes of the Tian Beads, leaving Ren Ye unsure whether he should go to their aid.

Yu Tiange's attempt to flee through the Baoquan Teleportation Grand Formation was interrupted by the Personal Guard Battalion, while Monk Fulai broke the standoff at the Garrison Prefecture and led Ren Ye into its underground Secret Chamber. The chapter ended as Ren Ye recognized Fulai's request for his Spiritual Communication Jade Butterfly as a pretext to kill him and unleashed his blood energy.

• Yu Tiange tried to return for Tianhan and Northern Mountain, but his squad dragged him into the Teleportation Grand Formation as the Personal Guard Battalion attacked and he fought them with his Great Thunder Seal.
• Little Bad King sensed the immense lightning battle, recognized Yu Tiange's strength, and suspected he might be a God System inheritor.
• Monk Fulai revealed his Fifth-Grade strength, subdued Han Li's adjutant, and ordered the other troops to withdraw while Feng Yiyang led the Gray-Robed Battalion into the Garrison Prefecture.
• Ren Ye entered the Garrison Prefecture with Monk Fulai and helped direct the search as the Gray-Robed Battalion captured most of the Wang Family alive.
• Monk Fulai led Ren Ye into the underground Secret Chamber, then asked to borrow his Spiritual Communication Jade Butterfly to contact Mora.
• Ren Ye asked whether Fulai meant to kill him, and his blood energy erupted.

Mora seized control of the Garrison Prefecture’s upheaval and ordered Zhenyi killed, while Ren Ye fought through the monk soldiers without revealing his true identity. Cornered and exhausted, Ren Ye awakened a long-hidden karmic connection as Liu Wei arrived outside with the Mess Hall Army.

• Mora learned that Wang Anquan remained at the No. 1 Teleportation Grand Formation and ordered his men to capture him alive before heading to the Garrison Prefecture to take control of the Wang family.
• Ren Ye used an evil cultivator’s blood essence to conceal his aura and fought Monk Fulai, then escaped the underground chamber by distracting Feng Yiyang and his soldiers with Yin Souls.
• Monk Daoguang, Monk Jingshen, Monk Fulai, and hundreds of monk soldiers pursued Ren Ye, who killed forty-two soldiers but was eventually overwhelmed and fell into the rear hall among the captured Wang family.
• Wang Wenping urged the Wang family to find Lord Spirit Cat or flee to the Warrior Monk Prefecture, while Ren Ye, battered and trapped, awakened a long-hidden karmic connection.
• Liu Wei arrived outside the Garrison Prefecture with more than a thousand Mess Hall Army soldiers and demanded to see Lord Zhenyi.

Liu Wei hesitated outside the Garrison Prefecture while Niu Dali returned to North Wind Town, but Ren Ye was cornered by Mora’s forces and awakened the Divine Monk’s soul within the Reincarnation Lotus Lamp. Ren Ye revealed himself as the Divine Monk’s successor, forcing Mora to kneel and transforming the town’s response to the conflict.

• Liu Wei stopped at Horseway Street after learning that Mora had barred entry to the Garrison Prefecture, and he worried that Monk Zhenyi’s fate could expose him to Arhat Yuyang.
• Niu Dali recovered from the ambush, told the Little Marquis that Mora had plotted against him, and contacted an undisclosed ally with a Spiritual Communication Jade Butterfly.
• Mora learned that rebels had escaped through the Number Three Baquan Teleportation Grand Formation and ordered Monk Fulai to kill Zhenyi and subdue the Wang Family.
• Monk Fulai’s forces surrounded Ren Ye and attacked him, so Ren Ye called on the Reincarnation Lotus Lamp and awakened Mumu’s Divine Soul.
• Mumu’s power filled the Secret Realm with gray mist and manifested as a vast lotus, while the attackers’ Magic Treasures shattered and Mora recognized the Divine Monk’s aura.
• Ren Ye proclaimed himself the Divine Monk’s successor, and the lotus forced Mora to his knees as the monk soldiers saluted and Liu Wei led the Mess Hall Army toward the Garrison Prefecture.

After Ren Ye investigated the massacre at the teleportation formation, the Wall-Breaking Divine Dynasty’s Heavenly Kings decided that Zhenyi was an impostor and should be killed. Zhenyi arrived in Huangling City and struck the Heavenly Kings Hall with the Reincarnation Finger, warning the elders to stay away from Ren Ye.

• After the rebellion failed, Mora reported Zhenyi’s claim to be the Divine Monk’s successor to the Wall-Breaking Divine Dynasty and ordered Daoguang to watch him closely.
• Ren Ye examined the shattered teleportation formation and concluded that Yu Tiange had used its backlash to kill the pursuing Monk Soldiers and escape.
• Ren Ye told Daoist Chu that his inherited methods and connection to the Divine Monk made his claim of being the Divine Monk’s successor defensible.
• The Heavenly Kings debated Zhenyi’s identity, learned that Ren Ye had used Reincarnation Aura, and agreed that Mora should secretly eliminate him.
• Zhenyi reached Huangling City, unleashed the Reincarnation Finger against the Heavenly Kings Hall, and warned the elders not to target Ren Ye.

Ren Ye learned that Heavenly Radiance Temple had made him a deputy investigator in the rebellion case and promoted Yuyang after the Divine Monk acknowledged a faint karmic connection to him. The Heavenly Dao warned that the Divine Monk suspected Ren Ye and might kill him, while Niu Dali invited Ren Ye to join forces against a shared enemy and offered access to Wang Anquan.

• Niu Dali returned to North Wind Town with the Little Marquis, tightened security across the town, and took the Wang Family from Mora's custody.
• Ren Ye learned from Yuyang that he, Niu Dali, and Mora would jointly investigate the rebellion, and that Yuyang had been promoted to the Chan Meditation Pavilion.
• The Heavenly Dao assigned Ren Ye a Heaven's Grace-level punitive task, warning that the Divine Monk had taken a special interest in him and that Ren Ye needed to explain his powers.
• Ren Ye reasoned that Niu Dali wanted to recruit him, then went with Daoist Chu to meet Niu Dali at the Warrior Monk Prefecture.
• Niu Dali proposed that Ren Ye help him take down their shared enemy and offered to let Ren Ye meet and eventually take custody of Wang Anquan.
• Niu Dali introduced the Little Marquis as his sworn younger brother, believing the man had proved trustworthy by saving him in Du Village.

Ren Ye avoided committing to Niu Dali or Mora as they jointly interrogated Wang Anquan, who agreed to reveal the truth only if Master He Hong came. The next day, Ren Ye learned that Niu Dali blamed Mora for an assassination attempt and his brother-in-law’s death, and began to understand why Mora had wanted him killed.

• Ren Ye kept Niu Dali hopeful without agreeing to join forces, while Mora treated him with renewed deference after learning his identity as the Divine Monk's Successor.
• Niu Dali questioned Wang Anquan about missing Star Source and other Divine Court agents, then threatened to publicly humiliate Wang Anquan's wife, He Zhu Zhu.
• Wang Anquan agreed to tell the truth, including who took the Star Source, if Master He Hong came; Niu Dali agreed to summon him and ordered Wang Anquan and his wife held apart from visitors.
• Ren Ye left the Warrior Monk Prefecture with Daoist Chu after declining Mora's invitation.
• The next day, Ren Ye questioned the Little Marquis, who said Niu Dali suspected Mora's faction of the assassination attempt and had vowed to avenge his murdered brother-in-law, Lu Zhao.
• Ren Ye realized he was beginning to understand why Mora had been determined to kill him.

Ren Ye recruited the Little Marquis to help him reach Wang Anquan in the Heavenly Prison, where he investigated the forces behind the attempt on Niu Dali’s life. Ren Ye concluded that Mora planned to frame Niu Dali for the missing Star Source and accused Wang Anquan of secretly possessing it.

• Ren Ye persuaded the Little Marquis to arrange a prison visit, promising him a chance to spend time alone with Dragon Younger Sister, and learned that several Travelers from the Divine Court were also imprisoned.
• The Little Marquis convinced Niu Dali to let him visit his fellow inmates, then secretly brought Ren Ye’s Tomb Void Pearl into the Heavenly Prison.
• Ren Ye slipped into the inner prison and met Wang Anquan, who said he had withheld information about Ren Ye and hoped to save his family by bargaining with He Hong.
• Ren Ye questioned Wang Anquan about the attack on Niu Dali and argued that Mora intended to kill Niu Dali and Zhenyi so Niu Dali would be blamed for the missing Star Source.
• Ren Ye accused Wang Anquan of holding the Star Source himself, and Wang Anquan was left stunned by the revelation.

Wang Anquan explained why he had surrendered to Heavenly Radiance Temple while secretly preserving the means to retake North Wind Town, and revealed that he hid the stolen Star Source beneath the Warrior Monk Prefecture. The chapter ended with the Little Marquis spotting Niu Dali secretly following a mysterious black shadow that looked like a cat.

• Wang Anquan admitted he had taken the Star Source and concealed the materials needed to repair North Wind Town's Teleportation Grand Formations.
• Wang Anquan explained that He Hong had warned him Heavenly Radiance Temple could sabotage the formations and overwhelm the town, so he surrendered to spare its people while planning a later uprising.
• Wang Anquan revealed that he had kept his uprising plan secret from the First Prince to protect his family and intended to strike when Heavenly Radiance Temple's forces moved against the Heavenly Capital.
• Ren Ye and Wang Anquan agreed they could exploit the conflict between Mora and Niu Dali, and Wang Anquan disclosed that he had hidden the Star Source in the Warrior Monk Prefecture.
• The Little Marquis watched Niu Dali leave the rear courtyard after bowing to a black shadow on the wall, which the Little Marquis suspected was a cat.

Ren Ye learned from Wang Anquan that 280 million Star Source was hidden in a secret sanctuary beneath the Warrior Monk Prefecture, then sent the Little Marquis to verify it. The Little Marquis found Niu Dali’s Personal Guards secretly stationed at the archive, and Ren Ye was left wondering how Niu Dali had learned about the hidden fortune.

• Wang Anquan told Ren Ye how Daoist Qingfeng had concealed the Dreamscape Mountains and Rivers sanctuary beneath the Nourishing Heart Lodge and revealed that it held 280 million Star Source.
• Wang Anquan said the formation-repair materials were hidden elsewhere and asked Ren Ye to protect his family; Ren Ye promised to plan a rescue and returned to Daoist Chu.
• Ren Ye asked the Little Marquis to investigate the sanctuary through their coded contact system, and the Little Marquis received the message at the breakfast shop.
• The Little Marquis entered the East Courtyard at night but found Niu Dali’s Personal Guards concealed inside the private library behind an aura-blocking formation, so he withdrew without investigating the well.
• The Little Marquis waited until morning rather than risk contacting Ren Ye, and Daoist Chu then reported that Niu Dali’s men were guarding the archive.
• Ren Ye was stunned that Niu Dali apparently knew about the Star Source, since Wang Anquan had claimed nobody else knew the sanctuary existed.

Ren Ye investigated the black spirit cat that had appeared before Niu Dali and concluded that an unknown figure was directing events from the shadows. Unable to reclaim the Star Source by force, Ren Ye told Wang Anquan to leak its location by killing himself, leaving Wang Anquan stunned.

• Daoist Chu read Ren Ye a letter from the Little Marquis reporting that Niu Dali's soldiers guarded the Nourishing Heart Lodge and that a black spirit cat had appeared before Niu Dali.
• Ren Ye rejected Daoist Chu's theory that Wang Anquan had betrayed them, reasoning that Wang Anquan needed to preserve his leverage to protect his family.
• Liu Wei recounted North Wind Town's legend of a black spirit cat, and Ren Ye suspected the creature might be a distraction from the person directing Niu Dali.
• Ren Ye and Daoist Chu concluded they could not recover the Star Source from Niu Dali without outside help, so Ren Ye decided to visit Wang Anquan again.
• Ren Ye told Wang Anquan that Niu Dali's soldiers had found the Star Source's hiding place, then instructed him to spread the news by killing himself.

Niu Dali responded to Wang Anquan’s poisoning by bringing him to the Warrior Monk Prefecture, where physicians removed the nails suppressing his powers and saved his life. Mora learned that Wang Anquan had used the crisis to reveal the hidden star source, while Ren Ye waited to see whether Mora would seek him out as an ally.

• Niu Dali’s concubine reminded him of Lu Zhao’s death, and Niu Dali promised to avenge Lu Zhao despite warning that his choices could endanger them all.
• A Personal Guard reported that Wang Anquan had been poisoned in the Heavenly Prison, so Niu Dali ordered him brought to the Warrior Monk Prefecture and summoned Mora and Zhenyi.
• Physicians removed Wang Anquan’s Source-Sealing Nails and Soul-Seizing Nails, allowing him to expel the corpse poison; after waking, he warned that a traitor was in the Heavenly Prison.
• Mora secured two guards for Wang Anquan and later told Monk Fulai that Wang Anquan had secretly revealed the star source’s location in the Nourishing Heart Lodge.
• Mora concluded that Wang Anquan wanted to spark a conflict between him and Niu Dali, then decided to seek a reliable ally before acting.
• Ren Ye told Daoist Chu that he was not sure Mora would approach him and said he would stay out of the struggle if Mora did not.

Ren Ye accepted Mora’s banquet invitation and learned that Mora planned to seize the Star Source by attacking Niu Dali’s Warrior Monk Prefecture. Ren Ye encouraged Mora to commit to the assault while warning him that Niu Dali might have a powerful spirit-cat ally, and the chapter ended with that cat watching the inner manor before disappearing.

• Ren Ye delayed Monk Fulai’s invitation, mocked him through Daoist Chu, then agreed to attend Mora’s banquet.
• Mora apologized for trying to kill Ren Ye and praised his status as the Divine Monk’s Successor, while Ren Ye hinted that the Divine Monk was searching for Destiny.
• Mora admitted he had killed Lu Zhao while investigating the Star Source and said he believed Niu Dali had found it in the Warrior Monk Prefecture.
• Mora proposed joining forces with Ren Ye and Liu Wei to attack the Warrior Monk Prefecture, seize the Star Source, and obtain Wang Anquan.
• Ren Ye warned Mora that Niu Dali’s backer might be a Traveler spirit cat, prompting Mora to insist on gathering enough force to kill Niu Dali decisively.
• A spirit cat watched the two men inside the inner manor, confirmed their presence, and vanished into the moonlight.