Chapter Summaries

Fairy Hongxia’s Phoenix Dharma Body separated from her physical body as she faced a seemingly fatal transformation, while Xiao Hua and his companions discovered a new spatial rift and entered it to search for Zhong Yaoru. The group split up under a three-hour limit, and Xun Shu left Xiao Hua with a warning about the dangerous ground.

• Fairy Hongxia’s Phoenix Dharma Body broke free from her body, and azure ice began freezing her as she thought of Xiao Lang.
• Xun Shu’s Seeking Snail located an unusually large spatial rift, and Xiao Hua used a talisman to keep it open.
• Xun Shu, Qian Diheng, Kun Feiyan, and Xiao Hua entered the yellow, misty space and received child talismans that would return them after three hours.
• Qian Diheng and Kun Feiyan set off in separate directions, while Xun Shu spoke of her feelings for Xiao Hua and he gently turned her away.
• Xun Shu departed and warned Xiao Hua not to use an Earth Evasion Talisman because spatial rifts filled the ground below.

Xiao Hua searched the earth-rich space for Zhong Yaoru and discovered a hidden passage through the spatial fissures, formed by a spinning hurricane. He reached its far end, where an immense force dragged down his divine sense and the Profound Iron needle, and stopped before venturing out.

• Xiao Hua used the Eye of Delusion Breaking to gather earth-condensed beads, then found a crystal flower and a footprint-like mark in a ravine.
• Xiao Hua matched the mark to a puppet fragment and watched the crimson currents beyond the stone wall form a narrow passage.
• Xiao Hua entered the passage with the Profound Iron needle and used the Pure Lightning Heart Method to withstand its thunderous noise.
• Xiao Hua reached the passage's end and found that a powerful force pulled his divine sense downward and dragged the Profound Iron needle to the ground.
• Xiao Hua stopped at the edge, alarmed and unwilling to move forward.

Xiao Hua recognized that a strange magnetic force attracted metal and earth-attributed energy, then entered the passage and found himself attacked by four rune-covered puppets. He used his martial skills and the Prajna Heavy Sword to gain the upper hand, but more, larger puppets emerged behind them.

• Xiao Hua identified the force beyond the passage as magnetic force that drew in metal, earth-attributed energy, and even divine sense.
• Xiao Hua flew into the space and discovered that the magnetic force affected him less than he had expected, but a puppet appeared behind him and three more rose from the ground.
• Xiao Hua tried to use the Town Cloud Seal and demonic hammer, but the magnetic force dragged both down and disrupted his evasion.
• Xiao Hua relied on the Big Dipper Divine Fist and Misty Steps to fight the four puppets, then found that the Prajna Heavy Sword was unaffected by the magnetic force.
• Xiao Hua battered the four puppets with the Prajna Heavy Sword, but more than a dozen larger puppets silently emerged behind them.

Xiao Hua battled a coordinated group of puppets under the Golden Earth Magnetic Force and discovered that their hidden master was a lifelike humanoid puppet. The puppet escaped onto a lion-tiger-shaped puppet and spoke to Xiao Hua, who questioned what it was.

• Xiao Hua saw a larger group of damaged puppets emerge and recognized one shaped like a centipede.
• The puppets attacked together, and hidden hands grabbed Xiao Hua’s ankles from underground.
• Xiao Hua blocked the bird puppet with the Prajna Heavy Sword and used the Dragon Transformation Art to resist the force entering his meridians.
• Xiao Hua evaded the coordinated attacks and pulled the hidden attacker from the ground, only to discover it was a lifelike humanoid puppet.
• The humanoid puppet broke free, floated onto the lion-tiger puppet, and asked how Xiao Hua could withstand the magnetic force; Xiao Hua asked what it was.

Xiao Hua defeated a puppet controlled by a hidden cultivator and tried to escape with it, but the cultivator trapped him in an Azure Origin Sword Array. The mid Foundation Establishment cultivator revealed that he wanted Xiao Hua’s True Spirit bloodline, and Xiao Hua sent Zhu Meng into the fight as the swords closed in.

• Xiao Hua dodged the puppet’s attacks, smashed its shield and flying sword, then stored the puppet and one of the surrounding puppets in his storage pouch.
• Xiao Hua rushed toward the passage, but five flying swords blocked his way, and a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator appeared behind him.
• The old man identified Xiao Hua as a Thunder Control Sect disciple and demanded that he return the puppet, while Xiao Hua threatened to destroy it if captured.
• The old man unleashed his Foundation Establishment pressure and Azure Origin Sword Array, but Xiao Hua summoned his Great Vajra Dharma Body to resist.
• The old man recognized Xiao Hua’s True Spirit bloodline and said he wanted to draw out its blood for his puppet, so Xiao Hua attacked him with his Prajna Heavy Sword and sent Zhu Meng flying into the battle.

Xiao Hua fought Mo Qingyuan in the magnetic-force zone, then negotiated with him over Earth Crystal Yao Ru, the puppet, and the art of puppetry. The chapter ended with Xiao Hua agreeing to Mo Qingyuan’s terms but insisting that they exchange the puppet and jade slip only after leaving the hurricane passage, with Mo Qingyuan swearing a blood oath first.

• Xiao Hua used Slay Dream and his Vajra Dharma Body to battle Mo Qingyuan’s sword array and puppets, destroying a centipede puppet before Mo Qingyuan called off the fight.
• Mo Qingyuan offered Xiao Hua a deal, explaining that he wanted Earth Crystal Yao Ru and introducing himself as Mo Qingyuan, Founding Ancestor of the Great Bamboo Sect.
• Mo Qingyuan revealed that his Cangmu Bamboo let him withstand the golden earth magnetic force, and Xiao Hua tried to bargain for the art of puppetry in exchange for returning the puppet.
• Mo Qingyuan refused to provide the complete art but offered basic instructions, threatening to kill Xiao Hua if he rejected the deal.
• Xiao Hua agreed to the terms but insisted they wait until they had left the hurricane passage and that Mo Qingyuan swear a blood oath before the exchange.

Xiao Hua and Mo Qingyuan negotiated their cooperation in collecting Earth Crystal Yao Ru after Mo Qingyuan failed to intimidate Xiao Hua. They ended the chapter haggling over Mo Qingyuan's share, with Xiao Hua suspecting the precious substance might be scarce.

• Mo Qingyuan attacked Xiao Hua with the Flying Wood Dragon Guillotine, but Xiao Hua defended himself with the Town Cloud Seal and threatened to destroy his storage pouch and its contents.
• Mo Qingyuan backed down because he feared Xiao Hua might destroy the valuable humanoid puppet, and he agreed to exchange the jade slip for Earth Crystal Yao Ru.
• Mo Qingyuan realized Xiao Hua's divine sense was powerful enough to fight his Azure Origin Sword Array despite Xiao Hua being at the peak of Qi Cultivation.
• Mo Qingyuan arranged puppets to guard the hurricane passage and proposed that he receive three drops of Earth Crystal Yao Ru.
• Xiao Hua challenged Mo Qingyuan's demand, and Mo Qingyuan lowered his request to two drops of Earth Crystal Yao Ru plus three drops of Zhong Yaoru as Xiao Hua considered the offer.

Xiao Hua negotiated with Mo Qingyuan over Earth Crystal Yao Ru and Zhong Yaoru, then entered the Golden Earth Magnetic Force’s cave to search for them. He recovered Mo Qingyuan’s discarded puppets, and his Eye of Delusion Breaking revealed something that left him stunned.

• Xiao Hua and Mo Qingyuan agreed that Xiao Hua would receive seventy percent of the Zhong Yaoru and one drop of Earth Crystal Yao Ru if there were only one, and they swore heart oaths not to attack each other in Mingxi.
• Mo Qingyuan explained how Zhong Yaoru and Earth Crystal Yao Ru formed, then gave Xiao Hua a talisman that could penetrate only one chi into the Golden Earth Magnetic Force for less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
• Xiao Hua entered the cave and found Mo Qingyuan’s abandoned puppets, which he collected and stored in his space.
• At the cave’s dead end, Xiao Hua activated his Buddhist sense and Eye of Delusion Breaking, then froze in shock at what he saw.

Xiao Hua reached a hidden space around the Golden Earth Magnetic Force and searched for Zhong Yaoru and Earth Crystal Yao Ru, but found no accessible deposits at first. He discovered that Zhong Yaoru formed in a region rich in gold magnetic force and spotted several promising dark-brown points of light.

• Xiao Hua entered a concealed gap between the Netherworld Wind and the Golden Earth Magnetic Force, where dense golden-earth spiritual energy surrounded him.
• Xiao Hua realized that Zhong Yaoru formed from abundant earth-attributed spiritual energy, but the magnetic force resisted his Prajna Heavy Sword and its visible deposits lay too deep to collect.
• Xiao Hua searched the magnetic force's surface, found no accessible Zhong Yaoru, and worried that he lacked time to help Xun, Kun, and Gan.
• Xiao Hua noticed a flash of golden radiance and followed it through the magnetic force, reaching an area where gold radiance grew stronger and brown radiance weakened.
• Xiao Hua spotted a drop of Zhong Yaoru forming amid the gold radiance and found scattered dark-brown points of light nearby.

Xiao Hua collected Earth Crystal Yao Ru and Zhong Yaoru from the Golden Earth Magnetic Force, then returned to confront Mo Qingyuan. Mo Qingyuan agreed to lead him through the shrinking hurricane passage so they could continue their deal.

• Xiao Hua struggled to collect Zhong Yaoru, then used Mo Qingyuan’s green bamboo talisman to retrieve five points of Earth Crystal Yao Ru and five more drops of Zhong Yaoru.
• Xiao Hua noticed a golden white tiger watching him, but it fled before he could get a clear look.
• Xiao Hua left the Golden Earth Magnetic Force through a gap in the Netherworld Wind and speculated about other combinations of magnetic forces.
• Mo Qingyuan gathered his puppets and flying sword, believing Xiao Hua would not return, until Xiao Hua appeared and asked whether he still wanted the Earth Crystal Yao Ru.
• Mo Qingyuan offered Xiao Hua help through the collapsing hurricane passage, but Xiao Hua refused and told him to lead the way.

Xiao Hua escaped the collapsing hurricane passage with the Earth Crystal Yao Ru and negotiated with Mo Qingyuan over their agreement. After they reached Mingxi, Mo Qingyuan accepted Xiao Hua’s offer of one drop of the Earth Crystal Yao Ru, leaving their exchange to proceed outside the spatial rift.

• Xiao Hua escaped the hurricane passage just before it vanished, then denied to Mo Qingyuan that he had obtained the Earth Crystal Yao Ru.
• Xiao Hua put off fulfilling his agreement with Mo Qingyuan until they reached Mingxi, and Mo Qingyuan led him to the spatial fissure.
• Mo Qingyuan opened the fissure with the Wood Dragon Shears, and Xiao Hua followed him into Mingxi.
• Xiao Hua revealed that he had obtained the Earth Crystal Yao Ru and proposed giving Mo Qingyuan one drop instead of the originally agreed share.
• Mo Qingyuan agreed to Xiao Hua’s revised terms after learning he had entered the passage and obtained the treasure.

Xiao Hua traded for puppet techniques and materials with Mo Qingyuan, then discovered that Mo had destabilized the spatial rift and hurried to hold it open for Xun Shu and the others. Meanwhile, disciples from three sects attacked their rivals around the Netherworld Orchid as the wind pillar began to recede.

• Xiao Hua received only the first half of Mo Qingyuan’s puppet-refining method and handed over the Zhong Yaoru and Earth Crystal Yao Ru.
• Xiao Hua and Mo Qingyuan exchanged puppets after Mo Qingyuan spotted the Netherworld Lotus, and Mo warned that his Wood Dragon Shears had disrupted the spatial rift.
• Xiao Hua used Kun Feiyan’s spirit talisman to temporarily suppress the rift’s collapse and sent three sound transmission talismans, but dense Earth-attributed spiritual energy forced them down.
• Xiao Hua found that he could not contact Xun Shu, Kun Feiyan, or Gan, and waited anxiously for them to return.
• Disciples from Seven Wonders Sect, Shanghua Sect, and Xunyan Sect issued attack commands against the scattered rival disciples around the shrinking wind pillar.
• The rival disciples fled with flight talismans and used hit-and-run tactics as the three sects charged.

The Shanghua Sect factions pursued their enemies around the wind pillar while Kan Ximing and the Thunder Control Sect disciples tried to avoid a direct clash. Kan Peng and Gen Yuhui were killed by a Seven Wonders Sect disciple’s Leaf Sun Fan, whose attack drew the attention of a black-robed cultivator intent on taking the treasure.

• The Shanghua Sect disciples broke formation and pursued their enemies, while Kan Ximing chose to watch rather than fight because Gen Yuhui was still injured.
• Kan Peng recalled how the Xunyan Sect had hunted the Thunder Control Sect disciples, killing Gen Jiancheng and gravely wounding Gen Yuhui before the survivors escaped to the wind pillar.
• Kan Ximing sent Kan Peng to carry Gen Yuhui toward the wind pillar as he confronted an attacking Seven Wonders Sect disciple.
• A second Seven Wonders Sect disciple attacked Kan Peng and Gen Yuhui with the Leaf Sun Fan, overcoming Kan Peng’s Thunder Roller and burning both Thunder Control Sect disciples to ash.
• A black-robed cultivator broke away from his fight with a Shanghua Sect disciple and sent an azure pearl toward the Leaf Sun Fan wielder, demanding the treasure.

Zhen Ping discovered that the shrinking wind pillar was revealing a Netherworld Lotus and attacked the Qi Refining cultivators to claim it. Mo Qingyuan confronted him over the treasure, and their magic artifacts clashed as the wind pillar continued to contract.

• The Water Blue Bead killed a Seven Wonders Sect disciple, while Zhen Ping watched unseen and recognized the wind pillar was revealing a Netherworld Lotus.
• Zhen Ping released his Foundation Establishment pressure and used Bright Thunder to kill the Qi Refining cultivators, including Kan Ximing, then destroyed the birdlike puppet.
• Mo Qingyuan arrived and accused Zhen Ping of killing his disciples and destroying his puppet, then claimed the Netherworld Lotus as his own.
• Zhen Ping and Mo Qingyuan exchanged threats and sent Bright Thunder and the Wood Dragon Shears into battle as the wind pillar nearly vanished.

Mo Qingyuan and Zhen Ping fought over the Netherworld Lotus as Xiao Hua escaped a collapsing spatial rift with Xun Shu and the others. The group followed a distant rumble to a vast vortex where the lotus bloomed amid the corpses of many cultivators.

• Mo Qingyuan and Zhen Ping battled for the Netherworld Lotus, and Zhen Ping entered the shrinking wind pillar while Mo Qingyuan sent puppets and talismans after him.
• Xiao Hua pulled Qian Diheng from the spatial rift just before it collapsed, then reassured Xun Shu that he would explain why her spirit talisman had failed.
• A rumble drew Xiao Hua, Xun Shu, Qian Diheng, and Kun Feiyan toward the source as they hurried to claim the foundation-establishing treasure.
• Xiao Hua used the Eye of Delusion Breaking to avoid invisible spatial rifts while traveling with the others.
• Xiao Hua found a vast hurricane vortex filled with corpses and saw a radiant Netherworld Lotus blooming at its center.

Xiao Hua and his companions witnessed Mo Qingyuan kill Zhen Ping over the Netherworld Lotus, then watched Mo Qingyuan threaten the remaining Thunder Control Sect disciples into swearing secrecy. After Mo Qingyuan took the lotus and left, Xiao Hua headed back toward it with Qian Diheng and Kun Feiyan, who suddenly struck him on the shoulder.

• Xiao Hua recognized Zhen Ping, a Yan Lei Ridge disciple, fighting Mo Qingyuan for the Netherworld Lotus.
• Mo Qingyuan trapped Zhen Ping in his prearranged Azure Origin Sword Array and killed him.
• Mo Qingyuan turned his swords and puppets on Xiao Hua's companions and surviving cultivators, but agreed to spare the group if they swore heart oaths not to reveal what happened.
• Xiao Hua, Xun Shu, Qian Diheng, and Kun Feiyan swore the oaths, and Mo Qingyuan took the Netherworld Lotus before leaving.
• Qian Diheng urged Xiao Hua to search for the lotus's roots, and Kun Feiyan followed them before suddenly striking Xiao Hua on the shoulder.

Kun Feiyan froze Xiao Hua’s spiritual power and sent him falling into the wind tunnel, but a little yellow marten struck her down as she fell after him. Xun Shu and Qian Diheng withdrew from the vortex, where a towering wind pillar erupted, and resolved to report Kun Feiyan’s actions while Xun Shu waited for Xiao Hua.

• Kun Feiyan used a red light to freeze Xiao Hua’s spiritual power, and he fell into the wind tunnel as Xun Shu rushed after him.
• A little yellow marten slashed Kun Feiyan’s neck, killing her, before it disappeared into the vortex near Xiao Hua.
• Qian Diheng pulled Xun Shu away from the vortex, and a powerful wind pillar surged upward from the tunnel.
• Xun Shu insisted on waiting for Xiao Hua while she and Qian Diheng planned to report Kun Feiyan’s attack and investigate it.
• Xun Shu ordered Qian Diheng to gather nearby corpses and belongings, then wondered about Xiao Hua, the marten, and the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Xiao Hua was dragged into the Netherworld Wind after Kun Feiyan ambushed him, and he fought to survive its violent currents and vortices. After being swept through several currents and teleportations, his Vajra Dharma Body was nearly exhausted, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Kun Feiyan attacked Xiao Hua with a red restriction, but Xiao Hua stored Little Yellow and the Netherworld Lotus root before being dragged into the vortex.
• Xiao Hua broke free of the restriction, but the Netherworld Wind tore at his body as he descended into the abyss.
• Xiao Hua used explosions and Misty Steps to escape the central vortex, only to be caught by a horizontal hurricane.
• Xiao Hua endured the disordered currents and cultivated his Vajra Dharma Body as the crimson matter grew increasingly viscous.
• A vortex carried Xiao Hua through a teleportation, and he was swept onward through more currents and teleportations until his Dharma Body was nearly spent.

Xiao Hua’s Vajra Dharma Body transformed into a Phoenix Dharma Body, whose call led him to Fairy Hongxia in an icy valley. The two phoenix bodies joined, and Xiao Hua and Hongxia recognized each other as they were swept into an intimate encounter.

• As the Vajra Dharma Body vanished, Xiao Hua’s 132 million points transformed into a Phoenix Dharma Body, and his bones turned crimson and white.
• Xiao Hua’s Phoenix Dharma Body sensed another phoenix’s cry and led his body out of the wind pillar and into a freezing valley.
• Xiao Hua found Fairy Hongxia unconscious beneath her pale-blue Phoenix Dharma Body, and their phoenix bodies joined.
• Xiao Hua, overcome by the heat in his body, undressed Fairy Hongxia and began having sex with her.
• Fairy Hongxia woke, recognized Xiao Hua by his breathing, and confirmed his identity with a private memory from the Feathered Immortal Convention.

Xiao Hua and Fairy Hongxia reunited in Cold Ice Valley, where their union harmonized their Yin and Yang and revealed the mysteries of their meridians. Meanwhile, Xiao Mao advanced to the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation under Yuan Zhiming’s guidance and received medicine to nurture his emerging divine sense.

• Xiao Hua and Fairy Hongxia’s Phoenix Dharma Bodies exchanged Yang and Yin energy, helping her overcome the weakness in the Ice Phoenix Cultivation Method.
• Xiao Hua used his abundant Yang energy to sustain their union, and both cultivators’ spiritual power rose as a Yin Yang barrier revealed their meridians.
• Xiao Mao endured the freezing waterfall while circulating the Dragon Transformation Art and Xunyan Sect cultivation method, then broke through to the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation.
• Yuan Zhiming praised Xiao Mao’s progress and gave him Rainbow Bloom, explaining that it would nurture the divine sense seed that had naturally formed.