Ch. 366Deploying the troops

Yue Wen discovered that the Azure Dragon Burial Ground was likely a fake Secret Realm and reorganized its plant defenses with the resident plant spirits. He then brought the spirits and their seeds into Immortal Dew Valley, where they agreed to help with farmwork.

  • Yue Wen suspected the Secret Realm was a decoy set up by the Fox Demon Lady, left the chest behind, and failed to move or damage the blue-gold hall.
  • Yue Wen found the Three-Headed Flower Stalk and Flaming Giant Tree and enlisted them to rearrange the special plants into a coordinated defensive formation.
  • Yue Wen warned the plant spirits that future intruders might harm them and invited them into Immortal Dew Valley.
  • The Three-Headed Flower Stalk scouted Immortal Dew Valley, then brought the other plant spirits inside to enjoy its rich Yang Wood spiritual energy.
  • Yue Wen asked the five plant spirits to bring seeds, especially Yang Branch Dew Sunflowers, and they agreed to help tend the Spirit Plants in exchange for living in the valley.

Ch. 367Cooperation

Yue Wen left the false Azure Dragon Burial Ground with valuable seeds and a strand of True Dragon killing intent, then returned to the Agency. There, Perfected One Nagiko and Huo Yanshan agreed to search for the burial ground together, while Yue Wen was summoned to join them.

  • Yue Wen planted two Sun-Branch Immortal Dew Sunflowers, left Hidden Dragon Pool, and knocked Ji Yang unconscious when Ji Yang woke and questioned him.
  • Yue Wen returned to the Agency and wondered where the real Azure Dragon Burial Ground was before Perfected One Nagiko called him over.
  • Huo Yanshan visited Branch Seven and proposed that the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect and Azurefall Profound Gate jointly develop the Azure Dragon Burial Ground and split its treasures equally.
  • Perfected One Nagiko showed Huo Yanshan the Azure Dragon Seal Art, and they learned that a Hidden Dragon Pool disciple had taken the search instruments from both factions' disciples.
  • Perfected One Nagiko and Huo Yanshan agreed to search for the burial ground's entrance together, bringing young disciples along to gain experience.

Ch. 368Was this necessary? [Single update]

Li Flying Rosy Clouds suffered a dangerous cultivation deviation at the Mysterious Wind Temple, while Liu Yuanjun was injured trying to rescue a trapped disciple. In River City, Perfected One Nagiko gathered Yue Wen and the others for training in the Azure Dragon Burial Ground, where she and Huo Yanshan wagered over which group would master the Azure Dragon Seal Art first.

  • Li Flying Rosy Clouds's blue barrier drained a disciple's soulfire, and Liu Yuanjun pulled the disciple free before being trapped himself.
  • Daoist Jiefeng rescued Liu Yuanjun and sealed Li Flying Rosy Clouds inside an isolated prison, then sent for his martial uncle to examine her.
  • Perfected One Nagiko summoned Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Xing'er to the Supernatural Affairs Bureau, where they met Huo Yanshan and the Hu Family's Hu Yunting.
  • Perfected One Nagiko explained that the group would explore the Azure Dragon Burial Ground with the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect and taught them the Azure Dragon Seal Art.
  • Huo Yanshan produced six streams of dragon breath, and Perfected One Nagiko wagered her Earth Mother Azure Heart Jade against his Cangming fire seed on which group would master the Seal Art first.

Ch. 369Where was the promised Dragon Breath?

Yue Wen concealed his effortless comprehension of the Azure Dragon Seal, but when he revealed it, all six strands of dragon breath rushed toward him and ignored everyone else. The others gathered around him, unable to claim any dragon breath, while Qi Dian recognized that Yue Wen’s seal was simply too strong for one strand to satisfy it.

  • Yue Wen entered the Visualization World, suppressed his existing Azure Dragon Seal, and opened his eyes before the other disciples after roughly twenty-five minutes.
  • Yue Wen revealed his Azure Dragon Seal, causing all six strands of dragon breath to race toward it and collide as they competed to enter.
  • Huang Qiuzi and Zhao Xing'er finished comprehending the seal, but their own seals failed to attract any of the dragon breath.
  • Hu Yunting and Chen Xuanchao also opened their eyes and tried to draw in a strand, only to find all six still fighting over Yue Wen's seal.
  • Qi Dian opened his eyes, saw the others gathered around Yue Wen, and explained that the weaker seals could not attract the dragon breath.

Ch. 370Was this really necessary?

Yue Wen won Dragon Breath and two valuable treasures before accompanying Perfected One Nagiko and the others to Hidden Dragon Pool. Inside a suspicious secret realm, Huo Yanshan challenged Nagiko to a race through the dangerous forest, forcing Yue Wen to navigate the formations he had secretly prepared himself.

  • Yue Wen withdrew his Azure Dragon Seal so the others could claim Dragon Breath, then absorbed the last strand after Zhao Xing'er, Huang Qiuzi, Hu Yunting, Chen Xuanchao, and Qi Dian had received theirs.
  • Huo Yanshan handed over the Azure Abyss Flame Seed, and Perfected One Nagiko gave Yue Wen the Earth Mother Azure Heart Jade as the spoils of their wager.
  • Perfected One Nagiko led the party to Hidden Dragon Pool, where Huang Qiuzi and Chen Xuanchao found an underwater cavern after Yue Wen tried to steer the search away from it.
  • The group entered a secret realm that Nagiko suspected was not the Azure Dragon Burial Ground, while Yue Wen realized it was the fake realm he had prepared earlier.
  • Huo Yanshan proposed a race to the palace through the eerie forest, Nagiko accepted another wager, and Yue Wen dreaded having to lead the way through his own formations.
  • Huo Yanshan wagered a current of Parting Light Void-Illuminating Wind, and Nagiko showed interest in the prize.

Ch. 371You don't understand River City's independent cultivators at all

Perfected One Nagiko and Huo Yanshan wagered Bigen Fruits against the Light-Severing Void-Illuminating Wind, then sent their disciples into a dangerous forest for a combat contest. Yue Wen’s team advanced cautiously through the traps, while Chen Xuanchao rushed ahead and found himself caught in a chain of attacks.

  • Perfected One Nagiko explained the Light-Severing Void-Illuminating Wind’s power, and Huo Yanshan wagered it against two Bigen Fruits.
  • Huo Yanshan’s disciples and Yue Wen’s team entered the woods from opposite sides to race to the destination.
  • Yue Wen told Qi Dian to lead with his shield and Xing'er to guard nearby threats, then cut down a Raging Wind Azure Mystic Flower from a distance.
  • Huang Qiuzi and Chen Xuanchao rushed ahead while Hu Yunting followed more cautiously.
  • Chen Xuanchao destroyed a Raging Wind Azure Mystic Flower, but a hidden Twin Flower exploded and blasted him into a tree.
  • Fruit-like walls trapped Chen Xuanchao, and a purple-yellow lightning bolt struck as he tried to resist with his sword and a wall of fire.

Ch. 372The Three-Person Blazing Fire Bomber

Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Zhao Xing'er advanced through the magical forest using a powerful upgraded combination attack, while Chen Xuanchao, Huang Qiuzi, and Hu Yunting fought through the traps with their own combined Supernatural Power. The two groups’ paths converged, leaving Chen Xuanchao, Huang Qiuzi, and Hu Yunting stunned by the trio’s devastating progress.

  • Yue Wen used hidden magical plants and linked traps to hinder the other group while guiding Qi Dian and Zhao Xing'er safely through the forest.
  • Chen Xuanchao and Hu Yunting rescued Huang Qiuzi from vines and a barrage of transformed Fire Bullets.
  • Chen Xuanchao and Huang Qiuzi combined the Great Wilderness Heavenly Wind Art with the Phoenix Heavenly Fire Rain Art, burning through a large section of the forest.
  • Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Zhao Xing'er used Qi Dian’s shield and Yue Wen’s Light-Splitting Shadow-Sweeping Sword Art to unleash a rapid series of fiery attacks and race deeper into the forest.
  • Chen Xuanchao, Huang Qiuzi, and Hu Yunting saw the trio’s upgraded combined Supernatural Power and were left shocked by its strength.

Ch. 373It still came down to strategy

Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian used their Blazing Fire Bomber to race through the forest's traps toward the palace, while Huo Yanshan watched in astonishment. Hu Yunting, Huang Qiuzi, and Chen Xuanchao followed the route Yue Wen had cleared and began closing the gap.

  • Huo Yanshan watched Yue Wen's trio display a powerful combined supernatural ability and was left speechless by Yue Wen's control of it.
  • Yue Wen guided Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian through the forest's final stretch, avoiding most traps and continuing toward the palace.
  • Hu Yunting, Huang Qiuzi, and Chen Xuanchao rushed after them but were caught by vines, lightning, explosive lotuses, and illusion mushrooms.
  • Chen Xuanchao suggested following Yue Wen's cleared route, and Hu Yunting and Huang Qiuzi agreed.
  • The pursuing trio flew along the safe path without further obstruction and rapidly closed in on Yue Wen's group.

Ch. 374Trying to outthink me?

Yue Wen outmaneuvered Hu Yunting and the other disciples in the race to the palace, then won the wager and gave the Light-Severing Void-Illuminating Wind to Xing'er. The group entered the Dragon Hall and opened the box on its throne, where they found a blood-covered eyeball.

  • Yue Wen planted a Three Yin Life-Taking Talisman to trigger the surrounding plants’ attacks against Hu Yunting, Chen Xuanchao, and Huang Qiuzi, then used the delay to reach the palace first.
  • Huo Yanshan scolded Chen Xuanchao for complaining, and Perfected One Nagiko accepted the wager from Huo Yanshan and passed the prize to Yue Wen, who gave it to Xing'er.
  • Huo Yanshan revealed the vine-covered Dragon Hall, and he and Perfected One Nagiko entered it with the others.
  • Huo Yanshan retrieved the box from the throne, and he and Perfected One Nagiko opened it together.
  • The group found a blood-covered eyeball inside the box.

Ch. 375It had to be him!

Yue Wen watched Huo Yanshan and Perfected One Nagiko blame an unknown intruder for the Secret Realm’s missing treasures, while he concealed that he was the supposed culprit. Back at the Agency, he examined the treasures his team had gained and then entered Immortal Dew Valley with a jade leaf.

  • Yue Wen and the others found a fresh Earth Wolf eyeball in the chest, and Huo Yanshan burned it while Perfected One Nagiko suspected it could be used to spy on them.
  • Huang Qiuzi and Chen Xuanchao blamed the mysterious man who had stolen the Mystic-Seeking Compass, and the group connected him to the Secret Realm’s missing treasures and an Azure Dragon Claw.
  • Yue Wen suggested searching for an Earth Wolf’s corpse, but the others continued attributing the strange plants, litter, and even stolen pigs to the mysterious man.
  • Huo Yanshan and Perfected One Nagiko left Hidden Dragon Pool, while Yue Wen returned to the Agency with Xing'er and Qi Dian.
  • Yue Wen examined the Earth Mother Azure Heart Jade and sealed away the dangerous Azure Abyss Flame Seed as Xing'er tested the Light-Severing Void-Illuminating Wind.
  • Yue Wen took out the jade leaf and entered Immortal Dew Valley.

Ch. 376Hiding a Tree in the Forest

Yue Wen realized that the fake Azure Dragon Burial Ground might conceal the entrance to the real one, following a trick he had seen the Fox Demon Lady use before. He went to Hidden Dragon Pool to investigate, only to find the Supernatural Administration Bureau already searching the site.

  • Yue Wen put the five Wood Demons to work clearing Immortal Dew Valley, planting Sun-Branch Immortal Dew Sunflower seeds, and gave them the names Three-Head, Big Guy, Nut, Little Orchid, and Lulu.
  • The Wood Demons discussed what they would do after Yue Wen died, prompting him to connect their need to hide among plants with the Fox Demon Lady's habit of concealing one secret realm inside another.
  • Yue Wen suspected the fake Secret Realm might hide the real Azure Dragon Burial Ground and recalled that the Fox Demon Lady had concealed Immortal Dew Valley inside the Demon Fox Secret Realm.
  • Yue Wen used the Bewildering Trail Technique to leave the agency and fly to Hidden Dragon Pool.
  • Yue Wen saw that the Supernatural Administration Bureau had cordoned off Hidden Dragon Pool and was conducting a large-scale search, leaving him with the task of getting past their blockade.

Ch. 377Entrance

Yue Wen diverted the Supernatural Affairs Bureau’s search teams, infiltrated the Azure-Gold Great Hall, and discovered the hidden entrance to the Azure Dragon Burial Ground. Protected by the Azure Dragon Seal, he crossed its lethal storms and reached floating landmasses shaped like a vast dragon, descending toward the nearest one.

  • Yue Wen disguised himself as the wanted man and lured the Bureau’s personnel away from the Secret Realm entrance before slipping underwater.
  • Yue Wen searched the Azure-Gold Great Hall with the Mystic-Seeking Compass and shifted the heavy throne, revealing a spatial rift behind it.
  • Yue Wen moved the throne back into place and entered the rift while holding Perfected One Nagiko’s Sensing Jade Talisman in case of danger.
  • Yue Wen activated the Azure Dragon Seal and used its protection to cross the deadly storms inside the Azure Dragon Burial Ground.
  • Yue Wen emerged above the clouds, saw immense floating landmasses shaped like a dragon, and descended toward the nearest one.

Ch. 378Dragon Clan History

Yue Wen found a Dragon Script Character in the Azure Dragon Burial Ground and learned that it recorded the life of Ao Ye, a gifted Wooden Dragon who created a secret refuge during the age of depleted spiritual qi. Da Long’s account ended with Ao Ye discovering a trap set by two supposedly dead human immortals, the Demon-Subduing Emperor of Southern Liang and the Dragon-Elephant Sovereign.

  • Yue Wen reached an island in the secret realm, found an azure-gold stele, and photographed its Dragon Script Character.
  • Yue Wen paid Da Long for a translation and the Dragon Jie Induction Method, then asked him to explain the inscription.
  • Da Long identified the character as a record of Ao Ye and recounted how Song Xiu had persuaded the Dragon Clan to guard the Four Seas Dragon Palace.
  • Da Long explained that Ao Ye left the Dragon Hall, reached the peak of the Void Realm, and created a secret realm to shelter the Dragon Clan through the coming loss of spiritual qi.
  • Da Long said Ao Ye returned from seclusion to find the Dragon Palace and his kin gone, then followed a dragon-breath lure into a trap set by two fallen immortals.

Ch. 379Fallen Immortals

Da Long told Yue Wen how Ao Ye sacrificed himself to create a refuge for the Dragon Clan after two famed human living immortals became fallen immortals and hunted him. Yue Wen set out to find the Azure Dragon Pearl, while Da Long hinted at his uncertain knowledge of other True Dragons.

  • Yue Wen recognized Jiang Guangkun and the founder of the Da Long-Elephant Kingdom as legendary living immortals who had become fallen immortals of the Longevity Sect.
  • Da Long explained that Ao Ye escaped the fallen immortals gravely wounded, transformed his body into the secret realm, and left the words, “May the golden fire never die!”
  • Da Long urged Yue Wen to obtain the Azure Dragon Pearl and claim the secret realm using Ao Ye’s seal technique.
  • Yue Wen and Da Long discussed fallen immortals, the limits on human powerhouses, and why the Human Realm concealed the truth about them.
  • Yue Wen set out to find the Azure Dragon Pearl, and Da Long thanked him for pursuing Ao Ye’s legacy.
  • When Yue Wen asked whether other True Dragons lived in the world, Da Long said he did not know.

Ch. 380You finally came

Yue Wen searched the Azure Dragon Burial Ground for the Azure Dragon Pearl and encountered a woman who had been waiting in a Jade Coffin. The woman produced the pearl and recognized Yue Wen as the person Ye Changsheng had promised would come.

  • Yue Wen asked Da Long how to locate the Dragon Pearl and learned it was likely near the Azure Dragon's abdomen, among unusually spiritual plants.
  • Yue Wen searched the islands with the Azure Dragon Claw and found a valley of strange flowers near the likely location of the Dragon Pearl.
  • Yue Wen dispelled an illusion of Xing'er with the Earth Mother Azure Heart Jade and discovered a Jade Coffin in the valley.
  • A voice spoke from the coffin, which followed Yue Wen as he tried to retreat and escape through the sea of clouds.
  • The coffin opened, and a white-robed woman emerged, saying she had expected Yue Wen because Ye Changsheng had told her someone would come.
  • The woman produced the Azure Dragon Pearl, and Yue Wen recognized it through the Azure Dragon Claw and claimed he was the person she awaited.

Ch. 381The Fated One [Single update]

Yue Wen won Immortal Lord Biyue’s trust by claiming to carry out Ye Changsheng’s final wishes and told her a partly fabricated account of his death. Biyue offered him the Dragon Pearl if he helped her leave the Secret Realm by finding three treasures.

  • Yue Wen identified the woman in white as Senior Biyue and told her Ye Changsheng had died and been refined into a Corpse Puppet.
  • Yue Wen claimed he had killed the Nightmare Wraith Black A, who had refined Ye Changsheng, and described Ye’s supposed final message and wishes.
  • Biyue brought out the Dragon Pearl and said she would give it to Yue Wen if he helped her leave the Secret Realm.
  • Biyue explained that she was a Soul Spirit bound to the Secret Realm and needed a new physical body to escape.
  • Biyue told Yue Wen to find the Lotus Root Immortal Spirit, the Saliva-Gold Swallow, and the Earth Spirit Mold.

Ch. 382Biyue

Zhang Biyue told Yue Wen how Ye Changsheng had repeatedly saved her, helped shape her path, and arranged for her to hide in the Azure Dragon burial ground until someone could bring her out. She had awakened after hundreds of years and believed Ye had sent Yue Wen to help her find the immortal goods needed to recover.

  • Yue Wen promised to search for the immortal goods Zhang Biyue needed and asked about her relationship with Ye Changsheng.
  • Zhang Biyue recounted how Ye Changsheng first saved her town from a monster tide when she was nine, inspiring her to cultivate.
  • After a corrupt official caused her father's death, Zhang Biyue sought revenge, and Ye Changsheng helped her escape and find a cultivation method.
  • Zhang Biyue developed Three Souls Facing the Moon, became a Dao Realm cultivator, and wiped out the sect that had hunted her.
  • When the Five Great Immortal Sects attacked, Ye Changsheng helped Zhang Biyue escape and arranged for her to abandon two dharma bodies and sleep in a jade coffin until someone could rescue her.
  • Zhang Biyue told Yue Wen she had recognized him as someone sent by Ye Changsheng because the two men felt similar to her.

Ch. 383Immortal goods at astronomical prices

Yue Wen left the Azure Dragon Burial Ground with Zhang Biyue’s request to find three rare immortal goods that could give her a physical body, then slipped past the Supernatural Affairs Bureau by pretending to be one of its investigators. Back at the Agency, he found that buying the goods would cost hundreds of millions in human-realm currency.

  • Yue Wen reflected on how Daoist Ye had changed Zhang Biyue’s fate by discarding her Shuangling and Youjing bodies and cleansing the karma attached to her Taiguang soul.
  • Yue Wen accepted Zhang Biyue’s task and left the Azure Dragon Burial Ground, considering how to protect himself in case she broke their agreement.
  • Yue Wen disguised his face and talked his way past Supernatural Affairs Bureau investigators by posing as a colleague from another branch.
  • Yue Wen left Hidden Dragon Pool openly, then used the Trace-Hiding Art to slip away once he reached the surface.
  • Yue Wen searched the Cultivation Chat forum and discovered that the three requested immortal goods would cost several million talisman coins, or several hundred million in human-realm currency.

Ch. 384Are we brothers or not?

Yue Wen worked out how to reduce the cost of rebuilding Zhang Biyue’s body, but still needed seventy million Talisman Currency. He asked Xing'er and Qi Dian for help, and they secured loans from their families, leaving the Agency’s friends poised to fund his plan.

  • Yue Wen decided to sell Yang Fire Ore, grow Immortal Lotus Root, gather materials to make Spirit-Shaping Soil, and build Zhang Biyue a smaller body to lower the cost.
  • Yue Wen calculated that he still needed about seventy million Talisman Currency beyond his savings and potential sales.
  • Yue Wen asked Xing'er and Qi Dian whether they would lend him money, and they initially suspected he had fallen into gambling or drugs.
  • Yue Wen promised to repay the loans by taking a small salary and directing the Agency’s income to his friends until the debt was cleared.
  • Zhao Xing'er obtained fifty million from Zhao Shizhe, while Qi Dian persuaded his family to lend him twenty million for Yue Wen.
  • Yue Wen thanked Xing'er and Qi Dian, and they joked that he was now the Agency’s employee and should order takeout.

Ch. 385Now that's flavor

Yue Wen spent nearly all his money ordering Immortal Goods through Treasure Forest to help Zhang Biyue leave the Secret Realm. Meanwhile, the Supernatural Administration failed to move the Throne, and Yue Wen found a way to feed his companions by turning dinner into a restaurant-review show.

  • Yue Wen ordered Immortal Lotus Root planting stock, twenty barrels of superior Spirit Liquid, and Golden Swallow Saliva from Treasure Forest, using nearly all the money in his account.
  • Supernatural Administration investigators tried to move the Throne in the blue-gold hall, but it jolted and flung them away; Wang Shoucai explained that Perfected One Nagiko had also failed to move it.
  • Xing'er and Qi Dian asked Yue Wen what was for dinner after he had spent their money, and he promised to find them a meal.
  • Yue Wen called a restaurant to arrange a review visit and brought Xing'er and Qi Dian to a luxurious restaurant for a filmed meal.
  • Yue Wen introduced their new show, Little Yue's Restaurant Reviews, while Xing'er sampled the food and praised its flavor.
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