Chapter Summaries

After Qing Chen defeated Songshan True Person and Spirit Crane True Person in their sparring match, a Flying Yaksha and its undead forces arrived at Earth Pass Island and demanded blood sacrifices. Qing Chen charged out to confront the invasion and struck the yaksha, leaving the clash underway.

• Qing Chen made Songshan True Person yield, then ended the sparring match and accepted the cultivators’ praise for his strength.
• Xu Jiuling, Gao Yuliang, and others praised Qing Chen, while Li Zexin concluded that Earth Pass Island would be safe under his protection.
• A Flying Yaksha attacked the Island-Protecting Grand Array with White Bone Demon Soldiers and Grudge Ghosts, then demanded a hundred thousand blood meals and a thousand cultivators.
• Qing Chen charged out of the formation and met the Flying Yaksha’s claws with a Buddhist- and demonic-powered punch.
• Qing Chen held his ground as the Flying Yaksha staggered backward and the shockwave scattered its undead forces.

Qing Chen defeated the Flying Yaksha with his Four-Armed Wisdom King Divine Ability, captured Ji Bochang, and returned to Digu Pass Peak. He accused Ji Bochang of betraying the sect and collaborating with the Ghostly Manor to attack Earth Pass Island.

• Qing Chen unleashed the Four-Armed Wisdom King Divine Ability and battered the Flying Yaksha until it fled into the distance.
• Qing Chen spotted Ji Bochang hiding by a reef, seized him, and sealed his acupoints.
• Qing Chen used Buddhist sword qi to destroy most of the demon soldiers and grudge ghosts, then returned to Digu Pass Peak with Ji Bochang.
• Xu Jiuling recognized the captive as Ji Bochang, while Baili Tingfeng reacted with conflicted feelings.
• Qing Chen threw Ji Bochang to the ground and accused him of betraying the sect and leading demonic beasts to attack Earth Pass Island.

Qing Chen publicly accused Ji Bochang of betraying the sect and ordered a Rebel-Slaying Platform built, strengthening his influence across the island. The chapter then shifted to Black-White Temple on Xuanchi Island, where an argument broke out in the Elder Hall over abandoning someone in danger.

• Zhu Qi accused Ji Bochang of colluding with Demonic Beasts and helping murder Mo Huaian and other sect disciples.
• Qing Chen ordered Xu Jiuling, Baili Tingfeng, Zhu Qi, and other Foundation Establishment cultivators to build a Rebel-Slaying Platform and execute Ji Bochang there in half a year.
• The crowd praised Qing Chen, while Spirit Crane True Person warned Songshan True Person that they could no longer treat Qing Chen as they had treated Heavenfire.
• The story shifted to Xuanchi Island, where Black-White Temple's Master Xingchi was known for rescuing people in distress.
• Someone in Black-White Temple's Elder Hall accused another of abandoning a person after escaping the Azure Waves Sea Region and recovering strength.

Ji Cangming demanded that the remaining Blackwood Island and Impermanence Sect leaders help rescue his captured son, Ji Bochang, from Qing Chen, but they feared the Rebel-Slaying Platform was a trap. As Leng Jingfei and Master Xuanku arrived, Ji Cangming turned to them for help.

• Ji Cangming urged Jianlong Daoist and Daoist Pujin to launch a rescue, but they warned that Qing Chen's defenses at the Rebel-Slaying Platform were too strong.
• Ji Cangming recalled his history with his late sister-in-law and insisted that he would risk his life to save their son, Ji Bochang.
• Daoist Pujin and Jianlong Daoist urged Ji Cangming to plan carefully, while Jianlong considered how valuable Ji Cangming's knowledge of the Condensed Jade Sect was to the fugitives.
• Ji Cangming angrily struck the stone table, accusing the others of delaying as they had when Ji Bochang was imprisoned on Black Ape Island.
• Leng Jingfei and Master Xuanku entered the secret chamber, and Ji Cangming turned to Leng Jingfei, hoping she would help rescue his son.

Leng Jingfei agreed to join Ji Cangming’s planned strike against the Condensed Jade Sect, provided they could counter the Golden Core defenders on Earth Pass Island. Ji Cangming revealed that Ghost Manor had backed their raids for years, but Leng Jingfei remained wary as he defended the alliance’s reliability.

• Leng Jingfei said the Condensed Jade Sect’s strongest Golden Core cultivators would stay on Heavenly Jade Island while Qing Chen and two Dian Cang Sect True Persons defended Earth Pass Island.
• Leng Jingfei offered to help Ji Cangming attack if he could deal with the three defenders, and named the Dian Cang Sect’s Magic Treasures and the Condensed Jade Sect’s resources as prizes.
• Ji Cangming argued that the Dian Cang Sect cultivators would not fight wholeheartedly and that Martial Uncle Xuantan could overpower Qing Chen.
• Ji Cangming revealed that he had contacted Ghost Manor, which had supplied intelligence and assistance for fifteen years.
• Daoist Pujin and Jianlong Daoist welcomed the news, while Leng Jingfei questioned whether Ji Cangming’s contacts truly belonged to Ghost Manor.
• Ji Cangming cited Ghost Manor’s long history of accurate intelligence and the losses inflicted on the Condensed Jade Sect as proof it was not a trap.

Ji Cangming and the other faction leaders discussed an alliance with Ghostly Manor and learned that the Snake Spirit Way planned to attack Earth Pass Island. They agreed to coordinate an assault and considered using Blackwood Island’s Golden Core connection to secure more support.

• Daoist Pujin supported Ji Cangming’s proposal to cooperate with Ghostly Manor, while Master Xuan Ku urged caution and asked for a face-to-face meeting with a representative.
• Ji Cangming agreed to contact Ghostly Manor and arrange a secret meeting with its cultivator of standing.
• Leng Jingfei revealed that the Snake Spirit Way’s Human General planned to strike Earth Pass Island over the Condensed Jade Sect’s forced conscription.
• Jianlong Daoist asked Daoist Pujin to involve Blackwood Island’s Golden Core rogue cultivator from the Three Corpse Archipelago, and Pujin confirmed their ties.
• Leng Jingfei proposed that the factions seize Earth Pass Island’s resources to pay the cultivator and cripple the Condensed Jade Sect.

After announcing Ji Bochang’s execution, Qing Chen withdrew from public view and entrusted Xu Jiuling with governing Earth Pass Island’s surrounding islands. Xu Jiuling reported rampant piracy, and Qing Chen ordered Songshan True Person and Baili Tingfeng to suppress the Snake Spirit Thieves.

• Leng Jingfei and Jianlong Daoist planned to recruit Martial Uncle Xuantan by offering magic treasures, spirit stones, and sacrifices.
• After Qing Chen announced Ji Bochang would be executed in six months, he secluded himself and put Xu Jiuling in charge of the surrounding islands.
• Xu Jiuling visited Qing Chen and reported that trade between the archipelagos had expanded, along with pirate attacks on merchant ships.
• Qing Chen revealed he knew Xu Jiuling’s household had been involved in a robbed convoy, but accepted his report and issued a warning.
• Qing Chen ordered Songshan True Person and Baili Tingfeng to patrol the islands and suppress the Snake Spirit Thieves.

Spirit Crane True Person activated Earth Pass Island’s defenses when War Treasure Ships from the Three Corpse Demon Sect and Cold Mountain Temple arrived while Qing Chen was in seclusion and Songshan True Person was away. Corpse-Blood True Person demanded that Island Lord Qing meet him, while Dragon-Seal Vajra watched, and the island’s defenders braced for what would happen next.

• Spirit Crane True Person, unable to reach Qing Chen, ordered the Two-Yi Six-Yang Array fully activated.
• The island’s cultivators feared that the array could not hold against the two third-tier War Treasure Ships, and Spirit Crane True Person worried about facing the visitors alone.
• Corpse-Blood True Person became angry when he saw the island defenses and demanded that Island Lord Qing come out to meet him.
• Corpse-Blood True Person’s voice and oppressive aura frightened cultivators across Earth Pass Island, though the array weakened its force.
• Dragon-Seal Vajra, stronger and prouder than Corpse-Blood True Person, watched his display and recalled that the sects had come both to discuss important matters and to curb Blood River Old Devil’s arrogance.

Dragon-Seal Vajra reflected on Cold Mountain Temple’s strength and his confidence that the Condensed Jade Sect could not expand unchecked, then challenged Earth Pass Island with his Buddhist power. Qing Chen emerged to confront him and Corpse-Blood True Person, asking whether they intended to declare war.

• Dragon-Seal Vajra dismissed Blood River Old Devil’s reputation and reasoned that Heavenly Shu True Lord would prevent the Condensed Jade Sect from threatening other powers.
• Dragon-Seal Vajra took pride in Cold Mountain Temple’s strength and Cold Mountain Chan Master’s high place on the Dragon-Tiger Ranking-Gouwu Sea.
• Dragon-Seal Vajra flew from his treasure ship and sent glowing Buddhist seals toward Earth Pass Island.
• His Dharma Form and Buddhist light strained Earth Pass Island’s Two-Yi Six-Yang Array and frightened its cultivators.
• Qing Chen erupted from the island, drove back Dragon-Seal Vajra’s Buddhist light, and asked whether the two visitors meant to declare war.

Qing Chen emerged from seclusion and repelled Dragon-Seal Vajra’s Buddhist pressure, then confronted Corpse-Blood True Person and Dragon-Seal Vajra. The revelation that the powerful Snake Spirit Thieves were preparing to attack Earth Pass Island left Qing Chen facing an unexpected crisis.

• Qing Chen emerged above Earth Pass Island and pushed back Dragon-Seal Vajra’s Buddhist light with his Buddhist and demonic energies.
• Spirit Crane True Person recognized Qing Chen’s immense divine sense and marveled at his strength.
• Corpse-Blood True Person demanded to know why Qing Chen had ignored his transmission talismans, and Qing Chen rebuffed him.
• Dragon-Seal Vajra warned Qing Chen that disaster was at his door and announced that the Snake Spirit Thieves were preparing to attack the waters around Earth Pass Island.
• Qing Chen recalled ordering Lin Changsheng and the Demon Lotus Sect to accept Ji Cangming’s plan to conquer Earth Pass Island, while secretly pursuing his own aims.
• Spirit Crane True Person feared Qing Chen would act rashly after hearing of the Snake Spirit Thieves, whose strength made them a threat even to the Gouwu Sea’s strongest powers.

Qing Chen learned that the Snake Spirit Thieves were far more dangerous than he had thought and rejected Corpse-Blood True Person’s attempt to push him into leading an attack against them. With the thieves threatening Earth Pass Island, Qing Chen was left weighing how to respond without wrecking his plans or inviting a deadly confrontation.

• Qing Chen struggled to understand why the Snake Spirit Thieves had attacked Earth Pass Island and why Corpse-Blood True Person suddenly urged him to rally the region against them.
• Spirit Crane True Person sent Qing Chen a warning about the thieves’ origins and power, and cautioned him that Corpse-Blood True Person and Dragon-Seal Vajra had ulterior motives.
• Qing Chen realized that Corpse-Blood True Person was trying to make him and the Condensed Jade Sect take the blame for provoking a powerful Snake Spirit Thief leader.
• Qing Chen publicly challenged Corpse-Blood True Person to lead the attack himself, prompting the old devil to deny making such a proposal.
• Monk Longyin and Corpse-Blood True Person pressed Qing Chen to defend Earth Pass Island, while Qing Chen worried their conflict would ruin his plans and draw in the Snake Spirit Thieves.

Qing Chen weighed whether to delay his plan for the Rebel-Slaying Platform as Dragon-Seal Vajra proposed a Ceasefire Alliance among the three archipelagos. Qing Chen welcomed the proposal while considering how he could exploit the pact, and Corpse-Blood True Person praised his cooperation.

• Qing Chen worried that the Snake Spirit Thieves might disrupt his plan and debated whether to postpone the Rebel-Slaying Platform operation.
• Dragon-Seal Vajra proposed an alliance requiring the three sides to defend one another against the Snake Spirit Thieves and penalize any party that broke the pact.
• Qing Chen seized on the proposal’s potential uses, changed his attitude, and praised Dragon-Seal Vajra and apologized to Corpse-Blood True Person.
• The chapter explained that Cold Mountain Temple and the Three Corpse Demon Sect distrusted each other, while the Condensed Jade Sect’s participation could give the pact greater force.
• Corpse-Blood True Person approved of Qing Chen’s response and expressed his desire to befriend him.

Qing Chen secretly negotiated with Corpse-Blood True Person and Dragon-Seal Vajra, proposing that they pretend their peace talks had failed so they could ambush the Snake Spirit Thieves. The three then publicly feigned a falling-out, leaving Corpse-Blood True Person furious at Qing Chen’s insult.

• Xu Jiuling watched in awe as Qing Chen faced Corpse-Blood True Person and Dragon-Seal Vajra, then suspected Qing Chen was plotting when the three began communicating silently.
• Dragon-Seal Vajra asked Qing Chen to fetch the Elder’s golden seal so they could sign a peace pact above Earth Pass Island.
• Qing Chen told Corpse-Blood True Person and Dragon-Seal Vajra that he needed the Council of Elders’ approval and proposed pretending the talks had broken down to lure the Snake Spirit Thieves into an ambush.
• Corpse-Blood True Person considered the plan and saw how the three sides could cooperate without provoking a larger retaliation.
• After a brief exchange of Divine Sense messages, Qing Chen publicly rejected Corpse-Blood True Person and Dragon-Seal Vajra, and Corpse-Blood True Person erupted in anger as blood energy surged around him.

Qing Chen abruptly attacked Corpse-Blood True Person during the staged dispute, unleashing his Four-Armed Wisdom King and forcing the old devil to defend himself with the Yellow Springs Ghost Hand. Their clash shook Earth Pass Island, and the fight was still underway.

• Qing Chen, Corpse-Blood True Person, and Dragon-Seal Vajra argued as their auras stirred the weather and frightened everyone on Earth Pass Island.
• Qing Chen revealed his Second Demon Aspect Phantom, activated the seventh level of the Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method, and transformed into the Four-Armed Wisdom King.
• Qing Chen launched two Buddha's Wrath Wisdom King Ring-Pommel Sabers at Corpse-Blood True Person, catching him off guard.
• Corpse-Blood True Person summoned the Yin-Demon Ten-Thousand-Corpse Banner and used the Yellow Springs Ghost Hand to form a wall of ghost hands against Qing Chen's blades.
• Qing Chen's Buddhist flames burned through the ghost hands as the two attacks collided, leaving the watching cultivators stunned.

Qing Chen drove Corpse-Blood True Person to retreat, then Cold Mountain Temple began a public Water and Land Rite at Pine Waves Sanctuary on Earth Zen Island. Hidden among the crowd, Duan Tianya and Lin Changsheng recognized the rite’s powerful influence on people’s minds and wondered why Ji Cangming had arranged to meet them there.

• Qing Chen withdrew after demonstrating his strength to Corpse-Blood True Person and signaling his opposition to him and the Impermanence Sect’s remnants.
• Corpse-Blood True Person refused to attack Earth Pass Island, punished a protector who suggested it, and ordered his ship to retreat.
• Several days later, monks at Pine Waves Sanctuary began Cold Mountain Temple’s annual Water and Land Rite, drawing a large crowd with chanting and illusory golden lotuses.
• Old Wang donated coins and prayed for Huwa’s recovery, while a rogue cultivator recorded the scriptures after the rite eased his agitation.
• Duan Tianya noticed Buddhist Magic Power on the protective talismans, and Lin Changsheng warned that the teachings were directly influencing the crowd’s Divine Souls.
• Duan Tianya asked Lin Changsheng why Ji Cangming had arranged to meet them on Earth Zen Island and whether the hidden people were there.

Lin Changsheng and Duan Tianya infiltrated Xuanye Venerable Hall and followed a hidden passage into a secret chamber. After preparing for a confrontation, they heard an unseen person invite them inside for a chat.

• Lin Changsheng and Duan Tianya watched monks sort the worshippers’ offerings and discuss identifying donors for later visits.
• A powerful divine sense sent Lin Changsheng instructions to tap the third Arhat’s right middle finger three times in the western side hall.
• Lin Changsheng triggered a hidden mechanism in the Arhat statue, revealing a passage that he and Duan Tianya entered.
• The pair followed the passage into a large chamber and readied their weapons and abilities.
• A stone slab opened at the chamber’s entrance, and an unseen voice invited the Ghostly Manor cultivators in for a chat.

Lin Changsheng and Duan Tianya met with Ji Cangming, Leng Jingfei, and a mysterious black-cloaked figure to discuss a joint attack on Earth Pass Island. When the figure questioned Ghostly Manor’s origins, Lin Changsheng claimed its people belonged to the long-vanished Duer Sect, and Ji Cangming and Leng Jingfei recounted the sect’s history.

• Lin Changsheng and Duan Tianya entered the secret chamber and met Ji Cangming, Leng Jingfei, and a figure concealed by the Black Cloak Spirit Talisman.
• Leng Jingfei praised Duan Tianya’s swordsmanship and expressed interest in crossing swords with him, prompting Lin Changsheng to step between them.
• Ji Cangming explained that Qing Chen had fallen out with Corpse-Blood True Person and Dragon-Seal Vajra, leaving them free to join the planned attack on Earth Pass Island.
• The black-cloaked figure asked how many Golden Core True Persons Ghostly Manor could send, and Lin Changsheng said its branch master would take part while the other two were unavailable.
• Lin Changsheng identified his group as belonging to the Duer Sect, and Ji Cangming and Leng Jingfei described its history and destruction after conflicts with Penglai Spirit Island and the Condensed Jade Sect.
• When Ji Cangming questioned how the Duer Sect’s people had come to practice the Corpse Dao, Sword Path, and baleful intent, Lin Changsheng silently produced nine black formation flags threaded with grudge souls.

Lin Changsheng used the Spider-Mantis Essence-Devouring Soul-Slaying Formation to overpower the black-cloaked Xuan Ku and challenged him to reveal his identity. Xuan Ku recognized Ghostly Manor’s strength and lost his doubts, while Ji Cangming and Leng Jingfei watched cautiously.

• Lin Changsheng summoned the Netherworld Demon Spider with the nine Formation Flags and attacked the black-cloaked man with netherworld demon fire.
• The black-cloaked man countered with the Black-White Seal, and Leng Jingfei used Heaven-Filling Frost Blades to cut down the forces left by their clash.
• Lin Changsheng revealed the formation as the Duer Sect’s supreme art and explained that Ghostly Manor opposed the Condensed Jade Sect alongside other allied factions.
• Lin Changsheng invited Ji Cangming and Leng Jingfei to join Ghostly Manor and demanded that the black-cloaked man disclose his identity.
• The black-cloaked man was revealed as Xuan Ku, abbot of the Black-White Temple, and he reconsidered his suspicions of Ghostly Manor after witnessing Lin Changsheng’s power.

Lin Changsheng won the trust of the others in the secret chamber, and they began planning an assault on Earth Pass Island. On Mystic Lotus Island, Chang Ping'an’s mastery of the Lesser Yin Armor spell earned him a chance to meet King Fengjiang.

• Ji Cangming explained that Master Xuanku belonged to the Impermanence Sect and that a Condensed Jade Sect insider wanted Qing Chen to suffer a setback.
• Lin Changsheng accepted Master Xuanku’s apology, and the five gathered around a map to develop an attack plan for Earth Pass Island.
• Chang Ping'an followed a Nether Star Devil Envoy through the Demon Lotus Sect complex, where the envoy praised his mastery of Lesser Yin Armor.
• Chang Ping'an recalled how he joined the Demon Lotus Sect after his clan was destroyed and spent nearly twenty years living an unremarkable life.
• The Nether Star Devil Envoy told Chang Ping'an that King Fengjiang had promised an audience to anyone who mastered Lesser Yin Armor.

Su Zixuan discovered that Chang Ping'an could cultivate the Lesser Yin Armor, revealing that he likely possessed a rare Lesser Yin Physique. She promoted him to Gold Demon Guard and accepted him into the Purple Tenuity Devil Lord's tutelage, hoping he could eventually unlock the sealed legacy of the Duer Sect.

• Chang Ping'an followed the Nether Star Devil Envoy into Fengjiang Hall and knelt before Su Zixuan.
• Su Zixuan watched Chang Ping'an demonstrate the Lesser Yin Armor and realized he likely possessed a Lesser Yin Physique.
• Su Zixuan offered Chang Ping'an a place as a named disciple under the Purple Tenuity Devil Lord, and he eagerly accepted.
• Su Zixuan promoted Chang Ping'an to Gold Demon Guard, gave him pills and the first three levels of the Duer Taiyin Formula, and set a five-year goal for him to reach peak Qi Refining.
• Su Zixuan hoped Chang Ping'an would reach Foundation Establishment and break the seal on Qilian High Person's jade slip to reveal the Duer Sect's legacy treasures.