Chapter Summaries

White Cloud True One organized White Cloud Immortal City for the approaching Beast Tide, assigning Zhou Xun to manage logistics and Zhou Buqi to seek help from the Cloud Radiance Sect. As the city conscripted cultivators and requisitioned resources, the people of Red Leaf Square discovered that the Lin family had fled and feared facing the Beast Tide without them.

• Zhou Xun proposed gathering the city's resources and skilled cultivators under unified management, and White Cloud True One put him in charge of logistics.
• White Cloud True One sent Zhou Buqi as an envoy to the Cloud Radiance Sect, with Yuan Pan'er assigned to support him, while messengers went out to summon nearby forces.
• Zuo Qifan enforced the conscription of White Cloud Immortal City's cultivators, and the city registered them, organized specialists into work and combat units, and requisitioned resources.
• Zhou Xun organized pill refiners, talisman masters, artifact refiners, and other specialists, while Lu Qingyuan prioritized Healing Elixirs and Qi-recovering pills.
• The people of Red Leaf Square discovered that the Lin family had fled and worried they could not withstand the Beast Tide without its protection.

The beast tide destroyed Red Leaf Square, killing Wei Shangyi and driving the surviving cultivators toward White Cloud Immortal City. As the city sealed itself behind its protective formation, Yin family cultivators fleeing the beasts found themselves stranded outside its gates.

• Wei Hong escaped Red Leaf Square with his mother by following the Lin family's evacuation route, while Wei Shangyi hid in a secret chamber as chaos and looting engulfed the square.
• Three days after the beast tide began, demonic beasts led by three great demons entered Red Leaf Square, overwhelmed the Lin family's formation, and killed Wei Shangyi.
• Zhou Xun sent Wei Qiuxin the control token for Forgetful River Lake's formation, while White Cloud Immortal City prepared its defenses and gathered refugees.
• Zuo Qifan saw the beast tide approaching, ordered the city gates closed, and activated the city's protective formation.
• The Yin family's three Foundation Establishment cultivators raced toward White Cloud Immortal City with the beast tide behind them, but the gates closed and the formation sealed them outside.

Zuo Qifan refused to open the Immortal City’s formation for the Yin Family’s Spirit Skiff because a Tier 3 Great Demon might enter, and the demon soon swallowed the vessel and its passengers. As the Immortal City’s warning bells rang, Zhou Xun confirmed to Song Yiqing that the Beast Tide had arrived.

• Yin Kaiyuan and Ding Jihe pleaded with Zuo Qifan to let the Yin Family enter, but Zuo Qifan refused and urged them to flee around the city.
• The Yin Family’s First Elder turned the flying vessel around, and a Tier 3 lizard demon burst from underground, split the vessel apart, and swallowed everyone aboard.
• Yin Zheng Yuan saw that most of his family had been killed, while the cultivators on the walls realized Zuo Qifan’s decision had kept the demon out of the Immortal City.
• The Immortal City’s invasion bells rang, and Zhou Xun told Song Yiqing that the Beast Tide had arrived.

White Cloud Immortal City endured the Beast Tide’s first day of attacks, but the arrival of three Great Demons left its defenders uncertain about how long they could hold. As the leaders discussed whether to seek reinforcements or rely on themselves, Zhou Xun began proposing a strategy.

• Zhou Xun reassured his subordinates that the city’s formation and Core Formation cultivators could handle four Great Demons, though he privately doubted they could withstand more.
• Demon beasts attacked all four walls, and Zuo Qifan, Xing Huaian, Liu Bo'an, and Guo Renyou used their command flags to reinforce the formation while the city consumed spirit stones to sustain it.
• Zuo Qifan delayed a counterattack, choosing to let the formation hold the beasts while defenders at other positions slaughtered them; the city survived the first day and the beasts retreated temporarily.
• At Azure Ape Hall, White Cloud True One praised Zuo Qifan for stopping three Great Demons and learned that South Peak True One would need at least a month to arrive.
• Liu Bo'an argued that the defenders should rely on themselves rather than the Cloud Radiance Sect, and White Cloud True One agreed they should kill Great Demons and inflict heavy casualties on the horde.
• Zhou Xun rose to present an idea based on those two goals, and White Cloud True One invited him to explain.

Zhou Xun’s Mobile Squad used his strategy to ambush the Beast Tide, killing thousands of Demon Beasts with relatively few losses. After reporting the squad’s success, Zhou Xun warned that the Great Demons would likely counterattack and asked White Cloud True One to conceal himself and accompany the squad.

• White Cloud True One approved Zhou Xun’s plan to concentrate the city’s forces into a Mobile Squad and placed Zhou Xun in command.
• At the east wall, Xing Huaian and the defenders gained the upper hand, then blocked several thousand fleeing Demon Beasts so Zhou Xun’s cultivators could surround and slaughter them.
• Over the following days, Zhou Xun’s squad killed thousands of Demon Beasts daily, earning substantial rewards while White Cloud Immortal City suffered comparatively few casualties.
• A demon-hunting cultivator surnamed Wu and his vice-captain, Brother Li, celebrated their gains and hoped to save enough for a Foundation Establishment spiritual item.
• Zhou Xun reported the South City Wall’s latest results to White Cloud True One and asked him to conceal his presence and act alongside the Mobile Squad, anticipating a counterattack by the Great Demons.

Zhou Xun suspected that the three great demons were using illusions to mislead the Immortal City's defenders while preparing an ambush at South City Wall. The chapter ended with Zhou Xun realizing that Junior Brother Bo'an might be in danger there.

• White Cloud True One agreed to serve under Zhou Xun's command and praised his management of the Mobile Squad.
• Demon King Qingpu explained to Demon King Xuanlang and Demon King Huangyuan that the humans had been targeting the weakest point, and proposed baiting them into an ambush.
• The three great demons attacked again, while messengers reported their positions to Zhou Xun and the defenders at the city walls.
• Zhou Xun identified South City Wall as the apparent weakest direction, despite the demons having already suffered losses there twice.
• Zhou Xun asked White Cloud True One whether Tier 3 Great Demons could create enormous illusions, and White Cloud True One realized the demons might be concealing an ambush at South City Wall.

Zhou Xun deduced that only one Tier 3 Great Demon remained at the West City Wall and led White Cloud True One and reinforcements there. White Cloud True One prepared to attack the green snake, while it judged his magical treasure to be no stronger than Tier 3 Low-Grade.

• Zhou Xun persuaded White Cloud True One that one Great Demon was maintaining an illusion at the West City Wall, then ordered the Mobile Squad to reinforce it and sent word to Liu Bo'an.
• As demon beasts attacked the city, Zuo Qifan realized the two Great Demons behind the green snake were illusions and warned Ding Jihe that the West City Wall was under attack by only one Great Demon.
• White Cloud True One, Zhou Xun, and Yuan Pan'er arrived at the West City Wall, and Liu Bo'an joined them shortly afterward.
• Liu Bo'an activated an ancient formation flag, forming a huge crimson firebird above the city's formation.
• White Cloud True One summoned his Wood Radiance Gourd and sent it toward the green snake, which sensed the power of a Human Race Core Formation cultivator but considered the treasure only Tier 3 Low-Grade.

White Cloud True One and Liu Bo'an badly wounded a green snake bearing the Soaring Serpent Bloodline, but it fought fiercely and tried to escape. As Zhou Xun watched, the city’s firebird joined the battle while the snake strained to break free of a binding talisman.

• The green snake struck the Wood Radiance Gourd with its tail, but the artifact’s toughness shattered its scales and flesh.
• Liu Bo'an attacked the snake’s wound with the Fire Essence Ruler, and White Cloud True One sent gourd phantoms after it.
• The snake tried to flee, but Liu Bo'an’s Fire Essence Ruler delayed it long enough for White Cloud True One’s Binding Rope Talisman to ensnare it.
• The firebird above the immortal city finished condensing and dove at the bound snake.
• The snake’s rage nearly broke the binding rope, while White Cloud True One and Liu Bo'an struck its head with their artifacts without stopping its resistance.

After the death of Demon King Qingpu, the demon beasts at White Cloud Immortal City broke into disarray, and the cultivators wiped out the remaining attackers. The surviving demon kings withdrew, and White Cloud True One’s disciples learned that the Beast Tide had retreated.

• A streak of red lightning killed Demon King Qingpu, sending the demon beasts at the West City Wall fleeing.
• Zhou Xun charged into the retreating horde, killed a wounded Tier 2 High-Grade demon snake, and harvested its materials.
• White Cloud True One, Liu Bo'an, and the cultivators wiped out the remaining beasts at the West City Wall, losing only three people.
• Demon King Xuanlang and Demon King Huangyuan learned that Demon King Qingpu had fallen and withdrew their forces to investigate.
• Demon King Xuanlang and Demon King Huangyuan confirmed Qingpu’s death and decided to regroup with Azure Feather Demon King.
• Zuo Qifan reported that the Beast Tide had retreated, and White Cloud True One and his disciples celebrated the city’s victory.

After the Beast Tide receded, White Cloud True One awarded Zhou Xun the foremost merit for his strategy, and Zhou Xun requested Tier 3 demon beast materials rather than a more costly treasure. White Cloud True One granted him half the Azure Serpent’s flesh and blood and promised to make him defensive inner armor, while the Immortal City opened its treasury for cultivators to exchange rewards.

• White Cloud True One declared that Zhou Xun deserved the foremost merit for helping repel the Beast Tide, and Zhou Xun humbly credited the Mobile Squad, White Cloud True One, and Bo'an.
• When White Cloud True One invited Zhou Xun to choose a reward, Zhou Xun asked for Tier 3 demon beast flesh and blood to help his spirit beast advance.
• White Cloud True One granted Zhou Xun half of the Azure Serpent’s flesh and blood and offered to make him defensive inner armor from leftover snakeskin.
• The other disciples, grand-disciples, elders, guest officials, and conscripted cultivators received rewards or Contribution Points according to their merits.
• White Cloud Immortal City opened its treasury for exchanges, exciting the Rogue Cultivators who could now obtain rare resources with enough Contribution Points.

Zhou Xun warned Song Yiqing that the Beast Tide might return, while Zhou Buqi secured Cloud Radiance Sect reinforcements by offering major concessions. As the reinforcements set out for White Cloud Immortal City, Xuanlang and Huangyuan met Azure Feather Demon King and told him that Qingpu had fallen.

• Zhou Xun told Song Yiqing that the Beast Tide’s brief retreat might be temporary and explained that White Cloud Immortal City had barred cultivators from leaving.
• Zhou Buqi traveled to Cloud Radiance Sect and asked True Person Feng Yu to send troops to defend White Cloud Immortal City.
• Feng Yu demanded that White Cloud Immortal City join the sect, but Zhou Buqi refused and offered half the profits from the Hundred Savages Mountain outpost and fifteen Tier 2 Spiritual Veins for aid.
• Feng Yu agreed, and True Person Jin Hong departed with five False Dan True Persons and over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators to support White Cloud Immortal City.
• Xuanlang and Huangyuan encountered Azure Feather Demon King and reported that Qingpu had fallen.

After learning that Demon King Qingpu had died, Azure Feather Demon King spared his generals and led the beast horde toward White Cloud Immortal City. There, Zhou Xun welcomed Wang Erniu and the Lin lineage, who had fled Red Leaf Square, and told them the city had just survived a ten-day siege.

• Demon King Xuanlang and Demon King Huangyuan told Azure Feather Demon King that Qingpu and his forces had died during an attack on a human city.
• Azure Feather Demon King set aside the two generals’ punishment and ordered them to lead the horde toward White Cloud Immortal City.
• Zhou Xun recognized Wang Erniu, Lin Yuanru, and Lin Anshu as the Lin lineage arrived at the west gate aboard three flying boats, and he arranged lodging for them.
• Wang Erniu explained that the Lin lineage had abandoned Red Leaf Square and reached the city after traveling by night and fighting several lone Tier 2 Demon Beasts.
• Zhou Xun told Lin Yuanru that the Beast Tide had besieged White Cloud Immortal City for nearly ten days before withdrawing two days earlier, and described the Tier 3 Great Demons among the horde.

After evacuating Red Leaf Square, Zhou Xun reunited with Wang Erniu and the Lin family near White Cloud Immortal City, then joined his master in hosting Cloud Radiance Sect cultivators. Four days later, the Beast Tide returned, led by a massive demon serpent, leaving White Cloud True One and True Person Jin Hong facing a renewed threat.

• Zhou Xun reassured Lin Anshu and the others that the Lin family could rebuild Red Leaf Square after the Beast Tide passed.
• Wang Erniu and the Lin family congratulated Zhou Xun on becoming White Cloud True One's disciple before he left to attend a gathering at Azure Ape Hall.
• True Person Jin Hong recognized Zhou Xun as someone he had once considered taking as a disciple, and White Cloud True One welcomed the Cloud Radiance Sect cultivators to remain in White Cloud Immortal City.
• On the fourth day, bells announced the Beast Tide's return, and Zhou Xun saw a huge demon serpent leading the horde toward the city.

White Cloud True One and True Person Jin Hong faced a Beast Tide led by Azure Feather Demon King, whose strength exceeded their expectations. As the demons prepared to besiege White Cloud Immortal City and attack together, Cloud Radiance Sect sent a team of eight cultivators to reinforce it.

• White Cloud True One and True Person Jin Hong recognized that the Beast Tide included a possible Tier 3 High-Grade demon snake and sent a message requesting reinforcements from Cloud Radiance Sect.
• An Elder in Cloud Radiance Mountain Range received True Person Jin Hong’s message and assembled a team of eight Pseudo-Core Realm or stronger cultivators to fly to White Cloud Immortal City.
• Demon King Huangyuan described how Demon King Qingpu had died and argued that White Cloud Immortal City had only three Demon King-level combat forces.
• Azure Feather Demon King approved Huangyuan’s plan to surround the city and attack one direction together with the five Demon Kings.
• White Cloud True One recognized the demons’ siege plan and prepared to test their strength.

White Cloud Immortal City’s cultivators united as five great demons charged the West City Wall. White Cloud True One confronted Azure Feather Demon King, whose repeated tail strikes threatened to break the city’s defensive barrier, until the formation’s firebird intercepted him.

• White Cloud True One and True Person Jin Hong vowed to cooperate, and cultivators across the city shouted that they would advance but never retreat.
• Azure Feather Demon King led Feng Yong, Hu Yu, Xuan Lang, and Huang Yuan toward the city wall.
• White Cloud True One, True Person Jin Hong, Liu Bo'an, and four Cloud Radiance Sect False Dan True Persons each took on one of the five great demons.
• Azure Feather Demon King knocked White Cloud True One’s azure gourd aside and shattered a golden shield talisman before striking cracks into the city’s defensive barrier.
• The firebird formed by White Cloud Immortal City’s defensive formation descended and blocked Azure Feather Demon King’s next tail strike.

White Cloud True One and the defenders of White Cloud Immortal City fought off the Azure Feather Demon King and other beasts during a day-long stalemate, aided by the city's formation and Cloud Radiance Sect treasures. After both sides withdrew, the defenders gathered to discuss how difficult the coming battles would be.

• White Cloud True One trapped the Wood Radiance Gourd, so the Azure Feather Demon King attacked the firebird demon spirit with a powerful green snake phantom.
• White Cloud True One used the formation's vines and Spirit Energy to shield and restore the firebird, which destroyed the phantom and kept the Azure Feather Demon King at bay.
• True Person Jin Hong held off the giant bear with the Golden Yu Shield, while the Cloud Radiance Sect's False Core cultivators and Liu Bo'an resisted their opponents.
• Zhou Xun and the other defenders endured a stalemate at the West City Wall until both sides withdrew after a day of fighting.
• White Cloud True One thanked True Person Jin Hong, who warned that the demon beasts were powerful and the coming battles would likely be harder.

Liu Bo'an recognized the demons’ feint and helped the South City Wall prepare for their attack, but three great demons nearly shattered its barrier before reinforcements could arrive. He left the protection of the barrier to confront them as the defense teetered on the verge of collapse.

• White Cloud True One and True Person Jin Hong assigned False Dan cultivators to guard the city walls after Zhou Xun warned that the demons might attack elsewhere.
• Demon King Huangyuan proposed changing targets, and Azure Feather Demon King led the demons on a detour toward Liu Bo'an’s South City Wall.
• Liu Bo'an spotted the approaching demons and raised an alarm with an Explosive Flame Talisman, exposing their feint.
• Azure Feather Demon King, Demon King Fengyong, and Demon King Huyu charged the South City Wall and cracked its defensive barrier.
• As White Cloud True One and True Person Jin Hong rushed toward the South City Wall, Liu Bo'an left the failing barrier to face the demons.

Liu Bo'an sacrificed himself to repel the demon kings, and White Cloud True One led the cultivators to abandon the outer city and defend the inner city. The next morning, Azure Feather Demon King learned of their retreat and reflected uneasily on Liu Bo'an's self-destruction.

• Liu Bo'an detonated his Pseudo-Core and magical treasures, gravely injuring Azure Feather Demon King and wounding Demon King Fengyong and Demon King Huyu.
• White Cloud True One suppressed his grief, repaired the defensive barrier, and joined the others at the South City Wall, where Zhou Xun and Xing Huaian learned of Liu Bo'an's death.
• White Cloud True One urged the cultivators to hold out for seven days until Cloud Radiance Sect's reinforcements arrived, while True Person Jin Hong noted that Azure Feather Demon King had been seriously injured.
• After the defenders raised concerns about the beasts' feints, White Cloud True One ordered everyone to abandon the outer city and defend the inner city instead.
• Demon King Huangyuan reported that the humans had retreated into the inner city, and Azure Feather Demon King recalled Liu Bo'an's sacrifice with lingering alarm.

The demon beasts resumed their assault on White Cloud Immortal City, and the defenders struggled to hold them back while waiting for reinforcements. Qingyuan True One was killed, and White Cloud True One faced the Great Demons alone until the others returned to battle; he then shattered Demon King Fengyong’s paw with the Wood Radiance Gourd.

• Azure Feather Demon King recovered from his injuries after taking the Flesh Spirit Mushroom, and the demon beasts attacked White Cloud Immortal City on the third day.
• White Cloud True One and the firebird fought Azure Feather Demon King while the other defenders engaged the remaining Great Demons.
• Qingyuan True One was caught between Demon King Xuanlang and Demon King Fengyong, and Demon King Fengyong smashed him to death.
• The Pseudo-Core cultivators and True Person Jin Hong retreated into the formation, leaving White Cloud True One to face the Great Demons and forcing him to use several third-tier talismans.
• White Cloud True One urged True Person Jin Hong and the Pseudo-Core cultivators to return to the fight, but Demon King Fengyong struck at him first.
• White Cloud True One blocked Demon King Fengyong’s blow with the Wood Radiance Gourd and shattered the demon’s paw.

After the demon beasts withdrew, the Cloud Radiance Sect and White Cloud True One each decided to abandon White Cloud Immortal City to preserve their people. White Cloud True One revealed that he had been grievously injured and ordered Zhou Xun and the other disciples to prepare to leave.

• Azure Feather Demon King withdrew the demon beasts after the firebird spirit was badly damaged, weakening White Cloud Immortal City's protective formation.
• True Person Jin Hong agreed with the Cloud Radiance Sect's False Core cultivators to retreat that night after Qingyuan True One's death.
• White Cloud True One returned to his cave abode and suffered a backlash from his secret art and the firebird spirit's injury.
• White Cloud True One summoned Zhou Xun and the other disciples and told them they would abandon White Cloud Immortal City.
• White Cloud True One explained that the city would fall if the Cloud Radiance Sect withdrew, and the disciples agreed to obey his command.