Arc 27The Boundary Sea and the Witch Tribe

Wang Ba escaped the Bone Seed crisis, strengthened the Little Cang Realm, and sent Chonghua into the Sea of Boundary Turmoil to seek answers and resources. Chonghua destroyed Red Heaven Palace, brought Yun Qi’s people under his protection, and gained access to its forty-seven Dao Fields.

  • Wang Ba escaped the Bone Seed migration with Yao Wudi and the Wu Ape King, then discovered that Immortal Blood had transformed his True Martial Incarnation and changed cultivators across the Little Cang Realm.
  • Wang Ba and Sakura Mother reached a World Embryo, where Fanming consumed its Primal Chaos Source Substance and Wang Ba killed the figure that emerged from it.
  • Wang Ba escaped Sheye and the Ghost Kings, returned to the Little Cang Realm with enough Primal Chaos Source Substance to restore its domain origin, and sealed the Six-Fingered God and Devil’s corpse in the Senluo Underworld.
  • Yu Wuhen gave birth to Yu Yu, while Chonghua took charge of the Witch Tribe and Wang Ba helped its cultivators prepare for the dangers beyond the Little Cang Realm.
  • Yu Wuhen failed to ascend, and Wang Ba discovered that many Daoist Grounds cultivators were losing control of their emotions, prompting him to send Chonghua out to investigate possible remedies.
  • Chonghua learned about the Three Realms from Yun Qi, destroyed Red Heaven Palace, and confronted the Five Great Ghost Kings over their curse and the loss of their Dao Fields.
  • Chonghua killed Qiao Wensong after he attacked, then accepted Yun Qi’s offer to join his realm in exchange for the locations of Red Heaven Palace’s Dao Fields and treasury.
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Ch. 671A deal (7k, today's installment delivered)

Wang Ba agreed to help the double-pupiled Daoist move the Bone Seeds, accepting Yu Wuhen as collateral instead of surrendering the Little Cang Realm. As the Bone Seeds drew in Immortal blood, Wang Ba realized the Daoist had deceived them, and the Daoist revealed that Yu Wuhen was carrying the Six-Fingered God and Devil’s reincarnation.

  • Wang Ba negotiated with the double-pupiled Daoist and agreed to let him hold the unconscious Yu Wuhen while they moved the Bone Seeds.
  • The double-pupiled Daoist gave Wang Ba and Yao Wudi Abundance treasures and instructed them to push the Bone Seed at his direction.
  • Wang Ba and Yao Wudi pushed the Bone Seed faster as golden threads streamed into it, and Wang Ba realized the Daoist’s commands were drawing out the Immortal blood.
  • Wang Ba saw Immortal blood flow into Yu Wuhen while the beings in her World Domain were annihilated, and he inferred that she was carrying the Six-Fingered God and Devil’s reincarnation.
  • The double-pupiled Daoist appeared behind Wang Ba in a shifting purple-robed form, thanked him for helping him escape, and walked toward Yu Wuhen.

Ch. 672Backlash (6.2k, today's installment delivered)

Wang Ba uncovered Double Pupils Daoist’s plan to use the Bone Seeds and Immortal Blood to pursue the Dao, but Man revealed he could now attack after using Yu Wuhen’s body to purify the blood. As Man moved to claim a real body, Wang Ba unleashed Spirit Beasts upon the golden star to disrupt him.

  • Wang Ba deduced that Double Pupils Daoist had orchestrated the Bone Seed migration and was the ancient cultivators’ collective will, while Man denied being an Immortal and admitted he sought the Dao for himself.
  • Man explained that the Bone Seeds were drawing in Immortal Blood and would drain Wang Ba and the others, while Double-Pupil Bearers attacked the Little Cang Realm and Wang Ba stopped Zhao Feng and the others from escaping.
  • Yao Wudi spent his remaining Domain Origin to summon the Six-Fingered Gods and Devils, which struck a Bone Seed and freed Wang Ba and the Wu Ape King from its suction.
  • Man used purified Immortal Blood to freeze the Six-Fingered Gods and Devils and draw it back toward the golden star, while Wang Ba escaped and sent a Corpse-Sealing Talisman toward Man.
  • Wang Ba opened his Spirit Beast Bags, sending Spirit Chickens into the golden star; the Six-Fingered Gods and Devils shielded them, but Man killed the flock before Wang Ba released more Spirit Chickens, Spirit Turtles, Stone Dragon Lizards, and Moruo Colossal Elephants.

Ch. 673Barrier (6.2k, today's installment delivered!)

Wang Ba fled with the Little Cang Realm as the Double-Pupiled Daoist pursued him, but Jia Ten Five’s crow briefly disrupted the Daoist’s attack. Trapped in the white mist by ancient Double-Pupil Bearers, Wang Ba faced their assault until Fanming emerged from the mist and rushed to help.

  • The Double-Pupiled Daoist sent Immortal Blood into the Little Cang Realm, turning Zhao Feng, Jiying, Liang Wuji, and others into Double-Pupil Bearers.
  • The Six-Fingered God and Devil attacked the Double-Pupiled Daoist, then sent its True Spirit into Yu Wuhen before dying.
  • Wang Ba drove the Little Cang Realm toward the white mist, but the Double-Pupiled Daoist intercepted him and attacked from above and below.
  • Wang Ba released Jia Ten Five, whose crow disrupted the Double-Pupiled Daoist long enough for Wang Ba to pass him and enter the white mist.
  • The Double-Pupiled Daoist’s ancient Double-Pupil Bearers surrounded Wang Ba and attacked the Little Cang Realm, but Fanming burst from the mist and charged to their aid.

Ch. 674Breaking free (6.2k, today's installment is here!)

Wang Ba and Fanming struggled to escape the advancing tides of deadly white mist while the Double Pupils Daoist tried to stop them. After the Wu Ape King destroyed the black World Domain and revealed the true Boundary Sea Vortex, Yao Wudi pulled Wang Ba, Fanming, and the Little Cang Realm into it just before the great tide swept past.

  • Fanming carried Wang Ba and the Little Cang Realm through the first white-mist surge, but the Double Pupils Daoist blocked their way and sent them back into the mist.
  • The Double Pupils Daoist was caught in the white mist and lost control of his immortal blood, while Wang Ba and Fanming survived behind a strained protective barrier and charged toward the Boundary Sea Vortex.
  • The Double Pupils Daoist pursued them and called Double-Pupil Bearers to intercept them as Wang Ba ordered Fanming to press on despite the approaching second tide.
  • The Wu Ape King smashed the black World Domain, drawing in the golden immortal blood and exposing the true Boundary Sea Vortex among the wreckage.
  • The Double Pupils Daoist controlled the Double-Pupil Bearers to unleash their Divine Abilities and Law Techniques, shattering the protective barrier and badly injuring Wang Ba and Fanming.
  • Yao Wudi restored Wang Ba's Primordial Spirit, seized Fanming and the Little Cang Realm, and plunged them into the vortex; the Wu Ape King followed with Yu Wuhen's body as the white-mist tide swept past.

Ch. 675Incarnation (6k, today's update delivered!)

Wang Ba and his companions escaped the Immortal Severance Land through the Boundary Sea Vortex, and he returned to find the Little Cang Realm’s cultivators recovering after being changed by Immortal Blood. In the Bead Secret Realm, he discovered that the blood was nourishing his True Martial Incarnation Origin Embryo, which was growing into a powerful blood-colored tree and forming a golden-red fruit.

  • The Double Pupils Daoist watched the Boundary Sea Vortex disappear, then saw silent figures with double pupils emerge from the mist and realized something had changed.
  • Wang Ba woke beside Yao Wudi, learned they had been carried to a desolate ruin, and found Yu Wuhen alive but still unconscious.
  • Wang Ba used an incense stick to help restore his Primordial Spirit, chose not to interfere with the True Spirit in Yu Wuhen’s womb, and learned that Bu Chan and the others in the Little Cang Realm might be in danger.
  • The Wu Ape King led Wang Ba and Yao Wudi to Sakura Mother, a World Spirit who had once inhabited the Guantao Realm, and they brought her and the Six-Fingered Gods and Devils’ corpses back toward the Little Cang Realm.
  • Cang Fuzi told Wang Ba that Immortal Blood had changed the Daoist Grounds’ cultivators, but the remaining blood had been drawn into the Myriad Laws Peak by Wang Ba’s Incarnation.
  • Wang Ba entered the Bead Secret Realm and saw Immortal Blood nourishing the True Martial Incarnation Origin Embryo as it formed a vast blood-colored tree and began growing a golden-red fruit.

Ch. 676Descent into the World (7.2k, today's installment delivered!)

Wang Ba watched Immortal Blood transform the True Martial Incarnation Origin Embryo while the Little Cang Realm’s cultivators remained immersed in cultivation and Fanming carried the realm through the void. The Origin Embryo finally opened and revealed an incarnation with golden double pupils, triggering the Jade Disc fragment to spin and the Little Cang Realm to summon tribulation lightning on its own.

  • Wang Ba found that Immortal Blood had transformed the True Martial Incarnation Origin Embryo and caused a golden-red fruit to grow on the phantom divine tree, but he could not tell whether the changes were safe.
  • Wang Ba discovered that the Immortal Essence Treasure Basin had captured a sixth-tier sea pearl, then fed Fanming supplies and directed it to carry the Little Cang Realm away from the dangerous region.
  • Wang Ba spoke with the awakened Yu Wuhen, who asked whether the Six-Fingered God and Devil’s True Spirit could be erased or have its memories sealed to protect her unborn child.
  • Wang Ba observed that Immortal Blood gradually stopped spilling from groups of cultivators, including especially talented figures, and suspected it was sorting them by aptitude.
  • Wang Ba and the Wu Ape King entered the Bead Secret Realm as the Origin Embryo split open and a powerful True Martial Incarnation emerged with golden double pupils.
  • The Jade Disc fragment began spinning and the Little Cang Realm gathered tribulation lightning without Wang Ba or Cang Fuzi controlling it, suggesting the incarnation had drawn the Boundary Sea Laws’ counterbalancing force.

Ch. 677The end of the road (6k, today's update delivered!)

Wang Ba’s True Martial Incarnation emerged from the Origin Embryo and rapidly advanced to the limit of the sixth tier before enduring the Little Cang Realm’s tribulation lightning. After the lightning subsided, the incarnation received a strange fruit formed from filtered Immortal Blood, then left to seek a path to the seventh tier while Wang Ba faced the realm’s worsening Domain Origin shortage.

  • The True Martial Incarnation emerged from the Origin Embryo as the Secret Realm’s sky filled with tribulation lightning, and Cang Fuzi warned that the Boundary Sea was counterbalancing his potential.
  • The incarnation used the True Martial Sutra to advance from its first tier to the limit of the sixth tier in moments as Wang Ba and Cang Fuzi watched.
  • The tribulation lightning struck the incarnation, but it regenerated with Immortal Blood and eventually blasted a hole through the clouds, causing the lightning to subside.
  • The incarnation filtered Immortal Blood from the cultivators and Wang Ba’s Spirit Beast Bags, then produced a strange fruit from the Undying Divine Tree’s Phantom, which the Wu Ape King ate without any apparent effect.
  • Cang Fuzi told Wang Ba that the Domain Origin was still being depleted and that they needed Primal Chaos Source Substance, while Wang Ba agreed the Sakura Mother might be able to find some.
  • The True Martial Incarnation left to seek the seventh layer of the True Martial Sutra, and Wang Ba remembered that he had not yet given the incarnation a name.

Ch. 678Uses of immortal blood (8.6k, today's installment delivered!)

After the Double Pupils Daoist’s defeat, Wang Ba studied how immortal blood affected cultivators, spirit beasts, and spirit plants while confronting the Little Cang Realm’s dwindling domain origin. He discovered that the blood worked only once on cultivators and spirit beasts, but it helped the Emperor Willow advance to the fifth tier; the chapter ended as immortal blood roiled at the approach of Bu Chan’s Nine-Colored Gourd Vine.

  • Zhao Feng, Jiying, and the other cultivators compared their experiences with immortal blood, and Wang Ba realized that those who had stopped leaking it later retained more of its boost to comprehension.
  • Wang Ba warned the realm’s senior figures to continue strengthening their defenses, praised the Hundred Arts Academy, and asked them to research the corpse of Yu.
  • Wang Ba told Zhao Feng that the Little Cang Realm had only twenty or thirty years of domain origin left and that they might eventually have to abandon it aboard the Tribulation-Crossing Treasure Raft.
  • Wang Ba brought Zhao Feng to the Bead Secret Realm and found that immortal blood no longer affected cultivators or spirit beasts that had already absorbed it.
  • Wang Ba tested immortal blood on spirit plants, and the Emperor Willow absorbed some and advanced to the fifth tier.
  • Wang Ba brought Bu Chan to the pool and guided her Nine-Colored Gourd Vine’s root toward it, whereupon the immortal blood began to roil.

Ch. 679Witch Formation (6.3k, today's installment is here!)

Yi and Yao combined their ideas to create the Twelve Capitals Grand Formation, but Yao and Xuanwen were dying when Wang Ba appeared and ended their suffering with golden droplets. Meanwhile, as the Little Cang Realm’s domain origin dwindled, Sakura Mother located a world embryo more than twenty years away, and Wang Ba set out with her to find it.

  • Yi returned from a hunt and refused Yao and Xuanwen’s request that he inherit the Witch Lord’s position, then showed Yao his three-person Witch Formation method.
  • Yao revealed his four-person Dao Soldier technique, and he and Yi combined their methods into the stackable Twelve Capitals Grand Formation.
  • After several days of work, Yi completed the formation and found Yao and Xuanwen near death; Yao asked Yi to end their suffering and take responsibility for the Witch Tribe.
  • Wang Ba arrived, killed Yao and Xuanwen with golden droplets, and revealed himself to Yi, who recognized the familiar face and golden Double Pupils as Wang Xu.
  • Wang Ba learned from Sakura Mother that a world embryo lay more than twenty years away by Fanming’s reckoning, then decided to travel there with her himself to seek primal chaos source substance.

Ch. 680The path to the Seventh Tier (6.2k, today's installment delivered!)

Chonghua revived Yao and Xuanwen with Immortal Blood, explained how their transformation could advance the True Martial Dao, and ordered Yi’an to prepare the Witch Tribe for dangers beyond the Little Cang Realm. Meanwhile, Wang Ba secured Sakura Mother’s promise of cooperation and reached the World Embryo.

  • Chonghua stopped Yi’s attack, revealed that Yao and Xuanwen were recovering, and explained how Immortal Blood was transforming their lives.
  • Yao regained his memories, recognized Chonghua as his father’s incarnation, and learned that the figure called himself Uncle Chonghua.
  • Chonghua told Yi, Wang Yi’an, and Xuanwen about the dangers outside the Little Cang Realm, demanded Sixth-Tier Witch People for the coming battle, and agreed to resolve the Witch Tribe’s internal conflicts.
  • Wang Yi’an reassured Xuanwen and Yi that he had a method for handling Chonghua’s plans, then asked Xuanwen to help him.
  • Wang Ba promised Sakura Mother a place to dwell if it sufficiently aided the Little Cang Realm, and Sakura Mother pledged its cooperation.
  • Wang Ba and Sakura Mother arrived at the World Embryo, where Wang Ba saw its black Fetal Membrane surrounded by Primal Chaos Source Substance.

Ch. 681Zhebi Corpse (6k, today's installment delivered!)

Wang Ba and Fanming gathered primal chaos source substance from a world embryo, awakening its owner, who attacked them and was killed by Wang Ba. After discovering clues about Hundred Ghosts Mountain and a corpse-refining method, Wang Ba hurried back toward the Little Cang Realm, but Sakura Mother sensed several more world embryos nearby.

  • Wang Ba cautiously examined the world embryo and sent a paper person to inspect it, learning from Sakura Mother that it was still growing as it absorbed primal chaos source substance.
  • Fanming pierced the substance's outer wrapping and swallowed most of the supply, causing the world embryo to shrivel and crack.
  • A robed figure emerged from the embryo and accused Wang Ba and Fanming of destroying his Dao field, then attacked them with deathly Qi.
  • Wang Ba killed the figure with the Frost-White Heavenfall Saber and found a dwarf cultivator inside the giant corpse, along with a patterned ring and a bronze bell.
  • Wang Ba used the ring to reveal a map-like phantom and learned from the bell that it contained the Zhebi Corpse-Controlling Method, which might help him refine the Six-Fingered Gods and Devils.
  • Wang Ba and Fanming set off back toward the Little Cang Realm, but Sakura Mother reported sensing several more world embryos nearby.

Ch. 683Ghost King (7.2k! Going home for the holiday, so updates may be irregular-just letting you know in advance)

Wang Ba fled the ruins after destroying a Dao Field and killing She Lu, then used bluster and negotiation to escape Sheye, one of Hundred Ghosts Mountain’s Five Great Ghost Kings. He left with the promise of three more Dao Fields, while another figure approached Hundred Ghosts Mountain.

  • Wang Ba ordered Fanming to leave the World Embryo behind, but five black-robed figures emerged and pursued them as a monstrous being appeared from another rift.
  • Wang Ba escaped the first pursuer, studied the map from the ring, and discovered hidden detection artifacts that exposed his position to Sheye.
  • Sheye pursued Wang Ba on a corpse-like monster, and Wang Ba destroyed the surveillance artifacts while searching for a route through the ruins.
  • Wang Ba learned about the Sea of Boundary Turmoil and Hundred Ghosts Mountain’s standing as he pretended to be a young cultivator from a powerful family.
  • Sheye identified himself as one of the Five Great Ghost Kings and offered three Dao Fields to secure Wang Ba’s departure; Wang Ba accepted and left with Fanming.
  • After Wang Ba departed, Sheye revealed his small, withered form and regretted not keeping him at Hundred Ghosts Mountain; elsewhere, a handsome figure approached the area.

Ch. 684Testing the Waters

Wang Ba let Fanming devour the World Embryos in Hundred Ghosts Mountain’s territory, while Sheye mistook the destruction of his Dao Fields for a diplomatic gesture from the Jade Pot Realm. The chapter ended with Sheye learning that a cultivator claiming to be from the Jade Pot Realm had arrived to ask for water.

  • Wang Ba kept the Little Cang Realm’s existence hidden and ordered Fanming to fly through the World Embryos rather than avoid them.
  • Wang Ba let Fanming consume Primal Chaos Source Substance and destroy a World Embryo while Sheye chose not to intervene.
  • Sheye concluded that Wang Ba was from the Jade Pot Realm and hoped the lost Dao Fields would help establish ties against the Red Heaven Palace.
  • Wang Ba let Fanming consume more World Embryos, and Sheye grew troubled as the losses reached three of his personal Dao Fields.
  • After Fanming finished eating the second Dao Field, Wang Ba departed and sent word that he would remember Sheye’s kindness.
  • Sheye celebrated Wang Ba’s apparent restraint, then learned that another cultivator claiming to be from the Jade Pot Realm had arrived to ask for water.

Ch. 685Departure

Wang Ba escaped Sheye after deceiving him about his origins and destroying the surveillance artifacts along his route. With Fanming carrying enough Primal Chaos Source Substance to sustain the Little Cang Realm for nearly three hundred years, Wang Ba finally returned there.

  • Sheye welcomed Ji Wujiao, a Jade Pot Realm disciple, and learned he had come to borrow Hundred Ghosts Mountain’s divine corpses to temper his Annihilation Forbidden Art.
  • Ji Wujiao denied knowing Wang Ba or Fanming, making Sheye realize the traveler had never actually claimed to be from the Jade Pot Realm.
  • Sheye searched Hundred Ghosts Mountain’s surveillance phantoms, discovered Wang Ba destroying the artifacts, and rushed to intercept him.
  • Wang Ba escaped on Fanming through unobstructed void; Sheye found that the nearby surveillance artifacts were gone and vowed to curse the stranger as “Bird Daoist.”
  • Wang Ba reflected that Fanming had consumed the source substance around two world embryos and carried enough to sustain the Little Cang Realm for nearly three hundred years.
  • After three years of travel through the ruins, Wang Ba reached the shriveled World Domain of the Little Cang Realm.

Ch. 687Threefold Suffering (6.2k, today's installment delivered!)

Sheye gathered the Ghost Kings of Hundred Ghosts Mountain after Ji Wujiao used the Jade Pot Realm and Red Heaven Palace to pressure him, while Wang Ba restored the Little Cang Realm and began preparing a way to strengthen its forces. The chapter ended with Wang Ba suddenly trapped by ominous black vines as A Er’s golden-threaded markings rose toward him.

  • Ji Wujiao offered Sheye help from the Jade Pot Realm and said he would stay at Red Heaven Palace, prompting Sheye to summon the other four Ghost Kings and warn them of the threat to Hundred Ghosts Mountain.
  • The Ghost Kings debated how to respond, and Sheye persuaded Xicai to curse the Bird Daoist with Threefold Suffering for destroying his three Dao Fields.
  • Wang Ba returned to the Little Cang Realm, where Fanming released primal chaos source substance and restored the realm’s domain origin.
  • Wang Ba asked Jiying to prioritize researching the Corpse-Controlling Method so the Little Cang Realm could make use of the Six-Fingered Gods and Devils’ corpse bodies.
  • Wang Ba arranged Tribulation Crossing for A Da and A Er, and both Stone Dragon Lizards advanced to the sixth tier.
  • Wang Ba saw that the red dot had vanished from his pavilion ring’s map, then became bound by ominous black vines as A Er’s markings rose toward him.

Ch. 688Primordial Spirit Breakthrough (6k, Today's Installment Delivered!)

Ghost King Xicai and Sheye cursed Wang Ba with Threefold Suffering, but A Er intercepted the curse’s fruit and delivered it to Wang Ba, who used it to strengthen his body and Primordial Spirit at the cost of weakening his Xuanhuang Dao Domain. After his breakthrough, Wang Ba sensed the curse’s source, kept A Er close, and learned that completing the Zhebi Corpse’s Corpse-Controlling Method required a place of death filled with extreme resentment.

  • Ghost King Xicai cast Threefold Suffering on Wang Ba, and he and Sheye feared that their target might belong to one of the Three Realms after he survived the first two sufferings.
  • As the curse’s fruit formed, black mist with golden threads enveloped it and vanished; Xicai concluded that Wang Ba was probably still alive, while Ghost King Tengmo proposed blaming Wang Ba for stealing Hundred Ghosts Mountain’s Three Divine Corpse legacy.
  • Wang Ba awoke with his body and Primordial Spirit hollowed out, then watched the black mist return to A Er’s back with the fruit, which burst inside Wang Ba and replenished his Essence and Blood Qi.
  • Over more than twenty years, Wang Ba’s body reached mid-stage Void Refinement perfection and his Primordial Spirit broke through to mid-stage Void Refinement, while his Xuanhuang Dao Domain fell to first-tier perfection.
  • Wang Ba sensed the curse’s source, ordered A Er to stay by his side, and heard Jiying report that the Zhebi Corpse’s Corpse-Controlling Method required a place of death filled with extreme resentment.

Ch. 689Corpse refining (6k, today's installment delivered!)

Wang Ba found enough resentment in the outskirts of the Immortal Severance Land to begin refining the Six-Fingered God and Devil's corpse, then arranged for it to be nurtured in the Senluo Underworld. As the corpse was sealed and submerged in the Corpse-Suppressing Sea Eye, golden radiance rose over Northern Uttarakuru and an infant cried out.

  • Jiying told Wang Ba that the Zhebi Corpse required vast resentment and gave him a formation disk to collect it.
  • Wang Ba discovered that Fanming had carried the Little Cang Realm to the edge of the map, which proved to be the outskirts of the Immortal Severance Land.
  • Wang Ba used the formation disk there to gather enough resentment, then returned and chose the Senluo Underworld as a dead land for the corpse.
  • Jiying and the Hundred Arts Academy cultivators prepared the Senluo Underworld and refined the Six-Fingered God and Devil's corpse into its fledgling foundation.
  • Wang Ba sealed the corpse with the bronze bell and sent it into the Corpse-Suppressing Sea Eye, where resentment began to nurture it.
  • Wang Ba saw golden radiance rise above Northern Uttarakuru and heard an infant cry from within it.

Ch. 690Children and descendants (5.1k, today's installment delivered!)

Wang Ba’s incarnation Chonghua met Yu Wuhen after she gave birth to a daughter, Yu Yu, and agreed to become the child’s adopted father. At the Witch Tribe Capital, he discovered Wang Yi'an and Xuanwen had raised a large family and challenged their use of descendants to resist the Original Body’s plans, then took over as Witch Lord and announced a path for Sixth Tier Witch People to ascend.

  • Wang Ba sensed Yu Wuhen had delivered her child and sent his incarnation, Chonghua, toward Northern Uttarakuru after the True Martial Incarnation awakened.
  • Chonghua met Yu Wuhen and revealed he had reached the seventh tier through the Immortal Blood; after they clashed, Yu Wuhen offered to let their daughter choose her path and asked him to be her father.
  • Yu Wuhen named the baby girl Yu Yu and explained that she intended to raise her until adulthood before returning to her own path; Chonghua told her to bring the child to the Witch Tribe Capital.
  • At the Witch Tribe Capital, Chonghua found that Wang Yi'an, Xuanwen, and Yi had reached the Sixth Tier, and Wang Yi'an introduced more than twenty descendants as Chonghua’s grandchildren.
  • Wang Yi'an explained that he had spread his bloodline among the Witch People to oppose the Original Body’s plans, but Chonghua rebuked him and Xuanwen for treating descendants as a means to an end.
  • Chonghua took over as Witch Lord after Wang Yi'an, Xuanwen, and Yi left for the Daoist Grounds, then proclaimed that Sixth Tier Witch People could shatter the void and gain a chance to change their fate.

Ch. 691Leaving (7.2k, counts as two chapters combined; more words tomorrow, so there won't be a separate chapter update)

Chonghua reformed the Witch Tribe while Wang Yi'an returned to the Taiyi Daoist Grounds with Xuanwen and Yi, where Wang Ba sent Yi'an and Xuanwen to guard the True Spirits in the Senluo Underworld and assigned Yi to study combat techniques. Thirty years later, Yu Wuhen left to ascend, but she and Wang Ba discovered that no Ascension Tribulation appeared in the Sea of Boundary Turmoil.

  • Chonghua ordered the new True Martial Sutra spread throughout the Witch Tribe, opened the capital to fifth-tier practitioners, and began reorganizing the tribe with Yu Wuhen's help.
  • Wang Yi'an, Xuanwen, and Yi arrived at the Taiyi Daoist Grounds, where Bu Chan welcomed Xuanwen as her daughter-in-law and met her many grandchildren through their news.
  • Wang Ba praised Wang Yi'an and Yi for establishing the Twelve Capitals Grand Formation, then sent Wang Yi'an and Xuanwen to guard the True Spirits in the Senluo Underworld and told Yi to study combat techniques.
  • Wang Yi'an and Xuanwen visited Zhao Feng, who gave Xuanwen a gift before briefly displaying an unfamiliar, indifferent state that he dismissed as strain from cultivation.
  • Thirty years later, Yu Wuhen left her daughter Yu Yu with Chonghua and departed to ascend, but no Ascension Tribulation appeared when she released her power beyond the Little Cang Realm.
  • Wang Ba and Cang Fuzi realized that Yu Wuhen could not ascend from the Sea of Boundary Turmoil.

Ch. 692Out of Control (7.3k, today's installment delivered! Previous installments completed)

Wang Ba returned from seclusion to find that many cultivators in the Daoist Grounds, including Zhao Feng, had begun losing control of their Dao Domains, and he suspected the problem involved their Primordial Spirits. As he considered whether Hundred Ghosts Mountain had a way to remedy the condition, someone offered to make the trip there.

  • Wang Ba reassured the gathered cultivators that the Little Cang Realm could seek a foothold in the Sea of Boundary Turmoil by cultivating more Body Integration experts, while Yu Wuhen explained that her Primordial Spirit lagged behind her Dao Domain.
  • Yu Wuhen returned to the realm to keep Yu Yu company, while Chonghua prepared to leave Northern Uttarakuru and entrusted Yu Yu with governing the Witch Tribe.
  • Jiying woke Wang Ba from seclusion and reported that nearly thirty percent of the Daoist Grounds' Spirit Transformation and Void Refinement cultivators had lost control, including Zhao Feng, who had sealed himself inside Pure Yang Palace.
  • Wang Ba restored Zhao Feng's emotions by giving lotus seeds from the Lotus Maiden to his Primordial Spirit, then ruled out the sleeping Pink Rabbit as the cause of the outbreaks.
  • Jiang Yi and Yu Wuhen discussed the danger of spending too long beyond the boundary, and Wang Ba suspected that Primordial Spirit treasures had protected Yu Wuhen from further episodes.
  • Wang Ba reasoned that Hundred Ghosts Mountain might have survived the destruction of a world and possessed a way to repair Primordial Spirits, just as someone declared, “Let me make the trip.”

Ch. 693Coercion (6.4k, today's installment delivered!)

Chonghua left the Little Cang Realm with Fanming and Sakura Mother to seek Primal Chaos Source Substance and a way to address Dao Domain loss of control. As he headed toward a nearby faction instead of Hundred Ghosts Mountain, the Ghost Kings there learned that the Bird Daoist had appeared again.

  • Chonghua took Fanming, the Blood Qilin, and Sakura Mother out of the Little Cang Realm, while Wang Ba distributed lotus seeds and ordered cultivators to stop Dao Domain cultivation and focus on nurturing their Primordial Spirits.
  • Chonghua chose to approach a nearby faction first to learn more about the region before deciding whether to visit Hundred Ghosts Mountain, and an unseen speck of light appeared in the ruins after he departed.
  • Qiao Wensong and Ji Wujiao visited the five Ghost Kings to seek a copy of the Three Divine Corpse Method for Ji Wujiao, but the Ghost Kings said the Bird Daoist had stolen it.
  • Qiao Wensong offered Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid and warned the Ghost Kings about Red Heaven Palace, but they still refused to provide the method, and he left with Ji Wujiao.
  • A young disciple reported that the Bird Daoist had appeared again, stunning the five Ghost Kings and stopping Qiao Wensong and Ji Wujiao outside the hall.

Ch. 694Leave a way out (7k, today's installment is here!)

Chonghua reached Child Bug Valley while seeking directions to Hundred Ghosts Mountain, but Yun Qi and the other cultivators tried to capture him for Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid. Chonghua defeated them with his Blood Qi, while the Ghost Kings set out to intercept him near Red Heaven Palace.

  • Chonghua followed the map to a damaged ochre world domain and approached its inhabitants, who identified their home as Child Bug Valley.
  • Yun Qi welcomed Chonghua and offered to guide him, but Chonghua's questions revealed that the cultivators were concealing their intentions and wanted to seize him for Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid.
  • Chonghua resisted the cultivators' Dao Domains and defeated them with his Blood Qi after they attacked.
  • At Hundred Ghosts Mountain, Qiao Wensong protected a disciple who reported Chonghua was heading toward Red Heaven Palace, then left with Ji Wujiao.
  • The Ghost Kings ordered their forces to use a secret Teleportation Array and intercept Chonghua before he reached Red Heaven Palace.
  • Chonghua searched Child Bug Valley for its Dao Field as the five Ghost Kings emerged from the array and flew toward Red Heaven Palace.

Ch. 695Red Heaven Palace

Chonghua tore open and destroyed the false Red Heaven Realm, saving some of its people and forcing Yun Qi to reveal information about the Sea of Boundary Turmoil and the Jade Pot Realm. The Five Great Ghost Kings arrived seeking the Bird Daoist, only to find Chonghua waiting for them.

  • Chonghua exposed the Red Heaven Realm as a fabricated shelter, burned it, and rescued some Red Heaven Palace cultivators from the flames.
  • Yun Qi attacked Chonghua in despair, but Chonghua subdued him and threatened the survivors until Yun Qi answered his questions.
  • Yun Qi explained that the Jade Pot Realm was one of the Three Realms, described the Immortal Pass and Immortal Severance Land, and revealed why Red Heaven Palace had sought the Jade Pot Realm's support.
  • Chonghua asked about Boundary Sea Vortices, but Yun Qi did not recognize the term before five hostile Dao Domain fluctuations approached.
  • The Five Great Ghost Kings mistook Chonghua for a captive and rushed toward the Red Heaven Palace, then stopped when they saw the ruined realm and Chonghua confronting them.

Ch. 696Seizing by Force (7.3k, today's installment delivered!)

Chonghua confronted the Five Great Ghost Kings over Hundred Ghosts Mountain’s curse and betrayal, then demanded all of their Dao Fields. Qiao Wensong arrived and attacked after recognizing Chonghua’s golden double pupils, but Chonghua defeated him and returned with his head, leaving the Ghost Kings facing the demand again.

  • The Five Great Ghost Kings discovered that Chonghua had destroyed the Red Heaven Palace and tried to explain their actions, including the curse they had cast on him.
  • Ghost King Xicai gave Chonghua the Threefold Suffering Curse Technique, but Chonghua refused to accept it as sufficient compensation and demanded every Dao Field belonging to Hundred Ghosts Mountain.
  • Qiao Wensong arrived with Ji Wujiao, recognized Chonghua’s double pupils, attacked him, and then fled aboard the silver flying boat.
  • Fanming intercepted the flying boat, and Chonghua returned with Qiao Wensong’s head and the captured boat.
  • Chonghua resumed negotiations with Ghost King Tengmo, who began to answer that Hundred Ghosts Mountain could only pay its respects to the Mountain Lord.

Ch. 697Prelude (6.5k, today's installment delivered!)

Yun Zaitian left Changying Dao Master's guidance with a newly harmonized primordial spirit and Dao domain, while events at Red Heaven Palace and Hundred Ghosts Mountain drew the Jade Pot Realm into conflict. After Qiao Wensong's death, Yun Qi pledged the Red Heaven Palace's people and resources to Chonghua, who agreed to take them in.

  • Yun Zaitian learned that his strength ranked among the top hundred in the Sea of Boundary Turmoil, excluding the Three Realms and the Great Sea Market, and fought Zuo Wenlin to a draw.
  • Changying Dao Master told Zu Wenqiu that Qiao Wensong had died near Red Heaven Palace and Hundred Ghosts Mountain, then ordered Yun Zaitian to investigate.
  • Chonghua learned that the Red Heaven Palace's Palace Master would not return for another hundred-odd years and ordered Sheye to kill the prisoners when Yun Qi offered no information.
  • Yun Qi revealed that he knew the locations of Red Heaven Palace's Dao Fields and treasury, and proposed that his people join Chonghua's realm.
  • Chonghua accepted Yun Qi's offer, and Yun Qi presented a teleportation array leading to the Red Heaven Palace's forty-seven Dao Fields.
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