Recaps

Wang Ba and Zhao Feng entered the Exquisite Ghost Market’s second layer, where they learned about its vast network and mysterious backing. Wang Ba began trading Spirit Chicken Essence for resources he needed, while Zhao Feng went to search for supplies of his own.

• Wang Ba reunited with Liu Yaodong and waited for Zhao Feng to finish secluded cultivation.
• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng had Liu Yaodong guide them to the first layer, then used a Teleportation Array to reach the second layer.
• A beardless old man explained that the second layer connected twelve Ghost Markets and that even a Nascent Soul True Lord had once failed to overcome the market’s backing.
• Zhao Feng went to look for resources, and Wang Ba searched the stalls before deciding to trade Spirit Chicken Essence.
• Wang Ba paid to set up a stall near the palace and listed the cultivation methods, Spirit Fires, and soul techniques he wanted.

Wang Ba sold spirit cuisine at the Ghost Market, attended a Gold Core lecture that exposed the rapid expansion of the Myriad Gods Kingdom, and traded a basin of Spirit Chicken Essence for a soul-curse technique. He learned from the displaced Wei Kingdom cultivator Yang that only Great Yan and Great Jin might be able to stop the Incense Dao’s advance.

• Wang Ba sold Spirit Chicken Essence and cleared out his surplus law artifacts, talismans, pills, and other goods at the Ghost Market.
• Wang Ba attended True Person Yuji’s lecture, where Yuji promoted toxin-heavy pills and warned that the Myriad Gods Kingdom had destroyed Wei and might soon threaten Yan.
• Wang Ba realized the Myriad Gods Kingdom’s advance could reach Yan far sooner than Yuji predicted and returned to his stall after the lecture.
• Wang Ba traded a basin of Spirit Chicken Essence to a young cultivator for the Hundred-Life Soul-Defiling Curse and listened as the cultivator explained the technique.
• Wang Ba learned that the young cultivator was Yang, a displaced sect cultivator from Wei, and Yang said Great Yan and Great Jin had the best chance of stopping the Myriad Gods Kingdom.

Wang Ba learned that Great Yan and Great Jin might offer refuge amid the continent’s growing upheaval, then sold his Spirit Chicken Essence by displaying rare spirit beasts. He impressed Tang Ji with his beast-taming knowledge, and the chapter ended as cultivators hurried toward the palace for selection to the Ghost Market’s third floor.

• A young cultivator told Wang Ba that the Sect Master had advised them to flee to Great Yan or Great Jin, and Wang Ba remembered the two nations as possible refuges.
• Wang Ba displayed the Wu Ape King, Azurewater Spirit Turtle, Phoenix Feather Chicken Yi Two, and Black Feather Chicken Bing One, attracting customers and selling all his Spirit Chicken Essence.
• Tang Ji visited Wang Ba’s stall, identified the Wu Ape King’s origins, and offered him the first volume of the Beast Taming Scroll in exchange for learning about Wang Ba’s spirit beasts.
• Wang Ba explained the beasts’ origins and answered Tang Ji’s questions about breeding and training, impressing him with a method for teaching a Leopard-Patterned Giant Mountain Turtle metal-aspect spells.
• The nearby palace doors opened, and cultivators rushed toward it after hearing that selection for places on the Ghost Market’s third floor was about to begin.

Wang Ba tried to enter the Exquisite Ghost Market’s Third Layer but was turned away for lacking the required cultivation, then learned about its rare places and protection while waiting for Zhao Feng. After Tang Ji returned and urged him to try again, Wang Ba was left wondering why the advice might apply to him.

• Wang Ba joined the queue for the Third Layer, but the brocade-robed elder rejected him because he had not reached Foundation Establishment late stage, while Zhao Feng entered the palace.
• Wang Ba learned from a long-eared cultivator that the Third Layer offered valuable goods, travel, and protection, and that only a few Foundation Establishment cultivators usually gained entry.
• Wang Ba waited near the palace, hoping Zhao Feng would secure a place, and shared wine and beast-taming knowledge with Tang Ji.
• Tang Ji praised Wang Ba’s knowledge and suggested he try entering the Third Layer again, hinting that things might be different this time.

Tang Ji directed Wang Ba to the Hundred Questions Tower, where he chose the Dao of Beast Taming and passed the first floor by answering every question correctly. The elder began the second floor with a difficult question about helping a Wind Heron survive its lightning tribulation.

• Tang Ji told Wang Ba to ask the palace elder for entry to the Hundred Questions Tower, giving him a chance to earn a place on the Exquisite Ghost Market’s third layer.
• Wang Ba entered the palace, and the elder opened the way after learning Tang Ji had sent him.
• A young cultivator explained that the Hundred Questions Tower tested cultivation arts, while the Hundred Refinements Tower tested combat, and guided Wang Ba to the correct Teleportation Array.
• Wang Ba chose the Dao of Beast Taming and answered every first-floor question correctly by identifying problems in scenes shown on a water curtain.
• The elder announced that Wang Ba had passed the first floor and started the second with a question about reducing the lightning tribulation faced by a Wind Heron during a bloodline breakthrough.

Wang Ba failed the Hundred Questions Tower’s second floor because his knowledge of Third-Tier Spirit Beasts was uneven, but Tang Ji still recognized his Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and left him a gift. As the Ghost Market closed, Wang Ba learned Zhao Feng was preparing to form his core and received the Mixed Origin Two Extremes Art, a method for cultivating a second dantian.

• Wang Ba answered ten of ninety-six questions incorrectly on the Hundred Questions Tower’s second floor and failed to earn a slot.
• Tang Ji told the brocade-robed old man that Wang Ba had achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and would have suited Senior Brother Qi’s lineage.
• Wang Ba searched the Ghost Market for a Second Dantian method, gathered Spirit Beast supplies, and waited for Zhao Feng to emerge from the Hundred Refinements Tower.
• The brocade-robed old man told Wang Ba that Zhao Feng had gained resources and could soon prepare to form his core.
• The brocade-robed old man gave Wang Ba Tang Ji’s gift and relayed Tang Ji’s invitation to return after cultivating a Gold Core Spirit Beast.
• Wang Ba recognized the Jade Slip’s contents as the Mixed Origin Two Extremes Art, a cultivation method for a second dantian.

Wang Ba learned the Mixed Origin Two Extremes Art, discovered the Wu Ape King was cultivating on its own, and raised Jia Ten Five and Jia Ten Six to second-tier high grade. As he awaited their egg’s hatching, he received orders to join the front lines against the Incense Dao remnants and learned Cheng Shu had bred a supreme-grade Spirit Chicken.

• Wang Ba studied the Mixed Origin Two Extremes Art and chose to use a secondary Dantian to make up for his missing Spiritual Roots, while intending to use a modest vessel to conceal his Divine Soul.
• Wang Ba noticed the Wu Ape King refining Spiritual Qi and found that the eggs of Jia Ten Five’s favored Female Spirit Chicken contained life.
• Lin Xiwen realized that his offspring increased his lifespan, then secretly mated with more Female Spirit Chickens while Wang Ba watched.
• Wang Ba practiced the art on unfertilized eggs, then completed bloodline breakthroughs that raised Jia Ten Five and Jia Ten Six to second-tier high grade.
• Jia Ten Six laid eggs, and Wang Ba found one fertilized egg that he expected might hatch into a high-grade Spirit Chicken.
• Wang Ba received an order to join the front-line fight against the Incense Dao remnants within a month and learned Cheng Shu had bred a supreme-grade Spirit Chicken.

Wang Ba went to Xuli Market to buy second-tier Law Technique transcriptions before heading to the front lines against the Incense Dao. After seeing through Bao An’s attempt to fleece him, he revealed a powerful Spirit Chicken when Bao An threatened him, leaving the market steward stunned.

• Wang Ba learned that he would have to head to the front lines within a month and used the remaining time to plan how to strengthen his combat abilities.
• Wang Ba traveled to Xuli Market under the name Shen Fu, where chief steward Bao An insisted on accompanying him.
• Bao An led Wang Ba to Shopkeeper Lao’s bookshop and helped bargain the price of several Law Technique transcriptions down to five middle-grade Spirit Stones.
• Wang Ba declined to buy an expensive Jade Slip and paid for the transcriptions, exposing that he had seen through Bao An and Shopkeeper Lao’s scheme.
• Bao An accused Wang Ba of taking a second-tier Flying Law Artifact from the market and demanded the artifact or five hundred middle-grade Spirit Stones.
• Wang Ba released an icy second-tier high-grade Spirit Chicken, making Bao An panic as Wang Ba asked what he intended to do.

Wang Ba escaped Bao An’s attempt to extort him at Xuli Market and returned to Swordwave Garrison, where he practiced newly acquired Law Techniques and developed his Spirit Beasts. He cast the Hundred-Life Soul-Defiling Curse to protect his Divine Soul, then prepared to return to the Eastern Saint Garrison.

• Wang Ba summoned Jia Ten Five at the bookshop, forcing Bao An to abandon his demands and let him leave; Bao An then warned Shopkeeper Lao to keep quiet.
• Wang Ba returned to Swordwave Garrison and reflected on the confrontation, deciding that he still needed to join a major faction and abandoning his plan to visit Xuli Market again.
• Wang Ba mastered nearly twenty Law Techniques, while a newly hatched male Spirit Chicken reached second-tier supreme grade and the Spirit Turtle and Psychic Ghost Loach populations grew.
• Wang Ba sacrificed one hundred second-tier low-grade Psychic Ghost Loaches to cast the Hundred-Life Soul-Defiling Curse, which surrounded his Yin Spirit Mansion Temple with a sinister protective force.
• Wang Ba spent several days practicing with his Law Techniques, Law Artifacts, talismans, and Spirit Beasts before the day to return to the Eastern Saint Garrison arrived.

Wang Ba arrived at the Eastern Saint Garrison and reunited with Bu Chan, learning that Zheng Yuanhua had devastated the garrison’s defenders and that he and Bu Chan might soon be sent to the front. Worried for her safety, Wang Ba went to find Bai Yu for help and was summoned into Qian Dong Hall.

• At Swordwave Garrison, Bao Chao waited for Wang Ba before eventually leading the cultivators around him through the Teleportation Array without him.
• Wang Ba reached the Eastern Saint Garrison, found the Market crowded and grim, and hurried to the Chicken Farm to look for Bu Chan.
• Wang Ba reunited with Bu Chan, who explained that Zheng Yuanhua had killed many defenders and that Yan Yun had been ambushed and injured.
• Wang Ba discovered that Hundred-Fragrance Bee stings had badly wounded Bu Chan’s hands, while she continued collecting bee wax for him.
• Wang Ba decided to seek Bai Yu’s help in keeping Bu Chan from being sent to the front, but learned Bai Yu had been transferred to Qian Dong Hall.
• At Qian Dong Hall, Wang Ba was admitted after the Human Puppet guard announced that the master had ordered him inside.

Wang Ba faced Lu Yuansheng’s threat to kill him and offered his second-tier supreme-grade Spirit Chicken to prove his breeding talent. Lu Yuansheng agreed to exempt Wang Ba’s Qi Refining eighth-layer dao companion from the front and ordered Wang Ba to survive the conflict and breed a third-tier Spirit Chicken within nine years.

• Lu Yuansheng summoned Wang Ba and bluntly declared that he still wanted him dead, despite Wang Ba’s earlier usefulness.
• Wang Ba offered Lu Yuansheng a Spirit Beast Bag and appeared to obey an order to kill himself, but his Law Artifact protected him until Lu Yuansheng stopped him.
• Lu Yuansheng discovered Wang Ba had bred a second-tier supreme-grade Spirit Chicken and reconsidered killing him after Wang Ba claimed he could breed a third-tier one within ten years.
• After sending Bai Yu away, Lu Yuansheng refused to excuse Wang Ba from the front but agreed to exempt Wang Ba’s dao companion.
• Wang Ba promised to breed a third-tier Spirit Chicken within nine years, and Lu Yuansheng told him to survive the calamity and raise Spirit Chickens at the garrison.

Wang Ba returned to South Lake, learned he had been assigned to the front lines, and secretly tested whether Yin-Food Bug Offspring could conceal a Divine Soul from Spirit-Supporting Candles. He made progress on escaping the Heavenly Gate Sect, raised his spirit animals, and ended with orders sending him to Luolan Mountain.

• Wang Ba told Bu Chan he had to go to the front lines and left her supplies and equipment to support her work at South Lake.
• Wang Ba made Spirit-Supporting Candles and discovered that a Yin-Food Bug Offspring concealed its host's Divine Soul, potentially hiding it from a Spirit-Entrusting Token.
• Wang Ba considered the third-tier treasure and second dantian he needed to escape the Heavenly Gate Sect, then let Bu Chan name the young Mysterious Phoenix Glutinous Rice Ball.
• Wang Ba raised a new batch of Azurewater Spirit Turtles to second-tier middle grade and tested their strong physical defenses.
• The Heavenly Gate Sect ordered Wang Ba to go southeast to Luolan Mountain with twenty Qi Refining Realm cultivators to set up formations.

Wang Ba studied the cultivator rankings before receiving command of a twenty-person team assigned to establish a Formation near Luolan Mountain. After suppressing the team’s objections and agreeing to Hua Meng’s cautious route, he led them out of the Eastern Saint Garrison toward Incense Dao territory.

• Wang Ba examined the Combat Strength and Survival Rankings, finding himself ranked number three hundred and eighty-six, fifth from the bottom, on the Combat Strength Rankings.
• Yue Xiang assigned cultivators to Foundation Establishment leaders, and Wang Ba recognized Jiang Yi as Lin Yu’s former master and saw Zhu Ziji join the mission.
• Yue Xiang assigned Hua Meng and You Wanli to Wang Ba’s team and gave Wang Ba the mission details and Formation supplies.
• Wang Ba rejected the team’s requests to change missions, then accepted Hua Meng’s plan to conceal their tracks and avoid Incense Dao cultivators where possible.
• Wang Ba led the team out of the Eastern Saint Garrison, flying low toward the southeast along Hua Meng’s proposed route.

Wang Ba led a mission team through Incense Dao defenses toward Luolan Mountain, while You Wanli’s battlefield success undermined Wang Ba’s standing. After a hidden Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator killed You Wanli, Wang Ba killed the attacker with a rapid sequence of Law Techniques, then suspected the man was not an Incense Dao cultivator.

• Wang Ba’s team encountered three Incense Dao cultivators; You Wanli killed two, while Wang Ba captured and searched the third, learning that nearly ten thousand Yin God Lineage cultivators surrounded the encampment.
• Wang Ba shared the defensive deployment information with Hua Meng, and You Wanli led the team through gaps in the enemy defenses toward Luolan Mountain.
• When the team met three more Incense Dao cultivators, Wang Ba tested his chained Law Techniques against one, then killed him with a palm strike as You Wanli fought the other two.
• Near Luolan Mountain, You Wanli assigned the cultivators their duties and led the way, but a dark-gold saber suddenly beheaded him.
• Wang Ba intercepted the saber, located its hidden wielder with his Human-Skin Drum, and pursued the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator.
• Wang Ba overwhelmed the attacker with successive Law Techniques and hidden spirit-needle Law Artifacts, then suspected the dead man was not an Incense Dao cultivator.

Wang Ba killed a Mountain-Sea Sect cultivator, led the formation mission at Luolan Mountain, and hurried his group away when he sensed danger. On the return journey, he and Hua Meng discovered a massacre of Incense Dao and Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators, including Zhu Ziji.

• Wang Ba realized his opponent had relied on an exceptionally strong body, killed him with a barrage of Law Techniques, and identified him as a Mountain-Sea Sect cultivator from his Storage Ring.
• Wang Ba destroyed the corpse, asserted his authority over the Qi Refining cultivators, and had Hua Meng organize their journey to Luolan Mountain.
• Wang Ba and Hua Meng inspected the completed formation from Luolan Mountain's summit, spotted the nearby Mountain-Sea Sect, and left before five Mountain-Sea Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived searching for their missing comrade.
• Wang Ba led the group northwest, stopping briefly to rest as they traveled through an unexpectedly quiet stretch of Incense Dao territory.
• Wang Ba sensed something amiss ahead and stopped the group; he and Hua Meng found a mass of mutilated bodies, including Zhu Ziji.

Wang Ba found Zhu Ziji apparently dead, only for Zhu to revive and reveal that Li Canghai had ambushed him. Zhu forced Wang Ba and other Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators to join an attack on Li Canghai, and the chapter ended as an injured Incense Dao cultivator confronted Wang Ba.

• Wang Ba discovered Zhu Ziji's severed body, but Zhu revived and pieced himself back together, leaving a stubborn wound across his waist and abdomen.
• Zhu Ziji explained that Li Canghai had led an attack using a third-tier Law Technique and Law Artifact, and ordered Wang Ba to help him fight Li.
• Wang Ba accepted after Hua Meng explained that Incense Dao cultivators blocked the return route, and Zhu gathered nearly ten more Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Zhu led the group toward Li Canghai, while Wang Ba noticed several cultivators falling behind to avoid the front line.
• Li Canghai ordered the Incense Dao cultivators to attack as Zhu charged him and the Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators engaged their opponents.
• An injured, crimson Incense Dao cultivator shattered Wang Ba's protective radiance and declared that he would be Wang Ba's opponent.

Wang Ba fought the square-faced Incense Dao cultivator while quietly judging the battle, then revealed overwhelming hidden power as the Heavenly Gate Sect's fighters began to flee. As Li Canghai charged at him, Wang Ba released a concealed Sword Light, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Wang Ba used Iris Formless Needles to kill two Incense Dao cultivators attacking Hua Meng, then killed the one-eyed cultivator who had slain a gray-haired Heavenly Gate Sect elder.
• Li Canghai revealed the Faceless Divine Statue's power, wounded Zhu Ziji, and forced him to flee, prompting the Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators to scatter.
• Li Canghai's Yin Ghost killed a fleeing yellow-robed cultivator, while the man’s Talismans accidentally killed another Heavenly Gate Sect cultivator.
• Wang Ba unleashed a barrage of Law Techniques that destroyed the square-faced cultivator and took his Storage Ring.
• Li Canghai charged at Wang Ba, but Wang Ba released a concealed Sword Light toward Li Canghai's brow.

Wang Ba survived the clash with Li Canghai and escaped after the sword strike from Zhao Feng’s jade pendant failed to kill him. Hidden in a mountain ravine, he discovered an Incense Dao communication artifact and a technique that gave him a new idea for escaping the Chen Kingdom.

• Wang Ba’s sword strike pierced Li Canghai’s brow and shattered his defensive treasure, but Li Canghai survived using a vital-point relocation method and drove the Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators into retreat.
• Wang Ba fled after using Spirit Chicken Essence to recover Law Power, while Li Canghai, wary of another sword strike, stayed behind to attack the remaining Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators.
• Wang Ba hid in a secluded ravine and searched a captured Incense Dao cultivator’s Storage Ring for information that could help him find a route to safety.
• Wang Ba opened the Storage Ring and discovered an ear-shaped Law Artifact that let him hear Incense Dao cultivators’ real-time communications.
• Wang Ba found the Withering Soul-Seed Method and several soul seeds in black jars, then formed an idea after reading about how the technique temporarily enhanced a creature’s power.

Wang Ba learned that Central Ear had traced his Spirit Ear and was coming for him, so he rescued Hua Meng and two other Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators while fleeing. At Yutang Mountain, God Envoy Zheng identified Wang Ba as a dangerous target and revealed the Yin God Lineage’s plans to conquer the Chen Kingdom.

• Wang Ba discovered that his soul seeds were too weak for his higher-grade Spirit Beasts, then heard Incense Dao cultivators discuss danger near Bear-Tiger Mountain and Thousand Islets Lake.
• Central Ear recognized Wang Ba through Tianyi’s Spirit Ear, threatened to find him within three days, and Wang Ba crushed the artifact before deciding to flee.
• Wang Ba watched an Incense Dao cultivator slaughter the fleeing Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators, then used multiple Law Techniques to kill him and rescued Hua Meng and two others.
• At Yutang Mountain, God Envoy Zheng concluded that Wang Ba had killed Liu Yazi and was likely the swordsman who had wounded Li Canghai.
• God Envoy Zheng revealed that he had cultivated a Third-Tier Yin Ghost and that the Yin God Lineage intended to conquer the Chen Kingdom and expand across neighboring kingdoms.

Wang Ba led Hua Meng and two other Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators toward Thousand Islets Lake, fighting through Incense Dao blockades and collecting useful spoils along the way. As they reached the lake, he saw Incense Dao cultivators attacking rogue cultivators and recognized their bedraggled early Foundation Establishment leader.

• Wang Ba rejected routes through the southwest and chose Thousand Islets Lake as a refuge, then followed Hua Meng's planned route with his three companions.
• Wang Ba killed three early Foundation Establishment Incense Dao cultivators with a barrage of Law Techniques and found Divine Essence Dew and Yin Ghost jars in their Storage Bags.
• Wang Ba combined the Yin Ghosts into a second-tier low-grade soul seed, then defeated another Incense Dao group with Jia Ten Six's help and collected their Storage Bags.
• Hua Meng pointed out Thousand Islets Lake, where Wang Ba saw second-tier Incense Dao cultivators attacking a crowd of rogue cultivators.
• Wang Ba prepared to avoid the battle, but froze when he recognized the bedraggled early Foundation Establishment cultivator leading the rogue cultivators.

Shen Fu’s attempt to break through the Incense Dao blockade collapsed, leaving him trapped by four powerful enemies and apparently facing separation from Jiang Old Devil. A sudden Five-Element attack killed the Incense Dao cultivators, and Shen Fu recognized the person who arrived as his senior brother.

• Shen Fu led Rogue Cultivators in a third attempt to break through the Incense Dao blockade, but their formation collapsed when panicked fighters fled.
• Four Incense Dao cultivators cornered Shen Fu, and he detonated his magic sword to buy time to activate the Five-Demon Transporting Method.
• An Air-Sealing Talisman stopped Shen Fu’s escape, while Jiang Old Devil appeared to sacrifice himself and urged Shen Fu to rely on himself.
• Jiang Old Devil suddenly warned Shen Fu to raise his defensive Law Artifact as a silver-haired ape, two Spirit Chickens, and linked Five Elements Law Techniques struck the Incense Dao cultivators.
• The combined attack killed all four Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Incense Dao cultivators, and Shen Fu recognized the arriving figure as his senior brother.

Wang Ba reunited with Shen Fu, but Zheng Yuanhua arrived and attacked them by toppling a mountain and sending a third-tier Law Artifact after them. A powerful rogue cultivator intervened to claim Shen Fu as one of their own, while Wang Ba secretly prepared a counterattack against Zheng Yuanhua.

• Wang Ba reunited with Shen Fu and scolded him for recklessly charging the Incense Dao with rogue cultivators.
• Wang Ba sensed Zheng Yuanhua approaching and urged Shen Fu to flee toward Thousand Islets Lake, but Zheng Yuanhua toppled a mountain in their path.
• Wang Ba and Shen Fu used Azurewater Spirit Turtles and an exploding great cleaver to slow Zheng Yuanhua's Crescent Moon Law Artifact.
• Shen Fu claimed responsibility for using the Spirit Ear, and Zheng Yuanhua declared that neither he nor Wang Ba was useful to him.
• Fisherman arrived and asserted that Shen Fu was a Thousand Islets Lake rogue cultivator, forcing Zheng Yuanhua to let him go.
• Wang Ba prepared in secret as Zheng Yuanhua tried to command his Crescent Moon Law Artifact and discovered he could not control it.

Wang Ba fought Zheng Yuanhua after Zheng Yuanhua unleashed a third-tier Yin Ghost, but Wang Ba’s Spirit Chickens and beasts turned the battle against him. The chapter ended with the silver-haired ape awakening the Demon Ape Transformation and growing into a giant ape.

• Zheng Yuanhua tried to use a third-tier Yin Ghost against Wang Ba, but the Yin Ghost failed to harm him and retreated from him.
• Wang Ba sent out his Black Feather Chicken, which seized the third-tier Yin Ghost and began eating it, while his Spirit Turtle and silver-haired ape blocked Zheng Yuanhua.
• Zheng Yuanhua released dozens of second-tier Yin Ghosts and formed a formation around Wang Ba, but Wang Ba’s flock of Spirit Chickens attacked them.
• Zheng Yuanhua tried to stop the Black Feather Chicken with his Darkgold Awl, but the silver-haired ape repeatedly intercepted the weapon and endured its blows.
• The silver-haired ape grew into a thirty-foot giant ape, and Jiang Old Devil recognized its transformation as the Demon Ape Transformation, an innate minor Divine Ability of third-tier apes.

Wang Ba and his spirit beasts battled Zheng Yuanhua at Broken Peak, turning the fight around after the Black Feather Chicken destroyed the Yin Ghosts. Zheng Yuanhua escaped through a teleportation talisman, but the Wu Ape King tore off his arm and returned with it and its Storage Ring.

• The Wu Ape King awakened its Demon Ape Transformation, while Zheng Yuanhua unleashed Yin Soul Blood that empowered his Yin Ghosts and overwhelmed the black spirit chickens.
• Wang Ba attacked Zheng Yuanhua with a sequence of Five Elements Law Techniques, but Zheng Yuanhua endured the assault and believed Wang Ba was dead.
• Zheng Yuanhua tried to kill the black Spirit Chicken, but its feathers stopped his Darkgold Awl, and it swallowed the last of the Third-Tier Yin Ghost.
• The Black Feather Chicken cried out and destroyed the Yin Ghosts, grievously injuring Zheng Yuanhua by eradicating his Natal Yin Ghost.
• Wang Ba, the Wu Ape King, the giant python, and the Black Feather Chicken surrounded Zheng Yuanhua, but he began escaping with a talisman.
• The Wu Ape King charged into the vanishing ripples and tore off Zheng Yuanhua's arm before returning, badly injured, with the arm and its Storage Ring.

After surviving Zheng Yuanhua’s attack, Wang Ba treated the Wu Ape King and Bing Yi and arranged to trade Zheng Yuanhua’s Third-Tier Law Artifact to Wu Buping for an escort and meteoric flame red gold iron. As he and Shen Fu waited for Wu Buping to settle the lake’s waters, Shen Fu offered to handle Zheng Yuanhua’s Storage Ring.

• Wang Ba treated the badly wounded Wu Ape King and discovered that Bing Yi had reached second-tier supreme grade after eating the Third-Tier Yin Ghost, apparently without the expected fatal effects of its soul seed.
• Wang Ba reviewed how close the battle had been, then reunited with Shen Fu and learned more about Wu Buping, the Fisherman.
• Wu Buping asked about Zheng Yuanhua’s Third-Tier Law Artifact, and Wang Ba agreed to trade it in exchange for an escort toward the Heavenly Gate Sect’s garrison and Wu Buping’s meteoric flame red gold iron.
• Wang Ba and Wu Buping swore Heart Demon oaths, and Wu Buping returned to Thousand Islets Lake to regulate its rising waters while Wang Ba and Shen Fu waited in a nearby mountain.
• Wang Ba showed Zheng Yuanhua’s Storage Ring to Shen Fu, who said he could open it.