Chapter Summaries

Lin Boyue refused the gray-robed Well God Lineage cultivator’s offer to join him, but kept the incense he left behind. At Yan-Qiao Pass, Wang Ba’s Wu Ape King reached the third tier, earning Wang Ba a chance to join Tang Ji’s sect, while Tang Ji tried to arrange for Wang Ba’s teacher to come meet him.

• Lin Boyue rejected the gray-robed cultivator’s offer of Nascent Soul advancement and protection for Xuli Sect, then secretly stored the incense that could summon him.
• Wang Ba’s Wu Ape King fought Zhao Feng and displayed its strength, convincing Tang Ji that Wang Ba had raised a third-tier spirit beast.
• Tang Ji told Wang Ba he could enter the Third Layer of the Exquisite Ghost Market and might qualify to join Tang Ji’s sect, then advised him and Zhao Feng to remain at Yan-Qiao Pass while Tang Ji went to the Qiao Kingdom.
• Tang Ji contacted Senior Brother Qi about Wang Ba, but Qi dismissed the invitation; he then reached Senior Brother Yao, who had gotten lost in Great Chu while trying to reach Wang Ba.
• At the Clothing Auction, Wang Ba bought eight Third-Tier Spirit Beast Rings, and an auction attendant brought him his purchases.

Wang Ba raised Jia Ten Six and Jia Ten Five to the third tier and confirmed he could still control them with Yin Spirit Power. After learning that the Hybrid Chi Horse’s Essence Blood could supply the rare catalyst he needed, he began using it to refine Dao Soldiers from his Psychic Ghost Loaches.

• Wang Ba discovered the Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers Manual and learned that refining its soldiers required Essence Blood from a third-tier dragonkind spirit beast.
• Wang Ba took Jia Ten Six and Jia Ten Five out to undergo their tribulations; both survived and reached the third tier, while he confirmed Yin Spirit Power still controlled Jia Ten Five.
• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng met Princess Consort Li Xiangyun, who gave Wang Ba six drops of Hybrid Chi Horse Essence Blood in exchange for Spirit Chicken Essence.
• Yan Qing reported that the Myriad Gods Kingdom had seized territory in the Qiao Kingdom, driving prices sharply upward, and paid Wang Ba five hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones for Spirit Chicken Essence.
• Wang Ba poured three drops of Hybrid Chi Horse Essence Blood into his pool of Psychic Ghost Loaches to begin refining Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers.

Wang Ba refined Psychic Ghost Loaches into Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers and began training them as tensions mounted at Yan-Qiao Pass. At Spirit-Wheel Mountain, King You’s investigation revealed that the Myriad Gods Kingdom had engineered internal strife to conquer Wei and Xu, and Xiang Huang realized Yan Kingdom might be the next target; an Incense Dao force then prepared to attack Yan-Qiao Pass.

• Wang Ba used Hybrid Chi Horse essence blood and his own essence blood to transform Psychic Ghost Loaches into Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers, forming a connection that let him command their strength.
• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng sensed mounting tension at Yan-Qiao Pass as its defenses relied on the Five-Dragon Golden Lock Formation and other safeguards.
• King You gathered Nascent Soul True Lords at Spirit-Wheel Mountain to plan their response and investigate the sudden fall of Wei Kingdom and Xu Kingdom.
• King You and the assembled cultivators concluded that the Myriad Gods Kingdom had incited sect conflicts and internal strife to weaken both kingdoms before invading.
• Xiang Huang warned King You that Yan Kingdom might be in trouble, and a white-robed figure immediately left for it by Teleportation Array.
• An Incense Dao force led by Chimei gathered near Yan-Qiao Pass, and cultivator Nian entered the moonlight to infiltrate Yan Kingdom before the force prepared to attack.

Lin Boyue learned that Li Xiangyun had repelled an Incense Dao attack on Yan-Qiao Pass, then sent Zhuang Yi with supplies to demonstrate Xuli Sect’s support. During a renewed assault, Li Xiangyun used the Five-Dragon Golden Lock Formation to drive the attackers back, but an Incense Dao infiltrator secretly entered the pass through a well.

• Lin Boyue received word that Li Xiangyun had defeated five Incense Dao Fourth-Tier Cultivators at Yan-Qiao Pass and ordered Xuli Sect to send supplies.
• Zhuang Yi volunteered to accompany Qiao Yushan to the pass, and Lin Boyue agreed to send him despite his injuries.
• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng saw five Incense Dao Fourth-Tier Cultivators attack Yan-Qiao Pass while unrest spread among the cultivators inside.
• Li Xiangyun killed rebels stirring panic, then controlled the Five-Dragon Golden Lock Formation to fight the attackers and restrain Chimei.
• Li Xiangyun wounded the Incense Dao forces until Chimei ordered their retreat, and she then returned to Prince Gao’s Residence to recover.
• An ordinary-looking Incense Dao cultivator emerged from a well, revealing that they had slipped into Yan-Qiao Pass during the battle.

Li Xiangyun tried to secure Yan-Qiao Pass against the Incense Dao while Zhuang Yi was killed amid a scheme involving Qiao Yushan and Yan Qing. Lin Boyue accepted a gray-robed cultivator’s offer to help him reach Nascent Soul, and the chapter ended as an Incense Dao attacker challenged Princess Consort Gao.

• Li Xiangyun told Wang Ba and Zhao Feng to remain at Prince Gao’s Residence, where Wang Ba reunited with Wen Yong and gave him a token for emergencies.
• A gray-robed cultivator of the Well God Lineage trapped and killed a Gold Core cultivator at a teleportation array outside Yan-Qiao Pass, then let Zhuang Yi’s group enter the pass under Sealing Talismans.
• Yan Qing struck Zhuang Yi, whose sealed cultivation left him unable to defend himself; Qiao Yushan secretly worsened his injuries and destroyed his remnant soul before accusing Yan Qing.
• Li Xiangyun punished Yan Qing, honored Zhuang Yi after his death, and ordered guards to investigate suspicious objects that Incense Dao cultivators might use as hiding places.
• Lin Boyue mourned Zhuang Yi, summoned the gray-robed cultivator, and agreed to cooperate in exchange for help reaching Nascent Soul and preserving Xuli Sect’s cultivation resources.
• A cultivator warned Wang Ba and Zhao Feng about the Incense Dao, then flames erupted across Yan-Qiao Pass as a woman called on Princess Consort Gao to fight.

Lin Boyue secretly used blood from Danlong Gate and Xuli Sect disciples to corrupt a formation foundation at Yan-Qiao Pass, while the Well God Lineage abducted defenders and trapped the High King’s party in Bo City. The High King and Tang Ji uncovered the Incense Dao’s plan to surround Qiao Kingdom, and Tang Ji began forming a prepared teleportation array as the enemy closed in.

• Li Xiangyun fought Chimei above Yan-Qiao Pass while Lin Boyue led Xuli Sect disciples to seize Danlong Gate’s shop and capture its disciples.
• Lin Boyue had Qiao Yushan and the Xuli Sect disciples drain captives’ blood, then used the blood to corrupt a Five-Dragon Golden Lock Formation foundation; a Well God swallowed the Gold Core True Person who tried to stop him.
• The Well God Lineage silently abducted defenders at other formation foundations as Chimei endured Li Xiangyun’s attacks and waited for Yan-Qiao Pass’s formation to weaken.
• The High King and Tang Ji teleported to Bo City, found its population missing, and realized a Well God Lineage cultivator had replaced Lu Yichun and set a trap for them.
• Well God, Chipo Lineage, and Fire-Eating Lineage cultivators attacked the High King’s party, while the Well God revealed that Yu Jiang had defected and that the Incense Dao was surrounding Qiao Kingdom.
• The High King recognized the plan to wipe out Qiao Kingdom’s cultivators, and Tang Ji formed a teleportation array he had kept ready.

Li Xiangyun fought to defend Yan-Qiao Pass as Incense Dao infiltrators sabotaged its formation bases and opened a teleportation route for an invading force. The chapter ended with blood rain over the pass and the High King realizing that Li Xiangyun was still alive, while an unidentified well phantom faded away.

• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng stayed inside Prince Gao's Residence, sealed its formation, and waited for Tang Ji and the High King to return.
• Li Xiangyun discovered that Incense Dao infiltrators were sabotaging the formation; Lin Boyue contaminated auxiliary bases while a gray-robed Well God Lineage cultivator captured Gold Core cultivators.
• Li Xiangyun fought Chimei and tried to stop Lin Boyue, but the formation weakened as more bases shattered and the Dragon-Soaring Dao Soldiers suffered heavy losses.
• A teleportation array activated in central Yan-Qiao Pass, and nearly a thousand Incense Dao cultivators emerged to attack the city's weakened defenders.
• Tang Ji and the High King found their teleportation blocked by Divine Soul power, while the High King learned that Yan-Qiao Pass was being used as bait to isolate the Qiao Kingdom.
• Blood rain fell over Yan-Qiao Pass, and the High King confirmed that Li Xiangyun's Soul Lamp still burned as an unidentified well phantom faded in the distance.

Wang Ba killed Guan Min, a Fourth-Tier cultivator of the Well God Lineage, while the battle for Yan-Qiao Pass turned against the defenders. After the High King died and Tang Ji struggled to escape with her dying Nascent Soul, Wang Ba drew the Yin God Bow and aimed toward the sky.

• Guan Min trapped Wang Ba in his Well Body, but Wang Ba drained his lifespan, killing him and escaping with Zhao Feng as bloody rain fell.
• At Bo City, the High King and Tang Ji tried to reach Yan-Qiao Pass, but a Well God Lineage elder killed one of their companions with a divine relic.
• The High King was overwhelmed by the Fire-Eating Lineage's flames and died; Tang Ji rescued her dying Nascent Soul and rushed toward Yan-Qiao Pass.
• Lin Boyue drained Qiao Yushan's blood to strengthen the formation-breaking effort, while Wang Ba and Zhao Feng realized the pass was close to falling.
• Tang Ji was intercepted by Chimei and the enemy cultivators, and Wang Ba leaped onto a wall, formed a crimson bow, and aimed it at the sky.

Wang Ba used the Yin God Lineage’s Divine Relic to kill two Fourth-Tier cultivators, then fought alongside Li Xiangyun and Zhao Feng as the battle for Yan-Qiao Pass escalated. After Wang Ba’s forces helped defeat Lin Boyue and destroy several Incense Dao formation foundations, a powerful stranger arrived and asked where he could find Wang Ba.

• Wang Ba fired the Yin God Bow and killed Chimei and a Fire-Eating Lineage cultivator, giving Tang Ji a chance to attack the formation.
• Tang Ji drew the Incense Dao cultivators’ attention while Wang Ba and Zhao Feng tried to escape, but Third-Tier cultivators blocked their way.
• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng fought the Chipo Lineage cultivators, and Wang Ba’s Spirit Beasts helped Li Xiangyun’s forces survive as the battle spread across Yan-Qiao Pass.
• Li Xiangyun discovered that the Incense Dao was preparing to surround the Qiao Kingdom and attacked its shifting formation foundations while Wang Ba unleashed his Spirit Beasts.
• Wang Ba, Li Xiangyun, and the golden ape killed Lin Boyue, but the Five-Dragon Locking Gold Formation then broke and a Fourth-Tier Chipo Lineage cultivator attacked them.
• A bare-chested stranger crashed into the Chipo Lineage cultivator, then asked Wang Ba which person nearby was Wang Ba.

Yao Wudi arrived at Yan-Qiao Pass, revealed his overwhelming strength, and took Wang Ba as his disciple. After wiping out the Incense Dao cultivators, he refused King You’s request for help and departed with Wang Ba.

• Yao Wudi arrived at Yan-Qiao Pass and recognized Wang Ba, while Tang Ji called out to him as his senior brother.
• Yao Wudi stomped Chi Wan into the city wall, then offered to take Wang Ba as his disciple, and Wang Ba accepted.
• Yao Wudi shattered the Incense Dao’s Divine Relic and killed the Incense Dao cultivators, including Xue An, while Tang Ji escaped.
• King You recognized Yao Wudi and asked him to help the Qiao Kingdom, but Yao Wudi refused and Tang Ji also left.
• Wang Ba gathered storage artifacts from the battlefield and offered them to Yao Wudi as a tuition gift, and Yao Wudi took him away.

Wang Ba qualified to enter the Ghost Market’s Third Layer and join the Myriad Phenomena Sect, but refused an offer to change masters and remained Yao Wudi’s disciple. After checking on Bu Chan and Zhao Feng, Wang Ba heard that Yao Wudi and Tang Ji belonged to the Myriad Phenomena Sect.

• Uncle-Master Du praised Wang Ba’s spirit-beast talent and offered to recommend him to Qi Yan, but Wang Ba declined because he had already accepted Yao Wudi as his master.
• Du warned Wang Ba that Yao Wudi’s Myriad Laws Dao demanded vast time and resources, but Wang Ba reaffirmed his choice, valuing Yao Wudi’s regard and believing his own long lifespan would let him overcome those limits.
• Yao Wudi and Tang Ji took Wang Ba to see Zhao Feng recovering and Bu Chan receiving spiritual materials; the caretaker said Bu Chan would need about ten years to absorb them.
• Yao Wudi reassured Wang Ba that no one would bully him, and Tang Ji began explaining the sect after Wang Ba qualified to join.
• Yao Wudi revealed that he and Tang Ji belonged to the Myriad Phenomena Sect, one of Great Jin’s three foremost sects.

Yao Wudi explained the Myriad Phenomena Sect and his Myriad Laws Dao to Wang Ba, demonstrating how it absorbed and countered known techniques. Wang Ba learned he could not begin studying it until he passed the sect’s entrance assessment, which he would take after the sect’s teleportation route opened in about a year.

• Yao Wudi described the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s many cultivation lineages and introduced the Myriad Laws Dao, which sought to master and unify all arts.
• Tang Ji explained that cultivation arts arose from underlying essences, and Yao Wudi demonstrated how Mother Qi of Ten Thousand Arts could learn and counter a wood-attribute technique.
• Yao Wudi outlined the three stages of the Myriad Laws Dao and said he could not teach Wang Ba until Wang Ba formally joined the sect.
• Tang Ji advised Wang Ba to wait about a year for the third layer of the Exquisite Ghost Market and its teleportation array to open, and Yao Wudi agreed to guide his cultivation in the meantime.
• After Wang Ba left, Tang Ji asked whether Yao Wudi had detected an Incense Dao Divine Relic within him, but Yao Wudi said he was not concerned and trusted the sect’s screening.

Yao Wudi helped Wang Ba reforge a second dantian and gave him fourth-tier mystic fire alloyed gold iron. As the Ghost Market Third Layer opened, Wang Ba learned that the Incense Dao had been pushed back and prepared to return to the Myriad Phenomena Sect with Yao Wudi and Tang Ji.

• Yao Wudi gave Wang Ba a Jade Slip containing the Mixed Origin Two Extremes Art and explained that he needed to complete the five elements for the Myriad Laws Dao.
• Wang Ba produced mystic fire alloyed gold iron, and Yao Wudi retrieved a large supply from Tang Ji before refining half into a dense iron ball for Wang Ba's second dantian.
• Wang Ba spent half a month reforging his second dantian and began filling it with Spirit Chicken Essence.
• Xumi arrived with Tang Ji, gave Zhao Feng a Śarīra to aid his recovery, and took him back to the West Sea Kingdom, where three continents were attacking and Spirit Transformation cultivators were involved.
• Tang Ji told Wang Ba that the Incense Dao had been driven beyond Throat-Strangling Pass after Xumi killed eight Fourth-Tier Cultivators, then gave him a token for the Ghost Market Third Layer.
• Tang Ji opened the Teleportation Array, and Wang Ba set out with Yao Wudi and Tang Ji to return to the Myriad Phenomena Sect.

Wang Ba arrived at the Ghost Market Third Layer with Yao Wudi and learned about the Myriad Phenomena Sect assessment and the enormous cost of his master's cultivation. As they entered the sect assessment, Yao Wudi's old rivalries caught up with Wang Ba when the welcoming Deputy Hall Master turned out to be one of the people his master had named.

• Wang Ba saw that the Ghost Market Third Layer was a heavenly street filled mostly with Gold Core cultivators and followed Yao Wudi toward the sect assessment.
• Yao Wudi spent nearly ten thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones on spirit materials and told Wang Ba that his costly cultivation supported his hope of ascending to the Upper Realm.
• Wang Ba met Qi Yan, who had recruited Mo Qi, a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator with an exceptional talent for Beast Taming.
• Yao Wudi warned Wang Ba to keep a low profile in the sect because he had fought many junior brothers, then listed more than twenty of them, including Luo Yuzhong.
• Wang Ba entered the sect assessment and froze when Luo Yuzhong introduced himself as the Deputy Hall Master of the Human Virtue Hall.

Wang Ba arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s admission assessment, where a Spirit Mirage tested candidates’ Dao hearts and exposed a hidden heretic. After Jiang Yi received an exceptional appointment as a protector, Elder Du Wei arrived and revealed that he had come for a young man shown in the assessment’s water screen.

• Wang Ba met Mo Qi, who rebuked anxious candidates for doubting themselves, and the two exchanged courteous greetings.
• Deputy hall masters Song Dongyang and Guan Ao arrived to scout candidates, while Hall Master Fei appeared to observe Jiang Yi, the pioneer of the Fur Dao.
• Luo Yuzhong began the Spirit Mirage assessment, which judged candidates’ resolve and uncovered a disguised heretic, whom he sent to Lesser Yin Mountain.
• Only eight Gold Core candidates passed, and Jiang Yi earned a Grade A Upper assessment and a personal appointment as Lesser Yang Mountain Protector.
• Elder Du Wei arrived at Hall Master Fei’s concealed hall and pointed to a young man in the water screen, leaving Qi Yan stunned.

Wang Ba passed the Sect Entrance Assessment after the Spirit Mirage revealed his steadfast Dao heart, exceptional beast-breeding talent, and a connection to an Incense Dao relic. Hall Master Fei upheld Wang Wudi’s claim to him as a disciple, and Wang Ba was appointed a deacon in the Spirit Cuisine Department, while Mo Qi was told to wait for news.

• Wang Ba entered the Spirit Mirage Heart-Questioning Formation and relived scenes from his past, including raising Spirit Chickens and Spirit Turtles, studying Beast Taming, and surviving the destruction of his former sect.
• Du Wei revealed that he had come for Wang Ba, prompting Yao Wudi to protest that Wang Ba was his disciple; the observers watched Wang Ba’s memories and discovered his talent for breeding Spirit Beasts, including a Third-Tier ape with a Minor Divine Ability.
• The Spirit Mirage showed Wang Ba using an Incense Dao Divine Relic to save Tang Ji, but Hall Master Fei determined that Wang Ba had not been corrupted by a False God and accepted the formation’s high assessment of his potential.
• Hall Master Fei ruled that Wang Ba should remain Yao Wudi’s disciple and instructed Yao Wudi not to hinder his Beast Taming studies; Du Wei agreed to let Wang Ba visit Beast Peak for instruction.
• Hall Master Fei assigned Wang Ba to the Spirit Cuisine Department under the Wood Office of Earthly Treasures Hall, and Wang Ba emerged from the formation to learn he had passed and been appointed a deacon.
• Mo Qi watched Wang Ba leave with the escort, then asked about his own result; the Human Virtue Hall protector told him to go back and wait for word.

Wang Ba entered the Myriad Phenomena Sect and learned about its peaks, hierarchy, merit system, and his post in the Spirit Cuisine Department. At the Patriarch Ancestral Shrine, the doors opened and something triggered a sudden terror in his Spiritual Platform Temple and the black layer of the Hundred-Life Soul-Defiling Curse.

• A Human Virtue Hall deacon escorted Wang Ba beyond the Terrace, where he encountered the dense Spiritual Qi and vast Ten Thousand Peaks of the Myriad Phenomena Sect.
• The deacon showed Wang Ba Myriad Laws Peak and explained the sect's merit points, hierarchy, and governing halls and offices.
• Wang Ba learned that he had been assigned to the Spirit Cuisine Department of the Wood Office and suspected Yao Wudi had arranged his favorable post.
• The deacon led Wang Ba toward the Patriarch Ancestral Shrine, where Wang Ba passed Jiang Yi as she descended from the temple.
• The shrine doors opened, and Wang Ba sensed terror from his Spiritual Platform Temple and the black substance of the Hundred-Life Soul-Defiling Curse.

Wang Ba officially joined the Myriad Phenomena Sect and was assigned to the Spirit Cuisine Department, where he met the drunken Deputy Department Head He. After He discovered Wang Ba’s identity token and learned his master was Yao Wudi of Myriad Laws Peak, he reacted with shock.

• Wang Ba entered the Patriarch Ancestral Shrine, where his Yin Spirit Power, black substance, Dantian, and Law Power fell still until he left.
• Wang Ba kowtowed before the ancestral tablets and officially joined the Myriad Phenomena Sect.
• Zhang Bao guided Wang Ba to the Spirit Cuisine Department, where they searched for Department Head Cui and found Deputy Department Head He drinking wine.
• He shared his Spirit Wine with Wang Ba, who found that its effects acted on the divine soul and that its flavor was exceptional.
• He examined Wang Ba’s identity token, learned he was a deacon with Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and a Gold Core-level Divine Soul, then heard Zhang Bao say Wang Ba’s master was Yao Wudi of Myriad Laws Peak.

Wang Ba joined the Spirit Cuisine Department despite Vice Minister He’s grudge against his master, Yao Wudi, and impressed its members with his skill at processing a Fourth Tier savage beast. After safely extracting two hidden venom sacs, he suddenly passed out as wine fragrance rose from his body.

• Vice Minister He tried to reject Wang Ba because he was Yao Wudi’s disciple, but Minister Cui Daqi defused the conflict and welcomed Wang Ba into the department.
• Cui Daqi brought Wang Ba to help process a Fourth Tier Turtle-Tailed Sparrow, where Wang Ba observed the cultivators’ techniques and offered useful corrections.
• Wang Ba noticed that He the Drunkard was about to cut into a hidden venom sac and warned him before it could rupture.
• With He the Drunkard’s Law Artifact, Wang Ba skillfully uncovered and removed two intact venom sacs, astonishing the gathered cultivators.
• Wang Ba suddenly lost consciousness as wine fragrance rose from his body, and He the Drunkard poured more Drunken Immortal Brew into his mouth while Cui Daqi watched approvingly.

After officially becoming Yao Wudi’s disciple, Wang Ba learned that the Myriad Laws Unitary Intent Art required him to cultivate and unify methods tied to the five elements. He settled Bu Chan on Myriad Laws Peak, returned to the Spirit Cuisine Department to learn its techniques, and discovered that the Azure Emperor Seed-God Mantra cost five thousand Merit Points.

• Wang Ba woke after sleeping for over a month from He the Drunkard’s Drunken Immortal Brew, which advanced his Second Dantian to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Yao Wudi formally registered Wang Ba with the Human Virtue Hall, accepted him as his sect-recognized disciple, and passed on the Myriad Laws Unitary Intent Art.
• Yao Wudi explained that Wang Ba should cultivate methods for each of the five elements and unify them through the Myriad Laws Unitary Intent Art.
• Wang Ba and Bu Chan repaired the houses on Myriad Laws Peak, opened Spirit Fields, and planted Spirit Plants and released Spirit Beasts.
• Wang Ba returned to the Spirit Cuisine Department, where Steward Kong taught him to refine Fruit Pulp Rice Essence and the other cultivators welcomed him warmly.
• Wang Ba visited Lesser Yang Mountain to inquire about the Azure Emperor Seed-God Mantra and learned that it cost five thousand Merit Points.