Chapter Summaries

Wang Ba prepared to accompany Song Dongyang to the Chen Kingdom, receiving spirit beasts, supplies, and warnings from allies and family. As he departed, the sect appointed Xun Fujun acting sect master and assigned Hu Zaixi to investigate the disappearances in the Sen Kingdom.

• Song Dongyang ordered Wang Ba to accompany him to the Chen Kingdom and asked him to bring capable cultivators.
• Cui Daqi gave Wang Ba nearly a hundred portions of fourth-tier Spirit Cuisine, while Qi Yan returned Dafu and the White Tiger and warned him about the tiger's dangerous savagery.
• Hu Zaixi and Ling Weizi gave Wang Ba protective treasures and urged him to be cautious on his journey.
• Wang Ba gathered Tao Ruyi, Zhou Lue, and the others for the trip, then agreed to let Wang Yi'an stay with him while Zhao Feng went to the West Sea Kingdom.
• Wang Ba comforted Bu Chan before leaving for the Earthly Treasures Hall, where Song Dongyang's Voice Transmission Talisman summoned him the next morning.
• Xun Fujun assumed the role of Acting Sect Master, dispatched Chi Liequan to the Blood Calamity in the Li Kingdom, and assigned Hu Zaixi to investigate disappearances in the Sen Kingdom; after teleporting, Wang Ba heard someone recognize him.

Wang Ba returned to the Chen Kingdom with Song Dongyang’s group and reunited with Tang Ji at the Ghost Market. Song Dongyang set out to search for Great Qi refugees, leaving Wang Ba in charge of the Earthly Treasures Hall’s affairs there, and Wang Ba recognized Wen Yong while reviewing the Ghost Market’s accounts.

• Wang Ba recognized Tang Ji at the Ghost Market Third Layer, then traveled with the group through the Ghost Market to the Chen Kingdom.
• Tang Ji brought the group to Jade Emperor Peak and explained that Great Qi refugees might flee through kingdoms controlled by the Myriad Gods Kingdom.
• Song Dongyang decided to search the four occupied kingdoms for the refugees, taking seven Protectors and leaving Wang Ba in charge while he was away.
• Tang Ji learned that Wang Ba had become the Earthly Treasures Hall’s Right Protector and took him to review the Ghost Market’s accounts.
• Wang Ba saw Shang Li and recognized the white-haired cultivator who brought the accounts as Wen Yong.

Wang Ba learned that Song Dongyang had gone deeper into the Qiao Kingdom to rescue descendants of the Great Qi Imperial Clan, while the Myriad Phenomena Sect remained slow to send reinforcements. Meanwhile, Yao Wudi emerged from seclusion as a Spirit Transformation cultivator, learned that Xun Fujun was managing the sect, and met Wang Ba’s son before discovering Wang Ba had gone to the Chen Kingdom.

• Wen Yong told Wang Ba how a Command Token Wang Ba had given him saved his life, and learned that Wang Ba’s Gold Core could be considered first-grade.
• Wang Ba explained to Zhou Lue that the Exquisite Ghost Markets gathered talent and resources for the Tribulation-Crossing Treasure Raft, then realized the sect’s preparations had begun nearly two hundred years earlier.
• Tang Ji told Wang Ba that Song Dongyang and Protector Bao had lost contact near the Song-Qiao border; Protector Bao later returned with Great Qi refugees and explained that Song Dongyang had gone farther into the Qiao Kingdom to find other fleeing groups carrying treasures.
• Yao Wudi emerged from seclusion, fought Xun Fujun after learning he was managing the sect, and was told to go command the Chen Kingdom forces.
• Yao Wudi met Wang Yi'an, offered to teach him the Myriad Law Sword Dao, and learned that Wang Ba had gone to the Chen Kingdom.

Wang Ba helped Tang Ji and Protector Jiang ambush four Mountain Ogre Lineage cultivators, then proposed secretly killing them in a Great Yan vassal state to divert suspicion from their rescue efforts. The group prepared to delay the Myriad Gods Kingdom while hoping Song Dongyang returned soon, and the chapter ended with a muscular stranger arriving at the Myriad Phenomena Sect to treat Little Ma’s illness.

• Wang Ba crossed into the depopulated Song Kingdom and joined Tang Ji, Protector Jiang, and several fleeing Great Qi cultivators as four Myriad Gods Kingdom pursuers closed in.
• Wang Ba urged Tang Ji and Protector Jiang to fight the pursuers so they could prevent news of the Great Qi rescue from reaching the Myriad Gods Kingdom.
• Tang Ji and Protector Jiang trapped the four Mountain Ogre Lineage cultivators, and Wang Ba’s Fourth-Tier spirit beast stopped the tiger-patterned cultivator from escaping the formation.
• Wang Ba persuaded Tang Ji to keep the captives unconscious and send them toward the Xiang Kingdom, where Heavenly Thunder Seeds would kill them and implicate the Primordial Demon Sect.
• Protector Jiang reported that Song Dongyang had not found the Great Qi Imperial Clan, and Wang Ba worried that the rescue party might not return soon.
• A muscular, bare-chested man arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s Spirit Plant Department and called for Little Ma, saying he had come to treat his illness.

Yao Wudi learned that Wang Ba had become a prominent Earthly Treasures Hall official through his own efforts, while Wang Ba and Tang Ji prepared for Song Dongyang’s possible return from the Myriad Gods Kingdom. After Song Dongyang reported that more than thirty Nascent Soul cultivators had discovered him near the Shi-Lao border, Wang Ba’s deductions proved accurate, and the group faced an urgent rescue crisis.

• Yao Wudi visited Ma Shengxu, learned Wang Ba’s spirit cuisine had cured him, and discovered Wang Ba had become the Right Protector of the Earthly Treasures Hall and deputy minister of two departments.
• Wang Ba and Tang Ji arranged defenses in the Chen and Song Kingdoms in case the Myriad Gods Kingdom pursued Song Dongyang.
• Xi Wushang joined the Human Virtue Hall’s recruitment effort, and Wang Ba learned he was still waiting to attempt the Nascent Soul tribulation again.
• Tang Ji received Song Dongyang’s request for Spirit Transformation assistance, and Wang Ba reasoned that Song was likely surrounded by Nascent Soul cultivators near the Lao Kingdom.
• Song Dongyang sent a new message confirming that more than thirty Nascent Soul cultivators had discovered his group near the Shi-Lao border.

Wang Ba ordered Song Dongyang to slow down and conceal his group while Tang Ji led reinforcements toward the teleportation array. The plan drew the pursuing Myriad Gods Kingdom cultivators back toward a clash in the Yan Kingdom, where Shen Fu was left alone after another Holy Son disappeared.

• Wang Ba correctly identified the incoming danger, but Song Dongyang refused to abandon the Great Qi cultivators he was escorting.
• Wang Ba told Song Dongyang to slow down and hide his strength, then set out with Tang Ji toward the Song Kingdom teleportation array.
• In the Yan Kingdom, Ou tried to humiliate Shen Fu by making him reenact the deaths of the First and Seventh Holy Sons, while Ou's group captured four unconscious Nascent Soul cultivators and their puppet.
• Song Dongyang followed Wang Ba's advice and slowed down, allowing Myriad Gods Kingdom pursuers to pass as blood rain revealed deaths in the Yan Kingdom and drew many pursuers away.
• The Primordial Demon Sect figures fleeing the Yan Kingdom were confronted by Myriad Gods Kingdom cultivators, while Song Dongyang realized Wang Ba's plan had reduced the danger to his group.
• Shen Fu found the Auspicious Cloud Palace deserted and wondered how another Holy Son had vanished.

Shen Fu survived the deaths of three Primordial Demon Sect Holy Sons and was pressured to blame the Myriad Gods Kingdom, while Tang Ji and Wang Ba’s rescue operation brought Song Dongyang and the Great Qi survivors to safety. The rescue reached Wang Ba’s teleportation array, but Protector Ke returned carrying Protector Yan’s severed head.

• The Eerie Voice warned Shen Fu that the Primordial Demon Sect would suspect him after three Holy Sons died, and Shen Fu told Elder Qin that Myriad Gods Kingdom cultivators had attacked.
• Tang Ji and Wang Ba learned that the Myriad Gods Kingdom’s forces had withdrawn from the Lao Kingdom, while Song Dongyang’s group faced an encirclement as they escorted Great Qi survivors toward Tiger Head Pass.
• Song Dongyang killed two Flying Head Lineage cultivators with starlight and held off the attackers until Tang Ji arrived with Myriad Phenomena Sect reinforcements.
• Wang Ba set up the teleportation array and protected the Great Qi survivors when three Mountain Ogre Lineage cultivators appeared, with Dafu killing all three.
• Tang Ji and Song Dongyang arrived at the array, but Protector Ke later appeared holding Protector Yan’s severed head.

Song Dongyang and the Myriad Phenomena Sect cultivators were overwhelmed by an Infant God, while Wang Ba’s allies tried to get them to safety in Chen Kingdom. The survivors faced a new threat when the giant Shanxiao appeared before them.

• Possessed by an Infant God, Protector Ke repelled Song Dongyang’s attacks, but Wang Ba’s formation and Tang Ji’s Heavenly Thunder Seeds charred his body as the group fled toward Chen Kingdom.
• The Infant God emerged from Protector Ke’s body and began pulling the fleeing cultivators back, demanding the Secret Realm.
• Protector Bao and Shang Li reached the Ghost Market Third Layer, where a Spirit Transformation cultivator arrived through the Teleportation Array.
• The Infant God possessed and killed Protector Jiang, but Wang Ba’s Mixed-Blood White Tiger struck it with its tail and fought it fiercely while the others escaped.
• A massive rock killed a fleeing Nascent Soul cultivator, and the giant Shanxiao descended before Wang Ba, Song Dongyang, and the others, declaring that they were courting death.

Wang Ba used his Nine Palaces technique to rescue Song Dongyang and Tang Ji from the Mountain Ogre God's assault, but the strain left him badly injured. After Yao Wudi arrived at Jade Emperor Peak, Wang Ba offered to take his master back to Song Kingdom, where the Mountain Ogre God was waiting for him.

• The Mountain Ogre God killed several Nascent Soul cultivators, and Song Dongyang prepared to detonate the Star Water Fou to buy Wang Ba time to escape.
• Wang Ba used a Nine Palaces Mark and a Jade Pendant to transport Song Dongyang to Jade Emperor Peak, while Tang Ji realized the stones avoided the Great Qi cultivators and warned the others to shelter beside them.
• Wang Ba rescued Tang Ji from the Mountain Ogre God's palm, then appeared at Jade Emperor Peak with Li Yingfu, badly wounded from transporting several people.
• Yao Wudi arrived at Jade Emperor Peak, learned that the Mountain Ogre God was attacking the others, and agreed to let Wang Ba take him there.
• The Mountain Ogre God sensed Wang Ba's return and was startled when Wang Ba appeared alongside Yao Wudi.

Yao Wudi rescued Wang Ba and the besieged cultivators, killed the Mountain Ogre God despite Senior Brother Pang’s warning, and explained Spirit Transformation and Gold Core cultivation to Wang Ba. After the Myriad Gods Kingdom demoted the Mountain Ogre God and discussed plans to expand against Great Yan, news arrived that Great Yan and the kingdom had begun fighting.

• Yao Wudi shielded Wang Ba and the other cultivators from the Mountain Ogre God, seized the god, and killed it and the Infant God after Senior Brother Pang asked him to spare it.
• Wang Ba treated the wounded Mixed-Blood White Tiger, and Yao Wudi explained Dao Domains and advised him about incorporating wind Law Power into his Gold Core.
• The Mountain Ogre God returned as a fourth-rank divine seed and learned that the Myriad Gods Kingdom planned to target Great Yan while preparing to expand elsewhere.
• Song Dongyang and Tang Ji told Yao Wudi that Great Qi’s treasures and nearly ten million mortals were hidden in a secret realm controlled by Chao Yunwen, but Wang Ba and the others urged Yao Wudi not to rush into Great Qi.
• Tang Ji received word that the Myriad Gods Kingdom and three Primordial Demon Sect Holy Sons had died in the Yan Kingdom, negotiations with Qin Ya had failed, and Liang Qiu Yu was coming; Yao Wudi eagerly welcomed news of the conflict.

Yao Wudi set off for Great Qi’s capital to pursue the sect’s secret realm, while Wang Ba helped inventory Great Qi’s treasures and selected resources for his cultivation and spirit beasts. In Fengcheng, Liang Qiu Yu forced the Black Bear God to reveal that Great Qi’s Imperial Clan members had been sent to Yujiang City.

• Wang Ba and Tang Ji suspected the fighting between the Myriad Gods Kingdom and the Primordial Demon Sect might be connected to Tang Ji’s Heavenly Thunder Seeds, but could not explain the coincidence.
• Yao Wudi announced that he would go to Great Qi’s capital to reclaim the secret realm, then took a Great Qi cultivator along to help him find his way.
• Song Dongyang assigned Tang Ji to strengthen defenses along the Chen Kingdom border and oversaw the inventory of Great Qi’s accumulated treasures.
• Song Dongyang told Wang Ba to take suitable items, and Wang Ba selected cultivation resources, a profound-ice spirit marrow cushion, and six Divine Void Beasts.
• In Fengcheng, Liang Qiu Yu defeated and threatened the Black Bear God until it revealed that Great Qi’s Imperial Clan members had been sent to Yujiang City.

Wang Ba watched the Wu Ape King defeat Dafu and reveal a powerful golden transformation before worrying about the group sent to the Song Kingdom. In the Yan Kingdom, Liang Qiu Yu arrived and ordered the Primordial Demon Sect to blame Great Jin rather than fight the Myriad Gods Kingdom, while Yao Wudi followed the Black Bear God through a Teleportation Array and froze at what he found.

• Song Dongyang watched Dafu attack the Wu Ape King, who used the Six-Armed Transformation to overpower him.
• Dafu unleashed a gray light at the Wu Ape King, who turned golden and made the attack vanish before shrinking back, astonishing Wang Ba and Song Dongyang.
• Wang Ba scolded Dafu after Song Dongyang left, then worried that the group sent to the Song Kingdom had been gone nearly ten days.
• Liang Qiu Yu arrived in the Yan Kingdom, reproached Shen Fu in public, and privately explained that he had only done so to redirect suspicion.
• Liang Qiu Yu told Qin Ya to blame Great Jin for the conflict and let the Myriad Gods Kingdom continue its conquests rather than start a war.
• Yao Wudi captured the people gathered near a Teleportation Array, followed the Black Bear God's directions, and arrived at an unfamiliar place where he froze at the sight before him.

Yao Wudi disguised himself as Liang Qiu Yu, seized Great Qi’s Secret Realms and hundreds of millions of people, and killed the Black Bear God before confronting the Myriad Gods Kingdom’s forces at Luojue Pass. After an ambush interrupted his negotiations with the Black Candle God, Yao Wudi returned to Wang Ba with a Secret Realm and a scroll for him.

• Yao Wudi used the Black Bear God’s authority to locate Chao Yunwen and Chao Kangzheng, then took both of their Secret Realms.
• Yao Wudi captured nearly a thousand Incense Dao cultivators and transferred the crowds of mortals at the Human Sacrifice Wheel into the Secret Realms.
• Yao Wudi killed the Black Bear God, who revived and reported him to the Mother God, prompting her to order an investigation.
• Liang Qiu Yu proposed an alliance to the Evil Gods at Luojue Pass, but two vessel-like Evil Gods exploded beside him after the Black Candle God blinded him.
• Yao Wudi returned to Jade Emperor Peak, gave Song Dongyang a Secret Realm, and brought Wang Ba aside with a scroll for him.

Liang Qiu Yu discovered that the Myriad Gods Kingdom had cursed him with a lifespan-draining millipede and fled, allowing its Evil Gods to invade the Yan Kingdom. Meanwhile, Wang Ba received a secret realm from Yao Wudi, claimed two Law Treasures, and learned of an Ancient Dao Opportunity in the Sen Kingdom as the Myriad Gods Kingdom’s offensive threatened to widen.

• Liang Qiu Yu concealed the millipede curse from Shen Fu, then realized it was consuming his lifespan and left the Yan Kingdom for the Sect.
• Black Candle God and the other Evil Gods learned that Liang Qiu Yu had fled and launched an invasion of the Yan Kingdom to seize its population.
• Yao Wudi gave Wang Ba a Scroll Painting Secret Realm containing mortals, Great Qi survivors, cultivation resources, and materials for the Wu Ape King’s ascension.
• Wang Ba subdued the Zen Shadow Robe with Bing-Ding Fire, accepted the cooperative Divine Light Shuttle, and began planning how to manage the secret realm’s inhabitants.
• Yao Wudi told Wang Ba that the Myriad Gods Kingdom had overrun more than half the Yan Kingdom, then took him to Jade Emperor Peak, where Song Dongyang reported an Ancient Dao Opportunity in the Sen Kingdom.

Yao Wudi confronted three powerful Evil Gods from the Myriad Gods Kingdom and rejected their attempt to claim Song Kingdom, while Song Dongyang and Tang Ji left to pursue an Ancient Dao Opportunity in Sen Kingdom. Wang Ba stayed behind to manage the three hundred million people Yao Wudi had rescued, and after arranging grain and supplies for them, he found an unfamiliar force strengthening his Yin God Divine Statue.

• Song Dongyang told Yao Wudi, Tang Ji, and Wang Ba that an Ancient Dao Opportunity had appeared in the Three Great Perilous Grounds in Sen Kingdom, and Yao Wudi gave Song Dongyang and Tang Ji permission to go seek it.
• Three Evil Gods led by Zhan Sha arrived at the border and proposed dividing the territory between Chen and Song; Yao Wudi rejected the proposal, and the sides made an oath after he demonstrated his strength.
• Song Dongyang and Tang Ji left for Sen Kingdom, while Wang Ba stayed to oversee the people and supplies in the Scroll Painting Secret Realm.
• Wang Ba recruited Shi Taihe of the Nine-Spirit Sect to provide grain and charcoal, giving him a beast-taming cultivation method in return.
• Wang Ba distributed food and supplies throughout the Secret Realm, then sensed an invisible force enter his Yin God Shrine and illuminate his Yin God Divine Statue.

Wang Ba’s Yin God statue absorbed incense from the mortals in his Secret Realm and condensed a great quantity of Yin Spirit Power, while its face began to resemble his own. After seeking Yao Wudi’s advice on cultivation, Wang Ba showed him a Yuan Magnetism method and an incense-based cultivation record, leaving his master astonished.

• Wang Ba watched the Yin God statue absorb the mortals’ chaotic thoughts and convert their incense into 48,523 drops of Yin Spirit Power, and he noticed its face was beginning to resemble his.
• The Myriad Divine Hall’s guards celebrated the Dream Lord’s apparent revival, while a deity in its inner halls questioned whether someone in Great Yan had ascended or was nearing death.
• Xi Wushang told Wang Ba that ancient Dao opportunities had appeared near the borders of the Sen Kingdom, the Myriad Gods Kingdom, and Great Chu, drawing cultivators from several powers.
• Wang Ba visited Yao Wudi, who advised him to focus on integrating the essences he already cultivated and explained how he had developed his Divine Patterns Body.
• Wang Ba gave Yao Wudi a Yuan Magnetism cultivation method and an ancient golden record, and Yao Wudi recognized the latter as an incense-based path to godhood tied to a fallen God Lord of the Myriad Gods Kingdom.

Wang Ba learned the history of the Yin God and discovered how closely the Yin Spirit Great Dream Scripture was bound to his soul, while Yao Wudi guided his cultivation and Tang Ji and Song Dongyang returned with Dao Opportunities. After the sect’s forces finished inventorying Great Qi’s supplies, Wang Ba remained at the Eastern Saint Sect to watch the Wu Ape King prepare for tribulation.

• Yao Wudi told Wang Ba that a hidden Void Refinement cultivator from the Primordial Demon Sect had killed several Myriad Gods Kingdom evil gods, including the Yin God, and that the incident preceded the kingdom’s rapid expansion.
• Yao Wudi examined Wang Ba’s spiritual platform, found that the Yin Spirit Great Dream Scripture’s temple was fused with his divine soul, and advised him to seek curse techniques at the Myriad Incantation Sect.
• Yao Wudi guided Wang Ba through his cultivation and proposed using the Womb-Nurturing Incarnation Technique to cultivate the Yuan Magnetic True Method in an external incarnation.
• Tang Ji and Song Dongyang returned with two of Great Jin’s five Dao Opportunities after Song Dongyang survived an ambush by the Primordial Demon Sect and the Myriad Gods Kingdom.
• Wang Ba completed the inventory and packing of Great Qi’s supplies, while Song Dongyang was astonished by how Wang Ba had organized three hundred million mortals in the Bead Secret Realm.
• A month later, Wang Ba watched thunderclouds gather above the former Eastern Saint Sect as the Wu Ape King prepared to undergo tribulation.

Wang Ba watched the Wu Ape King survive its Nascent Soul tribulation, then oversaw Jia Ten Five’s successful tribulation and Jia Eighteen’s death before training his Thunder God Body and absorbing lightning Qi. Meanwhile, Attendant Tan prepared an ambush for Wang Ba, and the chapter ended as he activated a flight-prohibiting formation and Yuan Magnetism against an approaching figure.

• The Wu Ape King endured its Nascent Soul tribulation, formed a Nascent Soul, and recovered with Wang Ba’s spirit cuisine.
• Jia Ten Five survived its Nascent Soul tribulation, concealed its hostility toward Wang Ba, and accepted a fourth-tier spirit beast ring.
• Jia Eighteen failed its tribulation and died, leading Wang Ba to suspect that heart demons threatened the spirit chickens whose souls came from cultivators.
• Wang Ba used tribulation lightning to temper his body and cultivate the Dragon-Tiger Origin Kan Great Art, then headed toward Jade Emperor Peak.
• Attendant Tan waited in a mountain gorge for Wang Ba, sensed a fast-moving Gold Core cultivator, and activated a flight-prohibiting formation with Yuan Magnetism.

Wang Ba survived an ambush by a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Sword Cultivator, and he and Yao Wudi suspected the Primordial Demon Sect was behind it. After Wang Ba advanced his Wind Method, a message revealed that their Sect had joined forces with the Primordial Demon Sect, leaving Yao Wudi furious and the group stunned.

• Attendant Tan ambushed Wang Ba with Yuan Magnetic Power and lethal Sword Lights, but Wang Ba, his spirit beasts, and defensive treasures kept him alive until Yao Wudi arrived and captured the attacker.
• Attendant Tan detonated Heavenly Thunder Seeds and destroyed himself, prompting Wang Ba and Yao Wudi to suspect the Primordial Demon Sect had staged the attack to provoke conflict with the Myriad Gods Kingdom.
• A blue-robed figure learned that the ambush had failed and destroyed his communication artifact after being told the matter had already been resolved.
• Wang Ba stayed at Jade Emperor Peak to recover his spirit beasts and cultivate, then used the Wind-Calming Profound Baleful Intent to begin incorporating the Wind Method into his Gold Core.
• Wang Ba and Yao Wudi joined Tao Ruyi and the others to sample grilled Spirit Beast meat, which helped Wang Ba perceive new insights into his Wind Method.
• Yao Wudi received a message that their Sect had allied with the Primordial Demon Sect against the Myriad Gods Kingdom, and he angrily cursed Xun Fujun.

Yao Wudi told Wang Ba why he distrusted Acting Sect Master Xun Fujun and urged him to leave Chen Kingdom before trouble began. Wang Ba set out for Sen Kingdom with Li Yingfu, where bandits tried to rob their carriage and a powerful stranger appeared.

• Yao Wudi revealed that Xun Fujun had allowed Guan to die during the West Sea Kingdom war to push him toward Spirit Transformation, and suspected Xun of risking disciples for the sect’s alliance with the Primordial Demon Sect.
• Wang Ba agreed to travel away from Chen Kingdom, then gave Wen Yong resources and arranged a place for him to attempt a breakthrough to Gold Core.
• Wang Ba departed for Sen Kingdom with Li Yingfu, while their driver Lou Yi navigated the dense forests that blocked Divine Sense.
• Boss Dai and Second Brother Pan spotted the carriage but hesitated to attack, while Huang Shuping and four cultivators ambushed it from the air.
• Li Yingfu revealed his Nascent Soul strength, captured Huang Shuping’s group, and collected their Storage Law Artifacts after Wang Ba ordered him to take everything.
• A powerful stranger flew past the carriage, and Wang Ba found the man’s enormous head and presence strangely familiar.