Chapter Summaries

Nangong Wuji learned that an unknown group had destroyed most of the Ancestral Demon Grand Formations, while Yunshu’s ant Demon Emperor spied on him and uncovered the Beast Taming Palace’s plans. Ling Yi and the women prepared to continue the sect competition before deciding whether to advance into the Human Immortal Realm, and Ling Yi remained puzzled about the two missing systems.

• Nangong Wuji reported the destroyed formations to his Ancestor, who ordered him to find the attackers before the sacrifice and vowed to descend when the grand formation activated.
• Nangong Wuji told the Grand Elder to proceed with the plan using the four remaining formations and ordered special attention to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• Yunshu’s ant Demon Emperor overheard Nangong Wuji’s conversation and sent the information to Yunshu, who shared it with Ling Yi and the others.
• Ling Yi and the women discussed using Major Realm Advancement Cards to become Human Immortals, but decided to postpone that until after the sect competition and secret realm.
• Ling Yi chose to focus on finding Ashen Void Stone for his divine artifact, and the women left to prepare for the competition.
• Yunshu told Ling Yi that two system holders were still missing, and Ling Yi said they would appear when the time was right.

As the demon lands threatened the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Meng Jiaoyue revealed that she had reached the Spirit Severing Realm and called the sect leaders together to decide whether to flee or fight. Situ Yun proposed using an ancient Teleport Array to escape to the inner reaches, but the array required thirty-six Nascent Soul Realm experts to activate.

• Meng Jiaoyue presided over the sect leaders’ meeting after breaking through from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Spirit Severing Realm.
• Ji Wangkong warned that changes in the demon lands could bring a calamity across the Hundred Thousand Mountains and proposed fleeing to the Wildlands.
• Situ Yun explained that the Wildlands were dangerous, ruled in part by the Demon Clan, and plagued by devastating wars.
• The sect leaders argued over whether to evacuate or unite and fight the Demonic Beasts, until Meng Jiaoyue ordered them to quiet down.
• Situ Yun proposed escaping to the inner reaches or core of the Hundred Thousand Mountains using an ancient Teleport Array, then revealed that it needed thirty-six Nascent Soul Realm experts to activate.

Meng Jiaoyue consulted Ling Yi about Situ Yun’s claim and the danger facing the Hundred Thousand Mountains, then decided to evacuate the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Ling Yi advanced to core disciple in the competition, while the sect departed overnight before the Ancestral Demon Grand Formation could activate.

• Meng Jiaoyue ordered Situ Yun and Ji Wangkong to destroy the Beast Taming Palace and capture Nangong Wuji, then went to the sect competition to speak with Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi warned Meng Jiaoyue not to trust Situ Yun’s proposal and urged her to leave the Hundred Thousand Mountains immediately because the region was in danger of becoming a sacrificial furnace.
• Meng Jiaoyue gave Ling Yi the key and method for entering the Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm, then arranged the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s departure.
• Ling Yi won two matches against personal and core disciples and became a core disciple.
• That evening, Meng Jiaoyue ordered the peak masters to take the disciples aboard seven flying boats and leave the Hundred Thousand Mountains overnight.

After the other sects fled or hid from the coming sacrifice of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Ling Yi and the five women entered the Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm to gather Ashen Void Stone for his divine artifact, the Spirit Martial Realm. Ling Yi began refining it while the women collected the stones, and Gao Lan lost a point of his favorability for complaining.

• The other sects fled the Hundred Thousand Mountains, while Situ Yun used the Cloud Firmament Sect's ancient formation to escape into the mountains.
• Yunshu explained that immortal clans were sacrificing small worlds for their Power of Origin, and Ling Yi said the mortal realm would be spared.
• Ling Yi revealed that he had refined the Spirit Martial Realm, a divine artifact designed as a world with its own laws and unlimited potential.
• Ling Yi opened the Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm with its key and led Shen Qingyue, Yunshu, Mengli, Gao Lan, and Zhuang Yuerong inside.
• The group found the realm filled with Ashen Void Stone, and Ling Yi asked the women to gather it while he resumed deducing the artifact.
• Gao Lan complained that Ling Yi had brought them to do hard labor, causing his favorability toward her to drop by one point.

As Ling Yi completed the final step for the Spirit Martial Realm, the women gathered Ashen Void Stone and shared stories about their pasts. The Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm began to collapse, and Ling Yi told them to escape with their Return to City Cards.

• Ling Yi assessed the unstable runes and dismissed the secret realm's Dao Comprehension Stone as he continued his breakthrough.
• The women gathered Ashen Void Stone, and Zhuang Yuerong recounted surviving exile through Qi Refining and joining the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• Shen Qingyue revealed that she had crippled her half-sister Shen Qingmeng, while Yunshu described Shen Qingmeng's schemes and misconduct.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm began shaking, and Ling Yi told the women to use their Return to City Cards and instructed Yunshu to activate the Team-Up Card after escaping.

Ling Yi completed the Spirit Martial Realm by using a Major Realm Advancement Card to reach the Divine Gang Realm and withstand the strain of connecting its runes. After collecting Ashen Void Stone and joining the others against the Demonic Beasts, he decided they would remain in the Hundred Thousand Mountains until his world evolved into a small world.

• Ling Yi realized he could not finish connecting the Spirit Martial Realm’s three thousand runes at his current strength, so he used a Major Realm Advancement Card and advanced to the Divine Gang Realm.
• Ling Yi completed the Spirit Martial Realm, bound it to his divine soul, and gathered Ashen Void Stone as the Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm collapsed.
• Ling Yi returned to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, contacted Shen Qingyue and the others, and used the Spirit Martial Realm to appear beside Yunshu near the valley where they were fighting Demonic Beasts.
• Yunshu used a Major Realm Advancement Card, became strong enough to ascend, and confirmed she could suppress the force pulling her toward the Immortal Realm.
• Ling Yi told Yunshu they would stay in the Hundred Thousand Mountains until the Spirit Martial Realm evolved into a small world, then go to the Immortal Realm.

Ling Yi opened a black hole into the Spirit Martial Realm and used it to absorb hundreds of thousands of Demonic Beasts from the Hundred Thousand Mountains. After showing the women the realm, he agreed on their plans before they eventually went to the Immortal Realm.

• Yunshu said she wanted to visit her hometown, and Ling Yi agreed to take a break from their previous pursuits.
• Ling Yi recalled Mengli and Gao Lan from grinding Demonic Beasts, then opened a black hole into the Spirit Martial Realm.
• Mengli and Gao Lan entered the Spirit Martial Realm, and Ling Yi sent the black hole through the mountains, swallowing hundreds of thousands of Demonic Beasts and the surrounding forest.
• Ling Yi brought Yunshu, Shen Qingyue, and Zhuang Yuerong into the Spirit Martial Realm, where they saw the captured beasts and learned the realm was still taking shape.
• Ling Yi gave the women Major Realm Advancement Cards and agreed they would help Zhuang Yuerong, visit Yunshu and Shen Qingyue's hometowns, and then find the Ten Thousand Swords Sect while awaiting the realm's advancement.
• Ling Yi and the women planned to ascend to the Immortal Realm afterward and find the last two system owners.

Ling Yi and the women discovered that a town’s residents were weakened from repeatedly selling blood to the Blood Demon Sect, a practice Ling Yi had suggested seven years earlier. Zhuang Yuerong revealed that the branch leader Ao Hongyue had since become the World's Finest and used the sect to control several dynasties and kingdoms.

• Ling Yi wondered why all seven system holders were bound to him and suspected the affection ratings did not reflect his own feelings.
• Yunshu, Mengli, and Shen Qingyue noticed the townspeople were pale and depleted, with blood-draining grass stems inserted into their wrists.
• Zhuang Yuerong explained that the Blood Demon Sect had begun trading money or protection for blood seven years earlier instead of killing people for it.
• Ling Yi admitted he had proposed the blood-trading method to a just-minded Blood Demon Sect leader when he was ten.
• Zhuang Yuerong identified the leader as Ao Hongyue and said he had become the World's Finest and used the Blood Demon Sect to control several dynasties and kingdoms.

Zhuang Yuerong told Ling Yi how the Third Young Master had saved her twice, and Ling Yi promised to try to resurrect him if they found his soul or reincarnation. In Lin Xian City, Zhuang Yuerong obtained an Immortal Realm Star Chart and confronted the city lord, Fu Zhinan.

• Zhuang Yuerong brought Ling Yi and the others to the Third Young Master's grave, and Ling Yi offered to resurrect him if they found his soul or reincarnation.
• Zhuang Yuerong chose to visit Lin Xian City before Qianwu City to settle a score, and she recounted how the Third Young Master had saved her during the famine and later helped her become an immortal cultivator.
• Zhuang Yuerong checked in at Lin Xian City and obtained the Immortal Realm Star Chart, which she gave to Ling Yi.
• Zhuang Yuerong led the group into the city lord's manor, where Fu Zhinan knelt to greet the immortals.
• Zhuang Yuerong recognized Fu Zhinan and coldly remarked that she was glad he was still alive.

Zhuang Yuerong punished Fu Zhinan for his role in the third young master's death, and Ling Yi's group traveled to Qianwu City. While Shen Qingyue and Yunshu obtained new cultivation rewards for Ling Yi, Yunshu asked the other women whether they liked him.

• Zhuang Yuerong learned that Yu Hui still lived and ruled the Qianwu Empire with the Blood Demon Sect's support.
• Yunshu cursed Fu Zhinan with eternal life, daily torment, and the inability to speak or move, while Zhuang Yuerong refused to forgive him.
• Ling Yi and the others teleported into Qianwu City and rented rooms for the night.
• Ling Yi studied the Immortal Realm Star Chart and found that the Immortal Martial Continent's Ascension Pool lay between the Liu Clan's and Song Family's territories.
• Shen Qingyue signed in for two Dao Comprehension Cards, and Yunshu fished up the Immortal Physique Nine Revolutions cultivation method for Ling Yi.
• Yunshu asked Shen Qingyue and Zhuang Yuerong whether they liked Ling Yi.

Ling Yi and the five women traveled toward the Qianwu Empire’s imperial palace and encountered Ao Hongyue, the Blood Demon Sect’s leader and Ling Yi’s devoted disciple. Ao Hongyue explained that he had failed to join an Immortal Gate and pursued the Martial Dao instead, while Ling Yi hinted that he might have another path to offer him.

• Yunshu, Shen Qingyue, and Zhuang Yuerong discussed their feelings about Ling Yi and the possibility of taking other Dao companions.
• Ling Yi and the five women set out for the imperial palace and observed that the Qianwu Empire’s people had been drained of Qi and Blood.
• They spotted a group of powerful Martial Practitioners in Daoist robes, and Ling Yi recognized their familiar presence.
• Ao Hongyue recognized Ling Yi as his patriarch, knelt before him, and greeted the women as his master's wives.
• Ao Hongyue told Ling Yi that he had been rejected by an Immortal Gate and was pursuing the Martial Dao; Ling Yi said the martial path was also a path to immortality.

Ling Yi reunited with Ao Hongyue and learned that the Blood Demon Sect protected ordinary people in exchange for blood, but its Qianwu Empire representative had been exploiting them. After Ao Hongyue brought Yu Qian before the group, Zhuang Yuerong considered how he should be punished.

• Ao Hongyue welcomed Ling Yi and the women to his manor, where his followers prostrated themselves before Ling Yi as the Blood Demon Patriarch.
• Ling Yi questioned Ao Hongyue about the Qianwu Empire's depleted population, and Ao Hongyue explained the Blood Demon Sect's blood-for-protection doctrine and its failures there.
• Ao Hongyue revealed that Yu Qian had increased the blood demands, withheld most of the payment and Blood Pills, and been arrested.
• Ao Hongyue proposed sending Yu Qian to headquarters as a blood slave, and Zhuang Yuerong agreed that the punishment sounded fitting.

Zhuang Yuerong punished Yu Hui and Qian Yuesheng for their role in the general’s downfall, while Yunshu cursed them to suffer eternally. Before the group prepared to leave Qianwu City, Ling Yi brought Ao Hongyue into the Spirit Martial Realm and passed him an improved Blood Demon Divine Art.

• Zhuang Yuerong summoned Yu Hui and Qian Yuesheng and confronted them over their schemes against the great general and his household.
• Yunshu cursed Yu Hui and Qian Yuesheng to endure unending torment, even through death and reincarnation.
• Zhuang Yuerong sent the cursed men away, and Ling Yi’s group decided to enjoy the next day in Qianwu City before departing.
• Ling Yi took Ao Hongyue into the Spirit Martial Realm and gave him an improved Blood Demon Divine Art to help him reach the Martial God Realm and gain a true spiritual root.

After completing his improved Immortal Physique Nine Revolutions, Ling Yi shared the technique with Shen Qingyue and the others. They learned that the Hundred Thousand Mountains were sealed by the activated Ancestral Demon Grand Formation and that immortals had descended, prompting them to consider returning to gather resources and learn about the Immortal Realm.

• Ling Yi finished studying Yunshu's technique and completed the first revolution of Immortal Physique Nine Revolutions, greatly strengthening his body.
• Shen Qingyue and the others returned from exploring Qianwu City, and Ling Yi gave them his improved version of the technique.
• Yunshu reported that the Ancestral Demon Grand Formation had sealed the Hundred Thousand Mountains, leaving only an opening toward the Biannan Region.
• Yunshu revealed that immortals had descended, mostly Mortal Immortals and one Human Immortal, and suggested using an Advancement Enhancement Card before farming resources.
• Ling Yi considered returning to the Hundred Thousand Mountains to gather cards and learn more about the Immortal Realm from the descended immortals.

Ling Yi decided to return alone to the Hundred Thousand Mountains while Mengli, Gao Lan, Yunshu, and the others continued their journey, since revealing their immortal cultivation could endanger the Immortal Martial Continent. Before he left, Yunshu gave him a butterfly pet and explained her unusual ability to control insects, while Ling Yi promised to forge her a stronger Beast Taming Bracelet.

• Ling Yi refused to let Mengli and Gao Lan accompany him to the Hundred Thousand Mountains, warning that exposing their immortal cultivation could provoke the immortals and put the world at risk.
• Shen Qingyue and Yunshu agreed that the group should conceal their cultivation and avoid using Immortal Power, and Ling Yi told them to contact him through the team chat if trouble arose.
• Yunshu gave Ling Yi a colorful butterfly pet, then explained that she could command and communicate with insects whose cultivation rose alongside hers, though they had almost no defense and could only attack once.
• Ling Yi learned Yunshu's Beast Taming Bracelet could hold only a hundred Demonic Beasts and promised to forge her a better one when he returned.
• Ling Yi left for the Hundred Thousand Mountains, while Yunshu's group set out for her hometown, where she hoped to discover the source of her insect-controlling ability.

Ling Yi altered the Blood Refining Grand Formation to divert most of the Demonic Beasts into the Spirit Martial Realm, while a Liu Clan elder learned about a powerful Curse Body and set out to find it. The chapter ended with the Liu Clan investigating the Curse Body as one of them went to check the formation’s sharply reduced efficiency.

• Ling Yi studied the three-layer Blood Refining Grand Formation and concluded that its creators were seeking the Origin.
• Ling Yi added an illusion and a passage to the Spirit Martial Realm, diverting at least two-thirds of the Demonic Beasts into the Ancestral Star.
• More than ten million Demonic Beasts appeared on the Ancestral Star, and Ling Yi suspected the formation had suppressed their intelligence and ability to take human form.
• Five Liu Clan members examined Nangong Wuji and identified the Curse Body as a nearly mature power capable of threatening their clan’s ambitions.
• The square-faced man noticed that the Blood Refining Grand Formation’s efficiency had fallen by at least seventy percent and went to investigate, while Xueling accompanied the old man to find the Curse Body.

Ling Yi watched the Blood Refining Grand Formation drain Demonic Beasts and considered how it could improve his own Blood Refining method. When Liu Wuxiang and Liu Xueling confronted Yunshu and the others over her Curse Body, Ling Yi weighed their options and asked whether Yunshu could control them without killing them and whether Shen Qingyue had an Advancement Card.

• Ling Yi observed that the formation consumed the Demonic Beasts' Qi, Blood, cultivation, and souls, and realized it could inspire improvements to his Blood Refining method.
• Ling Yi sensed that the Immortal Clan was refining more than the Hundred Thousand Mountains and had already destroyed many immortal cultivation sects across the region.
• Liu Wuxiang and Liu Xueling, from the Liu Clan, found Yunshu and the others after tracing the Power of Curses on Nangong Wuji to Yunshu's Curse Body.
• Yunshu told Ling Yi that the Liu Clan wanted her to join them, while Zhuang Yuerong, Gao Lan, and Mengli expressed hostility toward the visitors.
• Ling Yi considered killing the two immortals, delaying them, or going along with their demands, then asked Yunshu if she could control them with curses and Shen Qingyue if she had an Advancement Card left.

Ling Yi controlled Liu Sifang and learned that the Ancestral Demon Blood Refining Grand Formation produced forbidden Life Origin. When the Spirit Martial Realm absorbed the Life Origin, it began to develop an artifact spirit, and Ling Yi took all the refined Life Origin.

• Ling Yi used the Tai Chi Blood Soul Seal to control the square-faced young man, who identified himself as Liu Sifang.
• Ling Yi learned from Liu Sifang that the formation refined Life Origin, a powerful substance obtained through a forbidden process, and that Immortal Realm Enforcers punished its use.
• Ling Yi sent Liu Sifang away to gather information and extracted Life Origin from the Ancestral Demon Blood Refining Grand Formation.
• The Spirit Martial Realm absorbed the Life Origin and began to develop a faint consciousness that Ling Yi recognized as a possible artifact spirit.
• Ling Yi took all the Life Origin the formation had refined, confident that the Liu Clan would not notice before the end of the current cycle.

After the Spirit Martial Realm gained an artifact spirit, Ling Yi returned to the ruined Ten Thousand Swords Sect and discovered two survivors. He found the twin system owners Ruan Xiaoshuang and Ruan Xiaoling and activated their systems, granting them their beginner rewards.

• The Spirit Martial Realm’s artifact spirit began to take shape, accelerating the realm’s evolution and allowing Ling Yi to leave its passage open for long periods.
• Ling Yi returned to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, where he sensed two human presences and rescued Ruan Xiaoshuang and Ruan Xiaoling from Demonic Beasts.
• Ruan Xiaoshuang and Ruan Xiaoling revealed that they had received systems but had missed their chance to find Ling Yi after being locked inside their house during the sect’s evacuation.
• Ling Yi placed a hand on each sister’s head and activated their systems, granting Ruan Xiaoshuang Infinite Stamina and Ruan Xiaoling Invincible Domain.

Ling Yi urged the timid Ruan sisters to become stronger and let them train under their new systems while he waited for the Spirit Martial Realm to finish evolving. A month later, Ruan Xiaoling’s cultivation had advanced enough to trigger a Golden Core Tribulation, even though she had spent most of the month lying flat.

• Ruan Xiaoling and Ruan Xiaoshuang told Ling Yi about their past, and he urged them to stop crying and fight back against those who bullied them.
• Ling Yi settled nearby for the month before the Spirit Martial Realm’s evolution finished and told Shen Qingyue and the others he planned to enter the Immortal Realm afterward.
• Gao Lan and Mengli asked Ling Yi to bring the Ten Thousand Swords Sect along, and he agreed to find the sect a planet in the Spirit Martial Realm.
• Yunshu, Zhuang Yuerong, and Shen Qingyue went to Shen Qingyue’s hometown, while Gao Lan and Mengli went to find the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• Over the next month, Ruan Xiaoshuang trained hard and reached late Foundation Establishment, while Ruan Xiaoling grew stronger by lying flat.
• A Golden Core Lightning Tribulation gathered above the wooden house, and Ling Yi explained that Ruan Xiaoling had progressed because lying flat let her grow stronger all day.