Chapter Summaries

After leaving seclusion, Ye Qiubai learned that cultivators across the Mid-Latitude Realm were flocking to the Endless Sea and joined Hong Ying and the others at the Holy Talisman Sect. Meanwhile, Mu Fusheng studied the sect’s strongest talismans to create a safeguard against Qi Shadao and other dangers.

• The sword-guarding elders recognized a familiar Sword Dao presence in Ye Qiubai and secretly vowed to protect him as their master's inheritor.
• Ye Qiubai learned that Huo Zhengheng had gone to the Endless Sea, received a message from Hong Ying, and hurried to the Holy Talisman Sect under the elders' protection.
• Ye Qiubai reunited with Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Shi Sheng, Mu Wan'er, and Xiao Hei, and Hong Ying teased him about incidents that might make their master punish him.
• Hong Ying told Ye Qiubai that Mu Fusheng was busy with something, and the group agreed that he was likely preparing carefully for the dangers ahead.
• In the Talisman Repository Tower, Mu Fusheng studied four peak Heavenly Immortal-level talismans and resolved to combine their essence with his own methods to make a talisman capable of withstanding Qi Shadao.

Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying sparred at the Holy Talisman Sect while Mu Fusheng completed a powerful new talisman. The Cottage disciples prepared to head to the Endless Sea, where Qi Shadao and Avici Purgatory’s disciples were already exploring.

• Hong Ying defeated Ye Qiubai in a spar, and they discussed the unusual presence in his Immortal Sword Intent.
• A pillar of lightning erupted from the Talisman Repository, and the Holy Talisman Sect’s supreme elders realized Mu Fusheng had surpassed their level of talisman mastery.
• Mu Fusheng rejoined the others and revealed a talisman that could help them withstand an expert like Qi Shadao at his peak.
• The Cottage disciples decided to head to the Endless Sea, while Xiao Hei’s offer to let the realm know their name prompted Mu Fusheng to warn him against it because of his cooking.
• News from the Endless Sea reported that the first group had found treasures and inheritances, and that Qi Shadao and Avici Purgatory’s disciples were there.

Ye Qiubai and the others gathered information about the Endless Sea and learned that mysterious allies of Avici Purgatory might be hunting Xiao Hei. They chose to seek the Verdant Root of Life, unaware that a blood-robed figure had identified their target.

• Hong Ying explained that Avici Purgatory was selectively attacking its former enemies to buy time to recover without provoking other factions.
• A secluded-faction disciple described mysterious black-robed figures allied with Avici Purgatory, and Xiao Hei suspected they were rebels from the Demon King Domain searching for him.
• Hong Ying told Xiao Hei to suppress his presence and avoid using his bloodline power, while Mu Fusheng secretly sent a message to the Changsheng Realm.
• Mu Fusheng obtained a map of the Endless Sea, and Mu Wan'er chose the marked location of the Verdant Root of Life as their first destination.
• A blood-robed figure reported that the target had appeared and mentioned the Verdant Root of Life.

Mu Wan'er explained how the Verdant Root of Life could be used to create a pill that sent Spiritual Qi flowing backward through a victim’s meridians. She and the Cottage’s group reached the island where the root grew, finding a crowd of alchemists gathered there and two suspicious old men trailing them.

• Mu Wan'er explained that altering a Verdant Root of Life recovery pill could make its dense Spiritual Qi flow backward and severely injure or kill whoever took it.
• Ye Qiubai and the others praised Mu Wan'er’s alchemy insight, and the chapter described how her unconventional approach resembled Lu Changsheng’s.
• The Cottage’s group crossed the Endless Sea and reached the island where the Verdant Root of Life grew.
• The group found many alchemists gathered around the root, and Ye Qiubai asked why they were not competing for it.
• Hong Ying went to ask the cultivators, while two old men with hooked noses followed the group and watched them.

Hong Ying learned that the Verdant Root of Life was guarded by attacks at the peak Earth Immortal realm, then was ambushed by two half-step Heavenly Immortals from Avici Purgatory. She met their blood-clawed attack head-on as Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei prepared to join the fight.

• Hong Ying explained that anyone flying toward the Verdant Root of Life would be struck by attacks equivalent to the peak Earth Immortal realm.
• Hong Ying flew toward the Verdant Root of Life, but two old men from Avici Purgatory moved to surround her and declared they would deal with her first.
• The two old men unleashed blood clouds and vengeful-ghost attacks, while Hong Ying recognized them as members of Avici Purgatory.
• Hong Ying confronted the old men and charged at one with her Samsara Long Spear, combining Imperial Qi, Intent of Samsara, and Dimensional Power of Rules.
• The two old men formed a blood claw and struck at Hong Ying's spear as talismans, Sword Intent, and Star Intent rose around them.

Lin Zhinan and Su Muyou suspected Avici Purgatory was searching for Xiao Hei and that someone was manipulating its actions, while Qi Shadao secretly planned to capture Xiao Hei and trade his soul for support in the High-Latitude Realm. At the Verdant Root of Life, the two Half-Step Heavenly Immortal elders faced a group of young cultivators whose combined power and Heavenly Immortal-grade talismans left them in danger.

• Lin Zhinan and Su Muyou discussed Avici Purgatory's strange movements and suspected it was searching for Xiao Hei, possibly under someone's hidden influence.
• Qi Shadao ordered the Avici Purgatory sect master to keep Xiao Hei's location secret so they could capture him and negotiate a greater reward with a High-Latitude Realm faction.
• The sect master revealed that he had already sent people to retrieve Xiao Hei, while Qi Shadao resumed cultivating to recover his strength.
• At the Verdant Root of Life, the woman with a spear repelled two Half-Step Heavenly Immortal elders as talisman lightning, Immortal Sword Intent, and Star Intent surrounded the island.
• The elders realized the young cultivators and two Heavenly Immortal-grade talismans posed a deadly threat, and feared they had been sent there to die.

Hong Ying and the others fought two Half-Step Heavenly Immortal Realm assassins, using coordinated attacks, poison, talismans, and pills to keep them from completing their mission. The assassins began burning their souls to strengthen themselves as Ye Qiubai’s group prepared to hold them off until the Heavenly Immortal-grade talismans activated.

• Hong Ying attacked alongside Ye Qiubai and Shi Sheng, whose Immortal Sword Intent and Star Intent hindered the two assassins.
• Mu Fusheng’s green powder blocked one old man’s meridians, allowing Hong Ying to pierce and shatter his arm with the Samsara Long Spear.
• The injured old man asked his companion to stop the Heavenly Immortal-grade talismans, and the two chose to fight rather than flee.
• The old men burned their souls to increase their strength, while Mu Wan'er gave pills to Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Shi Sheng, Xiao Hei, and Ning Chenxin.
• Mu Fusheng said they needed to hold out for thirty more breaths, and Ye Qiubai led the group back into the fight.

Ye Qiubai and his companions held off two half-step Heavenly Immortal elders from Avici Purgatory while two Heavenly Immortal-grade talismans gathered power. With their escape blocked and a cruel fate awaiting them if they failed their mission, the elders chose to self-detonate as the talismans finished charging.

• The elders burned their souls and tried to rush toward the gathering talismans, but Hong Ying, Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, Ning Chenxin, Mu Fusheng, Mu Wan'er, and Xiao Hei combined their attacks to stop them.
• Xiao Hei avoided using his Demon God Bloodline and Demonic Qi because doing so could reveal his location to the people hunting him.
• The remaining alchemists watched for a chance to seize the Verdant Root of Life, but fled when the combined destructive power became clear.
• After twenty of the thirty breaths had passed without breaking through, the elders resolved to self-detonate rather than face torture in Avici Purgatory for failing their mission.
• Ye Qiubai and the others attacked the swelling elders as the two talismans completed their charge and unleashed towering lightning pillars and a lightning net.

Ye Qiubai and his companions survived the two Avici Purgatory elders’ self-destruction, but when they returned to the island, the Verdant Root of Life had vanished. A route map left behind pointed to an unexplored area in the middle reaches of the Endless Sea, and Mu Fusheng asked the others what they thought.

• The two Avici Purgatory elders exploded, unleashing a destructive shock wave that forced Ye Qiubai and the others to escape with Heavenly Lightning Escape Talismans.
• Cultivators and alchemists across the area sensed the devastation, while Avici Purgatory’s intelligence operatives withdrew and reported that the mission had failed.
• Demon King Domain members discussed searching the Endless Sea for Xiao Hei’s bloodline presence and avoiding direct action because the Supervisory Sacred Hall monitored them.
• After half a day, Ye Qiubai and his companions returned to find the Verdant Root of Life gone and a route map left on its stone platform.
• Mu Fusheng compared the map with theirs, identified an unexplored location in the middle reaches, and asked Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and Mu Wan'er what they thought.

After the Verdant Root of Life vanished and a mysterious map appeared, Ye Qiubai and the others returned to shore to prepare for the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s information auction. As attacks over purple-gold invitations spread chaos, the group suspected Avici Purgatory was exploiting the turmoil and worried the Chamber of Commerce might be involved.

• Mu Fusheng received a message about an information auction in three days, and the group returned to shore.
• Mu Fusheng explained the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s influence and the purple-gold invitation requirement; the Cottage disciples received enough invitations to attend.
• Rumors of valuable inheritances, Immortal Spirit Techniques, and Immortal Transformation Pills spread, prompting cultivators to fight for invitations.
• Ye Qiubai, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Fusheng suspected Avici Purgatory had spread the rumors to weaken factions and distract them.
• Hong Ying questioned whether the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce was involved, while Mu Fusheng warned that such an alliance would put them in danger from Qi Shadao.

Cao Zhizhi, Mo Yuan, and Wu Shucheng led an assault on the Holy Talisman Sect, demanding its purple-gold invitations while targeting the guests from Avici Purgatory. Ye Qiubai and the others fought to defend the base, and the Su Clan and Spirit Immortal Palace arrived as the attackers began to retreat.

• Cao Zhizhi, Mo Yuan, Wu Shucheng, and their followers attacked the Holy Talisman Sect's base and demanded purple-gold invitations.
• Sect Master Sheng confronted the three Heaven Immortal Realm experts while rogue cultivators charged into the base.
• Ye Qiubai recognized the raid as Avici Purgatory's attempt to target him, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei, and he and Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, and Xiao Hei joined the defense.
• Cao Zhizhi and the other attackers suppressed Sect Master Sheng and pressed the Holy Talisman Sect's defenders.
• Huan Shun of the Su Clan and Zhang Guan of the Spirit Immortal Palace arrived to support the Holy Talisman Sect.
• Cao Zhizhi, Mo Yuan, and Wu Shucheng immediately retreated when reinforcements arrived.

After a rogue-cultivator attack on the Holy Talisman Sect’s base, Ye Qiubai and his companions suspected Avici Purgatory and warned that the assault might conceal a larger scheme. Three days later, they entered the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s information auction, hoping to learn more, while an unseen group prepared a trap at sea.

• Lin Zhinan and Su Muyou discussed the swift attack with Ye Qiubai, who said Avici Purgatory had the clearest motive, while Mu Fusheng urged everyone to watch for a broader plan.
• Lin Zhinan and Su Muyou learned that Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Shi Sheng, and Mu Wan'er were Ye Qiubai’s junior siblings and marveled at their abilities; Xiao Hei said the Su Clan would find no clues about their master.
• Within a fog bank that blocked even Heaven Immortal Realm senses, an ancestor and his allies discussed using the disturbance to lure people into a trap as they crossed the sea.
• After three days, the battle smoke cleared and the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s information auction began, with Ye Qiubai and his companions entering the room assigned to the Holy Talisman Sect.
• Ye Qiubai watched the auction stage through a transparent crystal wall and hoped the event would reveal details of the scheme.

The Tianjin Chamber of Commerce began its information auction, where factions could bid only by trading information about the Endless Sea. Zi Shan warned the gathered cultivators against causing trouble, and the auction opened under the shadow of the Chamber’s immense power.

• The factions prepared information to offer at the auction and used voice transmission jade pendants to keep their bids private.
• The Holy Talisman Sect’s sect master and grand elder entered their room as Zi Shan appeared onstage as the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s chief auctioneer.
• Shi Sheng was struck by Zi Shan’s beauty, and Hong Ying teased him while Ye Qiubai and the others left his feelings for him to handle.
• Zi Shan welcomed the qualified bidders and warned that the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce would show no mercy to anyone who disrupted the auction.
• The gathered factions recalled how the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce had once destroyed a powerful faction with lucrative assassination orders.

At the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s information auction, Zi Shan began bidding on information about the Sword God inheritance, drawing intense interest from sword cultivators. The Holy Talisman Sect offered information appraised at five stars, surprising the entire venue.

• Ye Qiubai and the Holy Talisman Sect’s sect master discussed the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s power and its suspected cooperation with Avici Purgatory.
• Zi Shan opened the auction by revealing the Sword God inheritance, stirring excitement among the gathered cultivators.
• A Heaven Immortal Realm sword cultivator offered information that Zi Shan appraised at two stars.
• Ye Qiubai admitted he had no information to bid with, and Sect Master Sheng offered to help him win the information.
• Sect Master Sheng submitted information on the Holy Talisman Sect’s behalf, and Zi Shan announced its five-star appraisal, astonishing the crowd.

The Holy Talisman Sect won the Sword God inheritance information with a five-star bid, prompting Ye Qiubai and his companions to suspect the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce was favoring them. When the auction revealed information about the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss, Xiao Hei became interested, and Mu Fusheng asked Sect Master Sheng to secure it.

• Sect Master Sheng bid five-star information for the Sword God inheritance, and the other bidders withdrew.
• The Cloud Sword Immortal's information received a four-star valuation, deepening Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and Mu Fusheng's suspicions about the auction's appraisal.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions tested further bids, but other bidders won, leaving them unsure whether the first result had been a coincidence.
• Zi Shan revealed information about the body-tempering holy land, the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss, and Xiao Hei recognized its potential value.
• Mu Fusheng asked Sect Master Sheng to secure the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss information in exchange for something useful to the Holy Talisman Sect.

Qi Shadao faced pressure from the Demon King Domain’s powerful visitors, who gave him thirty days to locate a man and promised a reward. After leaving, Qi Shadao learned that Avici Purgatory’s trap was ready, and he planned to use the hunt to gain power and reach the High-Latitude Realm.

• A woman asked Qi Shadao whether he had found the man, and a powerful visitor threatened him with punishment if he failed to produce leads within thirty days.
• Qi Shadao asked about his reward, and a burly man shattered space with a punch to warn him against bargaining.
• The man with closed eyes promised Qi Shadao a reward that could help him break through the Heavenly Immortal realm, and Qi Shadao left determined to deliver results.
• The visitors discussed searching for the man themselves and decided to use Qi Shadao to stir up trouble if Avici Purgatory failed to find him.
• Qi Shadao asked Avici Purgatory’s sect master about their preparations, and the sect master said their trap was ready with the Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall’s help.
• Qi Shadao said he hoped the plan would let them rule the Mid-Latitude Realm and enter a higher echelon of existence.

Ye Qiubai and the others suspected the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss auction lot was connected to an enemy plot, so the Holy Talisman Sect tested the auction with deliberately chosen information. The chapter ended after the sect submitted a five-star bid that Zi Shan appraised as more valuable than the previous offer.

• Zi Shan announced that the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss contained another world and opened bidding for its information.
• Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Hong Ying, and Ning Chenxin suspected the lot had been chosen as a possible ambush site and asked Sect Master Sheng to test the bidding.
• A rogue body cultivator and a late-stage Heaven Immortal Realm expert offered information, which Zi Shan valued at four and five stars.
• Sect Master Sheng submitted four-star information for the Holy Talisman Sect, but Ye Qiubai remained suspicious and asked him to offer information worth five stars.
• Zi Shan appraised the Holy Talisman Sect's new information as five-star value, worth more than the previous offer.

Ye Qiubai and his companions suspected the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce was working with Avici Purgatory to lure them toward a trap, while the auction’s final lot revealed clues about the High-Latitude Realm and the Kunlun Ruins. Xiao Hei recognized the Kunlun Ruins as the hiding place of his next soul fragment, and the factions began bidding fiercely for the incomplete information.

• Lin Zhinan reported that another five-star information offering was not particularly valuable, strengthening Ye Qiubai and his companions’ suspicions about the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce.
• Zi Shan revealed that the final lot was incomplete information containing clues about the Twilight of the Gods, the Kunlun Ruins, and the High-Latitude Realm.
• Shi Gongcheng and the Four Symbols Sect’s sect master declared that they had to obtain the information, while Zhang Guan wondered whether the clues were connected to abnormalities in the Endless Sea.
• Xiao Hei told Ye Qiubai and the others that his next soul fragment was hidden in the Kunlun Ruins, and they agreed to try to obtain the clues.
• The bidding began with five-star information as factions and rogue cultivators raised their jade pendants, while the major factions in the upper rooms waited to compete.

The top powers competed to offer high-value five-star information at an auction for information about the High-Latitude Realm. The Su Clan briefly took the lead with nine valuable pieces, but the Holy Talisman Sect surpassed them with eleven, leaving Huan Shun and the other bidders stunned.

• Zi Shan announced that the Four Symbols Sect had bid four pieces of five-star information, surpassing the earlier bidder.
• The Xuanyuan Radiance Sect bid five pieces, and the Su Clan then offered nine pieces of high-value five-star information.
• The Spirit Immortal Palace matched the Su Clan’s nine pieces, but Zi Shan judged one of its pieces ordinary in value, leaving the Su Clan in the lead.
• Huan Shun praised Su Muyou for having the Su Clan gather information early, but Su Muyou warned him that the Holy Talisman Sect had not yet bid.
• The Holy Talisman Sect bid eleven pieces of information, all high-value five-star, and Huan Shun sat down in shock.

The Holy Talisman Sect won a fragment containing a clue to the High-Latitude Realm, while Ye Qiubai’s group continued to suspect the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce had ties to Avici Purgatory. After Zi Shan delivered the auction winnings, Shi Sheng’s awkward attempt to speak with her ended with Ye Qiubai covering his mouth and getting caught pushing him forward.

• The Holy Talisman Sect offered eleven pieces of high-value information to win the fragment containing a clue to the High-Latitude Realm.
• The Xuanyuan Radiance Sect, the Four Symbols Sect, and other factions tried to negotiate with Sect Master Sheng for access to the clue, but their offers did not persuade him.
• Ye Qiubai’s group met Lin Zhinan and Su Muyou and remained suspicious that the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce was connected to Avici Purgatory.
• Zi Shan delivered the auction information to Sect Master Sheng and asked about the young people accompanying him.
• Ye Qiubai’s group pushed Shi Sheng toward Zi Shan, but Shi Sheng asked whether the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce cooperated with factions, and Ye Qiubai covered his mouth.
• After Zi Shan left, Hong Ying revealed that Ye Qiubai had pushed Shi Sheng, leaving Ye Qiubai caught in the act.