Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiubai and the others prepared to cultivate at the Golden-Winged Peng Clan, while Patriarch Jin proposed merging his sect with the Jade Lake Immortal Palace to strengthen both. Lu Changsheng entered the Dark Domain undetected and met the Dark Lord, who assured him the Dark Domain would not act against him.

• Xiao Hei said he needed to stabilize his absorbed bloodline power, and Ye Qiubai said he was nearing a breakthrough in his Sword Intent.
• Patriarch Jin and Ji Liuzhi offered the group resources and arranged for them to cultivate at the Golden-Winged Peng Clan.
• Patriarch Jin proposed merging the Golden-Winged Peng Clan and the Jade Lake Immortal Palace into one sect with two branches and shared leadership.
• Lu Changsheng entered the Dark Domain without being detected using his Turtle Breathing Art and located the Dark Lord.
• The Dark Lord told Lu Changsheng that the Dark Domain bore him no hostility, and Lu Changsheng accepted the assurance.

Liu Ziru arrived too late to stop Lu Changsheng from meeting and guiding the Jade Lake Holy Maiden, then learned Lu had gone to the Dark Domain. There, the Dark Lord traded information from the Evil Demon Realm for Lu Changsheng’s help strengthening the Dark Domain’s protective formation.

• Liu Ziru reached Ye Qiubai and the others and learned that Lu Changsheng had already met and guided Holy Maiden Ji before leaving.
• Mu Fusheng and Ye Qiubai joked that they were close to breakthroughs, and Liu Ziru realized they were telling the truth.
• Fang Qiong told Liu Ziru that they did not know where Lu Changsheng had gone, but a Dark Domain token revealed that he was in the Dark Domain.
• Liu Ziru gave Ye Qiubai and the others two spatial rings and asked them to put in a good word for him with Lu Changsheng.
• The Dark Lord offered Lu Changsheng information from the Evil Demon Realm in exchange for help strengthening the Dark Domain’s sect-protecting formation.
• Lu Changsheng asked whether that was all the Dark Lord wanted.

Lu Changsheng agreed to strengthen the Dark Domain’s formation after the Dark Lord explained the coming calamity and the Evil Devil Domain’s search for someone with a powerful bloodline. As Lu Changsheng secretly built in ways to control or dismantle the formation, Liu Ziru realized he was helping him conceal those safeguards.

• The Dark Lord brought Lu Changsheng to the Dark God Star Killing Array and asked him to strengthen it so the Dark Domain could survive an approaching upheaval.
• The Dark Lord revealed that the Evil Devil Domain’s coming calamity would be driven by its search for a person carrying the bloodline of an upper-ranking figure.
• Lu Changsheng began modifying the formation and secretly added mechanisms that would let him control or dismantle it.
• The Dark Lord returned to the main hall and found Liu Ziru exhausted from traveling at full speed.
• Liu Ziru learned Lu Changsheng was improving the formation, then realized he was helping him conceal his plans from the Dark Domain.

Lu Changsheng finished strengthening the Dark God Star Killing Array, whose newly intensified killing intent astonished the Dark Domain’s deacons. He left for the Changsheng Realm and took Liu Ziru with him, while the Dark Lord mistakenly believed Liu Ziru was happy to go.

• The Dark God Star Killing Array released a vast surge of killing intent across the Dark Domain, alarming its deacons and revealing that the array had grown much stronger.
• Liu Ziru reassured the Dark Lord that Lu Changsheng often worked quickly, while privately worrying about the hidden mechanisms Lu might have placed in the array.
• The killing aura vanished, and Lu Changsheng emerged, claiming the strengthening had taken a toll before declining the Dark Lord’s offer to rest.
• Lu Changsheng reminded the Dark Lord to keep the information he had provided secret, then prepared to leave.
• When Liu Ziru tried to stay behind for a mission, the Dark Lord told him to accompany Lu Changsheng, and Liu Ziru reluctantly followed him out.

The Dark Lord and Elder Yang recognized the extraordinary power Lu Changsheng had added to the Dark God Star Killing Array and worried that the coming calamities might involve him. Back in the Changsheng Realm, Lu Changsheng punished Liu Ziru for laughing at his misfortune, while Ji Qianyao reached the Middle God Emperor Realm and resolved to become strong enough to help Lu Changsheng.

• Elder Yang told the Dark Lord that Lu Changsheng had improved the Dark God Star Killing Array to a level among the Immortal Realm's best in just two incense sticks.
• The Dark Lord and Elder Yang concluded that they should befriend Lu Changsheng and hoped the coming calamity would not engulf the Dark Domain.
• After returning to the Changsheng Realm, Liu Ziru tried to explain why he had not warned Lu Changsheng about Ji Qianyao, but Huang Qian revealed that he had laughed at Lu Changsheng's predicament.
• Lu Changsheng believed Huang Qian and made Liu Ziru choose between trying his newly created pills and being beaten until he could not resist them.
• Ji Qianyao awakened after reaching the Middle God Emperor Realm and vowed to gain enough strength to help Lu Changsheng the next time they met.

Ji Qianyao learned that the Jade Lake Immortal Palace and the Golden-Winged Peng Clan had merged, while Lu Changsheng’s disciples strengthened themselves and prepared to enter the Land of Three Souls. In the Demon King Domain, Mo Li revealed that they had found their target in Cloud Dream Marsh, and Mo Ji ordered an attack.

• Ji Liuzhi told Ji Qianyao that the Jade Lake Immortal Palace had merged with the Golden-Winged Peng Clan to pursue ties with Lu Changsheng and rise toward Divine Lord-level status.
• After secluded cultivation, Mu Fusheng reached the half-step Divine King realm, Fang Qiong reached the early God King realm, Xiao Hei strengthened his body and bloodline, and Ye Qiubai reached the early God King realm and the Divine Sword realm.
• Ye Qiubai and the others thanked Patriarch Jin and prepared to venture into the Land of Three Souls without an escort from the Golden-Winged Peng Clan.
• The Jade Lake Immortal Palace and Golden-Winged Peng Clan began merging and taking over the Dragon Vein.
• Mo Li told Mo Ji that they had found their target in Cloud Dream Marsh, and Mo Ji ordered his people to kill him there.

Ye Qiubai and his companions arrived in the lawless territory outside Yunmeng City and intervened when Jiang Tong’s gang attacked Yin Shilian and Cheng Yao. The chapter left Xiao Hei overpowering two of the attackers as the fight began.

• Yin Shilian tried to protect the drugged Cheng Yao from Jiang Tong and his four outlaws, who planned to assault her and ransom her to Yunmeng City's lord.
• Ye Qiubai and his three companions appeared after sensing the fight and asked Yin Shilian and Cheng Yao for information about the region.
• Jiang Tong rejected Ye Qiubai's request to leave and led his men in an attack on the newcomers.
• Xiao Hei seized two charging middle-stage God King cultivators and slammed their faces into the ground, splitting the earth.

Xiao Hei killed two Blood Wolf Sect members and fought Jiang Tong and his companions after Mu Fusheng blocked their call for reinforcements. Xiao Hei suppressed their blood-red wolves with his bloodline power and shattered their fangs and sabers with a punch.

• Xiao Hei killed the two men he had pinned down despite Jiang Tong warning him about the Blood Wolf Sect.
• Jiang Tong activated a blood-red talisman to summon reinforcements, but Mu Fusheng’s linked talismans trapped the signal inside a barrier.
• Xiao Hei charged at Jiang Tong and his two companions alone while Ye Qiubai, Fang Qiong, and Mu Fusheng watched.
• Jiang Tong and his companions attacked with blood-red wolves formed from their killing intent, but Xiao Hei’s Demon God Descent frightened and suppressed the wolves.
• Xiao Hei smashed his armored fist into the wolves’ fangs, breaking them and the three men’s sabers.

Xiao Hei defeated Jiang Tong and the two Blood Wolf Sect fighters, then the group agreed to follow Yin Shilian to Yunmeng City. Mu Fusheng reluctantly carried the unconscious Cheng Yao as they set off.

• Xiao Hei shattered Jiang Tong and the two men's sabers, destroyed their giant blood-colored wolf, and killed the two fighters with his punches.
• Jiang Tong struck Xiao Hei from behind, but Xiao Hei's bones healed, and he seized Jiang Tong, tore off his arm, and killed him.
• Yin Shilian thanked Xiao Hei and urged the group to hurry to Yunmeng City before the Blood Wolf Sect reacted.
• Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Fang Qiong declined to carry Cheng Yao, so Mu Fusheng reluctantly hoisted her onto his back.

On the way back to Yunmeng City, Ye Qiubai and the others learned why the Talisman Master Alliance and Formation Master Alliance remained in the region, while Mu Fusheng agreed to join the Talisman Master Alliance. The group joked about Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei becoming guards, and Mu Fusheng worried that Cheng Yao was beginning to take an interest in him.

• Cheng Yao woke on Mu Fusheng's back, but remained too weak to walk, while Mu Fusheng hoped she would not start a conversation.
• Ye Qiubai learned that the Cloud Dream Marsh's Cloud Dream Soul Spirit Fruit and other treasures drew talisman masters and formation masters to the region.
• Ye Qiubai suspected a Blood Wolf Sect spy had revealed Yin Shilian and Cheng Yao's route, and Yin Shilian said he would investigate the Talisman Master Alliance.
• Yin Shilian invited Mu Fusheng to join the Talisman Master Alliance, and Mu Fusheng accepted but chose to take the entry assessment rather than use a recommendation.
• Fang Qiong considered joining the Formation Master Alliance, while Yin Shilian suggested Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei could enter as guards.
• Mu Fusheng teased Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei about serving as guards, then apologized when they threatened him with Xiao Hei's cooking and fighting; Cheng Yao laughed, leaving Mu Fusheng worried she might become interested in him.

After helping Cheng Yao return to Yunmeng City, Ye Qiubai and the others declined the city lord’s invitation and accompanied Yin Shilian to the Talisman Master Alliance. Mu Fusheng prepared to take the alliance’s assessment as an unaffiliated member, with the chapter ending as the group reached the assessment area.

• The Yunmeng City Lord reunited with Cheng Yao, thanked Ye Qiubai and the others for rescuing her, and told Yin Shilian that the Talisman Master Alliance needed to be purged of a suspected Blood Wolf Sect mole.
• Ye Qiubai declined the city lord’s invitation to the estate, saying the group would attend to its own business, and the city lord took Cheng Yao away for treatment.
• On the way to the Talisman Master Alliance, Yin Shilian teased Mu Fusheng about Cheng Yao’s interest in him, and Mu Fusheng joked that he was not interested in women, startling Yin Shilian and his companions.
• Yin Shilian showed the group the alliance’s Mountain God Talismans, then explained the unaffiliated-member assessment ranks: Yellow required a God Soldier realm talisman, Profound a God General realm talisman, Earth a God King realm talisman, and Heaven a God Emperor realm talisman.

Mu Fusheng registered for the Yellow Grade assessment and moved his group to a discreet inn while the Wolf King agreed to help Mo Li search for the former Devil Master. When the assessment began in Yunmeng City, Mu Fusheng found Cheng Yao among the candidates and realized she was watching him.

• Yin Shilian explained the Talisman Master Alliance's grades and registered Mu Fusheng for the Yellow Grade assessment, which was set to begin in two days.
• After Yin Shilian arranged lodging, Mu Fusheng took Ye Qiubai and the others to a more inconspicuous inn because he feared the Alliance might have Blood Wolf Sect spies.
• The Wolf King learned that Jiang Tong and his men had vanished and ordered an investigation into their disappearance.
• Mo Li appeared before the Wolf King, showed him a portrait of the former Devil Master, and pressured him to search for the man.
• The Wolf King agreed to search for the former Devil Master after Mo Li promised rewards and help against rival factions.
• Mu Fusheng attended the Yellow Grade assessment with Cheng Yao, whose presence led Fang Qiong, Ye Qiubai, and Xiao Hei to tease him about her interest.

Mu Fusheng took the Yellow Grade talisman master assessment and deliberately hid his skill by making his first attempt fail. Yan Xuan and Cheng Yao finished impressive talismans, while Cheng Yao postponed deciding whether to join the Talisman Master Alliance.

• The examiner told the candidates to inscribe a Divine Soldier-level talisman within two days, and Mu Fusheng chose to work slowly and avoid drawing attention.
• Mu Fusheng deliberately made his first inscription fail, convincing the onlookers that he lacked the ability to inscribe a Divine Soldier-level talisman.
• Yan Xuan completed a top-quality Divine Soldier-level talisman in half a day and said he would join the Talisman Master Alliance only if Cheng Yao joined too.
• Cheng Yao completed a Divine General-level talisman and asked to decide whether to join the alliance after the assessment ended.
• Yan Xuan asked Cheng Yao whether she was waiting for him to join, and she smiled without answering.

After Mu Fusheng passed the Yellow Grade talisman assessment, Cheng Yao’s interest in him drew everyone’s attention. Hoping to access information about Cloud Dream Marsh, Mu Fusheng chose to take the Profound Grade assessment, and Cheng Yao decided to take it as well.

• Cheng Yao’s attention to Mu Fusheng made Yan Xuan jealous, while Mu Fusheng secretly lamented the extra scrutiny.
• Mu Fusheng deliberately struggled through inscribing a Divine Soldier talisman and passed the Yellow Grade assessment.
• Cheng Yao thanked Mu Fusheng and explained that missions involving Cloud Dream Marsh required a Profound Grade talisman master.
• After Yan Xuan mocked Mu Fusheng’s chances, Mu Fusheng asked to take the Profound Grade assessment, and Cheng Yao chose to take it too.

Mu Fusheng passed the Profound Grade assessment while keeping his true ability concealed, and Yan Xuan joined the Talisman Master Alliance to gain resources and surpass him. Afterward, Fang Qiong prepared to take an assessment, and Cheng Yao asked to join the group on its next mission.

• Mu Fusheng refused Yin Shilian's offer to arrange a Profound Grade qualification and chose to take the assessment himself.
• Mu Fusheng, Cheng Yao, and Yan Xuan began inscribing Divine General-level talismans, with Mu Fusheng working steadily while hiding his skill.
• Cheng Yao and Yan Xuan passed after a day, and Mu Fusheng completed his talisman shortly before the three-day deadline and received a Profound Grade badge.
• Mu Fusheng and Cheng Yao declined core membership in the Talisman Master Alliance, while Yan Xuan joined and was invited to the stone tower's sixth floor.
• Fang Qiong agreed to take an assessment to gather information about the Cloud Dream Marsh, and Cheng Yao asked to join the group on a mission.

Fang Qiong stunned Yunmeng City by passing the Formation Master Alliance’s assessment and earning an offer to succeed its leader, which he declined because he already had a master. Meanwhile, Mu Fusheng and Ye Qiubai accepted a mission to place sensing talismans around Cloud Dream Marsh, while Cheng Yao took a mission of her own and Yan Xuan watched her leave.

• Fang Qiong passed the Formation Master Alliance’s assessment as an Earth Grade formation master, impressing the alliance with how quickly he formed a God King-level Annihilation Killing Formation.
• The Formation Master Alliance’s leader offered to make Fang Qiong his disciple and eventually hand him the leadership, but Fang Qiong declined because he already had a master.
• Mu Fusheng and Ye Qiubai examined Cloud Dream Marsh missions at the Talisman Master Alliance, where Yin Shilian and Cheng Yao warned them about the danger and ambushes.
• Mu Fusheng chose a mission to place sensing talismans at four locations on the marsh’s outskirts, and the old man gave him the talismans and a map.
• Cheng Yao offered to accompany Mu Fusheng and Ye Qiubai, but Mu Fusheng refused, so she accepted a Cloud Dream Marsh mission herself.
• Yan Xuan took a Cloud Dream Marsh mission after Cheng Yao rejected his offer to join him, then watched her leave with a troubled expression.

Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Xiao Hei, and Fang Qiong set out for the Cloud Dream Marsh with Cheng Yao and her companions, hoping to rescue two formation masters and obtain vital information. On the way, Eagle Emperor Cheng Xu ambushed them and tried to tempt Yan Xuan into betraying the group.

• Mu Fusheng and Ye Qiubai discussed Cheng Yao and Ye Ziqing while waiting for Fang Qiong and Xiao Hei at Yunmeng City's north gate.
• Fang Qiong, Xiao Hei, Cheng Yao, Yin Shilian, and Yan Xuan joined them, and the group set out for the Cloud Dream Marsh.
• Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng learned that Fang Qiong's emergency mission was to rescue two Earth Grade formation masters and offered information about the marsh and a God King Level formation.
• The group took a dangerous mountain route, where eleven outlaws confronted them and threatened Cheng Yao.
• Eagle Emperor Cheng Xu appeared, seized Yan Xuan by the neck, and offered him a chance to betray the group in exchange for access to Cheng Yao.
• Mu Fusheng watched Yan Xuan closely, ready to kill him if he accepted Cheng Xu's offer.

Yan Xuan refused Cheng Xu’s offer and chose to fight with honor, but Cheng Xu sent hundreds of venomous snakes to kill him. Mu Fusheng intervened with Divine Sovereign-grade lightning talismans and revealed formidable power, though Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei suspected he was still hiding more.

• Cheng Xu choked Yan Xuan and struck Yin Shilian when he urged Yan Xuan not to surrender.
• Yan Xuan pretended to agree, then attacked Cheng Xu with a Divine General-grade flame talisman and declared he would never join evil.
• Cheng Xu summoned hundreds of venomous snakes to devour Yan Xuan, who turned to Cheng Yao as if to say goodbye.
• Mu Fusheng formed a talisman barrier and destroyed the snakes with lightning, revealing three kinds of lightning and two Divine Sovereign-grade talismans.
• Yin Shilian, Cheng Yao, and Yan Xuan reacted in shock, while Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei suspected Mu Fusheng had not revealed his full strength.

Mu Fusheng killed Eagle Emperor Cheng Xu and the eleven outlaws with overwhelming force, then made Yin Shilian, Cheng Yao, and Yan Xuan accept talismans that would punish them if they revealed what happened. He continued onward with Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Fang Qiong, while Cheng Yao accepted that she and Mu Fusheng were not destined to be together.

• Yin Shilian warned Mu Fusheng that Cheng Xu's venomous snakes could weaken him, but Mu Fusheng surrounded Cheng Xu with God Emperor-level talismans and killed him with the Lightning Prison Tremor Talisman.
• Mu Fusheng killed the eleven outlaws with spears of Profound Yin Purple Lightning and erased the traces of the battle.
• Ye Qiubai praised Mu Fusheng, Xiao Hei challenged him to a fight, and Fang Qiong asked whether he had shown his true strength.
• Mu Fusheng gave Yin Shilian, Cheng Yao, and Yan Xuan Violent Lightning Life-Seizing Talismans and warned them not to reveal what happened.
• Cheng Yao accepted the talisman without blaming Mu Fusheng, and he left with Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Fang Qiong.

The Wolf King was forced by Mo Li to sacrifice Blood Wolf Sect spies in Yunmeng City to find a person from a portrait. Meanwhile, Mu Fusheng and his companions entered Cloud Dream Marsh with Cloud Illusion Pills, but dozens of figures followed them in.

• The Wolf King berated his senior members for failing to identify Jiang Tong's killers or locate the person in the portrait, while they explained that tighter security in Yunmeng City prevented them from acting.
• Mo Li pressured the Wolf King to use the spies at any cost, and the Wolf King ordered his senior members to obtain information on the person and bring it out.
• Yin Shilian warned Mu Fusheng's group that they could only safely explore Cloud Dream Marsh's outer region for a day, and Mu Fusheng chose to complete his assignment before heading to the middle region.
• Ye Qiubai explained that Mu Wan'er had made Cloud Illusion Pills to block illusions, and the group gave pills to Yin Shilian, Cheng Yao, and Yan Xuan.
• Mu Fusheng's group and their guides entered Cloud Dream Marsh, where they had to use Spiritual Qi to keep from sinking into the marsh.
• Dozens of figures entered the marsh behind them shortly after.