Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen used the Earth Treasury Technique to open the Sealed Land and free Elder Qian, Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits, and the others while the Black Puppet pursued him. The Black Puppet charged back into the Sealed Land, but Elder Qian warned that the situation was not over.

• Yang Zhen shifted the mountains surrounding the Sealed Land while Shameless Cat warned him that the Black Puppet was approaching.
• Yang Zhen opened a canyon through the restriction, and Elder Qian, Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits, and the trapped group escaped.
• The Black Puppet attacked, and Elder Qian was knocked flying after challenging it.
• Ji Yourong arrived and pointed out that something seemed wrong with the Black Puppet.
• The Black Puppet charged into the Sealed Land as the mountains began returning to their original positions, and Elder Qian warned Yang Zhen that the situation was not simple.

Elder Qian revealed that the Sealed Land might contain the legacy of an extinct race, and that a black pool within it held a power capable of bringing the dead back to life. As the Black Puppet remained trapped behind the restored restriction, Shameless Cat identified the buried legacy as belonging to the Undying Clan.

• Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits asked whether the Black Puppet was connected to the black pool, prompting Elder Qian to recall Lu Qiju's madness and death.
• Elder Qian said the Sealed Land might hold an entire race's legacy rather than a Great Emperor's, alarming Lu Tianwei and the others.
• A roar from the Black Puppet confirmed that the restored restriction had trapped it inside the Sealed Land, and Yang Zhen refused to reopen the entrance.
• Elder Qian explained that Lu Qiju had entered the black pool, emerged mad, and plunged back into it while dying; he and the others believed it contained a powerful force that could revive the dead but overwhelm cultivators below the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Shameless Cat excitedly identified the legacy as belonging to the Undying Clan.

Yang Zhen learned that the Undying Clan practiced a body-tempering Dao capable of achieving Physical Body Sanctification, then bet Shameless Cat that he could obtain its method from the Sealed Land. Despite warnings about the dangers inside, Yang Zhen appeared amused and ready to act.

• Yang Zhen asked Shameless Cat about the Undying Clan, and Shameless Cat said its inherited cultivation method was a body-tempering Dao suited to Yang Zhen.
• Shameless Cat admitted he did not know how to cultivate the method, and Yang Zhen flung him toward the Sealed Land before he returned safely.
• Yang Zhen bet Shameless Cat that he could obtain the method, wagering storage rings against the treasure Shameless Cat had buried on North Isle.
• Elder Qian and Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits warned Yang Zhen against entering the Sealed Land and its perilous black pool, while Lu Tianwei mocked his chances.
• Yang Zhen looked amused at everyone's concern, and Shameless Cat grew uneasy about what he planned to do.

Yang Zhen headed back into the Sealed Land, claiming he wanted to uncover the mystery of the Ancient Era rather than pursue body tempering. Elder Qian, the Sha Clan Elder, and a growing crowd joined him, while Yang Zhen privately admitted he had wanted company on the dangerous journey.

• Elder Qian, the Sha Clan Elder, and other survivors urged Yang Zhen not to reenter the Sealed Land, while Ji Yourong gave him a token for the Heavenly Snow grand assembly.
• Yang Zhen walked toward the Sealed Land and said that he was driven by the desire to learn the secrets of the Ancient Era, not by body tempering.
• Elder Qian decided to accompany Yang Zhen after realizing that he truly wanted to know the Ancient Era's mystery.
• The Sha Clan Elder and a group of other cultivators joined Yang Zhen, despite their companions' protests.
• Shameless Cat questioned Yang Zhen's motives, and Yang Zhen insisted that he had not forced anyone to follow him.

Yang Zhen led the crowd into the Sealed Land without anyone noticing, then followed Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits’ tracking technique toward the black pool. As the pool’s oppressive presence came into view, Shameless Cat felt a sudden chill and the group faced the mind-assaulting power ahead.

• Lu Tianwei and Ji Yourong stayed with the crowd, and Lu Tianwei said he wanted to see how Yang Zhen could claim the inheritance under a Spirit Transformation Realm expert’s nose.
• Yang Zhen teased Shameless Cat about whether Qilin hatched from eggs, then told Elder Qian that the group had already entered the Sealed Land.
• Ji Yourong attributed Yang Zhen’s formation skill to the Earth Treasury Technique, while Lu Tianwei dismissed his success as luck.
• Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits summoned an ink-like tadpole that guided the group toward the black pool.
• The tadpole vanished near the pool, and Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits warned Yang Zhen that a terrifying power ahead could assault the mind.
• Yang Zhen saw the black pool’s eerie waters, while Shameless Cat shivered from the cold presence.

Yang Zhen examined the black pool and discovered that it was the core of the Sealed Land’s formation, then stepped into the eerie black Qi to investigate. As the pool boiled around him, he found the formation’s hidden clue.

• Yang Zhen recognized that the Sealed Land’s formation centered on the black pool and reassured the gathered cultivators that he could lead them to the Undying Clan’s inheritance.
• Elder Qian, Sha Clan Elder, and Ji Yourong warned everyone not to flee if they had to face the Spirit Transformation Realm Black Puppet.
• Yang Zhen approached the black pool and entered the range of its black Qi wave while the others watched anxiously.
• The black pool churned violently as Yang Zhen took another step inward and exclaimed that he had found the clue.

Yang Zhen broke the black pool’s restriction and entered the Undying Clan’s grotto-heaven, where he planned to find its treasure pavilion. The chapter ended as Shameless Cat realized Yang Zhen had a reason for letting Qianling and Lu Tianwei follow them: they might not be able to get inside.

• Yang Zhen tricked the black pool’s water beast, struck the pool’s weak point, and exposed the black, skeleton-filled landscape beneath its illusion.
• Yang Zhen threw Shameless Cat into the pool and followed the other cultivators into a grotto-heaven filled with perfectly preserved corpses and the ruins of the Undying Clan’s sect.
• The crowd rushed toward the sect, while Yang Zhen slipped away with Shameless Cat; Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits and Lu Tianwei followed them.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat he knew how to enter the sect’s treasure pavilion, then suggested that the two followers could not get inside.

Yang Zhen led Shameless Cat, Lu Tianwei, and Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits to a hidden valley and entered a cave that held a dazzling array of secret treasures. Lu Tianwei was left stranded on a cliff below the cave, while Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat marveled at their discovery.

• Yang Zhen guided the group to a valley carved with ancient formation patterns and invited Lu Tianwei to follow him down.
• Yang Zhen leaped into a cave halfway down the cliff, and Lu Tianwei copied his jump without realizing he could not fly or use True Essence in the valley.
• Lu Tianwei caught a protruding rock and accused Yang Zhen of setting him up, while Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat mocked his reckless leap.
• Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits realized Yang Zhen had deliberately ignored her, then refused Lu Tianwei's plea for help and left.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat found a dazzling array of secret treasures and said they had struck it rich again.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat raided the Undying Clan's secret treasury, then Yang Zhen cultivated the Undying Sacred Scripture. He reached perfect mastery and began drawing in the treasury's pills, leaving Shameless Cat shocked and furious.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat ran out of storage rings while plundering the secret treasury, so they began eating the pills and Yang Zhen prepared to cultivate the Undying Sacred Scripture.
• Yang Zhen explained how the Undying Clan's valley restriction worked and began cultivating the scripture, absorbing only the scarce origin vitality of all things.
• Shameless Cat doubted Yang Zhen could master the scripture quickly, but Yang Zhen reached perfect mastery after swallowing dozens of pills.
• Yang Zhen's power surged, and the remaining pill bottles floated toward him and burst, prompting Shameless Cat to curse him for stealing the pills.

Yang Zhen cultivated the Undying Sacred Scripture and Dragon Elephant Prison-Suppressing Physique, breaking through to the Fourth and then Fifth Dragon Elephant. Meanwhile, an Undying Clan female disciple awakened at the mountain gate and began rushing toward the crowds.

• Yang Zhen finished cultivating the Undying Sacred Scripture and resumed training while Shameless Cat waited.
• Yang Zhen unleashed the Fourth Dragon Elephant, revealing a true-dragon-like projection and greatly increased bodily strength.
• Yang Zhen opened the Fifth Dragon Elephant, leaving Shameless Cat astonished at his body-tempering progress.
• Cultivators searched the Undying Clan mountain gate for treasures while a senior warned them to behave carefully.
• An awakened Undying Clan female disciple killed a cultivator who had touched her and rushed toward the crowded areas.

A peerlessly beautiful Yin Slave appeared at the Undying Clan’s mountain gate and slaughtered the cultivators who ignored warnings to leave. Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits charged toward the Spirit Transformation Realm Yin Slave, forcing Elder Qian to ask Sha Clan Elder for help.

• A peerlessly beautiful woman appeared in the mountain gate, and Elder Qian and Sha Clan Elder recognized her as a Yin Slave.
• Elder Qian, Sha Clan Elder, and Ji Yourong ordered their people to leave, but many North Isle cultivators stayed behind.
• After Ji Yourong and the others escaped, the Yin Slave unleashed a bizarre presence and earth-treasury attacks that killed and wounded cultivators inside the gate.
• Elder Qian and Sha Clan Elder realized that the Yin Slave was a Spirit Transformation Realm expert and noted that Yang Zhen was nowhere to be found.
• Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits charged at the Yin Slave, and Elder Qian begged Sha Clan Elder to help, who said he had only one breath of time.

Elder Qian entered the Undying Clan's mountain gates to rescue Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits, but the Yin Slave trapped everyone inside. As Yang Zhen's hidden inheritance caused a violent disturbance, Lu Tianwei crashed into the area, leaving the cultivators stunned.

• Elder Qian used a Saint Weapon to break through the restriction, but the Yin Slave attacked him and prevented him and Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits from leaving.
• Elder Qian explained that the Yin Slave was a living corpse created through an ancient cultivation method and was close to breaking through the Peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Elder Qian and Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits realized that the Yin Slave would not attack them as long as they stopped damaging the mountain gates, so they waited.
• Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits said Yang Zhen had gone to the Undying Clan's hidden treasure pavilion, and a growing disturbance soon erupted from the nearby mountains.
• A small peak exploded amid black waves of force, and a black figure flew through the mountain gates before crashing into a rocky crater.
• The cultivators recognized the figure in the crater as Lu Tianwei.

Lu Tianwei was thrown back to the others as a Spirit Transformation Realm Black Puppet confronted the Yin Slave. After escaping the collapsing inheritance cache, Yang Zhen entered a strange mountain forest, saw a woman beneath a waterfall, and realized he was witnessing an illusion before she challenged an unseen intruder.

• The wounded Lu Tianwei crashed into the others, and Elder Qian identified the approaching figure as a Spirit Transformation Realm Black Puppet.
• Elder Qian ordered everyone to stay still as the Black Puppet confronted the Yin Slave in midair.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat escaped the collapsing inheritance cache using the Earth Treasury Technique and passed through a restriction into a mountain forest.
• Yang Zhen discovered that Shameless Cat was missing and crept toward a waterfall after hearing a woman singing.
• Yang Zhen saw a beautiful woman practicing in the pool, then realized the scene was not real when a destructive wave passed through him.
• The woman donned a white dress, looked toward the sky, and demanded to know who had trespassed in her Undying Sacred Land.

Yang Zhen witnessed a vision of the Undying Clan's sacred land being annihilated by black lightning and heavenly will. As its last survivors began the Black Blood Sacrifice, Ye Lingyin vowed to break the force destroying them.

• Yang Zhen realized the beautiful place before him was the Undying Clan's sacred land and saw black mist and lightning fill the sky.
• The heavenly will turned savage, and black lightning killed nearly all the Undying Clan's people while leaving the land and buildings untouched.
• Yang Zhen approached the grieving stunning woman and felt helpless as she and the surviving experts suffered under the attack.
• The Heavenly Cycle Realm expert ignited the Black Blood Sacrifice, and the other surviving experts followed.
• Ye Lingyin vowed to break the force destroying the Undying Clan, even after ten thousand years in chaos.

Yang Zhen witnessed a vision of the Undying Clan’s final battle against a Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast, in which Ye Lingyin and the clan’s experts died resisting it. The vision faded as a furry face repeatedly tried to wake him.

• Ye Lingyin and the Undying Clan experts unleashed their full power against the black mist, which condensed into a colossal ferocious beast.
• The beast overwhelmed the clan’s fighters, and its black lightning killed the Heavenly Cycle Realm expert, whose corpse became the Black Puppet Yang Zhen had seen before.
• Ye Lingyin shattered her Primordial Spirit and inscribed a mark on the beast, vowing to take its life when she returned.
• The beast vanished, leaving the Undying Clan holy land silent and lifeless; Yang Zhen could not find Ye Lingyin’s corpse or the Heavenly Cycle Realm expert’s body.
• The vision turned unreal, and a furry face patted Yang Zhen while calling for him to wake up.

Yang Zhen woke from a vision of the Undying Clan’s destruction and learned from Shameless Cat that the terrifying beast was tied to the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, a secret too dangerous to discuss. After a disturbance shook the cave, they escaped the vault and climbed toward the cliff, where Yang Zhen spotted the source of the commotion.

• Yang Zhen woke in the inheritance vault and told Shameless Cat about seeing a vicious beast destroy the Undying Clan.
• Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that the beast was connected to the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth and that speaking of it could bring disaster.
• A sudden boom interrupted Yang Zhen’s questions, and Shameless Cat urged him to seek the truth on his own.
• Yang Zhen grabbed Shameless Cat and left the cave as more booms shook the mountain.
• The force carrying them up the passage vanished, leaving Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat clinging to a cliff until Shameless Cat jumped up and pulled Yang Zhen to safety.
• Yang Zhen looked toward the source of the noise and reacted with surprise.

Yang Zhen arrived at the Undying Clan’s ruined mountain gate, where Ye Lingyin and the Black Puppet fought with Spirit Transformation Realm power. Ignoring everyone’s warnings, he walked beneath them and shouted for the two to stop.

• Yang Zhen recognized Ye Lingyin and the Black Puppet battling above the Undying Clan’s mountain gate.
• Elder Qian, Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits, and other cultivators struggled to evade the battle’s aftershocks while trapped behind the restriction.
• Ji Yourong and others failed to break the restriction from outside, and the group spotted Yang Zhen approaching.
• Elder Qian and the others warned Yang Zhen not to enter, but he tossed Shameless Cat to Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits and walked through the restriction.
• Yang Zhen stood beneath the fighting experts and roared at them to stop.

Yang Zhen tried to stop two Spirit Transformation Realm experts from fighting, but saying Ye Lingyin’s name only sent the Yin Slave charging at the Black Puppet. He rushed into their battle and told Ye Lingyin to move aside so he could beat the Black Puppet awake.

• Yang Zhen shouted at the two Spirit Transformation Realm experts to stop fighting, and both turned their attention to him.
• The Black Puppet punched at Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen called out Ye Lingyin’s name, prompting the Yin Slave to attack the Black Puppet.
• The Black Puppet fought back, and Yang Zhen realized the two former fellow disciples might have forgotten their past and resolved to stop them.
• Shameless Cat told Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits and the others about the pair’s tragic history as Yang Zhen charged toward the battle.
• Yang Zhen reached Ye Lingyin and told her to move aside so he could beat the Black Puppet awake.

Yang Zhen fought the Black Puppet head-on while Ye Lingyin stood aside, then survived a devastating blow that left the crowd believing he was dead. He tried to awaken the pair’s memories of their shared clan and reminded Ye Lingyin of her wish to pass down her secret technique.

• Yang Zhen told Ye Lingyin to stay out of the fight, and she withdrew to the side.
• Yang Zhen met the Black Puppet’s attack with his own strength and was hurled into a crater, where the crowd assumed he had died.
• Yang Zhen climbed out alive and realized the onlookers had mistaken his actions for heroic self-sacrifice.
• Yang Zhen told Ye Lingyin and the Black Puppet that they came from the same Undying Clan and recalled Ye Lingyin’s sacrifice for revenge, causing the Black Puppet to stir with recognition.
• Yang Zhen reminded Ye Lingyin that she still wanted to pass down her secret technique.

Yang Zhen maneuvered to become the candidate for Ye Lingyin's secret-technique inheritance, while the gathered cultivators watched in suspense. Ye Lingyin examined Yang Zhen with a glowing finger, leaving him flustered but unharmed as the chapter ended.

• Yang Zhen urged Ye Lingyin and the Black Puppet to stop fighting and suggested he was the most talented candidate to inherit her secret technique.
• The crowd realized Yang Zhen was angling for the inheritance, while Shameless Cat and Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits suspected he had been scheming since leaving the secret hoard.
• Ye Lingyin shook her head, leading the crowd to think she had rejected Yang Zhen, but then she walked over to him.
• Ye Lingyin pressed a glowing finger to Yang Zhen's forehead and examined his body and Divine Sense space, while Yang Zhen stayed still despite his fear.
• Yang Zhen tugged open his collar and closed his eyes, bewildering the onlookers.