Arc 31The Green Chi and Nether Sparrow

Chen Shuangbai secured the Jade Spring Sect, tracked Green Chi through the void, and helped True Lord Qingchen reclaim his body. He then joined the Azure Cloud Sword Lord and Qingchen in pursuing the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord, which escaped and began considering Yuandu’s offer of cooperation.

  • Chen Shuangbai defeated Beigong Lan at the Vermilion Dew Sea, then returned to the Jade Spring Sect and took charge while True Lord Xuhong was absent.
  • Chen Shuangbai restored the sect with Haoming Boy’s healing rain, received apologies and ransom from Xuanwu and Baolin, and strengthened the Jade Parasol Tree with the Pure Origin Jade Branch.
  • Chen Shuangbai investigated the Transformation Sect and followed True Lord Jihai’s Profound Water Banners through the Zheng Kingdom and Great Li Mountain, where he found Jihai and learned Green Chi had taken Qingchen’s body.
  • Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Jihai followed Green Chi into an abandoned Void-Piercing Borer Dragon nest and met the Azure Cloud Sword Lord, who revealed that Yuandu had stolen a Night Devil Beast shell.
  • Chen Shuangbai and Haoming Boy restrained Green Chi, allowing True Lord Qingchen to reclaim his body with the Scarlet Yang Pure Truth Mountain-Suppressing Ruyi.
  • Chen Shuangbai, True Lord Qingchen, and the Azure Cloud Sword Lord pursued Yuandu through the nest, where a Void Worm stirred surviving Borer Dragons and the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord arrived to feed on them.
  • Chen Shuangbai, True Lord Qingchen, and the Azure Cloud Sword Lord attacked the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord, but it escaped their combined powers and absorbed more life essence.
  • Nether Sparrow Demon Lord recognized Yuandu as the one who had freed it, and Yuandu offered an alliance against the humans.
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Ch. 751Arrival at the Vermilion Dew Sea, Coercing the Flood Dragons

Chen Shuangbai traveled to the Vermilion Dew Sea to confront the Flood Dragon Clan over its plot against the Jade Spring Sect. After Beigong Lin resisted him, Beigong Lan arrived and threatened to kill him, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

  • Chen Shuangbai captured the mixed-blood Feathered Serpent in the Heavenly Gate Spirit Treasure after escaping Haoming Boy's manifested space.
  • Chen Shuangbai and Shenyang crossed through a portal to the Vermilion Dew Sea after Haoming Boy opened it using Gao Ling's coordinates.
  • Chen Shuangbai displayed the Heavenly Gate above the sea, drawing out Beigong Lin and two other flood dragons.
  • Chen Shuangbai told Beigong Lin that he had come over the Flood Dragon Clan's collusion with Old Devil Hentian and defended his killing of Beigong Dong.
  • Beigong Lan emerged from the sea and ordered Chen Shuangbai to leave or die.

Ch. 752I'll Grant You a Sword Strike as Punishment

Chen Shuangbai confronted the wounded Beigong Lan over the Vermilion Dew Sea and defeated her with a single sword strike, severing her right foreclaw. After the Flood Dragon Clan forced him back with its defenses, he left with Shenyang, declaring that the strike was punishment.

  • Chen Shuangbai recognized that Beigong Lan was wounded, and she unleashed her purple lightning against him.
  • Chen Shuangbai transformed his Grand Yin sword into Moon Comet and pierced through Beigong Lan’s attack, blasting off her right foreclaw.
  • A white flood dragon charged Chen Shuangbai in a desperate attack, but Shenyang killed it and ripped out its dragon tendon.
  • Beigong Lin activated the Vermilion Dew Sea’s defenses and forced Chen Shuangbai and his Divine Ability manifestation into the void.
  • Chen Shuangbai had Haoming Boy collect Beigong Lan’s claw, left with Shenyang, and declared, “Let this sword strike serve as punishment!”

Ch. 753A glorious return to the mountain, creation's sweet rain

Chen Shuangbai returned to the Jade Spring Sect after defeating Beigong Lan, destroying Crimson Fire Cave, and killing several demon lords. He resumed control as Dao Child while True Person Mei warned that True Lord Qingchen and True Lord Jihai remained in danger.

  • Zhanlu treated True Person Mei, who asked anxiously about Xuhong, when Zhanlu sensed Chen Shuangbai returning.
  • Chen Shuangbai arrived with Shenyang and Gao Yi and recounted his battles at sea, while Shenyang displayed Beigong Lan's dragon claw and a flood dragon tendon.
  • Chen Shuangbai revealed that he had destroyed Crimson Fire Cave and killed Crimson Flame Demon Lord, several other demon lords, and Su Po.
  • True Person Mei warned that Green Chi might be staging his pursuit of Hentian and that the sect should remain cautious about True Lord Qingchen and True Lord Jihai.
  • Chen Shuangbai took charge of the Jade Spring Sect and told the gathered Golden Core cultivators he would return authority once the two True Lords came back.

Ch. 754Healing rain, a visit to ransom captives

After Chen Shuangbai ordered Haoming Boy to unleash healing rain, the Jade Spring Sect recovered from its injuries and began rebuilding under his protection. Lotus Temple and the Arrayed Mystery Sect then arrived to apologize and ransom their captured cultivators, with True Lord Xuanwu requesting an audience at the sect gates.

  • Chen Shuangbai commanded Haoming Boy to open the Heavenly Gate and bring healing rain to the Jade Spring Sect.
  • Haoming Boy manifested the Purple-Gold Heavenly Gate and showered the sect with rain that healed its disciples, restored its plants, and dispelled demonic influence.
  • The Jade Spring Sect rebuilt rapidly as the Vast Waves Alliance reclaimed territory and the Heavenly Star Alliance stayed out of the Parting Hate Gate's former lands.
  • Chan Master Baolin of Lotus Temple and True Lord Xuanwu of the Arrayed Mystery Sect arrived at the Jade Spring Sect with gifts to apologize and ransom their captured people.
  • True Lord Xuanwu called out to request an audience with True Lord Xuhong.

Ch. 755Utterly Stifled, Ransoming Captives with Spiritual Resources

Xuanwu of the Arrayed Mystery Sect and Baolin of the Lotus Temple visited the Jade Spring Sect to ransom True Lord Purple Thunder and apologize for detaining Chen Shuangbai’s disciples. Chen Shuangbai heard their offers but had not yet accepted them.

  • Xuanwu and Baolin arrived at the Jade Spring Sect, where Chen Shuangbai’s Spirit Treasure rainbow bridge ushered them into the Myriad Phenomena Hall.
  • Xuanwu and Baolin saw that the Jade Spring Sect had largely recovered from the calamity and paid their respects to Chen Shuangbai.
  • Xuanwu offered rare treasures, including the Pure Origin Jade Branch and rehmannia warm jade, to ransom True Lord Purple Thunder.
  • Chen Shuangbai confronted Baolin over the Lotus Temple’s attempt to detain his two disciples.
  • Baolin admitted the Lotus Temple’s fault and offered lotus blossom treasure liquid as an apology for the two disciples.

Ch. 756Beaten into Submission, Pure Origin Jade Branch

Chen Shuangbai received the ransom for Tongchi and Purple Thunder, then distributed the recovered treasures and resources among the Jade Spring Sect and his avatars. He gave the Pure Origin Jade Branch to the Jade Parasol Tree, which began absorbing it and growing stronger.

  • True Lord Xuanwu and Chan Master Baolin retrieved Purple Thunder and Tongchi, whose cultivation had fallen to the nascent soul early stage, and departed with them.
  • Chen Shuangbai gave True Person Mei Lotus Treasure Liquid to heal and prepare for a breakthrough, and ordered Ding Chengyu to place the remaining resources in the sect treasury.
  • Chen Shuangbai gave the Azure Sea Mystic Pearl to Zhanlu to refine, then sent Shenyang to join Haoming Boy and strengthen his foundations with demon-lord flesh and blood.
  • Chen Shuangbai brought the Pure Origin Jade Branch to the Jade Parasol Tree and sent it into the tree's trunk.
  • The Jade Parasol Tree absorbed the branch, its radiance and presence grew stronger, and it fell silent.

Ch. 757Supreme Origin Azure Wood, Comet Sword Dao

Chen Shuangbai inspected the Supreme Origin Azure Wood branch and returned to Emerald Screen Mountain to guide his disciples and explore the possibility of a second Sword Intent. After months of teaching, Shenyang summoned him to meet an envoy from the Sword Alliance.

  • Chen Shuangbai saw how the Supreme Origin Azure Wood branch benefited the Jade Parasol Tree and warned Fang Xiao to care for it.
  • Chen Shuangbai returned to Emerald Screen Mountain, assessed his four disciples’ cultivation, and spent several days guiding them.
  • While teaching Gao Yi, Chen Shuangbai considered comprehending Moon Comet Sword Intent alongside his Grand Yin Sword Intent.
  • Chen Shuangbai continued teaching his disciples for several months until Shenyang called him back to the sect to meet an envoy from the Sword Alliance.

Ch. 758The Demon Lord broke free, the demonic sect fell

Nangu Yaohua reported that the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord had escaped its seal, and Chen Shuangbai agreed to help the Sword Alliance hunt it down. Afterward, he destroyed the Transformation Sect’s mountain gate in the Xu Kingdom, then prepared to search for the sect master and True Lord Jihai.

  • Nangu Yaohua told Chen Shuangbai that Devil Lord Yuandu had freed the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord, which Azure Cloud Sword Lord Qingyun had wounded before pursuing into the void.
  • Chen Shuangbai agreed to aid the Sword Alliance if the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord appeared, while the Great Mound Nine-Yi Sword remained behind to suppress the other sealed demon lord.
  • Chen Shuangbai concluded that Yuandu must have had a hidden purpose and ordered Shenyang to visit the Transformation Sect’s mountain gate in the Xu Kingdom.
  • Chen Shuangbai broke the Transformation Sect’s grand formation and captured its mountain gate, finding that Yuandu and Youluo had already removed most of its valuable resources.
  • Chen Shuangbai ordered the alliance to take over the Xu Kingdom and root out its Devil Cultivators, then told True Person Mei that he would leave Shenyang behind and search for the sect master and True Lord Jihai.

Ch. 759Refining abilities in the void, returning to Zheng Kingdom

Chen Shuangbai set out with Chen Yazhen and Gao Yi to find True Lords Qingchen and Jihai, while refining his [Fallen Toad Light] during their journey through the void. The Profound Water Banner led them to a frozen otherworldly space, where he found a message left by True Lord Jihai.

  • Chen Shuangbai left Shenyang and True Lord Canxia to protect Jade Spring and invited his disciples to accompany him; Chen Yazhen and Gao Yi joined him, while Lu Xiangyuan and Chen Fuguang stayed behind.
  • Chen Shuangbai took the Profound Water Banner True Lord Jihai had left behind and traveled through the void with Chen Yazhen and Gao Yi.
  • Chen Shuangbai refined the essence in Demon Lord Heichan's Demon Core to improve his [Fallen Toad Light] while guiding his disciples during the journey.
  • Changming emerged from Haoming Boy and settled into Gao Yi's hands, while Feiguang continued tempering his body and Gray Ball remained in Haoming Boy's medicinal fields.
  • Chen Yazhen operated the Profound Water Banner, which guided Chen Shuangbai to a frozen otherworldly space.
  • Chen Shuangbai found a Law Power imprint beneath an ancient tree and recognized it as a message left by True Lord Jihai.

Ch. 760Looking Down on Everyone, Far Too Overbearing

Chen Shuangbai pursued the Green Chi after learning that True Lord Qingchen’s soul remained partly intact, then searched a sect in the Zheng Kingdom and captured a trace of the creature. He left with the trace, while True Lords Jixuan and Linyuan accepted that the Arrayed Mystery Sect could not challenge him.

  • Chen Shuangbai learned through True Lord Jihai’s mark that the Green Chi had abandoned its pursuit of Hentian and was hiding somewhere unknown.
  • Chen Shuangbai followed the Profound Water Banner into the Zheng Kingdom, where True Lords Jixuan and Linyuan came to meet him.
  • Chen Shuangbai opened a gate to a small sect and searched its grounds, alarming its elders with his Nascent Soul presence.
  • Chen Shuangbai found a piece of green agate containing a wisp of the Green Chi’s power, and Haoming Boy caught it as it tried to escape.
  • Chen Shuangbai left with his companions, and Jixuan and Linyuan concluded that the Arrayed Mystery Sect had no practical way to oppose him.

Ch. 761Returning to Great Li, Feiguang's Ferocity

Chen Shuangbai entered Great Li Mountain to pursue the Profound Water Banner and encountered the Ancient People tribes’ shamans. After Feiguang slew an ancient Wrathful Plume Dark Eagle, the Dark Crow Tribe’s great shaman helped explain Chen Shuangbai’s purpose, but Great Shaman Yage and the others remained difficult to persuade.

  • Chen Shuangbai followed the Profound Water Banner into Great Li Mountain, the shaman way’s reserved domain, with Chen Yazhen and Gao Yi accompanying him.
  • Chen Shuangbai pressed deeper into the mountains without seeking the Dark Crow Tribe’s help, drawing the attention of an ancient Wrathful Plume Dark Eagle.
  • Feiguang killed the Late Golden Core Stage Wrathful Plume Dark Eagle, displaying its growing ferocity and potential to reach Nascent Soul.
  • Five powerful figures confronted Chen Shuangbai, and Great Shaman Yage demanded to know why he had entered Great Li Mountain.
  • The Dark Crow Tribe’s great shaman arrived and spoke with Chen Shuangbai, then argued with Yage before advising Chen Shuangbai to use his sword to settle the dispute.

Ch. 762The Great Shaman Retreated, the Venomous Flood Dragon Bowed

Chen Shuangbai drove off Great Shaman Yage and the other tribesmen, then entered the Narrow Ravine to retrieve another Profound Water Banner. There he subdued a three-headed venomous flood dragon, which Haoming Boy began interrogating.

  • Great Shaman Yage summoned a swarm of snakes, but Chen Shuangbai cut through his bronze staff and wounded him, forcing him to flee.
  • Chen Shuangbai intimidated the other three shamans into retreating and thanked the Dark Crow Tribe's great shaman for his help.
  • The Dark Crow Tribe's great shaman led Chen Shuangbai and his disciples to the Narrow Ravine, where Chen asked him to watch over the disciples before descending alone.
  • Chen Shuangbai found a second Profound Water Banner beside a mire, but a three-headed venomous flood dragon erupted from it before True Lord Jihai's divine sense could finish speaking.
  • Chen Shuangbai struck the early-stage Nascent Soul flood dragon down in one move, and Haoming Boy ordered it to answer his questions and call him lord.

Ch. 763The Venomous Flood Dragon Spat Out a Banner, Deep Within Great Li Mountain

Chen Shuangbai followed True Lord Jihai’s clues into Great Li Mountain, where he uncovered why Green Chi had come there: it had sought the remains of a Nascent Soul flood dragon to help seize control of True Lord Qingchen’s body. The Profound Water Banner then pointed Chen Shuangbai toward the place where Green Chi had gone.

  • Haoming Boy pulled True Lord Jihai’s Profound Water Banner from a three-headed venomous flood dragon, and the three banners revealed Jihai’s message about Green Chi and True Lord Qingchen’s unusual soul.
  • True Lord Jihai’s divine sense said the banner would guide Chen Shuangbai toward places where Green Chi had stopped, and the reunited banners pointed deeper into Great Li Mountain.
  • Chen Yazhen deduced that Green Chi had to stop and suppress Qingchen’s soul when it resisted, while Changming suggested Green Chi had been drawn to something hidden in the mountains.
  • Chen Shuangbai connected Green Chi’s search to the remains of a Nascent Soul flood dragon and followed the banner to an ancient deep pool.
  • Chen Shuangbai found the flood dragon’s corpse with its essence already taken, and Haoming Boy put away the remains as the Profound Water Banner trembled more intensely.

Ch. 764Discussing the balance of power at Arrayed Mystery, finding Jihai

True Lord Jinxuan learned that Chen Shuangbai had defeated their plans for the immortal island and ordered the Arrayed Mystery Sect to avoid confronting him for now. As the Sword Alliance pursued the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord and Chen Shuangbai’s fame spread, Chen followed the Profound Water Banner into a shattered otherworldly space and found True Lord Jihai.

  • Purple Thunder reported to True Lord Jinxuan that Chen Shuangbai had defeated him on the immortal island and caused his cultivation to fall.
  • True Lord Jinxuan decided the Arrayed Mystery Sect should avoid clashing with Chen Shuangbai and focus on seeking the immortal island again.
  • True Lord Jinxuan left to join True Lord Baishi in pursuing the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord.
  • The Azure Cloud Sword Lord pursued Devil Lord Yuandu, and the Blood Sea Dao and Lifeless City withdrew from West Kingdom to the Ten Thousand Rivers Sea.
  • Chen Shuangbai’s reputation rose after the Transformation Sect and Parting Hate Gate were destroyed, while the Jade Spring Sect and Vast Waves Alliance focused on taking over former Holy Origin Alliance territory.
  • Chen Shuangbai followed the Profound Water Banner into a shattered otherworldly space and found True Lord Jihai sitting on a stone outcrop.

Ch. 765Its Great Rise Lies with You, Void-Piercing Borer Dragons

Chen Shuangbai healed True Lord Jihai and helped suppress the Green Chi Yajie’s lingering power before leading the group through the void. They discovered a vast tunnel complex that Changming identified as an abandoned nest of Void-Piercing Borer Dragons.

  • Chen Shuangbai gave True Lord Jihai five-colored jade dew, which helped him refine its vitality and suppress his injuries.
  • True Lord Jihai learned the Jade Spring Sect was safe, met Haoming Boy, and praised Chen Shuangbai as the key to the sect’s rise.
  • Chen Shuangbai gave True Lord Jihai the [Scarlet Yang Pure Truth Mountain-Suppressing Ruyi], which suppressed the Green Chi Yajie’s lingering Divine Ability.
  • True Lord Jihai used six Profound Water Banners to lead the group along a waterway through the void.
  • The group found an enormous complex of intersecting tunnels, and Changming identified it as a possible old nest of Void-Piercing Borer Dragons.
  • Chen Shuangbai reasoned that the nest was abandoned because no creatures had reacted to their approach, and Changming agreed.

Ch. 766The Old Nest in the Tunnels, the Azure Cloud Sword Lord

Jihai and Chen Shuangbai pursued the Green Chi through an abandoned Void-Piercing Borer Dragon nest, where they encountered the Azure Cloud Sword Lord, who had been chasing Yuandu. After joining forces, they compared their reasons for entering the tunnels, and Chen Shuangbai asked what Yuandu had taken from the Black and Yellow Land.

  • Changming explained that Void-Piercing Borer Dragons were powerful in the void but died soon after entering the material world.
  • Jihai, Chen Shuangbai, and their companions found signs of an abandoned borer dragon nest as they followed the Green Chi’s trail.
  • Green rain and emerald waterlight appeared in the tunnel, revealing the Green Chi’s divine ability, and Haoming Boy moved the weaker cultivators into his self-contained space.
  • Jihai and Chen Shuangbai met the Azure Cloud Sword Lord, who said Yuandu had fled into the tunnels after escaping his pursuit.
  • The Azure Cloud Sword Lord praised Chen Shuangbai for attacking the demonic sect headquarters and promised to visit the Jade Spring Sect with his disciples.
  • Jihai and Chen Shuangbai explained that the Green Chi had seized Jihai’s senior brother’s body, then Chen Shuangbai asked what Yuandu had taken from the Black and Yellow Land.

Ch. 767The Night Devil Beast's Shell, Yuandu's Aim

Chen Shuangbai learned that Yuandu sought the shell of a Night Devil Beast to gain its innate abilities, and he and True Lord Jihai pursued the fleeing Green Chi. As the Azure Cloud Sword Lord left to track Yuandu, Chen Shuangbai concealed himself and raced ahead after Green Chi.

  • The Azure Cloud Sword Lord revealed that Yuandu had stolen the shell of a Night Devil Beast once sealed in the Black and Yellow Land.
  • Changming explained that the beast’s shell could retain its innate abilities, including powers of escape, illusions, and dreams, which Yuandu could absorb.
  • Chen Shuangbai and the Azure Cloud Sword Lord resolved that Yuandu must not escape, and the Sword Lord departed to follow traces of his Sword Essence.
  • True Lord Jihai pursued the constantly moving Green Chi with the Profound Water Banner while Chen Shuangbai used his Dharma Eye to locate the beast.
  • Chen Shuangbai concealed his presence with the grand yin authority and surged ahead in a sword rainbow to pursue Green Chi.

Ch. 768Drifting azure rain, a sword bars the Green Chi

Chen Shuangbai confronted Yajie in the passage and offered him a Feathered Serpent body in exchange for releasing True Lord Qingchen. Yajie refused, and their clash began with Chen Shuangbai's sword strike shaking Yajie's water shield.

  • Yajie tried to refine True Lord Qingchen's soul, but Qingchen's golden-white barrier resisted the azure rain and he revealed that his helper had arrived.
  • Chen Shuangbai appeared before Yajie, whose divine sense had searched the passage, and filled the area with violet-gold radiance and Sword Intent.
  • Chen Shuangbai asked Yajie to release True Lord Qingchen and offered him a mixed-blood Feathered Serpent body as compensation.
  • Yajie rejected the offer and attacked Chen Shuangbai with a claw formed from azure rain, while a golden-haired, violet-eyed boy raised a defense.
  • Chen Shuangbai drew Foot-Long Silk and struck Yajie's sixfold water shield, cracking it without breaking through.

Ch. 769Turbid Lightning rends the realm, toadlight shatters the barrier

Chen Shuangbai and Haoming Boy kept Yajie trapped in a purple-gold domain while True Lord Qingchen disrupted the dragon soul from within. Yajie unleashed Turbid Lightning and struck at Chen Shuangbai, whose Dharma Eye revealed the danger just as an unknown toad’s cry sounded from his brow.

  • Chen Shuangbai wounded Yajie with the Grand Yin sword, while Haoming Boy’s purple-gold radiance compressed the Green Chi’s room to move.
  • True Lord Qingchen taunted Yajie from within the heart lake as Haoming Boy formed twelve pillars and spread a sea of purple fire.
  • Yajie summoned Turbid Lightning, filling the domain with dark clouds, white lightning, and Yin Lightning that rapidly eroded Chen Shuangbai’s defenses and Law Power.
  • Yajie’s lightning-wreathed dragon claw reached Chen Shuangbai’s brow as black light in the pool slowed his body and Divine Abilities.
  • Chen Shuangbai’s Dharma Eye caught sight of Yajie’s uncanny face, and a red-and-black light appeared between his brows as an unknown toad cried out.

Ch. 770The Heavenly Gate Suppressed the Turbid Waters, the White Mirror Sealed the Dragon

Chen Shuangbai and Haoming Boy contained Yajie's corrosive Divine Ability while True Lord Qingchen disrupted Yajie's control of the heart lake. Chen Shuangbai froze Yajie's pool with a treasure mirror, and Haoming Boy sealed it beneath the Purple-Gold Heavenly Pillar as True Lord Jihai asked whether they had succeeded.

  • Yajie's black current began absorbing the power of his own blue-green rain and dark clouds, but Chen Shuangbai used Haoming Boy and [Grand Yin Authority] to counter it.
  • Haoming Boy manifested the Purple-Gold Heavenly Gate and compressed Yajie's Divine Ability into a small pool, but Yajie made the pool swell and corrode the gate's radiance.
  • Chen Shuangbai raised his Grand Yin sword and gathered a savage crimson comet at its tip, scattering much of the corrosive water-light.
  • True Lord Qingchen shattered the golden-white radiance containing him and used five-colored splendor to weaken Yajie's control of the heart lake for an instant.
  • Chen Shuangbai drove a pure white treasure mirror into the pool and froze it, then Haoming Boy suppressed it beneath the Purple-Gold Heavenly Pillar.
  • True Lord Jihai asked if the plan had worked, and Chen Shuangbai confirmed that it had.

Ch. 771Ruyi in Hand, the True Lord Restored

True Lord Qingchen regained control of his body after True Lord Jihai and Chen Shuangbai suppressed Yajie’s dragon soul. The group left the passage to pursue Yuandu and Hentian while Qingchen vowed to settle old scores.

  • Haoming Boy brought True Lord Jihai and Chen Shuangbai into his true body, where they confronted the suppressed Yajie and Qingchen’s body.
  • True Lord Jihai handed Qingchen the Scarlet Yang Pure Truth Mountain-Suppressing Ruyi, allowing Qingchen to suppress Yajie and reclaim control of his body.
  • Qingchen said Yajie could not be fully refined away soon, so Chen Shuangbai had Haoming Boy add another seal to restrain the dragon soul.
  • True Lord Jihai returned to the Jade Spring Sect to restore order and report Qingchen’s escape, while Chen Shuangbai went with Qingchen to meet the Azure Cloud Sword Lord and pursue Yuandu and Hentian.
  • Qingchen declared that he would settle the accounts from the past while warning that others had mistaken his patience for a good temper.

Ch. 772Sword Essence Leads the Way, Two Treasures in the Old Nest

Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Qingchen followed the Azure Cloud Sword Lord’s Sword Essence through a Void-Piercing Borer Dragon’s vast old nest. Changming explained the nest’s valuable resources as the group continued deeper in search of the Sword Essence’s destination.

  • Chen Shuangbai released the Azure Cloud Sword Lord’s Sword Essence, and he and True Lord Qingchen followed it through the nest.
  • Chen Shuangbai summoned Changming, who greeted True Lord Qingchen and described Void-Piercing Borer Dragons as communal insect beasts that build their nests with a special liquid.
  • Changming explained that shed shells can form void crystal stone, a material useful for crafting storage artifacts, flying boats, and spatial treasures.
  • Changming said that dead borer dragon eggs can petrify into rare void embryo pearls, which can be used to refine clones or forge void-powered treasures and may even extend lifespans.
  • Changming mentioned that the worker insects collect shiny objects, and True Lord Qingchen praised him for knowing how to stay alive.

Ch. 773A startling turn in the insect tide, the Void Worm

Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Qingchen found the injured Azure Cloud Sword Lord in the old nest and joined him in pursuing Yuandu. Their pursuit was interrupted when a Void Worm’s attack awakened a colony of Void-Piercing Borer Dragons, which swarmed the beast.

  • Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Qingchen found the Azure Cloud Sword Lord, who said Yuandu had escaped after leaving a troublesome Divine Ability behind.
  • The Azure Cloud Sword Lord, Chen Shuangbai, and True Lord Qingchen resumed their pursuit of Yuandu through the old nest.
  • A Void Worm broke into a passage and began devouring the nest, and Changming identified it as a beast that fed on Void-Piercing Borer Dragon nests.
  • The Azure Cloud Sword Lord realized the Void Worm’s noise had stirred a colony of Borer Dragons, and Changming explained that eggs left in the abandoned nest had produced survivors.
  • Thousands of Void-Piercing Borer Dragons surged through the passage and attacked the Void Worm.

Ch. 774Blackfire Nether Sparrow, Great Li Sword Scripture

Nether Sparrow Demon Lord appeared in the passage and absorbed the life essence of the insects to regain its strength. Azure Cloud Sword Lord, Chen Shuangbai, and True Lord Qingchen attacked it together, leaving the battle underway.

  • Nether Sparrow Demon Lord swept into the passage on a tide of black fire, burning the insects and absorbing their life essence.
  • Azure Cloud Sword Lord asked Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Qingchen to help stop the Demon Lord before it recovered its full strength, and they agreed.
  • Azure Cloud Sword Lord attacked with his two treasured swords and a storm of azure and white sword stars, interrupting Nether Sparrow Demon Lord's feeding.
  • Nether Sparrow Demon Lord recognized Azure Cloud Sword Lord's Great Li Sword Scripture and vowed revenge on the successors of Chunhe, who had sealed it.
  • Nether Sparrow Demon Lord unleashed a blackfire tide and concealed a deep-blue tail feather within it, but Chen Shuangbai struck the feather aside with golden-white Sword Essence.
  • Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Qingchen joined Azure Cloud Sword Lord, each announcing their challenge to Nether Sparrow Demon Lord.

Ch. 775Yuandu Appeared, Humans and Demons Joined Forces

Azure Cloud Sword Lord, True Lord Qingchen, and Chen Shuangbai fought Nether Sparrow Demon Lord, but its Ghost Chariot blood let it escape their attacks. Devil Lord Yuandu arrived and proposed an alliance with the demon, leaving Nether Sparrow Demon Lord weighing his offer.

  • True Lord Qingchen used the Five Virtues Water Fortune Mystic Gui to suppress Nether Sparrow Demon Lord's black fire while Azure Cloud Sword Lord trapped it with sword stars.
  • Chen Shuangbai brought down a towering heavenly gate, but Nether Sparrow Demon Lord turned insubstantial and escaped the threefold attack.
  • Azure Cloud Sword Lord explained that Nether Sparrow Demon Lord's Ghost Chariot blood let it evade ordinary Divine Abilities.
  • Nether Sparrow Demon Lord absorbed more life essence and recognized Devil Lord Yuandu as the one who had opened its seal.
  • Yuandu invited Nether Sparrow Demon Lord to cooperate against the humans, tempting it with the prospect of consuming their flesh and Divine Souls.
  • Nether Sparrow Demon Lord mocked human cultivators for their infighting and asked Yuandu what he proposed.
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Arc 31 of 37