Vol. 31Trials of the Wraith Beast

Li Yan returned to Pojun Sect, helped it withstand Chunyang Hall and Moji Dao Sect, and advanced to Body Integration while his allies reunited and pursued their own goals. He entered the Prayer-Devil Wraith Buddha Beast’s trials, where Li Jiuchen died and the others faced descending Tribulation Fire.

  • Li Yan and Tang Feng lured Chunyang Hall’s pursuers into Bone Echo Market, where Pojun Sect ambushed them at Returning Goose Pavilion.
  • Master Lan and Elder Tang revealed Pojun Sect’s plan, while Li Yan and Shangguan Tianque objected to killing the inn’s staff.
  • Li Yan survived his Body Integration tribulation and helped Elder Tang repel Chunyang Hall and Moji Dao Sect attackers at Pojun Sect.
  • Bai Rou reunited with Bai Ting and agreed to bring her to the Muliu Sect, while Li Yan returned and checked on Elder Hao.
  • Li Yan reunited with Ming Qi and Ming Yu, then searched the Heavenly Demon Grassland with Qianji for territory for the Snow Mosquito Clan.
  • Shuang Qingqing and Bai Rou killed Calamity Son and rescued Meng Shangmo, while Li Yan became caught up in a pursuit involving Su Wenzhou and the Moonlit Spirit Goose clan.
  • Li Yan entered the Prayer-Devil Wraith Buddha Beast and joined Li Jiuchen, Su Wenzhou, Yun Qinghua, and Ling Xingkong in its trials.
  • After Li Yan solved the Spirit Lamp puzzle, the Ancient Tree trapped the group, and Li Jiuchen died as Tribulation Fire descended on the others.
Chapters 3001–3100 Read from Ch. 3001

Arc 121The Bone Echo Ambush

Li Yan returned to Pojun Sect, helped prepare for Chunyang Hall’s assault, and the sect repelled its first attack. When Chunyang Hall sent a stronger force, Li Yan and Tang Feng lured its cultivators into Bone Echo Market, where Pojun Sect prepared an ambush at Returning Goose Pavilion.

  • Li Yan tricked Bai Yan into fleeing with Chi Wu through a sabotaged teleportation formation, then helped Xiang Yanxiu open a sealed spirit field and learned that a hidden crystalline land might suit the Snow Mosquito Clan.
  • Li Yan returned to Pojun Sect with Qianji, learned how the sect had strengthened its defenses and allied with Soul Suppressing Palace, and decided to preserve Chi Wu’s rare plants and study her other treasures.
  • Chunyang Hall sent six elders to attack Pojun Sect, but Shangguan Tianque, Zuo Qiudan, and their allies trapped them in the grand formation, killing four and capturing two.
  • After Pojun Sect killed the captives, Chunyang Hall organized a second expedition of ten cultivators, while Pojun Sect’s scouts tracked their approach and its leaders planned a proactive attack.
  • Li Yan and Tang Feng posed as treasure sellers in Bone Echo Market, drawing Chunyang Hall’s pursuers after them and keeping the force from heading straight toward Bone-Eroding Ravine.
  • Elder Hu suspected the route to Bone-Eroding Ravine was a trap, while Li Yan and Tang Feng used suspicious behavior to keep Chunyang Hall’s force in the market.
  • Elder Shi entered Returning Goose Pavilion in disguise, but a jade ruyi drained her strength and bound itself to her hand before the door struck her down and her soul was torn from her body.
  • Master Lan and Elder Tang revealed themselves and confirmed that Pojun Sect would attack at Returning Goose Pavilion, where Li Yan and Shangguan Tianque opposed killing the inn’s staff.
Chapters 3001–302525 summaries Read

Arc 122Breakthrough and Reunion

Li Yan survived a Body Integration heavenly tribulation, then helped the Pojun Sect repel a Chunyang Hall and Moji Dao Sect assault. Elsewhere, Bai Rou reunited with Bai Ting and agreed to bring her to the Muliu Sect, while Li Yan returned to the sect and found that its struggles continued.

  • Elder Tang’s group captured Elder Shi, escaped Bone Echo Market, and learned through her soul that Chunyang Hall and Moji Dao Sect intended to eliminate the Pojun Sect.
  • Li Yan released the foreign Qiongqi power within him, gained insight into Body Integration, and endured a seven-day heavenly tribulation to stabilize his new realm.
  • Li Yan tested his strengthened abilities and returned to the Pojun Sect, where the elders welcomed his breakthrough and planned a celebration.
  • Elder Hu, Elder Wei, and two Moji Dao Sect cultivators attacked the Pojun Sect, killing nearly a hundred members as they battered its defenses.
  • Li Yan and Elder Tang killed three attackers and wounded Elder Wei, deliberately allowing him to escape and report the Pojun Sect’s strength.
  • In Star Dome City, Bai Rou and Shuang Qingqing met Guan Man, who revealed that Bai Ting had joined Meteor Palace while searching for them.
  • Bai Ting reunited with Bai Rou and called her Master, and Bai Rou agreed that she could leave Meteor Palace and join the Muliu Sect.
  • Li Yan returned from gathering materials with Qianji, learned that Ren Yanyu had reached Void Refinement, and checked on the still-unresponsive Elder Hao.
Chapters 3026–305025 summaries Read

Arc 123Old Ties and New Pursuits

Li Yan reunited with Ming Qi and Ming Yu, then set out with Qianji to search for a home for the Snow Mosquito Clan. Meanwhile, Shuang Qingqing and Bai Rou rescued Meng Shangmo by killing Calamity Son, and Li Yan became entangled in a pursuit tied to a hidden cavern and the Moonlit Spirit Goose clan.

  • Li Yan revealed his identity to Ming Qi and Ming Yu, recalled their past together, and exchanged cultivation insights with them before they returned to the Heavenly Demon Grassland.
  • After five years of cultivation, Li Yan arranged to search the Heavenly Demon Grassland with Qianji for territory for the Snow Mosquito Clan and continued guiding Ding Shuying’s cultivation.
  • Shuang Qingqing and Bai Rou encountered Meng Shangmo being abused by Calamity Son, then devised a plan to ambush him and break Meng Shangmo’s restriction.
  • Shuang Qingqing and Bai Rou fought Calamity Son with puppets and poison, destroyed his body, and used Star-Scar Pursuit to kill his escaping Nascent Soul.
  • Shuang Qingqing restored Meng Shangmo’s connection to his Nascent Soul, and he agreed to travel with her and Bai Rou to the Muliu Sect to recover.
  • Li Yan and Qianji searched for signs of the Undying Underworld Phoenix before Li Yan encountered four Demon Cultivators emerging from a crater, where he suspected they had fought over a hidden cavern or treasure.
  • Li Jiuchen and Su Wenzhou pursued the departing witnesses, and Li Yan concealed himself and changed direction after Su Wenzhou tracked his trail with the Great Luo Star Eyes.
  • Li Yan decided to turn back and kill Su Wenzhou, while the Moonlit Spirit Goose cultivators prepared to face Li Jiuchen and discussed the approaching pursuers.
Chapters 3051–307525 summaries Read

Arc 124The Wraith Beast Trials

Li Yan entered the Prayer-Devil Wraith Buddha Beast with Lin Feng, then joined Li Jiuchen, Su Wenzhou, Yun Qinghua, and Ling Xingkong in its deadly trials. After solving the first chamber’s lamp puzzle, the group was trapped by the Ancient Tree, and Li Jiuchen died as Tribulation Fire descended on the others.

  • Li Yan survived the Ghost-Head Restriction, saved Lin Feng, and learned that the beast’s interior held trials for swallowed cultivators.
  • Li Yan crossed the Halberd bridge and joined Li Jiuchen, Su Wenzhou, Yun Qinghua, and Ling Xingkong in a sealed cave.
  • The group failed Yun Qinghua’s Spirit Lamp sequence, then Li Yan deciphered the directional patterns and opened the Light Gate.
  • Li Yan and the others entered a chamber with a half-withered Ancient Tree and chose to restore both halves under the beast’s warning.
  • The five infused the tree with spiritual power, but it pinned them down and drained their magic as blood-red clouds and Tribulation Fire appeared.
  • Li Jiuchen struck at the Tribulation Fire, which consumed his body and soul, while Li Yan desperately fed power into the Withered Wood as the fire descended toward the others.
Chapters 3076–310025 summaries Read
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