Chapter Summaries

Xiong Tianba and Su Qianqian waited for decades before escaping the Dizhen Domain by disguising Xiong Tianba as a Spirit Transformation elder sent out for training. After the Soul Suppression Palace discovered the small sect’s massacre and realized someone had escaped, Xiong Tianba and Su Qianqian entered the Heavenly Demon Grassland, where he began adapting to the outside world.

• Xiong Tianba and Su Qianqian watched other factions leave the Dizhen Domain and delayed their own escape until reports confirmed that the passage was genuine.
• Xiong Tianba secretly planted lethal restrictions in the small sect’s cultivators, then escaped with Su Qianqian by impersonating a Spirit Transformation elder approved for outside training.
• Three days after Xiong Tianba left, the restrictions killed more than two hundred people in the small sect, including its grand elder.
• The Soul Suppression Palace investigated the massacre, discovered the elder’s death and the false teleportation record, and tightened its rules for future excursions.
• Xiong Tianba and Su Qianqian entered the Heavenly Demon Grassland, where Su Qianqian helped him survive and learn to conceal his aura.

Xiong Tianba and Su Qianqian searched the Heavenly Demon Grassland for the relocated Seven Spirit Heavenly Fox clan, hoping to negotiate an alliance. After Li Yan recognized them, he secretly pursued them.

• Xiong Tianba rejected Su Qianqian’s plan to live in seclusion and decided to seek the Seven Spirit Heavenly Fox clan’s help while building his strength.
• Xiong Tianba and Su Qianqian found that the Seven Spirit Heavenly Fox clan had left its former home, then gathered clues that it had migrated southeast.
• Su Qianqian learned from another fox clan that a Seven Spirit Heavenly Fox cultivator had recently visited a nearby city, and the pair set out to search there.
• Li Yan recognized Su Qianqian and Xiong Tianba as they traveled across the Heavenly Demon Grassland and silently changed course to follow them.

Li Yan analyzed Xiong Tianba’s habits and Divine Sense while secretly following him and Su Qianqian, then prepared an ambush by provoking a flock of Sky-Shrouding Cloud Sparrows with Snow Mosquitoes. Xiong Tianba and Su Qianqian approached the fighting flock without recognizing Li Yan’s plan.

• Li Yan followed Xiong Tianba and Su Qianqian for four days, wary of Xiong Tianba’s powerful soul arts and uncertain whether he had detected the pursuit.
• Li Yan watched Xiong Tianba kill three Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators with soul attacks and perform Soul Search on them.
• Li Yan identified flaws in Xiong Tianba’s Divine Sense and decided to move ahead of the pair to prepare an ambush.
• Li Yan released Snow Mosquitoes among a flock of Sky-Shrouding Cloud Sparrows, provoking a fierce battle between the Demon Beasts.
• Xiong Tianba detected the fighting and chose to pass the flock from the side, while Su Qianqian said she did not recognize the white mosquito Demon Beasts.

Li Yan ambushed Xiong Tianba and Su Qianqian while they flew over a battle between Cloud-Covering Skylarks and Arctic Chill Mosquitoes. He killed Xiong Tianba with the Severing Poison, endured the Nascent Soul’s soul attack, and escaped with the unconscious Su Qianqian.

• Xiong Tianba steered his long-blade artifact around the battling Demon Beasts to avoid revealing their presence.
• Li Yan sprang from concealment, tore through Xiong Tianba’s defenses, and struck him with the Severing Poison.
• Xiong Tianba’s flesh and Nascent Soul melted, while Su Qianqian lost consciousness.
• Li Yan evaded Xiong Tianba’s Nascent Soul attack but suffered intense pain from the soul art.
• Li Yan grabbed Su Qianqian and vanished into the night.

Li Yan killed Su Qianqian after searching her soul and learned how she and Xiong Tianba had operated in the Dizhen Domain. He inspected their stolen treasures and discovered a mysterious walnut-shaped tiny cauldron that Xiong Tianba had never identified.

• Li Yan learned from Su Qianqian's memories that she and Xiong Tianba had slaughtered a sect and planned to seize the Dizhen Domain, then killed her without hesitation.
• Li Yan examined their storage artifacts and found spirit stones, rare materials, herbs, soul crystal sprouts, magical artifacts, and cultivation methods.
• Li Yan found numerous Soul Cultivator methods among Xiong Tianba's hoard and considered them useful references for his future cultivation.
• Li Yan drew a dark-yellow, walnut-sized tiny cauldron from an Empty Shadow Ring and recognized it from Su Qianqian's memories.
• Li Yan learned that Xiong Tianba had repeatedly tested the tiny cauldron but could not identify its purpose, and had eventually set it aside in his cultivation chamber.

Xiong Tianba investigated a faint aura that had appeared in his cultivation chamber and discovered that it came from a walnut-sized little cauldron. The cauldron moved toward a captive Nascent Soul, and Xiong Tianba cautiously let it approach while watching for danger.

• Xiong Tianba sensed a faint aura while cultivating, then searched his chamber and courtyard without finding its source.
• Xiong Tianba pretended to resume cultivation and waited for two months, hoping to catch the concealed intruder.
• Xiong Tianba captured a Nascent Soul cultivator from a small sect and restrained the cultivator's Nascent Soul to provoke a stronger aura.
• Xiong Tianba traced the resulting aura to the dark-yellow little cauldron on his shelf.
• The little cauldron flew toward the captive Nascent Soul, was knocked back by Xiong Tianba's restraint, and tried to approach again.
• Xiong Tianba opened a passage for the cauldron while keeping the Nascent Soul restrained and remaining ready to cut off his spiritual power.

Xiong Tianba discovered that the dark yellow little cauldron could trap Nascent Souls in a forest and briefly nourish them, then gave it to Su Qianqian and used it to help them escape the Dizhen Domain together. Through Su Qianqian’s memories, Li Yan learned the cauldron’s history and more about Xiong Tianba’s attachment to her.

• Xiong Tianba tested the little cauldron and found that Nascent Souls entered a forest inside it, where they could escape by breaking a formation.
• Xiong Tianba learned that the cauldron briefly nourished Nascent Souls, though its benefits soon became negligible.
• Xiong Tianba had Su Qianqian place her Nascent Soul inside the cauldron, allowing them both to leave the Dizhen Domain using a single training quota.
• Xiong Tianba let Su Qianqian keep the cauldron, and she repeatedly studied it while helping him seek the Seven-Spirit Sky Fox clan.
• Li Yan learned these details from Su Qianqian’s memories and realized she knew more than he had expected.

Li Yan set aside his unsuccessful investigation of the dark yellow little cauldron and returned to the Broken Army Sect, where he reunited with Shangguan Tianque. He told Shangguan that Mu Guyue had safely returned to the Devil Race and gave him a storage ring she had left for the sect.

• Li Yan tested the dark yellow little cauldron with spiritual power and Five Elements laws but found nothing unusual, then abandoned his investigation.
• Shangguan Tianque reflected on the Broken Army Sect's growth, his cultivation, and Ren Yanyu's pregnancy while hoping Li Yan and Mu Guyue had reached the Jieyou Realm safely.
• Li Yan appeared behind Shangguan Tianque, surprising him, and the two reunited at the cliff's edge.
• Li Yan told Shangguan that Mu Guyue had returned to the Devil Race for further cultivation and had sent her thanks to the sect.
• Li Yan gave Shangguan the storage ring Mu Guyue had entrusted to him for Shangguan and Ren Yanyu.

Li Yan reunited with Shangguan Tianque and learned that the Po Jun Sect had prospered peacefully while he was away. He arranged for Bu Luo and Zi Kun to cultivate there, leaving open the possibility that Bu Luo would later become a guest elder.

• Li Yan recognized that Mu Guyue had sent uncommon cultivation materials, pills, and techniques, many suited to Ren Yanyu, and Shangguan Tianque accepted them on her behalf.
• Li Yan asked Shangguan Tianque about the sect, and learned that Elder Zhang was attempting a breakthrough, Elder Qi had become its sixth Supreme Elder, and Yu Banjiang had reached the peak of the middle Nascent Soul Realm.
• Li Yan met Elder Qi and discussed the Po Jun Sect's circumstances, which reassured him that the sect remained peaceful.
• Li Yan told Shangguan Tianque that Bu Luo and Zi Kun would cultivate at the sect, and Shangguan Tianque agreed to provide them with resources.
• Li Yan said he would ask whether Bu Luo would serve as a guest elder after reaching Spirit Transformation, and noted that Bu Luo was skilled in alchemy.

Li Yan returned to the Po Jun Sect with Buluo and Zi Kun, arranged for them to cultivate there, and secured a formula and resources that could aid their future growth. As Li Yan prepared to focus on his own cultivation, he set a deadline for their journey into the Heavenly Demon Grassland and gave Zi Kun further support.

• Li Yan introduced Buluo and Zi Kun to Shangguan Tianque, who was impressed by Zi Kun's strength and Buluo's alchemy foundations.
• Li Yan asked Shangguan Tianque to secretly seek a Great Wu Fruit for Buluo, and Buluo gave Li Yan the Truth-Confounding Pill formula before heading off to cultivate.
• Li Yan told Zi Kun they would enter the Heavenly Demon Grassland within twenty years, advised him to call him Young Master, and gave him two toxins and their antidotes for cultivation.
• Yu Banjiang brought Li Yan two storage rings of top-grade spirit stones, including one for Mu Guyue, then left after paying his respects.
• Li Yan sat alone in his cave residence before heading to the cultivation chamber.

After more than five years of secluded cultivation, Li Yan refined the Blood-Eyed Toad's remaining toxins and tested the new poison produced by his Fragmented Poison Body. His cultivation reached the peak of early Void Refinement, and he named the poison Flawguard.

• Li Yan returned to the Po Jun Sect in secret while Shangguan Tianque continued strengthening the sect cautiously.
• After years of seclusion, Li Yan tested how the new black poison defended against the Guiyi Water-Parting Spike, a soul technique, and the Wind Blade Technique.
• Li Yan realized that refining the Blood-Eyed Toad's toxins had brought him close to middle-stage Void Refinement, but he had restrained his breakthrough to strengthen his foundation.
• Li Yan found that the new poison enhanced his Fragmented Poison Body's toxicity and formed a viscous defensive layer that could corrode attacks and partially resist soul techniques.
• Li Yan considered the risks of advancing through toxins and named the new poison Flawguard after Wing Guard.

Li Yan studied the Undying Nether Phoenix bone marrow refinement method and tested its first step using silver sand and blood from an Undying Nether Phoenix heart. After successfully forming the required gelatinous droplet, he prepared to risk the next stage by bringing out his Nascent Soul.

• Li Yan reviewed the jade slip Ming Qi had given him, which described how to refine Undying Nether Phoenix bone marrow.
• Li Yan recalled that the Ming Qi sisters had warned that refining the bone marrow was deadly for outsiders, unaware that he possessed an Undying Nether Phoenix heart.
• Li Yan combined a grain of silver sand with blood from the heart and used Ming Qi's incantation to form a gelatinous droplet.
• Li Yan confirmed that the droplet matched the jade slip's description, but knew he could not test its further refinement without merging it with his bone marrow.
• Li Yan weighed the risks, closed his eyes, and summoned a golden figure identical to himself above his head.

Li Yan risked refining the Undying Nether Phoenix marrow, using Flawguard and layers of restrictions to protect his body. After more than fifteen years of repeated failures and painstaking refinement, he succeeded and emerged at the mid-stage Void Refinement Realm.

• Li Yan decided to gamble his body on refining the marrow, knowing failure could cost him his strength and Poison Body of Fragmentation.
• Li Yan's Nascent Soul sealed his body with restrictions and Flawguard, leaving only his right palm exposed for the refinement.
• Zi Kun waited as Li Yan remained in seclusion beyond their agreed time, then returned to his own cultivation rather than disturb him.
• Li Yan repeatedly lost and regenerated his palm while testing ways to refine the silver grains, eventually using the Undying Nether Phoenix blood essence in his body to assist.
• Li Yan spent more than fifteen years refining the two gelatinous water droplets, then opened his eyes and reached the mid-stage Void Refinement Realm through body cultivation.

After refining silver sand, Li Yan awakened the Undying Nether Phoenix talent divine ability Flame-Feather Meteor Arrows and tested the power of his strengthened right arm. He ended the chapter having demonstrated a devastating long-range strike, while still uncertain about the blue mark in his palm.

• Li Yan changed his silver-sand refinement method to concentrate the refined marrow in his right hand and arm, and later discovered a blue dot in his palm that granted him Flame-Feather Meteor Arrows.
• Li Yan traveled to a remote forest and tested his strength by opening spatial holes with his fists and striking through the turbulent spatial current.
• Li Yan found that his right arm produced a far stronger attack than his left, with the combined force of Qiongqi and a silver phoenix phantom carving a long path through a meteor belt.
• Li Yan formed his body into a nearly transparent bow and fired Flame-Feather Meteor Arrows at a distant lake, obliterating its water and leaving a deep hole in the lakebed.

Li Yan left the Broken Army Sect with Zi Kun for the Heavenly Demon Grassland after learning about Shangguan Tianque and Ren Yanyu’s son and leaving gifts for the family. He disguised himself as a Nascent Soul cultivator and let Zi Kun face dangers ahead; the chapter ended with Zi Kun fighting two cultivators who had chased them.

• Five Nascent Soul cultivators fled through a violently churning asteroid belt, where two Moonwatch Beasts pursued them.
• Li Yan learned from Banjiang that Ren Yanyu had given birth to a son and that Shangguan Tianque and his wife had taken the boy to seek a spirit plant that might expand his dantian.
• Li Yan left Pills and a defensive magic treasure with Banjiang for Shangguan Tianque’s family and asked Banjiang to pass along any news about the Great Fruit.
• Li Yan and Zi Kun departed for the Heavenly Demon Grassland aboard the Cloud-Piercing Blade, with Li Yan concealing his strength and letting Zi Kun handle encounters.
• Two cultivators spotted Zi Kun and Li Yan, pursued them, and attacked Zi Kun, who began fighting them while Li Yan watched from behind.

Li Yan spent years guiding Zi Kun through brutal battles in the Heavenly Demon Grassland, honing his combat instincts and tempering his pride. Near the Golden-Backed Demon Elephant clan, Li Yan sent Zi Kun ahead to seek news of the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant clan while concealing that powerful beings there could threaten him.

• Two Spirit Transformation cultivators attacked Zi Kun, but he killed them after a fierce fight.
• Li Yan made Zi Kun face dangerous Demon Beasts across the grassland, rescuing him when he lost and helping him recover from severe injuries.
• Zi Kun defeated a late fifth-tier red-spotted centipede in his Purple Divine Dragon Elephant form, though Li Yan warned that his defense remained weak.
• During their journey of more than six years, Zi Kun kept the scars from his battles and became steadier and more discreet under Li Yan's training.
• Near the Golden-Backed Demon Elephant clan, Li Yan told Zi Kun to seek news of the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant clan on his own, then secretly followed him.

Li Yan and Zi Kun confirmed that the Golden-Backed Demon Elephant Clan descended from the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant Clan and learned where its kin were located. As they crossed the Heavenly Demon Grassland’s central region, powerful Demon Beasts repeatedly forced Li Yan to flee, leaving him aware that the journey was more dangerous than he had expected.

• Zi Kun secretly investigated the Golden-Backed Demon Elephant Clan, confirmed its ties to the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant Clan, and discovered the clan’s location.
• Li Yan praised Zi Kun’s cautious investigation, then led him toward the central region while concealing their passage.
• Five months later, increasing numbers of powerful Demon Beasts and Seventh Tier auras made Li Yan hide Zi Kun inside Tuban and continue alone.
• Li Yan escaped repeated encounters by fleeing through turbulent space, using Sand Star King Stones to recover his direction and poisons to deter pursuers.
• After an early-stage Seventh Tier Demon Beast forced him to retreat, Li Yan realized that he had underestimated the dangers of crossing the central region directly.

Li Yan and Zi Kun reached the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant Clan, where Zi Kun sought out his long-lost clansmen. After Zi Kun revealed his true form and impressed the patrol with his exceptionally pure bloodline, the leading cultivator agreed to report his arrival to the clan.

• A white-robed patrol led by a Nascent Soul cultivator stopped Li Yan and Zi Kun at the clan's territory and demanded to know their business.
• Zi Kun asked whether the patrol belonged to the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant Clan and explained that he had ascended from the lower realm and spent years searching for his clansmen.
• Zi Kun introduced Li Yan as his benefactor, following their plan to keep the details of Zi Kun's origins private.
• The leading cultivator asked Zi Kun to reveal his true form so he could assess his bloodline.
• Zi Kun transformed into a purple elephant, and the patrol sensed his extraordinarily pure bloodline and soul.
• The leading cultivator bowed to Zi Kun and said he would report the matter to the clan.

Zi Kun and Li Yan arrived at the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant Clan, where three Heaven-ranked deacons examined Zi Kun’s return from the lower realm and questioned Li Yan’s presence. The deacons learned Li Yan was a powerful cultivator connected to the Moji Dao Sect, but his relationship with Zi Kun remained unclear.

• A white-robed Nascent Soul cultivator welcomed Zi Kun, while Li Yan put away the Cloud-Piercing Blades and stood aside.
• Xiang Ling summoned the other two Heaven-ranked deacons, Xiang Longfei and Xiang Yun, to discuss Zi Kun’s arrival and the Human Race cultivator accompanying him.
• Xiang Yun objected to letting Li Yan enter, but Xiang Longfei said they should meet the pair.
• Zi Kun and Li Yan entered the hall, and Li Yan revealed his mid-stage Void Refinement Realm cultivation to support Zi Kun.
• Xiang Yun’s pressure made Zi Kun struggle to breathe, but Li Yan quietly shielded him and unsettled Xiang Yun.
• Li Yan introduced himself as a cultivator from a subordinate sect of the Moji Dao Sect, and the deacons recognized the sect while wondering how he knew Zi Kun.

Li Yan and Zi Kun met with the Purple God Dragon-Elephant Clan elders, where Zi Kun explained that he was the last survivor of his clan and sought to join them. Xiang Yun suspected Li Yan had bound Zi Kun with a contract, and the chapter ended with Zi Kun agreeing to an examination but demanding clear limits on how the clan would investigate him.

• Xiang Ling questioned Li Yan and learned that he and Zi Kun had met on the Desolate Moon Continent.
• Zi Kun told the elders that a demon cultivator had killed his parents and that he had found the clan only after ascending to the Immortal Spirit Realm.
• Zi Kun said he had searched the Lost Continent and Qingqing Continent but had found no other Purple God Dragon-Elephants.
• Xiang Yun questioned whether Li Yan had made Zi Kun his bonded spirit beast and warned that a contract could threaten the clan's descendants.
• Zi Kun refused to consent to a Soul Search, defended Li Yan's help, and said he would leave rather than submit to an invasive examination.
• Li Yan and Zi Kun asked the elders to specify who would examine Zi Kun and whether further checks would follow, and Zi Kun said he needed to know the process to feel assured.