Chapter Summaries

Luo Beixi returned to the forest with his younger sister, Luo Youhuang, after carefully ensuring he was not followed. Li Yan examined her with his soul power and discovered that a blazing Yang force disrupted his probe, leaving her condition unresolved.

• Luo Beixi left Li Yan in the remote forest and hurried back to Saint Demon City to settle matters before returning with his sister.
• Li Yan laid down layers of safeguards and arrays around the forest while Luo Beixi was away.
• Luo Beixi returned with Luo Youhuang, having watched for anyone following him and circled back to the meeting place.
• Li Yan emerged, warned Luo Beixi not to expect too much, and began examining Luo Youhuang on her jade bed.
• Luo Beixi sensed Li Yan's exceptionally pure soul power and grew hopeful that he could help his sister.
• Li Yan's soul power entered Luo Youhuang's glabella, where blazing Yang intent disrupted it; he then saw the phantom of a young woman.

Li Yan assessed the risks of treating Luo Youhuang and began drawing her soul from her body after Luo Beixi agreed to proceed. He left her soul suspended in a dark-red sea of his technique, preparing to separate and treat its damaged fourth spirit.

• Li Yan told Luo Beixi that treating Luo Youhuang had a 60 to 70 percent chance of success but could cause her soul to dissipate if it failed.
• Luo Beixi asked Li Yan to save his sister, and Li Yan raised her jade bed and concealed the treatment inside a formation.
• Li Yan used the Soul Transference Art to draw Luo Youhuang's soul out of her body and examined its abnormal crimson color.
• Li Yan formed a dark-red sea around Luo Youhuang's soul and watched for signs of instability before sending in his soul power.

Li Yan used the Soul Sea Separation Art to isolate Luo Youhuang’s fourth soul and treat its chest injury with a soul Pill. The Pill stopped the injury’s crimson light from escaping, but the crack remained as the black medicinal mist continued to cover her soul.

• Li Yan separated Luo Youhuang’s soul into ten shadows and identified the fourth soul by the crack in its chest and the vivid red light spilling from it.
• Li Yan inferred that the injury had persisted through Luo Youhuang’s cultivation and might have worsened after her Heavenly Tribulations.
• Li Yan carefully guided a blue soul Pill into the crack using soul power, isolating its effects to the fourth soul.
• Li Yan gradually released the Pill’s medicinal power, and blue mist spread across the fourth soul before turning black as Luo Youhuang’s pained expression eased.
• After about one hundred breaths, the Pill disappeared and the crimson light stopped escaping, though the crack remained and red light still flickered within it.

Li Yan used a sixth-grade soul pill and the Transforming the Sun Soul spell to heal the crack in Luo Youhuang’s fourth corporeal soul. He began the dangerous task of reuniting her ten souls, leaving her recovery uncertain.

• Li Yan assessed Luo Youhuang’s damaged fourth corporeal soul and decided to use the soul pill’s remaining power to repair it.
• Li Yan cast Transforming the Sun Soul, and the crack in Luo Youhuang’s fourth corporeal soul disappeared as it returned to its normal dark red state.
• Luo Beixi anxiously waited outside the formation, hoping Wang Xing’s treatment would finally let his sister awaken.
• Li Yan confirmed the fourth corporeal soul had healed and lifted Luo Youhuang’s nine remaining soul figures from the spell’s seawater.
• Li Yan prepared to reunite the ten soul figures, a perilous step made harder by the Heavenly Dao’s interference.

Li Yan used the Cloud Book Soul Condensation Art to heal Luo Youhuang, but the Heavenly Dao rejected the fusion of her restored fourth spirit. He devised a soul-suppressing method to keep her spirit stable until the fusion succeeded, and told Luo Beixi that she should wake soon.

• Li Yan discovered that the Heavenly Dao repeatedly diverted Luo Youhuang’s fourth spirit, threatening to destroy it if he forced the fusion.
• After trying dozens of approaches, Li Yan increased the spell’s power and used his natal soul suppression to steady Luo Youhuang’s consciousness and help her endure the strain.
• Li Yan maintained the technique for hours until the fourth spirit stopped trembling, then gradually fused it and the remaining souls and spirits over more than three days.
• Luo Beixi waited anxiously outside the treatment area for over four days as Li Yan continued treating Luo Youhuang.
• Li Yan emerged from beneath the tree and told Luo Beixi that Luo Youhuang should wake soon, though her body still needed time to recover.

Luo Youhuang awakened after Li Yan restored her injured soul, and he confirmed that her body and soul had fused without issue. Li Yan left with her after warning her to avoid breakthroughs for ten years, while Luo Beixi was reminded to keep his promise.

• Luo Youhuang opened her eyes on the jade bed and recognized Luo Beixi, then shook off her confusion when he called to her.
• Luo Youhuang noticed Li Yan beneath a tree and felt an inexplicable familiarity and sense of safety toward him.
• Li Yan confirmed with a soul technique that Luo Youhuang had no major problems and instructed her to nourish herself and avoid breaking through for ten years.
• Luo Youhuang thanked Li Yan and tried to bow, but he stopped her and carried her into the air with him.
• Luo Beixi asked whether Li Yan was returning to the city, and Li Yan said he was leaving and reminded Luo Beixi not to forget his promise.

Li Yan, disguised as Wang Xing, gave Luo Youhuang a rare ghost cultivator inheritance and a Spirit Storage Ring containing countless yin souls and ghostly creatures before departing. Luo Youhuang recognized the technique as a peerless inheritance, then suffered a backlash when she cautiously examined the ring.

• Luo Beixi understood that Wang Xing wanted to end their dealings and promised that Luo Youhuang would obey his orders.
• Li Yan gave Luo Youhuang the Ten Halls Night Demon technique and a Spirit Storage Ring filled with yin souls and ghostly creatures, warning her not to defy the Heavenly Dao.
• After Li Yan left, Luo Beixi urged his sister to accept the gifts and remember the warning, and she agreed.
• Luo Youhuang identified the technique as a peerless ghost cultivator inheritance from a first-rate sect.
• Luo Youhuang cautiously probed the Spirit Storage Ring, but its powerful ghostly qi shattered her divine sense and made her stagger backward.

After Luo Youhuang’s divine consciousness was shaken by the powerful ghosts in Wang Xing’s Spirit Storage Ring, Luo Beixi explained how she could use them safely and warned her not to rush her cultivation. He then recounted the events surrounding her rescue, leaving Luo Youhuang reflecting on her good fortune and the strange familiarity she felt toward Wang Xing.

• Luo Beixi entered the Spirit Storage Ring with his divine consciousness, saw its countless ghosts—including Void Refinement Realm ones—and withdrew after understanding Wang Xing’s warning.
• Luo Youhuang told Luo Beixi that only a strand of her divine consciousness had been shattered, and he promised to give her weaker ghosts first while keeping the ring for ten years.
• Luo Beixi warned Luo Youhuang not to become impatient as she cultivated with the ghosts and her new technique, then discussed what Wang Xing’s gift might mean.
• Luo Beixi concealed the forest with an array and explained the events of Luo Youhuang’s rescue, while leaving out how much hardship he had endured.
• Luo Youhuang questioned Luo Beixi about what had happened during her unconsciousness and privately wondered why Wang Xing’s unfamiliar face had seemed familiar to her.

Luo Youhuang’s soul remained strongly attached to Li Yan after he healed her and gave her a cultivation method, while Li Yan left to prepare for his journey north. On the way, he overheard cultivators discussing Shanggong Changge and Dao Yu, names tied to his past on the Lost Continent, and immediately pursued them.

• Luo Youhuang’s treatment with Life-Bound Soul Suppression left her feeling close to Li Yan, and the method he gave her could keep that attachment alive as she cultivated.
• Luo Beixi and Luo Youhuang ended their conversation and flew to Saint Demon City, where Luo Youhuang later became the shopkeeper at Gu Xing Garden.
• Li Yan left to sort through his gains, meet Qianji, and travel toward the North Pasture Realm, but sensed a fast-moving concealed presence following his route.
• Li Yan changed course to test the approaching presence, which passed without noticing him as its occupants discussed stopping Shanggong Changge from returning to her clan.
• Li Yan recognized Shanggong Changge and Dao Yu from his past with Zhao Min, then turned and pursued the escaping light.

Li Yan followed two White Devil Race cultivators after recognizing the names Shanggong Changge and Daoyu, and decided to kill Daoyu over their past conflict. He watched the pair enter Zilin Mountain Manor and remained outside, assessing their strength and the manor’s defenses.

• Li Yan concluded that the escape light was unlikely to be a trap and followed it after hearing Shanggong Changge and Daoyu mentioned.
• Li Yan recalled Daoyu’s past actions against him and Zhao Min, then resolved to kill Daoyu.
• Li Yan followed the escape light for more than half a day and saw it descend at a mountain manor.
• Li Yan identified the purple-robed cultivator as likely being at the Integrated Body Early Stage and the red-robed cultivator as being at the mid Spirit Transformation Realm.
• The red-robed cultivator showed a token to a black-clad man at the gates, and both visitors entered Zilin Mountain Manor.

Li Yan learned from a captured cultivator that Zilin Estate traded in intelligence and worked out how he could enter. Before he could approach the gates, the two masked White Devil Race cultivators left, renewing his uncertainty about whether they had met Dao Yu.

• Li Yan captured an elderly cultivator in brocade robes and used the Soul-Seeking Technique to learn about Zilin Estate.
• Li Yan discovered that Zilin Estate mainly traded intelligence and that visitors could enter by paying ten middle-grade spirit stones.
• Li Yan watched the elderly cultivator enter the estate and concluded he could enter without arousing suspicion by paying the fee.
• Li Yan saw the two masked White Devil Race cultivators leave the estate together and wondered whether they had met Dao Yu inside.
• The purple-robed cultivator released a flying treasure, and the two masked cultivators flew away into the night.

Li Yan overheard a White Devil Race cultivator and his companion planning to meet Dao Yu and Shanggong Changge at an ambush point, and he waited to see what they would do. The chapter then revealed Shanggong Changge’s arduous rise through the realms and ended with her reaching the Void Refinement Realm.

• Li Yan followed the two White Devil Race cultivators and overheard them say that Dao Yu would bring Shanggong Changge past their chosen riverside meeting place.
• Li Yan inferred that the pair might intend to harm Shanggong Changge and decided to wait nearby for Dao Yu to arrive.
• Shanggong Changge traveled with a young cultivator while her past hardships and cultivation breakthroughs were recounted.
• Shanggong Changge refined a mysterious demon core, used its remaining power to aid her cultivation, and eventually broke through to the Void Refinement Realm.

Shanggong Changge reflected on Dao Yu’s privileged life and Zhao Min’s mysterious death, recalling that he had concealed Zhao Min’s final visit and his suspicions about the Supreme Elders. The chapter left him traveling with Dao Yu, their friendship renewed after years apart.

• Shanggong Changge considered how Dao Yu’s talent, resources, and luck had surpassed his own, while recalling Dao Yu’s grief over Zhao Min’s death.
• Shanggong Changge remembered that Zhao Min had told him she did not want to marry Dao Yu and had asked for his help, but he had claimed they never met.
• Shanggong Changge recalled that the Supreme Elders had questioned him about Zhao Min before she died, prompting suspicions he forced himself not to pursue.
• Dao Yu repeatedly sought information about Zhao Min, and Shanggong Changge shared selected details while keeping her final visit secret.
• Shanggong Changge and Dao Yu grew closer over time, but Shanggong Changge later lost contact with him after ascending to the Immortal Spirit Realm.

Shanggong Changge recounted how he and Dao Yu explored a dangerous ancient ruin and divided its treasures, with Shanggong Changge keeping a mysterious jade box that Dao Yu believed was the ruin’s greatest prize. As they traveled toward Zilin Manor, Dao Yu secretly watched Shanggong Changge and remained fixated on the box.

• Dao Yu invited Shanggong Changge to investigate a ruin after discovering information about it in a jade slip, and Shanggong Changge agreed despite recognizing Dao Yu’s hidden motives.
• The two spent years exploring the ruin and obtained several treasures before setting out for Zilin Manor to gather information.
• When four objects flew from a stone chamber, Dao Yu caught three treasures while Shanggong Changge secured a jade box.
• Dao Yu offered the treasures he had collected in exchange for the jade box, but Shanggong Changge refused both offers.
• After calculating their gains, Dao Yu concluded that the jade box was probably the ruin’s greatest treasure and secretly kept his attention on Shanggong Changge.

Dao Yu grew convinced that Shanggong Changge’s jade box contained a priceless treasure and began plotting to have her killed, but he hesitated after witnessing her caught in an illusion formation. When she accused the illusory Zhao Min of murdering her master, Dao Yu was shaken by memories tied to Zhao Min.

• Dao Yu inferred that Shanggong Changge planned to seek information about the jade box at Zilin Manor and became increasingly convinced it was valuable.
• Dao Yu considered killing Shanggong Changge but feared he could not defeat her or escape the clan’s investigation, so he decided a clan expert would need to act for him.
• Dao Yu recalled secretly following Shanggong Changge through the ruins and finding her attacking an illusion formation without realizing she was fighting imaginary enemies.
• Dao Yu chose to wait rather than help Shanggong Changge, hoping she could handle the danger while he avoided risking himself.
• Shanggong Changge accused the illusory Zhao Min of murdering her master, and Dao Yu was jolted by memories of Zhao Min, whom Shanggong Changge had cherished as a disciple.

Dao Yu overheard Shanggong Changge reveal in an illusion that Zhao Min had killed Dongli Qing and that she had helped cover it up, though he could not tell whether the words were true. Later, resentful over the treasures Shanggong Changge kept, Dao Yu began plotting to use the possible secret to enlist the Dongli clan against her.

• Shanggong Changge attacked the illusion and accused Zhao Min of killing Dongli Qing, while Dao Yu overheard her claim that she had concealed the crime.
• Dao Yu recalled Dongli Qing’s death, suspected Zhao Min had killed him, and considered how Shanggong Changge might have hidden the evidence.
• Shanggong Changge broke free of the illusion, and Dao Yu withdrew without revealing that he had heard her words.
• During their return from the ruins, Dao Yu grew resentful when Shanggong Changge refused to trade him the jade box, and he considered killing her for her treasures.
• Dao Yu remembered Shanggong Changge’s words in the illusion and planned to inform the Dongli clan, offering his help in exchange for his demands.

Daoyu secretly negotiated with Eastern Hedge Pei to obtain the jade box from Shanggong Changge, carefully arranging a meeting while trying to protect himself. As Daoyu and Shanggong Changge reached the agreed area, an attacker shattered the defenses of their flying treasure and caught Shanggong Changge off guard.

• Daoyu planned to tell Eastern Hedge Pei about Shanggong Changge and demand his treasure, arranging to send the news through trusted merchant associations.
• Daoyu chose Eastern Hedge Dongshan as an intermediary and laid out a backup plan to deter Eastern Hedge Pei from killing him.
• Daoyu exchanged messages with Eastern Hedge Pei, and they settled the conditions for their meeting.
• Daoyu traveled with Shanggong Changge toward the rendezvous, nervously monitoring their surroundings as they followed a great river.
• A burst of white light struck Shanggong Changge's white jade ruyi, instantly shattering its defensive restrictions and jolting Shanggong Changge through his mental link to the treasure.

Dongli Pei captured Shanggong Changge and prepared to search her soul over Dongli Qing’s death while Daoyu defended himself. Watching from afar, Li Yan recognized Daoyu and realized Dongli Pei’s investigation had unexpectedly become tied to the Dongli Qing he had killed.

• Dongli Pei shattered Shanggong Changge’s defense, knocked her unconscious, and captured her while Daoyu watched in fear.
• Dongli Pei ordered Daoyu and Dongli Dongshan aside and said he would search Shanggong Changge’s soul about Dongli Qing’s death.
• Li Yan sensed the ambush from a distant mountain, recognized Daoyu, and identified Shanggong Changge as a likely Void Refinement cultivator.
• Li Yan considered following the group and killing Daoyu, hoping to do so without attracting Dongli Pei’s attention.
• Li Yan overheard Daoyu call the captor Uncle-Master Dongli and realized Dongli Pei was investigating the death of Dongli Qing, whom Li Yan had killed with Zhao Min’s help.

Li Yan secretly listened as Dongli Pei searched Shanggong Changge’s memories and learned she had concealed clues pointing to Zhao Min in Dongli Qing’s death. Dongli Pei decided to kill Shanggong Changge, who woke powerless and heard that he was Dongli Pei.

• Li Yan left the mountaintop and approached the barrier around Dao Yu, Dongli Dongshan, and Dongli Pei to listen in.
• Dongli Pei searched Shanggong Changge’s memories while Dao Yu and Dongli Dongshan watched anxiously.
• Dongli Pei found that Shanggong Changge had altered Dongli Qing’s disciples’ memories and redirected the investigation to conceal Zhao Min’s possible involvement.
• Dongli Pei told Dao Yu that Shanggong Changge had not killed Dongli Qing but had helped conceal the murderer’s clues, and he said Zhao Min might have been responsible.
• Dongli Pei revived Shanggong Changge and prepared to torment and kill her; she woke unable to use her power and heard him identify himself.

Shanggong Changge was exposed as having helped cover for Zhao Min in the incident surrounding Dongli Qing’s death, and Dongli Pei moved to torture her. Li Yan intervened and rescued her, then realized she might have erased clues after the killing without knowing he was the culprit.

• Shanggong Changge woke with her cultivation sealed and recognized Daoyu and Dongli Dongshan as Dongli Pei confronted her over Dongli Qing’s death.
• Daoyu accused Shanggong Changge of involvement and urged Dongli Pei to punish her, so Dongli Pei sent a deadly ball of light toward her.
• Li Yan attacked Dongli Pei and seized Shanggong Changge while Dongli Pei swept Daoyu and Dongli Dongshan out of danger.
• Dongli Pei challenged the yellow-robed stranger, and Li Yan greeted him while concealing his identity behind a black face covering.
• Li Yan recalled that his poison had killed Dongli Qing and reasoned that Shanggong Changge had likely only erased clues after connecting Zhao Min to the death.