Chapter Summaries

Li Yan and Elder Tang swiftly killed three of the four Body Integration Realm attackers, while Li Yan let Elder Wei escape to warn the Moji Dao Sect and avoid endangering Chunyang Hall and his friendship with Chongyangzi. They returned to the Pojun Sect, where Shangguan Tianque realized how easily they had overwhelmed their powerful enemies.

• Li Yan killed Elder Hu after destroying the middle-aged beauty, while Elder Tang used a soul technique to kill the thick-bearded man.
• Li Yan stopped Elder Tang from pursuing Elder Wei, who escaped after deciding to retreat.
• Li Yan explained that he wanted Elder Wei to report the Pojun Sect's strength and that sparing him could help protect Chunyang Hall and Chongyangzi.
• Li Yan and Elder Tang returned to the sect, and Li Yan resumed his original appearance.
• Shangguan Tianque watched them return and realized Li Yan and Elder Tang had killed three powerful attackers in moments.

Li Yan and Elder Tang killed the invaders who attacked the Pojun Sect, while Elder Wei escaped after they deliberately let him go to report what happened. As he fled, Elder Wei realized the Pojun Sect’s backers might be a Demon Race faction in the Heavenly Demon Grassland.

• Li Yan and Elder Tang appeared at the sect gate after killing three invaders and wounding Elder Wei, shocking Shangguan Tianque, Zuo Qiudan, Tang Feng, and the disciples.
• Li Yan ordered Shangguan Tianque and Zuo Qiudan to return with him, leaving Bu Luo and Yu Banjiang to tend to the wounded.
• Li Yan kept Elder Hu’s soul alive so Elder Wei could report the invaders’ deaths, and the group returned to learn more about Chunyang Hall and the Moji Dao Sect.
• Elder Wei flew for over two hours and concluded that Li Yan and Elder Tang had intentionally spared him so he could carry back their warning.
• Elder Wei reconsidered the Pojun Sect’s allegiance and suspected its backers were a Demon Race faction within the Heavenly Demon Grassland.

Elder Wei realized that the Pojun Sect was protected by a powerful Demon Beast clan and hurried back to report, leaving the Moji Dao Sect to weigh its next move. The story then shifted to Star Dome City, where two women browsed the puppet shops of the Meteor Palace’s famed cultivation hub.

• Elder Wei deduced that the Pojun Sect had allied with a powerful Demon Race clan that could deploy several Seventh-Stage Monster Beasts.
• Elder Wei decided to return to the Moji Dao Sect with his findings, believing the sect would investigate cautiously before attempting to destroy the Pojun Sect.
• Elder Wei concluded that Chunyang Hall had lost half its strongest fighters and that its remaining leaders would struggle to preserve the sect.
• The narration introduced Star Dome City, the Immortal Spirit Realm’s renowned puppet-trading city ruled by the Meteor Palace.
• Two women walked through Star Dome City, looking into shops for items they liked.

Bai Rou and Shuang Qingqing visited Star Dome City to sell puppets and buy materials for the Muliu Sect, whose new home they had established near the city. The sect had grown cautiously amid repeated battles, and the women arrived at a familiar shop to trade its puppets.

• Shuang Qingqing and Bai Rou discussed their limited spirit-stone budget as they explored Star Dome City.
• Shuang Qingqing had taken control of a small puppet sect near Star Dome City, and Bai Rou agreed its location suited the Muliu Sect.
• Shuang Qingqing established the Muliu Sect in the area, recruited carefully, and joined it to a local alliance after demonstrating her strength.
• The Muliu Sect grew to more than seventy members but endured repeated battles, casualties, and serious injuries to Shuang Qingqing and Bai Rou.
• Bai Rou and Shuang Qingqing reached a familiar Star Dome City shop to sell puppets, rotating among shops to avoid accepting low prices.

Bai Rou and Shuang Qingqing sold puppets and went to the free market to buy materials, where Bai Rou unexpectedly reunited with Guan Man. Guan Man explained how she and Bai Ting had reached Star Dome City, leaving Bai Rou surprised to learn the fox had taken her surname and called her Master.

• Shuang Qingqing and Bai Rou sold puppets, bought cultivation materials, and headed to the free market, where Shuang Qingqing hoped to find an old Golden Bell Branch.
• Guan Man recognized Bai Rou and revealed that she was from Guan Village, which Bai Rou and Li Yan had once saved.
• Guan Man explained that Bai Ting had taken human form, adopted Bai Rou's surname, avenged the foxes by killing the two goshawks, and called Bai Rou Master.
• Guan Man recounted that a Void Refinement Realm deacon of Meteor Palace had noticed her puppet-making talent and wanted to take her as a registered disciple.

A Meteor Palace deacon offered to take Guan Man as her registered disciple, prompting Guan Feng to weigh the risks and potential benefits for Guan Village. Guan Man and Bai Ting both chose to go to the market town, where the deacon learned that Guan Feng knew almost nothing about Meteor Palace.

• The Meteor Palace deacon explained why she wanted Guan Man as a disciple and gave her six days to decide; Guan Man returned home and told Guan Yuanxiang and Guan Feng about the offer.
• Guan Feng realized Meteor Palace was likely a super sect and warned Guan Man about the risks, while she decided to accept the chance to gain resources and help Guan Village.
• Guan Man planned to leave with Guan Feng, and Bai Ting insisted on joining so she could search for Bai Rou and Li Yan; she gave Guan Feng a jade slip for them.
• Guan Feng brought Guan Man and Bai Ting to the inn, where the Meteor Palace deacon discovered that he knew little about her sect.

Guan Man recounted how she and Bai Ting had joined Meteor Palace, then reunited with Bai Rou in Star Dome City. Bai Rou agreed to meet Bai Ting, who had searched for her and Li Yan for years, and Guan Man led her and Shuang Qingqing to a shop to wait.

• Guan Man told Bai Rou that she and Bai Ting had traveled to the Main Dao Realm, where Guan Man became the Meteor Palace steward’s disciple and Bai Ting became an outer disciple.
• Guan Man explained that Bai Ting had remained determined to search for Li Yan and Bai Rou, while Shuang Qingqing teased Bai Rou about being mistaken for Bai Ting’s mother.
• Bai Rou asked whether Bai Ting was nearby, and Guan Man said Bai Ting was in the sect and urged Bai Rou to stay so they could meet.
• Bai Rou agreed to meet Bai Ting and the little fox, and Guan Man led Bai Rou and Shuang Qingqing into a nearby shop to arrange a private room and send a message.

Bai Rou learned that Guan Man had recognized her because Bai Ting had entrusted her with searching for the benefactors who once helped her. After verifying Guan Man’s discretion and hearing how Guan Village was faring, Bai Rou met Bai Ting as she arrived at the private room.

• Guan Man explained that Bai Ting had revealed Bai Rou’s appearance to her and privately asked her to search for Bai Rou and Li Yan.
• Bai Rou disclosed that her surname was truly Bai, then used the moment of Guan Man’s surprise to cast the Soul-Bewitching Technique and confirm what Guan Man knew.
• Guan Man told Bai Rou that she had formed a Nascent Soul and that Guan Village had eased its attacks on the Rain-Nourishing Sect after suffering losses in a counter-ambush.
• Guan Man described sending puppet cultivation methods and materials to Guan Village through merchant guilds.
• Bai Ting arrived at the room and called to Guan Man and Senior Bai from outside.

Bai Ting reunited with Bai Rou after searching across realms and was accepted as her disciple. Though Bai Rou initially urged her to stay at Meteor Palace, Bai Ting chose to return to the Muliu Sect with Bai Rou and Shuang Qingqing.

• Bai Ting recognized Bai Rou, wept, and called her Master as they reunited.
• Bai Rou explained her connection to the Cangxuan Realm and introduced Shuang Qingqing as the Muliu Sect's ancestor.
• Bai Rou offered to let Bai Ting keep her name and acknowledged their renewed bond.
• Bai Rou urged Bai Ting to remain at Meteor Palace, but Bai Ting explained that she had stayed an outer disciple so she could leave after finding her masters.
• Guan Man described Bai Ting's sacrifices and limited cultivation resources, and Shuang Qingqing decided to bring her to the Muliu Sect.
• Bai Rou agreed that Bai Ting could return with them after packing and settling matters at Meteor Palace.

Shuang Qingqing and Bai Rou saw a chance to supply Muliu Sect puppets to Meteor Palace through Guan Man’s master, while Pojun Sect maintained its defenses and Li Yan reunited with old companions after Ren Yanyu’s breakthrough. The chapter left the puppet deal under discussion and Li Yan still concerned about Elder Hao’s silence and the difficulty of advancing his cultivation.

• Guan Man explained that her master purchased practice puppets for Meteor Palace and could consider replacing the current supplier with Muliu Sect.
• Shuang Qingqing planned to tailor puppet samples to Meteor Palace’s needs and gradually sell new designs that its disciples would take years to study.
• In the North Pasture Realm, Pojun Sect stayed vigilant against Moji Dao Sect while Soul Suppressing Palace kept the Prison Race’s strength and origins concealed.
• Li Yan and Qianji returned after gathering materials for Qianji’s natal magic treasure and learned that Ren Yanyu had advanced to the Void Refinement Realm.
• Li Yan, Shangguan Tianque, Ren Yanyu, and Zuo Qiudan gathered to reminisce about Pojun Sect’s past and the hardships they had survived.
• Li Yan checked on Elder Hao in Dizhen Domain but found no change, while Elder Tang and Master Lan entered seclusion and Li Yan reflected on the difficulty of later cultivation breakthroughs.

Li Yan continued cultivating in the Pojun Sect while the Phoenix Four Clans investigated the sect’s sudden relocation and learned it had broken with its former backing. When Ming Qi and Ming Yu arrived to check on Zuo Qiudan, Li Yan agreed to meet them.

• Li Yan reflected with Tang Feng on the difficulty of advancing through the later stages of the immortal path, while Elder Hao’s aura slowly changed in a hidden region of Dizhen Domain.
• Li Yan returned to cultivation, focusing on the Gui Water True Scripture while remaining available for news from Chunyang Hall and the Moji Dao Sect.
• Ming Feng investigated the Pojun Sect’s relocation after Zuo Qiudan’s message revealed its new location in a distant, chaotic territory.
• The Phoenix Four Clans learned that the Pojun Sect had vanished after its former backer tried to force Zuo Qiudan to join its sect.
• Ming Qi and Ming Yu arrived at the Pojun Sect to assess the situation, and Zuo Qiudan asked Li Yan whether he would meet them.
• Li Yan replied that he would go meet the sisters.

Li Yan decided to meet Ming Qi and Ming Yu, whose investigation of the Pojun Sect had brought them to question Zuo Qiudan about the sect’s powerful enemies and hidden backing. Zuo Qiudan confirmed their reports without revealing the sect’s true strength, leaving the sisters to suspect it had allied with a powerful Demon Race force in the Heavenly Demon Grassland.

• Li Yan planned to reveal himself to Ming Qi and Ming Yu and use their response to assess the Phoenix Four Clans’ intentions.
• Ming Qi asked Zuo Qiudan whether the Pojun Sect’s past battles had been caused by powerful enemies connected to its former backers.
• Ming Qi and Ming Yu recalled evidence of battles involving Body Integration Realm experts and marveled that the Pojun Sect had survived and grown so formidable.
• Zuo Qiudan confirmed that their information was basically accurate but neither confirmed nor denied Ming Yu’s question about a Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator.
• Ming Yu suspected the Pojun Sect had pledged itself to a powerful Demon Race force in the Heavenly Demon Grassland, and Ming Qi considered the idea plausible.

Ming Qi and Ming Yu visited Zuo Qiudan and learned that the Pojun Sect was thriving despite recent conflicts. As Zuo Qiudan prepared to ask about Ming Feng, a visitor arrived whose voice left the sisters astonished.

• Ming Qi explained that she and Ming Yu had come to check on Zuo Qiudan and had once considered taking him away if the Pojun Sect was in trouble.
• Zuo Qiudan thanked the sisters for their concern, and they discussed his Void Refinement Realm breakthrough and their own progress.
• Ming Yu described how the Phoenix Four Clans had allied to secure their future and revised their rules, including restrictions on intermarriage.
• Zuo Qiudan sensed someone touching the cave abode's formation and opened the door.
• An aged voice greeted Ming Qi and Ming Yu, and they recognized it with astonishment.

Li Yan revealed his true appearance to Ming Qi and Ming Yu, who recognized him as the senior brother they had known in Yellow Qi Valley. The reunion left the sisters shocked and embarrassed, while Zuo Qiudan realized Li Yan had chosen to meet them openly.

• Li Yan arrived at Zuo Qiudan's cave residence, where Ming Qi and Ming Yu recognized him as the mysterious old man who had helped their clan.
• Li Yan removed his disguise, revealing his true face and leaving the sisters stunned.
• Ming Yu accidentally called Li Yan "Black Senior Brother," while Ming Qi recognized him as Senior Brother Li.
• Zuo Qiudan was surprised by the sisters' familiar forms of address, and Li Yan recalled their old teasing in Yellow Qi Valley.
• Ming Qi tried to bow and apologize for their past disrespect, while Li Yan used his Dao resonance to calm the sisters.

Li Yan revealed to Ming Qi and Ming Yu that he had been the mysterious gray-robed elder they met in Yellow Qi Valley, explaining his past cultivation and his ties to the Pojun Sect. The sisters accepted him as a senior brother and began piecing together the strength and possible origins of his true sect.

• Li Yan told Ming Qi and Ming Yu that the gray-robed elder in Yellow Qi Valley had been his true body, and asked them to call him Senior Brother.
• Ming Qi asked about Li Yan's past cultivation, and he confirmed he had been in the Spirit Transformation Realm then and was now in the Body Integration Realm.
• Li Yan explained that he held an elder's position in the Pojun Sect but that it was not the sect he had truly come from.
• Ming Qi inferred that Li Yan's true sect might be more powerful than the Pojun Sect and had supported it, while Ming Yu recalled their clues about the Undying Underworld Phoenix blood essence.

Li Yan met Ming Qi and Ming Yu at Pojun Sect, discussed the sect’s troubles and the Phoenix Four Clans’ possible aid, and exchanged cultivation knowledge with them. After the women left, they questioned whether Li Yan’s story about the Ancient Inheritance Hall was true and suspected his sect had uncovered clues to the Undying Underworld Phoenix inheritance.

• Li Yan told Ming Qi and Ming Yu that Pojun Sect remained on alert after repelling Chunyang Hall’s attacks, and Ming Qi promised the Phoenix Four Clans would help if needed.
• Li Yan and Ming Qi recalled their escort mission in Yellow Qi Valley, including how Ming Qi had fled while he was caught in a formation.
• Li Yan led Ming Qi and Ming Yu around Pojun Sect and exchanged cultivation methods with them, with both sides gaining valuable insights.
• Ming Qi and Ming Yu declined Li Yan’s invitation to stay and left Pojun Sect to return to the Heavenly Demon Grassland.
• Ming Yu and Ming Qi discussed the hidden experts and dangerous formation at Pojun Sect, then questioned Li Yan’s account of entering the Ancient Inheritance Hall.

Ming Qi and Ming Yu pieced together Li Yan’s past actions and concluded that his caution had concealed goodwill toward their clan. As Li Yan returned to cultivation and waited to see how the Phoenix clans would respond to his identity, five years passed without Moji Dao Sect retaliating for its two slain Body Integration Realm cultivators.

• Ming Qi explained why Li Yan’s earlier searches, Silver Sand trade, and help in Jieyou Realm suggested his actions had been personal and not hostile to their clan.
• Ming Yu wondered whether Li Yan might secretly belong to the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan, and Ming Qi teased her for calling him Senior Brother so readily.
• A woman at a snowy lakeside remembered her past with a man and wept while clutching the Wangliang Sect token that had once helped her sense his presence.
• Li Yan returned to his cave dwelling to study the force-channeling methods Ming Qi and Ming Yu had shared, then resumed cultivating the power of the Undying Underworld Phoenix.
• Five years passed as more Pojun Sect disciples went out, while Moji Dao Sect sent no powerful cultivators to avenge its two dead Body Integration Realm cultivators.

After five years of strengthening the Pojun Sect and remaining wary of its enemies, Li Yan emerged from seclusion and prepared to travel with Qianji to find a homeland for the Snow Mosquito clan. He left the sect’s affairs in Ren Yanyu’s hands and gave Ding Shuying guidance before setting out.

• Li Yan emerged from five years of seclusion with improved cultivation and a newly mastered Force Circulation Method, while the Pojun Sect’s defenses had reached their current limits.
• Li Yan told Ren Yanyu that he and Qianji would travel to the Heavenly Demon Grassland to find suitable territory for Qianji’s Snow Mosquito clansmen, and explained why the Moji Dao Sect was unlikely to attack rashly.
• Li Yan spoke with Tang Feng, who agreed to the plan and was pleased to open territory for the Soul Prison Clan.
• Li Yan inspected Ding Shuying’s progress in the Gui Water True Scripture, guided her cultivation, and told her he might take her to the Cangxuan Realm and the Five Immortals Sect after she formed her Nascent Soul.
• Li Yan told Qianji that he had found information about a possible home for the Snow Mosquito clan, making Qianji joyful and easing his worries about his growing clansmen.

Li Yan and Qianji set out toward the Heavenly Demon Grassland to search for a suitable home for the Snow Mosquito Clan, accepting that the mission could fail. Meanwhile, Shuang Qingqing secured a profitable trade contract for the Muliu Sect and left Star Dome City with Bai Rou after stocking up on supplies.

• Li Yan warned Qianji that their search in the Heavenly Demon Grassland was dangerous and uncertain, but promised to do his utmost to find a place for the Snow Mosquito Clan.
• Shuang Qingqing’s puppet impressed Guan Man’s master, who signed a cooperation contract with the Muliu Sect on behalf of Meteor Palace.
• The Muliu Sect delivered its first batch of puppets, and Guan Man’s master praised their quality and paid the agreed price.
• Shuang Qingqing and Bai Rou spent the day buying materials and supplies across Star Dome City after the successful transaction.
• Shuang Qingqing checked that no one was following them and left the city with Bai Rou, having bought enough supplies to last the sect for years.

Bai Rou and Shuang Qingqing traveled back toward the Muliu Sect with supplies when they sensed a fierce battle nearby and hid beneath a river. A fleeing hooked-nosed man collided with a red-lit pursuer, who killed him and collected his treasures, leaving the pursuer’s identity unknown.

• Bai Ting received Bai Rou’s instruction in the Muliu Sect and learned that her senior sister, Li Zhaoyan, was in another powerful sect in the Cangxuan Realm.
• Shuang Qingqing and Bai Rou traveled through several teleportation arrays and set out from a market town on the Purple-Winged Ice Phoenix.
• Shuang Qingqing sensed two powerful cultivators approaching and hid with Bai Rou beneath the river rather than investigate the distant battle.
• A wounded hooked-nosed man tried to use the hidden travelers to escape but was intercepted by a red-lit pursuer.
• The red-lit pursuer killed the hooked-nosed man, crushed his Nascent Soul, destroyed his corpse, and took his magic treasures.