Arc 10The Secret Realm and Its Aftermath

The Demon Beast war ended as Shen Ge survived a Heart Devil Tribulation and learned that the Primordial Secret Realm was opening. He explored its depths, found a medicine garden and freed its Pixiu guardian, then returned to Yaoguang Island and reunited with his friends.

  • The Eagle King killed Tianxing and fled with Blood Shark as the Star Chart’s attack pursued them, while Shen Ge warned survivors away from Bai Yu’s destructive strike.
  • The Demon Beast war spread across the seas: Venerable Tianji fell, Venerable Tianshu fought the serpents, and the human cultivators drove off the wounded Eagle King and Blood Shark King.
  • After the battle, Su Sui worried about Shen Ge, who emerged from seclusion and urged Zhang Fengge to return only after she had reached Golden Core.
  • Shen Ge learned about his origins and the coming Primordial Secret Realm, then suffered a Heart Devil Tribulation over Mu Wan before Miaoyin’s music helped him recognize and defeat it.
  • The Spirit Moon Sect split over whether to leave for the Heavenly Desolation Domain, while more than six hundred cultivators crossed into a new world and the Phoenix Kingdom expanded through war.
  • Shen Ge entered the Primordial Secret Realm alone, gathered resources, and lost a five-thousand-year-old Dragon Ginseng to a mysterious black shadow before deciding to investigate the dangerous Wood King Fruit.
  • The black Pixiu shoved Shen Ge into the mist and asked for help breaking a medicine garden’s formation, and Shen Ge opened it, gathered spirit medicines, and freed the Pixiu from their Master-Servant Scroll.
  • A thunderous force expelled Shen Ge from the secret realm, and he returned to Yaoguang Island, where Zhang Fengge revealed she had reached Golden Core and Miaoyin joined their gathering.
Chapters 226–250 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 226Battle Between Nascent Soul Cultivators

The Eagle King and his allies clashed with the Yaoguang Immortal Sect’s Nascent Soul experts after the Demon Beast tide began to lose. The sect unleashed its Star Chart, forcing the Eagle King to flee with Blood Shark as a star greatsword pursued them.

  • Venerable Yaoguang questioned the Eagle King about his failed attempt to break through, and the Eagle King suddenly attacked Tianxing while Blood Shark and Bai Yu struck the human cultivators.
  • The Eagle King killed Tianxing and swallowed his body, while Tianxing’s Nascent Soul escaped behind Venerable Yaoguang.
  • Venerable Yaoguang and three other cultivators activated the Star Chart, whose falling stars devastated the Demon Beast tide.
  • Venerable Yaoguang and the others poured more spiritual power into the Star Chart, intensifying its attack as the Eagle King tried to abandon Blood Shark.
  • Blood Shark clung to the Eagle King, who transformed into a giant Sky-Soaring Eagle and fled with him as a star greatsword chased them.

Ch. 227A Sudden Counterattack

Blood Shark, Bai Yu, and Eagle King fled after the Star Sword pursued them, while Bai Yu later returned to attack the Yaoguang Immortal Sect’s island defenses. Shen Ge escaped her strike and concluded that the sect’s Nascent Soul experts had left because of a more serious crisis near the Dead Sea; Jixing then led the survivors back, hoping Bai Yu would not follow.

  • Blood Shark and Bai Yu failed to stop the Star Sword, so they split from Eagle King, who continued fleeing with the weapon locked onto him.
  • Blood Shark headed toward Tianji Island, while Bai Yu secretly returned to see whether the defenders had left and to seek further gains.
  • After recovering from his injuries, Shen Ge sensed danger and warned everyone to flee as Bai Yu’s white beam erased three deserted islands and killed those left behind.
  • Shen Ge and Zhang Lingyu escaped to a distant island, where Shen Ge reasoned that the Yaoguang Immortal Sect’s leaders had rushed away to deal with trouble near the Dead Sea.
  • Jixing praised Shen Ge’s warning and led the survivors back, admitting that he could only hope Bai Yu would not pursue them.

Ch. 228Conjecture

Venerable Yaoguang and Venerable Tianxuan followed Yaoqiong’s ship and concluded she was heading toward the Heavenly Desolation Domain, while Bai Yu attacked Yaoguang Island’s protective formation. The chapter left Bai Yu flying away and Jixing choosing not to pursue her.

  • Venerable Yaoguang and Venerable Tianxuan caught up with Yaoqiong’s ship and watched it continue toward the North Sea Gate.
  • Venerable Yaoguang guessed that Yaoqiong was heading for the Heavenly Desolation Domain, and Venerable Tianxuan warned him against following her.
  • Venerable Yaoguang left to support Tianshu, while Venerable Tianxuan prepared to go to the Tianquan Sect.
  • Shen Ge, Fairy Miaoyin, and Gu Ye watched Bai Yu attack Yaoguang Island’s sect-protecting grand formation.
  • Bai Yu stopped attacking and flew away, and Jixing did not leave the formation to pursue her.

Ch. 229A Fierce Battle in the Tianji Sea

Venerable Yaoguang’s group returned to repair the breached array while Fairy Miaoyin, Shen Ge, and Zhang Lingyu searched the ruined Sea Spirit Island and found one surviving baby. At Tianji Island, Venerable Tianji restrained his fleeing junior brother as the Demon Beasts launched an attack and Venerable Kaiyang activated a spirit treasure.

  • Venerable Yaoguang changed his orders and led the group to repair the breach in the array, while Fairy Miaoyin returned to Sea Spirit Island with Shen Ge and Zhang Lingyu.
  • Fairy Miaoyin, Shen Ge, and Zhang Lingyu searched the devastated island and found a baby with a severed leg, apparently its only survivor.
  • A Tianji Pavilion cultivator urged Venerable Tianji to retreat, but Venerable Tianji stabbed and restrained him, insisting he would not abandon the people of the Tianji Sea.
  • Blood Shark assigned Hegemon Turtle and the Heaven-Devouring Fish to hold off the giant puppet turtle as Venerable Tianji entered it with his junior brother.
  • Blood Shark ordered the Demon Beasts to attack, and Venerable Kaiyang and his companion activated their spirit treasure, drawing the giant octopus and a sea demon into its fiery scroll.

Ch. 230A Fight to the Death

Venerable Tianji and his junior brother fought the Demon Beasts with the turtle puppet while Venerable Kaiyang used the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll to capture enemies. The battle left the Heaven-Devouring Fish mangled, the Hegemon Turtle fleeing under attack, and Blood Shark moving to confront a survivor as the Azure Desolation Eagle was ordered to support Five Colors.

  • Venerable Tianji and his junior brother controlled the turtle puppet, which fought the Hegemon Turtle and tore into the Heaven-Devouring Fish.
  • Blood Shark wounded Venerable Kaiyang’s companion, and Venerable Kaiyang used the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll to suck in Demon Beasts and pull the Heaven-Devouring Fish toward it.
  • The Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll dissipated after the Heaven-Devouring Fish was badly mangled, while the Hegemon Turtle held firm against the puppet’s attacks.
  • The puppet blasted away part of the Hegemon Turtle’s shell, and Venerable Kaiyang pursued him as the junior brother died from the strain of controlling the puppet.
  • Blood Shark saw that an old enemy had survived and rushed toward him, while the Eagle King ordered the Azure Desolation Eagle to support Five Colors.

Ch. 231The Tianshu Battlefield

Venerable Tianshu stayed behind to hold off three fourth-tier Demon Beasts while the rest of the Tianshu Sect went to support the Tianxuan Sea. Facing defeat, he took the life-consuming Sha Pill and reached Half-Step Spirit Severing strength, then burrowed into the electric fish as the two snakes joined their attacks against it.

  • After receiving news that the Tianji Sea had fallen and the fighting had spread to the Tianxuan Sea, Venerable Tianshu sent Jingqing and two junior brothers to help, leaving himself to face the three Demon Beasts.
  • The electric fish rushed Venerable Tianshu, and the black snake and green snake held back until they were sure no reinforcements were coming.
  • Venerable Tianshu wounded the electric fish but was forced back by all three beasts and lost a defensive Law Treasure.
  • Venerable Tianshu swallowed his Sha Pill, unleashing its power and transforming his eyes blood-red as he charged through the electric fish's violet lightning.
  • Venerable Tianshu pierced the electric fish and burrowed into its body, while the black snake and green snake attacked it from outside.

Ch. 232Primordial Serpent

Venerable Tianshu fought the Primordial Serpent after the creature revealed its true form, but the serpent vanished and let Tianshu rampage through the Demon Beast tide. Elsewhere, Bai Yu avoided North Sea Gate and headed for East Sea Gate, while the Eagle King confronted Venerable Yaoguang and lamented their confinement to a tiny world.

  • The Primordial Serpent emerged from the electric fish’s corpse and fought Venerable Tianshu amid poisonous gas, leaving both badly wounded.
  • The Primordial Serpent concealed himself, planning to wait for Venerable Tianshu’s pill to wear off before killing him and attacking his sect.
  • Venerable Tianshu lost sight of the Primordial Serpent and charged into the Demon Beast tide, slaughtering indiscriminately.
  • Bai Yu left North Sea Gate because she disliked the serpents and headed for East Sea Gate, unknowingly avoiding a fatal encounter.
  • The Eagle King spoke with Venerable Yaoguang and lamented that they were trapped in a tiny world, unable to see what lay beyond it.

Ch. 233The Fighting at North Sea Gate Subsided

Shen Ge watched the devastation spreading across the Luo Heaven Sea as news arrived that Tianji Island Sea had fallen. At North Sea Gate, a black-mist-shrouded boat decimated both sides, while the standoff in the Tianxuan Sea brought the human cultivators and Demon Beast kings to the brink of battle.

  • Cultivators reported that Tianji Pavilion’s Nascent Soul experts had died and that Venerable Tianji had fallen fighting, prompting five Golden Core experts to lead a support party toward the Tianxuan Sea.
  • A dilapidated boat released black mist at North Sea Gate that drained everyone it touched to bare bones, forcing Five Colors and his companions to flee as Venerable Tianquan and Venerable Jihai let it pass.
  • Venerable Jihai left for the Tianxuan Sea after helping clear the remaining lesser Demon Beasts, while Venerable Tianquan stayed to deal with the breach.
  • At the Tianxuan Sea, the human Nascent Soul experts weighed their limited Spirit Treasures against the Eagle King and Blood Shark King, and decided to stall for Tianshu Sect’s arrival.
  • The Eagle King and Blood Shark King sent Hegemon Turtle away, while the human cultivators destroyed most of the lesser Demon Beast tide and continued waiting rather than risk using their treasures.
  • The Eagle King suddenly charged toward the minor cultivators behind the human formation, and Venerable Tianxuan roared and unleashed the Xuan Star Sword’s Sword Qi.

Ch. 234The Eagle King's Scheme

The Eagle King survived the combined attacks of the Blood Shark King and the cultivators, then escaped with the Blood Shark King's remains and the Shadow Sect's Secret Method. The cultivators discussed the future of the devastated Tianji Sea as Venerable Jihai arrived and warned that Tianshu Island had suffered heavy losses.

  • The Eagle King turned the Blood Shark King against him, and Yaoguang and his fellow cultivators struck both Demon Kings with their Spirit Treasures.
  • The cultivators found two apparently lifeless corpses, but the wounded Eagle King emerged, seized the Blood Shark King's remains, and escaped despite their pursuit.
  • Venerable Kaiyang said the Eagle King had obtained the Shadow Sect's Secret Method, though the world could no longer support a Spirit Severing Realm expert.
  • Venerable Yaoguang, Venerable Kaiyang, and the others discussed resettling people in the Tianji Sea and leaving its lingering dangers to the Tianji Pavilion.
  • Venerable Jihai arrived, declined Kaiyang's offer to take over the Tianji Sea, and told Yaofeng that Tianshu Island had suffered heavy losses.

Ch. 235The End

After the war ended, the surviving Tianji Pavilion disciples pledged to keep governing Tianji Island, while the Spirit Moon Sect welcomed Su Liuyue’s return from seclusion. Su Sui spoke wistfully of missing Shen Ge, and Su Liuyue gave her a Storage Bag containing some of his belongings.

  • News reached Yaoguang Island that one Demon Beast king had been killed, the other wounded, and the Demon Beast tide defeated.
  • At the ruins of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, Liu Zongyuan vowed that the remaining disciples would preserve the Tianji Pavilion and prevent chaos in the Tianji Sea.
  • Venerable Kaiyang warned Liu Zongyuan that the weakened pavilion might struggle to retain control of Tianji Island, while Venerable Yaoguang promised to send people to help restore it.
  • After ten years of seclusion, Su Liuyue met Su Sui at the Windwatch Pavilion and learned that Su Sui had reached the Golden Core Stage.
  • Su Sui admitted that she missed Shen Ge and worried about what had become of him, while Su Liuyue believed he was alive and advancing in cultivation.
  • Su Liuyue gave Su Sui a Storage Bag of Shen Ge’s belongings and told her to share anything useful with her junior sister.

Ch. 236Golden Core Peak

After reaching Golden Core Peak, Shen Ge urged Zhang Fengge to face her Golden Core breakthrough with confidence and thought of his estranged disciple Su Sui. Meanwhile, the Yaoguang Immortal Sect prepared for Gu Ye’s wedding, and its elders reflected on the sect’s losses and the exceptional talents of the younger generation.

  • Shen Ge emerged from thirty years of seclusion at Golden Core Peak and met Zhang Fengge, who had waited a year to see him.
  • Zhang Fengge revealed that she was preparing to break through to Golden Core and, at 120 years old, feared this might be her last chance.
  • Shen Ge sternly told Zhang Fengge to return to seclusion and not see him again until she succeeded.
  • After Zhang Fengge left, Shen Ge thought of Su Sui, regretted not being a better master, and reaffirmed that he did not regret betraying the Spirit Moon Sect over Mu Wan.
  • At the Yaoguang Immortal Sect, Gu Ye supervised preparations for his wedding while the elders teased him and discussed the sect’s losses in the Demon Beast battle.
  • The elders praised Gu Ye and Fairy Miaoyin’s talents, then compared the younger generation with Liu Zongyuan, Venerable Heavenly Secrets’ gifted disciple.

Ch. 237The Eight Domains

Gu Ye invited Shen Ge to his wedding and learned that Shen Ge came from the Heavenly South but had been exiled there. Venerable Yaoguang explained the vast world beyond the Luo Heaven Sea, leaving Gu Ye awed by the Eight Great Domains and eager to see them.

  • Gu Ye invited Shen Ge to attend his wedding to Fairy Miaoyin, and Shen Ge agreed while teasing him about winning her over.
  • Gu Ye asked whether Shen Ge came from the Heavenly South, and Shen Ge confirmed it but said he could not return because he had been exiled there.
  • Gu Ye told Venerable Yaoguang what Shen Ge had revealed, and Venerable Yaoguang explained that the Spirit Moon Sect was a branch of a powerful sect in Heaven's Edge Domain.
  • Venerable Yaoguang described the Luo Heaven Sea's place in the Endless Sea and named the Eight Great Domains beyond the Heavenly South.
  • Gu Ye stared at the map in wonder and thought about seeing the wider world, while Venerable Yaoguang warned him that escaping their isolated region would be dangerous.

Ch. 238The Wedding

Shen Ge attended Fairy Miaoyin and Gu Ye’s wedding at the Yaoguang Immortal Sect, where the celebration stirred his grief for Mu Wan. He reunited with Zhang Lingyu and Li Liu, discussed gifts and formations, and the chapter left the wedding guests preparing to celebrate the newlyweds.

  • Shen Ge watched Gu Ye’s wedding procession pass and mourned Mu Wan, before Fairy Miaoyin comforted him through their mind-link.
  • Shen Ge advised Zhang Lingyu to choose a wedding gift based on Fairy Miaoyin’s tastes, and they entered the Yaoguang Immortal Sect together.
  • Shen Ge and Zhang Lingyu met Li Liu, who agreed to study a combat formation for Shen Ge and help repair the Zhang Household’s protective formation.
  • Fairy Miaoyin and Gu Ye arrived with two Golden Core experts from the Thousand Sounds Workshop, and Shen Ge, Zhang Lingyu, and Li Liu went to register their gifts.
  • Shen Ge gave Fairy Miaoyin a middle-grade Law Treasure Sword Bamboo flying sword, Zhang Lingyu gave her a third-tier Demon Beast tendon, and Li Liu gave her two tail feathers.

Ch. 239Venerable Yaoguang's Invitation

After Gu Ye and Miaoyin’s wedding banquet, Venerable Yaoguang summoned Shen Ge to meet representatives of the Luo Heaven Sea’s major sects. Shen Ge explained how the formation connecting the Luo Heaven Sea to the Heavenly South might be restored, then clashed with a Tianquan Sect cultivator who accused him of attacking Ji Rufeng.

  • Gu Ye and Miaoyin toasted their wedding guests, and Li Liu embarrassed Miaoyin by urging the couple to have a child soon.
  • Gu Ye told Shen Ge that Venerable Yaoguang wanted to see him, so Shen Ge went with him to the Yaoguang Immortal Sect’s great hall.
  • Venerable Yaoguang asked Shen Ge about his origins and the formation foundation connecting the Luo Heaven Sea to the Heavenly South; Shen Ge said its restoration depended on whether his grandmaster lived or died.
  • A Tianquan Sect cultivator challenged Shen Ge about his martial uncle and accused him of ambushing Ji Rufeng at Ji Ziyue’s behest.
  • Shen Ge threatened the Tianquan Sect cultivator with Sword Qi, and Venerable Yaoguang intervened to stop the argument.

Ch. 240Exchanging Information

Shen Ge learned that his martial uncle Fenghuo had become a powerful eerie being in the Dead Sea, then exchanged information with the gathered cultivators and secured a chance to enter the Primordial Secret Realm. After the gathering, he met Luo Sheng and his disciple Ye Li, who asked his age.

  • Venerable Yaoguang told Shen Ge that Fenghuo had become an eerie being with Nascent Soul strength while working as a boatman in the Dead Sea.
  • Shen Ge mourned Fenghuo and then learned from the gathered cultivators about the Primordial Secret Realm, which would open in three years.
  • Venerable Yaoguang offered Shen Ge entry to the secret realm, and he accepted before Yaoguang silenced a mocking Tianquan Sect cultivator with a threatening glare.
  • After the gathering dispersed, Shen Ge met Luo Sheng and his golden-haired disciple Ye Li, who introduced herself and asked Shen Ge how old he was.

Ch. 241Heart Devil

Shen Ge’s grief over Mu Wan’s death drove him into a Heart Devil Tribulation as he struggled with guilt and a desire for revenge. Venerable Yaoguang sealed the area and had Miaoyin play soothing music while Shen Ge’s tribulation continued.

  • Shen Ge spent two years carving thirteen hundred wooden figures of Mu Wan, then broke down when he could no longer recall more memories of her.
  • Remembering Mu Wan’s death, Shen Ge unleashed a dark red pillar of Qi and triggered a Heart Devil Tribulation.
  • Miaoyin played the zither while Gu Ye and Venerable Yaoguang watched, and Venerable Yaoguang sealed off the space around Shen Ge.
  • Shen Ge’s Heart Devil urged him to kill Xuanguang, and he attacked Miaoyin with Sword Qi until Venerable Yaoguang dispersed it.
  • Shen Ge kept lashing out and rejecting accusations that he had failed Mu Wan, while Venerable Yaoguang told Miaoyin to continue playing.

Ch. 242Breaking the Heart Demon

Shen Ge overcame the heart demon that preyed on his grief over Mu Wan, aided by Miaoyin’s Immortal Ascension Melody and a gentle breeze that reminded him she had always been by his side. After thanking his helpers and entering seclusion to absorb his insights, Gu Ye and Miaoyin returned to their affectionate, teasing life together.

  • Shen Ge wavered as his heart demon urged him to surrender to its violence and tormented him over Mu Wan and Bai Lili.
  • After the strings on her guqin snapped, Miaoyin played the Immortal Ascension Melody to awaken Shen Ge’s will to survive.
  • A gentle breeze dispersed some of Shen Ge’s deathly air, and Mu Wan’s faint voice reminded him she had always been by his side.
  • Shen Ge recognized the heart demon as a product of his own thoughts and cut it down, though it warned that it would return.
  • Shen Ge thanked Venerable Yaoguang and Miaoyin, then entered seclusion to digest his insights from breaking the heart demon.
  • Gu Ye and Miaoyin returned to their courtyard, shared a tender moment, and joked about whose surname their children would take.

Ch. 243The Formation Was Breached

The cultivators discovered a crack in the formation and discussed whether to cross into the Heavenly Desolation Domain, while Ao Long and the other Demon Beasts left to consult their allies. Back at the Spirit Moon Sect, Xuanguang asked the Golden Core elders who would go, then privately challenged Mo Qingyu over several gifted disciples choosing to stay.

  • Tang Yu and the other cultivators found a tiny flaw in the formation, and ten Nascent Soul cultivators opened a person-sized hole that revealed far purer Spiritual Qi.
  • Zi Nü, Shigui, Feihan, and Qingshan debated whether to leave the formation or wait for stronger cultivators, while Ao Long, Bing Qing, and the White Tiger King departed for the Ice and Snow Plateau.
  • Xuanguang and Ziyang returned to the Spirit Moon Sect and summoned its Golden Core elders to discuss traveling to the Heavenly Desolation Domain.
  • Most of the elders agreed to go, but Wang Yan, Chu He, Jin Ling, and Qingfeng chose to stay and preserve their sect arts and inheritances.
  • Xuanguang privately questioned Mo Qingyu about Su Liuyue and the other Heaven Spirit Roots staying behind.

Ch. 244The Journey to a New World

Han Yu ordered military action against Buddhist temples and pushed the Phoenix Kingdom’s expansion as rival Luck Dynasties threatened to delay it. Xuanguang led Heavenly South’s cultivators through the formation into a new world, while Mo Qingyu warned Su Liuyue to stay out of the mortal turmoil and refused to let Shen Ge return.

  • Han Yu sent General Qianyu and his army to eliminate corrupt temples, then ordered other generals to march north.
  • Han Yu told Song Junjie that the Blood Moon Kingdom was rallying other powers against the Phoenix Kingdom and discussed the limits of Wan Feng and the others’ cultivation.
  • More than six hundred cultivators gathered at the Ice and Snow Plateau, opened the formation, and crossed into a new world.
  • The great Luck Dynasties expanded amid widespread war, and the Phoenix Kingdom conquered the newly founded Fenglang Kingdom.
  • Mo Qingyu told Su Liuyue to warn Spirit Moon Sect’s disciples away from the mortal world and help the Phoenix Kingdom if possible.
  • Su Liuyue asked whether Shen Ge could return, but Mo Qingyu refused and said he should fend for himself.

Ch. 245Primordial Secret Realm

Shen Ge entered the Primordial Secret Realm with the Yaoguang Immortal Sect, then set out alone to explore and gather treasures. After killing a Rock Python and finding a ghost face flower, he continued deeper into the forest as Gu Ye's group followed his trail.

  • Gu Ye invited Shen Ge to the Tianshu Sea, where the Primordial Secret Realm opened, and warned him that the Tianquan Sect was nearby.
  • Shen Ge entered the realm with the Yaoguang Immortal Sect and received a map and sensing Jade Slip from Gu Ye.
  • Shen Ge declined Miaoyin's offer to travel together and disappeared into the forest alone.
  • Shen Ge gathered low-tier resources, killed a Rock Python, and collected the ghost face flower it had guarded.
  • Gu Ye's group reached the Rock Python's remains, and Miaoyin recognized Shen Ge's handiwork; Gu Ye said Shen Ge likely would not take Scarlet Blood Fruit he had no use for.

Ch. 246Gathering Resources

Shen Ge ventured deeper into the secret realm, where powerful Demon Beasts and an elusive black shadow threatened his search for resources. After he tried to steal a five-thousand-year-old Dragon Ginseng, the shadow snatched it first, forcing Shen Ge to flee from three enraged Dragon Lizards.

  • Fang Kuan complained about Shen Ge, but his leader warned him not to endanger their resource-gathering mission or attack their fellow disciples.
  • Shen Ge traveled deeper into the secret realm, killed three third-tier Demon Beasts, and kept a Qi-Gathering Core to refine a pearl for Zhang Fengge.
  • A mysterious black shadow flashed past Shen Ge and evaded his search, leaving him uneasy as he continued onward.
  • Shen Ge found a five-thousand-year-old Dragon Ginseng guarded by three peak third-tier Dragon Lizards and used a talisman double to distract two of them.
  • Shen Ge wounded the remaining Dragon Lizard and reached for the ginseng, but the black shadow stole it, so he fled from the three furious beasts.

Ch. 247Secret Realm!

Shen Ge escaped the mysterious shadow and continued deeper into the secret realm, while Gu Ye’s group and the Tianquan Sect faced separate encounters. After finding a warning about Wood King Fruit, Shen Ge decided to investigate and take some only if there were plenty.

  • Shen Ge hid in a tree hollow until he had shaken off the black shadow, then resumed traveling without trying to confront it.
  • Gu Ye’s group killed a White Luan Bird, and Miaoyin accepted its tail feathers and egg.
  • Fang Kuan led Demon Wolves toward the Tianquan Sect group, which killed the wolves at the cost of two cultivators; Zhu Sheng punished Fang Kuan by ordering him to scout ahead.
  • Shen Ge reached an area about fifty thousand li into the secret realm and found a map marking Wood King Fruit as extremely dangerous.
  • Shen Ge decided to inspect the Wood King Fruit and take one only if there were enough for the Yaoguang Immortal Sect.

Ch. 248Black Pixiu

Shen Ge was knocked into the mist-covered chasm and captured a Pixiu-like creature that had repeatedly stolen his spirit medicines. The creature revealed that a ruined palace and medicine garden lay inside, and claimed the secret realm belonged to its mother, while Shen Ge demanded its valuables and service.

  • Shen Ge avoided a troop of Red Bristle Monkeys guarding Wood King Fruits and, three months later, fought a Golden-Winged Demon Tiger before continuing deeper into the secret realm.
  • Shen Ge reached a vast mist-covered chasm, decided not to cross it, and was suddenly struck by a black shadow that sent him into the mist.
  • Shen Ge caught the shadow, discovered it was a Pixiu-like creature, and restrained it after it scratched his arm and tried to bite him.
  • Shen Ge threatened the creature with flying swords until it spoke and admitted that it had pushed him into the mist to seek help breaking the formation around a medicine garden in a ruined palace.
  • The creature said the secret realm belonged to its mother, who was in seclusion, and Shen Ge demanded its valuables and that it become his servant.

Ch. 249The Core Area

Shen Ge forced the black Pixiu to guide him through the secret realm, where he broke into a medicine garden and gathered spirit medicines before freeing the Pixiu. Meanwhile, Gu Ye’s group hunted an Azure Sky White Crane to obtain the tail feathers needed for the Five Fowl Fan.

  • Shen Ge made the black Pixiu sign a Master-Servant Scroll and followed him into the secret realm’s core area.
  • Shen Ge spent nearly half a year deciphering the formation around a medicine garden, while Gu Ye’s group fought Red Bristle Monkeys and seized ten Wood King Fruits.
  • Shen Ge opened the garden and gathered seventy spirit medicines, then discovered the Pixiu had been chewing up the medicinal soil.
  • The black Pixiu revealed that he could not leave the secret realm until he refined it, and that his mother’s remnant spirit guarded it, so Shen Ge destroyed the scroll and freed him.
  • Gu Ye’s group killed an Azure Sky White Crane, and Miaoyin took its tail feathers to complete the materials needed for the Five Fowl Fan.

Ch. 250Kicked by the Secret Realm's Will

Shen Ge was violently expelled from the secret realm after a mysterious force kicked him out, leaving him injured but alive. A month later, he returned to Yaoguang Island, where Zhang Fengge celebrated her breakthrough and Miaoyin joined a gathering with him, Zhang Lingyu, and Li Liu.

  • A thunderous force sent Shen Ge hurtling out of the secret realm and crashing into a small island, where he took healing pills and explained that something had kicked him.
  • The other cultivators emerged from the secret realm, and Shen Ge kept his visit to its core area secret while Miaoyin checked on him.
  • A month later, Shen Ge returned to Yaoguang Island with the Yaoguang Immortal Sect and invited Zhang Lingyu and Li Liu to visit.
  • Zhang Fengge arrived with Zhang Lingyu and Li Liu, announced that she had reached the golden core stage, and received Shen Ge's promise to find her a suitable Law Treasure.
  • Miaoyin joined the gathering, teased Zhang Lingyu, and offered her a spirit medicine.
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