Arc 11The Thunder at Purple Firmament

Shi Jian secured Abundant Water Marsh, consolidated White Cloud Temple’s gains, and arranged support for the Sacred Blood Sect while regional powers collapsed into war. By the end, Shi Jian’s refinement of the seventh-level Demon Core had brought his breakthrough to a critical moment.

  • Shi Jian drove off the Venomous Flood Dragon King, subdued the insect clan after Mingshui died, and secured the Eastern Region for White Cloud Temple.
  • Shi Pan formed a Golden Core in secret and became Boulder, while Zhao Yanshan died after entrusting Zhao Xuanqing with the household’s future.
  • Shi Jian killed the Venomous Flood Dragon King and his allies, then accepted the Supreme Purity Sect’s division of Abundant Water Marsh while warning its representatives of the dangers there.
  • Shi Jian began refining the seventh-level Demon Core, while Yun Du strengthened White Cloud Temple and Chang He died attempting Core Formation without Heaven and Earth Qi.
  • Lord Rat died and Shu Changfeng succeeded him, while Rat Second asked Shi Pan to turn his remains into a Spirit Vein and Shu Laosan sacrificed himself so Shu Jiuyin could inherit his cultivation.
  • The Sacred Blood Sect destroyed the Lin Household and seized the Mysterious Water Sect’s Clear Qi and the Gang Yuan Sect’s Gang Wind Qi as the Azure Edge Sect fell to invading sects.
  • Bi Luo fled Liang Kingdom with the Sacred Blood Sect’s core forces, and Shi Pan accepted the two Qi treasures and arranged for Shu Changfeng to receive the Gang Wind Qi.
  • Shi Pan asked Yun Du to seek wood Qi in exchange for the Mysterious Water Level Clear Qi, and they sensed Shi Jian’s breakthrough nearing its critical moment.
Chapters 251–275 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 251Sneak Attack on the Bee Queen, a Breakthrough!

Shi Jian broke free of the Venomous Flood Dragon King’s poison cloud and crippled Mingshui, the Bee Queen, with a surprise attack, routing the insect swarm. The Venomous Flood Dragon King then realized Wanxiang’s forces had barely joined the battle.

  • The Venomous Flood Dragon King spread a vast poison cloud to trap Shi Jian and keep him from influencing the battlefield below.
  • Shi Jian shattered the cloud with his Thunder Sound technique, saw the insect swarm overwhelming the eastern defenses, and raced toward Mingshui.
  • Shi Jian struck Mingshui with a soul-shaking Thunder Sound and a crushing paw blow, gravely injuring her and throwing the bee soldiers into chaos.
  • Mingshui escaped and ordered a retreat, ending the insect swarm’s offensive as Sun Chengzu moved to attack her.
  • The Venomous Flood Dragon King accused Shi Jian of fighting dishonorably, but Shi Jian defended his strategy and returned to face him.
  • Seeing that the southern battle remained at a stalemate and the western turtles had barely moved, the Venomous Flood Dragon King realized Wanxiang had not committed his forces.

Ch. 252Retreat and Ceasefire, Their Underpants Had Been Completely Felt Out!

The defenders drove back the Venomous Flood Dragon King’s army after the Bee Queen fled, though the battle left Abundant Water City with heavy casualties. As both sides regrouped, Shi Jian prepared for a fiercer clash to come.

  • The Venomous Flood Dragon King ordered a retreat, and Shi Jian stopped Shi Yin from pursuing the flood dragons into their waterways.
  • The defenders counted their losses, including more than seven hundred Qi Refining cultivators killed, and Sun Chengzu ordered the army to rest and repair its defenses.
  • Shi Jian replenished his spiritual power at Abundant Water Lake while the Golden Crocodile complained about failing to catch the Jade Wave Flood Dragon.
  • Shi Yin reported that he had wounded the Red-Scaled Flood Dragon by cutting off part of his tail tip.
  • Shi Jian judged the first battle a victory and resolved to strike decisively when the Flood Dragon Kings returned.

Ch. 253The Azure Wave Turtle Clan Submitted!

After recovering from the costly battle at Abundant Water City, Shi Jian negotiated the Azure Wave Turtle Clan’s submission and agreed to establish beast-rearing grounds for them. Wanxiang revealed the Turtle Clan’s substantial strength, leaving Shi Jian with a new group of demon allies.

  • White Cloud Temple compensated the families of cultivators who died in battle, while Sun Qiming worried that the fighting would drain the sect’s resources.
  • After more than a month of quiet, Shi Jian received three envoys from the Azure Wave Turtle Clan, who asked whether their clan could benefit from Abundant Water Lake’s beast-rearing system.
  • Shi Jian agreed to set aside territory for the Turtle Clan on the condition that Wanxiang meet him and accept rules for cooperation.
  • Wanxiang met Shi Jian and agreed to manage his own clansmen, follow orders on major matters, share resources, and provide a detailed roster of the Turtle Clan’s branches.
  • Wanxiang revealed that his eight Turtle Clan bloodlines had eighty Foundation Establishment great demons, and Golden Crocodile expressed surprise at the strength he had kept hidden.

Ch. 254The Bee Queen Perishes, Devouring the Demon Body!

After Bee Queen Mingshui died from her injuries, her insect clan descended into a bloody succession war. Shi Jian intervened, enslaved the surviving females, and devoured Mingshui’s Demon Core and remains to strengthen himself.

  • Shi Jian learned that Mingshui’s death would throw the insect clan into chaos, then concluded that his earlier attacks had left her mortally wounded.
  • Less than three months later, Mingshui died, and twenty-three Foundation Establishment females began fighting for the position of queen.
  • After the females’ battle reduced their number to five, Shi Jian, Shi Yin, and Golden Crocodile went to the central hive.
  • Shi Jian broke into the hive, subdued the insect demons, and planted Slave Seals in the surviving females.
  • Shi Jian found Mingshui’s corpse, swallowed her Demon Core, and devoured her remains, absorbing their essence.

Ch. 255Building Up the Western Region, the Demon Beast Faction Takes Shape!

With the Eastern Region brought under his control, Shi Jian held all but the Southern Region of Evil Water Marsh and focused on cultivation while Sun Chengzu organized the conquered territories. The Western Region’s new beast-rearing area strengthened Shi Jian’s Demon Beast forces and left the Southern Region surrounded.

  • Shi Yin reported that the insect swarms in the Eastern Region were under control, and Shi Jian tasked Shi Yin and Lord Rat with settling them and gathering the region’s insect-type Demon Beasts.
  • Shi Jian returned to Abundant Water Lake and entered seclusion, leaving only the Southern Region and the Venomous Flood Dragon King outside his control.
  • Sun Chengzu announced that three regions of Evil Water Marsh had been pacified, earning White Cloud Temple praise and supplies from the Supreme Purity Sect.
  • Sun Chengzu spent two years developing a Western Region beast-rearing area, reserving more than half the territory for turtle species and assigning land to White Cloud Temple’s Foundation Establishment Lineages.
  • Wanxiang and the eight Azure Wave Turtle branches moved into their assigned habitats, including Azure Vast Pool, a complete Blessed Land with a third-tier Spirit Vein.

Ch. 256Shi Pan Begins Core Formation!

After five years of prosperity at White Cloud Temple, Shi Pan began his Core Formation breakthrough on Boulder Peak. He survived the Spiritual Qi Trial, but merging with Earth Dao Heaven and Earth Qi left him in grave danger as the mountain rose into the sect’s tallest peak.

  • White Cloud Temple prospered from its gains in Evil Water Marsh, strengthening its resources and Spiritual Qi while supporting more Core Formation Cultivators and great Demon Beasts.
  • Shi Pan began secluded cultivation on Boulder Peak after decades of preparation and the loss of his old friends, Lei Huan and Lei Nu.
  • Earthen-yellow clouds gathered over Boulder Peak, and Shi Pan absorbed vast Spiritual Qi until he passed the first stage of Core Formation.
  • Shi Pan merged with the Earth Dao Heaven and Earth Qi, suffering severe damage as the earth veins shifted and Boulder Peak rose with dozens of surrounding peaks.
  • Old Daoist Yun Du watched the upheaval as Boulder Peak became White Cloud Temple’s tallest peak, while Shi Pan’s condition inside the cave abode reached its greatest danger.

Ch. 257As Steadfast as a Boulder!

Shi Pan endured the Earth Dao Heaven and Earth Qi’s crushing pressure and formed a Golden Core, becoming a level-five Demon General and taking the name Boulder as ancestor of his bear-kind. He asked Yun Du to conceal his breakthrough, leaving White Cloud Temple with a hidden combatant and Boulder Peak sealed as a forbidden area.

  • Shi Pan resisted the pain and despair of his transformation, drawing on his resolve until the Earth Dao Heaven and Earth Qi merged with his body.
  • Shi Pan’s Demon Core shattered and reformed as a Golden Core, healing his injuries and transforming him into a fifteen-zhang giant bear.
  • Shi Pan declared himself the honored lord of Boulder, took the name Boulder, and called on his clan’s bear-kind to honor him as their ancestor.
  • The beast clans and Demon Beasts of the Northern Mountain Range submitted to Boulder, while Yun Du congratulated him on reaching the Golden Core realm.
  • Boulder declined a public celebration and asked Yun Du to keep his breakthrough secret so White Cloud Temple could retain a hidden advantage.
  • Yun Du agreed to conceal the news and designated Boulder Peak a forbidden area.

Ch. 258Zhao Yanshan Died Peacefully of Old Age!

Zhao Yanshan reached the end of his life and entrusted the Zhao Household’s inheritance and its ties to White Cloud Temple and Ancestor Shi Jian to Zhao Xuanqing. After Zhao Yanshan died peacefully, Sun Chengzu and Sun Qiming honored him, and Zhao Xuanqing and Sun Qiming affirmed that the bond between their households would continue.

  • Zhao Yanshan reflected on the Zhao Household’s decline and survival as he prepared to pass its genealogy to Zhao Xuanqing.
  • Zhao Yanshan told Zhao Xuanqing to protect the household’s relationship with White Cloud Temple and Ancestor Shi Jian, and Zhao Xuanqing promised to remember his instructions.
  • Zhao Yanshan died peacefully in his courtyard in Abundant Water City, and the Zhao Clan mourned him.
  • Sun Chengzu offered wine and incense at Zhao Yanshan’s grave and promised to protect the Zhao Household.
  • Zhao Xuanqing and Sun Qiming exchanged nods, affirming that the bond between the Zhao and Sun households would carry on.

Ch. 259Players at the Board, Trading Moves!

After Zhao Yanshan’s death, Zhao Xuanqing took over the Zhao Household and received Shi Jian’s promise of protection. Meanwhile, the Flood Dragon Python Clan’s harassment was contained, and White Cloud Temple developed the Eastern and Western Regions as Abundant Water City grew into a major settlement.

  • Zhao Xuanqing visited Shi Jian, who accepted his leadership of the Zhao Household and promised to protect the clan as long as it did not defy him.
  • As the Flood Dragon Python Clan continued raiding Southern Region strongholds, Sun Qiming proposed sweeping the waterways, but Sun Chengzu instead ordered hidden underwater sentries from the Crocodile Beast Clan.
  • The crocodile beasts curbed the raids, and Shi Jian told Sun Chengzu to let Golden Crocodile guard the southern front until he had fully refined the Bee Queen’s remains.
  • Golden Crocodile redeployed with the Crocodile Beast Clan’s elites and kept the flood dragon pythons from crossing the forbidden line, maintaining peace for two and a half years.
  • White Cloud Temple completed most development in the Eastern and Western Regions, turning the Eastern Region’s insect nest into a spiritual-ore mining site and improving the Western Region’s spiritual lands.
  • Abundant Water City expanded to more than ten thousand permanent cultivators, while the population of Evil Water Marsh grew to several million.

Ch. 260True Person Chengye Displays His Might, an Ominous Premonition!

Sun Chengzu defeated the Red-Scaled Flood Dragon in a fierce battle, strengthening the White Cloud Temple’s position as Shi Jian emerged from seclusion. Shi Jian visited Shi Pan after learning of his Golden Core breakthrough, then shared his plan to confront the Venomous Flood Dragon King and his unease about an approaching crisis.

  • Sun Chengzu rushed south after water flood dragons killed four White Cloud Temple cultivators, then wounded the Red-Scaled Flood Dragon badly enough to drive him away.
  • The southern region grew more restrained after the battle, while Shi Jian neared the Golden Core Late Stage bottleneck during his long seclusion.
  • Shi Jian emerged from seclusion, and Golden Crocodile sensed that his presence had grown stronger and more formidable.
  • Shi Jian visited Boulder Peak and confirmed that Shi Pan had secretly formed a solid Golden Core.
  • Shi Jian told Shi Pan he planned to confront the seventh-level venomous flood dragon within a year or two and ordered him to remain at the sect.
  • Shi Jian admitted that he had an ominous premonition, and he and Shi Pan wondered whether a threat might come from outside the Clear Granary Kingdom.

Ch. 261Shi Jian Reveals His True Strength!

Shi Jian attacked the Venomous Flood Dragon King at the Dragon-Binding Abyss and revealed power far beyond an ordinary Golden Core cultivator. After badly wounding the flood dragon, he faced a golden reverse scale that carried the pressure of a Nascent Soul-level flood dragon from the Boundless Sea.

  • Shi Jian led Shi Yin, Golden Crocodile, and Sun Chengzu to the Dragon-Binding Abyss, where they surrounded the Venomous Flood Dragon King.
  • Shi Jian and the Venomous Flood Dragon King exchanged powerful lightning and poison-water attacks before closing in for a brutal fight.
  • Shi Jian used his Nascent Soul-level Divine Sense to interrupt the Venomous Flood Dragon King's Black Water Death Ray, then snapped off one horn and stabbed out his left eye.
  • The injured Venomous Flood Dragon King summoned a golden reverse scale, whose immense pressure revealed it as a token from a Nascent Soul-level flood dragon of the Boundless Sea.

Ch. 262Slaying the Venomous Flood Dragon King and Pacifying the Evil Water Marsh!

Shi Jian defeated the Venomous Flood Dragon King by drawing on Purple Firmament's power, then led the forces at the Evil Water Marsh to eliminate the rival flood dragons and their followers. He claimed the marsh for his rule and prepared for the threat from the Boundless Sea.

  • The Venomous Flood Dragon King used a golden reverse scale to unleash Nascent Soul pressure, but Shi Jian called on Purple Firmament and shattered the scale's dragon phantom.
  • Shi Jian tore the Venomous Flood Dragon King in two, seized his seventh-level Demon Core, and destroyed his remaining soul.
  • Sun Chengzu and Golden Crocodile killed the Jade Wave Flood Dragon, while Shi Yin froze the Red-Scaled Flood Dragon and Shi Jian finished it with lightning.
  • The White Cloud Temple cultivators and Demon Beast forces hunted down the fleeing demons, securing the Evil Water Marsh for Shi Jian.
  • Shi Jian kept the damaged reverse scale, considered the danger from the Boundless Sea, and declared that all four regions of the Evil Water Marsh would fall under his rule.

Ch. 263The Supreme Purity Sect Arrives to Pick the Peaches!

After White Cloud Temple pacified Evil Water Marsh, the Supreme Purity Sect arrived to claim the richest parts of the newly established Abundant Prefecture. Shi Jian accepted the division while warning the sect’s representatives, and Sun Chengzu agreed to preserve White Cloud Temple’s foothold and wait for a better opportunity.

  • Bai Xiuyuan and Li Chongyue arrived in Abundant Water City and announced that the Supreme Purity Sect would rename Evil Water Marsh Abundant Water Marsh and establish Abundant Prefecture.
  • Bai Xiuyuan assigned White Cloud Temple the barren northern territory while the Supreme Purity Sect took the resource-rich southern territory, including the eastern Zhuyin Stone vein, and maintained White Cloud Temple’s four-tenths tribute.
  • Sun Chengzu offered to help clear the remaining Demon Beasts, but Li Chongyue refused and warned White Cloud Temple not to reach beyond its territory.
  • Shi Jian accepted the arrangement but warned Li Chongyue and Bai Xiuyuan to beware of drowning, demon insects, and strange poison.
  • After the Supreme Purity Sect representatives left, Shi Jian advised Sun Chengzu to avoid conflict and wait for the Bai and Li Households to struggle with their new territory.
  • Sun Chengzu agreed to establish a White Cloud Temple branch in northern Abundant Prefecture and protect the sect’s remaining interests.

Ch. 264The Four Directions Stabilized, Returning to the Sect for Secluded Cultivation!

Shi Jian secured the north of Abundant Water Marsh through his allies, then returned to White Cloud Temple’s Purple Firmament Peak to refine a seventh-level Demon Core in secluded cultivation. As the storm over the peak intensified, Old Daoist Yun Du wondered whether he would live to see Shi Jian reach Nascent Soul.

  • The Bai and Li Households expanded their influence across the south, while Sun Chengzu fortified Abundant Water City and quietly gathered strength in the north.
  • Shi Jian instructed Golden Crocodile and Wanxiang to develop their clans, absorb or eliminate other Demon Race groups, and guard Abundant Water Lake during his absence.
  • Shi Jian told Shi Yin to return to the Supreme Purity Sect, remain the Zhou Household’s sect-guarding spirit beast, and avoid factional struggles.
  • Shi Jian returned to Purple Firmament Peak and began refining the seventh-level Demon Core with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.
  • Old Daoist Yun Du watched the intensifying thunderstorm and hoped he would live to see a Nascent Soul emerge.

Ch. 265The Great Dao Is Ruthless! Times Have Changed!

White Cloud Temple expanded its forces and commercial operations while strengthening defenses under Yun Du's leadership. Chang He failed to form a Golden Core and died, leaving the sect shaken by the brutal cost of attempting the breakthrough without Heaven and Earth Qi.

  • Yun Du shifted White Cloud Temple toward defense and recruited far more disciples, growing the sect to nearly ten thousand members.
  • Sun Qiming inspected the Cloud Piercer and ordered stronger escorts for trading vessels and caution for their guards.
  • Chang He attempted Core Formation at Cold Pool Cave without Heaven and Earth Qi as Yun Du and Sun Chengzu watched.
  • Chang He died when his body burst apart, and Yun Du ordered a lavish burial and support for his descendants for three generations.
  • Sun Chengzu left to oversee the northern branch, while White Cloud Temple's cultivators were left fearful of attempting Core Formation.

Ch. 266Qingshan Has Passed, an Old Friend Gone Far Away!

After True Person Qingshan’s death, the Azure Light Gate faced losing its protectorate status and sought the White Cloud Temple’s protection, agreeing to surrender its alchemy inheritance. Meanwhile, the bear lines prospered unevenly, and Shi Mo accepted that his Dark Gold Line might decline unless he risked everything to pursue Core Formation.

  • True Person Qingshan died, and the Supreme Purity Sect gave the Azure Light Gate thirty years to produce a Golden Core cultivator or lose its Eastern Protectorate position.
  • The Azure Light Gate’s sect master appealed to Yun Du, who agreed to protect the sect in exchange for its Dao of Alchemy inheritance.
  • Yun Du mourned Qingshan and reflected on the loneliness of outliving old acquaintances.
  • The Sun and Zhao clans continued growing peacefully, while the Lightning Bear, Boulder, and Frost and Snow lines gained resources and Foundation Establishment bear demons.
  • Shi Mo rebuked a young bear demon for complaining about unequal resources, then resolved to attempt Core Formation despite expecting failure could be his fate.

Ch. 267A Life of Tumult, Lord Rat Passes Away, King and Subject!

Lord Rat died peacefully after entrusting the Wind Rat Line to his son Shu Changfeng, who succeeded him as clan leader. Shu Changfeng vowed to pursue the Golden Core path and lead the Wind Rat Line under Shi Jian, while the world awaited the awakening of the sleeping giant bear.

  • Lord Rat told Shu Changfeng that he was nearing death and urged him to rely on Shi Jian and maintain ties with White Cloud Temple.
  • Lord Rat died, remembering how he had first met Shi Jian and declared him a king.
  • Shu Changfeng buried Lord Rat in the Blessed Land and kowtowed three times before Shi Jian's place of seclusion at Purple Firmament Peak.
  • Shu Changfeng took over as clan leader without conflict and vowed to help the Wind Rat Line produce a Golden Core great demon.

Ch. 268Rat Second Forges a Lineage with His Own Body!

Rat Second asked Shi Pan to refine his body and merge his bloodline into a mountain so the Rat Race’s treasure-seeking lineage could grow stronger. After Shi Pan granted his wish, Shu Changfeng established Ten Thousand Treasures Mountain as the lineage’s new home.

  • Months after Lord Rat’s death, Rat Second refused Shu Changfeng’s spirit ginseng and asked to be carried to Boulder Peak.
  • Rat Second begged Shi Pan to refine his bones and blood into a nearby mountain’s Spirit Vein, but Shi Pan initially refused.
  • Rat Second argued that his death should benefit the clan, then kowtowed and asked Shi Pan to grant his wish.
  • Shi Pan struck open the mountain and refined Rat Second in an earthen cauldron, scattering his bloodline essence over the mountain.
  • Shu Changfeng named the mountain Ten Thousand Treasures Mountain and moved the treasure-seeking rat demons there, establishing their lineage’s foothold.

Ch. 269Shu Laosan feeds himself to the Dao!

In Yin Wind Valley, Shu Laosan sacrificed himself so his grandson Shu Jiuyin could consume his origin Yin Qi and break through to Foundation Establishment. Shu Jiuyin survived the breakthrough and claimed leadership of the Yin Spirit Rat Line.

  • Shu Laosan learned that his elder brothers had died and accepted that he could not reach Core Formation without pure Yin-attribute Qi.
  • Shu Laosan ordered Shu Jiuyin to eat him so he could inherit Laosan’s cultivation and become the next leader of the Yin Spirit Rat Line.
  • Shu Jiuyin reluctantly agreed, and Shu Laosan reversed his true essence and killed himself before his bone throne.
  • Shu Jiuyin devoured Shu Laosan’s body and endured the violent Yin Qi as it forced open his meridians.
  • Shu Jiuyin broke through to Foundation Establishment, took the throne, and declared himself master of the Yin Spirit Rat Line.

Ch. 270The Sacred Blood Sect Grows, Cang Ya Dies Attempting a Breakthrough!

The Sacred Blood Sect expanded its control across Liang Kingdom by destroying the Chen Household and overwhelming local powers. At the Lin Household, Cang Ya attempted to break through to the Golden Core realm but failed and died, leaving the rear mountain transformed into a vast forest.

  • Kuang Xiong shattered the Chen Household's protective formation, killed Chen Yuan, and led the Sacred Blood Sect's forces in slaughtering the clan.
  • The Sacred Blood Sect grew into a major power with forty-two Foundation Establishment cultivators, while its outer branch ravaged the region and its inner branch fought off campaigns by the Four Righteous Dao Sects.
  • Cang Ya, secretly posing as the Lin Household's ancestor, prepared to attempt a breakthrough despite his age and the absence of Heaven and Earth Qi.
  • Cang Ya compressed his true essence, but the uncontrolled wood-attribute energy caused his body to turn into wood and his meridians to break.
  • Cang Ya underwent Dao Dissolution and died, unleashing spiritual light that transformed the Lin Household's rear mountain into a vast forest.

Ch. 271Erasing the Traces, Bi Luo's Plans!

After Patriarch Cang Ya's death, Bi Luo ordered the Sacred Blood Sect to destroy the Lin Household and erase evidence of the Dao Dissolution. He vowed to lead the Green Ape Clan to glory, then sent a report north asking the patriarch for instructions.

  • Bi Luo crushed the news of Cang Ya's death and ordered the Lin Household exterminated to conceal the sect's tracks.
  • Bi Luo sent Kuang Xiong to kill the Lin Household and burn the new forest where traces of Spiritual Qi remained.
  • Bi Luo mourned Cang Ya's relics, vowed to shoulder the Green Ape Clan's future, and resolved to seek Heaven and Earth Qi so he could attempt Golden Core.
  • Kuang Xiong killed all more than three hundred members of the Lin Household and burned the forest until only ash remained.
  • Bi Luo received confirmation that the operation was complete and sent an eagle demon north with a secret letter reporting Cang Ya's death and asking the patriarch what to do next.

Ch. 272New Turmoil, the Great White Crane Demon Breaks Free!

After the Azure Edge True Lord died, the Vast Righteousness School and Heavenly Sword School moved to seize the weakened Azure Edge Sect. The great white crane demon escaped, looted the sect’s treasure pavilion, and left as the sect descended into chaos and its rivals began carving it up.

  • The Azure Edge True Lord died, leaving True Lord Tongming as the Azure Edge Sect’s only Nascent Soul True Lord.
  • The Vast Righteousness School and Heavenly Sword School brought their forces to the sect, and True Lord Tongming activated the protective formation and prepared to fight.
  • The great white crane demon’s enslavement restriction vanished, and he waited until True Lord Tongming was fighting the invading Nascent Soul True Lords.
  • The white crane killed the two elders guarding the treasure pavilion, looted its treasures and the spirit medicine garden, then escaped through the weakened formation.
  • True Lord Tongming discovered the theft but could not pursue the crane, while the Nether Passage School joined the other sects in a full-scale attack on the Azure Edge Sect.

Ch. 273Seize Taizhen Commandery, Destroy the Mysterious Water Sect!

With the Mysterious Water Sect and Gang Yuan Sect weakened by the war elsewhere, Bi Luo launched a surprise assault to seize their Heaven and Earth Qi and expand the Sacred Blood Sect’s power in Taizhen Commandery. He destroyed the Mysterious Water Sect’s defenses and killed its grand elder, then found Mysterious Water Level Clear Qi in its forbidden grounds.

  • Bi Luo learned that the Mysterious Water Sect and Gang Yuan Sect had sent most of their elites north, and he sent a letter to Ancestor Cang Ya announcing his plan to attack them.
  • Bi Luo ordered Kuang Xiong to raid the Gang Yuan Sect while he led the remaining forces against the Mysterious Water Sect.
  • Bi Luo and the Sacred Blood Sect attacked Canglan Mountain, shattered the Mysterious Water Heavenly Formation, and began slaughtering the sect’s defenders.
  • Bi Luo killed the Mysterious Water Sect’s grand elder and sent his followers to loot the sect while he entered its forbidden grounds.
  • Bi Luo discovered Mysterious Water Level Clear Qi in the Cold Water Pool and considered offering it to Ancestor Cang Ya in exchange for a Dao of Wood Qi Dynamic.

Ch. 274The Azure Edge Sect's Destruction, the Campaign Against the Sacred Blood Sect!

Bi Luo captured the Heaven and Earth Qi from the Mysterious Water and Gang Yuan Sects, then led the Sacred Blood Sect in devastating Taizhen Commandery. As the Nether Passage School organized a campaign against them, Bi Luo and the sect’s core members escaped Liang Kingdom with their spoils, leaving the outer members behind.

  • Bi Luo sealed the Mysterious Water Level Clear Qi, and Kuang Xiong reported that the Gang Yuan Sect had been wiped out and brought him the Nine Heavens Gang Wind Qi.
  • Bi Luo ordered the Sacred Blood Sect to loot and destroy Taizhen Commandery, where its members spent three months slaughtering cultivators and civilians and stripping the region of its wealth.
  • The Azure Edge Sect fell after True Lord Tongming escaped badly injured, and Hao Ran, the Heavenly Sword, and the Nether Passage School divided its foundation.
  • After hearing of Taizhen Commandery’s devastation, the Nether Passage School’s sect master ordered Elder You Gui to hunt down the Sacred Blood Sect and seize its half-demon inheritance.
  • Elder You Gui reached the Sacred Blood Sect’s abandoned main altar at Heng Ridge, where he found its members and resources gone and destroyed the mountain in anger.
  • Bi Luo had already fled Liang Kingdom with the sect’s core forces and plunder, abandoning outer members to distract the returning righteous cultivators.

Ch. 275Shi Pan Manages the Household, Giving One Qi to the Rat Race and Trading Another for Wood!

Bi Luo presented Heaven and Earth Qi seized by the Green Ape Clan, and Shi Pan assigned it to Shu Changfeng while arranging a trade for wood Qi to help Bi Luo advance. The chapter ended with Shi Pan and Yun Du watching the thunderclouds over Purple Firmament Peak as Shi Jian's seclusion reached a critical moment.

  • Bi Luo offered Shi Pan Mysterious Water Level Clear Qi and Nine Heavens Gang Wind Qi, and Shi Pan accepted them on behalf of the ancestor in seclusion.
  • Shi Pan told Bi Luo to protect the Sacred Blood Sect's foundation and promised the sect would find a way to obtain wood Qi for Bi Luo.
  • Shi Pan gave Shu Changfeng the Nine Heavens Gang Wind Qi and charged him to reach Core Formation in honor of Lord Rat and Rat Second.
  • Shi Pan asked Yun Du to trade the Mysterious Water Level Clear Qi for wood Qi, and Yun Du agreed to contact the Hundred Herbs Pavilion and Wood God Sect.
  • Shi Pan and Yun Du saw the immense thunderclouds over Purple Firmament Peak and sensed that Shi Jian's breakthrough was nearing a critical moment.
Arc 11 of 26
Arc 11 of 26