Chapter Summaries

Qu Jianlei negotiated with True Immortal Shen Miao over Asura Bubbles and learned that the Upper Realm would lend Red Leaf Ridge an independent Tier 4 Spirit Vein for two hundred years in exchange for priority rights to the bubbles. Qu Jianlei and his companions traveled to the Upper Realm to inspect it and met True Venerable Min Ning.

• Qu Jianlei offered True Immortal Shen Miao a Level Five bubble for information, but declined to trade more bubbles for origin and laws because those resources were scarce in the Upper Realm.
• True Immortal Shen Miao returned with an offer to lend Red Leaf Ridge an independent Tier 4 Spirit Vein for two hundred years in exchange for priority rights to its Asura Bubbles, and Qu Jianlei asked to inspect it first.
• True Immortal Jin Ge agreed to take Qu Jianlei, Shen Miao, Jing Yuexin, Paranoid, Mu Yu, and Jia Shuiqing to the Upper Realm, where a guide led them through a passage to Yin Ridge.
• True Immortal Jin Ge and True Immortal Shen Miao greeted True Venerable Min Ning, who then remarked that Qu Jianlei had traveled through many Otherworlds.

Qu Jianlei met True Venerable Min Ning, who offered Yanfeng Three for his resource gathering and raised the possibility of visiting the Xuan Qing World. The group left for Yanfeng Three, while Min Ning and True Immortal Jin Ge continued discussing Qu Jianlei and the dangers surrounding his future breakthrough.

• True Venerable Min Ning proposed Yanfeng Three as a place for Qu Jianlei to inspect a Tier 4 Spirit Vein, and Qu Jianlei gave him a Level Two Asura Bubble as a meeting gift.
• Min Ning asked about buying more Asura Bubbles and brought up the Lower Realm chaos and Master of the Pot; Jin Ge defended Qu Jianlei’s ownership of his goods.
• Min Ning offered his Dao Field as a possible place for Qu Jianlei to break through, but Jin Ge warned that Qu Jianlei had witnessed Master of the Pot’s Assimilation into the Dao.
• Min Ning asked about Qu Jianlei’s Portable Abode and offered to help him reach the Xuan Qing World, which Qu Jianlei accepted as a future favor.
• Jin Ge took Qu Jianlei and the others to Yanfeng Three, where Min Ning also allowed Jin Ge to set an Anchor Point.

Qu Jianlei and his companions inspected their newly leased Tier 4 Spirit Vein on Yanfeng Three and tested a teleportation link between it and the void. The link worked, and True Immortal Jin Ge agreed to help conceal their movements in exchange for trading for Asura Bubbles.

• True Venerable Min Ning pressed True Immortal Jin Ge to help him obtain something urgently, and Jin Ge eventually agreed to consider rare laws.
• Qu Jianlei and his companions took control of the crude Tier 4 Spirit Vein on Yanfeng Three and discussed whether they could trust Min Ning's promise to send them to the Xuan Qing World.
• Qu Jianlei tested the latest Teleportation Array Disc and discovered it could connect to the team's array in the void, though not directly to the Lower Realm.
• Paranoid sent a clone through the array, and two days of testing confirmed that the worlds could be connected with a round trip within a day, at the cost of spirit stones and Array Plate durability.
• True Immortal Jin Ge warned Qu Jianlei about Houde's rules, then agreed to conceal their movements if Qu Jianlei traded him Tier 1 Asura Bubbles.

Qu Jianlei agreed to trade one Asura Bubble for a strand of Out-of-Body Blade Intent and arranged for any additional bubbles to be auctioned. A month later, Min Ning's Dao Field appeared as an Asura Bubble orbited it, while Qu Jianlei's team discovered suspicious visitors near their new territory and sought an explanation.

• Qu Jianlei agreed to give True Immortal Jin Ge one Asura Bubble in exchange for a strand of Out-of-Body Blade Intent, while insisting that any Level 1 bubbles be auctioned.
• Min Ning's Dao Field appeared in the Houde Realm, and onlookers watched an Asura Bubble orbit and shrink beside it.
• Jing Yuexin returned to Cangwu with Stalwart Master Shen Miao, while Xiang Xue politely turned away two groups seeking an audience with Red Leaf Ridge.
• The Divine-Sense Drifters detected suspicious figures, including Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, near the team's isolated territory.
• Jia Shuiqing consulted the local Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, who suspected the visitors were connected to the team's refusals and asked whether they had performed a divination.

Qu Jianlei and the Red Leaf Ridge group were drawn into a dispute over suspected interference with a Spirit Vein in Yanfeng Three’s Isolation Zone. The standoff continued as both sides sought support, while Qu Jianlei recognized the familiar pattern of people calling in reinforcements.

• Jia Shuiqing refused to perform divination for the stationed Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, who went to investigate the Isolation Zone himself.
• Feihong confronted cultivators suspected of tampering with the earth veins, and they accused his side of hiding a new earth-vein technique.
• Qu Jianlei learned that the dispute stemmed from neighbors’ suspicions that Red Leaf Ridge’s unfamiliar residents were secretly influencing the Spirit Vein.
• Duo Gan told the Red Leaf Ridge group not to act rashly, while Qu Jianlei secretly contacted True Immortal Jin Ge for help.
• True Immortal Jin Ge declined to intervene but said he had informed the person in charge, as the two sides remained locked in a tense standoff until afternoon.

After Venerable Minning’s disciple ended the confrontation, Qu Jianlei suspected the decree would not prevent further trouble and prepared for a karmic investigation. A hidden Great Venerable investigated him two days later, then withdrew, confirming Qu Jianlei’s suspicions but leaving him unsure whether the threat had passed.

• Venerable Minning’s disciple ordered both sides to disperse, and Feihong’s opponents withdrew after acknowledging the matter as a misunderstanding.
• Qu Jianlei told everyone to enter the Portable Abode and chose to guard outside, wary that the dispute might continue despite Venerable Minning’s decree.
• The neighboring Nascent Soul Realm cultivators reported the incident to their superiors, who insisted that the matter concerned the standing of those above them.
• A handsome youth investigated the situation, recognized Venerable Minning’s involvement, and decided to respond rather than back down.
• Qu Jianlei activated the Nascent Soul Realm Defense Array and Gathering Spirit Array, then waited with Broken Blade for a possible karmic investigation.
• Qu Jianlei sensed an Immortal Venerable’s attention withdraw and realized he had been investigated, but he could not tell whether the threat was truly gone.

Qu Jianlei learned that the danger had passed and heard how True Venerable Min Ning was mobilizing support to secure the Mother Nest at auction. He agreed to hold the auction near Min Ning’s Dao Field and arrived at the venue with True Immortal Jin Ge, where several Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were waiting.

• True Immortal Jin Ge returned and confirmed that the mysterious visitor had left, so Qu Jianlei released the Red Leaf Ridge group from the Abode.
• Jin Ge told Qu Jianlei that True Venerable Min Ning had repaired his Dao Field using the Mother Nest and was determined to win the upcoming auction.
• Qu Jianlei learned that Min Ning had contacted prospective bidders, given them gifts, and asked them to show mercy because the auction item mattered to his Dao Path.
• Min Ning’s Nascent Soul Realm disciple asked Qu Jianlei to hold the auction near the Dao Field, and Qu Jianlei agreed to let Min Ning arrange it.
• The day before bidding, Jin Ge brought Qu Jianlei to the dark auction venue, where seven or eight Nascent Soul Realm cultivators and several True Immortals had gathered.

Qu Jianlei attended a small trade fair where his Asura Mother Nest was the finale item, while an unexpected handsome youth joined him and True Immortal Jin Ge. As bidding began, Bu Hu described the Mother Nest and its requested payment, leaving Qu Jianlei to wonder if he had undervalued it.

• A Great Venerable Disciple introduced the small trade fair, and Bu Hu appeared as its host.
• True Immortal Jin Ge teased Qu Jianlei about Bu Hu, while Qu Jianlei dismissed the other trade lots as unimpressive.
• A handsome youth appeared beside Qu Jianlei and Jin Ge, and his strange exchange with Jin Ge left Qu Jianlei suspicious.
• Qu Jianlei reflected on Min Ning's coordinated bidding and his plans for what would follow the auction.
• Bu Hu introduced Qu Jianlei's Asura Mother Nest and said the consignor sought Rules or Origins, prompting Qu Jianlei to regret not asking for more.

Qu Jianlei’s Asura Brood Mother attracted competing bids, and the Handsome Youth outmaneuvered True Venerable Min Ning to win it with a trade tailored to Qu Jianlei’s needs. After the sale, Qu Jianlei directed inquiries about more Asura Bubbles to Bu Hu before leaving with Jin Ge, while Bu Hu was left to deal with the interested bidder.

• After offers of a Gold Source and a Slaughter Rule, a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator bid one Guardian Rule for the Mother Nest.
• The Handsome Youth raised the offer to one Spatial Rules, prompting True Venerable Min Ning to challenge the bid with an Out-of-Body Realm Blade Intent.
• The Handsome Youth countered with two Guardian Rules and one Earth Source, and True Venerable Min Ning conceded the Mother Nest to him.
• The Handsome Youth handed Qu Jianlei the agreed Storage Bag, and Qu Jianlei directed a man asking about more Asura Bubbles to contact Bu Hu.
• Qu Jianlei left with Jin Ge, while the man asked Bu Hu to stay and discuss the Asura Bubbles.

Qu Jianlei returned to Yanfeng Three with valuable treasures, then traveled to the Lower Realm as Red Leaf Ridge navigated the aftermath of the trade fair. He and True Immortal Jin Ge set out into the void, with Jin Ge agreeing to help Qu Jianlei before visiting the Tree Race’s homeland.

• True Immortal Jin Ge brought Qu Jianlei and the others to Yanfeng Three, where Qu Jianlei explained that the Handsome Youth’s intervention had earned him two Guardian Rules and a Five Elements Source.
• True Immortal Bu Hu visited Red Leaf Ridge with requests from two bidders seeking Asura Bubbles, but Duo Gan told her Qu Jianlei had gone to the Lower Realm.
• Three days after Qu Jianlei descended, Hall Master Jiang delivered word that the Upper Realm had awarded Red Leaf Ridge two ascent quotas.
• True Immortal Jin Ge asked about the Folded Space’s instability, and Qu Jianlei suggested waiting to see whether relations with the two Great Venerables improved.
• Qu Jianlei and True Immortal Jin Ge traveled into the void to set up teleportation formations, and Qu Jianlei invited Jin Ge to visit other worlds with him.
• Jin Ge agreed to help Qu Jianlei with his business first and postpone visiting the Tree Race’s homeland.

Qu Jianlei and True Immortal Jin Ge tested void traversal while discussing the difficulty of obtaining a Tier 5 Spirit Vein, until Immortal Venerable Han appeared and confronted Jin Ge. Qu Jianlei chose to defend Jin Ge’s Dao Path despite Han’s support, and Han challenged him to show how he could make an Immortal Venerable fall.

• Qu Jianlei explained how void-travel resistance might limit a Great Venerable’s speed compared with a warship, and True Immortal Jin Ge agreed to test the theory.
• After two months of experiments, Qu Jianlei urged Jin Ge to acquire a Tier 5 Spirit Vein, and Jin Ge explained how rare such veins were and hinted at the stakes behind a trade-fair encounter.
• Immortal Venerable Han appeared and accused Jin Ge of summoning him, while Jin Ge claimed he and Qu Jianlei had only been researching void traversal.
• When Han asked whether Qu Jianlei would help Jin Ge oppose him, Qu Jianlei said he would protect Jin Ge’s Dao Path if necessary, even though he appreciated Han’s support.
• Han challenged Qu Jianlei to demonstrate how a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator could make him fall, and Qu Jianlei thought of a Nirvana Technique.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with True Venerable Han Li over help with the Nirvana Technique, while Han Li grew curious about Qu Jianlei’s hidden means and record of killing Great Venerables. The chapter ended with Han Li realizing Qu Jianlei had sold Asura Bubbles to spread word about the Mother Nest and pave the way for a trip to the Asura World.

• Qu Jianlei offered to owe True Venerable Han Li a favor for help with Nirvana, but Han Li demanded his Ritual Artifact before settling for a few Asuras.
• Qu Jianlei asked why Min Ning had fought Han Li, and Han Li said Min Ning had tried to use Qu Jianlei to set him up.
• Han Li revealed that Qu Jianlei had killed at least twenty Out-of-Body Realm cultivators, prompting Qu Jianlei to defend his actions against the Alien Race.
• Qu Jianlei challenged Han Li over his accusations and nearly prepared to fight, but Han Li admitted he had been joking and asked to see Qu Jianlei’s hidden means.
• Han Li offered Qu Jianlei a Rule to reveal his trump card, but Qu Jianlei refused and instead asked whether Han Li wanted to visit the Asura World.
• Han Li realized Qu Jianlei had planned the Asura Bubble sales to spread news about the Mother Nest, and Qu Jianlei confirmed the Dao Field had first pushed him toward the plan.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with True Venerable Han Li over information about the Asura World, insisting on securing a Tier 5 Spirit Vein for his team before exploring the Otherworld. After returning to the Houde Realm, the team recognized Han Li’s interest as a possible threat and warned one another to resist capture.

• True Venerable Han Li offered to lend Qu Jianlei a Tier 5 Spirit Vein in exchange for details about the Otherworld entrance, and they haggled over the loan’s terms.
• Qu Jianlei agreed that the round trip should take less than fifty years if nothing unexpected happened, while True Venerable Han Li left to consider the deal.
• True Immortal Jin Ge told Qu Jianlei that news of an entrance was itself an opportunity, challenging Han Li’s attempt to undervalue it.
• Qu Jianlei and True Immortal Jin Ge returned to the Houde Realm after experimenting in the void for several days.
• Qu Jianlei told the team that True Venerable Han Li was interested in the Asura World, and Duo Gan used their agreed Secret Code to warn them that they might be abducted and should end their own lives if they could not resist.

Qu Jianlei’s group weighed the danger posed by True Venerable Han Li while dealing with Cangwu factions over Mortal Warships and the sale of an Asura Nest Sub-Nest. After debate, Qu Jianlei rejected playing rival powers against each other for now, though Duo Gan suggested making limited contact.

• Qu Jianlei arranged for Duo Gan to warn the Lower Realm members about the risks and reclaim the Artifact Spirit Clones from the Mortal Warships lent to Cangwu factions.
• The factions resisted returning the warships, but Red Leaf Ridge reclaimed their Artifact Spirit Clones and continued supplying Energy Blocks for the time being.
• Qu Jianlei gave True Immortal Bu Hu a Sub-Nest to sell to two interested parties, and she later brought payment and word that they wanted to discuss future cooperation.
• True Immortal Feihong asked why Duo Gan had not told him about the Sub-Nest, and Duo Gan sarcastically refused to promise that they would report future discoveries.
• Paranoid and Mu Yu urged Qu Jianlei to meet the two parties and use their interest to negotiate, but Qu Jianlei warned that the group lacked the strength to influence the situation.
• Duo Gan suggested making limited contact after Qu Jianlei rejected a broader attempt to play both sides.

Qu Jianlei and True Immortal Jin Ge discussed the competing families interested in Red Leaf Ridge and a possible Tier 5 Spirit Vein in the distant Xiku Sector. After Duo Gan received no reply from True Immortal Feihong for several days, the Handsome Youth appeared before Qu Jianlei and asked if he had acted before waiting longer.

• True Immortal Jin Ge told Qu Jianlei that two families were willing to lend Spirit Veins to attract his team, and Min Ning had complained that Qu Jianlei was his tenant.
• Qu Jianlei asked True Immortal Jin Ge to investigate a Tier 5 Spirit Vein rumored to be in the Xiku Sector, outside the Lingyun Sect's territory.
• Qu Jianlei had Paranoid contact the two families, while Duo Gan asked True Immortal Feihong about the Xiku Sector opportunity.
• One family offered to lend a Spirit Vein while probing the number of Asura Bubbles, and the other showed condescension after learning Qu Jianlei's group came from the Lower Realm.
• Feihong said the situation in Xiku was complicated and offered to report Qu Jianlei's interest to the Great Venerable, but no reply arrived for seven or eight days.
• The Handsome Youth appeared before Qu Jianlei and asked whether he could not wait any longer.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with True Venerable Han Li over access to the Asura World and Xiku’s Tier 5 Spirit Vein, using the danger and his knowledge as leverage. Han Li agreed to Qu Jianlei’s conditions, and Qu Jianlei revealed that he intended to gather enough strength to conquer the Asura World and protect the Human Race there.

• Qu Jianlei told True Venerable Han Li that he had met an Immortal Venerable and explained that his team had contacted two other factions.
• True Venerable Han Li warned Qu Jianlei that Xiku’s Spirit Vein was beyond his reach, but Qu Jianlei argued that he had to try before time ran out.
• Qu Jianlei suggested he could trade the Asura World’s coordinates for help, prompting True Venerable Han Li to agree to his conditions.
• Qu Jianlei raised the issue of danger in the Asura World and revealed that his team had killed multiple Out-of-Body Realm cultivators there.
• True Venerable Han Li realized Qu Jianlei planned to conquer an Otherworld, and Qu Jianlei said he needed to offer sufficient benefits to obtain a Tier 5 Spirit Vein.

Qu Jianlei and True Venerable Han Li negotiated an expedition to the Asura World, agreeing that Han Li would help secure a Tier 5 Spirit Vein in exchange for a share of the world’s administrative profits. The discussion shifted to the nearby Tree Race World, which Han Li also wanted to include, leaving Qu Jianlei to restrain him and True Immortal Jin Ge.

• Qu Jianlei proposed using a campaign against the Asura World to obtain a Tier 5 Spirit Vein, and True Venerable Han Li agreed to discuss the plan while demanding an equal voice.
• Qu Jianlei secured leadership of the expedition, while Han Li and Qu Jianlei debated who would invite members and how the Asura World’s administration rights and profits would be divided.
• Han Li agreed to cover the Spirit Vein’s cost, with administrative gains paying off his debt first and the remaining profits split seventy-thirty in his favor.
• Qu Jianlei mentioned the Tree Race World, prompting Han Li to propose extending their arrangement to that world with Qu Jianlei receiving seventy percent.
• Qu Jianlei stopped Han Li and True Immortal Jin Ge from arguing and said they could discuss the Tree Race World later, but Han Li questioned whether they would have that chance.

Qu Jianlei chose True Venerable Min Ning as a companion for the journey to the Asura World, then spent half a year preparing to move his team to a Tier 5 Spirit Vein. True Venerable Han Li assembled the group at Jiuyou Island, where they were joined by True Venerable Wen Xian.

• Qu Jianlei named the Lingyun Sect outer-branch cultivator Min Ning as the third Out-of-Body Realm cultivator, and Min Ning appeared and agreed to join the expedition.
• Qu Jianlei said he needed to move before leaving, and Han Li agreed to clear the people from a Tier 5 Spirit Vein within half a year.
• Qu Jianlei assigned Qinghu and Jiao Daoren to Red Leaf Ridge, Jia Shuiqing and Qi Ya to the Yanfeng Three territory, and Paranoid and Mu Yu to the future Tier 5 Spirit Vein.
• After half a year, Han Li summoned Qu Jianlei and Jin Ge, bringing them to meet True Venerable Wen Xian; Min Ning joined them shortly afterward.
• Min Ning recognized Jiuyou Island, and Han Li explained that it was his hidden Tier 5 Spirit Vein.

Qu Jianlei explored Jiuyou Island, received insights into the Formation Dao, and joined the Great Venerables on a long journey through the void. After two months of travel, the group paused aboard his Battalion-Class Ship to recover.

• True Venerable Han Li showed Qu Jianlei Jiuyou Island and confirmed that his Teleportation Array could operate there at greater energy cost.
• True Venerable Wen Xian examined Qu Jianlei's Array Plate and gave him a Jade Tablet of Formation Dao insights as an apology for his people's earlier disrespect.
• Qu Jianlei spent two days preparing his people, and the three Out-of-Body cultivators assembled their traveling parties and arranged Abodes for them.
• True Immortal Jin Ge and the Great Venerables took turns tearing through space, finding travel in the void slower and more difficult than expected.
• After two months, Min Ning called for a rest, and Qu Jianlei released a Battalion-Class Ship while the travelers recovered in their Abodes.

Qu Jianlei led the expedition across the void to the Asura World, where the group found that Asura Brood Mothers guarded the passage in place of the Tiger-Human Clan. The Great Venerables entered and quickly captured the nests, leaving True Venerable Min Ning asking for one to study.

• Qu Jianlei told True Venerable Han Li that the journey would take about ten years, and Han Li pressed him to shorten the route and resolve his heart's knot.
• Qu Jianlei refused to share navigation authority, but he and Han Li cooperated to detour around a void storm.
• After more than nine years, the expedition reached the spatial opening and Qu Jianlei discovered that two Asura Brood Mothers guarded it and the Tiger-Men were gone.
• True Venerable Han Li calculated the opening's risks and entered first, followed by True Venerable Wen Xian, while Qu Jianlei, True Immortal Jin Ge, and True Venerable Min Ning followed.
• The group found Han Li and Wen Xian already holding Secondary Nests, and Min Ning asked them to leave a nest for him to study.
• Han Li conjured another Secondary Nest and handed it over for Min Ning to examine.