Chapter Summaries

Wang Ming told the sect leaders that Youquan could not be defeated without the reunited Twin Thunder Swords and the Southern Bright Fire Sword, while the spiritual qi of Mount Shu was draining away. He revealed that the Martial Dao Throne could preserve Mount Shu’s spiritual qi for fifty years, leaving Mount Wutai’s leaders with only a year of protection.

• Venerable Xin Master reported that the spiritual flowers linked to Mount Shu’s spiritual qi had dwindled from nine to seven as Youquan drained the spiritual veins from the Blood Cave.
• Wang Ming warned that Youquan would return for revenge and that, without Mount Shu’s exhausted flying swords, he would be unable to defeat him.
• Wang Ming explained that the Twin Thunder Swords, reunited with the Southern Bright Fire Sword, could kill Youquan, but Lian Xing still had to achieve enlightenment to wield the Thunderflame Sword.
• Wang Ming revealed the Martial Dao Throne and said it could preserve Mount Shu’s spiritual qi for fifty years with his help and the Three Primes Palace.
• Li Yingqi celebrated Mount Shu’s reprieve, while Venerable Xin Master worried that Mount Wutai’s Golden Dragon Buddha Seal could preserve its spiritual qi for only one year.

Wang Ming accepted the Mount Shu sect master position and secluded himself on the spiritual veins to study cultivation texts and develop the Sun Moon Heaven Art. Meanwhile, Li Yingqi and Duan Lei waited for Lian Xing to master the Thunderflame Sword before the Netherworld Blood Demon emerged.

• Wang Ming assured the others that Netherworld would leave the Blood Cave to seek revenge, and Xuan Tianzong offered the sect master position to Wang Ming before resolving to rebuild Kunlun.
• Wang Ming accepted the position, then withdrew to cultivate on the Martial Dao Throne and study Mount Shu’s cultivation texts.
• Li Yingqi urged Lian Xing to achieve enlightenment and master the Thunderflame Sword while Xuan Tianzong watched.
• Duan Lei taught Mount Shu’s new disciples and anxiously waited for Lian Xing to become enlightened, knowing he could not wield the Thunderflame Sword himself.

Wang Ming studied Mount Shu’s cultivation manuals and analyzed how the world’s cultivators drew strength from their souls and mental power. After watching Li Yingqi reject Xuan Tianzong and investigating Lian Xing’s sudden increase in strength, Wang Ming began learning the Dharma Appearance spell.

• Wang Ming continued deducing how to advance his cultivation without abandoning his martial dao system, but injured and healed himself while studying the Void Refinement Stage.
• Li Yingqi refused Xuan Tianzong’s attempts to rekindle her memories, struck his Moon Golden Wheel away with the Skystrike Sword, and left him behind.
• Wang Ming watched Lian Xing struggle with a sword on Myriad Swords Peak and considered how opening apertures restored the strength of past lives.
• Wang Ming concluded that cultivators in this world relied more on their souls and mental power than on their bodies and true Qi.
• Wang Ming sent his divine sense into a jade slip and began studying the Dharma Appearance spell.

Wang Ming summoned Duan Lei to test a cultivation method he had developed to prepare for the Netherworld Blood Demon’s return. After repeatedly revising the method as Duan Lei suffered severe injuries, Wang Ming finally helped him master it and agreed that he could teach it to others.

• Duan Lei told Cheng Letian that Mount Shu’s spirit swords had been destroyed and would take up to ten years to reforge, while the sword she wanted belonged to Lian Xing, formerly Chang Kongwuji.
• Wang Ming summoned Duan Lei and explained that Lian Xing’s stalled progress meant they needed another way to prepare for the Blood Demon’s counterattack.
• Duan Lei agreed to test Wang Ming’s new cultivation method, but his shoulder, arm, and spine were repeatedly injured as he practiced.
• Wang Ming healed Duan Lei and revised the method several times until Duan Lei successfully mastered it.
• Duan Lei asked to pass on the cultivation method, and Wang Ming agreed.

After five years of cultivation, Wang Ming emerged to protect Mount Emei from Youquan’s attack and a falling meteor. He erased the meteor and turned it against Youquan, leaving one-third of the Blood Cloud Array destroyed and Youquan furious.

• Youquan attacked Mount Emei with a Blood Cloud Array and summoned a huge meteor while Wang Ming was cultivating inside Three Primes Palace.
• The Mount Emei disciples fled as the meteor approached, and Li Yingqi tried to return for Lian Xing before Xuan Tianzong stopped her.
• Lian Xing’s Thunderflame Sword awakened, and Wang Ming formed a gigantic Dharma Appearance that absorbed the meteor into the Nine Skies Without Boundary.
• Wang Ming released the meteor at Youquan, vaporizing one-third of the blood clouds in the Blood Cloud Array.
• Wang Ming taunted Youquan, who spat blood and shouted that Dan Chenzi deserved to die.

Mount Shu’s fighters joined forces to destroy Netherworld Blood Demon’s blood cloud and body, but he revealed that a surviving wisp of his primordial spirit could return. He threatened to drain the world’s spiritual energy into the Blood Cave and usher in an Age of Dharma Ending.

• Li Yingqi and Lian Xing merged the Twin Thunder Swords and struck Netherworld Blood Demon, while Wang Ming recognized their power.
• Xuan Tianzong attacked Netherworld Blood Demon, and Duan Lei led three thousand Mount Shu disciples in using Sword Wings to fight him.
• Duan Lei and the disciples repeatedly attacked Netherworld Blood Demon as Li Yingqi, Lian Xing, and Xuan Tianzong helped contain him.
• The combined assault destroyed Netherworld Blood Demon’s body and dispersed the blood clouds, prompting Mount Shu’s fighters to celebrate.
• Netherworld Blood Demon appeared as a giant figure and vowed to return after draining the world’s spiritual energy into the Blood Cave.

Decades after Netherworld Blood Demon began draining the world's spiritual energy, Mount Emei's cultivators lost their ability to wield powerful weapons and feared they would soon be unable to resist him. Wang Ming remained unaffected and continued developing a cultivation path that could work across different worlds, while the dispirited disciples resolved to fight if Netherworld Blood Demon returned.

• Netherworld Blood Demon drained spiritual energy from the world, leaving Mount Emei and Mount Wutai struggling to preserve what remained.
• Over the following decades, the Twin Thunder Swords could no longer combine, then powerful swords became unusable and cultivators' spiritual energy began leaking away.
• Wang Ming maintained Mount Emei's spiritual energy for himself and reasoned that neither Netherworld Blood Demon nor immortals from the immortal world could easily threaten him.
• Wang Ming studied Mount Emei's ancient texts and chose to develop the Three Essences Unification path of essence, qi, and spirit.
• The cultivators sheltering near Wang Ming questioned whether their struggle had meaning, but Duan Lei and Li Yingqi vowed to fight Netherworld Blood Demon if he returned.

Cheng Letian prepared to leave Mount Shu and resume her quest for worldly power, but the sect’s bell summoned her to hear Wang Ming reveal a new cultivation system. The disciples chose to exchange their cultivation for true qi despite its shorter lifespans, leaving Mount Shu with a way to preserve power while spiritual energy dwindled.

• Cheng Letian came to the Three Primes Palace to say goodbye to Duan Lei, then stayed when Mount Shu’s bell summoned the disciples.
• Wang Ming told the gathered disciples that spiritual energy had dwindled so far that Nascent Soul Stage cultivators could not survive and older cultivators faced death.
• Wang Ming revealed a true qi cultivation method that preserved absorbed spiritual energy but required disciples to dissipate their existing cultivation and made future energy harder to absorb.
• Wang Ming explained the true qi system’s realms and shorter lifespans, while Xuan Tianzong questioned him about the method’s costs.
• After no one left the Three Primes Palace, the disciples began converting their cultivation to true qi despite its lifespan limits.

As spiritual energy dwindled, Wang Ming shifted Mount Shu’s disciples from immortal cultivation to martial arts and rejected Venerable Xin Master’s plan to destroy the Blood Cave. He gave the Mount Wutai monks a jade slip explaining how to convert magical power into true qi.

• Three monks from Mount Wutai climbed Mount Shu without using spiritual energy and were stunned to find its disciples practicing martial arts.
• Wang Ming converted Mount Shu’s three thousand disciples into martial artists and taught them several martial techniques.
• The monks delivered Venerable Xin Master’s request for Wang Ming to join a final assault on the Blood Cave, as Mount Wutai’s spiritual energy was running out.
• Wang Ming warned that destroying the Blood Cave would disrupt the Earth Dragon Veins and damage the continent, so he refused to support the plan.
• Wang Ming gave the monks a jade slip containing Mount Shu’s method for converting magical power into true qi.

Wang Ming warned that destroying the Blood Cave might ruin the world's spiritual veins, though he had bluffed to deter his righteous subordinates. A month later, Venerable Xin Master learned that Dan Chenzi had devised cultivation without spiritual energy, tested the technique, and ordered Mount Wutai's disciples to switch to martial arts.

• Wang Ming told Duan Lei and Lian Xing that destroying the Blood Cave could turn the world into a place where cultivation was impossible, then privately admitted he had been bluffing.
• At Mount Wutai, Venerable Xin Master learned that Dan Chenzi opposed destroying the Blood Cave and had sent a jade slip containing a cultivation method that did not rely on spiritual energy.
• Venerable Xin Master read the jade slip and said he was inferior to Dan Chenzi, while some monks suspected the technique was a ploy to protect Shushan.
• After a disciple struggled to progress with the new method, Venerable Xin Master used his dharma power to perform the powerful Buddha's Palm from the jade slip.
• Venerable Xin Master decided not to test the technique further and ordered all Mount Wutai disciples to cultivate martial arts.

Old Monster Netherworld emerged from the Blood Cave and attacked Mount Shu, prompting Wang Ming to mobilize the sect and Venerable Xin Master to set out in support. As three thousand Mount Shu disciples confronted Netherworld, Wang Ming watched from Three Primes Palace, ready to test the True Qi Martial Path he had developed.

• Old Monster Netherworld left the Blood Cave and announced his return with a devastating laugh, so Wang Ming ordered Mount Shu to prepare for battle.
• Venerable Xin Master decided Mount Wutai owed Mount Shu support and personally departed for the battle.
• Netherworld rode the Blood Cloud Array toward Mount Shu, intending to destroy the sect and use its spiritual veins for a blood sacrifice.
• Duan Lei led three thousand Mount Shu disciples into the sky to confront Netherworld using martial-path sword qi.
• Wang Ming watched the confrontation in a water mirror and prepared to test the True Qi Martial Path.

Netherworld tested the three thousand Mount Shu disciples and discovered that Dan Chenzi’s True Qi Martial Path let them fight without relying on spells. He overwhelmed their attack until Venerable Xin appeared and shattered the blood demon’s Dharma Appearance with Buddha Asks the Kalpa.

• Netherworld formed his true form above the blood sea and questioned how the Mount Shu disciples could fly after he drained the world’s spiritual energy.
• Duan Lei credited Dan Chenzi with creating a new path, and Netherworld sent blood-energy demons to test the disciples’ strength.
• The Mount Shu disciples used true-qi techniques to destroy the demons, prompting Netherworld to recognize their cultivation as a distinct system.
• Netherworld withdrew the demons and unleashed his blood demon Dharma Appearance, which shattered the disciples’ collective Sword Twenty-Two and moved to refine their primordial spirits.
• Venerable Xin appeared and struck the blood demon Dharma Appearance with Buddha Asks the Kalpa, shattering it and surprising Netherworld.

Venerable Xin Master and the Mount Shu disciples fought Netherworld Blood Demon while Wang Ming watched the battle through the Water Mirror Technique. As Duan Lei and three thousand disciples absorbed the sea of blood’s polluted spiritual energy, Wang Ming feared they would become demonic blade cultivators.

• Venerable Xin Master used Buddhist techniques to evaporate part of the sea of blood and battle Netherworld Blood Demon, but could not seriously injure him.
• Duan Lei used Ten Thousand Streams Converge into the Sea to enter the sea of blood, and the Mount Shu disciples followed and linked themselves together to absorb its spiritual energy.
• Netherworld Blood Demon sent two blood magic Dharma Appearance clones to attack the disciples, while Venerable Xin Master tried to hold him off.
• Wang Ming watched the battle and realized Netherworld Blood Demon was testing the True Qi Martial Path while guarding against Wang Ming’s intervention.
• Wang Ming recognized that the sea of blood’s spiritual energy was polluted and feared the three thousand disciples would become demonic blade cultivators.

Venerable Xin Master destroyed Youquan’s blood magic Dharma Appearance clones with Myriad Buddhas Return to the Sect, but Youquan nearly crushed him before Xuan Tianzong, Lian Xing, and Li Yingqi arrived. The three Mount Shu disciples countered Youquan’s power with the Four Symbols of Heaven’s Will and Maha-pramana, and Wang Ming watched their attack destroy Youquan’s true body.

• Venerable Xin Master used Myriad Buddhas Return to the Sect to destroy Youquan’s blood magic Dharma Appearance clones, but Youquan grabbed him with a giant blood hand.
• Xuan Tianzong, Lian Xing, and Li Yingqi arrived and shattered the blood hand, allowing Venerable Xin Master to withdraw from the battle.
• Youquan mocked the three Mount Shu disciples for coming without their full immortal sword powers, and Lian Xing insulted his appearance in response.
• Xuan Tianzong, Lian Xing, and Li Yingqi summoned the Four Symbols of Heaven’s Will, drawing spiritual energy despite Youquan’s efforts to drain the world.
• Youquan formed a giant bloody skull from the Blood Cloud Array, but Lian Xing and Li Yingqi used Maha-pramana to destroy it and Youquan’s true body.
• Wang Ming watched the battle from the Three Primes Palace of Mount Shu and reflected that the techniques were powerful in the protagonists’ hands.

Wang Ming watched the battle as Mount Shu’s disciples fought Netherworld Blood Demon, who sought to seize the world’s spiritual veins. Xuan Tianzong unleashed Sword Twenty-Three, and Netherworld died again.

• Wang Ming observed the battle from Three Primes Palace and reflected on his conflict with Netherworld Blood Demon over the spiritual veins.
• Duan Lei told Venerable Xin Master that Mount Shu’s three thousand disciples could not sustain Hundred Rivers Return to the Sea, which had already drained a third of the blood sea.
• Lian Xing and Li Yingqi fought Netherworld with Maha-pramana, but Netherworld wounded them with a concealed attack and crashing blood-sea waves.
• Xuan Tianzong unleashed Destruction of Heaven and Earth, Sword Twenty-Three, and Netherworld turned into a puddle of blood and died again.

Xuan Tianzong and his allies were trapped by Netherworld’s Blood Cloud Killing Array, but Venerable Xin Master saved them with a Buddha’s Palm strike. Netherworld unleashed another attack, and an unidentified man’s God Smiting Calamity pierced his skull, though Netherworld promised to return.

• Netherworld praised Dan Chenzi’s true qi system, then trapped Lian Xing, Xuan Tianzong, and Li Yingqi inside the Blood Cloud Killing Array.
• Netherworld shrank the formation, but Venerable Xin Master destroyed it with Buddha’s Palm, Tenth Form—Tathagata Nirvana.
• Netherworld absorbed the sea of blood and attacked the group and three thousand Mount Shu disciples with a giant blood palm.
• Xuan Tianzong gathered everyone’s cultivation and used Heavenly Dao Infinity to destroy an illusory palm, but the real attack continued to descend.
• An unknown man used God Smiting Calamity to pierce Netherworld’s skull, and the Mount Shu disciples cheered until Netherworld roared that he would return.

Fifty years after Netherworld Blood Demon’s escape, spiritual energy had dwindled, cultivation had stalled, and aging practitioners faced death without a clear path forward. Wang Ming decided to conduct a new experiment and summoned Xuan Tianzong, Duan Lei’s Twin Thunder Swords, the Seven Clouds Disciples, and three hundred Qingcheng disciples to Three Primes Palace.

• The chapter described how scarce spiritual energy had halted cultivation and left even powerful practitioners like Duan Lei aging and nearing the Five Signs of Decay.
• Wang Ming reflected on the strengths and limits of the True Qi Martial Path and immortal cultivation, then resolved to conduct a new experiment.
• Duan Lei offered to transfer his cultivation to Cheng Letian, but she refused and spoke of her past regrets and her choice to pursue Dao cultivation.
• Duan Lei said he regretted never seeing the end of Netherworld Blood Demon, whose resurrection and endurance made him difficult to defeat.
• Wang Ming’s voice summoned Xuan Tianzong, the Twin Thunder Swords, the Seven Clouds Disciples, and three hundred Qingcheng disciples to Three Primes Palace.
• Duan Lei recognized Wang Ming’s voice and hurried with Cheng Letian to answer the summons.

Wang Ming unveiled the Blood Qi Martial Path, a cultivation system he had developed to counter the Age of Dharma Ending and Youquan’s threat. He instructed Mount Shu to delay spreading it while gathering the food and medicinal resources it required.

• Duan Lei and Cheng Letian arrived at Three Primes Palace, where Wang Ming summoned Mount Shu and Qingcheng disciples to hear his lecture.
• Wang Ming explained that Youquan’s retreat into Blood Cave and the Age of Dharma Ending would drain the world’s spiritual energy and threaten Mount Shu’s survival.
• Wang Ming introduced the Blood Qi Martial Path, which cultivated the body’s essence through food rather than relying heavily on spiritual energy.
• Wang Ming outlined its five realms and demonstrated that practitioners could fly from the third realm; he also said cultivators switching from other paths could reach Flesh Forging directly.
• Wang Ming told the disciples to delay spreading the new path and gather more medicinal herbs and food ingredients, since ordinary martial artists would not be enough to defeat Youquan.

A Mount Wutai monk climbed Mount Emei to seek help from Dan Chenzi, only to find the Mount Shu Sect’s disciples training their bodies through grueling exercises and brutal sparring. Seeing their extraordinary vitality, he suspected they had developed a new cultivation method and resolved to beg Dan Chenzi for it to save Mount Wutai.

• The monk reflected on Mount Wutai’s decline after its spiritual energy vanished and decided to visit Mount Emei alone.
• After hiking up the mountain, he found over three thousand muscular Mount Shu disciples practicing physical training under Duan Lei.
• As Mount Shu disciples escorted him toward Dan Chenzi, he smelled powerful medicine and witnessed fighters recover from severe injuries during a spar.
• The monk recognized the fighters’ surging vitality as a possible new cultivation method and decided Mount Wutai needed to obtain it.

Wang Ming gave a Mount Wutai monk the Blood Qi Martial Path to help the failing sect and study the method’s flaws. The monk returned to Mount Wutai with the method, where Venerable Xin Master received it gratefully.

• Wang Ming read Venerable Xin Master’s desperate letter asking him to look after Mount Wutai, while the monk pleaded for help.
• Wang Ming gave the monk a copy of the Blood Qi Martial Path, intending for Mount Wutai practitioners to test it.
• Wang Ming reflected on why cultivators ascended and how an immortal body could leave them vulnerable to the Lord of the Immortal World.
• The monk rushed back to Mount Wutai, eager to obtain nourishing food for practitioners and worried that more monks would die before he arrived.
• The monk handed the method to Venerable Xin Master, who praised Dan Chenzi as a good person.