Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing killed Li Motian after destroying his Black Fire Purgatory Array, then followed the surviving young woman to the devastated valley where he began rescuing the injured sect members. He revived Senior Sister Ye with a healing talisman, a spirit fruit, and golden needle artifacts, and finished repairing her broken limbs and damaged meridians.

• Li Motian chose to attack Lu Qing with the Black Fire Purgatory Array, but Lu Qing extinguished its flames, shattered the array, and killed him with a Sword Finger.
• The young woman found Senior Brother Zi Xiao and the other cultivators alive in the valley and gave them healing pills.
• Lu Qing treated the gravely injured Senior Sister Ye with a Golden Core Level healing talisman and a High-Grade Spirit Fruit, then used golden needles to restore her vitality.
• Senior Sister Ye awoke as Lu Qing began setting her bones, and she remembered Li Motian's betrayal and her defeat.
• Lu Qing spent a quarter of an hour repairing Senior Sister Ye's limbs and meridians, allowing her to control her Mana Golden Core and draw in spiritual energy.

Lu Qing healed Senior Sister Ye and expelled the Demonic Qi that had sealed Zi Xiao and the other Universe Sect disciples, while Xiao Jing and Senior Sister Ye learned that he had killed Li Motian. Zi Xiao and the others awoke, and Zi Xiao realized he and his companions had survived.

• Senior Sister Ye recovered from her injuries, thanked Lu Qing, and reunited with Xiao Jing, who told her that Lu Qing had killed Li Motian.
• Senior Sister Ye was astonished that Lu Qing had slain Li Motian and asked him to help Zi Xiao and the other wounded disciples.
• Lu Qing used his golden needle magic treasure to expel the Demonic Qi from Zi Xiao and the others, allowing them to absorb the Jade Dew Revival Pills and recover.
• Zi Xiao awoke, mistakenly believed he and the others were dead, and realized the truth when Senior Sister Ye struck him with a stone.
• The other two Universe Sect disciples groaned and finally woke up.

Lu Qing, traveling under the alias Chen Qing, accepted Spirit Stones from the Universe Sect disciples he had saved before leaving. After seeing Li Motian’s corpse and hearing how Lu Qing killed him, Senior Sister Ye worried that danger was rising within the sect and resolved to report her concerns to her master.

• Lu Qing departed after accepting Spirit Stones as payment for the High-Grade Spirit Fruit he used to treat the injured Universe Sect disciples.
• Senior Sister Ye reprimanded Zi Xiao for teasing Xiao Jing about Lu Qing, then examined Li Motian’s corpse and found a sword scar between his brows.
• Xiao Jing described how Lu Qing shattered Li Motian’s Black Fire Array and killed him with a single Sword Finger, shocking Zi Xiao and the others.
• Senior Sister Ye warned Zi Xiao not to judge or mock someone as powerful as Lu Qing and decided to report her concerns about Li Motian and the sect to her master.
• Two days later, the recovered Universe Sect disciples set out for their sect, while ripples stirred across a Blood Pool in a hidden cave dwelling beneath the valley.

Lu Qing found and permanently killed Li Motian after his rebirth, then destroyed the Blood Pool and set out with Xiao Li for Tian Shu Continent. Back at the Universe Sect, Senior Sister Ye reported Li Motian’s demonic cultivation to Taoist Mo Xuan, who became wary of the matter’s implications and learned that a mysterious cultivator had slain Li Motian with one Sword Finger.

• Li Motian emerged from the Blood Pool, vowed revenge on Lu Qing, and was confronted by Lu Qing, who killed him and annihilated his divine soul.
• Lu Qing burned the Blood Pool and the underground cave dwelling with Southern Samadhi Fire, then left with Xiao Li for Tian Shu Continent to seek cultivation arts and opportunities.
• Senior Sister Ye and the other Universe Sect disciples returned to the sect, and she reported Li Motian’s betrayal and demonic cultivation to Taoist Mo Xuan.
• Taoist Mo Xuan examined Li Motian’s corpse, warned Senior Sister Ye to keep the matter quiet, and asked how the mysterious rescuer had defeated Li Motian.
• Senior Sister Ye said the rescuer, whom she called Daoist Chen, had killed Li Motian with a single Sword Finger.

Senior Sister Ye heard Taoist Mo Xuan’s advice to rely on her Dao Heart when judging the truth about Li Motian and Eldest Brother Qian Lingxiao, then learned that her sect had sent Qian Lingxiao to investigate a possible Secret Realm at Tian Shu Holy Mountain. Meanwhile, Lu Qing and Xiao Li traveled toward the immense mountain, where someone called out to them.

• Senior Sister Ye asked Taoist Mo Xuan about Lu Qing’s origins and Li Motian’s claims about Qian Lingxiao, and Taoist Mo Xuan urged her not to accept appearances or accusations without consulting her Dao Heart.
• Senior Sister Ye accepted Taoist Mo Xuan’s guidance, and he told her to recover before going to Tian Shu Continent, where a new Secret Realm might emerge from Tian Shu Holy Mountain.
• Taoist Mo Xuan put away Li Motian’s corpse and flew toward the sect’s rear mountain after Senior Sister Ye left.
• Lu Qing and Xiao Li saw Tian Shu Holy Mountain from afar, and Lu Qing’s ability revealed no information about it.
• After traveling toward the mountain for several days, Lu Qing heard someone call out to him and ask him to wait.

Lu Qing met Five Treasures Daoist, who told him that a new Secret Realm was forming at Tian Shu Holy Mountain and invited him to travel together. Lu Qing agreed to hear more but reserved his decision about exploring the realm until they arrived.

• Five Treasures Daoist caught up with Lu Qing and asked to travel with him to Tian Shu Holy Mountain.
• After learning that Lu Qing knew nothing of the emerging Secret Realm, Five Treasures Daoist explained that it was drawing powerful cultivators from across the Tian Yuan Great World.
• Five Treasures Daoist explained that Tian Shu Holy Mountain’s newly formed Secret Realms barred Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, while suggesting they search only the outer regions.
• Lu Qing remained cautious about facing the major forces’ Golden Core prodigies and postponed deciding whether to enter the Secret Realm.
• Lu Qing sensed that something in the Secret Realm might benefit his cultivation and decided to investigate it with his ability before choosing how to proceed.

Lu Qing and Five Treasures Daoist reached Tian Shu Holy Mountain, where the mountain’s aura strengthened their Dao Hearts but could become harmful if endured too long. They arrived at Tian Shu City and headed for an Observation Peak to study the legendary sword intent carved into its name.

• Lu Qing learned that Secret Realm Pearls could let cultivators escape a secret realm to any location in Tian Shu Continent, avoiding powerful cultivators guarding its entrance.
• As they traveled, Five Treasures Daoist suspected Lu Qing possessed an exceptionally powerful Innate High Grade Golden Core and resolved to rely on him for protection.
• On the fifth day, Lu Qing, Five Treasures Daoist, and Xiao Li arrived near Tian Shu Holy Mountain and felt its aura refine their divine souls and Dao Hearts.
• Five Treasures Daoist explained that the aura, called Mountain Qi, accumulated in the divine soul and eventually forced cultivators to leave the mountain.
• At Tian Shu City, Lu Qing learned that the words carved into a towering peak might contain the sword Dao inheritance of a former Five Tribulations city lord.
• Lu Qing and Five Treasures Daoist flew toward an Observation Peak to examine the carved words more closely.

Lu Qing discovered that the Tian Shu City inscription contained a sword Dao inheritance left unintentionally by Seven Stars Child, a Five Tribulations Nascent Soul Grandmaster. After downloading and learning it, Lu Qing entered an illusion realm in Seven Stars Child’s body just after his breakthrough, where his disciples urged him to seize Tian Shu Holy Mountain.

• Lu Qing reunited with Chu Xiao Jing, Senior Sister Ye, and other Universe Sect disciples at Observation Peak, and they agreed to study the inscription in a secluded corner.
• Lu Qing used his ability to learn that Seven Stars Child had carved the inscription forty thousand years earlier and that it contained his sword Dao inheritance.
• Lu Qing downloaded and simulated the inheritance, then asked Xiao Li to protect him before beginning to learn it.
• Lu Qing entered an illusion realm as Seven Stars Child, who had just reached the Five Tribulations realm and was congratulated by his disciples.
• A Nascent Soul disciple urged Seven Stars Child to seize Tian Shu Holy Mountain for its secrets, but Seven Stars Child said the disciple did not understand.

Seven Stars Child passed the lordship of Tian Shu City to Bei Dou before demonstrating sword intent for Lu Qing to study. Outside, the Overlord Race and Sky Sword Sect arrived to examine the inheritance, while Xiao Li’s warning gaze hinted at her hidden strength; the chapter ended as Shen Cangfeng released a terrifying sword intent.

• Seven Stars Child explained that the Nascent Soul path extended far beyond the Five Tribulations and appointed Bei Dou as the new lord of Tian Shu City before displaying sword intent for Lu Qing to comprehend.
• A flying vessel bearing the Overlord Race’s emblem arrived at Observation Peak, and Ba Tian ordered a black-robed cultivator to give up his place for Shen Cangfeng.
• Shen Cangfeng and the Overlord Race cultivators settled near the inscription, while Senior Sister Ye and the others discussed the two factions’ powerful prodigies and worried about the emerging Secret Realm.
• Chu Xiao Jing noticed that Lu Qing remained absorbed in meditation, and Xiao Li’s warning gaze made the nearby cultivators suspect that she was no ordinary spirit beast.
• Shen Cangfeng released a terrifying sword intent that made Senior Sister Ye and the others tense in alarm.

Lu Qing comprehended the Seven Stars Sword Formation inheritance hidden in the Tian Shu City engraving and realized Shen Cangfeng could not obtain it from the incomplete sword essence alone. After Shen Cangfeng and the Overlord Race departed, Lu Qing urged the Universe Sect disciples to value whatever insight they gained, then denied having comprehended the engraving.

• Lu Qing received the Seven Stars Sword Formation inheritance and recognized its principles as opposite to Po Tian Sword Qi, while considering whether the two paths might eventually be fused.
• Shen Cangfeng failed to condense the Seven Stars Sword Intent and concluded that the engraving held profound but incomplete sword essence rather than a full cultivation method.
• Shen Cangfeng and Ba Tian discussed the incomplete inheritance, then left Tian Shu City with the Overlord Race aboard their flying boat.
• The cultivators and Universe Sect disciples argued over whether Shen Cangfeng's claims about the engraving were true.
• Lu Qing advised the Universe Sect disciples that any cultivation insight was worthwhile regardless of whether the inheritance was complete.
• When Chu Xiao Jing asked whether he had comprehended the engraving, Lu Qing denied it.

Lu Qing and Five Treasures Daoist settled in Tian Shu City and learned that the holy mountain’s emerging Secret Realm had drawn powerful cultivators from across the world. As they planned to explore cautiously and attend an auction, Lu Qing began mastering the Seven Stars Sword Formation inheritance and had comprehended six of its seven foundational Sword Intents by the time Five Treasures Daoist returned.

• Lu Qing parted from Ye Qingzhu and the Universe Sect disciples, then rented a Golden Core cave abode with Five Treasures Daoist.
• Lu Qing read that the Secret Realm on Tian Shu Holy Mountain might open within a month and had attracted elite cultivators, including Ba Tian and Shen Cangfeng.
• Lu Qing and Five Treasures Daoist agreed to enter the Secret Realm mainly to broaden their horizons and avoid its core battles.
• Five Treasures Daoist told Lu Qing about the treasures auction scheduled for that evening on Tianji Peak, and Lu Qing agreed to attend.
• Lu Qing studied the Seven Stars Sword Formation inheritance and comprehended six of its seven foundational Sword Intents before Five Treasures Daoist returned.

Lu Qing and Five Treasures Daoist explored the stalls on Tianji Peak, where Xiao Li sensed several unusual treasures. Lu Qing bought a mysterious Prayer Wheel from a stall owner and then approached the stall Xiao Li had identified.

• Lu Qing and Five Treasures Daoist visited a plaza where cultivators sold treasures they could not auction, and Five Treasures Daoist warned Lu Qing to beware of fakes.
• Lu Qing asked Xiao Li to sense for unusual treasures, and she guided him toward several promising stalls.
• Lu Qing secretly observed one stall before approaching a nearby stall and inspecting its wares with his ability.
• Lu Qing bought a mysterious Prayer Wheel for ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stones after the stall owner told a sorrowful story about how he had obtained it.
• Lu Qing put away the Prayer Wheel and continued to the stall Xiao Li had indicated.

Lu Qing bought a mysterious Gray Pearl from a pair of stall owners who had staged a deceptive double act, while Five Treasures Daoist suspected he had noticed something special about it. Later, Lu Qing found a shop selling cultivation methods and eagerly examined its Golden Core-level manuals, hoping they could help him overcome a bottleneck in his deductions of the Perfect Golden Core Method.

• Lu Qing bargained with a Golden Core Realm stall owner and bought the Gray Pearl for 1,500 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• After Lu Qing left, the stall owner and a neighboring Foundation Establishment Realm seller revealed through Divine Sense Transmission that they had pretended not to know each other and sold him the pearl as part of their double act.
• Five Treasures Daoist questioned Lu Qing about his interest in the pearl, but Lu Qing did not reveal his reason.
• Lu Qing and Five Treasures Daoist explored Tianji Peak as powerful cultivators, including Nascent Soul Great Powers, arrived for the auction.
• Lu Qing entered Dao Canon Pavilion and found that its manuals included a dozen Golden Core-level cultivation methods but no Nascent Soul-level methods.
• Lu Qing eagerly examined the Golden Core-level manuals, hoping they would help with the bottleneck in his deductions of the Perfect Golden Core Method.

Lu Qing bought every Golden Core cultivation method in the Dao Canon Pavilion, hoping to advance his Perfect Golden Core Method, then paid for a VIP Room at Tian Shu City's auction. As the auction began, he remained unaware that Qian Lingxiao and the Universe Sect disciples were discussing him in a nearby room.

• Lu Qing purchased all the Golden Core cultivation methods in the Dao Canon Pavilion and asked Five Treasures Daoist to sell him any others he had.
• When the auction bells rang, Five Treasures Daoist told Lu Qing about the entry deposit and VIP Room requirements, and Lu Qing paid one thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones for a room.
• Lu Qing and Five Treasures Daoist used their jade tokens to enter Earth Character Room 19, where Lu Qing wondered whether Ye Qingzhu and the others had come to the auction.
• In a nearby Heaven Character room, Chu Xiao Jing asked Ye Qingzhu whether Lu Qing might be at the auction, and Qian Lingxiao said he wanted to thank Lu Qing for saving the disciples from Li Motian.
• Qian Lingxiao lamented Li Motian's fall to the demonic path, while Gongshu Zheng and Ye Qingzhu discussed the need to slay Evil Demons.
• The auction began when a Nascent Soul Realm great power appeared on the jade platform and silenced the hall.

Venerable Treasure Guardian opened Tian Shu City's auction by announcing a High-Grade Spirit Artifact and presenting ten Dust Cleansing Golden Soul Pills, drawing eager interest from cultivators seeking power before the new Secret Realm opened. The first pill's bidding ended with a burly Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator outbidding a dying elder, leaving the elder in despair.

• Venerable Treasure Guardian announced that Tian Shu City had advanced the auction because a new Secret Realm was about to emerge in Tian Shu Holy Mountain, and revealed that a High-Grade Spirit Artifact would be offered.
• Qian Lingxiao and Gongshu Zheng considered pooling their resources to bid for the spirit artifact, while Lu Qing and Five Treasures Daoist discussed its rarity and the reason Tian Shu City might be auctioning it.
• Venerable Treasure Guardian began the auction with ten Dust Cleansing Golden Soul Pills, which excited Golden Core cultivators hoping to refine their cores and advance.
• A White-haired Elder bid ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones for the first pill and pleaded that it was his last chance to extend his life.
• A burly Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator bid eleven thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, dismissed the elder's plea, and said he could buy the pill for a junior in his clan.

The auction’s Dust Cleansing Golden Soul Pills exposed how major powers monopolized resources needed by rogue cultivators to advance, while Lu Qing recalled two top-grade spirit medicines he might refine into pills. As the auction continued, a mysterious Exotic Treasure made Lu Qing’s heart pound, and Venerable Treasure Guardian began introducing it.

• The Burly Man outbid the White-haired Elder for the first Dust Cleansing Golden Soul Pill, and the Elder failed to obtain any of the remaining pills as their prices soared.
• A sect elder taught his disciples to build a strong foundation, while a white-robed alchemist warned Xiao Ling not to help strangers recklessly.
• Five Treasures Daoist explained to Lu Qing that major powers controlled rare ingredients for Golden Core-cleansing pills, and Lu Qing recognized how those monopolies constrained rogue cultivators.
• Lu Qing remembered that he possessed the Purity Lotus and Five Elements Treasure Lotus and considered refining them into pills.
• Venerable Treasure Guardian continued the auction with assorted treasures, and Lu Qing’s heart began pounding when an unidentified Exotic Treasure appeared.

Lu Qing recognized the auctioned Silver Sphere as the Void Core, a remnant of a Dao Artifact and the power core of his Void Flying Boat. He concealed what he knew and won the sphere for 150,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, leaving him with the core he hoped would strengthen the flying boat.

• Venerable Treasure Guardian revealed that Tian Shu City's appraisers could not identify or activate the indestructible Silver Sphere, and set its starting price at 100,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Qing read the sphere's identity in his field of vision and realized it was the Void Flying Boat's power core; he and Xiao Li concealed their excitement.
• Cultivators in the VIP Rooms began bidding cautiously, and Lu Qing entered the auction at 116,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Qing and a black-robed man raised their bids until Lu Qing offered 150,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, prompting the other bidders to withdraw.
• Venerable Treasure Guardian awarded the Silver Sphere to Lu Qing in Earth-Rank Room Nineteen.

Lu Qing secured the mysterious Void Core and watched as the auction’s final lot, the flawless High-Grade Spirit Artifact Undying Golden Bell, was unveiled. Its immense starting price sparked intense competition among the powerful forces, while Lu Qing spotted something unusual about the bell and awaited the bidding.

• Lu Qing had the Void Core delivered to his room, paid 1,500 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and stored it without examining it further in front of the powerful guests.
• Lu Qing watched the auction continue and gave up bidding on a set of nine Superior Treasure Artifact flying swords because they were too expensive.
• Venerable Treasure Guardian presented the Undying Golden Bell as a flawless High-Grade Spirit Artifact that could both attack and defend.
• Qian Lingxiao and Gongshu Zheng discussed joining forces to bid for the bell, but concluded their sect and family could never agree to share it.
• Lu Qing used his ability to inspect the bell, saw concentrated purple glow and several information slips, and suspected it was unusual.
• Venerable Treasure Guardian set the starting price at 1,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones, and the bidding began amid fierce interest from the great powers.

The Undying Golden Bell sold for fifteen thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, and Lu Qing left the auction with Five Treasures Daoist without revealing their identities. Back in his cave abode, Lu Qing explained the Chaos Pearl’s power but postponed choosing how to use it, then entered the Li Fire Cauldron with the Void Core and released the Void Flying Boat.

• A bidder in Heaven Character Room 3 won the Undying Golden Bell for fifteen thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, while Ba Tian of the Overlord Race regretted losing it after reaching his bidding limit.
• Lu Qing and Five Treasures Daoist retrieved their deposit, left the auction through a teleportation array, and returned to their rented cave abodes without being followed.
• Xiao Li inspected the Silver Sphere, Prayer Wheel, and Gray Pearl, and Lu Qing identified the Gray Pearl as a Chaos Pearl that could raise a Spirit Artifact’s potential.
• Lu Qing weighed whether to refine the Chaos Pearl or fuse it into one of his treasures, but put it away without deciding and set aside the Prayer Wheel.
• Lu Qing entered the Li Fire Cauldron with the Void Core, told Xiao Li to stand guard, and released the Void Flying Boat inside the Spirit Artifact Space.

Lu Qing fused the Void Core with the Void Flying Boat, restoring it to a High-Grade Spirit Artifact, then began secluded cultivation to form the Seven Stars Sword Intent. As Tian Shu City buzzed over the auction, news emerged that the Secret Realm atop the sacred mountain was showing unusual activity.

• Lu Qing fused the Void Core into the Void Flying Boat inside the Li Fire Cauldron's Spirit Artifact Space, restoring the boat to a High-Grade Spirit Artifact that could draw energy from the void and repair itself.
• Lu Qing asked Yan to forge flying sword blanks from Heavenly Meteorite Iron, then told Xiao Li about the flying boat's transformation.
• Lu Qing entered seclusion and comprehended the final foundational sword intent, the Tian Shu Sword Intent, completing all seven required for the Seven Stars Sword Intent.
• News of the auction and the High-Grade Spirit Artifact's 150-million-Spirit-Stone sale spread through Tian Shu City.
• Cultivators learned that the Secret Realm atop the sacred mountain had shown unusual activity.