Chapter Summaries

The Secret Realm announced that it would close within an hour, prompting its trapped cultivators to prepare to leave. Lu Qing was awakened by the announcement while still cultivating in the mysterious space.

• The Universe Sect disciples and Gongshu Family clansmen learned that the Secret Realm was closing, and Gongshu Yu withdrew rather than risk a costly fight with Qin Zheng.
• Qin Zheng told the Universe Sect disciples to recover their strength before leaving, and Five Treasures Daoist agreed to go with them.
• Rogue Cultivators rushed toward the Space Vortex, while Ba Tian gathered Strange Beast corpses to take back for study.
• The Dao Child of Dao Xu Temple, Shen Cangfeng, and the cold woman from Azure Palace each prepared to leave, abandoning hopes of further gains in the Secret Realm.
• As cultivators began departing, a voice awakened Lu Qing from his secluded cultivation in the mysterious space.

After nearly a year in seclusion, Lu Qing reached the Golden Core Seventh Revolution and prepared to leave the closing secret realm with Xiao Li. He received a token that could teleport him back three times, then emerged near the Trial Secret Realm entrance and found himself surrounded by Nascent Soul Great Powers.

• Lu Qing ended his seclusion at the Golden Core Seventh Revolution, and the Mysterious Existence told him the secret realm was about to close.
• The Mysterious Existence brought Xiao Li to Lu Qing and explained that it had taught Xiao Li a rudimentary cultivation method.
• The Mysterious Existence gave Lu Qing a stone token that could teleport him to the mysterious space for three round trips, then sent him and Xiao Li away.
• Lu Qing and Xiao Li returned to the Tian Yuan Great World near the Trial Secret Realm entrance.
• Chu Xiao Jing called out to Lu Qing as he realized that Nascent Soul Great Powers, including Qin Zheng, Ye Qingzhu, Zi Xiao, and an imposing Youth, were watching him.

Lu Qing emerged from the Secret Realm and drew the suspicion of the Nascent Soul Great Powers, who tried to probe him and Xiao Li. As the Universe Sect debated whether to help him, a Vast Sea Sect elder confronted him over his treatment of their disciples.

• Lu Qing appeared near the Secret Realm entrance and was recognized by the surrounding powerhouses as a survivor of Bone Mountain who might have gained a great opportunity.
• Nascent Soul Great Powers suppressed the space around Lu Qing and tried to probe him and Xiao Li, but Lu Qing repelled their Divine Sense with an ancient cauldron phantom.
• Qin Zheng and the other Universe Sect disciples urged Qian Lingxiao to protect Lu Qing, but Qian Lingxiao chose to wait and watch rather than risk offending other factions.
• Chu Xiao Jing told Qian Lingxiao that the Gongshu Family had fled and caused the deaths of Zhao Gang and Wang Ming; Qian Lingxiao ordered the disciples not to clash with the family without his permission.
• A Vast Sea Sect elder demanded to know whether Lu Qing had robbed and grievously injured the sect's disciples in the Secret Realm.

Lu Qing faced a gathering of Nascent Soul cultivators who demanded the treasures and spirit beast he had obtained in the Secret Realm. After the Overlord Race's Ba Chunqiu was pressured into standing down, Lu Qing denounced the cultivators as hypocrites and suddenly attacked the Vast Sea Sect Grand Elder.

• The Vast Sea Sect Grand Elder attacked Lu Qing, but Ba Chunqiu blocked him and declared the Overlord Race would protect Lu Qing because of his friendship with Ba Tian.
• Ba Chunqiu and the Vast Sea Sect Grand Elder prepared to fight until Elder Xuan Jian intervened and urged the Nascent Soul cultivators to settle their dispute together.
• Several sect elders demanded an explanation from Lu Qing, and Qian Lingxiao sided with them; Ba Chunqiu ultimately yielded to their united pressure.
• The Vast Sea Sect Grand Elder demanded Lu Qing surrender his Secret Realm gains and spirit beast, while the gathered cultivators silently backed him.
• Lu Qing mocked the cultivators as hypocritical thieves, then vanished and reappeared in front of the Vast Sea Sect Grand Elder, punching at his face.

Lu Qing attacked the Vast Sea Sect's Grand Elder and overwhelmed him despite the difference in their realms. He destroyed the Grand Elder's Nascent Soul, leaving the other cultivators stunned.

• Lu Qing struck the Vast Sea Sect's Grand Elder, whose mana could not penetrate Lu Qing's powerful body.
• Lu Qing's punch shattered the Grand Elder's arm and broke through his mana shields, then blew apart his head.
• Lu Qing pursued the wounded Grand Elder and saw his Nascent Soul protected by blue water.
• Lu Qing struck and annihilated the Grand Elder's Nascent Soul, killing him as the onlookers stared in shock.

Lu Qing killed the Vast Sea Sect's Grand Elder and suppressed his corpse and Spirit Artifact, shocking the cultivators who witnessed it. He challenged Elder Tianxuan over his claims of righteousness and then attacked him, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Lu Qing used the Li Fire Cauldron to suppress the Vast Sea Sect Grand Elder's escaping Artifact Spirit and corpse.
• The cultivators from the Secret Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm experts reacted with disbelief to Lu Qing's victory.
• Lu Qing accused the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators of bullying the weak and challenged Elder Tianxuan to uphold his accusations.
• Elder Tianxuan formed a sword-light formation as Lu Qing vanished and struck it with his fist.

Lu Qing’s surprise attack killed the Vast Sea Sect’s Grand Elder, but Elder Xuan Jian blocked his next strike with a spirit-artifact sword and accused him of falling into the demonic path. As the Nascent Soul Great Powers watched, Lu Qing began merging his immense Golden Core mana into his body to fight back.

• Lu Qing’s punch shattered part of Elder Xuan Jian’s sword formation, but the formation absorbed its force, and Xuan Jian’s sword forced Lu Qing to retreat.
• Elder Xuan Jian said Lu Qing had killed Fellow Daoist Qiu by exploiting his formidable physique and suggested that he had gained it from the Secret Realm.
• The Nascent Soul Great Powers grew covetous of Lu Qing’s supposed opportunity, while Xuan Jian declared that he would slay him to prevent future calamity.
• The other cultivators withdrew as Xuan Jian prepared to fight Lu Qing, while the Nascent Soul Great Powers kept watch to prevent Lu Qing from escaping.
• Lu Qing embraced the accusation that he was an evil demon and began merging his seventh-revolution Perfect Golden Core mana into his body, causing his physical power to surge.

Lu Qing fused his Mana Golden Core into his body and fought Elder Xuan Jian with newfound physical power. After shattering Xuan Jian’s sword qi and recovering from his wounds, Lu Qing launched the Li Fire Cauldron at him, leaving Xuan Jian trapped in the path of its charge.

• Lu Qing fused his Mana Golden Core into his body, transforming his aura and surrounding himself with blood-colored Physical Body Treasure Light.
• Lu Qing evaded Elder Xuan Jian’s attack, smashed his sword qi with his palm, and quickly healed his severe wound.
• Elder Xuan Jian unleashed his ultimate technique, Sword Intent Transforms into a Dragon, to strike Lu Qing before he could finish gathering power.
• Lu Qing hid behind the Li Fire Cauldron, then punched it forward and sent it smashing through Elder Xuan Jian’s sword qi dragon.
• The Li Fire Cauldron charged into Elder Xuan Jian’s sword formation, leaving him unable to evade.

Lu Qing killed Elder Xuan Jian in a brutal battle, survived his final Nascent Soul attack, and healed completely. When Gongshu Zheng accused him of being a Demon Clan spy and rallied more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators against him, Lu Qing unleashed his Great Strength divine ability and began attacking the Gongshu Family.

• Lu Qing shattered Elder Xuan Jian’s sword formation, trapped him, and killed him with a flaming punch, though Xuan Jian’s final strike shattered half of Lu Qing’s head.
• Lu Qing regenerated his head, collected Xuan Jian’s corpse and sword, and challenged the other Nascent Soul cultivators to attack him.
• Gongshu Zheng accused Lu Qing of being a Demon Clan spy, and more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators joined the call to suppress him.
• Lu Qing unleashed his perfected Great Strength divine ability, broke free of their pressure, and rushed toward the Gongshu Family.
• Lu Qing appeared before Gongshu Zheng and his clan members and struck with a punch, beginning the slaughter.

Lu Qing used his overwhelming physical strength to kill Gongshu Zheng and the Gongshu Family members, then fought the Nascent Soul cultivators who came to avenge them. With a Jade Talisman that enabled Space Teleportation, he evaded their combined attacks and ambushed them one by one, while the cultivators formed an array to suppress space; his next appearance was at the distant Universe Sect.

• Gongshu Zheng attacked Lu Qing with his strongest strike, but Lu Qing shattered it and killed him and the Gongshu Family members with a punch.
• Lu Qing destroyed Gongshu Zheng's escaping Primordial Spirit, then repelled the first group of Nascent Soul cultivators who attacked him.
• Lu Qing used a Jade Talisman to teleport beyond the cultivators' encirclement and killed Fellow Daoist Fan with a surprise punch.
• The Nascent Soul cultivators realized Lu Qing could teleport through space and formed an array to suppress it and prevent further ambushes.
• Lu Qing's next spatial fluctuation appeared far away at the location of the Universe Sect, which had not joined the battle.

Lu Qing killed Qian Lingxiao and slaughtered disciples of several sects before the Nascent Soul Great Powers forced him to withdraw with the Black and White Yin Yang Diagram. After Lu Qing left, the cultivators planned to ask the Holy Alliance to track him, while Qin Zheng led the Universe Sect disciples safely away from Tian Shu Holy Mountain.

• Lu Qing appeared before the Universe Sect disciples, crushed Qian Lingxiao's head, and burned his Nascent Soul to nothing despite Qin Zheng and the others pleading for mercy.
• Lu Qing killed the Vast Sea Sect disciples and attacked the Profound Abyss Sect disciples, prompting Ba Chunqiu and the other Nascent Soul Great Powers to join the fight.
• An old taoist from Dao Xu Temple used the Black and White Yin Yang Diagram to threaten Lu Qing, who teleported away and decided the battle was too dangerous to continue.
• Lu Qing warned the Nascent Soul Great Powers that they would meet again and departed, while they resolved to petition the Holy Alliance to track and kill him.
• Ye Qingzhu urged Qin Zheng to leave before the Nascent Soul Great Powers turned on them, and Qin Zheng led the Universe Sect disciples safely away from Tian Shu Holy Mountain.

After escaping the Secret Realm, Lu Qing reunited with Xiao Li and learned that she had gained a transformed body and the True Dragon Nine Transformations cultivation method. He settled down to examine the abundant treasures taken from the cultivators he had slain.

• Lu Qing concealed their auras in a mountain cave, released Xiao Li, and reassured her and Yan that he had not reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Xiao Li told Lu Qing that the Mysterious Existence had taken her to a Blood Pool, transformed her body, and taught her the True Dragon Nine Transformations.
• Xiao Li asked whether she could pass the method to Five Elements, and Lu Qing agreed after learning the Mysterious Existence had given her permission.
• Xiao Li explained that she had only begun the first transformation, and Lu Qing offered to help her understand the method.
• Lu Qing took out the possessions he had collected from the slain cultivators and began inspecting the treasures.

Lu Qing counted the treasures he had gained from killing numerous cultivators and found enough pills, spirit stones, and cultivation methods to support his cultivation and further develop his Perfect Golden Core Method. As Xiao Li chose treasures to refine, Five Elements finally awakened.

• Lu Qing counted his haul and found dozens of high-grade treasures, five spirit artifacts, pills, refining materials, and more than ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, though few other spirit stones.
• Lu Qing decided he could not sell the treasures without revealing his identity to the factions hunting him, and judged his pills and spirit stones might sustain his cultivation through Golden Core Nine Revolutions and Golden Witch Accomplishment.
• Lu Qing examined ten Nascent Soul Realm Cultivation Methods and hoped to use them to deduce a Magic Art beyond the ninth revolution.
• Lu Qing told Xiao Li to choose a few magic treasures to refine and put the rest away, and she happily began selecting them.
• Lu Qing sensed Five Elements awakening inside the Universe Qi Bag.

After Five Elements reached the Golden Core Third Revolution, Lu Qing gave it Strange Beast bloodlines and began a long cultivation retreat to prepare for the factions hunting him. News of the Tian Shu Holy Mountain battle spread, and while the Holy Alliance branded Lu Qing and Xiao Li as an Evil Demon, people who knew Lu Qing doubted the accusation.

• Five Elements celebrated its breakthrough and tried to show off to Xiao Li, but her aura frightened it; Lu Qing explained what had happened while it slept.
• Lu Qing gave Five Elements Strange Beast bloodlines and told it Xiao Li had gained a powerful cultivation method, then began cultivating in seclusion.
• News spread that several Nascent Soul Great Powers had died at Tian Shu Holy Mountain, and many cultivators disbelieved reports that a Golden Core cultivator had killed them.
• The Holy Alliance issued a kill order portraying Lu Qing and Xiao Li as an Evil Demon and offered rewards for information or their capture, prompting cultivators to head toward Tian Shu Continent, flee, or hide.
• An old man recognized Lu Qing and Xiao Li in the kill-order projections, warned his grandsons to stay silent, and refused to betray the man who had once saved them.
• Nangong Yuanwu suspected the wanted Chen Qing was Lu Qing, celebrated Gongshu Zheng's death, and regretted that he could not share the news with Mo Hongyun.

After Qian Lingxiao’s death, Universe Sect and other powers declared Lu Qing their enemy and began hunting for him, drawing the attention of the Demon and Monster Clans. Back in the Home World, Xiao Yan learned that demonic traces were appearing more often and set out for Holy Mountain to investigate.

• Ye Qingzhu told Taoist Mo Xuan that Qian Lingxiao had died at Chen Qing’s hands, and Taoist Mo Xuan warned her not to associate with him again.
• The Sect Master’s branch named Chen Qing Universe Sect’s greatest enemy, and the sect held an empty funeral for Qian Lingxiao before launching a search for Lu Qing.
• The Gongshu Family offered a Middle-Grade Spirit Artifact for Lu Qing’s assassination, while the Demon Lord sent a horned woman to investigate Chen Qing and the Monster Clan issued an order to retrieve its missing clansman.
• Xiao Yan and Old Doctor Chen discussed how much they missed Lu Qing and Xiao Li, then Xiao Yan received Zhi Rui’s warning about demonic traces appearing throughout the world.
• Xiao Yan left Nine Li Village for Holy Mountain to discuss the demonic threat, while Old Doctor Chen stayed behind.

More than a decade after the Battle of Tian Shu Holy Mountain, Lu Qing and Xiao Li hid under new identities in Earth Fire City, where they planned to explore the soon-to-appear Ice Soul Valley. Lu Qing continued seeking a way to create the Tenth Revolution of the Perfect Golden Core Method, and as he meditated, he sensed a strange change in heaven and earth.

• The Holy Alliance and other factions issued kill orders and bounties for Lu Qing, but the search gradually faded as years passed without anyone finding him.
• Lu Qing entered Earth Fire City as rogue cultivator Lu An, using a transformed appearance and altered divine-soul fluctuations to pass the city's inspection with Xiao Li concealed in his collar.
• Lu Qing rented a Golden Core Level cave abode and reflected on his failed attempts to deduce the Tenth Golden Core Revolution, deciding to keep searching for inspiration while traveling and observing the world.
• Lu Qing learned that Ice Soul Valley would appear near Earth Fire City and hoped to gather ice-attributed treasures for Xiao Yan.
• Lu Qing set himself a ten-year deadline to create the Tenth Revolution before choosing to break through to Nascent Soul, then resumed meditating on the Great Dao Chapter.
• Half a month later, Lu Qing sensed a strange change in heaven and earth while meditating.

As Ice Soul Valley began manifesting from the void, Lu Qing comprehended the changes in heaven-and-earth qi while waiting among powerful cultivators. His Divine Soul Rune broke through to Yang Rune Great Perfection just as the valley became real.

• Lu Qing learned from an inn waiter about Ice Soul Valley's six rare treasures and flew east through the Snow Fiend Gales with Xiao Li.
• Lu Qing found the phantom valley forming in the void and joined the Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators waiting nearby.
• Lu Qing sat on an Auspicious Cloud and comprehended the valley's shift from illusion into reality, stirring his Divine Soul Rune.
• More Golden Core experts arrived as Ice Soul Valley began manifesting in a burst of violent heaven-and-earth qi.
• Lu Qing's Divine Soul Rune emerged from the Earth Spirit Pearl and reached Yang Rune Great Perfection.

After reaching Yang Rune Completion, Lu Qing understood that the Golden Core Tenth Revolution required the body, divine soul, and mana to reach Completion, and he entered Ice Soul Valley to explore. He gathered spiritual herbs, killed a cultivator who tried to steal a Snow Lingzhi, and heard that Zhao Xuantian and two other Nascent Soul Great Powers were fighting over a Profound Ice Cold Flame.

• Lu Qing broke through to Yang Rune Completion and realized that the Golden Core Tenth Revolution required his body, divine soul, and mana to reach Completion.
• Lu Qing entered Ice Soul Valley, discovered that it suppressed cultivation above the Nascent Soul Realm, and followed Xiao Li to gather spiritual herbs.
• A green-robed Golden Core Seventh Revolution cultivator attacked Lu Qing for a Snow Lingzhi, but Lu Qing killed him with a sword strike and took the herb.
• Lu Qing sensed several Nascent Soul Great Powers fighting and heard Zhao Xuantian and the others arguing over the Profound Ice Cold Flame.

Lu Qing and Xiao Li stole the Profound Ice Cold Flame from three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators and fled Ice Soul Valley. At the valley’s entrance, Lu Qing turned to unleash three deadly sword-qi attacks, engulfing his pursuers in a massive explosion.

• Lu Qing learned that the Profound Ice Cold Flame had appeared and decided to seize it for Xiao Yan.
• Lu Qing had Xiao Li hide near the altar, then broke its seals with a sword strike so she could take the Spirit Fire.
• Lu Qing fled with Xiao Li as the three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators pursued them, believing they could capture him once he left the valley.
• At the entrance, Lu Qing turned and fired three streams of sword qi at the pursuers, who unleashed their full strength to block them.
• The three sword-qi strikes exploded and engulfed the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, grinding the surrounding snowy forest into powder.

Lu Qing escaped Ice Soul Valley with the Profound Ice Cold Flame and spent half a year deriving the final three revolutions of the Perfect Golden Core Method. He emerged from seclusion needing more Spirit Stones before he could perfect his physical cultivation and advance further.

• The three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators failed to find Lu Qing and suspected he was a disciple of the Heaven Piercing Sword Sect, so Old Ghost Zhao left while the other two returned to Ice Soul Valley.
• Lu Qing teleported away, hid in a cave, and gave the Profound Ice Cold Flame to Xiao Li to save for Xiao Yan.
• Lu Qing began deriving the final three revolutions of the Perfect Golden Core Method, knowing he would need more Spirit Stones to cultivate his physical body to perfection.
• After half a year, Lu Qing completed the derivation and realized he needed to emerge from seclusion to obtain Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Li agreed to leave seclusion with Lu Qing and help earn Spirit Stones.