Chapter Summaries

Song Changming learned how the talismans could help him cross the Abyss, then used a Flying Talisman to reach the far shore after destroying the Outer Domain branch of the Corpse Refining Sect. He arrived with little internal Qi remaining and was immediately attacked by a pack of larger Gluttonous Beasts that survived his first strike.

• Song Changming tested the Golden Shield Talisman and learned from Qi Tian that Flying Talismans could carry him across the Abyss while Golden Shield Talismans helped withstand its dangers.
• After three days of questioning Qi Tian and his brother, Song Changming decided to try crossing the Abyss with the Flying Talismans.
• Liang Chuanshan, Song Ping'an, Su Qingqing, and the others reached the ruined Corpse Refining Sect mountain gate, where Song Changming told them to carry away the treasure and confirmed that the Outer Domain branch had been destroyed.
• Song Changming activated a Flying Talisman and crossed the Abyss's energy torrent, using his internal Qi to protect himself as the torrent drained it nearly dry.
• Song Changming reached the far shore and then used his remaining golden blade Qi against the charging Abyssal Gluttonous Beasts, but several forced their way through the flames.

Song Changming crossed the Abyss, glimpsed a colossal shadow buried in its depths, and traveled through the Land of Great Fog and the barren Red Soil Continent. When he encountered the wounded dragon from the Flood Dragon Transforms into Dragon incident fleeing across the continent, a voice overhead revealed that someone had come after its essence blood.

• Song Changming slaughtered hundreds or thousands of evolved Gluttonous Beasts in the Abyss using his physical strength and the Autumn Water Long Saber.
• A lightning strike briefly revealed a gigantic shadow amid the Scorching Mist at the bottom of the Abyss, and Song Changming left without investigating it.
• Song Changming crossed the Land of Great Fog, rested, and continued through the lifeless Red Soil Continent toward the Ancient Abyss Kingdom.
• After days of travel, Song Changming heard a dragon's cry and recognized the injured flying dragon as possibly the one from the Flood Dragon Transforms into Dragon incident.
• The dragon rushed past Song Changming, and an unseen speaker overhead said its essence blood would make excellent supplementary material.

Song Changming was ambushed by the Four-Eyed Old Daoist and a group of powerful demon clan members, who tried to capture him alive for the Heavenly Master. After escaping into the forest and activating his Blood Burst Secret Technique, he fought back, but the demons joined forces, leaving him to swallow Blood Burning Powder and push his power further.

• The Four-Eyed Old Daoist appeared before Song Changming, declared him suitable for refining a divine pill, and ordered six demon clan members to capture him alive.
• Song Changming fought off the winged demon and escaped through a canyon, but the demon clan members pursued him and the wolf demon injured him.
• Song Changming reached the forest beyond the Red Soil Continent, stopped fleeing, and activated his Blood Burst Secret Technique to face his pursuers.
• Song Changming wounded the wolf demon and fought the Minotaur to a standstill, while the other demons recognized him as a dangerous opponent.
• The wolf demon, Minotaur, and Poisonous Beauty joined forces against Song Changming, who swallowed Blood Burning Powder to intensify his Burst State.

Song Changming used Blood Burning Powder to defeat the Four-Eyed Old Daoist’s demon commanders, but the Four-Eyed Old Daoist captured him and took him to Bai Tian Temple to be used as a catalyst in refining a divine pill. Near death in the medicinal cauldron beside the butchered flood dragon from Great Han, Song Changming realized his connection to the dragon had led him into the trap and vowed to return for revenge.

• Song Changming used Blood Burning Powder and the Blood Burst Secret Technique to kill the snake woman, the Golden-winged Great Bird, and the wolf demon, while the Minotaur fled.
• The Four-Eyed Old Daoist killed the fleeing Minotaur, overpowered Song Changming, and saved him from dying by giving him a red pill.
• The Four-Eyed Old Daoist carried Song Changming to Bai Tian Temple at Bai Tian Lake and dropped him into a cauldron filled with pill ingredients.
• Song Changming recognized the flood dragon’s head in the cauldron as the source of the Dragon Transformation Bead he had consumed and understood that the Four-Eyed Old Daoist wanted him as a medicinal catalyst.
• Song Changming, unable to move and near death, vowed to return and slaughter his way through the place.

Song Changming was trapped in Four-Eyed Old Daoist’s alchemy cauldron but consumed its precious ingredients and endured the pill fire until Nirvana Rebirth activated. He revived at Liu Residence with a newly acquired Immaculate Body and left his next goal as obtaining an Innate Martial Art.

• Four-Eyed Old Daoist sealed Song Changming in the cauldron and ordered him to eat the medicinal ingredients, so Song Changming consumed them and refined the flood dragon’s essence while the pill fire rose.
• After seven days of alchemy, Song Changming died in the flames, triggered Nirvana Rebirth, and chose to revive at Liu Residence in Wangyue Commandery City.
• On the ninth day, Four-Eyed Old Daoist opened the cauldron, found only medicinal dregs, and killed a bear demon commander before raging over the vanished divine pill.
• Su Qingqing waited anxiously for Song Changming at Liu Residence, where Song Changming revived in his room while she was away.
• Song Changming discovered that rebirth had granted him the Blue-grade Immaculate Body, which could store Innate Qi, and resolved to seek an Innate Martial Art.

After returning to Great Lai, Song Changming cultivated with the medicinal power and flood dragon essence sealed within his body, then received his annual rewards. He gained the Near Fire Dao Body and prepared to choose a martial art to upgrade.

• Song Changming discovered that Nirvana Rebirth had preserved the medicinal power and flood dragon essence within him, and he used both to accelerate his cultivation.
• Song Changming reunited with Su Qingqing and Song Ping'an, heard the latest news from Great Lai, and spent two months cultivating in the Prefecture City.
• Song Changming received an annual evaluation praising his achievements, including destroying the Corpse Refining Sect and reaching the top of the Heavenly Ranking.
• Song Changming chose lifespan, the Near Fire Dao Body, and a martial art grade upgrade as his annual rewards.
• Song Changming found that the Near Fire Dao Body strengthened his Fire God Saber Art and protected him from flames, then considered which martial art to upgrade.

Song Changming upgraded the Third-Rank Zhengyang Art into a First-grade Innate Martial Art, then rose to the top of the Heavenly Ranking. He left Wangyue Commandery with Su Qingqing and Song Ping'an to travel Great Lai, while warning Li Jinyu that a journey to the Ancient Abyss Kingdom would be dangerous.

• Song Changming chose to upgrade the Zhengyang Art, whose grade rose to First-grade and transformed his Zhengyang Qi into violet-gold flames.
• The upgrade’s heat swept through Prefecture City, alarming Ma Shisheng and other residents before Song Changming calmed his internal Qi.
• Jewel Box Pavilion’s new Heavenly Ranking named Song Changming Number One Blade Under Heaven after Venerable Minghuo disappeared from the list.
• Li Jinyu visited Song Changming, confirmed that he planned to travel to the Ancient Abyss Kingdom, and learned that Song Changming expected the journey to take several more years to prepare.
• Song Changming took Su Qingqing and Song Ping'an away from Wangyue Commandery to travel Great Lai, where his deeds spread and his legend grew.

After six years away, Song Changming visited his family’s graves and said goodbye to his aging third sister before returning to Wangyue Commandery with Su Qingqing, Song Ping'an, and the dogs. He stabilized his ninth Qi vortex on the journey, bringing him close to the Innate stage as he prepared to enter the Ancient Abyss Kingdom.

• Song Changming paid respects at his parents’ and elder brothers’ graves, and he told Song Yu he might not return from his next journey for a long time.
• Song Changming left Donglai Commandery with Su Qingqing, Song Ping'an, Big Yellow, and Big White, and confirmed they were returning to Wangyue Commandery before going to the Ancient Abyss Kingdom.
• Song Changming’s daily evaluation raised his lifespan to 36,001, giving him another guaranteed life for the coming risk.
• Song Changming reviewed his orange-grade Indestructible Flood Dragon Body, which had greatly increased his physical strength and raised his Spirit and Root attributes to ninety and ninety-two.
• During the journey, Song Changming stabilized his ninth Qi vortex, completing the Qi Refining Realm.
• The group reached Wangyue Commandery and saw Wangyue Peak as Song Changming prepared for the next stage of his journey.

After returning to the Liu Residence, Song Changming used his First-grade Innate Zhengyang Art to open an Earthly Martial Meridian and enter the Innate stage on his first attempt. He left seclusion less than half a day later, having become the first person in the Dala Martial World to reach Innate through his own cultivation.

• Song Changming returned to the Liu Residence in Wangyue Commandery City with Su Qingqing and reunited with Liu Ziwen.
• Song Changming prepared to break through to the Innate stage after sensing an opportunity and reviewing his aptitude.
• Song Changming entered seclusion and repeatedly drove his internal Qi against a sealed Earthly Martial Meridian.
• Song Changming opened the meridian, refined his internal Qi into Innate Qi, and formed violet-gold fire lotuses.
• Song Changming emerged from seclusion, confirmed to Su Qingqing that he had reached the Innate stage, and reflected on his journey of more than forty years.

Song Changming accepted Gongsun Xuanzhou’s challenge and defeated him effortlessly, then had the gifted Profound Gold forged into a ten-thousand-pound saber. After learning of the Three Immortals Gu Cult’s atrocities, Song Changming flew to its stronghold and launched an attack, ending the chapter as his violet-gold flames incinerated its swarming Gu worms.

• Gongsun Xuanzhou offered Song Changming Profound Gold in exchange for a duel, while Yang Guangyi asked him to help destroy the Three Immortals Gu Cult.
• Song Changming defeated Gongsun Xuanzhou by stopping his eight-thousand-pound axe with one hand, leaving Yang Guangyi stunned by his strength.
• Song Changming had the Profound Gold fused into his Autumn Water Saber, increasing its weight from five hundred to ten thousand pounds.
• After hearing that the Three Immortals Gu Cult had abducted and tortured people near Wangyue Commandery, Song Changming decided to attack it before leaving.
• Song Changming flew to the cult’s mountain stronghold, saw its captives being fed to Gu creatures, and burned the attacking swarm to ash with violet-gold flames.

Song Changming destroyed the Three Immortals Gu Cult and prepared to leave Great Lai for the Ancient Abyss Kingdom with Su Qingqing, Song Ping'an, and Li Jinyu. As they reached the Bottomless Abyss, a Gluttonous Beast climbed out of the darkness and attacked Li Jinyu.

• Song Changming split the Three Immortals Gu Cult’s mountain with a saber strike, then killed its Sect Master and destroyed the sect completely.
• Yang Guangyi and Gongsun Xuanzhou witnessed the destruction and realized Song Changming had reached the Innate stage.
• Song Changming spent the night observing the moon and prepared to depart for the Ancient Abyss Kingdom the next morning.
• Song Changming left with Su Qingqing, Song Ping'an, Li Jinyu, Big Yellow, and Big White, while Liu Yan'er and Liang Zhaolong stayed behind.
• The group reached the Bottomless Abyss, where a Gluttonous Beast climbed from the darkness and lunged at Li Jinyu.

Song Changming led Li Jinyu, Song Ping'an, Su Qingqing, Big Yellow, and Big White across the Bottomless Abyss and into the Red Soil Continent, the borderland of Ancient Abyss Kingdom. After reaching its lush, spirit-rich wilderness, they encountered an enormous Mountain-Moving Rat, which Song Changming struck with his saber.

• Song Ping'an, Su Qingqing, Big Yellow, and Big White killed a Gluttonous Beast, and Song Changming carried the group across the Abyss with his Innate Qi.
• Song Changming cut through the Abyss's violent energy barrier, then destroyed a swarm of elite Gluttonous Beasts as they emerged behind the group.
• The group crossed the Red Soil Continent toward Ancient Abyss Kingdom, while Li Jinyu failed to read the kingdom's obscured heavenly secrets and Song Changming avoided the Four-Eyed Old Daoist's territory.
• Song Changming and the others reached a lush plain filled with spiritual energy, where Su Qingqing recognized her birthplace and the group continued searching for a settlement.
• A golden roc above the Xiantian level passed overhead, and a gigantic Mountain-Moving Rat then emerged from underground and attacked the group.
• Song Changming struck the Mountain-Moving Rat with his saber, while Li Jinyu recognized it from the Monster Records.

Song Changming’s group reached human territory and found a village destroyed by the Mountain-Moving Rat, then came upon a cavalry convoy ambushed by Flower Leopard Cats. When the rat struck during the battle and endangered the carriages and soldiers, Song Changming intervened and attacked it.

• Song Changming’s group drove off the Mountain-Moving Rat and continued through the Ancient Abyss Kingdom, where Song Ping'an broke through his Qi cultivation.
• The group found an abandoned human village marked by signs of a Fierce Beast attack and followed an ancient road toward a human town.
• Chu Wantong’s cavalry convoy was ambushed by Flower Leopard Cats, and Song Changming observed the battle from a cliff with his companions.
• Li Jinyu judged that the person in the carriage was a worthy regional lord, but the Mountain-Moving Rat then collapsed the ground beneath the carriages and attacked the cavalry.
• Song Changming caught and set down the falling carriages, rescued cavalrymen trapped by rocks, and drew his saber to attack the Mountain-Moving Rat.

Song Changming rescued Meng Jianli’s convoy by killing the Mountain-Moving Rat and driving off the demon ambushers, then traveled with the group toward Maple City. Along the way, he learned about Yunzhou and the Corpse Refining Sect, whose history and reputation deepened his interest in investigating it.

• Song Changming killed the Mountain-Moving Rat and forced the invading demons to retreat, saving Meng Jianli and the convoy.
• Meng Shuxuan arrived on her Golden-winged Great Peng Bird, thanked Song Changming, and gave him ten spiritual crystals to compensate for the bird eating the rat’s corpse.
• Meng Jianli invited Song Changming and his companions to travel with his convoy to Maple City, where he was taking up the post of city lord.
• Song Changming asked Meng Jianli about the present-day Ancient Abyss Kingdom and learned that Maple City was in Yunzhou’s Cuibai Way.
• Song Changming asked about the Corpse Refining Sect, and Meng Jianli explained how it rose to power within the Thirty-Six Grotto-Heavens of Southern Xinjiang and became notorious for digging up graves and refining human corpses.

Song Changming and his companions reached Maple City, where he learned that the Four-Eyed Old Daoist was the formidable half-demon Day Heavenly Master of Bai Tian Temple. The group parted from Meng Jianli as he took up his post as City Lord, while Song Changming noticed that Maple City’s walls and gate bore powerful protective techniques.

• Meng Jianli identified the Four-Eyed Old Daoist as Day Heavenly Master, a half-demon with the bloodline of the Eight-Eyed White Hairy Worm who led Bai Tian Temple.
• Meng Jianli told Song Changming and Su Qingqing that Yunzhou’s renowned Longevity Su Clan might be the family Su Qingqing sought, and Su Qingqing reacted with concealed emotion.
• Song Changming, Su Qingqing, and their companions arrived at enormous Maple City, whose more than seven hundred thousand registered households astonished Song Ping'an and Song Changming.
• Meng Jianli met Maple City's officials and began taking up his position as City Lord, while Meng Shuxuan briefly arrived on the Golden-winged Great Peng Bird before departing.
• Song Changming parted from Meng Jianli, then sensed sword intent in Maple City's gate inscription and discovered that its walls drew on a citywide protective force.

Song Changming and his companions explored Maple City, learned about its unrest and Spirit Crystal currency, and settled into an inn. After discovering how much a mid-grade Spirit Crystal accelerated his cultivation, Song Changming considered how crucial resources were to martial artists.

• Song Changming and his companions entered Maple City and learned that its dense spiritual energy was contained within the city, while its residents followed strict rules against public fighting and flying.
• The group heard that demons had killed Maple City's previous city lord and that General Huang was leading troops out to suppress demonic rebels.
• Song Changming paid for the group's meal with a Spirit Coin and received Yunzhou banknotes in change, learning the exchange rates and how Spirit Crystals served as currency.
• The group settled into an inn, where Song Changming used a mid-grade Spirit Crystal to cultivate and found that it greatly increased his Innate Qi.
• Song Changming realized that martial artists needed ever greater resources as they advanced and considered the importance of Spirit Crystals.

Su Qingqing asked Song Changming to take her to Cuibai Main City to learn the truth about her family, while Song Changming and his companions were attacked by Flower Leopard Cat demons at Fengling Pavilion. Song Changming fought off the demon commanders and left one gravely injured, as the battle continued.

• Su Qingqing told Song Changming she wanted to visit the Longevity Su Clan in Cuibai Main City, and he agreed to leave in two days.
• Song Changming and his companions shared a farewell drink with Li Jinyu, who planned to pursue his own business alone.
• Three Flower Leopard Cat demons disguised as women attacked the group at Fengling Pavilion, but Song Changming killed one and wounded the other two.
• Four Flower Leopard Cat demon commanders revealed themselves and used seduction arts to daze the people in the pavilion, while Su Qingqing roused Song Ping'an with a slap.
• Song Changming sent Su Qingqing, Song Ping'an, and Li Jinyu away, then broke a demon commander's claws and bones with a powerful punch.

Song Changming left Maple City for Cuibai Main City but stopped when he discovered a strange flower guarded by a giant ape. After defeating the ape and advancing his saber skills, he caught a white root that had drained the flower and tried to escape underground.

• Song Changming helped Chu Wantong and Huang Silang capture two demon commanders, then declined Chu Wantong's offer of shelter and prepared to leave Maple City.
• Song Changming departed Maple City with Su Qingqing and Song Ping'an, heading north toward Cuibai Main City.
• Su Qingqing noticed spiritual mist gathering around a distant mountain, and Song Changming flew ahead to investigate.
• A giant ape attacked Song Changming, who discovered it was guarding a precious blue-purple flower.
• Song Changming defeated the giant ape with a powerful saber strike, improving his saber attainments, but let the wounded creature flee.
• A white root drained the flower and tried to burrow away, so Song Changming trapped it with his Innate Qi.

Song Changming discovered that the living white radish he captured was a five-thousand-year-old Ginseng Spirit whose gathered spiritual energy could aid his cultivation, so he decided to keep it sealed until he found a Spirit Locking Talisman. In Baihui City, a supposed lead on the talisman lured his group into a forest ambush, where armed Martial Artists tried to rob them.

• Song Changming questioned the living white radish, which admitted it was a five-thousand-year-old Ginseng Spirit and offered to help gather spiritual energy in exchange for its life.
• Song Changming tested the Ginseng Spirit's power, then put out the fire and stored it in a sealed iron box while planning to find a Spirit Locking Talisman.
• Song Changming, Song Ping'an, Su Qingqing, Big Yellow, and Big White reached Baihui City and searched for a Spirit Locking Talisman for three days without success.
• Song Ping'an led Song Changming's group to a supposed Fu Shan Sect contact outside the city, but Song Changming recognized the trap and Su Qingqing's sword Qi exposed hidden spikes.
• More than a dozen Martial Artists surrounded the group, and their guide ordered them to attack for Song Changming's Spirit Crystals.

Song Changming and Su Qingqing confirmed that the Longevity Su Clan was her family, then learned from Jiang He that her father, Su Fengye, had married Yan Xue, a woman who was secretly a demon. Jiang He said Yan Xue had disappeared and Su Qingqing was believed dead, but he suspected she was still alive, leaving Liu Xiangnan to wonder whether Su Qingqing was the daughter in question.

• Song Changming and Su Qingqing passed the Longevity Su Clan residence without stopping, and Song said they needed to investigate her parents and why they had sent her away.
• Jiang He left the Su residence with Liu Xiangnan and Zhao Dongming, and Liu recognized Big Yellow as Song Changming’s family dog.
• Liu Xiangnan caught up with Song Changming, and the two reunited with Jiang He at a restaurant in the Second District.
• Jiang He explained that Su Fengye had married Yan Xue, who was secretly a demon, and that the Su elders had wounded her when they discovered the truth.
• Jiang He said Su Fengye remained at the Su residence, Yan Xue had been missing for years, and their daughter was believed dead, though he suspected she was alive.
• Su Qingqing stayed silent after hearing the story, and Liu Xiangnan began to suspect she was Su Fengye and Yan Xue’s daughter.