Chapter Summaries

Song Changming led Tang Keca, Biyougen, and Fulan away from the battle between a giant and an immortal, then refined the giant’s spilled blood and grew stronger. After the immortal departed, Song Changming approached the giant’s severed finger, but a three-headed black bird attacked to claim it.

• Song Changming shielded Tang Keca, Biyougen, and Fulan from the battle’s shock waves and led them away from the giant and immortal.
• Song Changming found the giant’s blood in its footprints, overcame its resisting will with the help of his blade spirit, and refined the blood to increase his strength.
• Song Changming collected more of the giant’s blood until a severed finger fell from the sky and the battle’s energy waves subsided.
• A white crane carried the departing immortal overhead, and Song Changming saw that the giant had vanished before deciding to claim its severed finger.
• A three-headed black bird dived for the finger, swept aside Biyougen’s arrow and the others’ attacks, and wounded Song Changming’s companions with its black gale.

Song Changming defeated a Rakshasa’s blood spirit with Death Sleep Wind, but the Rakshasa survived and left to seek a stronger opponent later. After Song Changming rescued Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen from humans trying to steal their Giant’s flesh and blood, the group escaped with their harvest, which Song Changming hoped would advance his martial strength.

• Song Changming used Spatial Solidification and Death Sleep Wind to destroy the Rakshasa’s body, but the Rakshasa revealed it had been a blood spirit and departed after judging Song Changming’s strength insufficient for a satisfying fight.
• Song Changming withdrew his starfield and left the dangerous battlefield, while Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen regrouped nearby.
• A group of humans skilled in the Invisibility Technique surrounded Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen and demanded their Giant’s flesh and blood.
• Song Changming arrived, killed the group’s leader, and exposed the others; Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen disabled the survivors so they could be taken for questioning.
• The group traveled to safety, and Tang Keca gave Song Changming the three Cosmic Rings containing their collected Giant’s flesh and blood.
• Song Changming assessed the group’s haul and hoped that digesting the Giant’s flesh and blood would transform his physical strength and advance his martial path.

Song Changming and his group reached the eastern end of the plateau and found a sea beyond the forest, while hoping it was the Penglai Sea. As they descended the cliff, two giant birds attacked them, and Song Changming discovered a Rock-bound Tree lurking in the rock after it devoured one of the birds.

• Tang Keca reported that the captives belonged to the Hidden Sect and that a sea lay beyond the plateau, about a month’s journey east.
• Song Changming refused to recruit the captives, and he led Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen across the plateau through dangerous terrain.
• The group reached the plateau’s eastern cliff and smelled the sea beyond a dangerous forest of shrubs.
• Song Changming led the others down the cliff on foot, where Biyougen spotted a nest of large eggs but left it untouched.
• Two giant birds attacked the group, and Song Changming struck one down with lightning and fire before the other pinned him against the cliff.
• Song Changming escaped the second bird’s attack and saw a Rock-bound Tree’s root coil around and devour it.

Song Changming led his group through a shrub forest filled with Mutated Creatures and mist carrying malicious soul power. After the deeply mutated bullfrog drove Tang Keca and Biyougen mad, Song Changming’s God Devourer Blade absorbed the malice and his slash destroyed the creature’s body, allowing the group to continue.

• Fulan spotted Ghost Face Ants below the mountain, and Tang Keca explained that a Source of Mutation had transformed creatures in the forest.
• Tang Keca tested the ants, but their shrieks overwhelmed him and Biyougen until Fulan drove them back with her Holy Light Technique.
• Song Changming led the group into the mist, where he killed attacking Mutated Creatures with thunderfire as their malicious soul power merged into the haze.
• A deeply mutated bullfrog attacked Tang Keca and Biyougen with malicious intent, causing them to harm themselves while Fulan struggled to protect them.
• The God Devourer Blade absorbed the malice affecting the group, and Song Changming cut through the bullfrog’s tongue and struck its body with a powerful slash.
• Song Changming’s group recovered and continued through the shrub forest, though he suspected the bullfrog might not have truly died.

Song Changming fought a powerful Rakshasa, whose blood-spirit trick let him survive the Death Sleep Wind, before the Rakshasa departed to seek a stronger opponent. Song Changming then rescued Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen from human raiders and gathered their Giant’s flesh and blood, hoping it would advance his martial path.

• Song Changming used the Death Sleep Wind to destroy the Rakshasa’s body, but the Rakshasa revealed that a blood spirit had taken his place and left when he decided Song Changming was not yet a worthy opponent.
• Song Changming withdrew from the dangerous area while Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen regrouped and were surrounded by humans skilled in the Invisibility Technique.
• Song Changming arrived, killed the raiders’ leader, exposed the others with his shout, and ordered Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen to capture and disable them for interrogation.
• Tang Keca gave Song Changming the three Cosmic Rings containing the group’s Giant’s flesh and blood, and Song Changming hoped his much larger harvest would strengthen his body and martial path.

Song Changming led Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen through a great fog that spawned endlessly regenerating Mutated Fog Spirits, then emerged onto a vast sea shore. He suspected the fog might connect to the Nine Provinces and set out to find out whether the sea was the Sea of Penglai, spotting a sentient Old Turtle nearby.

• Tang Keca realized that the great fog itself was the Source of Mutation, and a Mutated Fog Spirit emerged from it.
• Song Changming recognized the creature as an Outer Realm Strange Beast and cut it down, but more spirits repeatedly re-formed from the fog.
• Song Changming fought through the fog for two days and two nights before leading Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen out onto a beach beside a vast sea.
• Song Changming warned the group that they had not confirmed this was the Sea of Penglai, then began searching the shore for an aquatic creature to question.
• Song Changming spotted an Old Turtle crawling out of the water more than twenty li away.

Song Changming and his companions reached Penglai Sea and questioned Old Turtle, who pointed them toward East Sea and its mysterious Peach Blossom Immortal as a possible place to find Immortal Fruits. As they traveled there, a black-scaled fish impaled Fulan, and Song Changming rescued her and counterattacked.

• Old Turtle explained that the group had reached Penglai Sea, described its four regions, and recounted Peach Blossom Immortal's role in defending the sea from Azure Sea Dragon Palace.
• Old Turtle suggested East Sea as the likeliest place to find Immortal Fruits, so Song Changming chose to travel there with Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen.
• Fulan grew distracted and worried about their chances of finding Immortal Fruits and surviving the dangers ahead.
• A black-scaled fish shot from the sea and pierced Fulan before she could react.
• Song Changming used his Spatial Eye to halt the fish, pulled Fulan to safety with a giant hand, and sent the God Devourer Blade at their attacker.

After crossing the shrub forest, Song Changming and his companions fought their way through a sentient fog that continually spawned Mutated Fog Spirits, then reached a beach beyond its boundary. Song Changming searched the shore for a local creature that could confirm whether they had reached the Sea of Penglai, and spotted an Old Turtle.

• Song Changming found that the God Devourer Blade had grown stronger after devouring the shrub forest’s creatures, while Fulan sensed the great fog’s malicious intent intensifying.
• Tang Keca realized that the great fog itself was the Source of Mutation, and an Outer Realm Strange Beast emerged from it as a Mutated Fog Spirit.
• Song Changming cut down the Mutated Fog Spirits, but they repeatedly reformed from the fog, so he led Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen through it for two days and nights.
• The group emerged onto a beach and saw the fog stopped at an invisible boundary; Song Changming said they still could not know whether the sea was the Sea of Penglai.
• Song Changming investigated the shoreline, passed a dead water monster, and spotted a sentient Old Turtle crawling out of the water more than twenty li away.

Song Changming and his companions crossed into Penglai East Sea, evading dangerous creatures and an illusion in the mist while searching for the Immortal Tree. After more than a month without success, they discovered a richly spiritual chain of islands, where Song Changming noticed something unusual.

• Black Scale wounded Fulan, but Song Changming drove it away and warned her to stay alert.
• Song Changming and his companions searched several barren islands, then bypassed mist that showed them visions from their pasts after Song Changming broke its spell.
• They reached Penglai East Sea, avoided a giant sea python, and searched forested islands without finding clues to the Immortal Tree or Immortal Fruit.
• After over a month at sea, they found a chain of at least thirty islands where spiritual energy gathered in extraordinary abundance.
• Song Changming spotted further unusual features in the island chain.

Song Changming and his companions found the Peach Blossom Archipelago and learned that the Peach Blossom Immortal would exchange a thousand-year Immortal Peach for a Heavenly Fire Essence Soul in five years. They settled on a nearby island, where Song Changming began seclusion to refine the Giant’s flesh and blood while the others prepared to wait.

• Song Changming halted the Iron Folding Fan near the Peach Blossom Archipelago after suspecting it might be the Peach Blossom Immortal’s domain.
• Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen spotted the Immortal Tree, and two girls in pink told them to return in five years to compete for an Immortal Peach by retrieving a Heavenly Fire Essence Soul from the volcanoes.
• Song Changming led his group away after learning that powerful mountain and sea monsters would also compete for the Immortal Peach.
• A Three-tailed Golden Carp arrived at the archipelago, learned the timing, and left without causing trouble.
• Song Changming settled with his companions on a nearby island, entered seclusion to refine the Giant’s flesh and blood, and told them not to disturb him unless necessary.
• Fulan admitted she felt helpless without Song Changming, while Biyougen began digging a cave to enter seclusion herself.

Song Changming and his companions crossed into the Penglai East Sea, surviving a dangerous fish attack and an illusion-filled mist while searching in vain for the Immortal Tree and Immortal Fruit. After more than a month at sea, they discovered a vast, spiritually rich archipelago that seemed to hold something unusual.

• Black Scale attacked the group, and Song Changming wounded it before rescuing Fulan and warning her to stay alert.
• Tang Keca landed the group on a barren island, but they found only rocks, bird droppings, and poisonous fog before continuing east.
• A water mist showed Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen visions of their former worlds; Song Changming broke the illusion and guided them around it.
• The group entered the warm Penglai East Sea, where a gigantic python passed beneath them without attacking.
• After searching islands for more than a month without finding clues to the Immortal Tree, the group spotted a chain of over thirty islands rich in spiritual energy, and Song Changming noticed further unusual features.

During five years of secluded cultivation, Tang Keca broke through a long-standing bottleneck while Fulan struggled to find a way forward. As the millennium Immortal Fruit’s ripening drew near, Song Changming finished refining Giant’s bone and strengthened himself for the coming contest, leaving the island’s inhabitants poised for the approaching trials.

• Tang Keca told Fulan that serving Song Changming offered a rare chance to Become an Immortal, but Fulan worried about the friends she had left in the Small World, and Tang Keca decided to keep his distance from her.
• Five years passed as the three Green Flood Dragon brothers and a group of ancient whales headed toward the island where the Immortal Fruit would soon ripen.
• Tang Keca broke through his cultivation bottleneck, while Fulan remained stalled at the limit of her Holy Light Technique and wondered how to advance.
• Song Changming cultivated in a talisman array, strengthening his body and cultivating a newly acquired Water Spirit Seed as the five-year deadline approached.
• Song Changming finished refining the last of his Giant’s bone and discovered that his strength had more than doubled over the past five years.

Song Changming broke his Martial Dao Purple Mansion and merged his Grandmaster power with his body, successfully forging the Martial Saint Realm. His new cultivation began absorbing spiritual energy and producing more Martial Dao Essence Blood, with no known limit yet.

• Song Changming decided his strengthened body could endure the destruction of his Purple Mansion and the release of his Grandmaster power.
• Song Changming shattered the Purple Mansion, unleashing a violent surge of power that shook the mountain and alarmed Tang Keca, Fulan, and Biyougen.
• Song Changming used Martial Law · Silent Saber to turn the rampaging Grandmaster power into saber qi and cut through the cave and across the island.
• Song Changming regained control as his Grandmaster power spread throughout his body, achieving the Great Freedom Realm and naming it the Martial Saint Realm.
• Song Changming absorbed gathered spiritual energy, which combined with his Martial blood to create Martial Dao Essence Blood beyond his former limit.

Song Changming completed a breakthrough into the Martial Saint Realm, stabilized his new power, and traveled with his companions to the Peach Blossom Archipelago for the Immortal Fruit contest. He arrived among a vast crowd of powerful competitors and reunited with Old Feng shortly before the competition began.

• Song Changming's breakthrough raised his Martial Dao Essence Blood to more than five hundred drops, and the resulting power shook the sea and alarmed the distant Eldest Flood Dragon.
• Song Changming recuperated in Biyougen's cave for nearly two months, consolidated his Martial Saint cultivation, and set out when only three days remained before the Five-Year Term.
• Song Changming and his companions reached the Peach Blossom Archipelago, where they saw more than a thousand competitors gathered to contend for the single Immortal Fruit.
• Song Changming observed the Immortal Beast among the ancient whales and the three Green Flood Dragons, while Eldest Flood Dragon suspected Song Changming's group carried the scent of its slain brothers.
• Old Feng appeared before Song Changming's group, complained that Tang Keca had kept the Immortal Peach's location from him, and Song Changming recognized Old Feng's remarkable tracking skill.

Song Changming and his companions waited on Peach Blossom Island as powerful contenders gathered for the thousand-year Immortal Peach. When the ancient whale Immortal Beast broke the island’s no-killing rule, Peach Blossom Immortal struck it down, and the chapter ended as peach blossoms formed a human figure above the island.

• Old Feng identified the arriving human groups as the Yin, Blackwood, Pomelo Leaf, and Xiao human races, and warned Tang Keca and Song Changming against trying to join them.
• The White Yin Birds arrived, led by an Immortal Beast, followed later by a mysterious white-haired old man and his two disciples, who noticed Song Changming’s concealed strength.
• The appointed day arrived, and the ancient whale Immortal Beast calmed the surging sea before killing several sea beasts that threatened Peach Blossom Island.
• Peach Blossom Immortal attacked the ancient whale with flying petals because it had spilled blood during the forbidden waiting period, sending it tumbling into the sea.
• Song Changming looked toward Peach Blossom Island as peach blossoms gathered above it and formed a human figure.

Song Changming and the others waited at Peach Blossom Island as powerful competitors arrived, including the mysterious little old man and his disciples. When the appointed time came, Peach Blossom Immortal punished an Ancient Whale for killing sea beasts, then began to manifest above the island.

• Tang Keca asked Old Feng about the human groups, and Old Feng warned that the Yin, Blackwood, Pomelo Leaf, and Xiao human races were not easy to approach.
• Song Changming's group settled on the outskirts, and Old Feng expected stronger competitors to arrive before the Immortal Peach ripened.
• The White Yin Birds arrived, led by an Immortal Beast, and a mysterious little old man came with two disciples who were confident they would claim the Immortal Fruit.
• The appointed time arrived, and an Ancient Whale quelled a tsunami and killed sea beasts that had disturbed Peach Blossom Island.
• Peach blossoms struck the Ancient Whale and drove it into the sea because it had broken the rule against spilling blood during the waiting period.
• Song Changming saw peach blossoms gather above a central island and form a human figure.

The Peach Blossom Immortal offered a thousand-year Immortal Peach to whoever brought her a Heavenly Fire Essence Soul from the island’s enormous volcano. Song Changming and his companions entered the volcano and faced its deadly heat as dark-red firebirds attacked the contestants.

• The Peach Blossom Immortal expelled the Ancient Whale clan and announced that contestants could exchange a Heavenly Fire Essence Soul for the Immortal Peach.
• White Peach warned that contestants could fight inside the volcano but had to stop fighting once they left it.
• Song Changming, Tang Keca, Fulan, and Old Feng entered the volcano after many other spirits had already gone inside.
• The group struggled against scorching heat currents that swept away weaker spirits and nearly damaged Tang Keca’s Iron Folding Fan.
• Song Changming’s fire seed absorbed the strange flames while Fulan and the others used their abilities to withstand the heat.
• Eldest Flood Dragon protected the three Green Flood Dragons with source ice essence as dark-red firebirds emerged from the chaotic energy field and attacked the contestants.

Eldest Flood Dragon and his brothers crossed Skyfire Pass with the aid of the Ice Soul Bead, while Song Changming fought through the firebirds and continued deeper into the volcano after his companions retreated. Song Changming met two human attendants who were also seeking the Heavenly Fire Essence Soul, as the Immortals gathered outside the island discussed why they could not enter the volcano themselves.

• Eldest Flood Dragon, Third Flood Dragon, and Fourth Flood Dragon used stored water energy and the Ice Soul Bead to cross Skyfire Pass, suffering burns along the way.
• Song Changming shattered a firebird, judged the pass too dangerous for Fulan, Tang Keca, and Biyougen, and sent them back to safety.
• Old Feng chose to follow Song Changming, but firebirds destroyed his body and soul before Song Changming could save him.
• Song Changming broke through the firebirds with his Martial Dao Essence Blood and passed the checkpoint, then encountered Youqing and Youyi, who continued downward to search for the Heavenly Fire Essence Soul.
• Peach Blossom Immortal left the island as the Immortals remained outside, unable to enter the volcano because of its restriction; a blue-robed Immortal Beast asked the little old man where he came from, and he claimed to be an idle wanderer.

Song Changming fought off the Big Yellow Ox and searched the volcano for the Heavenly Fire Essence Soul, which appeared amid a violent surge of lava. The Three-tailed Golden Carp swallowed it and tried to escape, but the other monsters attacked and wounded it.

• Zhao Michun introduced himself as a Rogue Immortal, and the Immortal Beasts relaxed their caution toward him.
• Song Changming killed the pursuing Big Yellow Ox, captured its soul in his Soul Banner, and examined the dangerous lava below.
• Youqing and Youyi reached the lava and confronted a Water Grass monster, while Song Changming discovered that the lava could burn through even his powerful body.
• A huge wave of lava revealed a dark-red flame, and the Three-tailed Golden Carp recognized it as the Heavenly Fire Essence Soul and swallowed it.
• The Three-tailed Golden Carp tried to flee the volcano, but White Yin Birds and other monsters attacked and wounded it.

The Peach Blossom Immortal offered a thousand-year Immortal Peach to whoever retrieved a Heavenly Fire Essence Soul from her enormous volcano. Song Changming and his companions entered the perilous crater, where the first violent heat currents threatened their passage and dark-red firebirds attacked the Green Flood Dragons.

• The Peach Blossom Immortal drove the Ancient Whale clan away for breaking her no-bloodshed rule and announced that a Heavenly Fire Essence Soul could be exchanged for an Immortal Peach.
• Song Changming discussed the Peach Blossom Immortal's motives with Fulan, Tang Keca, and Old Feng before leading them into the volcano.
• The little old man's two disciples and other gathered spirits entered the crater to seek the Heavenly Fire Essence Soul.
• Tang Keca's Iron Folding Fan was struck by a hidden heat current, while Fulan summoned fire sprites and Song Changming absorbed stray volcanic flames with his fire seed.
• The Green Flood Dragons used their refined Origin Ice Soul to shield themselves, but dark-red flames turned into firebirds and attacked them near the crater.