Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng fought in repeated battles against Fish Demon Palace’s forces while cultivating at West Sea Pass. The demon forces lured a Primordial Giant Whale to the pass, and its divine ability shattered the defenses, leaving Li Changsheng and the other warriors facing an imminent battle without their stronghold.

• Li Changsheng joined Xiao Hu’s mission to intercept two groups of great demons, killing several Bright Moon Realm demons before the warriors withdrew to West Sea Pass.
• After Fish Demon Palace’s invasion failed, Qingyuan Sect retaliated, and Li Changsheng fought repeatedly over the following month, advancing his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit and cultivation.
• Vast Sea Demon King, Mysterious Fish Demon King, and Crimson Whale Demon King agreed to use Whale Luring Incense to draw a Primordial Giant Whale to West Sea Pass and attack the humans.
• Vast Sea Demon King lured the Primordial Giant Whale near West Sea Pass and attacked it, provoking it to unleash its Sea Driving divine ability.
• The tsunami overwhelmed the pass’s formations and destroyed West Sea Pass; Li Changsheng escaped the worst of the flood as the warriors fled, but he knew a major battle was approaching.

After surviving the battle at West Sea Pass, Li Changsheng returned to Qingyuan Sect and advanced his cultivation before discovering an ancient secret method in Qingyuan Market. He bought the Blood Condensation Technique, intending to use demon essence to strengthen his Vajra Dao Fruit.

• Li Changsheng fought off several demons at West Sea Pass, escaped a Sun Radiance Realm demon with a Teleportation Talisman, and used his upgraded Demon Slaying Dao Fruit to improve several techniques.
• Qingyuan Sect sent Dharma Aspect Realm elders to West Sea Pass, but after half a month of fighting, the sect withdrew with heavy losses alongside the three Demon Race forces.
• Back at Qingyuan Sect, Li Changsheng cultivated the Thunderous Essence Body Chapter to perfection and continued advancing his Great Sun Flame Body and Great Sun Ripping Hand.
• Li Changsheng visited Qingyuan Market after hearing that artifacts from a Black Abyss ruin had appeared, and he bought ancient alchemy books to improve his Medicine Refining Dao Fruit.
• Li Changsheng recognized the Blood Condensation Secret Method as a way to compress great demons’ flesh-and-blood essence and purchased the manual to help raise his Vajra Dao Fruit.

Li Changsheng refined Bright Moon Realm great demons into blood pills to advance his cultivation, raising his Vajra Dao Fruit to Level 8 and strengthening his body and escape techniques. After learning that the Great Qi Dynasty had traded a prefecture for ten years of peace with the Tengshe Demon Country, he received a jade token from Yuan Xuanming to help him survive powerful enemies.

• Li Changsheng used the Blood Condensation Technique to turn Bright Moon Realm great demons into blood pills, refining them to gain experience and eventually raising his Healing Dao Fruit to level 9.
• After half a month, Li Changsheng advanced his Vajra Dao Fruit to Level 8, perfected the Aperture Refining Chapter and second layer of the Great Sun Ripping Hand, and continued opening acupoints.
• Li Changsheng perfected the second layer of the Movement Technique, gaining the ability to move two hundred meters and greatly improving his chances of escape.
• Yuan Xuanming told Li Changsheng that the Great Qi Dynasty and the Tengshe Demon Country had secured ten years of peace by surrendering another prefecture, and explained that the Iron Blood Sect might be allied with the demons.
• Yuan Xuanming said he would attempt to break through to the Dharma Aspect Realm and gave Li Changsheng a jade token containing Spirit Refining power to help him escape a peak Great Grandmaster.

Li Changsheng joined Qingyuan Sect’s expedition to an ancient sword cultivator sect’s relic in the Black Abyss, where spiritual power would be suppressed and physical strength would matter most. After learning the Willow Leaf Sword Technique, he traveled with Elder Qin and the other disciples to the Black Abyss, ready to enter the relic.

• Li Changsheng learned that Qingyuan Sect faced a possible crisis in ten years and continued cultivating while opening more than six hundred and fifty extreme ten-inch acupoints.
• Qingyuan Sect summoned its core disciples, and Elder Qin announced that a dangerous relic in the Black Abyss suppressed spiritual power and would draw disciples from several sects.
• Li Changsheng signed up for the expedition, and Xu Zixi advised him to choose an ancient sword technique that could be used without spiritual power.
• Li Changsheng chose the Willow Leaf Sword Technique and perfected its first two layers before the expedition began.
• Elder Qin led the disciples by Flying Boat to the Black Abyss, where they disembarked and prepared to enter on foot.

Li Changsheng entered the ancient Sword Dao sect’s ruins in the Black Abyss, where mana was sealed and only physical martial arts could be used. After discovering ancient sword manuals and learning about Microscopic Level Sword Technique, he killed an Iron Blood Sect disciple who attacked him.

• Elder Qin and the other sect elders joined their damaged secret keys to open a portal, and Li Changsheng entered the ruins with the disciples.
• Li Changsheng found three Exquisite Grade ancient sword technique manuals in a cave residence and memorized them.
• Li Changsheng found another cave residence and read annotations explaining the ordinary, microscopic, and Artistic Conception realms of sword techniques.
• Li Changsheng decided to search for more ancient sword techniques before finding a place to cultivate them.
• An Iron Blood Sect grandmaster attacked Li Changsheng, who killed him with his second-layer Perfection Realm Willow Leaf Sword Technique.

Li Changsheng cultivated ancient sword techniques in the ruin until he reached the Microscopic Level and became capable of fighting Great Grandmasters. He then intervened in Feng Xiaowu’s pursuit of Huang Shan and killed Feng Xiaowu with one strike.

• Li Changsheng killed a grandmaster level warrior, took his Storage Artifact, and collected ancient sword technique manuals from the cave abodes.
• He hid in a secluded cave and cultivated numerous Exquisite Grade and Profound Grade ancient sword techniques, advancing his Human Sword Dao Fruit to level 9.
• After perfecting another Profound Grade sword technique, Li Changsheng broke through to the Microscopic Level and found his speed, reactions, and combat power greatly increased.
• Feng Xiaowu pursued and badly wounded Huang Shan, who called for Li Changsheng to flee when he arrived.
• Li Changsheng vanished from Feng Xiaowu’s sight and pierced his neck with a sword strike, killing the Great Grandmaster.

Li Changsheng killed Feng Xiaowu and reached the core region of the Donghe Sword Sect Grotto-Heaven Ruins, where Xu Zixi explained the Donghe Sword Tower’s trials and the value of its rewards. He entered the tower to challenge its floors, hoping to obtain an Authentic Grade sword technique.

• Li Changsheng introduced himself to Huang Shan after saving him, then learned that Qingyuan Sect and Iron Blood Sect disciples were fighting while Haori Sect disciples had mostly stayed out of the conflict.
• Li Changsheng collected several Exquisite Grade and Profound Grade sword manuals and killed several Iron Blood Sect core disciples as he traveled deeper into the ruins.
• At the core region, Xu Zixi stopped Dong Yan from attacking Li Changsheng and warned Li Changsheng that Iron Blood Sect and Haori Sect disciples posed a danger.
• Xu Zixi explained that the Donghe Sword Tower tested ancient sword arts and could reward challengers with sword manuals, possibly including an Authentic Grade technique.
• Li Changsheng entered the Donghe Sword Tower to begin challenging its floors, while Xu Zixi promised to protect him if anyone attacked.

Li Changsheng cleared the ninth floor of the Donghe Sword Tower and received the Side Gate Grade Donghe Body Refining Sword Technique. After cultivating two other Side Gate Grade sword techniques to perfection, he challenged the tower again and prepared to enter the Tenth Layer.

• Li Changsheng easily cleared the first six floors, then used Microscopic Level swordsmanship to defeat the seventh-floor opponent and inherit the Ten Directions Sword Technique.
• Li Changsheng defeated the eighth-floor opponent after a long fight and received the Haoyang Sword Technique, then told Xu Zixi that he had reached the sixth floor.
• Li Changsheng cultivated the Ten Directions Sword Technique and Haoyang Sword Technique to fourth-layer Perfection, raising his swordsmanship to Minor Accomplishment in the Microscopic Level.
• Li Changsheng cleared the ninth floor with the Ten Directions Sword Technique and inherited the Side Gate Grade Donghe Body Refining Sword Technique.
• Li Changsheng recognized that the Donghe Body Refining Sword Technique required Microscopic Level swordsmanship and went to challenge the Tenth Layer.

Li Changsheng cleared the tenth layer of the Donghe Sword Tower and gained the Qi Refining-level Orthodox Grade Donghe Sword Technique. After killing an Iron Blood Sect Great Grandmaster who pursued him, he hid in a cave and cultivated the Donghe Body Refining Sword Technique, leaving his body much stronger.

• Li Changsheng survived the tenth-layer opponent’s Orthodox Grade sword strike with the Healing Dao Fruit, defeated it, and received the Donghe Sword Technique inheritance.
• Li Changsheng left the tower and departed from Xu Zixi, while an Iron Blood Sect Great Grandmaster secretly followed him.
• Li Changsheng killed the pursuing Great Grandmaster with the Ten Directions Sword Technique and took his Storage Artifact.
• Li Changsheng settled in a secluded cave and began cultivating the Donghe Body Refining Sword Technique instead of the exhausting Orthodox Grade technique.
• Li Changsheng mastered minute control over his body, then reached Perfection in the body-refining technique’s first layer, more than doubling his physical constitution.

Li Changsheng escaped the collapsing cave heaven relic and returned to the Qingyuan Sect, where he cultivated until he completed the Aperture Refining Realm. He then formed the Taiyi Aperture Diagram and broke through to the Grandmaster Realm.

• Li Changsheng fled the collapsing cave heaven relic as Elder Qin's group fought top Demon Kings outside, and Qingyuan Sect reinforcements opened the exit for the remaining disciples.
• Li Changsheng and Xu Zixi escaped before the cave heaven collapsed, though several martial artists and the relic's inheritances were lost.
• Li Changsheng submitted copies of the Ten Directions Sword Technique and other collected manuals to the Qingyuan Sect, then resumed cultivating at Lieyang Peak.
• After two months of secluded cultivation, Li Changsheng opened all seven hundred and twenty apertures and brought each one to the ultimate ten-inch level.
• Li Changsheng lit all his apertures to form the Taiyi Aperture Diagram, absorbed spiritual energy to expand his dantian, and broke through to the Grandmaster Realm.

Li Changsheng refined Flawless Sky Profound Pills, which increased his mana cultivation efficiency nearly tenfold. After half a year of training, he reached the point where he could upgrade a Dao Fruit or nurture a new mid-grade one.

• Li Changsheng consumed Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid to strengthen his mana, then sought three-hundred-year-old spiritual medicines for Sky Profound Pills.
• Li Changsheng and Zhang Yiqian agreed to trade his Flawless Spirit Nurturing Pills for spiritual medicines, and her family gathered the ingredients.
• Li Changsheng refined batches of Sky Profound Pills until he could produce Flawless pills consistently.
• Li Changsheng tested a Flawless Sky Profound Pill and found it increased his mana cultivation efficiency nearly tenfold.
• Li Changsheng cultivated his body-refining techniques, Taiyi arts, and Grandmaster-level body cultivation while consuming Flawless Sky Profound Pills.
• Half a year passed, and Li Changsheng became eligible to upgrade one Dao Fruit or nurture a new mid-grade Dao Fruit.

Li Changsheng upgraded his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit and greatly improved his cultivation, then tested his spiritual strength on the Spirit Refining Stairway. He learned that Iron Blood Sect had allied with Tengshe Demon Country, leaving Qingyuan Sect and Haori Sect facing a powerful threat.

• Li Changsheng upgraded his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit to a medium-grade Dao Fruit, increasing his cultivation efficiency and granting his attacks greater power against the Demon Race.
• Li Changsheng advanced several techniques and arts, then reached the sixty-sixth step of the Spirit Refining Stairway after his Spiritual Fire Meditation Method broke through to Great Accomplishment.
• Li Changsheng learned that Iron Blood Sect had joined forces with Tengshe Demon Country and went to ask Xu Zixi for details.
• Xu Zixi told Li Changsheng that Tengshe Demon Country had a Half-step Demon Saint and that Iron Blood Sect would likely not resist its invasion of the Great Qi Dynasty.
• Xu Zixi revealed that Qingyuan Sect's ancestors were attempting breakthroughs and might have to abandon the sect's territory if they failed; Li Changsheng agreed to keep the news secret.

As Qingyuan Sect prepared to retreat, it opened the Blazing Flame Secret Realm to its disciples, allowing them to claim its resources in exchange for half their gains. Li Changsheng used his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit to track Fire Beasts and gathered a huge haul of Fire Fiends and Fire Fiend Crystals.

• Li Changsheng noticed families selling resources and businesses cheaply as Qingyuan Sect's future grew uncertain.
• Qingyuan Sect opened the Blazing Flame Secret Realm to core disciples and selected inner disciples, requiring them to surrender half their gains.
• Li Changsheng entered the realm and used his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit to locate Fire Beasts near Fire Fiends.
• Li Changsheng killed Fire Beasts and collected large quantities of Medium and High-grade Fire Fiends across several volcanoes.
• Li Changsheng found a peak Bright Moon Realm Fire Beast's nesting ground, where he collected over a hundred strands of High-grade Fire Fiends and three Fire Fiend Crystals.

Li Changsheng left the Blazing Flame Secret Realm, advanced his cultivation, and learned that defections and political pressure had weakened the Qingyuan Sect. The sect assigned him to guard its outpost in the Great Qi Imperial Capital, where he met the two remaining stewards.

• Li Changsheng emerged from the Blazing Flame Secret Realm with many fire fiends and spiritual herbs, then cultivated until his Great Sun Flame Body reached Minor Accomplishment and his mana grew mist-like.
• Six prominent families defected to the Iron Blood Sect with the help of a planted Dharma Aspect Realm elder, while another Dharma Aspect Realm expert was assassinated.
• Yuan Xuanming told Li Changsheng that his breakthrough had failed and that the sect was sending Li Changsheng to guard its outpost in the Great Qi Imperial Capital for three years.
• Yuan Xuanming gave Li Changsheng the Spirit Refining Pagoda Technique and a regional map, and Xu Zixi later urged him to leave if he had the chance.
• Li Changsheng exchanged his contribution points and supplies for resources, traveled to the Great Qi Imperial Capital, and met the two remaining Great Grandmaster-level stewards at Qingyun Pavilion.

Li Changsheng settled into Qingyuan Pavilion and cultivated while weighing where he could go after Qingyuan Sect abandoned him. Zhang Yiqian revealed that the sect planned to relocate to the West Sea Islands and offered him a safer route there in exchange for refining pills for her family.

• Cao Xuan and Wang Heshan introduced Li Changsheng to Qingyuan Pavilion and explained its duties collecting tribute from the Great Qi Imperial Family.
• Li Changsheng considered possible destinations, rejected the Great Yu Dynasty, Great Yan Dynasty, demon countries, and other dangerous regions, then focused on cultivation.
• Over three months, Li Changsheng perfected the Thunderous Essence Body Cultivation Chapter and Donghe Body Refining Sword Technique, advanced the Great Sun Flame Body Chapter, and began cultivating the Donghe Sword Technique.
• Li Changsheng reached the mid-stage of the Grandmaster Realm, with his arcane power transforming into a dense mist state.
• Zhang Yiqian asked Li Changsheng to refine Flawless Spirit Nurturing Pills and offered payment, information, and a safer route to the sect's planned destination.
• Zhang Yiqian revealed that Qingyuan Sect planned to escape through an Ancient Teleportation Array in the Black Abyss to the West Sea Islands, but scarce High-grade Spirit Crystals limited how many people could go; she confirmed she had been abandoned too.

Li Changsheng learned that Zhang Yiqian and her family planned to flee to the West Sea Islands, then continued cultivating while preparing for the journey. After searching the imperial capital for spirit herbs, he unexpectedly encountered Wang He.

• Zhang Yiqian explained that the Qingyuan Sect had abandoned her because she lacked Spirit Refining Talent, and said her family would leave for the West Sea Islands in three years.
• Li Changsheng refined all the Flawless Spirit Nurturing Pills from Zhang Yiqian's materials, and she shared information about the West Sea Islands and their route through the Endless Cold Land and Endless Ice Sea.
• Li Changsheng and Zhang Yiqian agreed to meet in Han City a little over two years later before entering the Endless Cold Land.
• Li Changsheng improved his cultivation and physical techniques, then visited the imperial capital's marketplace to buy materials for Sky Profound Pills.
• Li Changsheng spotted Wang He, who had reached the Great Grandmaster Realm, and Wang He immediately left.

Qi Ying sent three Great Grandmaster-level Shadow Guards to assassinate Li Changsheng, suspecting he possessed a fortuitous opportunity, but Li Changsheng killed them all in an instant. Li Changsheng suspected Qi Ying had ordered the attack and stayed at Qingyuan Pavilion, while Qi Ying was stunned to learn his assassins had died.

• Wang He reported Li Changsheng's whereabouts to Qi Ying, who learned that Li Changsheng guarded Qingyuan Pavilion and had reached the Grandmaster Realm.
• Qi Ying ordered three Great Grandmaster-level Shadow Guards to kill Li Changsheng and bring back his corpse.
• After waiting half a month, the Shadow Guards ambushed Li Changsheng outside Qingyuan Pavilion, but he killed all three with the Ten Directions Sword Technique.
• Cao Xuan and Wang Heshan arrived, identified the attackers as likely imperial-family dead warriors, and advised Li Changsheng to avoid leaving Qingyuan Pavilion.
• Li Changsheng suspected Qi Ying had sent the assassins, so Cao Xuan met the imperial representative in his place.
• Qi Ying learned that all three Shadow Guards had been killed and was dumbfounded.

Li Changsheng advanced to the late and then Perfection Realm of the Grandmaster Realm, using flawless-grade Sky Profound Pills supplied through deals with Cao Xuan and Wang Heshan. He then broke through toward the Great Grandmaster Realm and forged a ten-zhang Dantian Cave Heaven, exhausting his stored resources.

• Qi Ying learned that Li Changsheng had killed three Great Grandmaster Shadow Guards, then moved into the Iron Blood Sect's stronghold for protection.
• Li Changsheng offered Cao Xuan four flawless-grade Sky Profound Pills for each set of ingredients, and Cao Xuan agreed to cooperate.
• Li Changsheng made the same arrangement with Wang Heshan, and the two senior brothers delivered eleven sets of ingredients for him to refine.
• After two months of cultivating with the pills, Li Changsheng entered the late Grandmaster Realm, and his Donghe Sword Technique reached Minor Accomplishment.
• Six months later, Li Changsheng reached Grandmaster Perfection and used the Taiyi Liquid Condensation Chapter to break through his dantian barrier.
• Li Changsheng consumed his stored pills, spirit herbs, Spirit Sand, and Monster Meat to forge a ten-zhang Dantian Cave Heaven, exhausting his resources.

After breaking through to the Great Grandmaster realm, Li Changsheng attacked the Iron Blood Sect outpost, killed Qi Ying and Wang He, and fled the Great Qi Imperial Capital. He met the Zhang Family in Han City and entered the Endless Cold Land with them after one group failed to arrive.

• Li Changsheng learned that the Qingyuan Sect and the Zhang Family were leaving earlier than planned, so he decided to kill Qi Ying before departing.
• Li Changsheng stormed the Iron Blood Sect outpost and killed its Grandmasters, including Zheng Nan, before killing Qi Ying and taking the outpost’s resources.
• Li Changsheng went to the Yong Prince’s Residence, killed Wang He, and escaped the Great Qi Imperial Capital before the imperial family and Iron Blood Sect could find him.
• Li Changsheng reached Han City and joined Zhang Yaqian and the Zhang Family, whose head, Zhang Chunshan, showed little interest in him.
• After a Zhang Family group failed to arrive, Zhang Chunshan ordered the others to enter the Endless Cold Land without waiting longer.

Li Changsheng crossed the Endless Cold Land and the Endless Ice Sea with the Zhang Family, reaching North Sea Island in the West Sea Islands. He settled in North Sea City and learned about the island’s martial forces and the opportunities available to a rogue cultivator.

• Li Changsheng learned that Yangyan Tree leaves protected the Zhang Family from the cold as they traveled deeper into the Endless Cold Land.
• Zhang Chunshan used the Heavenly Sun Pearl to shield the group from a deadly Cold Land Storm, and the Zhang Family continued onward through the frozen wilderness.
• Zhang Chunshan led the group across the Endless Ice Sea in a concealed Flying Boat, taking care not to disturb the demons sleeping beneath it.
• The Zhang Family dropped Li Changsheng and the other travelers on an inhabited island, and Li Changsheng parted ways with them.
• Li Changsheng settled at an inn in North Sea City and learned about North Sea Island’s population, martial forces, and the dangers of traveling between islands.
• Li Changsheng considered refining and selling high-quality pills to earn resources while avoiding the trouble that selling flawless-grade pills might bring.