Chapter Summaries

Qi Chuan met True Monarch Qingyun, received the Nascent Soul Realm portion of the Great Bright King Art, and learned that the Demon Insect Nest’s seal would break within several decades. He resolved to strengthen himself and, after a month of practice, advanced to a Tier 3 Low-grade Alchemist.

• Zhao Ming brought Qi Chuan to meet True Monarch Qingyun, who praised his performance in the Three Sects Competition and gave him the Great Bright King Art’s subsequent cultivation method.
• True Monarch Qingyun warned Zhao Ming that the Demon Insect Nest’s ancient seal would break within several decades, then vanished through an illusion art.
• Zhao Ming explained the danger of the Demon Insect Tide and urged Qi Chuan to improve his strength before it arrived.
• Qi Chuan returned to his cave dwelling and focused on alchemy practice while continuing to cultivate the Great Bright King Art.
• After a month of practice and repeated failures refining Low Tier 3 pills, Qi Chuan advanced to a Tier 3 Low-grade Alchemist.

Qi Chuan refined Spirit Marrow Pills, used one to strengthen his cultivation, and broke through to the Mid Core Formation soul level. Over the next three years, he advanced his body cultivation to the peak of Late Tier 2, while the approaching Demon Insect Tide stirred preparations across Northern Hua Province.

• Qi Chuan reached Tier 3 Low-grade Alchemist and refined two successful Spirit Marrow Pills from his first furnace.
• Qi Chuan swallowed a Spirit Marrow Pill and found that its pure yang aura tempered and increased his mana.
• Qi Chuan cultivated the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Prison Meditation Method and broke through to the Mid Core Formation soul level.
• Qi Chuan continued cultivating his mana and body as news spread that the seal beneath the Demon Insect Nest would loosen within several decades, prompting Core Formation cultivators to prepare for the Demon Insect Tide.
• Three years later, Qi Chuan emerged from the Profound Ice Falls after reaching the peak of Late Tier 2 Body Cultivation.

Qi Chuan traveled to the Tianyou Mountain Range and began tempering his body in the Bone-Corroding Fiend Wind Cave, using the Great Bright King Art to endure and recover from the destructive wind. As he cultivated below, an injured demonic ape fled to the cave’s edge with two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Han Family in pursuit.

• Qi Chuan learned of a Tier 3 body cultivation ground in the Tianyou Mountain Range and traveled there after preparing in a nearby town.
• Qi Chuan found the Bone-Corroding Fiend Wind Cave, descended into it, and began cultivating the Great Bright King Art against the Earth Fiend Wind.
• Qi Chuan used a talisman and his Core Formation spiritual power to recover from his injuries, and a tenfold critical hit strengthened his body.
• A badly wounded white ape fled to the edge of the Bone-Corroding Fiend Wind Cave as two Han Family Foundation Establishment cultivators pursued it.
• The younger Han Family cultivator told his father that the ape had nowhere left to retreat, and his father warned that the cave’s wind would kill it if it went farther.

Qi Chuan emerged from the Bone-Corroding Fiend Wind Cave after recovering from his injuries, claimed a demon ape the Han father and son had driven into the cave, and discovered a powerful divine ability concealed inside a golden page. He left with the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling True Art and pieces of mysterious molten gold, intending to cultivate the art and investigate the gold.

• The wounded demon ape leaped into the Bone-Corroding Fiend Wind Cave to deny its remains to the Han father and son, but Qi Chuan emerged from the cave and revealed he had killed it.
• Qi Chuan ordered the Foundation Establishment father and son to leave and claimed the demon ape as his prey, so they bowed and fled.
• Qi Chuan dissected the demon ape, stored its Tier 2 Demon Core, and found a golden page in its belly that recorded a Tier 2 cultivation art.
• Qi Chuan burned the golden page with Core Fire, revealing an emerald-green pearl that contained the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling True Art, a divine ability requiring a high-grade Jin Dan.
• Qi Chuan decided to cultivate the divine ability and collected the solidified molten gold to investigate after returning to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.

Qi Chuan comprehended the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling True Art and spent six years cultivating until he reached Peak Early Core Formation, then derived the eighth layer of the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art. After more than a year gathering Inspiration Opportunities, he broke through to Mid Core Formation.

• Qi Chuan returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect and learned that he needed A-wood Thunder Pine to fully comprehend the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling True Art, so he arranged to search for it while cultivating.
• Qi Chuan spent six years cultivating, using Flame Marrow Pills, his cave abode, the White Dragon Cauldron, and Hundredfold Critical Hit to reach Peak Early Core Formation.
• Qi Chuan used the Spirit Devouring Sword Forging Art for half a year to derive the complete eighth layer of the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art.
• Qi Chuan operated the new sword art for more than a year and perfected his Inspiration Opportunity for breaking through to Mid Core Formation.
• Qi Chuan activated the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art and, after a three-month breakthrough, reached Mid Core Formation.

Qi Chuan advanced to Mid Core Formation, comprehended the Forging Sword into Intent Divine Ability, and raised his Azure Chant Sword to a Mid Tier 3 Flying Sword, renaming it the Qing Feng Sword. As he finished, Guan Yunyun arrived outside his Cave Dwelling, and Qi Chuan went to meet her.

• Qi Chuan broke through to Mid Core Formation and spent ten days comprehending the Forging Sword into Intent Divine Ability.
• Qi Chuan tested Sword Intent and discovered it could strike a precise target without damaging the stone wall or nearby spirit plants.
• Qi Chuan used the Spirit Devouring Sword Forging Art to absorb metal essence from the Three-foot Black Sword, advancing his Azure Chant Sword to Mid Tier 3.
• Qi Chuan renamed his transformed Flying Sword the Qing Feng Sword and wondered whether the remaining metal essence could raise it to High Tier 3.
• Guan Yunyun arrived outside Qi Chuan's Cave Dwelling, and he left his seclusion to meet her.

Qi Chuan accepted Guan Yunyun’s request to help the Qing Family obtain Mountain Marsh Departing Fire Crystal, hoping to use the rare ore to refine a cultivation elixir. He reached Purple Miasma Great Marsh Lake with the Qing Family Ancestor, who warned that they would need to hide their auras before entering.

• Guan Yunyun asked Qi Chuan to help the Qing Family deal with demon beasts guarding Mountain Marsh Departing Fire Crystal, and Qi Chuan agreed in exchange for a share of the ore.
• Qi Chuan studied Guan Yunyun’s map, prepared to leave, and traveled to Sky Mist Mountain in Xi Country.
• Qi Chuan suppressed the Qing Family gate guards with his aura and introduced himself to the Qing Family Ancestor, who welcomed him respectfully.
• Qi Chuan declined the Qing Family Ancestor’s offer of hospitality and followed him toward the crystal’s location while hearing the situation along the way.
• Qi Chuan and the Qing Family Ancestor arrived at Purple Miasma Great Marsh Lake, where the ancestor advised them to conceal their auras to avoid alerting the demon beasts.

Qi Chuan rejected the Qing Family Ancestor’s plan to trap the beasts one by one and entered Purple Miasma Great Marsh Lake to fight them directly. The Qing Family Ancestor became surrounded by all four Low Tier 3 beasts, while Qi Chuan remained concealed and his whereabouts were unknown.

• Qi Chuan and the Qing Family Ancestor concealed their auras and traveled into Purple Miasma Great Marsh Lake to find the Mountain Marsh Departing Fire Crystal and four Low Tier 3 beasts.
• Qi Chuan dismissed the Qing Family Ancestor’s cautious plan and said he would face the beasts, then agreed to let the Qing Family Ancestor hold back the poison-attribute beast while he dealt with the other three.
• The Qing Family Ancestor’s concealment failed, and he fought the purple strange snake using his poison-warding cloak and other methods.
• The wind-, water-, and fire-attribute beasts sensed the fight and converged on the Qing Family Ancestor, while Qi Chuan remained undetectable.
• All four beasts attacked the Qing Family Ancestor with their innate divine abilities as he wondered whether Qi Chuan had abandoned him.

Qi Chuan rescued the Qing Family Ancestor by swiftly killing four Low Tier 3 monster beasts, then helped him find Mountain Marsh Departing Fire Crystals. Qi Chuan declined the Ancestor’s invitation to his five-hundredth birthday and left to pursue his own preparations.

• Qi Chuan emerged from hiding and used the Qing Feng Sword to behead three Low Tier 3 monster beasts while the Qing Family Ancestor fought the purple monstrous snake.
• Qi Chuan killed the purple monstrous snake, took its Demonic Beast Inner Core, and left its other valuable materials for the Qing Family Ancestor.
• Qi Chuan and the Qing Family Ancestor found twenty Mountain Marsh Departing Fire Crystals, and Qi Chuan bought two of the Ancestor’s four crystals.
• The Qing Family Ancestor invited Qi Chuan to his five-hundredth birthday celebration, but Qi Chuan declined and parted ways with him.

Qi Chuan advanced his alchemy until he became a Mid Tier 3 Alchemist, then joined Feng Tan on a mission to explore a Tier 3 ruin in Little Black Abyss. They arrived near the ruin and met the founding patriarch of the Foundation Establishment sect that had discovered it.

• Qi Chuan spent two months improving his cultivation and alchemy while his body refinement remained at the pinnacle of Tier 2.
• Guan Yunyun returned, gave Qi Chuan four of her Mountain Marsh Departing Fire Crystals in exchange for equivalent resources, and told him to report to Zhao Ming about a ruin in Little Black Abyss.
• Zhao Ming assigned Qi Chuan to explore the likely Tier 3 ruin with Feng Tan and instructed him to wait for his companion.
• Qi Chuan triggered a Hundredfold Critical Hit while refining Three Flower Green Spirit Pills and became a Mid Tier 3 Alchemist.
• Feng Tan joined Qi Chuan, and the two traveled to Little Black Abyss, where they met the founding patriarch of the small sect that had discovered the ruin.

Qi Chuan and Feng Tan reached the third-rank ruins in Little Black Abyss and broke through its damaged formation, only to be challenged by two Mid Core Formation cultivators from Yin Yang Mansion. Qi Chuan revealed that he had advanced to Mid Core Formation, evening the sides’ numbers as they prepared to negotiate a contest to divide the ruins’ treasures.

• Qi Chuan and Feng Tan found the third-rank ruins and broke its ancient formation with Feng Tan’s formation-breaking artifacts.
• Yang Xuantian and He Beiyi of Yin Yang Mansion arrived just after the formation was broken and demanded a share of the ruins.
• Yang Xuantian proposed deciding the division through a contest, and Qi Chuan agreed despite Feng Tan’s concern that the contest would disadvantage their side.
• Qi Chuan revealed his Mid Core Formation Spiritual Pressure, surprising Feng Tan, Yang Xuantian, and He Beiyi.
• Feng Tan proposed a contest to determine the division, and Yang Xuantian agreed before asking how its details would be decided.

Feng Tan and Yang Xuantian agreed to a winner-takes-all battle over the Tier 3 ruin, while Qi Chuan and He Beiyi fought alongside them. Qi Chuan endured He Beiyi’s augmented attack and then broke through his defenses with Man-Sword Unity, leaving He Beiyi shaken and alive.

• Feng Tan chose a winner-takes-all distribution, and Yang Xuantian accepted after He Beiyi assured him he could defeat Qi Chuan.
• Feng Tan and Yang Xuantian clashed with their treasures as He Beiyi attacked Qi Chuan with the Pure Yang Treasure Bead.
• He Beiyi infused the Pure Yang Treasure Bead with Heavenly Yang Limitless Fire, but Qi Chuan remained protected by his Sword Gang.
• Qi Chuan used Man-Sword Unity to slash through He Beiyi’s attacks and defenses, shattering his hair crown and nearly killing him.

Qi Chuan defeated Yin Yang Mansion’s Mid Core Formation cultivators, securing the Tier 3 ruin’s full collection for the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect. After returning, he revealed his breakthrough to Mid Core Formation, and Zhao Ming learned how formidable his combat strength had become.

• Qi Chuan defeated He Beiyi and forced Yang Xuantian to concede the contest, winning the Tier 3 ruin for the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• Qi Chuan and Feng Tan explored the ruin, overcame its puppets and demonic beasts, and collected its resources.
• Qi Chuan and Feng Tan returned to the sect and reported the encounter with Yin Yang Mansion to Zhao Ming.
• Feng Tan revealed that Qi Chuan had reached Mid Core Formation and had nearly defeated Yang Xuantian and He Beiyi by himself.
• Qi Chuan confirmed his breakthrough to Zhao Ming, who marveled at his strength and potential to form a Nascent Soul.

Qi Chuan refined Departing Fire Pure Spirit Pills to strengthen his cultivation and spent three years building his reputation while preparing for the Demon Insect Tide, which was expected to arrive sooner than anticipated. At the Bone-Corroding Baleful Wind Cave, he broke through to Early Tier 3 Body Cultivator and demonstrated his newfound physical strength.

• Zhao Ming told Qi Chuan and Feng Tan that the seal on the Demon Insect Nest might loosen earlier than expected, and Qi Chuan resolved to reach Late Core Formation before the Demon Insect Tide erupted.
• Qi Chuan advanced to Mid Tier 3 Alchemist, successfully refined Departing Fire Pure Spirit Pills, and used one to strengthen his First-grade Nine-Aperture Golden Core.
• Over the next three years, Qi Chuan cultivated, completed missions for Zhao Ming, and became known across Northern Hua Province as a powerful Mid Core Formation True Person.
• At the Bone-Corroding Baleful Wind Cave, Qi Chuan broke through from peak Tier 2 Body Cultivator to Early Tier 3 Body Cultivator.
• Qi Chuan tested his improved body against the Earth Baleful Wind and punched the air, splitting the void and bringing down trees.

After breaking through to Early Tier 3 Body Cultivator, Qi Chuan tested his Great Bright King Art abilities against a Golden Roc Spirit Sparrow and killed it. He collected its remains and left the Tianyou Mountain Range, while a distant Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator witnessed the aftermath and feared the power he had sensed.

• Qi Chuan encountered a Low Tier 3 Golden Roc Spirit Sparrow and decided to test his body cultivation against it.
• Qi Chuan used Ming Wang Vajra Body to withstand the Golden Roc Spirit Sparrow's golden blades without serious injury.
• Qi Chuan's Ming Wang Finger shattered the beast's Golden Light Shield and badly injured it, then his Ming Wang Palm killed it.
• Qi Chuan collected the beast's materials and half of its Demon Core, burned the remaining corpse, and departed toward the outskirts of the Tianyou Mountain Range.
• A blue-robed Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator emerged from hiding and wondered fearfully whether a Core Formation Cultivator had fought the beast.

Qi Chuan acquired the High Tier 3 Heavenly Gang Profound Armor, advanced his spiritual soul to Late Core Formation, and received word that A-wood Thunder Pine had appeared in Lightning Strike Canyon. He reached the canyon and began searching a stone mountain after finding no sign of the Divine Wood on its surface.

• Qi Chuan exchanged Sect Contribution and other resources for the purely defensive Heavenly Gang Profound Armor, strengthening his defenses.
• Qi Chuan cultivated for five years, then used the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Prison Meditation Method to advance his spiritual soul to Late Core Formation.
• Zhao Ming sent Qi Chuan a Jade Slip reporting that A-wood Thunder Pine was located in Lightning Strike Canyon near the border with Tianhan Prefecture.
• Qi Chuan traveled for over a month to Lightning Strike Canyon and flew directly over its mountain wall into the depths.
• Qi Chuan searched an ordinary stone mountain for the A-wood Thunder Pine but found no trace of it and wondered if it was inside the mountain.

Qi Chuan waited through months of storms in Lightning Strike Canyon until the A-wood Thunder Pine appeared, then captured it before a rival could reach it. A black-robed Mid Core Formation elder from Tianhan Prefecture confronted him and asked him to yield the divine wood.

• Qi Chuan concealed himself near the stone mountain and waited for the extreme thunderstorm that might reveal the A-wood Thunder Pine.
• After months of gathering storm clouds, a colossal thunderbolt struck the mountain at noon, and the A-wood Thunder Pine emerged.
• Qi Chuan sensed a Core Formation cultivator approaching, revealed himself, and bound the A-wood Thunder Pine with talismans before storing it in his Cosmic Bag.
• The black-robed elder arrived and identified Qi Chuan as a member of the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• The elder said he was determined to obtain the A-wood Thunder Pine and asked Qi Chuan to yield it in exchange for generous repayment.

Qi Chuan defeated and killed a black-robed elder who tried to seize the A-wood Thunder Pine, then returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect and began using it to cultivate the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling True Art. He refined the pine with lightning-element materials until it began melting into silver liquid marked with golden lightning.

• Qi Chuan refused to surrender the A-wood Thunder Pine, and the black-robed elder challenged him, intending to take it by force.
• The black-robed elder attacked with a dagger-blade magic artifact, but Qi Chuan’s Heavenly Gang Profound Armor caught and crushed it.
• The black-robed elder tried to flee, but Qi Chuan struck him with the Nine Layers Painful Soul Technique and killed him with the Ming Wang Fist.
• Qi Chuan took the elder’s Cosmic Bag, traveled back to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, and entered his Cave Mansion to cultivate the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling True Art.
• Qi Chuan refined lightning-element materials into silver liquid, restrained the A-wood Thunder Pine with it, and began tempering the pine in pill fire until it started melting.

Qi Chuan successfully cultivated the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling True Art Spirit Seed and condensed the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling Divine Thunder, then spent the following years helping suppress rampaging Demon Insects. He arrived at the Golden Eagle Sect to hunt a powerful three-headed Demon Insect and learned where it had been active before setting out to find it.

• Qi Chuan spent over a month condensing the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling True Art Spirit Seed, then formed a bolt of Grand Unity Demon-Quelling Divine Thunder and felt how much dharma power it consumed.
• Eight years passed as Demon Insects spread through Northern Hua Province and neighboring regions, prompting the three great Nascent Soul sects and local Core Formation Powers to organize patrols.
• Qi Chuan, whose cultivation had reached the peak of Mid Core Formation, arrived at the Golden Eagle Sect after Gan Mu requested help against a powerful Demon Insect in Qi State.
• Gan Mu told Qi Chuan that the three-headed Demon Insect had devastated a city, defeated him, and was heading north toward Qi State's imperial capital.
• Gan Mu gave Qi Chuan a map of the Demon Insect's recent activity, but Qi Chuan stopped him before he could explain the creature's abilities.

Qi Chuan destroyed a powerful demon insect with the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling Divine Thunder, then completed his long preparation and broke through to Late Core Formation. He ended the chapter assessing his greatly enlarged First-grade Nine-Aperture Golden Core and preparing to face the Demon Insect Tide with renewed confidence.

• Qi Chuan ignored Gan Mu’s warnings, traveled to Cangshan Commandery, and found the demon insect near a ruined city.
• Qi Chuan tested the insect’s strange attacks, then annihilated it with the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling Divine Thunder as it tried to burrow away.
• The city’s survivors thanked Qi Chuan, and he returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• After two more years of accumulating Inspiration Opportunities, Qi Chuan completed them and began cultivating the ninth level of the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art.
• Qi Chuan completed his breakthrough after four months and reached Late Core Formation.
• Qi Chuan examined his dantian and found that his First-grade Nine-Aperture Golden Core had grown more than three times larger.