Chapter Summaries

Qi Chuan advanced to Late Core Formation, comprehended the Illusion-Breaking Sword, and upgraded Qing Feng Sword into the Pure Green Sword. After the sect’s great bell summoned its leaders and Core Formation cultivators, True Monarch Qingyun recognized Qi Chuan’s breakthrough, and the gathering turned to discuss the Demon Insect Tide.

• Qi Chuan comprehended the ninth Sword Dao Divine Ability, the Illusion-Breaking Sword, after reaching Late Core Formation.
• Qi Chuan refined High Tier 3 metal into Qing Feng Sword, advancing it to a High Tier 3 Flying Sword and renaming it the Pure Green Sword.
• After hearing three bell chimes, Qi Chuan went to Myriad Flower Hall, where he found True Monarch Qingyun and Sect Leader Zhao Ming.
• True Monarch Qingyun identified Qi Chuan as having reached Late Core Formation, shocking Zhao Ming and the other Core Formation True Persons.
• Qi Chuan confirmed his breakthrough, and True Monarch Qingyun praised him before directing the gathering to discuss the Demon Insect Tide.

Qi Chuan joined the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect’s forces to resist the Demon Insect Tide and defended his assigned section of the front line. After effortlessly killing a Foundation Establishment demon insect, he also destroyed an escaped Early Core Formation demon insect with a single Sword Gang.

• True Monarch Qingyun announced that the Demon Insect Tide would erupt in one month and ordered the sect’s Core Formation True Persons to defend the front lines.
• Qi Chuan spent the month practicing alchemy and exchanged with Zhao Ming for several High Tier 3 elixirs before setting out with True Monarch Qingyun’s forces.
• At the Demon Insect Nest, Qi Chuan took command of Dingchen Sector Thirteen and answered a Foundation Establishment disciple’s request for help.
• Qi Chuan killed a Foundation Establishment Perfection demonic scorpion with a casual Sword Gang, after the sect’s disciples had struggled to contain it.
• When the formation sounded an alarm, Qi Chuan destroyed an escaped Early Core Formation demon insect with a Sword Gang carrying Sword Intent.

Qi Chuan advanced to a Tier 3 High-grade Alchemist, refined his first Great Return Pills, and focused on strengthening his cultivation and soul. When a powerful Late Core Formation demon insect threatened Qu Xuanlei’s section, Qi Chuan joined him and helped kill it, leaving Qu Xuanlei convinced that Qi Chuan might be stronger than he was.

• Qi Chuan killed two demon insects in his guarded section, collected their demon pearls, and returned to his cave dwelling to cultivate with the White Dragon Cauldron.
• After four months, Qi Chuan’s Purple Profound Pill refinement advanced him to a Tier 3 High-grade Alchemist, allowing him to begin refining Great Return Pills.
• Qi Chuan successfully refined two Great Return Pills, consumed one to improve his Golden Core, and continued cultivating his soul in preparation for a future Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Two months later, a Foundation Establishment disciple told Qi Chuan that Qu Xuanlei needed help against a Late Core Formation demon insect, so Qi Chuan rushed to the Bing Mao Position.
• Qi Chuan and Qu Xuanlei fought together and killed the Giant Cockroach demon insect, after which Qu Xuanlei remarked that Qi Chuan’s strength might have surpassed his own.

Qi Chuan spent a year fighting demon insects and gathering Great Return Pill materials before returning to guard the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect. His quiet rotation was interrupted when Guan Yunyun returned gravely injured after encountering a High Tier 3 demon insect, and Qi Chuan moved to arrange treatment for her.

• Qi Chuan gave Qu Xuanlei a High Tier 3 demon pearl in exchange for a Great Return Pill ingredient and took Qu Xuanlei's advice to trade with other Core Formation cultivators.
• Qi Chuan met Azure Sword Son and traded another High Tier 3 demon pearl for Spirit Medicine, leaving Azure Sword Son impressed by his strength.
• Qi Chuan fought at the front lines for nearly a year, killing many demon insects and collecting Great Return Pill materials before his rotation sent him back to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• Qi Chuan took over the sect's mountain-guarding duties from Feng Tan and settled into a routine as its sole Core Formation True Person.
• Hu Tianying brought Guan Yunyun back gravely injured after a High Tier 3 demon insect attacked her; he explained that Qu Xuanlei had arrived in time to save her, though her future cultivation would be affected.
• Qi Chuan resolved to use his authority as mountain guardian to mobilize resources for Guan Yunyun's treatment.

After the Demon Insect Tide ended, True Monarch Qingyun reviewed the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect’s members’ achievements and began verifying their merits. As he read out the records, the hall grew curious about Qi Chuan’s tally, which was left for last.

• Qi Chuan arranged healing resources for Guan Yunyun, and Hu Tianying returned to the front line after escorting her to the sect.
• Guan Yunyun recovered from most of her external injuries over the next month, though her deeper injuries and grief remained; she later took over mountain-guarding duties while Qi Chuan returned to the front line.
• Over the next three years, Qi Chuan served in a more dangerous area and helped Zhao Ming defeat a powerful High Tier 3 demon insect.
• The Demon Insect Tide ended after the ancient formation beneath the Demon Insect Nest stabilized, and True Monarch Qingyun led the Core Formation True Persons back to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• True Monarch Qingyun reviewed the sect members’ merits, including the records of Yu Ming, Yu Yi, Wang Tong, Feng Tan, Hu Tianying, Guan Yunyun, Qu Xuanlei, and Zhao Ming.
• When True Monarch Qingyun left Qi Chuan’s record until last, the hall grew curious about his achievements, especially Qu Xuanlei and Zhao Ming, who knew he had helped slay High Tier 3 demon insects.

Qi Chuan stunned the Myriad Flower Hall with a record 18,100 merit points, earned by personally killing five High Tier 3 demon insects. He chose the Clear Wind Spirit Transformation Pill and Seven Stars Soul-Suppressing Talisman to prepare for his future Nascent Soul breakthrough, leaving the Jade Nascent Soul Marrow unclaimed because he lacked enough merit points.

• True Monarch Qingyun announced that Qi Chuan had personally slain five High Tier 3 demon insects and earned 18,100 merit points, shocking the True Persons in the hall.
• Qi Chuan confirmed his record, while Zhao Ming and Qu Xuanlei recognized that his strength far exceeded theirs.
• True Monarch Qingyun offered Qi Chuan first choice from the resource exchange list, and Qi Chuan requested items that could aid his Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• True Monarch Qingyun presented the Clear Wind Spirit Transformation Pill, Seven Stars Soul-Suppressing Talisman, and Jade Nascent Soul Marrow as rare breakthrough aids.
• Qi Chuan chose the Clear Wind Spirit Transformation Pill and Seven Stars Soul-Suppressing Talisman, explaining that he could not afford the Jade Nascent Soul Marrow with his remaining merit points.

Qi Chuan reached the Nascent Soul Realm spiritual soul level, perfected his Inspiration Opportunity, and prepared to break through into the Nascent Soul Realm. After he told Zhao Ming of his intention, Zhao Ming hurried to inform True Monarch Qingyun and request an audience.

• True Monarch Qingyun promised Qi Chuan resources for his future Nascent Soul breakthrough, including a high-grade Ling Mai site, and the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect returned to its usual operations.
• Over the following years, Qi Chuan advanced his body cultivation and broke through to the Nascent Soul Early Stage spiritual soul level.
• Qi Chuan reached peak Late Core Formation, deduced the tenth layer of the sword art, and spent three years accumulating Inspiration Opportunity until it reached perfection.
• Qi Chuan went to Myriad Flower Hall to seek a high-grade Ling Mai site from True Monarch Qingyun for his Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Zhao Ming was shocked by Qi Chuan's announcement and went to True Monarch Qingyun's place of seclusion to request an audience in person.

Zhao Ming brought True Monarch Qingyun to meet Qi Chuan, who sought a high-grade Ling Mai site for his Nascent Soul breakthrough. After learning Qi Chuan had reached the peak of Late Core Formation years ago and experienced enlightenment, True Monarch Qingyun explained the breakthrough and took him to the site, leaving the sect hopeful that Qi Chuan would succeed.

• Zhao Ming visited True Monarch Qingyun and told him Qi Chuan wanted a high-grade Ling Mai site to attempt the Nascent Soul Realm.
• True Monarch Qingyun inspected Qi Chuan at Myriad Flower Hall and learned he had reached the peak of Late Core Formation four or five years earlier.
• Qi Chuan told True Monarch Qingyun that he had experienced enlightenment and was ready to attempt the breakthrough.
• True Monarch Qingyun explained the Nascent Soul breakthrough to Qi Chuan for an hour, while Zhao Ming listened.
• True Monarch Qingyun took Qi Chuan to a high-grade Ling Mai site, and Zhao Ming wondered whether Qi Chuan would return as a Nascent Soul True Lord.

True Monarch Qingyun brought Qi Chuan to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect’s Eye of the Spiritual Vein and explained the risks and importance of using it to support Qi Chuan’s Nascent Soul breakthrough. After Qi Chuan prepared in the sealed chamber, Qingyun activated the Eye, and a vast torrent of spiritual qi surged toward him.

• True Monarch Qingyun led Qi Chuan to the hidden core of the sect’s Tier 4 Mid-grade Spiritual Vein and explained that activating its Eye could drain the vein but help produce new Nascent Soul True Lords.
• True Monarch Qingyun told Qi Chuan the Eye had not been used for a long time and urged him to seize the opportunity to break through.
• Qi Chuan entered Qingyun’s secluded cultivation chamber, said he needed one hour to prepare, and watched Qingyun leave and seal the doors.
• Qi Chuan calmed his mind, laid out the Clear Wind Spirit Transformation Pill, Seven Stars Soul-Suppressing Talisman, and Jade Nascent Soul Marrow, then reviewed how to use them.
• When the hour passed, True Monarch Qingyun activated the Eye of the Spiritual Vein, sending dense spiritual qi surging through the chamber toward Qi Chuan.

Qi Chuan began his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm in the Eye of the Spiritual Vein, transforming his golden core and transferring his spiritual soul into it before starting to nurture a Nascent Soul. As Qi Chuan continued cultivating inside the sealed Stone Chamber, True Monarch Qingyun oversaw sect affairs at the Myriad Flower Hall, leaving the other Core Formation True Persons puzzled by his prolonged presence there.

• Qi Chuan swallowed the Clear Wind Spirit Transformation Pill, refined the Jade Nascent Soul Marrow, and affixed the Seven Stars Soul-Suppressing Talisman before beginning his breakthrough.
• Qi Chuan constructed a spiritual soul passage over ten days and transformed his First-grade Nine-Aperture Golden Core over the following month.
• Qi Chuan transferred his spiritual soul through the passage into his golden core and sat upon the lotus dais inside it.
• Qi Chuan began nurturing a Nascent Soul, drawing energy from the Clear Wind Spirit Transformation Pill, the Jade Nascent Soul Marrow, and the Spiritual Qi of the Eye of the Spiritual Vein.
• True Monarch Qingyun left his Cave Dwelling to handle affairs at the Myriad Flower Hall while Qi Chuan remained sealed inside the Ten Directions Stone Chamber.
• The Myriad Flower Immortal Sect's Core Formation True Persons wondered why True Monarch Qingyun had stayed at the Myriad Flower Hall for more than a month.

Qi Chuan completed the perilous breakthrough from Core Formation to the Nascent Soul realm after more than a year of cultivation, and his newly formed Nascent Soul reached an extraordinary height of one inch ninety-nine. As he prepared to leave the Ten Directions Stone Chamber, a vast spiritual cloud had already stirred the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect into an uproar.

• The True Persons questioned Zhao Ming about the Grand Elder, while they also noticed that Qi Chuan had not appeared in Myriad Flower Hall.
• Qi Chuan spent over a year nurturing his Dharma Body in the Ten Directions Stone Chamber, then began shattering his First-grade Nine-Aperture Golden Core.
• Qi Chuan's Golden Core shattered, and his undamaged Dharma Body emerged as a Nascent Soul without a Heart Demon illusion.
• Heaven-and-earth spiritual power nourished Qi Chuan's Nascent Soul until it grew to one inch ninety-nine, an unusually high starting point.
• Qi Chuan opened his eyes, rose to leave the Stone Chamber, and remained unaware that a spiritual cloud phenomenon had caused an uproar across the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.

Qi Chuan emerged from seclusion after successfully breaking through to the Nascent Soul True Lord realm, stunning the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect. The sect welcomed him as its Second Grand Elder, while its disciples celebrated the arrival of a second Nascent Soul True Lord.

• A five-hundred-zhang spiritual cloud appeared above True Monarch Qingyun's secluded cultivation grounds, prompting speculation throughout the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• True Person Yu Yi arrived at Myriad Flower Hall, where Zhao Ming revealed that Qi Chuan had succeeded in breaking through and would become the Second Grand Elder.
• True Monarch Qingyun led Zhao Ming and the Core Formation True Persons to Qi Chuan's Cave Dwelling to await his emergence.
• Qi Chuan walked out of the Cave Dwelling radiating an aura like True Monarch Qingyun's, confirming that he had entered the Nascent Soul True Lord realm.
• Zhao Ming and the Core Formation True Persons saluted Qi Chuan as the sect's Second Grand Elder, and disciples across the sect shouted their congratulations.

Qi Chuan emerged from seclusion as a Nascent Soul True Lord, received a Spirit Treasure from True Monarch Qingyun, and agreed to a grand advancement ceremony. After Qi Chuan revealed his Nascent Soul was one inch and ninety-nine percent tall, True Monarch Qingyun implied his own had been about the same height.

• Qi Chuan emerged from seclusion, and Zhao Ming and the Core Formation True Persons congratulated him on becoming the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect’s second Nascent Soul True Lord.
• True Monarch Qingyun recognized Qi Chuan as the second Grand Elder and gave him the Nine Flood Dragon Spirit Fire Cover, a Low-grade Spirit Treasure.
• True Monarch Qingyun asked Qi Chuan to help with an unspecified matter after the advancement ceremony, which the sect planned to hold in one month and invite powers from beyond Northern Hua Province to attend.
• Qi Chuan recalled the North Magnetic Divine Palace’s past role in threatening the Wind Moon Sect and resolved to seek repayment when he returned to Nanhua Prefecture.
• True Monarch Qingyun said preparing a Tier 4 Low-grade Cave Mansion for Qi Chuan would take about a year and offered him access to his own Cave Dwelling meanwhile.
• Qi Chuan told True Monarch Qingyun that his Nascent Soul was one inch and ninety-nine percent tall, and Qingyun claimed his own had been about the same height when he broke through.

Qi Chuan returned to his cave and refined the White Dragon Cauldron, discovering that a mysterious stone talisman inside it was the true source of its Spiritual Qi. The talisman’s spirituality recognized him, and Qi Chuan learned he could now absorb its Spiritual Qi at a concentration equivalent to a Tier 4 Mid-grade Cave Mansion.

• Qi Chuan tested the White Dragon Cauldron and found that it released Spiritual Qi equivalent to a Tier 4 Low-grade Cave Mansion.
• Qi Chuan spent ten days refining the cauldron and gained complete control of the Low-Tier 4 spirit treasure.
• Qi Chuan opened the cauldron and discovered a mysterious stone talisman floating inside its distorted internal space.
• Qi Chuan confirmed that the talisman absorbed his mana and produced the Spiritual Qi that the cauldron released.
• Qi Chuan entered the talisman’s seemingly boundless dark space with his Spiritual Soul Power and sensed its spirituality.
• Qi Chuan learned that the talisman could provide Spiritual Qi equivalent to a Tier 4 Mid-grade Cave Mansion, increasing his potential cultivation speed.

Qi Chuan strengthened his cultivation with the Mysterious Stone Talisman, comprehended the Luminous Sword Heart, and finished refining the Nine Flood Dragon Spirit Fire Cover. Myriad Flower Immortal Sect began celebrating his Nascent Soul advancement ceremony as prominent guests arrived.

• Qi Chuan tested the Mysterious Stone Talisman, used its Tier 4 Mid-grade Spiritual Qi to strengthen his Nascent Soul, and stored it with the White Dragon Cauldron and Mysterious Spirit Mist Marrow.
• Qi Chuan spent ten days comprehending the Luminous Sword Heart, a Sword Dao Divine Ability that helped him perceive and break an enemy's defenses.
• Qi Chuan refined the Nine Flood Dragon Spirit Fire Cover and stored the completed Low-Tier 4 spirit treasure beside his White Dragon Cauldron and Pure Green Sword.
• Three days later, Myriad Flower Immortal Sect decorated its grounds and celebrated having two Nascent Souls, True Monarch Qingyun and True Lord Qi Chuan.
• True Monarch Azure Sword and True Monarch Yin Yang arrived to congratulate Qi Chuan on entering the Nascent Soul Early Stage.

Qi Chuan attended his Nascent Soul ascension ceremony alongside the three great Nascent Soul leaders of Northern Hua Province, who sought to manage relations with the newly powerful Myriad Flower Immortal Sect. After rejecting True Monarch Yin Yang’s offer of Cauldrons and a harvesting technique, Qi Chuan declared that he needed no such things to enter Spirit Transformation, leaving the other True Monarchs surprised and wary.

• True Monarch Azure Sword and True Monarch Yin Yang arrived at the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect to congratulate Qi Chuan on entering the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Qi Chuan received Tier 4 gifts from the two True Monarchs and Tier 3 resources from the visiting Core Formation True Persons.
• True Monarch Azure Sword suggested that Qi Chuan might one day look after the Azure Sword Pavilion, and Qi Chuan avoided making any promise.
• True Monarch Yin Yang offered Qi Chuan Cauldrons and a harvesting technique to speed his cultivation, while True Monarch Azure Sword and True Monarch Qingyun recognized the offer’s potential dangers.
• Qi Chuan declined the offer, saying he needed no such things to enter Spirit Transformation, and both True Monarch Azure Sword and True Monarch Yin Yang wished him success and asked him to help their sects afterward.

Qi Chuan’s Nascent Soul advancement ceremony established the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect as Northern Hua Province’s foremost sect, while his confidence in eventually reaching Spirit Transformation remained grounded in his hidden Golden Finger. After the ceremony, True Monarch Qingyun visited Qi Chuan to seek his help with a matter concerning the Chaotic Demon Sea.

• True Monarch Qingyun considered Qi Chuan’s confidence about reaching Spirit Transformation and suspected it rested on a real foundation, while Qi Chuan privately relied on his Hundredfold Critical Hit Golden Finger and careful approach to staying alive.
• True Monarch Azure Sword and True Monarch Yin Yang left after visiting Qi Chuan, and the ceremony continued with ten days of events and cooperation talks that expanded the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect’s influence.
• Qi Chuan spent the next two days cultivating and practicing alchemy, then welcomed True Monarch Qingyun, who had finished handling the sect’s affairs.
• True Monarch Qingyun asked Qi Chuan what lay east of Northern Hua Province, and Qi Chuan identified the Boundless Sea and described the Chaotic Demon Sea’s islands and powerful inhabitants.

Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun traveled to Begonia Island to secretly harvest high-grade spirit materials from the Thousand-Zhang Abyss before Ye Duahai could claim them. After learning that a second Nascent Soul True Lord from Heavenly Star Palace had arrived, they postponed their plan and decided to observe first.

• True Monarch Qingyun told Qi Chuan how Ye Duahai had destroyed the Profound Dao Sect before founding the Sea Severing Sect on Begonia Island.
• True Monarch Qingyun proposed that Qi Chuan harvest spirit materials in the Thousand-Zhang Abyss while he used illusions to control its sea demons, and Qi Chuan agreed.
• Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun disguised their auras, traveled to Begonia Island, and gathered information at a marketplace.
• They learned that Begonia Island now had a second Nascent Soul True Lord, who came from Heavenly Star Palace.
• True Monarch Qingyun urged Qi Chuan to wait and observe in case the newcomer had come for the spirit materials.

Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun infiltrated the Thousand-Zhang Abyss beneath Begonia Island to investigate its high-grade Spirit Materials. After discovering four Fourth-Tier Low-Grade Sea Demons guarding the coral region, they prepared to act, with Qingyun planning to control the beasts while Qi Chuan gathered the materials.

• True Monarch Qingyun used his Thousand Illusions Myriad Flower Art to conceal himself and Qi Chuan as they descended past the warning formations into the Thousand-Zhang Abyss.
• Qi Chuan privately suspected that Qingyun was a habitual thief and wondered whether the Jade Nascent Soul Marrow that helped him reach the Nascent Soul realm had also been stolen.
• Qi Chuan and Qingyun investigated the abyss and found four Fourth-Tier Low-Grade Sea Demons and a glowing region of Pink Jade Sea Coral where high-grade Spirit Materials grew.
• Qingyun said he could control the four Sea Demons for the time it took to burn one stick of incense, and Qi Chuan agreed to gather the Spirit Materials during that opening.
• Qingyun warned Qi Chuan to prioritize his life and revealed a Fourth-Tier Bewitching Incense before they began their operation.

True Monarch Qingyun used low-tier 4 bewitching incense and his Nightmare Domain to trap four fourth-tier low-grade sea demons while Qi Chuan gathered materials in the Spirit Coral Area. Qi Chuan found fourth-tier metal as well as spirit herbs, but returned only after the agreed time had elapsed, just as one sea demon began to break free.

• True Monarch Qingyun lit low-tier 4 bewitching incense, drawing four fourth-tier low-grade sea demons toward him.
• True Monarch Qingyun extinguished the incense and trapped the four sea demons in his Nightmare Domain illusion.
• Qi Chuan used Man-Sword Unity to reach the Spirit Coral Area and locate fourth-tier spirit herbs and an ore vein containing fourth-tier metal.
• Qi Chuan gathered the materials as the allotted time ran out, while True Monarch Qingyun struggled to sustain the illusion.
• Qi Chuan sped back toward True Monarch Qingyun, but one sea demon began recovering its clarity and threatened to escape the illusion.