Chapter Summaries

Qi Chuan advanced his Natal Flying Sword into a Mid-Tier 4 weapon and named it the Sea-Calming Sword. After learning of a High-Tier Spirit Vein containing Fourth-Tier Metal in Tianmo Prefecture, he and True Monarch Qingyun traveled there and arrived near the Shaheng Mountain Range, where Xuansha Valley and Yan Sect faced off.

• Qi Chuan refined Fourth-Tier Top-Grade Metal into his flying sword, advanced it to Mid-Tier 4, and named it the Sea-Calming Sword.
• Qi Chuan asked True Monarch Qingyun for more high-tier metal, and True Monarch Qingyun gave him a piece of Fourth-Tier Mid-Grade Metal and told him about the High-Tier Spirit Vein in Tianmo Prefecture.
• Qi Chuan agreed to seek the metal with True Monarch Qingyun, and the two prepared for three days before leaving the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• True Monarch Qingyun explained that Xuansha Valley occupied the High-Tier Spirit Vein at Shaheng Mountain Range while Yan Sect watched from a nearby stronghold.
• Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun arrived near Shaheng Mountain Range in concealment and surveyed the positions of Xuansha Valley and Yan Sect.

Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun broke into True Monarch Xuansha’s stronghold to obtain Fourth-Tier Mid-to-Top Grade Metal, but Xuansha chose to negotiate rather than fight. Qi Chuan took the metal in exchange for pills and talismans, and the chapter ended with a deal for any remaining metal and compensation for the formation they had destroyed.

• Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun decided they could not secretly collect the metal and flew to the Shaheng Mountain Range to confront True Monarch Xuansha.
• The pair evaded Xuansha Valley’s defenses, learned Xuansha’s location, and broke through the formation protecting his Cave Dwelling.
• True Monarch Xuansha recognized the two Myriad Flower Immortal Sect cultivators and offered up his Fourth-Tier Metal rather than fight them.
• Qi Chuan accepted Xuansha’s six pieces of Fourth-Tier Mid-Grade Metal and three pieces of Fourth-Tier Top-Grade Metal, leaving the Low-Grade Metal behind.
• Qi Chuan offered to exchange pills and talismans for additional metal at thirty percent above market price, and agreed to pay for the destroyed formation.
• True Monarch Xuansha agreed to send any remaining metal from the High-Tier Spirit Vein to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect for the same deal.

Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun secured the Fourth-Tier Mid-to-Top Grade Metal from True Monarch Xuansha by agreeing to supply pills and talismans, while Xuansha secretly considered the danger Qi Chuan posed. On their way back to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, Qingyun persuaded Qi Chuan to raid a Tier 4 Spirit Herb resource site within the Yan Sect's Sect Domain.

• Qi Chuan gave True Monarch Xuansha Mid-to-Low Grade Tier 4 pills and talismans in exchange for the mined and future Fourth-Tier Mid-to-Top Grade Metal.
• True Monarch Xuansha agreed to the deal, then realized Qi Chuan had likely destroyed his formation with a single sword strike and worried about his strength.
• True Monarch Nongyan investigated the disturbance near Xuansha's Cave Dwelling but found no explanation and ordered his Core Formation Elders to continue investigating.
• Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun left for the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect with their deal secured, while Qingyun lamented that they had not fought.
• True Monarch Qingyun told Qi Chuan about a Yan Sect resource site containing Tier 4 Spirit Grass, and Qi Chuan agreed to go with him to collect it.

After Qi Chuan and True Lord Qingyun returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect with Silent Valley’s Tier 4 Spirit Grass, True Monarch Nongyan blamed True Monarch Xuansha and launched an assault on the Shaheng Mountain Range. The two sect leaders began fighting while Qi Chuan and Qingyun traveled home unaware that their actions had sparked a major battle.

• Qi Chuan and True Lord Qingyun returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect with a large haul of Mid-to-Low Grade Tier 4 Spirit Grass from Silent Valley.
• After learning the Spirit Grass had vanished, True Monarch Nongyan suspected Xuansha and ordered the Yan Sect stronghold to attack the Shaheng Mountain Range.
• True Monarch Xuansha denied stealing the herbs and realized Qi Chuan and Qingyun were likely responsible, but kept their involvement secret to protect his deal with Qi Chuan.
• True Monarch Nongyan and True Monarch Xuansha exchanged accusations, then unleashed their strongest divine abilities against each other as their followers battled across the Shaheng Mountain Range.
• Qi Chuan and True Lord Qingyun crossed back into Northern Hua Province and continued toward the Myriad Flower Mountain Range, unaware of the fighting.

After three years of cultivation, Qi Chuan traveled alone to Feixing Island to find Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demons and obtain their cores for refining Nascent Nurturing Pills. At Star Demon Tower, he reached the ninth floor and was introduced to Zhao Xuan, a Star Cloud Pavilion Grand Elder.

• Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun returned from Silent Valley and learned that Xuansha Valley and Yan Sect had clashed over a High-Tier Spirit Vein, leaving both sides injured.
• Qi Chuan spent three years improving his cultivation, sword, divine soul, alchemy, formations, and physique, then set out for Chaotic Demon Sea after using up his Nascent Nurturing Pills.
• Qi Chuan arrived at Monster Hunting City on Feixing Island and found no Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demon Cores or suitable pills for sale.
• Qi Chuan learned that Star Demon Tower sold demon-hunting information, including information about Tier 4 Sea Demons, and went there to seek details.
• Qi Chuan released a trace of his aura to gain access to the ninth floor, where a Core Formation Cultivator introduced him to Zhao Xuan.

Qi Chuan bought information about two Mid-Tier 4 Cloud Shattering Whales near Thousand Cloud Reef, then traveled there and found only one. He attacked it with his Sea-Calming Sword, and their fierce underwater battle continued with the whale wounded but still resisting.

• Qi Chuan met Zhao Xuan at the Star Demon Tower and purchased information about a male and female Cloud Shattering Whale near Thousand Cloud Reef.
• Qi Chuan decided to investigate the reef alone first, planning to seek help from True Monarch Qingyun if necessary.
• Qi Chuan reached Thousand Cloud Reef and used his Spiritual Sense to locate one Cloud Shattering Whale, finding no sign of the second.
• Qi Chuan approached the whale underwater and attacked it with three Sea-Calming Sword Shadows.
• The Cloud Shattering Whale fought back with its powerful body and innate abilities, but Qi Chuan's swords wounded it and drew its blood.

Qi Chuan killed a pair of Cloud Shattering Whales at Thousand Cloud Reef and collected their Demon Cores, then returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect to refine them into Nascent Nurturing Pills. At the Star Demon Tower, Zhao Xuan learned of the whales’ deaths and mistakenly concluded that Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun had defeated them together.

• Qi Chuan recalled the Sea-Calming Sword’s true body and used Man-Sword Unity and Luminous Sword Heart to slay the first Cloud Shattering Whale before its mate could save it.
• The surviving Cloud Shattering Whale attacked Qi Chuan in grief and fury, but Qi Chuan defeated it as well and collected both Demon Cores and valuable Monster Beast Materials.
• Zhao Xuan learned that both Cloud Shattering Whales had been slain and guessed that Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun had joined forces to kill them.
• Zhao Xuan considered befriending Qi Chuan as part of Star Cloud Pavilion’s effort to build ties with powerful cultivators and sects.
• Qi Chuan returned to his Cave Dwelling and refined the two inner cores into two batches of Nascent Nurturing Pills, producing nine finished pills.

After reaching the Nascent Soul Late-stage Divine Soul level and becoming a Tier 4 Low-grade Formation Master, Qi Chuan investigated the ancient formation on Great Wu Island. He found a seemingly dead Demon Corpse pinned by a Broken Sword, but just as he decided it might be safe to claim the sword, he unleashed the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling True Art.

• Qi Chuan’s divine soul broke through to the Nascent Soul Late-stage level, and he prepared to investigate the ancient formation on Great Wu Island.
• Qi Chuan reached the formation, used his stronger Spiritual Sense to see through the damaged, unmastered formation, and discovered a strange corpse pinned down by a Broken Sword.
• Qi Chuan recognized the corpse’s aura as similar to Demon Insects and suspected it was a powerful Demonic Beast from the Demon Realm.
• Qi Chuan tested the corpse with a Fireball Technique and Nascent Fire; it remained still, though the tips of its hair curled slightly under the Nascent Fire.
• Qi Chuan concluded the corpse was probably dead and considered breaking the formation to claim the Broken Sword, while the corpse secretly rejoiced.
• Qi Chuan suddenly activated the Grand Unity Demon-Quelling True Art inside the stone cavern.

Qi Chuan repeatedly struck the trapped Demon Corpse with Grand Unity Demon-Quelling Divine Thunder, ignoring its attempts to bargain and threaten him. After more than half a year of attacks, the Demon Corpse vanished, leaving the gleaming Broken Sword behind.

• Qi Chuan unleashed Grand Unity Demon-Quelling Divine Thunder on the Demon Corpse, and the lightning also awakened the Broken Sword embedded in its chest.
• The Broken Sword released silver lightning into the Demon Corpse as it resisted the divine thunder, while Qi Chuan refused to stop despite the creature's pleas and offers.
• Qi Chuan meditated to restore his power and repeatedly attacked the Demon Corpse, which survived the blasts and kept trying to persuade him to release it.
• For more than half a year, Qi Chuan alternated between recovering and bombarding the Demon Corpse with increasingly powerful divine thunder.
• Qi Chuan's latest attack destroyed the Demon Corpse, leaving the silver-white Broken Sword embedded in the ground.

After killing the Demon Corpse, Qi Chuan claimed its Broken Sword and other remains, then traveled to the Deep Sea Ice Pool to cultivate. A Hundredfold Critical Hit finally advanced him to a Fourth-tier Early Body Cultivator.

• Qi Chuan pulled the Broken Sword from the ancient formation and collected the Demon Corpse’s Golden Horn, golden eyes, and golden demonic pearl.
• Qi Chuan left the cavern and traveled to Sea Bamboo Island, where he learned that True Monarch Green Bamboo was away.
• Qi Chuan went to the Deep Sea Ice Pool and repeatedly cultivated the Great Bright King Art while recovering from the freezing injuries.
• After a month and a half, Qi Chuan triggered a Hundredfold Critical Hit and advanced to a Fourth-tier Early Body Cultivator.

Qi Chuan broke through to Fourth-tier Early Body Cultivator and left the Deep Sea Ice Pool for Sea Bamboo Island. There, he found True Monarch Green Bamboo facing demands from True Monarch Golden Tablet and True Monarch Spirit Creation, who wanted the treasure Green Bamboo had taken from the ruins.

• Qi Chuan gained enough strength to advance to Fourth-tier Early Body Cultivator, completing the breakthrough after twenty days.
• Qi Chuan tested his new physical power, found the white ice pool could no longer help him cultivate, and headed toward Sea Bamboo Island to greet True Monarch Green Bamboo.
• True Monarch Golden Tablet and True Monarch Spirit Creation surrounded the Green Bamboo Sect and demanded that True Monarch Green Bamboo share the treasure he had obtained in the ruins.
• True Monarch Green Bamboo recalled how Golden Tablet and Spirit Creation had joined forces against him after coveting the gains from his secret chamber on the center path.
• True Monarch Green Bamboo refused to hand over his treasure, declaring that he would not give it to the two True Lords even for nothing.

Golden Tablet True Lord and True Monarch Spirit Creation attacked the Green Bamboo Sect’s protective formation to force Qingzhu True Lord to surrender the relic’s treasure. Qi Chuan arrived unexpectedly, and after Qingzhu True Lord explained the dispute, the two attackers waited to judge his strength.

• Qingzhu True Lord refused to surrender his relic gains and held out hope that Qi Chuan would arrive from the Deep Sea Ice Pool.
• Golden Tablet True Lord and True Monarch Spirit Creation battered the Green Bamboo Sect’s sect-protecting grand formation with their spirit treasures.
• Qi Chuan appeared silently behind the two attackers, startling them, and Qingzhu True Lord opened the formation to greet him.
• Qingzhu True Lord explained to Qi Chuan how he had encountered Golden Tablet True Lord and True Monarch Spirit Creation in the relic.
• Golden Tablet True Lord and True Monarch Spirit Creation chose not to flee while they assessed whether Qi Chuan was a Great True Lord.

Qi Chuan tried to make True Monarch Golden Tablet and True Monarch Spirit Creation withdraw from their dispute with True Monarch Green Bamboo, but they refused after learning Qi Chuan was also at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. The two attacked him together, and Qi Chuan countered with his Sea-Calming Sword, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Qi Chuan agreed to help True Monarch Green Bamboo and asked True Monarch Golden Tablet and True Monarch Spirit Creation to leave the Green Bamboo Sect alone.
• True Monarch Spirit Creation asked Qi Chuan about his sect and cultivation realm, and Qi Chuan revealed that he came from the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect in the Northern Heaven Domain and was at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• True Monarch Golden Tablet and True Monarch Spirit Creation refused to give up the ruins’ secret treasure, despite their earlier promises, and demanded a share of the gains.
• True Monarch Green Bamboo offered to fight alongside Qi Chuan, but Qi Chuan insisted on facing both opponents himself.
• True Monarch Golden Tablet attacked with the Spirit-Suppressing Golden Tablet while True Monarch Spirit Creation unleashed a torrent of stones from his stone-bottle spirit treasure.
• Qi Chuan summoned the Sea-Calming Sword, divided it into two Sword Shadows, and sent the three blades toward his two attackers.

Qi Chuan defeated True Monarch Golden Tablet and True Monarch Spirit Creation’s assault on the Green Bamboo Sect, then accepted their apology and compensation instead of killing them. He told True Monarch Green Bamboo that he planned to leave Sea Bamboo Island because he had become a Fourth-tier Early Body Cultivator and needed a better place to train.

• Qi Chuan’s overwhelming sword power made True Monarch Golden Tablet and True Monarch Spirit Creation realize they could not win, so both conceded and withdrew their spirit treasures.
• Qi Chuan ordered the two True Monarchs to heal True Monarch Green Bamboo, pay triple compensation for damage to the sect’s protective formation, apologize, and promise not to trouble the sect again.
• True Monarch Golden Tablet and True Monarch Spirit Creation delivered the compensation, apologized, and flew away; the Green Bamboo Sect disciples cheered and thanked Qi Chuan.
• Qi Chuan and True Monarch Green Bamboo went to the sect’s main hall, where Qi Chuan explained that he had come to bid farewell and would likely not return to Sea Bamboo Island to cultivate.
• Qi Chuan revealed that he had reached the Fourth-tier Early Body Cultivator realm, and True Monarch Green Bamboo marveled at his achievements in both body and dharma cultivation.

Qi Chuan agreed to head to the body cultivation ground near Ice Valley, and True Monarch Green Bamboo shared treasures from the ruin’s central secret chamber with him. After Qi Chuan copied several cultivation methods and divine abilities, Green Bamboo revealed a mysterious green lotus spirit seed that he believed might be the chamber’s most important treasure.

• Qi Chuan confirmed that he planned to cultivate near Ice Valley, and True Monarch Green Bamboo discussed the powerful sect overseeing the area.
• True Monarch Green Bamboo offered to share the ruin’s recovered methods and abilities, and Qi Chuan accepted them for the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect and his own use.
• Qi Chuan copied the incomplete Fifth-Tier Cultivation Method Primordial Unity Art.
• Qi Chuan copied the Youth Preserving Art after discovering that its highest level could conceal bone age, and he named the ability to sense Special Spiritual Flames the Fire Seeking Art.
• True Monarch Green Bamboo revealed that the final mysterious object was a green lotus seed, which he believed might be more important than the other treasures.

Qi Chuan and True Monarch Green Bamboo failed to activate the mysterious Green Lotus Seed, so Qi Chuan took it back to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect and shared his new cultivation techniques with True Monarch Qingyun. Qingyun then told him that True Monarch Azure Sword’s attempt to become a Great True Lord had failed, leaving Qi Chuan warned to approach his own future breakthrough with extreme caution.

• Qi Chuan and True Monarch Green Bamboo tested the Green Lotus Seed with spiritual soil, elemental powers, and other methods, but it showed no signs of life and resisted even Qi Chuan’s Sea-Calming Sword.
• True Monarch Green Bamboo gave the Green Lotus Seed to Qi Chuan, who agreed that their sects would maintain friendly relations before returning to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• Qi Chuan reviewed his journey’s gains and gave True Monarch Qingyun the incomplete Primordial Unity Art, the Youth Preserving Art, and the Fire Seeking Art; Qingyun could not identify the Green Lotus Seed either.
• True Monarch Qingyun told Qi Chuan that True Monarch Azure Sword’s Great True Lord breakthrough had failed and left him gravely weakened, prompting Qingyun to worry about his own future breakthrough.
• Qi Chuan offered to seek treasures or refine elixirs to help Qingyun, who urged Qi Chuan to be extremely cautious when he eventually attempted to become a Great True Lord.

Qi Chuan traveled to Ice Valley to seek permission to cultivate at its Tier 4 Mid-grade Body Cultivation Ground, discovering that the site was heavily guarded because of its value to Ice Valley. He reached Ice Valley’s main hall and greeted True Monarch You Bing under the pressure of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator’s aura.

• Qi Chuan reassured True Monarch Qingyun that he would approach the Great True Lord bottleneck cautiously, then returned to his Cave Dwelling and focused on strengthening his Nascent Soul.
• After more than half a year of adapting to his Fourth-tier Early body, Qi Chuan decided to visit the body cultivation ground near Ice Valley in the northern Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Qi Chuan secretly investigated the volcanic cultivation ground and learned that Ice Valley guarded it for its special magma and the Earth Flame Spirit Horn Lizard Demonic Cores it produced.
• Qi Chuan chose to negotiate with Ice Valley’s Grand Elder, True Monarch You Bing, rather than force his way into the guarded volcano.
• Qi Chuan arrived at Ice Valley, identified himself to steward Zhang, and was escorted to the main hall, where he greeted True Monarch You Bing without yielding to his intimidating pressure.

Qi Chuan asked True Monarch You Bing to let him use Ice Valley’s Ground Flame Sea Volcano, but You Bing refused and challenged him to withstand three moves in exchange. As You Bing’s first attack struck, Qi Chuan calmly prepared to respond.

• Qi Chuan offered compensation for borrowing Ice Valley’s Tier 4 Mid-grade Body Cultivation Ground, but True Monarch You Bing refused to lend the Ground Flame Sea Volcano.
• Qi Chuan insisted the transaction must happen, and True Monarch You Bing agreed to lend the site if Qi Chuan survived three moves from him.
• Qi Chuan accepted the challenge and clarified that he would use the Ground Flame Sea Volcano only a few months each year.
• True Monarch You Bing and Qi Chuan flew above Ice Valley’s main hall as the Core Formation Elders gathered to watch.
• True Monarch You Bing launched the first of his three moves with the Profound Ancient Ice Blade, and Qi Chuan declared that the attack was not enough to defeat him.

Qi Chuan used three different divine abilities to withstand True Monarch You Bing’s attacks and fulfilled their three-move agreement. He then launched a terrifying sword strike at True Monarch You Bing, who roared for him to stop.

• Qi Chuan used Heavenly Illusion Step to evade True Monarch You Bing’s first attack and revealed he had cultivated the movement divine ability to its second level.
• True Monarch You Bing unleashed a tide of blue Spirit Water, but Qi Chuan’s Earth-Returning Body-Protecting Armor withstood it.
• True Monarch You Bing’s final attack covered the area in freezing snow, but Qi Chuan’s five-colored flames from the Great Blazing Flame Art melted the cold and left him unharmed.
• After surviving all three moves, Qi Chuan attacked True Monarch You Bing with the Sea-Calming Sword, strengthened by Luminous Sword Heart and Illusion-Breaking Sword.
• True Monarch You Bing, stung by the sword’s pressure and unsure he could block it, shouted for Qi Chuan to stop.

Qi Chuan and True Monarch You Bing ended their battle after You Bing learned that Qi Chuan was a Quasi-Great True Lord and heard his offer to refine a difficult pill. You Bing agreed to let Qi Chuan use Ice Valley’s Ground Flame Sea Volcano in exchange for a guaranteed successful refinement, and they arrived at the valley’s finest alchemy chamber.

• True Monarch You Bing accused Qi Chuan of hiding his Quasi-Great True Lord cultivation and toying with Ice Valley, shocking the watching Core Formation Elders.
• Qi Chuan explained that You Bing had refused to hear his proposal and apologized for how events had unfolded, then asked whether You Bing would agree to the transaction.
• You Bing asked whether Qi Chuan could refine a difficult Mid Tier 4 pill from a rare Earth Flame Spirit Horn Lizard Demon Core, and Qi Chuan guaranteed at least two pills or offered five Mid-Tier 4 Demon Cores as compensation.
• You Bing accepted Qi Chuan’s offer and handed him the Demon Core and pill recipe, and Qi Chuan said he could begin refining immediately.
• You Bing ordered an Elder to prepare Ice Valley’s finest alchemy chamber and escorted Qi Chuan to the Spirit Peak where it was located.