Chapter Summaries

Qi Chuan cultivated his body in Ground Flame Sea Volcano and discovered that the Fire Seeking Art could sense a high-grade Special Spiritual Flame deep beneath the magma during a thermal energy eruption. After the eruption, he plunged into the depths to search for it, protected by his Earth-Returning Body-Protecting Armor.

• Qi Chuan entered Ground Flame Sea Volcano and cultivated his body in the magma, improving his physical strength through the Great Bright King Art.
• After two months of training, Qi Chuan killed a Low Tier 3 Earth Flame Spirit Horn Lizard and took its Demonic Beast Inner Core.
• Qi Chuan escaped the magma as the volcano’s thermal energy mass erupted, sending magma surging into the air.
• Qi Chuan circulated the Fire Seeking Art during the eruption and sensed a high-grade Special Spiritual Flame in the volcano’s deepest magma layers.
• Qi Chuan dove back into the magma after the eruption and continued past his body’s limits with the protection of his Earth-Returning Body-Protecting Armor.

Qi Chuan failed to locate the Special Spiritual Flame in the depths of the Ground Flame Sea Volcano and headed toward Northern Hua Province. On the way, he found the Myriad Flower Sect under attack by two Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demons and appeared before its besieged members, leaving Gong Yunrou uncertain whether he was friend or foe.

• Qi Chuan searched the deepest magma with the Fire Seeking Art but could not find the Special Spiritual Flame, so he left to improve his mastery before returning.
• Qi Chuan flew toward Northern Hua Province and noticed that two Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demons were attacking Hundred Flowers Island.
• The black-and-white sea serpent battered the Myriad Flower Spirit Shadow Great Array with poisonous mist while the turtle Sea Demon repeatedly rammed its weakening section.
• Gong Yunrou reassured Lü Yan and the Myriad Flower Sect elders that she had summoned True Monarch Scarlet Moon and urged them to hold the formation until help arrived.
• Qi Chuan appeared in azure light near the two Sea Demons, and Gong Yunrou worried that the mysterious male cultivator might be a threat.

Qi Chuan appeared outside the Myriad Flower Sect’s array and offered to kill the two Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demons, then fought them alone. He badly wounded the black-and-white giant snake and blasted the blue-black giant turtle into a mountain, leaving both demons under threat.

• Qi Chuan introduced himself to Gong Yunrou and said he would kill the two Sea Demons; after the snake’s ambush failed, Gong Yunrou let him fight without opening the array.
• The black-and-white giant snake attacked Qi Chuan with poisonous flames and poison seeds, but he countered with his Myriad Sins Blood Needle.
• Many needles struck the snake, leaving wounds that continued bleeding as the needles rooted inside its body and began weakening it.
• The blue-black giant turtle charged Qi Chuan like a mountain, and he summoned the Water-Suppressing Profound Heavy Seal.
• Qi Chuan’s seal struck the turtle and hurled it into a mountain ridge, shattering the ridge and exposing a vast abyssal hole.

Qi Chuan slew the two Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demons threatening the Myriad Flower Sect, accepted a Demon Core and other resources as compensation, and departed. One day later, True Monarch Scarlet Moon arrived to find Gong Yunrou safe and learned that a passing Quasi-Great True Lord had killed the demons.

• Qi Chuan overwhelmed and killed the black-and-white giant snake and blue-black giant turtle with his Mysterious Braking Golden Light.
• Gong Yunrou offered Qi Chuan a Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demon Core, and he accepted it along with ordinary resources in exchange for the demons’ remaining materials.
• Qi Chuan told Gong Yunrou that the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect was in Northern Hua Province, then left after accepting her offer of future assistance.
• Gong Yunrou and Lü Yan reflected on their good fortune, and Gong Yunrou ordered the sect members to clean up and repair the aftermath.
• True Monarch Scarlet Moon arrived at the Myriad Flower Sect and asked Gong Yunrou what had happened to the demons.
• Gong Yunrou told True Monarch Scarlet Moon that a passing Quasi-Great True Lord had slain them.

After learning that Qi Chuan had rescued the Myriad Flower Sect, True Monarch Scarlet Moon advised Gong Yunrou to build ties with his sect while cautioning that becoming a Great True Lord was not guaranteed. Qi Chuan returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, cultivated for five years until his Nascent Soul Height reached five inches nine, and then went to meet the First Grand Elder after Sect Leader Zhao Ming summoned him.

• True Monarch Scarlet Moon told Gong Yunrou that Qi Chuan was a Quasi-Great True Lord from the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect and urged her to cultivate ties with the sect, while warning that his advancement to Great True Lord remained uncertain.
• Qi Chuan returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, gave unused resources to True Monarch Qingyun, and refined three Mid Tier 4 Sea Demon Cores into seventeen Nascent Nurturing Pills.
• Qi Chuan consumed the pills and cultivated in seclusion for five years, raising his Nascent Soul Height from five inches eight to five inches nine.
• Qi Chuan realized that reaching six inches would put him on par with a Great True Lord in others' eyes and strength, though he still expected several more years of cultivation.
• Sect Leader Zhao Ming told Qi Chuan that the First Grand Elder was waiting for him in the Myriad Flower Hall, and Qi Chuan departed after giving Zhao Ming a Low-Tier 4 pill.

Qi Chuan agreed to help Ji Feng and the Ancient Spirit Sect hunt a Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon in exchange for high-quality Tier 4 demon cores, while growing suspicious of the costly expedition. After Ji Feng left, Qi Chuan revealed to True Monarch Qingyun that he had already reached the Quasi-Great True Lord realm.

• Ji Feng introduced himself as an Ancient Spirit Sect prodigy and asked the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect to join the search for a Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon alongside other Northern Hua Province Nascent Soul cultivators.
• True Monarch Qingyun explained that Ji Feng and Jin Wuchen had chased the beast into the province and offered one Tier 4 demon core to each participant for help tracking it.
• Qi Chuan questioned the hunt's purpose but agreed to join if his sect received higher-quality demon cores, and Ji Feng supplied Treasure Seeking Mice, the beast's dung, and a control art.
• Qi Chuan gained additional comprehension of the Treasure Seeking Mouse Control Art and learned that the group would set out in three days.
• After Ji Feng departed, True Monarch Qingyun urged Qi Chuan to prepare, and Qi Chuan disclosed that his Nascent Soul Height had reached five inches nine and he had entered the Quasi-Great True Lord realm.

Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun planned to use the Treasure Seeking Mouse to secretly find the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon, while avoiding the Ancient Spirit Sect’s hidden control over it. After mastering the mouse’s control art, Qi Chuan used his Nascent Soul Late Stage divine soul to detect flaws in the spiritual imprint, suggesting he might overcome it.

• Qi Chuan revealed that he had reached the Quasi-Great True Lord realm, and True Monarch Qingyun realized he could rival Jin Wuchen and overpower Ji Feng.
• Qi Chuan proposed secretly taking the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon with the Treasure Seeking Mouse, and True Monarch Qingyun agreed the plan could work if they dealt with the Ancient Spirit Sect’s hidden imprint.
• Qi Chuan studied the Treasure Seeking Mouse Control Art and reached the entry level, allowing him to summon and command the mouse.
• Qi Chuan discovered a spiritual energy imprint in the mouse that could control, spy on, recall, or destroy it, so he practiced the art for more than two days.
• Qi Chuan advanced the Treasure Seeking Mouse Control Art to the Minor Accomplishment Stage, but his Nascent Soul Late Stage divine soul detected flaws in the imprint as it assimilated his control power.

Jin Wuchen and Ji Feng assembled the Northern Hua Province cultivators to hunt the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon in the Severing Spirit Mountain Range. After inspecting their Treasure Seeking Mice and assigning search routes, the five cultivators set out while Jin Wuchen guarded the southern entrance.

• Jin Wuchen told Ji Feng he would guard the mountain range’s southern entrance while Ji Feng searched for the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon with the others.
• True Monarch Azure Sword and True Monarch Yin Yang arrived, followed by True Monarch Qingyun and Qi Chuan.
• Jin Wuchen examined Qi Chuan’s concealed aura and mistook it for a well-practiced aura-concealment technique, while Qi Chuan recognized Jin Wuchen’s Nascent Soul Height.
• Ji Feng explained the hunt plan, and Jin Wuchen and Ji Feng inspected each cultivator’s Treasure Seeking Mouse.
• Ji Feng divided the mountain range into five search routes and promised a Mid Tier 4 Demonic Beast Core as a reward for finding the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon.
• Qi Chuan and the other four cultivators flew into the mountain range along separate routes as Jin Wuchen watched from the southern entrance.

Qi Chuan searched the Severing Spirit Mountain Range for the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon while Jin Wuchen monitored the searchers and discovered True Monarch Azure Sword was slacking. After the Treasure Seeking Mouse found the beast hiding inside a giant rock, Qi Chuan approached it in secret and summoned the Sea-Calming Sword to kill it unnoticed.

• Qi Chuan sent his Treasure Seeking Mouse ahead while using his stronger soul and advanced control art to search separately across a wider area.
• Jin Wuchen spied on the searchers through their Treasure Seeking Mice and grew furious when he saw True Monarch Azure Sword deliberately avoiding the hunt.
• Qi Chuan's Treasure Seeking Mouse detected the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon inside a massive underground rock and fled after sensing its pressure.
• Qi Chuan followed the mouse's directions, concealed his aura, and confirmed that the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon was sleeping inside the rock.
• Qi Chuan summoned the Sea-Calming Sword to attack the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon without alerting anyone.

Qi Chuan secretly killed the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon and discovered it carried a high-tier Demon Pearl, prompting him to suspect that his own Demon Pearl and Broken Sword were Fifth-Tier items. After the search party failed to find the dragon, Jin Wuchen attacked True Monarch Azure Sword, and True Monarch Yin Yang intervened.

• Qi Chuan concealed the giant boulder with talismans, entered the dragon’s lair, and killed the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon with the Nine Layers Painful Soul Technique and Sea-Calming Sword.
• Qi Chuan retrieved the dragon’s Demon Core and a golden-threaded purple Demon Pearl, then compared the pearl with his own pure golden Demon Pearl and wondered if it and his Broken Sword were Fifth-Tier items.
• Qi Chuan burned the dragon’s corpse and prepared to restore its hidden chamber while Ji Feng, True Monarch Yin Yang, True Monarch Azure Sword, and the others continued searching in vain.
• Jin Wuchen grew suspicious of True Monarch Azure Sword as the searchers approached his position without reporting any discovery.
• After the group reunited and admitted they had found nothing, Jin Wuchen struck True Monarch Azure Sword, and True Monarch Yin Yang stepped in to oppose the attack.

Qi Chuan joined Jin Wuchen and the others as they hunted a second Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon, but the beast’s corpse did not contain the item Jin Wuchen was seeking. Jin Wuchen searched Ji Feng’s Cosmic Bags and cleared him of taking it, leaving the item’s disappearance unexplained.

• True Monarch Azure Sword fled after Jin Wuchen confronted him, and the group divided the Severing Spirit Mountain Range into four search regions again.
• Qi Chuan heard a Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon cry and hurried to Ji Feng’s region, where Jin Wuchen and Ji Feng were fighting a second beast.
• Jin Wuchen killed the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon after half a day of battle, and Ji Feng searched its corpse for the Demon Core and the missing item.
• Jin Wuchen suspected Ji Feng and inspected his Cosmic Bags, discovering that Ji Feng had not taken the item.
• Jin Wuchen found no trace of the item in either Ji Feng’s bags or the beast’s corpse, and it remained missing without a trace.

Qi Chuan secured a Great True Lord-level demonic pearl from the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon while Jin Wuchen failed to recover it and paid the hired cultivators their agreed rewards. Back at the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, Qi Chuan received True Monarch Qingyun’s demon core and prepared to advance his Nascent Soul Height toward six inches.

• Jin Wuchen ordered Qi Chuan, True Monarch Qingyun, Ji Feng, and True Monarch Yin Yang to search the Severing Spirit Mountain Range again, offering double payment if they found another Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon.
• After the searchers returned empty-handed, Jin Wuchen paid their rewards, and True Monarch Yin Yang accepted his lower-quality Demon Core after Jin Wuchen rebuked him.
• Jin Wuchen told Ji Feng to make Azure Sword Pavilion suffer, then warned Ji Feng not to come within ten zhang of him before departing for Northern Heaven Province.
• Qi Chuan and True Monarch Qingyun returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, where Qi Chuan revealed the Great True Lord-level demonic pearl he had taken from the Flipping Abyss Earth Dragon.
• True Monarch Qingyun gave Qi Chuan his upper-middle-quality Mid-Tier 4 Demon Core, and Qi Chuan resolved to use the Nascent Nurturing Pills he could refine to push his Nascent Soul Height toward six inches.

After five years of cultivation, Qi Chuan reached a Nascent Soul Height of five inches and nine nines, becoming the strongest cultivator below the Great True Lord realm. He traveled to Ice Valley's Ground Flame Sea Volcano, found the hidden Special Spiritual Flame, and planned to gather the items needed to refine it.

• Qi Chuan raised his Nascent Soul Height to five inches and nine nines, the highest level below the Great True Lord realm.
• Qi Chuan decided to pursue a six-inch Nascent Soul Height, then left seclusion to search for the Special Spiritual Flame and cultivate his body.
• Qi Chuan entered the deepest magma layer of Ice Valley's Ground Flame Sea Volcano and used the Fire Seeking Art to locate the flame.
• Qi Chuan channeled the Fire Seeking Art into his eyes and saw that the Special Spiritual Flame's true body was an invisible fire lotus.
• Qi Chuan sensed that the fire lotus held power at least equal to a Great True Lord and resolved to prepare auxiliary items before returning to refine it.

Qi Chuan cultivated his body in the Ground Flame Sea Volcano while Lin Yan and Zhen Chai of the Divine Fire Sect arrived at Ice Valley seeking a hidden Special Spiritual Flame. After True Monarch You Bing warned Qi Chuan that they were approaching, Qi Chuan recovered from his injuries and decided to see what happened.

• Qi Chuan withdrew his protective mana at the eight-hundred-zhang magma layer and cultivated the Great Bright King Art, improving his body after four days.
• Lin Yan and Zhen Chai arrived at Ice Valley and demanded access to the Ground Flame Sea Volcano to search for something, refusing to offer meaningful compensation.
• True Monarch You Bing told them that Qi Chuan was already cultivating in the volcano, and Lin Yan accused him of making a fool of the Divine Fire Sect before heading there with Zhen Chai.
• After Lin Yan and Zhen Chai left, True Monarch You Bing sent Qi Chuan a warning that they were searching for a hidden Special Spiritual Flame and advised him to withdraw.
• Qi Chuan heard the warning, judged that Lin Yan would not defeat him, and swallowed a healing elixir while preparing to recover.

Lin Yan and Zhen Chai searched the Ground Flame Sea Volcano for a Special Spiritual Flame while Qi Chuan secretly watched. Lin Yan entered the concealed Formless Qi Flame Lotus and was instantly burned to ashes.

• Lin Yan and Zhen Chai descended into the magma after a rogue cultivator Quasi-Great True Lord left the volcano.
• At the deepest layer, Lin Yan and Zhen Chai split up to search for a Special Spiritual Flame, though Zhen Chai regretted bringing Lin Yan there.
• Qi Chuan revealed he had returned in secret and watched Lin Yan approach the Formless Qi Flame Lotus.
• Lin Yan passed into the hidden flame without noticing it, then burst into flames and was reduced to ashes.

Qi Chuan left the Ground Flame Sea Volcano after Lin Yan was incinerated by the Formless Qi Flame Lotus, while Zhen Chai wrongly concluded that Lin Yan had escaped with the Special Spiritual Flame. Yao Feng contacted Zhen Chai, revealed that Lin Yan’s soul plaque had shattered, and asked for the location so he could search for him.

• Qi Chuan realized the Formless Qi Flame Lotus could kill even a Quasi-Great True Lord and left without trying to refine it.
• Zhen Chai searched the deepest lava layer, then discovered Lin Yan was missing and that his communication artifact and talisman could not reach him.
• Zhen Chai concluded that Lin Yan had taken the Special Spiritual Flame and severed his ties with the Divine Fire Sect, recalling that Yao Feng had once kept a flame Lin Yan discovered.
• Yao Feng contacted Zhen Chai and said Lin Yan’s soul plaque had shattered, making him believe Lin Yan had been killed.
• Zhen Chai told Yao Feng that Lin Yan had likely fled with the Special Spiritual Flame, and Yao Feng asked him for the location so he could search for Lin Yan and guard his refinement.

Yao Feng failed to find the Special Spiritual Flame or trace Lin Yan at the Ground Flame Sea Volcano, then declared Lin Yan a traitor and ordered the sect to hunt him. Elsewhere, True Monarch Scarlet Moon killed a Purple Scale Squid but was ambushed by a far stronger Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demon.

• Yao Feng searched the deepest lava layers with Zhen Chai and sensed that a Special Spiritual Flame had once been there, but it had gone silent.
• Yao Feng tried five secret techniques to locate Lin Yan, but each failed, so he expelled Lin Yan from the Divine Fire Sect and ordered a sect-wide wanted order.
• Qi Chuan hunted Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demons, while True Monarch Scarlet Moon battled a Purple Scale Squid on an unnamed stone island.
• True Monarch Scarlet Moon wounded and exhausted the Purple Scale Squid, then killed it with her Scarlet Blood Spirit Blade and other spiritual treasures.
• A second, more powerful Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demon erupted from the sea and attacked True Monarch Scarlet Moon as she approached her prey.

Qi Chuan rescued True Monarch Scarlet Moon from a powerful Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demon, then accepted the Purple Scale Squid as thanks and introduced himself. Scarlet Moon recognized him as the cultivator who had saved her friend Gong Yunrou and resolved to strengthen ties between the Qinggang Sect and the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.

• True Monarch Scarlet Moon prepared to detonate her Scarlet Blood Spirit Blade and flee from a Mid-Tier 4 Sea Demon that ambushed her after her battle with the Purple Scale Squid.
• Qi Chuan killed the Sea Demon with a swift strike from his azure sword, shocking Scarlet Moon with his formidable Quasi-Great True Lord Spiritual Pressure.
• Scarlet Moon thanked Qi Chuan and offered him the Purple Scale Squid as a reward, which he accepted while collecting materials from both demon corpses.
• Qi Chuan told Scarlet Moon that he belonged to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, and she revealed that her friend Gong Yunrou had told her of his earlier rescue at Hundred Flowers Island.
• Scarlet Moon realized Qi Chuan was an ultimate Quasi-Great True Lord and decided to use their new connection to build closer relations between their sects.

Qi Chuan returned to Myriad Flower Immortal Sect with two Mid Tier 4 Sea Demon Cores and refined them into twelve Nascent Nurturing Pills, giving six to True Monarch Qingyun. After revealing that his Nascent Soul Height was nearly at its final limit, Qi Chuan and Qingyun anticipated his breakthrough to Great True Lord and the sect’s rise to a powerful position.

• Qi Chuan and True Monarch Scarlet Moon agreed to deepen ties between Myriad Flower Immortal Sect and Qinggang Sect, and he left some valuable materials from the sea demons for her.
• Qi Chuan returned to his Tier 4 Cave Dwelling, reflected on his gains and the dangers of the Special Spiritual Flame, then refined the two cores into twelve Nascent Nurturing Pills.
• Qi Chuan gave six pills to True Monarch Qingyun, who urged him to keep them for his own cultivation.
• Qi Chuan told True Monarch Qingyun that his Nascent Soul Height was only a tiny fraction below the final limit, delighting Qingyun with the prospect of a Great True Lord breakthrough.
• True Monarch Qingyun described the Great True Lords across the Northern Heaven Domain and anticipated Myriad Flower Immortal Sect joining the ranks of powerful sects.

After five years of seclusion, Qi Chuan reached a six-inch Nascent Soul Height, the threshold of the Great True Lord realm, and planned to keep his strength hidden while advancing his cultivation. When Great True Lord Snow Dragon summoned the local True Lords to hunt a dangerous demon beast, Qi Chuan told True Monarch Qingyun that neither of them would go, and Qingyun agreed to trust him.

• Qi Chuan learned from True Monarch Qingyun about the Great True Lords of the Northern Heaven Domain and Chaotic Demon Sea, then returned to his Cave Dwelling to cultivate.
• After five years of seclusion, Qi Chuan reached a Nascent Soul Height of six inches and resolved to conceal his strength while pursuing the twelfth layer of his art and an Inspiration Opportunity.
• True Monarch Qingyun summoned Qi Chuan and explained that Great True Lord Snow Dragon had entered Tianhan Prefecture with his Frost Snow Spirit Flood Dragon to hunt a fourth-tier upper-grade demon beast.
• Qingyun proposed that he go alone while Qi Chuan hid in the Chaotic Demon Sea, fearing that refusing Snow Dragon's summons could endanger the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• Qi Chuan insisted that neither of them should go and said they would remain at the sect; after hesitating, Qingyun agreed to follow his decision.