Chapter Summaries

Qi Chuan declined Snow Dragon Mountain’s demand and returned to cultivating, while Ji Rui arrived to intimidate the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect. When Ji Rui attacked the sect’s formation, an unknown Great True Lord struck back and drove him away, leaving the sect’s disciples wondering who protected them.

• Qi Chuan left Myriad Flower Hall and began deducing the twelfth layer of the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art in his Tier 4 Cave Dwelling.
• True Monarch Qingyun sent Snow Dragon Mountain a message refusing its proposal for him and Qi Chuan to join the hunt in Tianhan Prefecture.
• Ji Rui flew into Northern Hua Province and confronted the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, whose disciples remained inside the raised sect-protecting formation.
• After waiting without being welcomed, Ji Rui attacked the formation with his supreme Mid-Tier 4 spirit treasure.
• A mana hand emerged from the formation, shattered Ji Rui’s ice-and-snow spear, and warned him to leave or die.
• Ji Rui fled aboard his Flying Ship, while the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect’s disciples wondered who had driven him off.

Qi Chuan drove Ji Rui away with Great True Lord-level power without revealing that he had not actually broken through, keeping the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect safe while he deduced the twelfth layer of his sword art. After completing it in seclusion, he began accumulating Inspiration Opportunities to break through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Qi Chuan struck Ji Rui with a single palm, forcing the Quasi-Great True Lord to flee from the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• True Monarch Qingyun asked whether Qi Chuan had reached the Great True Lord realm, and Qi Chuan explained that his power came from a trump card.
• After ten days passed without Snow Dragon Mountain retaliating, Qi Chuan returned to his fourth-rank Cave Dwelling to continue his deduction.
• Over the next two years, other factions left the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect alone because they feared its mysterious Great True Lord ally.
• Qi Chuan completed the twelfth layer of the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art and began capturing Inspiration Opportunities, succeeding twice.

Qi Chuan drove off Snow Dragon Mountain’s Ji Rui with a display of Great True Lord-level power, keeping the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect safe while he continued his cultivation. After two years, he completed his deduction of the twelfth layer of the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art and began accumulating Inspiration Opportunities to break through to Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Qi Chuan struck Ji Rui away from the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect and told True Monarch Qingyun that his Great True Lord-level power came from a trump card, not a breakthrough.
• Qi Chuan waited ten days for Snow Dragon Mountain to retaliate, then returned to his fourth-rank Cave Dwelling when no one appeared.
• Over the next two years, the other factions learned that a mysterious Great True Lord had protected the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, allowing the sect to develop without interference.
• Qi Chuan used the Spirit Devouring Sword Forging Art and a Hundredfold Critical Hit to complete his deduction of the twelfth layer of the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art.
• Qi Chuan began seeking Inspiration Opportunities to break through to Nascent Soul Late Stage, failing at first before capturing two traces that would accumulate toward completion.

Qi Chuan killed Xi Chun after revealing power comparable to a Great True Lord, ending the threat to the high-grade metal ore vein. He then accepted Gong Yunrou’s metals, gave her elixirs and talismans, and spent three days guiding her cultivation before leaving the Myriad Flower Sect.

• Xi Chun refused to abandon his claim to the ore vein and attacked Qi Chuan with a spirit treasure while protected by an Ancient Jade Pendant.
• Qi Chuan revealed his Great True Lord-level strength, destroyed Xi Chun’s defenses, and killed him despite Xi Chun’s plea to become his slave.
• Gong Yunrou returned, found Xi Chun dead, and concluded that his death left no serious threat to the Myriad Flower Sect.
• Gong Yunrou gave Qi Chuan high-grade metals from the ore vein, and he gave her Tier 4 elixirs and talismans in return.
• Qi Chuan agreed to guide Gong Yunrou through her cultivation problems, resolved them over three days, and then departed as she saw him off.

After six years of gathering Inspiration Opportunities, Qi Chuan reached perfection and began breaking through to the Great True Lord realm. His breakthrough succeeded in a single breath and continued to advance as a Thousand-Zhang Spirit Cloud appeared above the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, leaving its disciples stunned.

• Qi Chuan returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect and spent six years accumulating Inspiration Opportunities for a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Qi Chuan reached perfection in his Inspiration Opportunities and told True Monarch Qingyun to activate the sect-protecting formation and place the sect on emergency alert.
• True Monarch Qingyun sealed the sect, ordered disciples to stay in their Cave Dwellings, and arranged patrols so Qi Chuan could break through without interference.
• Qi Chuan began his breakthrough using a Mysterious Stone Talisman, Nascent Nurturing Pills, Spirit Stones, and the Spiritual Qi of his fourth-tier Cave Dwelling.
• Qi Chuan broke through the Great True Lord bottleneck in one breath, and his Nascent Soul Height continued rising beyond six inches and one.
• A Thousand-Zhang Spirit Cloud formed above Qi Chuan's Cave Dwelling, drawing the attention of Myriad Flower Immortal Sect disciples.

Qi Chuan completed his breakthrough to the Great True Lord realm after a year of absorbing the Thousand-Zhang Spirit Cloud, reaching an eight-inch-one Nascent Soul. He emerged from seclusion to be welcomed by True Monarch Qingyun and the sect elders, while Qingyun prepared to yield him the First Grand Elder position.

• The Myriad Flower Immortal Sect disciples and elders recognized that Qi Chuan was breaking through, while the sect-protecting formation prevented hidden agents from sending news outside.
• True Monarch Qingyun guarded the sect during Qi Chuan's year-long breakthrough, knowing that the Spirit Cloud's benefits and cultivation stabilization would take time.
• The Thousand-Zhang Spirit Cloud disappeared, and True Monarch Qingyun told the elders that he would yield the First Grand Elder position to Great True Lord Qi Chuan.
• Qi Chuan awoke in his Cave Dwelling and learned that his breakthrough had brought him to the Nascent Soul Late Stage with an eight-inch-one Nascent Soul.
• Qi Chuan sensed True Monarch Qingyun, Zhao Ming, and the elders waiting outside, then left his Cave Dwelling to greet them.
• True Monarch Qingyun congratulated Qi Chuan and remarked that he could no longer sense Qi Chuan's aura.

Qi Chuan accepted the position of First Grand Elder of the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect and agreed to hold a Great True Lord advancement ceremony before returning to cultivate. News of his breakthrough reached Great True Lord Snow Dragon, who wondered whether Qi Chuan had been the mysterious expert who defeated Ji Rui.

• True Monarch Qingyun and the Core Formation True Persons congratulated Qi Chuan, who accepted the title of First Grand Elder while leaving sect affairs to True Monarch Qingyun.
• Qi Chuan agreed to hold an advancement ceremony, then returned to his fourth-rank Cave Dwelling to comprehend a new Sword Dao Divine Ability.
• True Monarch Qingyun restored the sect-protecting grand formation to its normal state, allowing hidden agents to report Qi Chuan’s breakthrough to other sects.
• A Snow Dragon Mountain disciple informed Great True Lord Snow Dragon that Qi Chuan of the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect had become a Great True Lord.
• Great True Lord Snow Dragon recalled that Ji Rui had been defeated by a mysterious Great True Lord and questioned whether that expert had been Qi Chuan.

After Qi Chuan advanced to the Great True Lord realm, Great True Lord Snow Dragon and Great True Lord Gu Ling responded by arranging for envoys to visit the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, though Gu Ling still planned to seek revenge over a stolen treasure. News of Qi Chuan’s breakthrough spread across the Northern Heaven Domain and Chaotic Demon Sea, while Qi Chuan remained secluded, comprehending his sword art.

• Great True Lord Snow Dragon summoned Ji Rui and ordered him to bring gifts and apologize to Qi Chuan at the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, and Ji Rui reluctantly agreed.
• Jin Wuchen urged Great True Lord Gu Ling to retaliate against Qi Chuan, but Gu Ling refused to risk a sect war and arranged for Ji Feng to attend Qi Chuan’s advancement ceremony instead.
• Great True Lord Gu Ling resolved to move against Qi Chuan when an opportunity arose because Qi Chuan had taken a valuable treasure from him.
• Great True Lords and factions across the nineteen states of the Northern Heaven Domain and the Chaotic Demon Sea learned of Qi Chuan’s breakthrough and the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect’s rise.
• Qi Chuan remained in his fourth-rank Cave Dwelling, studying the twelfth layer of the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art to comprehend a new Sword Dao Divine Ability.

Qi Chuan comprehended the Heart Soul Sword after reaching the Great True Lord realm and assessed how his new cultivation resources could support his growth. He began advancing the Sea-Calming Sword and confirmed that the Mysterious Stone Talisman now provided Tier 4 supreme-grade Spiritual Qi, then planned to improve his alchemy and Divine Abilities.

• Qi Chuan comprehended the Heart Soul Sword, a powerful Sword Dao Divine Ability that fused his Sword Heart and divine soul into a killing strike.
• Qi Chuan used the Spirit Devouring Sword Forging Art to begin advancing the Sea-Calming Sword with Fourth-Tier Top-Grade Metal.
• Qi Chuan tested the Mysterious Stone Talisman and found that it emitted Spiritual Qi at the level of a Tier 4 supreme-grade Spiritual Vein.
• Qi Chuan reviewed the pill formulas that could aid Great True Lord cultivation and resolved to advance to Fourth-Tier Top-Grade Alchemist while searching for their rare materials.
• Qi Chuan decided to resume cultivating the Ten Absolute Divine Abilities and aimed to bring all ten to the Perfected Stage.

Qi Chuan’s ascension ceremony drew congratulations from sects across the region, including old friends and rival great sects. Two months later, he traveled to the Chaotic Demon Sea after Zhao Xuan found information about a fourth-tier high-grade alchemy material.

• True Monarch Yin Yang, True Monarch Azure Sword, and other Nascent Soul cultivators presented gifts and congratulated Qi Chuan and the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• Chi Yue and Gong Yunrou arrived from the Chaotic Demon Sea, and Qi Chuan invited them to stay; Chi Yue departed while Gong Yunrou remained.
• Ji Rui of Snow Dragon Mountain and Ji Feng of Ancient Spirit Sect came to congratulate Qi Chuan, and he welcomed them despite their sects’ past entanglements with him.
• After the ceremony, Qi Chuan cultivated and searched for fourth-tier high-grade alchemy materials until Zhao Xuan sent word of an opportunity.
• Qi Chuan traveled to Feixing Island and met Zhao Xuan at the Star Demon Tower, where Zhao Xuan greeted him as a Great True Lord.

Qi Chuan traveled to the remote waters where the Tier 4 High-grade demonic beast Blue Tide Stinger Mother appeared under a cloud-covered moon, intending to test his strength against it. When he finally revealed himself and summoned the Sea-Calming Sword, the beast immediately concealed itself and tried to flee, and Qi Chuan ordered it to stay.

• Zhao Xuan gave Qi Chuan information about the Blue Tide Stinger Mother and agreed to ask Star Cloud Pavilion's First Grand Elder whether Qi Chuan could use its Tier 4 High-grade Body Cultivation Ground.
• Qi Chuan traveled for several days to the beast's remote waters and waited until midnight beneath a moon-hidden sky.
• Qi Chuan watched the Blue Tide Stinger Mother rise and feed on Sea Night Fowl while the birds continued hunting One-Eyed Strange Fish around it.
• Qi Chuan decided to test his strength against the beast alone, summoned the Sea-Calming Sword, and revealed himself.
• The Blue Tide Stinger Mother withdrew its venomous stingers, dimmed its glow, and dove away, so Qi Chuan called after it to stay.

Qi Chuan used his sword abilities to slay the Blue Tide Stinger Mother and collected its inner core and materials. After the battle, he met Great True Lord Huang Yu of Eight Imperial Gate, who sought to befriend him and offered to ask Star Cloud Great True Lord to let Qi Chuan use Star Cloud Pavilion’s Tier 4 High-grade Body Cultivation Ground.

• Qi Chuan merged with the Sea-Calming Sword and attacked the Blue Tide Stinger Mother, cutting through its venomous spikes while it resisted.
• Qi Chuan fought the Blue Tide Stinger Mother for an hour before killing it and taking its inner core and valuable materials.
• Qi Chuan sensed a powerful newcomer and called for him to reveal himself; Great True Lord Huang Yu arrived and praised Qi Chuan for killing the sea demon.
• Huang Yu explained that he had come to make Qi Chuan’s acquaintance and said he had no hostile intentions.
• Qi Chuan asked whether Eight Imperial Gate had a Tier 4 High-grade Body Cultivation Ground, and Huang Yu offered to ask Star Cloud Great True Lord to grant him access to Star Cloud Pavilion’s.

Qi Chuan traded some of the Blue Tide Stinger Mother's materials to Great True Lord Huang Yu for supplementary ingredients, then visited Ice Valley and learned that the Special Spiritual Flame might still remain beneath the Ground Flame Sea Volcano. He found the growing Formless Qi Flame Lotus there but was still uncertain whether he could safely refine it.

• Qi Chuan sold Great True Lord Huang Yu some Blue Tide Stinger Mother materials and bought supplementary ingredients for the Nascent Soul Strengthening Pill.
• Great True Lord Huang Yu watched Qi Chuan leave and contacted Star Cloud Great True Lord to tell him what he had seen.
• Qi Chuan visited Ice Valley, where True Monarch You Bing reported that the Special Spiritual Flame beneath the Ground Flame Sea Volcano might still be present.
• Qi Chuan went to the volcano and used the Fire Seeking Art to locate the Formless Qi Flame Lotus in the blazing magma.
• Qi Chuan saw that the Formless Qi Flame Lotus had grown, but he doubted he could refine it safely.

Qi Chuan cultivated at the Ground Flame Sea Volcano and advanced to a Fourth-tier Mid-stage Body Cultivator. Divine Fire Great True Lord confronted him about choosing the volcano, and Qi Chuan refused to explain.

• Qi Chuan sensed that the Formless Qi Flame Lotus had not yet reached the fifth tier and decided to prepare to refine it later, then began cultivating his body in the lava.
• Divine Fire Great True Lord learned that Qi Chuan was at the Ground Flame Sea Volcano and ordered Zhen Chai to investigate him before planning to meet him.
• After two months of cultivation, Qi Chuan triggered a Hundredfold Critical Hit and advanced to the Fourth-tier Mid-stage Body Cultivator level.
• Qi Chuan noticed Zhen Chai and another powerful aura outside the volcano, emerged from the lava, and found True Monarch You Bing, Zhen Chai, and Divine Fire Great True Lord waiting for him.
• Divine Fire Great True Lord questioned Qi Chuan about why he had chosen the Ground Flame Sea Volcano, and Qi Chuan calmly said he had no reason to explain himself.

Qi Chuan stood up to Divine Fire Great True Lord, then returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect and spent a year and a half advancing his alchemy. After becoming a High-Tier 4 Alchemist, he refined Nascent Soul Strengthening Pills and began cultivating with one, feeling his Nascent Soul grow.

• Qi Chuan refused to tell Divine Fire Great True Lord what he had found beneath the Ground Flame Sea Volcano and left after the two exchanged threats.
• Divine Fire Great True Lord sent Zhen Chai and True Monarch You Bing to inspect the volcano, while Qi Chuan returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect to prepare for refining the Formless Qi Flame Lotus.
• Qi Chuan spent a year and a half improving his cultivation, soul, Sea-Calming Sword, and alchemy until he became a High-Tier 4 Alchemist.
• Qi Chuan refined Blood Refining Pills and considered selling the completed pills to Great True Lord Snow Dragon for resources.
• Qi Chuan successfully refined Nascent Soul Strengthening Pills from the Blue Tide Stinger Mother's Demonic Beast Inner Core, then swallowed one and began refining its medicinal power.

Qi Chuan’s Sea-Calming Sword advanced into a High-Tier 4 Flying Sword, and he renamed it the Sea-Suppressing Sword. After learning that Nine Nether Yellow Springs Saliva had appeared in Little You State on Profound Nether Cave’s territory, he traveled there to seek it and arrived at the sect’s mountain gate.

• Qi Chuan used the remaining metal essence in a Fourth-Tier Top-Grade Metal to advance the Sea-Calming Sword into a High-Tier 4 Flying Sword, then named it the Sea-Suppressing Sword.
• Zhao Ming summoned Qi Chuan to Myriad Flower Hall, where True Monarch Qingyun told him that Nine Nether Yellow Springs Saliva had been found in Little You State.
• Qi Chuan decided to seek the Extremely Cold Item despite its being on Profound Nether Cave’s territory, and True Monarch Qingyun warned him to be careful around Great True Lord Xuan You.
• Qi Chuan prepared for the journey and traveled from Northern Hua Province to Little You State.
• Qi Chuan found Profound Nether Cave in the western part of the state and descended toward its mountain gate, releasing the pressure of a Great True Lord.

Qi Chuan visited Profound Nether Cave to negotiate for Nine Nether Yellow Springs Saliva, but Great True Lord Xuan You refused his offer and demanded five batches of High-Tier 4 pills. They wagered the item on a duel, and the chapter ended as Xuan You sent five corpse puppets charging at Qi Chuan.

• Qi Chuan arrived at Profound Nether Cave and asked Great True Lord Xuan You to sell him Nine Nether Yellow Springs Saliva.
• Xuan You rejected Qi Chuan's offer, then doubted he was a High-Tier 4 alchemist even after seeing his Nascent Soul Strengthening Pill.
• Qi Chuan challenged Xuan You to a spar, and they agreed that the loser would fulfill the other's terms regarding the pill or the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Saliva.
• Qi Chuan and Xuan You flew beyond the mountain gate to fight, while Profound Nether Cave's disciples and Elders watched them leave.
• Xuan You summoned five corpse puppets, which he sent charging at Qi Chuan.

Qi Chuan resisted Great True Lord Xuan You’s corpse puppets and Corpse Puppet Spirit Erosion Array, revealing a powerful seven-colored flame and an extraordinarily deep Nascent Soul foundation. Great True Lord Xuan You conceded defeat when Qi Chuan’s empowered Sea-Suppressing Swords threatened to destroy his puppets.

• Great True Lord Xuan You sent five corpse puppets’ coordinated Corpse Divine Light attacks at Qi Chuan, who shattered them with his Sea-Suppressing Sword.
• Qi Chuan’s three sword forms damaged the corpse puppets, so Great True Lord Xuan You strengthened them with Xuan You Corpse Fire and trapped Qi Chuan in the Corpse Puppet Spirit Erosion Array.
• Great True Lord Xuan You offered to spare Qi Chuan if he refined five batches of high-tier 4 Elixirs, but Qi Chuan refused and offered to refine only one batch.
• Qi Chuan’s seven-colored flames pushed back the corpse fire, and Great True Lord Xuan You sensed that Qi Chuan’s Nascent Soul Height exceeded eight inches.
• Qi Chuan empowered his three Sea-Suppressing Swords with Luminous Sword Heart and Illusion-Breaking Sword, prompting Great True Lord Xuan You to admit defeat to protect his corpse puppets.

Qi Chuan obtained two drops of Nine Nether Yellow Springs Saliva from Great True Lord Xuan You and refined Azure Cloud Pills from his materials, keeping half the successful batch. After leaving Profound Nether Cave, Qi Chuan planned to refine a Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill and use it to subdue the Special Spiritual Flame beneath Ground Flame Sea Volcano.

• Great True Lord Xuan You withdrew the Corpse Puppet Spirit Erosion Array and gave Qi Chuan two drops of Nine Nether Yellow Springs Saliva.
• Qi Chuan agreed to refine a batch of high-grade Tier 4 elixirs and obtained the Azure Cloud Pill formula, Azure Cloud Grass seeds, and other spirit seeds from Great True Lord Xuan You.
• Qi Chuan refined four Azure Cloud Pills in six days, gave two to Great True Lord Xuan You, and kept the other two.
• Great True Lord Xuan You arranged to bring Qi Chuan materials for two batches of cultivation-assisting elixirs in future, with one batch as his fee.
• Qi Chuan left Profound Nether Cave for Northern Hua Province and planned to refine a Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill before attempting to subdue the Special Spiritual Flame beneath Ground Flame Sea Volcano.

Qi Chuan cultivated two Azure Cloud Grass seedlings, advanced his Nascent Soul Height to eight inches two, and learned that Star Cloud Great True Lord had found the last two ingredients for his pill. He traveled to Star Cloud Pavilion and received the Ice Profound Fruit and Ice Devouring Insect Shell.

• Qi Chuan reported his safe return to True Monarch Qingyun, then planted three Azure Cloud Grass seeds in his Cave Dwelling.
• After a year of cultivation, Qi Chuan successfully kept two Azure Cloud Grass plants alive and considered how he might obtain more ingredients for future pills.
• Qi Chuan's Nascent Soul Height grew to eight inches two, and True Monarch Qingyun told him that Star Cloud Great True Lord had news of the two remaining Extremely Cold Items.
• Qi Chuan traveled to Star Cloud Pavilion, where Grand Elder Chi Yu escorted him to meet Star Cloud Great True Lord.
• Star Cloud Great True Lord gave Qi Chuan Jade Boxes containing the Ice Profound Fruit and Ice Devouring Insect Shell.