Chapter Summaries

Qi Chuan cultivated for two months in Star Cloud Pavilion’s Ice Fire Merging Body Cave, improving his body cultivation before learning that Star Cloud Great True Lord had prepared a Tier 4 High-grade Demonic Pearl. Qi Chuan asked to trade for Star Cloud’s Tier 4 High-grade Demonic Pearl Preparation Method and revealed that he also possessed a Tier 4 High-grade Demonic Pearl.

• Qi Chuan thanked Star Cloud Great True Lord for the Ice Profound Fruit and Ice Devouring Insect Shell, then agreed to refine Tier 4 High-grade elixirs in exchange.
• Chi Yu led Qi Chuan to the Ice Fire Merging Body Cave, where Qi Chuan endured its extreme cold and heat while cultivating for two months.
• Qi Chuan left the cave after his injuries had mostly healed and learned that Star Cloud Great True Lord was preparing a Demonic Pearl.
• Qi Chuan waited three days for Star Cloud Great True Lord, who then showed him a successfully prepared Tier 4 High-grade Demonic Pearl.
• Qi Chuan asked Star Cloud Great True Lord for his Tier 4 High-grade Demonic Pearl Preparation Method and revealed his own purple Tier 4 High-grade Demonic Pearl.

Qi Chuan traded a top-tier 4 elixir to Star Cloud Great True Lord for the Preparation Method for top-tier 4 demon pearls, then left before Great True Lord Heavenfall arrived. Back in his Cave Dwelling, Qi Chuan prepared to refine the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill and use the method on his demon pearl.

• Qi Chuan gave Star Cloud Great True Lord an Azure Cloud Pill in exchange for the Preparation Method for top-tier 4 demon pearls.
• Great True Lord Heavenfall arrived at Star Cloud Pavilion after Qi Chuan departed and questioned Star Cloud Great True Lord about Qi Chuan and top-tier 4 demon beast information.
• Star Cloud Great True Lord refused to provide the information, and their argument ended with him slapping Great True Lord Heavenfall.
• Qi Chuan returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, reported to Senior Brother Qingyun, and went back to his Cave Dwelling.
• Qi Chuan reviewed the Ice Profound Fruit and Ice Devouring Insect Shell needed for the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill, then planned to prepare his top-tier 4 demon pearl.

Qi Chuan fully comprehended the top-tier 4 Demon Pearl preparation method, began preparing the Demon Pearl, and successfully refined two Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pills. He planned to use the pills to refine the Special Spiritual Flame beneath the Ground Flame Sea Volcano, with the Fire Seeking Art providing the necessary method.

• Qi Chuan used Hundredfold Critical Hit to fully comprehend the top-tier 4 Demon Pearl preparation method after ten days of study.
• Qi Chuan prepared a Jade Vat with special liquid and auxiliary materials, placed the gold-threaded purple Demon Pearl inside, and sealed it to begin the uncertain preparation process.
• Qi Chuan reviewed the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill formula and refined its auxiliary ingredients and Nine Nether Yellow Springs Saliva.
• Qi Chuan successfully refined the first Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill, and Hundredfold Critical Hit improved his proficiency in making it.
• Qi Chuan refined a second cauldron successfully and stored the two Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pills, intending to use them to refine the Special Spiritual Flame beneath the Ground Flame Sea Volcano.

Qi Chuan destroyed Divine Fire Great True Lord Yao Feng’s surveillance artifacts beneath Ground Flame Sea Volcano to draw him there and discuss the Special Spiritual Flame. Yao Feng descended to confront Qi Chuan, who asked him to voluntarily give up the flame, leaving Yao Feng’s response unresolved.

• Qi Chuan entered Ground Flame Sea Volcano with True Monarch You Bing guarding the crater, intending to refine the Special Spiritual Flame.
• Qi Chuan found and destroyed the surveillance artifacts Divine Fire Great True Lord Yao Feng had placed throughout the volcano, then waited for Yao Feng to arrive.
• Yao Feng discovered that the artifacts had been destroyed and flew to Ground Flame Sea Volcano, where he accused True Monarch You Bing of colluding with Qi Chuan.
• Yao Feng descended into the blazing-white magma and found Qi Chuan waiting openly for him.
• Qi Chuan revealed that a Special Spiritual Flame lay in the volcano and asked Yao Feng to voluntarily give it up.

Qi Chuan and Yao Feng fought over the Special Spiritual Flame beneath the Ground Flame Sea Volcano, with Qi Chuan matching Yao Feng’s weapons and Crimson Netherflame using his sword and many divine abilities. Yao Feng, alarmed by Qi Chuan’s strength, began fusing the Crimson Netherflame into his body to unleash a more dangerous attack.

• Qi Chuan refused Yao Feng’s demand that he withdraw and summoned the Sea-Suppressing Sword to attack first.
• Yao Feng trapped one Sea-Suppressing Sword with his Jade Bottles and attacked with his Golden Snake Scissors, but Qi Chuan used a second sword to hold them off.
• Yao Feng revealed his Special Spiritual Flame, the Crimson Netherflame, and sent twelve flame beasts against Qi Chuan.
• Qi Chuan’s three Sea-Suppressing Swords battled the flame beasts while his divine abilities fended off Yao Feng’s Jade Bottles and Golden Snake Scissors.
• Yao Feng recognized that the fight had reached a stalemate and began withdrawing and fusing the Crimson Netherflame into his flesh and blood.

Qi Chuan unleashed Sword Cuts Yin Yang and gained a fivefold increase in his sword’s power, allowing him to kill Yao Feng despite the Crimson Netherflame. He found that the flame had vanished with its master and turned his attention to the Formless Qi Flame Lotus.

• Yao Feng fused with the Crimson Netherflame, greatly increasing his power, and attacked Qi Chuan with a torrent of flame.
• Qi Chuan merged with his Natal Flying Sword, used several Sword Dao Divine Abilities, and activated Sword Cuts Yin Yang.
• Sword Cuts Yin Yang increased the Sea-Suppressing Sword’s power fivefold, and Yao Feng pleaded for reconciliation.
• Qi Chuan’s Sea-Suppressing Sword pierced Yao Feng’s flame attack and killed him along with his Nascent Soul.
• Qi Chuan recovered Yao Feng’s Cosmic Bag, found that the Crimson Netherflame had disappeared, and looked toward the Formless Qi Flame Lotus.

Qi Chuan subdued the Formless Qi Flame Lotus and sealed its flame origin in his Cosmic Bag. After emerging from the Ground Flame Sea Volcano, he told True Monarch You Bing that he had slain Yao Feng and left for the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.

• Qi Chuan used the Fire Lock Formation to restrain the Formless Qi Flame Lotus, then endured its attacks while constructing the Fire Refining Formation.
• Qi Chuan swallowed a Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill and completed the Fire Refining Formation, restoring the Lotus to its flame origin.
• Qi Chuan sealed the Special Spiritual Flame origin and stored it in his Cosmic Bag, leaving the Ground Flame Sea Volcano quieter and cooler.
• Qi Chuan emerged from the magma lake and told True Monarch You Bing that Yao Feng had attacked him and been slain.
• Qi Chuan offered Ice Valley help in the future and flew away, while True Monarch You Bing headed into the magma lake to verify Yao Feng's death.

Qi Chuan returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect and spent six months refining the Special Spiritual Flame, gaining the Formless Heart Flame and raising his Nascent Soul Height to eight inches seven. After learning that the Kunlun Demon Realm would open in ten years, he resolved to prepare to enter it for its fourth-rank top-grade Demonic Pearls.

• Qi Chuan inspected Yao Feng’s Cosmic Bag, then used a Nine Nether Yellow Springs Pill and the Fire Seeking Art to begin refining the sealed Special Spiritual Flame.
• True Monarch Qingyun waited as the heat from Qi Chuan’s Cave Dwelling rose during the first three months of refinement, then returned when the heat finally subsided six months later.
• Qi Chuan emerged and told True Monarch Qingyun that he had successfully refined the Formless Heart Flame, which had raised his Nascent Soul Height from eight inches two to eight inches seven.
• True Monarch Qingyun gave Qi Chuan a Jade Slip from the Eight Imperial Gate, and Qi Chuan learned that the Kunlun Demon Realm would open in ten years.
• Qi Chuan considered entering the dangerous Kunlun Demon Realm to hunt fourth-rank top-grade Demonic Beasts and obtain Demonic Pearls for cultivation.

Qi Chuan checked his refining demon pearl and spiritual plants before finding the mysterious Green Lotus Seed still unchanged. When he tested it with Formless Heart Flame, the seed awakened and greedily absorbed his flame, leaving him exhausted and the seed enlarged but not yet sprouted.

• Qi Chuan confirmed that his fourth-tier top-grade demon pearl was refining properly and that his spiritual plants, especially the Azure Cloud Grass, were growing well.
• Qi Chuan uncovered the Green Lotus Seed from True Monarch Green Bamboo and found it unchanged after years in specially prepared spirit soil.
• Qi Chuan enveloped the seed in Formless Heart Flame, and it began pulsing and absorbing the flame while conveying intent directly into his mind.
• Qi Chuan kept feeding the seed Formless Heart Flame for two hours until its attraction subsided, nearly exhausting his magic power.
• The Green Lotus Seed grew several times larger, communicated that it still wanted more flame, and then made a faint cracking sound.

Qi Chuan accepted Great True Lord Qinggang’s invitation to explore an ancient cultivator’s Cave Dwelling near Yingu Sect, despite the danger of attracting Great True Lord Yingu. He prepared and traveled to Qinggang Sect, where he learned the full situation and agreed to proceed.

• Qi Chuan’s Green Lotus Seed sprouted after absorbing his Formless Heart Flame, so he replanted it and monitored its slow growth while strengthening his divine soul for three months.
• Zhao Ming summoned Qi Chuan to Myriad Flower Hall, where True Monarch Qingyun showed him Great True Lord Qinggang’s invitation to help open an ancient Cave Dwelling in the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Qi Chuan trusted his own strength, prepared to leave, and traveled to Qinggang Sect’s Gangyuan Island, where Liang Yun received him and Great True Lord Qinggang joined him in the main hall.
• Great True Lord Qinggang explained that opening the Cave Dwelling near Yingu Sect would attract Great True Lord Yingu, a powerful veteran cultivator.
• Qi Chuan dismissed Great True Lord Qinggang’s attempt to gauge his resolve and accepted the dangerous expedition, declaring that he did not fear Great True Lord Yingu.

Qi Chuan agreed to join Great True Lord Qinggang in pursuing a Great True Lord’s opportunity and traveled with him to a strange sea region east of Yin Bone Island. There, Great True Lord Qinggang revealed that the hidden Cave Mansion Opportunity lay beneath the sea between three islands and prepared to expose it.

• Qi Chuan asked to meet Chi Yue, who returned to the Qinggang Sect and arranged a Cave Dwelling for him for the night.
• The next morning, Qi Chuan and Great True Lord Qinggang departed for the opportunity.
• Great True Lord Qinggang led Qi Chuan to a chaotic sea region where scattered islands and reefs may once have formed a single landmass.
• Qi Chuan deduced that the Cave Mansion Opportunity was beneath the stretch of sea between three islands, not on the islands themselves.
• Great True Lord Qinggang placed multicolored formation flags around the islands and asked whether Qi Chuan was ready for him to plant the final golden flag and reveal the opportunity.

Qi Chuan and Great True Lord Qinggang raised an ancient island from the sea and found a still-protected Cave Dwelling at its center. As they tried to break its formation, Great True Lord Yingu arrived and claimed the Cave Dwelling for himself, setting up a confrontation between the three Great True Lords.

• Qi Chuan approved Great True Lord Qinggang's final formation flag, and the completed formation raised a giant island from beneath the sea.
• Qi Chuan and Great True Lord Qinggang explored the island, found its outer ruins empty, and reached a Cave Dwelling protected by a powerful formation.
• Great True Lord Qinggang attacked the formation with his Qinggang Seal and golden Spirit Treasure, but failed to break through its restorative defenses.
• Qi Chuan sensed Great True Lord Yingu approaching while Great True Lord Qinggang was tiring from his attacks.
• Great True Lord Yingu arrived, called the Cave Dwelling an ownerless discovery, and offered Great True Lord Qinggang a favor to leave.
• Great True Lord Qinggang refused to yield and pointed out that he and Qi Chuan could face Great True Lord Yingu together, while Yingu struggled to remember Qi Chuan's name.

Qi Chuan and Great True Lord Qinggang confronted Great True Lord Yingu over the Cave Mansion Opportunity, but Great True Lord Zhaoyu arrived to support him. Qinggang and Qi Chuan chose to fight, and Yingu and Zhaoyu switched their planned opponents, leaving Qi Chuan facing Yingu’s White Bone Shuttle.

• Qi Chuan joined Great True Lord Qinggang in asking Great True Lord Yingu to yield the Cave Mansion Opportunity, and Yingu summoned Great True Lord Zhaoyu as backup.
• After weighing the odds, Great True Lord Qinggang agreed with Qi Chuan to gamble on a fight rather than abandon the opportunity.
• Qinggang planned to face Yingu while Qi Chuan dealt with Zhaoyu, but Zhaoyu deflected Qinggang’s Qinggang Seal and revealed that he and Yingu had switched opponents.
• Great True Lord Yingu sent his White Bone Shuttle toward Qi Chuan, and Great True Lord Qinggang urgently warned Qi Chuan to be careful.

Qi Chuan repelled Great True Lord Yingu’s White Bone Shuttle with his Water-Suppressing Profound Heavy Seal, revealing Nascent Soul reserves powerful enough to alarm the veteran cultivator. Yingu began attacking in earnest while Great True Lord Qinggang fought Great True Lord Zhaoyu, leaving Qi Chuan to face Yingu’s escalating assaults.

• Qi Chuan struck the White Bone Shuttle with his Water-Suppressing Profound Heavy Seal and knocked it back.
• Great True Lord Qinggang and Great True Lord Zhaoyu were shocked, while Great True Lord Yingu sensed Qi Chuan’s extraordinary Nascent Soul reserves and resolved to treat him as an equal.
• Qi Chuan refused Great True Lord Qinggang’s offer to switch opponents and chose to continue fighting Great True Lord Yingu.
• Great True Lord Yingu released a bone-pale icy flame that spread as mist and engulfed Qi Chuan and Great True Lord Qinggang.
• Qi Chuan dispelled the burning sensation affecting himself and Great True Lord Qinggang, then Great True Lord Qinggang began fighting Great True Lord Zhaoyu.
• Great True Lord Yingu continued his assault as Qi Chuan watched through the icy mist and Yingu began summoning the Heart-Corroding Five Ghosts.

Qi Chuan used the Formless Heart Flame to burn away Great True Lord Yin Bone’s Cold-Flame White Mist and expose Yin Bone’s failed scheme. Yin Bone launched his spirit treasures at Qi Chuan, who answered with the Sea-Suppressing Sword and began a strike.

• Great True Lord Yin Bone released the Heart-Corroding Five Elements Ghosts to attack Qi Chuan, who evaded them with Heavenly Illusion Step.
• Qi Chuan realized Yin Bone meant to use the Cold-Flame White Mist to drive him and Great True Lord Qinggang into a manic state, but chose to end the fight quickly instead.
• Yin Bone withdrew into the mist, but Qi Chuan unleashed the Formless Heart Flame, burned away the Cold-Flame White Mist, and forced Yin Bone to reveal himself.
• Great True Lord Qinggang and Great True Lord Zhaoyu recognized the threat posed by Qi Chuan’s Special Spiritual Flame as Yin Bone restored his defensive treasures.
• Yin Bone sent the White Bone Shuttle and Yin-born Arrow at Qi Chuan, who invoked Man-Sword Unity and Heart Soul Sword before lightly slashing with the Sea-Suppressing Sword.

Qi Chuan destroyed Great True Lord Yingu’s offensive treasures and drove Great True Lord Zhaoyu to flee, then pursued Yingu when he tried to escape. Cornered and outnumbered, Yingu began to self-destruct, but Qi Chuan unleashed the Formless Heart Flame and declared that no one could self-destruct before him.

• Qi Chuan’s Sea-Suppressing Sword damaged the White Bone Shuttle and shattered the Yin-born Arrow, causing Great True Lord Yingu to suffer backlash.
• Great True Lord Zhaoyu tried to escape, but Great True Lord Qinggang struck him and wounded him; Zhaoyu still fled while Qinggang stayed behind.
• Great True Lord Yingu attempted to escape, but Qi Chuan caught up, shattered his defensive Spirit Treasure, and forced him back.
• Qi Chuan and Great True Lord Qinggang cornered Yingu, who offered his possessions in exchange for his life; Qi Chuan questioned whether he would truly surrender them.
• Yingu began forming seals to self-destruct, and Great True Lord Qinggang warned Qi Chuan; Qi Chuan instead unleashed the Formless Heart Flame from his Natal Flying Sword.

Qi Chuan and Great True Lord Qinggang killed Great True Lord Yingu, then broke into the Cave Dwelling and discovered a rare Fifth-Tier Demon Bead Preparation Method. When Qinggang suggested trading it to a Spirit Transformation mighty figure, Qi Chuan asked whether he knew Qi Chuan would certainly reach the Spirit Transformation realm.

• Qi Chuan used the Formless Heart Flame to stop Yingu from self-destructing, then joined Qinggang in killing him and destroying his Nascent Soul.
• Qi Chuan took several special items from Yingu's Cosmic Bag and shared the remaining resources with Qinggang.
• Qi Chuan and Qinggang broke the Cave Dwelling formation and divided a cultivation method and two bottles of cultivation elixirs.
• Qi Chuan opened a golden box and found a Fifth-Tier Demon Bead Preparation Method on an ancient sheepskin scroll.
• Qinggang proposed trading the method to a Spirit Transformation mighty figure, and Qi Chuan asked whether Qinggang knew he would certainly enter that realm.

Qi Chuan accepted the Fifth-Tier Demon Bead Preparation Method from Great True Lord Qinggang, returned to the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect, and cultivated until his Nascent Soul Height reached eight inches nine. He then received information from Star Cloud Pavilion about a difficult Fourth-Tier Top-Grade Monster Beast that even Great True Lord Star Cloud struggled to hunt.

• Great True Lord Qinggang believed Qi Chuan would eventually reach Spirit Transformation and gave him the Fifth-Tier Demon Bead Preparation Method in exchange for Cave Dwelling resources.
• Qi Chuan and Great True Lord Qinggang left the Cave Dwelling as Great True Lord Zijing and Great True Lord Qinghe arrived, then separated and returned to their respective sects.
• Qi Chuan gave True Monarch Qingyun resources from Yin Bone's Cosmic Bag, rested, and resumed cultivating his Nascent Soul and divine soul.
• After six years, Qi Chuan raised his Nascent Soul Height from eight inches seven to eight inches nine, leaving him one increment from nine inches.
• Sect Leader Zhao Ming summoned Qi Chuan to Myriad Flower Hall, where True Monarch Qingyun gave him Star Cloud Pavilion's information about a difficult Fourth-Tier Top-Grade Monster Beast.

Qi Chuan traveled to the Northern Territory Sea to hunt a High Tier 4 monster beast and entered its underwater lair. Great True Lord Qinghe discovered the battle and hid nearby, planning to attack Qi Chuan after he weakened the beast.

• Qi Chuan bought Star Cloud Great True Lord’s information about a High Tier 4 monster beast and set out for the Northern Territory Sea.
• Qi Chuan avoided a Mid-Tier 4 seal-like monster beast and descended through a nearby opening in the ice to find his target.
• Great True Lord Qinghe arrived, killed the seal-like monster beast, sensed Qi Chuan fighting a High Tier 4 beast, and decided to ambush him afterward.
• Great True Lord Qinghe concealed his presence and waited above the underwater opening while Qi Chuan prepared to attack the colossal, polar-bear-like sea demon with all his strength.

Qi Chuan fought the Fourth-Tier Top-Grade Storm Spirit Bear to test his strength and defeated it without being seriously threatened. He left the seabed after killing the beast with his sword techniques.

• Qi Chuan assessed the Storm Spirit Bear and judged that his powerful Nascent Soul foundation made him comparable to a Nine-inch Great True Lord.
• The Storm Spirit Bear attacked with an Ice-Blade Storm, but Qi Chuan's third-layer Earth-Returning Body-Protecting Armor withstood it.
• Qi Chuan and the Storm Spirit Bear fought directly for half an hour, with the bear unable to gain an advantage.
• Qi Chuan used Man-Sword Unity and Illusion-Breaking Sword to behead the exhausted Storm Spirit Bear.
• Qi Chuan reflected that the battle had been easy and that he could have killed the bear faster if he had fought at full strength from the start.