Chapter Summaries

Qi Chuan defeated Great True Lord Qinghe’s ambush and killed him before he could escape. He claimed Qinghe’s Cosmic Bag and Pure Spirit Axe, then left the snow-covered battlefield.

• Qi Chuan blocked Qinghe’s talisman attacks and used Formless Heart Flame to suppress the Spirit Treasures he had prepared to self-destruct.
• Great True Lord Qinghe used a blood-based escape art, but Qi Chuan struck him with the Nine Layers Painful Soul Technique and broke it.
• Qi Chuan beheaded Great True Lord Qinghe with the Sea-Suppressing Sword and destroyed his fleeing Nascent Soul.
• Qi Chuan took Qinghe’s Cosmic Bag and Pure Spirit Axe, removed dangerous items from the bag, and departed.

Qi Chuan arrived at Chaotic Demon Sea to enter the Kunlun Demon Realm, whose appearance had transformed the surrounding waters into a demon domain. With the realm due to open the next day, he found more than twenty Great True Lords gathered nearby, and their attention turned to him.

• Qi Chuan returned to Chaotic Demon Sea fourteen days after leaving Myriad Flower Hall.
• Qi Chuan surveyed the vast, shadowy Kunlun Demon Realm and recalled its history and the many fourth-tier high-grade demonic beasts within it.
• Qi Chuan learned that the Kunlun Demon Realm would officially open in one day.
• Qi Chuan recognized more than twenty Great True Lords from Chaotic Demon Sea and the Northern Heaven Domain gathered around the realm.
• The gathered Great True Lords turned their gazes toward Qi Chuan when he appeared.

Qi Chuan greeted Star Cloud Great True Lord, Great True Lord Huang Yu, and Great True Lord Heavenfall before Great True Lord Gu Ling arrived and renewed their old feud. Qi Chuan remained confident that he could handle Gu Ling in the Kunlun Demon Realm, and another Great True Lord appeared as the chapter ended.

• Qi Chuan greeted Star Cloud Great True Lord, Great True Lord Huang Yu, and Great True Lord Heavenfall, then chatted with them amicably.
• Great True Lord Gu Ling arrived and spotted Qi Chuan among the Nine-inch Great True Lords.
• Great True Lord Gu Ling decided to wait for a chance to attack Qi Chuan when he was alone in the Kunlun Demon Realm.
• Qi Chuan recognized Gu Ling as a dangerous old enemy but felt confident in his own strength and considered luring him into making a move.
• Another Great True Lord arrived, drawing the attention of those gathered.

Qi Chuan considered Great True Lord Taiyan’s possible hostility but chose not to explain or show weakness, confident in his own strength. As the day of waiting ended, the Giant Whale Sect and Northern Mystic Sect arrived, and Qi Chuan and the other Great True Lords avoided provoking either faction.

• Qi Chuan suspected Great True Lord Taiyan had targeted him because he was close to Great True Lord Star Cloud and decided not to address the matter.
• Qi Chuan waited with the other Great True Lords as more arrivals came throughout the day.
• The Giant Whale Sect arrived with three Great True Lords, prompting solemn reactions from Great True Lord Star Cloud and the others.
• The Northern Mystic Sect arrived with four Great True Lords, and Qi Chuan and Great True Lord Star Cloud's group had no designs on them.

Qi Chuan entered the Kunlun Demon Realm and began searching for fourth-tier high-grade Demonic Beasts before the realm closed. He followed distant roars to a mountain, where he found a wounded black giant eagle lying in its nest.

• Qi Chuan emerged from the spatial rift into the Kunlun Demon Realm, separated from Great True Lord Qinggang by Spatial Turbulence.
• Qi Chuan saw the realm’s demonic qi, heard eerie roars, and realized he had arrived in an uninhabited zone.
• Qi Chuan decided to hurry because the Kunlun Demon Realm might remain connected to the Cultivation World for as little as half a month.
• Qi Chuan flew toward the most terrifying roars, passing demonic insects and plants that were too low-ranked to interest him.
• Qi Chuan reached a small mountain and found a huge black giant eagle with a shattered wing lying in a nest atop the peak.

Great True Lord Gu Ling revealed his eight-inch-six Nascent Soul Height and attacked Qi Chuan with powerful defensive and offensive techniques, determined to kill him quickly. The chapter ended as Gu Ling's two light blades and a massive golden stone staff bore down on Qi Chuan.

• Great True Lord Gu Ling displayed his Nascent Soul foundation and revealed that his Nascent Soul Height was eight inches six.
• Qi Chuan acknowledged Gu Ling's impressive height without losing his composure.
• Great True Lord Gu Ling formed the Ancient Spirit Divine Gang Art to shield himself.
• Great True Lord Gu Ling unleashed the Ancient Spirit Mysterious Light Slash at Qi Chuan.
• Great True Lord Gu Ling summoned a Fourth-Tier Top-Grade golden stone staff and brought it crashing down toward Qi Chuan.

After killing Great True Lord Gu Ling, Qi Chuan searched the Kunlun Demon Realm for High-Tier 4 Demonic Beasts but found none until he discovered a city populated entirely by Demonic Beasts. He sensed powerful High-Tier 4 presences inside and prepared to infiltrate the city.

• Qi Chuan took Great True Lord Gu Ling's Cosmic Bag, destroyed the corpse, and set out to hunt High-Tier 4 Demonic Beasts.
• Qi Chuan searched for five days but found no High-Tier 4 Demonic Beasts or other Great True Lords.
• Qi Chuan flew over a mountain and spotted a vast plain with a city filled with humanoid Demonic Beasts.
• Qi Chuan sensed High-Tier 4 presences in the city and decided to investigate it himself.
• Qi Chuan observed that the city ranked Demonic Beasts by how human-like they looked, while the strong abused and killed the weak.

Qi Chuan used the Golden Horn on his forehead to pass as a high-ranking Devil Race member and entered Demonic Beast City to assassinate its High Tier 4 city lord. After forcing his way into the city lord's palace, he sensed a powerful presence approaching.

• Qi Chuan entered Demonic Beast City and headed toward its grandest building, which he identified as the city lord's palace.
• The Tier 3 Devil Race guards warned Qi Chuan to stop, but they trembled in fear when they saw the Golden Horn on his forehead.
• Qi Chuan motioned for the guards to make way, and one guard ran into the palace to report his arrival.
• Qi Chuan followed his Spiritual Sense deeper into the palace and sensed a powerful aura rushing toward him.

Qi Chuan collected five fourth-tier high-grade demon pearls by secretly killing the strongest Demonic Beasts in several cities, enough to cover his cultivation needs. He planned to hunt for three more days, but then spotted two familiar faces near another city.

• Qi Chuan killed the fourth-tier high-grade Demonic Beast in the City Lord's palace, took its demon pearl, and left the city.
• Over the next eight days, Qi Chuan found Demonic Beast cities and assassinated their fourth-tier high-grade inhabitants, collecting five demon pearls.
• Qi Chuan decided to hunt for three more days and leave those gains for Senior Brother Qingyun and the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.
• The next day, Qi Chuan spotted two familiar faces on a mountain near a Demonic Beast city as they noticed his passing Escape Light.

Great True Lord Snow Dragon and Great True Lord Zhaoyu trapped Qi Chuan and summoned the Frost Snow Spirit Flood Dragon to attack him. As the dragon unleashed its icy breath, Snow Dragon also brought out a Fourth-Tier Top-Grade Spirit Treasure, leaving Qi Chuan facing attacks from multiple directions.

• Great True Lord Snow Dragon and Great True Lord Zhaoyu blocked Qi Chuan’s escape and vowed to kill him without Qinggang at his side.
• Great True Lord Snow Dragon summoned his spirit pet, the Frost Snow Spirit Flood Dragon, a fourth-tier top-grade demonic beast.
• Qi Chuan admired the flood dragon but predicted it would die that day.
• The Frost Snow Spirit Flood Dragon created a freezing domain and breathed frost at Qi Chuan.
• Great True Lord Snow Dragon summoned a pitch-black Fourth-Tier Top-Grade Spirit Treasure staff while Zhaoyu and the flood dragon pressed their attacks.

Qi Chuan revealed that he had reached the Nine-inch Great True Lord realm and defeated Great True Lord Snow Dragon, Great True Lord Zhaoyu, and the Frost Snow Spirit Flood Dragon. After collecting their spoils, he turned his attention to the Demonic Beast City, where two fourth-rank upper-grade Demonic Beasts had noticed the battle.

• Great True Lord Snow Dragon confronted Great True Lord Zhaoyu over his false assessment of Qi Chuan's strength, while Zhaoyu realized Qi Chuan had become a Nine-inch Great True Lord.
• Qi Chuan used Man-Sword Unity and Sword Gang Differentiation to attack Great True Lord Snow Dragon, Great True Lord Zhaoyu, and the Frost Snow Spirit Flood Dragon.
• Qi Chuan killed all three opponents with his Flying Sword after they failed to withstand his attack.
• Qi Chuan collected the Cosmic Bags, the Frost Snow Spirit Flood Dragon's inner core and materials, then burned away the remaining traces.
• Qi Chuan looked toward the Demonic Beast City and considered killing its two fourth-rank upper-grade Demonic Beasts for their Demon Pearls, but they had already noticed the battle.

Qi Chuan returned from the Kunlun Demon Realm and reflected on the Great True Lords who had survived or fallen. After exchanging congratulations with Great True Lord Qinggang and other survivors, he parted ways with Qinggang and headed back toward the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect.

• The survivors were shaken by the deaths of ten Great True Lords in the Kunlun Demon Realm, while Qi Chuan noted that he had personally killed at least three.
• Qi Chuan spotted Great True Lord Taiyan, remembered Taiyan’s earlier killing intent, and resolved to remain cautious around him.
• Great True Lord Qinggang congratulated Qi Chuan and regretted gaining only one fourth-tier high-grade demon pearl; Qi Chuan reminded him that surviving was fortunate.
• Star Cloud Great True Lord, Great True Lord Huang Yu, and Great True Lord Heavenfall greeted Qi Chuan before leaving with the other survivors.
• Qi Chuan and Qinggang departed together, then separated on the road as Qinggang predicted Qi Chuan might become a Nine-Inch Great True Lord by their next meeting.

Great True Lord Taiyan discovered that Qi Chuan was already a Nine-inch Great True Lord and considered proposing a reconciliation. He then realized Qi Chuan’s terrifying potential made reconciliation too dangerous, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Great True Lord Taiyan reflected on how difficult it was for Great True Lords to reach nine inches and advance beyond that height.
• Great True Lord Taiyan realized that Qi Chuan had already reached the realm of a Nine-inch Great True Lord despite his youth.
• Great True Lord Taiyan proposed that he and Qi Chuan reconcile, following the custom among Nine-inch Great True Lords of avoiding deadly fights.
• Great True Lord Taiyan reconsidered because he had harbored killing intent toward Qi Chuan and feared Qi Chuan’s grudge and future potential.

Qi Chuan used the Nine Layers Painful Soul Technique to trap Great True Lord Taiyan and attacked with three Sea-Suppressing Swords. After breaking through Taiyan's defenses and shattering his Taiyan Sun-Shooting Bow, one sword remained on course toward him.

• Great True Lord Taiyan was caught by Qi Chuan's Nine Layers Painful Soul Technique and could not respond.
• Qi Chuan combined his Sword Dao abilities to create three powerful Sea-Suppressing Swords and sent them at Great True Lord Taiyan.
• The first sword exploded against the light arrow from the Taiyan Sun-Shooting Bow, while the other two destroyed the arrow.
• Great True Lord Taiyan broke free of the soul technique and hurriedly raised defensive spells and the Taiyan Sun-Shooting Bow, pleading with Qi Chuan to negotiate.
• The two remaining swords shattered the bow; one then broke through two defensive spells and collapsed, leaving Great True Lord Taiyan pale as the other sword continued its attack.

Qi Chuan reassured True Monarch Qingyun that the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect would face no threat from anyone below the Spirit Transformation realm and gave him vast resources taken from powerful enemies. Back in his Cave Dwelling, Qi Chuan prepared ten upper-grade fourth-rank magic pearls, setting up a steady future supply of spirit pearls for cultivation.

• Qi Chuan told True Monarch Qingyun that the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect would be safe unless someone in the Spirit Transformation realm appeared.
• Qi Chuan gave True Monarch Qingyun several Cosmic Bags filled with rare resources, then discussed the sect’s future position and governing strategies with him.
• Qi Chuan returned to his fourth-rank Cave Dwelling and prepared ten upper-grade fourth-rank magic pearls using materials gathered from defeated Great True Lords.
• Qi Chuan checked his first prepared magic pearl and estimated it would transform into a spirit pearl in one or two years, while the ten new pearls would mature over time.
• Qi Chuan left the preparation room and went to the Spirit Field room, where he no longer valued Spirit Herbs as much because he had an unlimited supply of spirit pearls.

Qi Chuan cultivated for twenty years after reaching the Nine-inch Great True Lord realm, while the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect announced his achievement and gained recognition as a top power. He continued refining Spiritual Qi from a spirit pearl and Mysterious Stone Talisman, and his Nascent Soul Height began to grow.

• Qi Chuan considered the remaining distance to the ten-inch limit and resumed cultivating with the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art.
• Twenty years passed, during which two more Great True Lords died and seven veteran Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators advanced to become Great True Lords.
• The Myriad Flower Immortal Sect revealed that Qi Chuan had become a Nine-inch Great True Lord, earning the sect broad respect as a top power.
• Qi Chuan cultivated in a secluded Stone Chamber using a fourth-rank high-grade spirit pearl and a Mysterious Stone Talisman.
• Qi Chuan triggered a Twenty-threefold Critical Hit, improving his Nascent Soul foundation and slightly increasing his Nascent Soul Height.

Qi Chuan continued discussing cultivation with Star Cloud Great True Lord, then spent two months tempering his body in the Ice Fire Merging Body Cave. He left the cave after a Hundredfold Harvest advanced him to a late fourth-rank Body Cultivator.

• Star Cloud Great True Lord wondered how far Qi Chuan's Nascent Soul Height exceeded nine inches, unaware that it had reached nine and nine-tenths inches.
• Qi Chuan proposed cultivating in the Ice Fire Merging Body Cave, and Star Cloud Great True Lord agreed before returning to consider their discussion.
• Qi Chuan cultivated his body in the cave for two months, enduring its extreme cold and heat while using the Great Bright King Art.
• Qi Chuan's final cycle triggered a Hundredfold Critical Hit, advancing him to a late fourth-rank Body Cultivator.
• Ten days later, Qi Chuan's body finished transforming, leaving him with strength that could contend with Great True Lords.

Qi Chuan discovered that his ten-inch Nascent Soul had made the Spirit Transformation breakthrough far easier to prepare for, and he decided to attempt it immediately within the Myriad Flower Immortal Sect. He sent word to Senior Brother Qingyun, fortified his Cave Dwelling, and began breaking through, leaving the later nurturing period still ahead.

• Qi Chuan realized his ten-inch Nascent Soul likely shortened the time needed to accumulate Inspiration Opportunities for Spirit Transformation.
• Qi Chuan weighed the risks of breaking through in the sect and decided he could handle any interruption to the subsequent nurturing period.
• Qi Chuan sent a communication talisman to Senior Brother Qingyun and strengthened the Cave Dwelling's formation.
• Qi Chuan arranged Spirit Stones, the Mysterious Stone Talisman, and spirit pearls around himself, then began circulating the sword art to strike at the Spirit Transformation bottleneck.
• Qi Chuan's ten-inch Nascent Soul and powerful aura were revealed as Spiritual Qi surged through his Cave Dwelling.

Qi Chuan successfully broke through to the early stage of Spirit Transformation after five years of secluded cultivation, shocking powerful cultivators across the Cultivation World. He began examining his new Primordial Spirit and the abilities it granted him.

• Star Cloud Great True Lord, Great True Lord Heavenfall, and Great True Lord Huang Yu were shocked to learn that Qi Chuan was attempting to break through to Spirit Transformation.
• Nine-inch Great True Lords in Northern Mystic Sect and Giant Whale Sect reported the news to their Spirit Transformation patriarchs, who watched Myriad Flower Immortal Sect from afar.
• Ten-thousand-zhang clouds of Spiritual Qi poured into Qi Chuan's fourth-tier Cave Dwelling as he underwent five years of post-breakthrough nourishment.
• Qi Chuan awoke and saw that he had reached the early stage of Spirit Transformation and transformed his Nascent Soul into a Primordial Spirit.
• Qi Chuan examined the Primordial Spirit in his dantian and noted that it was more solid and stable than his former Nascent Soul.