Chapter Summaries

The Ruin Nightmare burned out beneath the Abyss, and Blood Buddha and Longevity Daoist explained that its fragrance had drawn the people of the Ruin Realm into a shared illusion. As the survivors struggled to distinguish dream from reality, Qin Ming realized he might have retained a genuine scripture and a method for refining Secret Medicine.

• The Ruin Nightmare's collapsing flower filled the Abyss with light, and Blood Buddha reassured everyone that its flowering was nearly over and it posed no danger now.
• Longevity Daoist and Blood Buddha explained that the Ruin Nightmare's fragrance created illusions that could ensnare even peak Eighth Realm Great Sages, while Dao Venerables alone could resist it.
• The survivors recalled strange experiences from the apparent dream and examined ashes and other remnants, which Longevity Daoist said had been transformed into dream objects by their minds.
• Qin Ming suspected that the items in his possession did not match his memories and found that he could still recall a profound body-refining scripture and a hazy method for preparing Secret Medicine.
• The Ruin Nightmare shattered into ashes, and Blood Buddha said it might be capable of transmitting techniques; the group discussed several theories about the flower's origins.

Qin Ming and the others returned from the Night Mist World after discovering that the Ruin Demon had caused an entire region to sleep for more than two months, and the Four Dao Fields began investigating the Abyss and its history. Back in the main world, Qin Ming learned that Qing Yue was well and was told it was time to pioneer the Seventh Realm of the New Life Path.

• Longevity Daoist recalled a manuscript about a mutated flower that could open a real path to a distant shore, and the group left the Abyss to seek answers from the Four Dao Fields.
• The Purple-Haired Old Heavenly Immortal told the Four Dao Fields that the group had encountered a Ruin Demon, and they learned that everyone in the region had slept for more than two months.
• The Four Dao Fields revealed that six Dao Venerables had investigated the Ten-Colored Fire Spring, while Qin Ming recalled seeing their youthful faces and hearing that the Otherworld was a refuge.
• The visitors departed the Night Mist World with medicinal treasures, and the older figures led them through the Mist Gate back to Myriad Gods Mountain.
• Qin Ming asked Guan Xu about Qing Yue and learned that she was well, while Wei Guanxuan assured him there was no need to worry about Liu Mo.
• Wei Guanxuan declared that it was time to formally pioneer the Seventh Realm of the New Life Path.

Qin Ming learned that Li Qingyue had joined Tushita Palace’s Gate Project in hopes of reviving him, then trained under Yin Jiuxu in Maple Forest City. After Yin Jiuxu severed their karmic ties and warned Qin Ming to stay away for a hundred years, Qin Ming returned to Night Prefecture and found Red Squirrel boasting to children about raising him.

• Guan Xu told Qin Ming that Li Qingyue had joined the Gate Project to help revive him, and that she was safe but unable to return yet.
• Yin Jiuxu appeared near the Yin-Yang Ruins, invited Qin Ming to Maple Forest City, and later taught him to temper his soul and body with the Yin-Yang Sacred Shears.
• After more than a year of training, Yin Jiuxu warned Qin Ming that he sensed his death approaching, severed his karmic ties to Qin Ming and Liu Mo, and ordered Qin Ming not to return for a hundred years.
• Qin Ming left Maple Forest City, where Jiang Xiwei and Jiang Cheng recognized him as the man who had once saved them.
• Qin Ming returned to Double Tree Village in Night Prefecture and found Red Squirrel claiming it had raised him to a group of children.
• When a child warned Red Squirrel that someone was behind it, Qin Ming grabbed it by the scruff of its neck.

Qin Ming returned to Double Tree Village after twenty-one years and reunited with Wen Rui, Wen Hui, and the villagers, reflecting on how they had aged while he remained unchanged. He decided to keep his return quiet and enter seclusion in Black White Mountain before becoming an immortal, while Yu Gensheng explained why he had chosen to stay in Night Prefecture.

• Qin Ming caught Red Squirrel frightening the village children, then revealed himself to Wen Rui and the gathered villagers.
• Qin Ming reunited with Wen Hui, Xu Yueping, Lu Wenze, Liang Wanqing, and other villagers, and reflected on the twenty-one years that had passed.
• Liang Wanqing urged Qin Ming to consider his personal affairs, prompting him to think about starting a family and visiting Fate Cave to learn about his parents.
• Qin Ming used a Secret Method to make the villagers forget their reunion for now, intending to avoid attracting visitors and to enter seclusion in Black White Mountain.
• Talking Finch and Thunder Jade Bird returned, and Qin Ming rewarded them with cultivation methods and spirit medicines.
• Yu Gensheng reunited with Qin Ming and said he had chosen to remain in Night Prefecture to spend his remaining years in his native soil.

After the Jade Capital and the major factions left Night Prefecture, Qin Ming learned how much the region had changed and that Liu Mo had already escaped his predicament and departed. Qin Ming entered Black White Mountain to prepare for a breakthrough, aiming to become an immortal without changing his life-form.

• Yu Gensheng told Qin Ming that the Jade Capital had summoned the major factions and Ancestral Courts to the Primordial Dao Field, leaving Night Prefecture and surrounding regions with only remnants of their former forces.
• Qin Ming announced that he planned to become an immortal in Night Prefecture, shocking Yu Gensheng, the Talking Finch, the Red Squirrel, the Thunder King Bird, and the others.
• Yu Gensheng and Wen Rui revealed that Liu Mo had completed Great Nirvana ahead of schedule, left Black White Mountain, and taken the name Mo Bai.
• Qin Ming learned that Liu Mo's Divine Woman, children, and grandchildren had all been manifestations of Liu Mo himself, while the Dog Sword Immortal had been the only outsider in his family.
• Qin Ming read letters from Meng Xinghai, Yao Ruoxian, Bai Meng, Tang Yushang, and other acquaintances who had left Night Prefecture.
• Qin Ming went to Black White Mountain to enter seclusion and pursue a breakthrough that would let him become an immortal without changing his life-form.

Qin Ming secluded himself in Black White Mountain to perfect his arts, while the mountain’s aberrants and his companions benefited from his Dao resonance. As he prepared to leave the mountain to avoid a possible Eighth Realm attack during the approaching nine-five period, he remained focused on refining his foundation before becoming an immortal.

• Qin Ming settled into seclusion in Black White Mountain, where Red Squirrel, Talking Finch, Thunder King Bird, Wen Rui, and Yu Gensheng joined him and cultivated under his Dao resonance.
• Qin Ming met Red Squirrel’s weasel dao companion and a descendant of Old Donkey, then learned that the mountain’s old fiends had become Fifth Realm Masters under Dog Sword Immortal’s guidance.
• Qin Ming ordered the aberrants to keep his return secret and transformed into powerful spirit forms while studying the True Spirit Dao Scripture and other paths.
• Qin Ming studied the Immortal and Secret Sect arts, including the Calamity Avoidance Immortal Scripture, and shared his insights with Wen Rui, Yu Gensheng, and the others.
• Qin Ming and his companions discussed the approaching nine-five period, and Qin Ming decided they should leave Black White Mountain temporarily in case an Eighth Realm expert attacked.

Qin Ming explored Night Prefecture as outside forces gathered, studied Jade Capital scriptures, and prepared to break through by transforming into a Longevity Dao Body. After discovering that outsiders were provoking bloody clashes, he killed the arrogant Jiuying and decided to become an immortal immediately.

• Talking Finch told Qin Ming that Night Prefecture was reviving as forces from other Dao grounds arrived, including True Dragons and Saint Disciples.
• Qin Ming traveled and cultivated, studying the Golden Palace Jade Chapter and the paths of the Esoteric Sect while learning that old acquaintances had left Night Prefecture.
• After completing his preparations, Qin Ming began transforming into a Longevity Dao Body in Sunset Forest Plain and continued his cultivation across Night Prefecture.
• Qin Ming discovered that some bloody conflicts between newcomers had been deliberately instigated, while Jade Capital guardians suppressed the worst clashes.
• Qin Ming confronted Jiuying after it caused casualties in Giant City and killed it with a sweep of Sword Qi.
• Qin Ming teleported away and resolved to become an immortal that day.

Qin Ming gathered vegetation essence across Night Prefecture, perfected his Longevity Sword Intent, and completed his Longevity Dao Body before returning to Black White Mountain to undergo an extraordinary Immortal Tribulation. As he fought through the tribulation and pushed toward the Outer Domain, he found his way blocked by a vast abyss of darkness and order.

• Qin Ming's killing of Jiuying drew powerful beings to the ashes, but the Nine-Eyed Holy Race's expert failed to trace what had happened.
• Qin Ming learned that the outsiders in Night Prefecture had come seeking an undefined encounter with fate, then harvested vegetation essence across the region to advance his cultivation.
• Qin Ming perfected the Ninth and Tenth Swords, completed his Longevity Dao Body, and returned to Black White Mountain to face his Immortal Tribulation with Little Yellow guarding him.
• Qin Ming endured escalating Thunderfire, weapons, chains, and surging Dao rhythm, treating the tribulation as both danger and a chance to strengthen his Dao Body.
• Qin Ming used the tribulation to ascend toward the Outer Domain, where a Great Abyss of darkness and order blocked his path.