Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming and Qing Tan entered the Great Thousand World, where the Spiritual Energy Tribulation began converting their power to Spirit Qi. After Qing Tan completed most of her conversion, Xiao Ming headed with her toward a nearby campsite to learn where they had arrived.

• Miss Jing declined Brother Mu's offer to travel with his team and planned to enter Northern Spirit Plains alone.
• A towering gate of Spirit Qi opened above Northern Spirit Plains, frightening the beasts and disrupting nearby camps.
• Miss Jing recognized the phenomenon as resembling a powerhouse's arrival from a Lower Plane.
• Xiao Ming and Qing Tan descended from the gate and endured the Spiritual Energy Tribulation as Spirit Qi replaced their Dou Qi and Origin Energy.
• Qing Tan completed most of her conversion, and Xiao Ming led her toward a campsite to find out where they were.

A blue-robed old man drawn by the Spirit Qi upheaval arrived at the camp and tried to take Miss Jing with him. After she refused, he attacked Mu Feng, and Miss Jing protected him with a Spirit Array but was injured.

• A blue-robed old man sensed the Spirit Qi fluctuations over the Hundred Spirits Continent and descended toward the mountains.
• At the camp, the young men and women argued over whether to enter the Northern Spirit Plains, and Miss Jing decided to stay out because the upheaval could make the demonic beasts violent.
• The old man appeared above the camp and demanded to know what had caused the upheaval, but no one could give him useful information.
• The old man noticed Miss Jing and ordered her to follow him, but she refused, while Mu Feng tried to defend her.
• The old man tore open space and sent black seawater at Mu Feng, and Miss Jing used the Circumference Protector Spirit Array to block it, leaving both her and Mu Feng injured.

Xiao Ming and Qing Tan intervened when Boundless Old Ancestor attacked the injured Miss Jing, but the old Sovereign turned his attention to them and demanded Qing Tan’s divine artifact. Xiao Ming stopped Qing Tan from fighting and blocked Boundless Old Ancestor’s trident with one hand, leaving the old man stunned by his physical strength.

• Boundless Old Ancestor launched a black cauldron at the injured Miss Jing, but a black light shattered it before it could strike her.
• Xiao Ming and Qing Tan emerged from the forest, and Qing Tan admitted she had attacked Boundless Old Ancestor for trying to plunder women.
• Boundless Old Ancestor assumed Qing Tan’s black sickle was a divine artifact and demanded she hand it over and serve him for ten years.
• Boundless Old Ancestor summoned a massive black trident to capture Xiao Ming and Qing Tan, while Miss Jing mistook Xiao Ming for a weak cultivator.
• Xiao Ming stopped Qing Tan from attacking and blocked the trident with one hand, astonishing Boundless Old Ancestor.

Xiao Ming defeated Boundless Old Ancestor, protected the camp, and learned that he had arrived at the Hundred Spirits Continent while seeking his companions. The Life Simulator activated as he recognized the continent as Mu Chen’s hometown.

• Boundless Old Ancestor attacked Xiao Ming with the Underworld Sea, but Xiao Ming nullified it and sent the black rain back after him, destroying his Sovereign Body.
• Xiao Ming captured Boundless Old Ancestor’s soul in a jade bottle and the camp survivors thanked him and Qing Tan for saving them.
• Miss Jing told Xiao Ming that they were on the Hundred Spirits Continent and that she could not identify his companions because the Great Thousand World was vast.
• Xiao Ming recognized the Hundred Spirits Continent as Mu Chen’s hometown, and the Life Simulator 0 activated.

Xiao Ming asked Miss Jing whether she had heard of his companions, but learned nothing about where they had arrived in the Great Thousand World. After Miss Jing asked to travel with him for protection, Xiao Ming accepted her under the name Qing Jing, while recognizing her as Qing Yanjing.

• Xiao Ming told Miss Jing the names and origins of Mysterious Emperor Xiao Xuan, Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun, and Di Dan, but she had never heard of them.
• Xiao Ming thanked Miss Jing and left the camp with Qing Tan, then noticed Miss Jing following them.
• Miss Jing asked Xiao Ming to let her travel with him, explaining that her cultivation had been damaged and that she feared contacting her family because she suspected a betrayal.
• Xiao Ming asked Miss Jing's name, recognized that she was likely Qing Yanjing, and introduced himself and Qing Tan before agreeing to let her stay with them.

Xiao Ming tested the upgraded Life Simulator and began a month-by-month simulation of a life spanning hundreds of months. The simulation ended with him gravely injured by lightning while devouring continents, and the chapter left the available item choices unrevealed.

• Xiao Ming reviewed the upgraded Simulator’s longer lifespan, monthly interval, and ways to combine saved chances, then chose a month-by-month simulation.
• Xiao Ming entered the Great Thousand World, acquired the Blood Shadow Immortal Body, and protected Qing Yanjing from attackers on the Heavenly Net Continent.
• Xiao Ming later learned that Di Dan had been captured and likely consumed, so he killed the captor, destroyed his faction, and obtained several powerful treasures and abilities.
• Xiao Ming created the Ten Thousand Flames Burning Heaven Body and later developed the stronger Ten Thousand Spirits Floating World Body, which could evolve by devouring continents.
• Xiao Ming devoured continents to develop his new body, but lightning struck and gravely injured him as he devoured another continent.

After the simulation showed that the Great Thousand World had only thirty-four years before the Heavenly Evil God’s invasion, Xiao Ming chose the Ten Thousand Spirits Floating World Body cultivation method. He learned that it required mastery of a plane and enormous resources, but remained determined to cultivate it despite the Great Thousand World’s apparent hostility.

• Xiao Ming reviewed a simulation in which he recovered by devouring Outer Realm Evil Tribe territories, then died fighting the Heavenly Evil God after severely injuring him with his Small World’s World Power.
• Xiao Ming concluded that the Great Thousand World had only thirty-four years left and decided the Simulator would give him enough time to prepare.
• Xiao Ming chose the Ten Thousand Spirits Floating World Body over the Plane Embryo and Wind Calling Technique, then received and absorbed its cultivation method.
• The Great Thousand World gathered a devastating storm over the Hundred Spirits Royal City, but the lightning dissipated before striking.
• Xiao Ming learned that cultivating the Ten Thousand Spirits Floating World Body required mastering a plane, opening a world within a spiritual item, and gathering vast resources, but he refused to abandon it.

Xiao Ming, Qing Yanjing, and Qing Tan traveled from Hundred Spirits City to Northern Desolate City, near the Northern Desolate Spiritual Academy. They arrived impressed by the academy’s vast grounds, and Qing Yanjing asked whether they were going there.

• Qing Yanjing told Xiao Ming that the Hundred Spirits Dynasty was controlled by the Northern Profound Sect and that the Hundred Spirits King was the wastrel son of Qin Beixuan and Liu Baihua.
• Xiao Ming decided to leave for the Northern Desolate Continent, and Qing Yanjing paid Supreme Spirit Liquid to use the Super Teleportation Array.
• Xiao Ming said he felt fated to go to the Northern Desolate Continent, prompting Qing Yanjing to privately reconsider giving him her Sovereign Immortal Body.
• Xiao Ming, Qing Yanjing, and Qing Tan arrived in Northern Desolate City and saw the distant Northern Desolate Spiritual Academy.
• Qing Yanjing asked Xiao Ming whether they were going to the Northern Desolate Spiritual Academy.

Xiao Ming took Qing Yanjing and Qing Tan to White Dragon City to find the Dragon Demon Palace’s agent and obtain a lead on the Plane Embryo. After defeating the White Dragon City Lord, he ordered him to contact Black Dragon.

• Xiao Ming explained that the Dragon Demon Palace’s founders had come from a Lower Plane occupied by the Blood Evil Tribe, which sought its Plane Embryo.
• Xiao Ming and the two women arrived at White Dragon City, where he revealed that the City Lord was a Dragon Demon Palace agent.
• The White Dragon City Lord attacked Qing Yanjing with the Demonic Dragon Sky Ripping Claw, but Xiao Ming crushed the attack and incapacitated him.
• Xiao Ming healed the City Lord and demanded that he contact Black Dragon.

Xiao Ming confronted Black Dragon Sovereign and revealed that he wanted the Plane Embryo to save the Lower Plane where the Dragon Demon Palace originated. After Xiao Ming overwhelmed him, Black Dragon Sovereign recognized his strength and became eager to hear his offer, while his plans to save his homeland remained uncertain.

• The White Dragon City Lord crushed a black pearl and summoned Black Dragon Sovereign, who demanded to know why he had been called.
• Xiao Ming identified himself as the one who had summoned Black Dragon Sovereign and said he had come to save the Lower Plane the Dragon Demon Palace came from.
• Black Dragon Sovereign doubted Xiao Ming's ability, but Xiao Ming's pressure forced him to his knees and proved the gap between their strength.
• Xiao Ming revealed that he wanted the Plane Embryo, and Qing Yanjing realized it could help someone reach the Heaven Sovereign level.
• Black Dragon Sovereign explained that the Dragon Demon Palace had tried to find help for its homeland, but White Dragon's betrayal and the loss of the Great Sumeru Demonic Pillar had left them hiding and fleeing.

Xiao Ming agreed to help Black Dragon Sovereign deal with the Blood Demon Race but postponed the journey while he studied the Great Thousand World's cultivation system. After discovering Qing Tan had gained a powerful Sovereign Immortal Body, Xiao Ming prepared to leave for the Merchant Continent so he could recover his strength.

• Qing Tan told Black Dragon Sovereign that Xiao Ming had destroyed an Outer Realm Evil Tribe branch, convincing him to trust Xiao Ming and ask when they would depart for his plane.
• Xiao Ming promised to leave Black Dragon Sovereign a jade slip and take him to his plane when the time was right, then Qing Yanjing asked about its Plane Embryo and Xiao Ming offered it to her.
• Xiao Ming spent two weeks studying cultivation books from Dragon Demon Palace on the Northern Desolate Continent.
• Xiao Ming learned that Qing Tan had broken through to the Supreme realm and obtained the Netherworld Sovereign Immortal Body from Qing Yanjing.
• Xiao Ming decided to take Qing Tan and Qing Yanjing to the Merchant Continent, where he expected to recover his strength.

Xiao Ming and his companions reached Commerce City on the Merchant Continent to search for rare ingredients, medicinal pills, and cultivation resources. After entering the bustling city, they headed toward its Auction House while looking for ordinary herbs along the way.

• Xiao Ming and his companions crossed the Merchant Continent and arrived at Commerce City after Qing Yanjing's injuries had partially recovered.
• Xiao Ming examined the city's defensive formation and led Qing Tan and Qing Yanjing through its gates.
• As the group walked through the city, Qing Tan and Qing Yanjing each took Xiao Ming's arm, drawing hostile stares from passersby.
• Qing Yanjing released Xiao Ming's arm inside the city and told him she might hold it again once his strength could contend with her family.
• Xiao Ming led Qing Tan and Qing Yanjing toward the Auction House, planning to look for medicinal herbs in shops along the way.

Xiao Ming and his companions arrived at Commerce City's Merchant Auction House, where they encountered members of the Fire Spirit Race and learned that a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire might be among the auction's prizes. The auction began under Master Mo Qing, while the Fire Spirit Race prepared to pursue the spirit fire as the foundation of their young leader's success.

• Xiao Ming and his companions entered the vast Merchant Auction House and paid for admission to its packed arena.
• Qing Tan found seats for Xiao Ming and Qing Yanjing, while Xiao Ming noticed a group in red robes entering through a nearby gate.
• Qing Yanjing identified the newcomers as members of the Fire Spirit Race and explained their interest in collecting Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire.
• Elder Yan recognized Qing Yanjing as an injured Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection, and the Fire Spirit Race's young leader said the spirit fire was essential to his success.
• Major factions arrived in private rooms, and Master Mo Qing appeared to begin the auction.

Mo Qing began the auction with Blood Spirit Mud and Spirit Fire Companion Jade Marrow, drawing fierce bidding from the hall. Qing Yanjing won the Companion Jade Marrow for six million Supreme Spirit Liquid after Huo Mo declined to outbid her, while he remained focused on the later Spirit Fire.

• Mo Qing opened the auction and sold Blood Spirit Mud to a fierce-looking middle-aged man for three million two hundred thousand Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Mo Qing presented Spirit Fire Companion Jade Marrow, which Xiao Ming considered useful as a medicinal ingredient.
• Huo Mo recognized the Companion Jade Marrow’s value for enhancing the absorption of Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire and ordered a bid of three million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Qing Yanjing raised the bid to six million Supreme Spirit Liquid, prompting Huo Mo to give up rather than waste resources before the Spirit Fire auction.
• Mo Qing rang the bell to confirm that Qing Yanjing had won the Companion Jade Marrow.

Xiao Ming bid against powerful factions for the Six Paths Heavenly Tree, a key ingredient for the Spirit Transformation Pill. After the Fire Spirit Race stopped at twenty-four million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid, Xiao Ming secured the winning bid at twenty-five million.

• After many auction items passed without appearing, Mo Qing presented the Six Paths Heavenly Tree and explained its benefits before opening bidding at ten million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• The ruler of the Nine Heavens Continent and the young master of the White Jade Tower raised the price, but both stopped after Xiao Ming bid twenty-one million.
• The Fire Spirit Race bid against Xiao Ming, and Qing Yanjing offered to cover any shortfall in his funds.
• Xiao Ming raised the price to twenty-five million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid, and the Fire Spirit Race made no further bid.
• Elder Yan questioned Huo Mo about the Fire Spirit Race's earlier price-raising, and Huo Mo ordered his people to stop driving up prices.

Xiao Ming won the Withered Glory Divine Fruit, another ingredient for the Spirit Transformation Pill, while drawing greedy attention from the auction crowd. The auction’s final item was revealed as the dangerous Azure Rock Green Flame, which had already killed three High-Rank Alchemy Grandmasters.

• Xiao Ming watched the Fire Spirit Race after their bidding forced him to pay extra for the Six Paths Heavenly Tree, and Qing Yanjing warned him that their elder was formidable.
• Master Mo Qing put the Withered Glory Divine Fruit up for auction, and Xiao Ming won it with a bid of thirty million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Xiao Ming and Qing Yanjing noticed the crowd’s greedy attention and prepared to deal with anyone who tried to rob them after the auction.
• Master Mo Qing unveiled the Azure Rock Green Flame, ranked sixty-second on the Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire Ranking, as the auction’s final item.
• Master Mo Qing revealed that the flame seemed intelligent and had killed three High-Rank Alchemy Grandmasters who tried to subdue it.

Xiao Ming used the Supreme Spirit Liquid Qing Yanjing lent him to outbid Huo Mo and win the Azure Rock Green Flame. Huo Mo watched them leave and ordered his people to investigate them, vowing they would pay for taking the spirit fire.

• Huo Mo declared that he could subdue the Azure Rock Green Flame, and Mo Qing opened bidding at thirty-five million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Qing Yanjing gave Xiao Ming a Jade Bottle containing one hundred million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid without asking for repayment.
• Bidders drove the price to sixty-three million drops, and Huo Mo appeared poised to win the spirit fire.
• Xiao Ming bid seventy million drops and displayed the Supreme Spirit Liquid in Qing Yanjing's bottle to prove he could pay.
• Huo Mo stopped bidding, and Xiao Ming won the Azure Rock Green Flame.
• Huo Mo ordered his people to watch Xiao Ming and investigate his origins, then vowed to take revenge.

Xiao Ming completed his business with the Auction House, swallowed the Azure Rock Green Flame, and asked Master Mo Qing to locate the Astral Heavenly Origin Fruit and investigate three people. As Xiao Ming, Qing Yanjing, and Qing Tan left, he decided to wait in a courtyard and deal with the people watching them.

• Xiao Ming paid Master Mo Qing extra Supreme Spirit Liquid and arranged for the Auction House to find an Astral Heavenly Origin Fruit, which Mo Qing expected to obtain in ten days.
• Xiao Ming crushed the crystal sealing the Azure Rock Green Flame and swallowed the spirit fire, astonishing Mo Qing and Qing Yanjing as it accelerated his spiritual energy conversion.
• Xiao Ming asked Mo Qing to investigate Xiao Xuan and two other people, and Mo Qing promised to help for free.
• Xiao Ming left the Auction House with Qing Yanjing and Qing Tan while hostile watchers followed them with their gazes.
• Xiao Ming decided to find a courtyard and wait for the fruit while preparing medicine for Qing Yanjing's injuries, saying he would deal with the lurking enemies if they approached or when the group departed.

Xiao Ming refined a healing pill for Qing Yanjing inside their guarded courtyard in Commerce City, drawing the city’s attention as the pill neared completion. Huo Mo mistakenly identified Qing Yanjing as the alchemist and remained confident that Elder Yan would defeat them.

• Xiao Ming and Qing Yanjing waited for their pursuers to act, then Xiao Ming began refining medicine with the Withered Glory Divine Fruit and Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Ming processed the divine fruit and other ingredients while Qing Yanjing recognized that his alchemy skills were at least those of a Spirit Grade Alchemy Grandmaster.
• Xiao Ming refined the pill for nine days as visions and a surge of Spirit Qi spread throughout Commerce City despite the courtyard’s spirit array.
• Huo Mo concluded that Qing Yanjing was the alchemist and expected her to recover, but he remained confident that Elder Yan could defeat the group.

Xiao Ming refined a nine-marked Ninth Grade pill in Commerce City, enduring Earth Demon Thunder and attracting the attention of powerful factions. He gave the Divine Pill to Qing Yanjing to help her recover, then noticed visitors approaching.

• Xiao Ming completed the pill’s formation, and Pill Rain fell over Commerce City as its fragrance escaped Qing Yanjing’s spiritual array.
• Black Lightning struck the pill for a quarter of an hour before it broke free and attempted to flee the city.
• Xiao Ming used Soul Power to stop the pill and draw it into his palm, while onlookers sent messages to their factions about its value.
• Xiao Ming examined the pill’s nine markings and gave the highest-quality Ninth Grade pill to Qing Yanjing to aid her recovery.
• Qing Yanjing explained the Great Thousand World’s pill classifications, and Xiao Ming told her they had visitors.