Chapter Summaries

Qin Yi used a Gambling Sect contract to force Pixiu into a wager over whether he or Liusu mattered more to him. He won by placing his heart on the scale, and Pixiu was sacrificed to nourish Jian Mu, though its ring and Treasure-Guardian Spirit remained.

• Qin Yi invoked the Gambling Sect’s compulsory pact, halting the battle and binding Pixiu and Liusu to a wager.
• Liusu warned Qin Yi that losing would make him fill Jian Mu’s Spirit, while Pixiu asked how their importance could be measured.
• Qin Yi used Du Pingsheng’s balance scale, and Heaven and Earth approved it as a measure of what weighed in his heart.
• Qin Yi tore out his heart and placed it on the scale, while Liusu sat on the other side.
• The scale tipped toward Liusu, proving he mattered more to Qin Yi, and golden light destroyed Pixiu and sent its Spirit Body into Jian Mu.
• Baxia told Qin Yi that Pixiu was dead, though its ring and unconscious Treasure-Guardian Spirit remained.

After Qin Yi collapsed from tearing out his heart, Liusu restored his body using the Breath of Jian Mu while he slept in her arms. She hid her newly vivid Yang Spirit from him, then prepared to leave and attack someone.

• Qin Yi lost his strength after killing the enemy and fell asleep in Liusu's manifested soul body.
• Baxia watched Liusu cradle Qin Yi and saw that she had become a vivid pseudo-Yang Spirit.
• Liusu returned Qin Yi's heart to his chest, healed his wounds, and replenished his blood with the Breath of Jian Mu.
• Liusu kissed Qin Yi while he slept, then turned herself into a cloud when he stirred.
• Liusu told Baxia to fetch Qin Yi's Pixiu ring and announced she was going out to hammer someone.

Chaofeng tried to escape the forces surrounding it, then invoked Jian Mu’s power to turn the battle in its favor. Little Ghost shattered its manifestation, stripped away its protection and wings, and claimed its Dragon Tendon for Qin Yi.

• Chaofeng fled after Yu Feiling, Ju Yunxiu, and the sea demons attacked, but An'an’s pearl spell and the surrounding forces trapped it.
• Chaofeng prepared to unleash Jian Mu’s power and destroy its attackers, even at the cost of its own origin.
• Little Ghost appeared and scattered Chaofeng’s manifestation with three strikes of its Wolf Tooth Club.
• Little Ghost beat Chaofeng, pulled out its Dragon Tendon, and said its wings now belonged to Qin Yi.
• Ju Yunxiu watched Little Ghost rampage with Qing Cha and Black Fur Ball beside her, then wondered how Little Ghost and Qin Yi could be so compatible.

After the battle with Pixiu and Chaofeng, Qin Yi helped restore peace to the sea and showed mercy to the defeated Yazi. The Dragon Sons remained allies, and Qin Yi reunited with Liusu as the group prepared to move on.

• Qiu Niu told Qin Yi that he felt imprisoned by his rule over the sea and longed to travel the world as a Spirit of Music.
• Qin Yi gave An'an the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl, and she used it to calm the waves across the sea.
• Qin Yi asked after Yazi, then gave him a Forgetful Soul Heaven Pill despite Yazi's hostility.
• Liusu complained that Qin Yi had ignored its efforts while it fought Chaofeng, and Qin Yi and Liusu made up through playful gestures.

At the Jian Mu Dragon Son Conference, Qin Yi supported Taotie taking Chaofeng’s vacant throne and argued that Yu Feiling should become the new Spirit of Wind and claim the ninth seat. Qiu Niu agreed to the proposal if Yu Feiling truly became the Spirit of Wind, leaving her potential transformation and the completed Nine Kings still ahead.

• Qin Yi and Taotie attended the conference, where the Dragon Sons accepted Taotie as a candidate to replace Chaofeng and take responsibility for the waters.
• Qiu Niu agreed that Taotie could take Chaofeng’s seat, and Taotie accepted the conditions.
• Liusu pointed out that Jian Mu’s nine seats should remain complete, prompting Qin Yi to propose Yu Feiling as the new Spirit of Wind.
• Qin Yi gave Yu Feiling a pill imbued with Formless Realm intent and Jian Mu’s life aura, arguing that it could help her become an acquired Spirit of Wind.
• Qiu Niu said he would not object to Yu Feiling taking a throne if she became the Spirit of Wind.

Yu Feiling accepted Qin Yi’s No Form Pill and considered the possibility of becoming the Spirit of Wind and one of the Nine Kings, while resolving to remain at his side. As Qin Yi recuperated inside the World Tree, Liusu stayed awake to watch over him and argued with Doggie about her appearance, ending with Doggie kicked out of the tree.

• Yu Feiling received Qin Yi’s No Form Pill and realized it could help her become the Spirit of Wind, while Yu Shang viewed his generosity as natural.
• The Dragon Sons dispersed to tend to their injuries and rebuild the sea clans, while Qin Yi entered the World Tree to heal and cultivate.
• Liusu stayed beside the meditating Qin Yi because she did not trust Doggie’s ability to guard him, even though she was sleepy.
• Doggie teased Liusu for keeping her Little Ghost form, and Liusu explained that she feared Qin Yi’s attraction to her beauty could cloud their Dao Companion bond.
• Doggie mocked Liusu’s confidence in her beauty, so Liusu kicked Doggie out of the World Tree.

After waking from a twenty-one-day meditation, Qin Yi received Chao Feng's Wings from Liusu and learned that the Chaos Fire in the Pixiu Ring might help Liusu refine its body later. He began examining the Pixiu Ring, whose vast space left him astonished.

• Qin Yi woke to find Liusu tormenting the dog, which had digested half a Jian Mu Silent Spirit but still could not beat Liusu.
• Liusu merged Chao Feng's Wings into Qin Yi, letting him fly a thousand miles with a single flap and granting him wind power.
• Liusu upgraded Qin Yi's prayer beads with Dragon Tendon and told him not to touch the Chaos Fire spark in the Pixiu Ring yet.
• Liusu went to sleep, and the dog explained that the Pixiu Ring's guardian spirit could control who was allowed to enter and leave.
• Qin Yi extended his divine sense into the Pixiu Ring and realized its space far exceeded what he had expected.

Qin Yi learned the Pixiu Ring could store an immense treasure hoard and seek hidden treasures, then prepared to part from Taotie and return to Ju Yunxiu. He reunited with Ju Yunxiu, who set aside her worry and reminded him that his path remained compassionate despite the dangers he took for others.

• Qin Yi discovered the Pixiu Ring concealed its contents from others, could search for nearby treasures, and held an enormous trove gathered by Pixiu.
• Qin Yi gave Taotie the Soul-Nourishing Orb and said goodbye, while Taotie told him to cultivate to Qianyuan before seeking Kunlun Void for Liusu's missing treasures.
• Qin Yi found Qing Cha throwing An'an into a pool after An'an angered Ju Yunxiu during a lesson, and he carried Qing Cha into Ju Yunxiu's chambers.
• Ju Yunxiu told Qin Yi she had worried about his dangerous actions rather than felt jealous, then said his repeated sacrifices showed that the Immortal Path was not cold.

Ju Yunxiu reflected on how Qin Yi’s Dao of affection suited her and shared a tender moment with him, while An'an and Qing Cha were thrown out of the room. The next day, An'an witnessed Qin Yi and Ju Yunxiu performing music as Dao Companions, then followed Qin Yi’s ridiculous instruction by proclaiming his words to the sea’s hundred races.

• Ju Yunxiu realized that Qin Yi’s affectionate Dao matched her own nature, and she urged him to remember those waiting for him whenever he risked his life.
• Qin Yi and Ju Yunxiu discussed his progress at the eighth level of Huiyang and their wish to protect one another, then began cultivating together.
• Ju Yunxiu sent Qing Cha into the pool and shut the door; An'an comforted the drenched Qing Cha outside.
• The next day, An'an watched Qin Yi accompany Ju Yunxiu’s zither with his flute and asked them to keep teaching her their Dao.
• Qin Yi told An'an to shout a strange saying to the sea’s hundred races, and she did so as Qiu Niu, leaving the onlookers convinced her words carried a Divine Decree.

Qin Yi and Ju Yunxiu spent time with Qiu Niu, who rewarded Qin Yi and Ju Yunxiu before Ju Yunxiu offered to teach An'an. Qing Cha demonstrated her ability to paint essence by producing a nude Painting Soul of An'an, who fled in embarrassment.

• Qiu Niu admitted that his Way of Music had reached its limit and could not leave, so Qin Yi suggested he visit Saint Dragon Peak and Kun Peng Demon City another time.
• Qiu Niu took Qin Yi's Ten Thousand Demons Garment to enhance it with materials from the sea demon tribes and gave Ju Yunxiu his Formless qin.
• Qin Yi called An'an over, and Ju Yunxiu invited her to come learn arts each day, telling her to call her Elder Sister rather than Master.
• Qing Cha claimed she could paint essence, then painted An'an and manifested the Painting Soul.
• The Painting Soul appeared as a nude An'an, who fled in embarrassment, while Qing Cha explained that this image reflected An'an's perception of opening her shell.

Qin Yi helped An'an understand her shyness and transformed her shell into armor, while reflecting on Qinqi Peak as his home and gaining an opportunity to approach the Qianyuan realm. He left An'an with the courage to face hardship by remembering the people waiting for him.

• Ju Yunxiu told Qin Yi that Qing Cha's bloodline replacement would take time and said she wanted to return to the sect, while Qin Yi planned to go to Kunlun Void without her.
• Ju Yunxiu called Qinqi Peak Qin Yi's home and urged him to remember it wherever he went.
• Qin Yi felt a barrier toward Qianyuan loosen as he considered the courage he drew from having people waiting for him at home.
• An'an asked Qin Yi if she was useless, and he explained that her shell was like clothing and apologized for misunderstanding her.
• Qin Yi transformed An'an's shell into close-fitting armor, easing her embarrassment.
• An'an asked why Qin Yi remained optimistic, and he said he kept going because he needed to return to the people who gave him courage.

An'an reflected on Qin Yi’s character and her growing admiration for him, while Qin Yi watched Yu Feiling achieve wind spirit on Winged Human Island. Yu Feiling then asked Qin Yi to decide how to handle Xun Wood City and the sea demons.

• An'an wondered whether she wanted to learn music or Qin Yi’s way of life, and asked him what made him angry and what a hero was.
• Qin Yi left with An'an for Winged Human Island, where they saw Yu Feiling achieve wind spirit.
• Yu Feiling suggested Qin Yi ask the Clam Clan for An'an as a marriage alliance, but Qin Yi said An'an was his friend and told her not to bully her.
• Qin Yi and Yu Feiling discussed the Winged Humans’ origins and the disappearance of mixed human-demon races.
• Yu Feiling told Qin Yi that the divine envoy must decide what to do about Xun Wood City and the sea demons.

Qin Yi and Yu Feiling discussed uniting the feathered clans and accepting the sea demons’ submission while Qin Yi pondered the Phoenix Sovereign’s incarnations. Yu Shang broke through to Shining Sun Completion, and Qin Yi saw how the powerful ties around him were driving those close to him toward advancement.

• Qin Yi learned from Yu Feiling that the Five Phoenixes were incarnations of the Phoenix Sovereign and wondered whether Meng Qingying was connected to it.
• Yu Feiling explained that she wanted to unite the Xun Wood Hundred Clans under the World Tree, and Qin Yi offered Taotie’s support.
• Yu Feiling told Qin Yi that the sea demons had offered to submit, and Qin Yi advised her to accept while explaining their motives were tied to someone from his past.
• Yu Shang reached Shining Sun Completion, prompting Qin Yi to recognize that the people around him were advancing amid the growing ties to him.

As Qin Yi and Yu Shang shared their aspirations, Yu Shang’s wish for people to travel freely helped Qin Yi understand the breadth of thought needed to break through to Qianyuan. Their intimate moment was interrupted by news that the Jianmu was about to bear fruit earlier than ever before.

• Qin Yi asked Yu Shang about her former ambitions, and she explained that her life had once felt directionless under her duties as the Saintess.
• Yu Shang told Qin Yi she had long wished to see Shenzhou and hoped the barriers between regions would someday fall so everyone could travel freely.
• Qin Yi agreed that dangerous battles might be needed to bring peace to the four seas, and Yu Shang promised to help him achieve that aspiration.
• Qin Yi realized Yu Shang’s broad concern for everyone might help him break through the Qianyuan barrier, then took her to the Winged Human Holy Wood.
• A powerful breath of life spread from the Jianmu, and Qiu Niu and Baxia said it was about to bear fruit earlier than ever before.

Qin Yi and the others guarded Jian Mu as it bloomed and bore fruit, and Qin Yi witnessed a vision of creation that triggered a major breakthrough. The dog ate a fruit and gained a powerful physical body, becoming an Ancestor Saint.

• Qin Yi arrived at Jian Mu Summit, where the Nine Kings of the Sea and the dog’s forces guarded the nine fruit-bearing positions.
• The dog told Qin Yi it wanted the Jian Mu Fruit to gain a body and revealed that the Witch God Sect had planned to lure it away with Blood-Chilling Nether Marrow.
• Jian Mu bloomed into a vast sea of lotuses, and Qin Yi experienced a vision of chaos giving birth to the Three Thousand Worlds before a Stone Archway burst with light.
• The flowers withered, the dog ate a fruit, and Qin Yi broke through to the eighth layer of the Radiant Sun Realm while his martial cultivation advanced toward Qianyuan.
• The dog transformed from a soul body into a physical body and reached Ancestor Saint, prompting the surrounding tribes to kneel and congratulate it.

Qin Yi received three Jian Mu Fruits as the Kunlun Void’s opening approached, while Qiu Niu urged him to attain Qianyuan before joining the expedition. The chapter left Qin Yi weighing the coming journey and the separations it would bring.

• The dog formed a body, fashioned itself a lotus-petal skirt, and teased Qin Yi before Yu Feiling arrived.
• Yu Feiling, Qiu Niu, and Baxia each gave Qin Yi a Jian Mu Fruit, though Yu Feiling refused to keep one for herself.
• Qiu Niu said the fruit had ripened early because of a powerful, unknown pull that might be connected to Qin Yi.
• Qiu Niu predicted that the Kunlun Void would open within ten days and asked Yu Feiling to lead the Feather Clan’s elite there to prepare defenses.
• Qiu Niu told Qin Yi to attain Qianyuan before entering the Kunlun Void, and Qin Yi reflected on the farewells and plans ahead.

Qin Yi meditated beneath Jian Mu and, drawing on his experiences and reflections on his Dao, broke through to Qian Yuan without consuming a Jian Mu Fruit. He left the breakthrough with his Purple Mansion open and his new realm stabilized by Jian Mu’s energy.

• Qin Yi entered Jian Mu and decided to attempt the Qian Yuan breakthrough without eating a Jian Mu Fruit.
• Qin Yi reviewed his past battles with Qian Yuan cultivators and realized his understanding and Dao had matured enough to cross the threshold.
• Yu Shang’s wish for everyone to fly freely stirred Qin Yi, and he grasped Qian Yuan as greatness of spirit and breadth of thought.
• Qin Yi’s soul left his body, and he discovered he could condense it into a Little Ghost before returning to his Spirit Platform.
• Qin Yi opened his Purple Mansion and attained Qian Yuan as the light and life energy of Jian Mu filled and stabilized his body.

Qin Yi said farewell to Qing Cha, An'an, and Qiu Niu before setting out for Kunlun Void. As he departed, Ju Yunxiu played “Gathering Ferns” from Jian Mu Summit, and Qin Yi flew away on Chao Feng’s Wings.

• Qin Yi comforted Qing Cha, who regretted not getting to spend time with him, and asked her to draw pictures while he was away.
• An'an lent Qin Yi the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl for his journey and asked him to return safely.
• Qiu Niu gave Qin Yi a green robe reinforced with Baxia’s back armor and a jade slip mapping places he had visited in Kunlun Void.
• Qin Yi thanked Qiu Niu and apologized for his earlier misunderstandings before taking his leave.
• Ju Yunxiu played “Gathering Ferns” from Jian Mu Summit as Qin Yi looked back and flew away on Chao Feng’s Wings.

Qin Yi arrived above the Kunlun Void and reunited with Yu Shang, then encountered Xi Yue again. Their meeting was interrupted by the arrival of the Wuxiang monk Bei Yuan, who asked about the World Tree.

• Qin Yi recognized the Gobi as the ruins beneath the Kunlun Void and learned that Buddhist monks and Featherfolk were guarding its approaches.
• Several monks tried to turn Qin Yi away, but Yu Shang flew in and embraced him, delighted that he had arrived sooner than her friends expected.
• Xi Yue approached and teased Qin Yi and Yu Shang before offering Qin Yi a jug of Tangerine Peel Wine.
• Yu Feiling and Bei Yuan arrived, and Qin Yi realized he could not see through the old monk.
• Bei Yuan greeted Xi Yue and Yu Feiling and asked whether the World Tree had revived, and Yu Feiling said that the sacred tree was well.

As Kunlun Void opened, Qin Yi confronted two late-Qianyuan giants who mocked his strength and defeated them with a display of Three Heads Six Arms. The gathered cultivators entered the newly revealed gateway, while Xi Yue and Bei Yuan wondered which other factions might appear.

• Xi Yue learned that the Dragon Sons would not enter Kunlun Void and was surprised that Qin Yi had reached Qianyuan in less than twenty years.
• Two late-Qianyuan giants from Three Heads Country and Three Bodies Country mocked Qin Yi, and Qin Yi transformed and hurled them away.
• Qin Yi asked Bei Yuan for permission to enter, and Bei Yuan confirmed that the Dragon Son's slot entitled him to go in.
• Xi Yue asked about the Divine Land, Celestial Pivot Divine Palace, the Witch God Sect, and Myriad Images of the Universe as Bei Yuan warned that the expedition might be complicated.
• Seven-colored light enveloped the ruins, revealed the Bridge of Heaven and Earth and the entrance, and opened Kunlun Void.