Chapter Summaries

Li Qi waited in the Dragon Palace while Elder Li sought a shop for the rare ingredients Sea Cooking Pot had requested. A female Asura named Potisha arrived with an offer to supply everything, and Li Qi boarded her Ghost Chariot to discuss the deal.

• Li Qi reassured Elder Li that he only needed to find shops that might carry the ingredients, and Elder Li left to look for one.
• Li Qi considered how the Dragon Palace could be connected to the Ghost Market before a powerful Ghost Chariot approached him.
• Potisha, a female Asura, offered to sell Li Qi every ingredient on his list and said Elder Li was being entertained at her shop.
• Li Qi accepted Potisha's invitation and boarded her Ghost Chariot, where she introduced herself and asked why he needed the costly ingredients.
• Li Qi explained that he was buying the ingredients for Sea Cooking Pot, an elder who had achieved the Dao as a magic treasure and could not safely visit the Eastern Sea.

Li Qi toured the Ghost Market with Potisha and learned how the Hell Path used the Longevity Tower to mass-produce Longevity Pills from infants. He then arrived at the Dragon Palace to discuss a major transaction with the Demon Dragon Long Shiwu and the Asura Daporotpa Shi, whom Long Shiwu called Ada.

• Li Qi asked Potisha how the Animal, Hungry Ghost, and Hell Paths operated in the Ghost Market, and she offered to show him the Hell Path’s business.
• Potisha showed Li Qi a Longevity Tower where captives were raised and infants were used to produce Longevity Pills, explaining the operation’s methods and profits.
• Li Qi declined to visit the Hungry Ghost Path and Animal Path, saying his underworld-official friend should not be kept waiting.
• The Ghost Chariot returned Li Qi and Potisha to the Dragon Palace, where Li Qi admired the vast sea surrounding its crystal hall.
• Long Shiwu introduced himself and his brother, the Asura Daporotpa Shi, whom he invited Li Qi to call Ada before they discussed their impending deal.

Li Qi negotiated with Long Shiwu of the Paoqiu Association for rare ingredients, insisting that Elder Li join the meeting and dismissing the association’s attempts to impress him. After Elder Li appeared without any detectable spatial shift, Li Qi grew tired of the bargaining and offered the payment outright, leaving Long Shiwu stunned by its size.

• Li Qi rejected Long Shiwu’s claim that their business proved their closeness and asked him to bring Elder Li instead of treating Potisha as a plaything.
• Long Shiwu agreed to send Potisha away and have Ada bring up the less sensitive ingredients while he discussed the deal with Li Qi.
• Elder Li suddenly appeared at the table without any detectable change in space, and Li Qi asked him to explain the Paoqiu Association’s background.
• Elder Li explained that the Paoqiu Association had shattered Dragon Pool to take the Dragon Lord’s Dragon Saliva and hinted that the association had deliberately kept him from the negotiations.
• Li Qi tossed Long Shiwu a Mustard Seed Bag and told him to take the payment and deliver the listed ingredients, prompting Long Shiwu to open it and freeze at the amount inside.

Li Qi’s overwhelming resources made Long Shiwu abandon his plans to raise the price, and the two completed their Fourth-Rank World transaction with the Ghost Chariot included. After exchanging keepsakes with Elder Li and learning about the Ghost Market, Li Qi received the contracted goods and waited for dawn on Duoshuo Mountain.

• Long Shiwu saw the contents of Li Qi’s Mustard Seed Bag and, realizing Li Qi could command immense resources, agreed to accept one Fourth-Rank World and gift him the Ghost Chariot.
• Li Qi left the Dragon Palace with Elder Li, and they exchanged divine aura and ghost aura as keepsakes before parting on friendly terms.
• Li Qi questioned Elder Li about the Ghost Market, Ghost Gate Pass, and how to reach Duoshuo Mountain’s Great Peach Tree.
• Li Qi waited for dawn, but the Ghost Market dispersed when a Ghost Chariot carrying the Paoqiu Association’s people arrived.
• Li Qi completed the contract and retrieved the Mustard Seed Bag, which now contained the agreed goods and was missing the will of one Fourth-Rank World.

Li Qi contemplated the Great Peach Tree’s cycle of life and death and suddenly grasped a new Way of circulation, using it to alter qi and create Martial Dao Inner Qi. After the uncontrolled qi exploded, he recognized the discovery as a valuable gain and began a sacrifice to Shen Tu Yu Lei.

• Li Qi traveled to the Great Peach Tree’s trunk and sensed the intense Yang Energy and wood qi there.
• Li Qi connected the tree’s cycles of vitality and death with Yin and Yang, the seasons, and the Shaman Path.
• Li Qi realized that mutual influence and dynamic balance formed the basis of transformation and began testing how circulation affected qi.
• Li Qi combined hundreds of thousands of strands of qi into Martial Dao Inner Qi, but it became uncontrollable and exploded across the tree.
• Li Qi concluded that the Way of circulation could help construct techniques and began a sacrifice to Shen Tu Yu Lei.

Li Qi completed a Grand Nuo ritual on Duoshuo Mountain, thanked Shen Tu Yu Lei, and taught the gathered mountain spirits and monsters before returning to the ship. There he discovered a powerful dragon cultivation diagram imprinted on Old Ma, learned that Longevity Heaven had bestowed it, and decided to study its method.

• Li Qi summoned local deities and gathered mountain spirits and monsters to perform a Grand Nuo ritual honoring Shen Tu Yu Lei.
• After the ritual, Li Qi taught the gathered spirits and monsters the Dao for twelve chen, then flew back toward the ship.
• Old Ma showed Li Qi a Visualization Diagram of Jambudvipa and countless dragons imprinted on his back, which Li Qi recognized as a high-level cultivation method suited to dragon-type beings.
• Li Qi learned that Master Jingmo had ridden Old Ma and that the diagram appeared afterward, so he confronted the monk aboard the ship.
• Master Jingmo said Longevity Heaven had bestowed the diagram, and Li Qi decided to examine its cultivation method for Old Ma.

Li Qi and Monk Jingmo studied the Visualization Diagram on Old Ma and uncovered a cultivation method combining the true dragon’s power with Buddhist Dharma. As Old Ma began to comprehend the method through their exchange, Li Qi prepared a dragon sacrifice to establish Old Ma’s Dao foundation and transform him into a Demon Dragon.

• Monk Jingmo accepted responsibility for the strange blessing and joined Li Qi in visualizing the diagram on Old Ma’s back.
• Li Qi saw a true dragon’s history and movements in the diagram, then injured himself when he tried to imitate the dragon with his frail body.
• Li Qi and Monk Jingmo separately comprehended the dragon method and Buddhist Dharma, then exchanged teachings to combine their insights.
• Old Ma absorbed their conversation and began circulating his bloodline, gaining a deeper understanding of his body and the true dragon’s power.
• Li Qi invoked the rite of praying for rain when a dragon appeared, intending to sacrifice to Old Ma and transform him into a Demon Dragon.

Li Qi performed a Great Yu rain sacrifice that put Old Ma into a fourteen-day slumber to establish his cultivation technique and Dao foundation. After questioning Monk Jingmo about the Visualization Diagram, Li Qi suspected the demonic path was involved and summoned Shen Shuibi, but the Fifth Rank Treasure Ship suddenly began shaking violently.

• Li Qi and Monk Jingmo organized a Great Yu sacrifice aboard the ship, with Wang Dun and the Reason Way recording the ritual.
• Li Qi danced to complete the sacrifice, and Old Ma fell asleep for fourteen days as his cultivation technique and Dao foundation were established.
• Monk Jingmo explained that his divination had triggered the Visualization Diagram through Buddhist qi, and suggested a demon might be behind it.
• Li Qi suspected the demonic path could be acting against him alongside the True Dragons and messaged Shen Shuibi to come to Duoshuo Mountain.
• The Fifth Rank Treasure Ship erupted with violent tremors as soon as Li Qi sent the message.

Li Qi and Monk Jingmo discussed divination before a high-ranking true dragon confronted the Reason Way treasure ship, demanding that it surrender seven people. As the dragon invoked a Devil Lord to take the confrontation beyond the realm, the space around the ship began to twist.

• Monk Jingmo said his divination revealed a life-and-death peril shrouded around Li Qi, while Li Qi sealed Old Ma's altar and went out to investigate the ship's tremors.
• Li Qi saw the Fourth Rank true dragon Ao Guangxiao circling the treasure ship and demanding that the Reason Way hand over seven people who had killed a dragon.
• A great Reason Way cultivator refused to let Ao Guangxiao search the ship and warned that attacking would bring the Heavenly Path's enforcers against him.
• Ao Guangxiao said one of his juniors had died at the Ghost Gate and called on a Devil Lord to handle the confrontation there.
• The Devil Lord agreed to take them beyond the realm, and the space around the ship began to twist.

Li Qi resisted a Devil Lord’s demonic qi by restoring his ability to think and breaking the spell that had stolen his senses. He saw that the research vessel had been cast into the Underworld.

• Li Qi used Shen Shuibi’s protective talisman to regain enough clarity to reason while trapped in darkness.
• Li Qi constructed a temporary outer world with the nearby Reason Way power’s Heavenly Principle, restoring his full capacity to think.
• Li Qi analyzed the demonic qi and recognized it as a Five Aggregates Demon technique.
• Li Qi used Heavenly Demon methods, Buddhist Dharma, and information-stream vision to recover his five senses.
• Li Qi saw the treasure ship beneath a red, nightmarish sky and realized he was in the Underworld.

Li Qi escaped the demonic qi and found himself in the Underworld, where he realized the Ghost Gate had carried the treasure ship there before it was moved toward the outer domain. He contacted the Reason Way Fourth Rank through a sacrificial rite and chose to help him resist the Devil Lord and true dragon rather than flee, leaving Li Qi poised to learn more about the battle.

• Li Qi broke free of the Five Aggregates’ entanglement and saw the Underworld’s endless tortures and extreme weather.
• Li Qi realized the Ghost Gate had likely been used to move the treasure ship through the Underworld and evade the world’s prohibitions.
• Li Qi saw the Devil Lord and a true dragon attack a Reason Way mighty expert while the treasure ship’s passengers remained dazed by demonic qi.
• Li Qi used a sacrificial rite to contact the Reason Way Fourth Rank and learned that he was under attack and could not send word outside.
• The Reason Way Fourth Rank urged Li Qi to escape and report what happened, but Li Qi suspected the expert’s death would leave the true dragon’s intelligence behind.
• Li Qi told the Reason Way Fourth Rank that he had clues about the demonic path’s involvement and asked to hear the situation before proposing a way to help.

After learning about the battle and their enemies, Li Qi exchanged intelligence with Canghou and unfolded the Demon Path’s teachings using the Heavenly Demonic Dao Charm. Canghou began comprehending the Five Aggregates Demon branch, but Devil Lord Moloyan sensed the analysis and ordered an assault.

• Li Qi learned that nine days had passed while he was blinded by Five Aggregates demonic qi, and that Canghou and the others were fighting True Dragon Ao Guangxiao and Devil Lord Moloyan.
• Canghou explained that Ao Guangxiao ruled the region’s Demon Dragons and had swallowed a celestial river to wield its power.
• Li Qi told Canghou that Moloyan’s name suggested he had changed it and was not a demon born by nature.
• Li Qi revealed the Heavenly Demonic Dao Charm and unfolded its teachings, creating visions of calamity and demonic destruction.
• Li Qi delved into the Five Aggregates Demon branch, and Canghou began comprehending its Dao.
• Devil Lord Moloyan sensed that someone was analyzing his Dao lineage and ordered his forces to attack.

Li Qi watched as Devil Lord Moloyan and Ao Guangxiao battered Canghou’s defenses with devastating attacks, while the battle’s aftershocks damaged the treasure ship and blinded Li Qi. Canghou then revealed two fourth-rank Giant Spirit God puppets and began a counterattack, bringing the fight into close quarters.

• Devil Lord Moloyan unleashed a dark attack that nearly swallowed Canghou and sent dangerous aftershocks through Li Qi’s sacrifice link, so Li Qi severed it.
• Moloyan attacked Canghou’s Heavenly Principle barrier with ropes made from countless enslaved resentful souls, whose uneven vibrations made their force impossible to redirect.
• Ao Guangxiao expanded his body and struck Canghou’s barrier with a whip-like blow that moved beyond the speed of light, blasting a vast cavity through hell and damaging the Fifth Rank Treasure Ship.
• The explosion’s light temporarily blinded Li Qi, who healed his eyes and saw that the battlefield had expanded to enormous scale.
• Canghou revealed two fourth-rank Giant Spirit God puppets and launched a counterattack against Moloyan and Ao Guangxiao.

Li Qi watched Canghou and the two Giant Spirit God puppets battle Moloyan and Ao Guangxiao, hoping to help them survive and avoid being dragged beyond the domain. When Canghou’s assault on Moloyan stalled and Ao Guangxiao kept dismantling the puppets, Li Qi activated a sacrifice to send Canghou his remaining treasures.

• Ao Guangxiao adapted to the Giant Spirit God puppets’ attacks and began tearing them apart while Canghou repeatedly repaired them with spare components.
• Canghou left the puppets to occupy Ao Guangxiao and attacked Moloyan, while Li Qi prepared his remaining treasures as sacrificial offerings.
• Canghou used a manifestation combining the Reason Way and the Human Path to imprison Moloyan, who identified Canghou as part of a faction that had defected to the Human Path.
• Moloyan countered with demonic thoughts that generated human desire and entangled his manifestation with Canghou’s, leaving their battle at a stalemate.
• Li Qi realized Canghou was not gaining the advantage, saw that Ao Guangxiao might soon overcome the puppets, and activated the sacrifice to send Canghou reinforcements.

Li Qi used his knowledge of the Human Path and Buddhism to help Canghou counter Moloyan’s demonic techniques. As Canghou’s Buddhist incantation began to overwhelm Moloyan, Moloyan called on Ao Guangxiao and the Demon Prince for help.

• Li Qi advised Canghou to separate Heavenly Principle from human desire, but Moloyan countered by fusing Heavenly Principle and human principle through a Heavenly Demonic method.
• Li Qi asked Canghou to protect his soul, then stole a thread of Buddhist qi from the senseless Monk Jingmo and used it to demonstrate a Buddhist incantation.
• Canghou followed Li Qi’s demonstration, invoked Buddha’s Crown Light, and used the Buddhist incantation to dissolve Moloyan’s power.
• Moloyan panicked and called for Ao Guangxiao and the Demon Prince to demonstrate a method and break the stalemate.

Li Qi realized that he and the unseen Demon Prince had been forced into a contest whose outcome would decide a fourth-rank battle, and the Demon Prince unleashed the Death Demon’s wind and fire calamities. With Ao Guangxiao acting as the battle’s timer, Li Qi used a sacrifice to contact him and offered the East Sea the complete Polaris Golden Core Method in exchange for help.

• Canghou sacrificed his Heavenly Principle protective wall to form a Buddhist Principle barrier, while Li Qi recognized that he and the Demon Prince were the intended variables in the battle.
• The Demon Prince summoned an incarnation of the Death Demon, and Moloyan merged his Dharma form with it to unleash the Wind and Fire Calamities.
• Canghou summoned the Two Realms Mandala to shield the world from the calamities as Li Qi noticed Ao Guangxiao slowing his escape from the Giant Spirit God puppet.
• Li Qi used the prepared Yu sacrifice materials to establish contact with Ao Guangxiao and offered him a deal concerning the Sun and Moon Path.
• Li Qi promised to provide the East Sea with the complete Polaris Golden Core Method.

Li Qi negotiated with Ao Guangxiao over the Polaris Golden Core Method while confronting the possibility that Heaven’s Will had arranged their choices and the surrounding conflict. Ao Guangxiao agreed to defect in exchange for the Reason Way’s ship, then seized the corpse of his distant nephew as Li Qi supported Canghou in his battle with Devil Lord Moloyan.

• The Giant Spirit God puppet attacked Ao Guangxiao, but its techniques and axe blows failed to harm the true dragon.
• Ao Guangxiao said the Eastern Sea Dragon King had shared Li Qi’s view of the Polaris Golden Core Method and explained his belief that Heaven’s Will had ordained events.
• Li Qi reflected on whether his choices were merely part of Heaven’s Will but decided he would keep acting according to his own will.
• Ao Guangxiao accepted Li Qi’s proposed deal and required the Reason Way to surrender its ship, which held the corpse of his distant nephew.
• Ao Guangxiao swept the Giant Spirit God puppet aside, broke the ship’s restrictions, and swallowed the dragon corpse while Li Qi’s disrupted Buddha qi let Moloyan suppress Canghou.
• Li Qi restored the Buddha qi to help Canghou hold his ground, and he and Ao Guangxiao completed their agreement.

Li Qi sacrificed the Polaris Golden Core Method to Ao Guangxiao, drawing the Eastern Sea into the struggle and hoping to force Wushen Mountain to act. At the edge of hell, Zhu Fengdan faced representatives of other factions, who demanded to know why he had come.

• Li Qi gave the Polaris Golden Core Method to Ao Guangxiao, bringing the true dragons into the conflict over the Sun and Moon Path.
• Li Qi resumed fighting the Demon Prince while Ao Guangxiao grappled with the Giant Spirit God puppet.
• At the edge of hell, Zhu Fengdan met a Legalist cultivator, a demon, and a dragon-headed true dragon amid the karmic flames.
• Zhu Fengdan cursed the Legalist cultivator when he threatened Li Qi, but the cultivator stopped the curse with his true words.
• The dragon-headed man mocked Zhu Fengdan over his rank and their past dispute about the Crystal Palace, and Zhu Fengdan retorted.
• The demon asked Zhu Fengdan why he had come uninvited, noting that Li Qi had given the Polaris Golden Core Method to Ao Guangxiao.

Zhu Fengdan watched Li Qi and the Demon Prince fight while the powerful figures around him restrained him, then Du Zhou challenged his strength. The chapter ended with Zhu Fengdan attacking Du Zhou before the challenge was finished.

• The demonic-path cultivator warned Zhu Fengdan that the Demon Prince was the biological son of a Heavenly Demon who could restore him from death, so Zhu Fengdan held back from intervening.
• Zhu Fengdan watched Li Qi and the Demon Prince use their arts and Dao Lineages to tip the stalemate between Canghou and Moloyan, but both youths remained evenly matched.
• Zhu Fengdan defended his bond with Li Qi when the Legalist School cultivator questioned why he cared about his disciple.
• Du Zhou revealed that he had investigated Zhu Fengdan's damaged Dao Path and suspected he had used the Demon Race's Imperial Flowing Sap to cultivate anew.
• Du Zhou invited Zhu Fengdan to make a move, and Zhu Fengdan launched a sneak attack before he finished speaking.

Zhu Fengdan invoked the Four Symbols to kill the Dragon King's Third Prince, then gave Li Qi the dead cultivator’s head before collapsing from the cost of his power. An old man restored Zhu Fengdan’s shattered body and questioned his freedom and concern for Li Qi, leaving Zhu Fengdan poised to explain why his disciple mattered to him.

• Zhu Fengdan summoned the Four Symbols and killed the Dragon King's Third Prince, then warned the demonic-path cultivator and left with the Third Prince’s head.
• Zhu Fengdan gave Li Qi the head of a Third-Rank cultivator as repayment, leaving Li Qi shocked and afraid to hold it.
• Zhu Fengdan collapsed in a distant region, and an old man gathered his scattered body and restored it.
• Zhu Fengdan and the old man discussed Zhu Fengdan’s exhausted Four Symbols contract, his pursuit of freedom, and the dangers surrounding Li Qi.
• Zhu Fengdan explained that the heavenly demon was interested in Li Qi and that Li Qi’s arena opponent served the heavenly demon, but hesitated when asked why he favored his disciple.