Chapter Summaries

Li Qing refined a block of Primordial Stone into his Natal Magic Treasure, the Primordial Peerless Hammer, after fifteen days of work. The hammer’s completion earned him five hundred years of lifespan, bringing his total to 1,583 years.

• Li Qing began refining the Primordial Stone with Nether Cold Fire and shaped it according to the Peerless Hammer he had carried for years.
• After seven days, Li Qing switched to his Core Formation Fire and continued shaping the hammer, consuming his remaining Thousand-year Spirit Milk.
• Five more days later, a powerful aura and surge of spiritual energy from Li Qing’s cave abode alarmed the Rogue Cultivators at Nanyang Spirit Peak.
• Li Qing completed the stone hammer, named it the Primordial Peerless Hammer, and found that he could control it as naturally as his own limbs.
• Li Qing received a reward of five hundred years of lifespan, raising his total to 1,583 years.

Li Qing planned his next steps after forming his core, then refined four drops of dragon marrow and gained increased cultivation, vitality, and lifespan. He discovered a Spirit Message waiting outside his cave abode.

• Li Qing decided to seek a second Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, investigate the Shangqing Sect’s group through the Black Market, fulfill his oath to obtain Third-tier Red Crystal, and eventually visit the Eternal Night World.
• Li Qing stored the Primordial Peerless Hammer in his dantian and realized that simpler Natal Magic Treasures were easier to nourish than complex objects.
• After restoring his Spiritual Power, Li Qing refined four drops of dragon marrow over nearly three months, strengthening his organs and gaining nearly three years’ worth of meditation progress.
• Li Qing found that the dragon marrow had extended his lifespan by another year, then sensed a Spirit Message outside his cave abode.

Li Qing learned too late about Gui Fan and Zhang Xiao’s duel, then waited as their fight in the Ancient Imperial City escalated into a confrontation between the Taiyi Sect and the Ghost Sword Sect. The chapter ended with Gui Li and a Blood Spirit Sect ancestor joining forces to kill True Lord Chi Yuan.

• Li Qing discovered that Gui Fan and Zhang Xiao’s Core Formation duel had already begun five days earlier and decided to wait for news of the outcome.
• Gui Fan and Zhang Xiao fought with their Natal Magic Treasures, and Gui Fan gained the advantage with his Myriad Ghosts Dharma Body.
• Gui Fan used Nether Cold Fire hidden in a purple-gold gourd to burn Zhang Xiao, then moved to kill him.
• True Lord Chi Yuan intervened to save Zhang Xiao, but Gui Li arrived and drove him away from the Ancient Imperial City.
• A Blood Spirit Sect ancestor appeared to assist Gui Li, and the two prepared to kill True Lord Chi Yuan.

After Tai Xuan rescued Chi Yuan from two Demonic Ancestors, the Three Demonic Sects declared war on Taiyi Sect, threatening to engulf the Great Desolation Region in conflict. Li Qing prepared to keep his associates and Black Market safe, then planned to travel to the Eternal Night World to seek Third-tier Red Crystal and investigate the Blood Lotus Sect.

• Tai Xuan fought Gui Li and Rakshasa Demon Lord, rescuing the gravely injured Chi Yuan and Zhang Xiao.
• The Three Demonic Sects declared war on Taiyi Sect, and Li Qing considered the tensions and dangers behind the coming conflict.
• Li Qing wrote to Shen Ningbing, advising her to stay cautious, and told Zhang Da to keep the Black Market and intelligence network hidden while quietly expanding them.
• Li Qing decided to go to the Eternal Night World to search for Third-tier Red Crystal and investigate the Blood Lotus Sect.

Li Qing, calling himself True Person Wuji, entered the Blood Lotus Sect and insisted on seeing the unusual lotus in its blood pool. Yue Qiusheng guided him to the pool, where the lotus was revealed, leaving Li Qing poised to examine it.

• Li Qing used his powerful Spiritual Sense to scan the Blood Lotus Sect and drew Yue Qiusheng out of the blood pool.
• Li Qing ignored Yue Qiusheng and walked into the sect, while its elders arrived and threatened him.
• Yue Qiusheng stopped his followers and dismissed them before asking Li Qing who he was.
• Li Qing introduced himself as True Person Wuji and said he wanted to see the unusual blood lotus.
• Yue Qiusheng led Li Qing to his secluded cultivation chamber and opened the hidden door, revealing the blood pool and its lotus.

Li Qing learned that the Blood Lotus grew by absorbing red moonlight and had inspired the Blood Lotus Sect Master to create a path of cultivating with Red Moon Secret Power. After the Sect Master resisted Li Qing’s demand to inspect the sect’s old immortal Dao scriptures, Li Qing overpowered him, and the Sect Master agreed to take him to the abandoned Scripture Repository.

• Li Qing examined the Blood Lotus and discovered its roots were nourished by the remains of exotic beasts.
• The Blood Lotus Sect Master explained that he had found the Blood Lotus after the Age of Dharma's End began and drew inspiration from it to cultivate with Red Moon Secret Power.
• Li Qing revealed that he had seen an enormous willow tree in the Black Wind Domain, and the Sect Master confirmed that it shared the Blood Lotus’s origin.
• Li Qing asked to read the Blood Lotus Sect’s old immortal Dao inheritances, but the Sect Master claimed the sect had none worth mentioning.
• Li Qing unleashed his Core Formation Fire and overwhelmed the Blood Lotus Sect Master, who then agreed to lead him to the abandoned Scripture Repository.

Li Qing searched the Blood Lotus Sect’s abandoned book tower for useful Immortal Dao inheritances while the Blood Lotus Sect Master explained how he had gathered them. He found several manuals worth keeping, including a Core Formation divine ability suited to his cultivation, and continued browsing the tower.

• The Blood Lotus Sect Master told Li Qing that the tower held inheritances collected from his sect and former Immortal Dao factions across Autumn Mountain Domain.
• The Blood Lotus Sect Master asked why Li Qing wanted the manuals, and Li Qing said he was reading them out of curiosity and asked whether the Master would return to the Immortal Dao if spiritual energy recovered.
• The Blood Lotus Sect Master considered that he might prefer his current Red Moon Secret Power and lifespan, then left Li Qing alone in the tower.
• Li Qing found and stored the Evergreen Ageless Technique, the Forging Origin Method Fragment, the Spirit Marker Technique, and the Change Heaven and Earth: Disguise Chapter, while rejecting several other manuals.
• Li Qing discovered the Great Luo Hand, a Core Formation divine ability that combined spiritual power with physical strength, and stored it for later use.

Li Qing discovered several rare Immortal Dao inheritances in the Autumn Mountain Domain library, including powerful pill formulas, cultivation arts, and a map to a secret realm. He resolved to seek the realm’s Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, hoping its fire seed had survived the Age of Dharma’s End.

• Li Qing found a Third-tier Alchemy Inheritance containing the Spirit Nurturing Pill formula, which could increase a Core Formation cultivator’s cultivation.
• Li Qing examined the Mortal Transformation Pill formula and judged its ingredients so rare that refining it was impractical.
• Li Qing discovered the Hundred Treasures Body Crossing Art and the Origin Tempering Technique, which could strengthen the body and deepen a cultivator’s mana.
• Li Qing found a treasure map to a former Autumn Mountain Domain secret realm that had contained a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire.
• Li Qing memorized the map and decided to search for the secret realm, believing the spirit fire’s seed might still exist.

The Blood Lotus Sect Master ordered the elders not to provoke True Person Wuji while he searched the library tower. Elder Zhu succumbed to his craving for martial artists’ blood and trapped Lin Jing in the Hundred Snake Hall, leaving her gravely wounded and at his mercy.

• The Blood Lotus Sect Master warned the elders to let True Person Wuji finish searching the library tower and leave without interference.
• Lin Jing led the Martial Alliance convoy delivering exotic beast materials into Baolian City.
• Elder Zhu endured the shedding of the white snakes growing on his body and learned that Lin Jing had arrived with the materials.
• Elder Zhu summoned Lin Jing, claimed the delivery was insufficient, and tried to take her blood as the white snakes blocked her escape.
• Lin Jing failed to break through the hall’s defenses and was struck down; as Elder Zhu’s snakes crawled toward her, she murmured that she missed her master.

Li Qing rescued Lin Jing from Elder Zhu and used his own life-rich blood to stabilize her after she was gravely injured. Once Lin Jing could stand, Li Qing promised not to leave her again and took her out to settle the debt with someone.

• Li Qing stormed into Hundred Snake Hall and cut the white snakes off Lin Jing, then marked Elder Zhu with spiritual power.
• Li Qing sealed Lin Jing's acupoints and poured his true essence into her, but realized he lacked the medicine needed to save her.
• Lin Jing woke in Li Qing's arms, mistook him for a vision, and told him about the deaths of Senior Brother Xiaoman and Senior Brother Xiaofeng.
• Li Qing cut his wrist and fed Lin Jing his life-rich blood, which restored her color and rapidly improved her condition.
• Lin Jing begged Li Qing not to leave her again, and he helped her up before saying he would take her to kill someone.

Li Qing discovered that the Blood Lotus Sect had nearly killed his disciple Lin Jing and attacked its headquarters, destroying most of the sect and killing its members. He confronted the surviving Blood Lotus Sect Master and revealed that he was Martial Alliance Protector Li Qing.

• Li Qing had Lin Jing pretend to be dead, then declared that he would destroy the Blood Lotus Sect for harming her.
• The Blood Lotus Sect Master emerged to confront Li Qing, but Li Qing’s Primordial Peerless Hammer struck him and razed the sect’s headquarters.
• Li Qing killed the fleeing Blood Lotus Sect members with Spiritual Sense blades and caught Elder Zhu, then crushed his bones and burned him to ashes.
• Li Qing told Lin Jing not to show mercy to enemies, and she agreed.
• Li Qing called out the Blood Lotus Sect Master, who crawled from the ruins and asked who Li Qing was; Li Qing identified himself as Martial Alliance Protector Li Qing.

Li Qing confronted the Blood Lotus Sect Master as the Martial Alliance Protector and tried to destroy the blood lotus that Yue Qiusheng empowered with his life. The lotus withstood Li Qing’s hammer and Core Formation Fire, and he launched a Shattering Yuan Great Fire Seal fused with Nether Cold Fire at it.

• Li Qing revealed himself as the Martial Alliance Protector, reunited with Lin Jing, and promised to eliminate the Blood Lotus Sect Master.
• The Blood Lotus Sect Master awakened the blood lotus and returned his Red Moon Secret Power to it, causing Yue Qiusheng to let the lotus devour him and become a lotus seed.
• Li Qing struck the blood lotus with the Primordial Peerless Hammer and Core Formation Fire, but it resisted both attacks and unleashed a storm of petals.
• Li Qing used the Black Furnace to withstand the petal storm, then attacked the blood lotus with a Shattering Yuan Great Fire Seal infused with Nether Cold Fire.

Li Qing destroyed the Blood Lotus in Baolian City with the Heavenly Thunder Seed and the Primordial Peerless Hammer, then recovered the lotus seed it left behind. He reunited with Lin Jing, explained that the immortal path had been severed, and said he would stay to see the new martial path forged by Miao Xi and Xishan.

• Li Qing struck the wounded Blood Lotus with the Heavenly Thunder Seed, then smashed its exposed core with the Primordial Peerless Hammer and killed it.
• Li Qing recovered the blood-colored lotus seed and decided to keep it rather than risk planting it.
• Lin Jing praised Li Qing and asked to learn his techniques, but Li Qing told her to continue cultivating the qi-and-blood martial path with Miao Xi.
• Li Qing explained to Lin Jing that spiritual energy had withered in the Age of Dharma's End and admitted he did not know why it had disappeared.
• Lin Jing introduced Li Qing to the Martial Alliance martial artists as their guardian, and Li Qing rebuked them for kneeling.
• Li Qing told Lin Jing he would not leave soon and wanted to see the new martial path Miao Xi and Xishan had forged.

Li Qing reunited with Yan Xishan and Miao Xi after treating Lin Jing, and learned how they had advanced the qi-and-blood martial path into the Innate Realm. After testing their new power, he named it Innate True Qi, leaving the path with two established realms.

• Li Qing restored Lin Jing's martial foundations, and she fell asleep after he promised he would not leave.
• Miao Xi and Yan Xishan welcomed Li Qing, who reassured Yan Xishan that he was not to blame for the deaths of Xiao Man and Xiao Feng.
• Li Qing told Miao Xi that the Blood Lotus Sect was gone and that the Autumn Mountain Domain could join the territory where the qi-and-blood martial path spread.
• Yan Xishan and Miao Xi demonstrated the Innate Realm, explaining that they had developed it after Yan Xishan witnessed the Demonic Willow feed.
• Li Qing tested their qi with his Body Arts, felt its piercing force, and named it Innate True Qi.

Li Qing cultivated the Innate Realm and took Lin Jing with him to hunt a Third-order Exotic Beast in the Black Wind Domain. As they approached the One-Eyed Giant Deer’s territory, the beast sensed them from the west.

• Li Qing used his qi and blood to nourish his body, causing Innate True Qi to gather and grow within his dantian.
• Lin Jing brought Li Qing the Martial Alliance’s intelligence on four known Third-order Exotic Beasts, including the One-Eyed Giant Deer and the Chattering Worm.
• Li Qing agreed to let Lin Jing accompany him to hunt, warning her to obey his orders and not act on her own.
• On the way west, Lin Jing discovered that Rice Bucket was intelligent and delighted in trying to communicate with him.
• Li Qing continued cultivating as Rice Bucket carried them toward the One-Eyed Giant Deer, which turned toward the east and roared.

Li Qing hunted the One-Eyed Giant Deer that had once driven him into a desperate escape, testing his Body Arts before killing it with his Natal Magic Treasure and Nether Cold Fire. He collected its blood and Third-tier Red Crystal, then took Lin Jing and the injured Rice Bucket onward to hunt more beasts, ending after he killed a Yin Python in a northern cold pool.

• Li Qing and Rice Bucket confronted the One-Eyed Giant Deer, which had advanced to the third order, while Lin Jing watched from a distance.
• Li Qing tested his Body Arts against the giant deer, but its strength and hard hide proved too much for him to overcome with physical attacks.
• Li Qing killed the giant deer with repeated blows from his Primordial Peerless Hammer enhanced by Nether Cold Fire, then collected its blood and Third-tier Red Crystal.
• Li Qing refused to let the injured Rice Bucket consume the Red Crystal yet, and Rice Bucket ate from the deer while Li Qing stored its skeleton.
• Li Qing took Lin Jing and Rice Bucket aboard the Serpent-headed Spirit Boat and searched the Black Wind Domain for more Third-order Exotic Beasts.
• Li Qing found and killed a Yin Python in a northern cold pool, then stored its body in his Storage Bag.

Li Qing abandoned his search for the burrowing centipede and found the Chattering Worm in the Black Wind Domain. After attacking it, he watched it flee and pursued it into the Autumn Mountain Domain.

• Li Qing decided to stop waiting for the centipede and search for the Chattering Worm instead.
• Li Qing found the Chattering Worm beneath a sand dune and attacked it with the Primordial Peerless Hammer, Black Furnace, and Shattering Yuan Great Fire Seal.
• The Chattering Worm survived the attack, shrieked, and fled, surprising Li Qing and Lin Jing.
• Li Qing pursued the Chattering Worm aboard the Serpent-headed Spirit Boat, and the chase carried them into the Autumn Mountain Domain.

Li Qing discovered that the Chattering Worm was a Demon Worm rather than an exotic beast and subdued it as his Pet Worm. Lin Jing suggested naming it Chong Jiu, and Li Qing agreed.

• The exhausted Chattering Worm struck at the pursuing Spirit Boat, but Li Qing damaged its tentacle with the Black Furnace.
• Li Qing sensed a Demon Spirit inside the worm and concluded that it was a Demon Worm, though he could not identify its species.
• Li Qing offered the worm submission or death, then bound it with Soul and blood contracts.
• Lin Jing climbed onto the subdued worm and suggested naming it Chong Jiu because it had nine tentacles.
• Li Qing accepted Lin Jing's suggestion and named the worm Chong Jiu.

Li Qing and Lin Jing traveled through the Autumn Mountain Domain to find a Secret Realm rumored to contain a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire. Li Qing located its hidden entrance and forced open a passage, leaving the pair poised to enter.

• Li Qing rode Chong Jiu with Lin Jing and studied a map from the Blood Lotus Sect's library tower that marked the Secret Realm.
• Li Qing directed Chong Jiu to the Secret Realm's location, and they crossed the Autumn Mountain Domain without trouble.
• Li Qing found a barren, severed mountain ridge and sensed that its terrain might once have held a spiritual vein.
• Li Qing struck the ridge's apparent entrance with true essence and detected spatial ripples that confirmed the Secret Realm was there.
• Li Qing repeatedly bombarded the space until a fissure widened into a passage, while Lin Jing watched in astonishment.

Li Qing entered the sealed mystic realm with Chong Jiu and Lin Jing to search for a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, finding a desolate world where spiritual energy had dried up. After discovering the remains of cultivators who had died there and finding their Storage Bags missing, he continued toward the spirit fire’s location and reached a mountain that resembled a severed piece of the range outside.

• Li Qing opened the passage into the mystic realm and brought Chong Jiu and Lin Jing through, then surveyed the barren, energy-depleted small world.
• Li Qing used the map to guide Chong Jiu toward a canyon, where he found a withered Cold Origin Pine and traces of human settlement.
• Li Qing and Lin Jing descended into the canyon and found Daoist-robed skeletons and desperate final messages inside wooden houses.
• Li Qing searched the houses for Storage Bags, found them all missing, and suspected the last cultivator to die had taken them.
• Li Qing set aside the search for the missing cultivator’s burial place and directed Chong Jiu toward the mapped Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire.
• After traveling for three or four days, Li Qing and Lin Jing reached a pitch-black mountain that resembled a severed section of the mountain range outside.