Chapter Summaries

The Man surnamed Qin used the Immortal Mansion Ruins to trap cultivators and harvest their emotions and power, planning to break through his barrier and ascend. Li Qing arrived to confront him, but the two stood opposed as Qin refused to release the captives.

• Li Yuhuan followed the Immortal Mansion Ruins to Julucheng, where the Man surnamed Qin raised the estate from underground and drew cultivators inside.
• Cultivators rushed for apparent treasures, but most were illusions; their greed and despair grew as they discovered the opportunities were false, while some genuine treasures and dangers remained.
• The Man surnamed Qin revealed that he was refining everyone inside the estate to fuel his cultivation and enable his ascension.
• Li Yuhuan sent a distress signal, and Li Qing arrived and challenged Qin over his scheme.
• Qin refused to release the sect elders, asserted his superiority over Li Qing, and unleashed his spiritual pressure as Li Qing stood firm.

Li Qing fought the Spirit Transformation cultivator Qin Siya, using his Wind Thunder Silver Wings and other powers to resist Qin Siya’s attacks and emotional control. After the Exquisite Immortal Sound restored his mind, Li Qing combined two Spirit Treasures and unleashed a new killing move, Myriad Swords Return to Origin.

• Li Qing manifested his Wind Thunder Silver Wings and used Wind Thunder Illusion Breaker Kill to wound Qin Siya with attacks moving too quickly to distinguish.
• Qin Siya blocked one strike with an earthen wall, then used his words to manipulate Li Qing’s emotions and take control of his body.
• The Exquisite Immortal Sound broke Qin Siya’s influence, allowing Li Qing to slash him with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Li Qing poured mana and Seven-Colored Vitality Essence into the Immortal Slaying Sword while activating the Wind Thunder Silver Wings.
• Li Qing used Myriad Swords Return to Origin, splitting into countless figures, each wielding a killing sword.

Li Qing killed Qin Siya, discovered the Heavenly Marvel Immortal Mansion was a spirit treasure, and learned its first Treasure Cultivation Art level to gain limited control over it. He opened its gates to free the trapped cultivators, who emerged and demanded an explanation from him.

• Li Qing used Myriad Swords Return to Origin to kill Qin Siya, exhausting nearly all his mana in the process.
• Li Yuhuan collected Qin Siya's Storage Bag, and Li Qing identified the Immortal Mansion Ruins as a spirit treasure and found its five-level Treasure Cultivation Art.
• Li Qing used the Essence Refining Fire Ring to replenish his mana, then mastered the first level of the Treasure Cultivation Art and learned the mansion's name was the Heavenly Marvel Immortal Mansion.
• Li Qing discovered the cultivators inside were alive but injured, and that moving the mansion would require him to master the second level of the art.
• Li Qing opened all eight gates and called the trapped cultivators out of the mansion.
• Several newly freed Nascent Soul cultivators, including the Three Immortals from overseas, confronted Li Qing and demanded an explanation.

Li Qing drove off the Three Immortals from the Outer Sea, rescued Jiang Han and the others, and resolved the trouble with the Blood Shark King. Unable to take the Heavenly Marvel Immortal Mansion through cultivation alone, he used his immense strength to lift it and set off for the sect with it.

• Li Qing revealed his peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivation and intimidated the cultivators demanding answers, then wounded Wan Sangu when she left with resentment.
• Gui Li joined Li Qing, and the Three Immortals from the Outer Sea fled after learning his identity; Gui Li pursued them.
• Li Qing reunited with Li Yuhuan, Jiang Han, True Person Fu Xuan, and Wu Chong, who had been rescued from the immortal mansion.
• The Blood Shark King stopped pretending to be unconscious and apologized to Li Qing, who accepted his explanation and let him go.
• Li Qing lifted the Heavenly Marvel Immortal Mansion with his physical strength and declared that they would return to the sect.

Li Qing carried the Heavenly Marvel Immortal Mansion across the Great Desolation Region and set it down near the Lingyun Sect, where he recovered from the strain. While inspecting the Storage Bag of the man surnamed Qin, he found a diary revealing that its owner had been trapped inside the immortal estate for years.

• Li Qing lifted the Heavenly Marvel Immortal Mansion and flew north, astonishing cultivators who speculated that his body-refining strength surpassed the Demon King realm.
• At the Forbidden Speech Snow Mountain, Li Qing met a silver-haired old woman who revealed she had awakened from ancient self-sealing after sensing the immortal estate, then departed to see the Human Realm and ascend.
• Li Qing brought the Heavenly Marvel Immortal Mansion back to the Lingyun Sect and set it down with a tremendous impact, then spent more than ten days replenishing his strength.
• Li Qing searched the Storage Bag of the man surnamed Qin and found no spirit stones or pills, but discovered ancient cultivation records and a diary.
• The diary described its owner's years trapped inside the Heavenly Marvel Immortal Mansion, including dangerous restrictions, an illusory medicine mountain, and dwindling supplies.

Li Qing read the diary of the former Heavenly Marvel Immortal Mansion master, studied the Chaos Desire Demonic Art’s Soul Splitting Secret Technique, and gained greater control of the estate. He discovered its trapped Purple Extreme Yuan Devouring Beast, which offered him a method to complete his spiritual roots, but Li Qing deferred the bargain until he reached the Spirit Transformation stage.

• Li Qing learned from Qin’s diary how the former master had spent centuries trapped in the Heavenly Marvel Immortal Mansion before escaping, only to die after setting a trap in the Great Desolation Region.
• Li Qing discovered Qin’s Chaos Desire Demonic Art and began studying its Soul Splitting Secret Technique alongside the Treasure Cultivation Art.
• Xu Xia formed his core and, unable to find a successor, decided to test candidates for the Lingyun Sect sect master position.
• Sixteen years after obtaining the estate, Li Qing mastered the Treasure Cultivation Art’s second layer and gained the ability to move the mansion through earth veins and alter its interior.
• Li Qing contacted the Purple Extreme Yuan Devouring Beast, which offered to teach him the Method to Complete Spiritual Roots in exchange for release.
• Li Qing said he would reconsider the trade after reaching the Spirit Transformation stage, surprising the beast with his Nascent Soul cultivation and powerful divine soul.

Li Qing continued tempering his Spirit Transformation bottleneck while news of a bloodstained fragment from Wan Shengtian’s robe raised fears that his ascension had failed. As Moonlit Ridge’s ancient Spirit Transformation cultivators prepared to ascend despite the danger, Old Daoist Xuxuan left to replenish his depleted vital essence.

• Li Qing spent eight years tempering his bottleneck, weakening it substantially, but chose to keep cultivating rather than attempt a risky breakthrough.
• Three years later, a bloodstained corner of Wan Shengtian’s Quiet Light Robe was found near Heavenly Pole Island, alarming the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild and stirring speculation that his ascension had failed.
• A mysterious Spirit Transformation expert from Moonlit Ridge examined and took the robe fragment, warning that dangers in the void could have killed Wan Shengtian and his companions.
• Li Qing heard the news but set aside his worries about ascension and returned his attention to breaking through.
• At Moonlit Ridge, several ancient Spirit Transformation cultivators awakened as their long-awaited Spatial Node weakened, and Kun Yuan confirmed the fragment carried Wan Shengtian’s aura.
• Old Daoist Xuxuan said his vital essence had been depleted and left to seek sustenance in another great region, while the others made no move to stop him.

Old Daoist Xuxuan drained the vital essence from Mu Kingdom and the southern snow region of the Qingling Region to restore himself before ascending. He set his sights on the Lingyun Sect as his final target.

• Old Daoist Xuxuan emerged from the snow mountains and drained every living person in a Mu Kingdom city of their vital essence.
• Old Daoist Xuxuan traveled north, killing people in mortal cities and Rogue Cultivators to replenish his failing body.
• Old Daoist Xuxuan destroyed the Cui Family’s formation and drained the cultivators in its valley, leaving only the terrified family head alive.
• Old Daoist Xuxuan broke Red Leaf Marketplace’s restrictions and drained the cultivators gathered there.
• Old Daoist Xuxuan swept through the southern snow region, destroying cities and cultivation communities, including some Core Formation cultivators.
• Old Daoist Xuxuan chose the Lingyun Sect as his next target.

Old Daoist Xuxuan attacked Lingyun Sect to steal its cultivators’ life essence, and Li Qing confronted him with his Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires. Xuxuan revealed his ancient grudge against the Crimson Blazing Heavenly Monarch and effortlessly dispersed Li Qing’s flame formation, leaving Li Qing facing a far stronger foe.

• Old Daoist Xuxuan arrived at Lingyun Sect and used his Soul Devouring Ring to drain spiritual energy while attacking the sect’s defenses.
• Li Qing confronted Xuxuan, who said he intended to devour the life essence of everyone in Lingyun Sect.
• Li Qing used three Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires to destroy Xuxuan’s yin souls and formed the Myriad Flames Burn Heaven Formation.
• Xuxuan recognized Li Qing’s techniques as the inheritance of Crimson Blazing and revealed that Crimson Blazing had once inflicted Dao wounds on him.
• Li Qing summoned his silver-purple bone wings, but Xuxuan dispersed the flame formation with a gesture and mocked Li Qing’s inferior strength.

Li Qing fought Old Daoist Xuxuan, who unleashed Nine Heavens Heavy Water and a Mysterious Water Black Dragon while the Lingyun Sect protected its mountain gate. As Xuxuan’s dragon overwhelmed him, Li Qing’s Kunpeng Divine Power awakened, and he began turning the fight against the black dragon.

• Old Daoist Xuxuan scattered Li Qing’s formation and attacked him with Nine Heavens Heavy Water, forcing Li Qing to defend himself with the Black Furnace.
• Suxin, Wu Chong, Chu Lingyi, Li Yuhuan, Jiang Han, and Xu Xia reinforced the Lingyun Sect’s formation and urged Li Qing to fight without worrying about the sect.
• Li Qing wounded Old Daoist Xuxuan with the Immortal Slaying Sword, but Xuxuan struck him with Glazed Fiendish Crystal, suppressing his magical power.
• Old Daoist Xuxuan summoned a Mysterious Water Black Dragon and covered the battlefield in harmful black rain, leaving Li Qing unable to escape its attack.
• Li Qing’s Kunpeng Divine Power erupted, and he used the Kunpeng Rending Heaven Claw and Immortal Slaying Sword to wound and suppress the black dragon.
• Li Qing attacked the black dragon’s back, while Old Daoist Xuxuan watched in shock as the Kunpeng battled the dragon.

Li Qing defeated Old Daoist Xuxuan’s Mysterious Water Black Dragon and pursued him across the sea, but Xuxuan detonated his Nascent Soul and left Li Qing near death. An ancient woman rescued Li Qing in the Black Furnace and returned him to the Lingyun Sect, where Suxin found him.

• Li Qing destroyed Old Daoist Xuxuan’s Mysterious Water Black Dragon and pursued him through a storm across the sea.
• Old Daoist Xuxuan, exhausted and cornered, detonated his Nascent Soul to take Li Qing down with him.
• Li Qing used the Black Furnace to shield himself, while its sixteen Fiery Gold Marks protected his remaining life force from the blast.
• An elderly woman rescued the Black Furnace from a spatial rift, stabilized Li Qing, and carried him to the Lingyun Sect.
• The elderly woman told the sect to restore the furnace’s missing Golden Fire Patterns, and Suxin found Li Qing’s mutilated body inside.

After Old Daoist Xuxuan’s self-detonation ruined the ascension node, Old Lord Caixia persuaded four Spirit Transformation cultivators to delay their plans and search for another route. Meanwhile, the Lingyun Sect searched for Golden Fire Patterns to help Li Qing, and Zhang Mo brought two to the sect along with a lead pointing to the West Heaven Pavilion.

• Old Lord Caixia met the four Moonlit Ridge cultivators at the damaged ascension node and proposed ice-sealing themselves while searching for another suitable node over two hundred years; they agreed.
• The Lingyun Sect kept Li Qing’s near-death condition secret and organized a search for Golden Fire Patterns, with Xu Xia leading the effort.
• Three years later, Zhang Mo arrived at the Lingyun Sect with two Golden Fire Patterns and explained that he wanted to use Li Qing’s Heart of Heavenly Poison to aid his breakthrough into the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Suxin told Zhang Mo that Li Qing was absent and learned that the West Heaven Pavilion in the Cloud Marsh Region had once collected Golden Fire Patterns.
• Suxin checked the two patterns, embedded them in Li Qing’s Black Furnace, and sensed that his vitality had strengthened slightly.

The Lingyun Sect sent Rice Bucket, now known as Heavenly Tiger King, to negotiate for West Heaven Pavilion’s Golden Fire Patterns, which were helping preserve Li Qing’s life. On the way through the Cloud Marsh Region, Rice Bucket was captured by Kun Yuan, who offered to make him a demon pet and help him refine his tiger bones.

• The Lingyun Sect rejected an immediate war against West Heaven Pavilion and agreed to send an envoy to trade for its Golden Fire Patterns while investigating its strength.
• Rice Bucket revealed himself as Old Ancestor Heavenly Tiger and volunteered to travel to the Cloud Marsh Region, then set out alone as Heavenly Tiger King.
• Suxin discovered that the eighteen Golden Fire Patterns in Li Qing’s Black Furnace had brightened as his vitality slowly strengthened, though he remained unconscious.
• A mist-covered cultivator named Kun Yuan sensed Rice Bucket’s demon qi and trapped him in black mist after learning he carried the bones of a fifth-rank Heavenly Demon Tiger.
• Kun Yuan offered to help Rice Bucket refine the tiger bones in exchange for becoming his demon pet, then tightened his restraints when Rice Bucket resisted.

Kun Yuan subdued Rice Bucket and agreed to help him retrieve the Golden Fire Pattern from West Heaven Pavilion in exchange for Rice Bucket's future service. At West Heaven Pavilion, Kun Yuan questioned the elders and explored the treasury while Rice Bucket gathered the patterns needed to save Li Qing.

• Kun Yuan beat Rice Bucket, discovered Li Qing's weak Spirit Contract, and tried to persuade the tiger to become his subordinate.
• Rice Bucket agreed to serve Kun Yuan if he helped retrieve the item needed to save Li Qing, and Kun Yuan threatened the sect if Rice Bucket broke his word.
• Kun Yuan brought Rice Bucket to West Heaven Pavilion, where Gu Shun and Yin Nanhai marked two Demon Realm Rift locations on a map and led them into the Sect Treasury.
• Kun Yuan examined the Five Elements Return to Origin Mountain while Rice Bucket took the Heart of a Thousand-Year Spirit Tree and other treasures.
• Rice Bucket found and collected fifteen Golden Fire Patterns, bringing the combined total with Lingyun Sect's collection to thirty-three.

Rice Bucket returned fifteen Golden Fire Patterns to Lingyun Sect to help restore Li Qing, then left with the black-mist Spirit Transformation expert. Thirty years later, Li Qing was recovering, Cao Xiu had formed a core, and dying True Person Fu Xuan entrusted Chu Lingyi with his Dragon Transformation Pill and his wish to become a fourth-rank spirit talisman master.

• Rice Bucket obtained fifteen Golden Fire Patterns from West Heaven Pavilion and returned to Lingyun Sect with the man in black mist.
• Rice Bucket embedded the patterns in Li Qing’s Black Furnace, improving Li Qing’s vitality, then told Suxin about the Spirit Transformation expert and left the sect under the man’s control.
• Over the next thirty years, Lingyun Sect found one more Golden Fire Pattern, bringing its total to thirty-four, while Suxin continued treating Li Qing and his vitality improved.
• Cao Xiu formed a core, took the Dao title True Person Hundred Wonders, and became Lingyun Sect’s new Supreme Elder.
• As True Person Fu Xuan grew frail, he gave Chu Lingyi his Dragon Transformation Pill and charged her with pursuing his wish of becoming a fourth-rank spirit talisman master.

After True Person Fu Xuan's death and decades of silence from Lingyun Sect, Golden Profound Gate arose in the Qingling Region under the leadership of the former Lingyun Sect prodigy Shi Zuming. Wu Chong confronted Shi Zuming at the sect's Ascension Ceremony, and their battle began with Shi Zuming easily destroying Wu Chong's Taotie beasts.

• True Person Fu Xuan died after three years bedridden, and Lingyun Sect buried him amid rumors that the sect's influence was waning and Wuji Ancestor had died.
• Twenty years later, Golden Profound Gate established itself on a Second-order Spirit Vein and offered five Foundation Establishment Pills to attract cultivators to its Ascension Ceremony.
• Xu Xia grew suspicious of Golden Profound Gate, sent disciples to investigate, and hurried to summon Suxin Ancestor after learning Wu Chong had gone there.
• Wu Chong arrived at Golden Profound Gate and challenged its master, who revealed himself as Shi Zuming, the former Lingyun Sect prodigy now at Mid Core Formation.
• Shi Zuming rejected Wu Chong's questions and fought him, smashing all four of Wu Chong's Taotie beasts with his bone club and brute strength.

Shi Zuming defeated Wu Chong with his Savage Bone Battle Body, and the Golden Profound Gate rose while the Lingyun Sect held back to investigate its hidden backing. Sixteen years later, Shi Zuming reached Late Core Formation, and new life stirred on Li Qing’s abandoned Qingyun Peak.

• Shi Zuming grievously wounded Wu Chong with the Savage Bone Overlord Fist, but Xu Xia rescued him with a Void Escape Talisman.
• Shi Zuming announced the Golden Profound Gate’s Ascension Ceremony, which proceeded three days later as the Lingyun Sect chose not to interfere.
• The Lingyun Sect arranged to infiltrate the Golden Profound Gate while rumors about its hidden backing spread across the Qingling Region.
• Shi Zuming cultivated in seclusion, and over sixteen years the Golden Profound Gate expanded as he advanced to Late Core Formation.
• Life force emerged from Qingyun Peak, and Suxin Ancestor sealed off the area with joy.

After nearly a century unconscious in the Black Furnace, Li Qing awakened, learned what had happened to the Lingyun Sect, and broke through to the Spirit Transformation stage. He stood beneath a vast gathering tribulation, determined to face it without help.

• Li Qing awoke in the Black Furnace and discovered that thirty-four Fiery Gold Marks had been collected while he slept.
• Suxin told Li Qing how a mysterious old woman had promised to revive him with Golden Fire Patterns and recounted the sect’s troubles, including Fu Xuan’s death and the Golden Profound Gate’s rise.
• Li Qing visited Fu Xuan’s grave, then broke through his weakened bottleneck and ascended into the sky as the Lingyun Sect’s disciples watched in awe.
• Li Qing absorbed vast amounts of spiritual energy, spirit stones, a Fire Flood Dragon Pearl, Sun Radiance, and moonlight to establish his Spirit Transformation foundation.
• Li Qing chose to face the heavenly tribulation unaided as immense thunderclouds gathered for seven days, drawing the attention of cultivators across the Human Realm.

Li Qing endured a Spirit Transformation tribulation of escalating Golden Night True Thunder, Violet Void Divine Lightning, and Beast Transformation Heavenly Lightning, emerging as a Spirit Transformation cultivator. He tested his newfound strength and turned toward settling old scores as powerful figures across the surrounding domains took notice.

• Li Qing used the Golden Night True Thunder to temper his body with the Dao Tribulation Wuji Scripture, then endured the Violet Void Divine Lightning with his spirit fires and treasures.
• A dragon-shaped Beast Transformation Heavenly Lightning wounded Li Qing, who countered with Kunpeng Divine Power and his sword until the tribulation ended.
• Li Qing survived the tribulation and examined his strengthened Spiritual Sense, mana, body, and lifespan as a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Li Qing declared his new strength, vanished through the void, and resolved to settle matters with his enemies.
• Powerful cultivators awakened by the tribulation watched Li Qing from afar, and he met their gazes without fear.

After advancing to Spirit Transformation, Li Qing destroyed the Golden Profound Gate and killed Shi Zuming, then traveled to the Forbidden Speech Snow Mountain to find Rice Bucket. He learned that Rice Bucket was with Kun Yuan, and Old Lord Caixia began waking Kun Yuan so Li Qing could meet him.

• Li Qing suppressed the Golden Profound Gate, identified its formation as the cause of the region’s depleted spiritual energy, and confronted Shi Zuming and the formation master.
• Shi Zuming’s blood-red jade tablet summoned no help, and Li Qing identified Rakshasa Demon Lord as the one behind the plot before destroying his blood-soul avatar.
• Li Qing killed Shi Zuming and the formation master, then left the remaining Golden Profound Gate cultivators to fend for themselves.
• Li Qing traveled to the Forbidden Speech Snow Mountain and thanked the old woman who had saved him, learning that she was preparing for ascension alongside several sealed Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Li Qing asked for Rice Bucket, and Old Lord Caixia said Kun Yuan had brought the tiger demon to the secret realm and had not mistreated him.
• Old Lord Caixia agreed to arrange a meeting if Li Qing handled the matter peacefully, then woke Kun Yuan, whose voice asked whether the opportunity for ascension had appeared.