Chapter Summaries

Li Qing endured the first three Soul Falling Realm trials and obtained Soul Condensing Pills, a Soul Piercing Spear method, and Creation Source Liquid. After surviving the needle trial, he ended the challenge and kept most of the precious liquid for his own future tribulations.

• The Artifact Spirit told Li Qing that Soul Falling Mountain had nine trials, explained that the first seven offered rewards, and revealed that the third trial’s reward was Creation Source Liquid.
• Li Qing returned from the first two trials with three Soul Condensing Pills and the Soul Piercing Spear method, then took a pill and began cultivating the Soul Refining Scripture.
• The Soul Refining Scripture drew Li Qing back into the secret realm, where he endured the first and second trials while strengthening and repairing his divine soul.
• Li Qing accepted the third trial and endured countless Primordial Spirit Weapon needles piercing his divine soul until he passed and received a jar of Creation Source Liquid.
• The Artifact Spirit warned Li Qing that the fourth trial involved opponents and advised him to refine a Primordial Spirit Weapon, so Li Qing ended the trial and kept four-fifths of the Creation Source Liquid.
• Li Qing took another Soul Condensing Pill to recover from the third trial’s injuries.

Li Qing used his final Soul Condensing Pill to advance his soul to the Void Refinement stage, then left Soul Falling Mountain and reached Condensing Light Lake as its heavenly lights neared eruption. With the Treant Race hunting the other races across the secret realm, he, Hu Sheng, and Old Lord Black Nether faced a dangerous choice about whether to stay and pursue the lake’s rewards.

• Li Qing completed the first three trials, consumed his final Soul Condensing Pill, and strengthened his soul to the Void Refinement stage.
• Li Qing left Soul Falling Mountain and told Hu Sheng that he had obtained the Creation Source Liquid, giving the Lingxu City Lord hope of surviving the Great Heavenly Tribulation.
• Li Qing reached Condensing Light Lake ahead of the other races and surveyed the lake with his newly powerful spiritual sense.
• Old Lord Black Nether arrived and told Li Qing that the Treant Race had been attacking experts of every race, including himself and the Crimson Luan Bird.
• Hu Sheng reported that the Treant Race had devastated the other groups, while Old Lord Black Nether insisted on entering the lake to refine a Great Yin Profound Light.

Li Qing and his allies faced a powerful Treant Race force at Condensing Light Lake, but arriving factions turned the fight into a tense standoff. Zhuxuan tried to recruit Crimson Luan by revealing that the Treant Race held the sealed Azure Luan Saintess and Fuya.

• A towering treant attacked Li Qing, Old Lord Black Nether, and Hu Sheng, who fought back with spirit flames, yin souls, and Hu Sheng’s bell.
• The Heavenly Sword Grass and Zhuxuan joined the battle, forcing Li Qing to retreat as Zhuxuan demanded the life seed left by the Spirit Devouring Flower.
• Guli arrived to strike the treant, but a Black Profound Vine restrained him; then Little Bull King and his minotaurs arrived and balanced the opposing forces.
• Crimson Luan arrived searching for Azure Luan, and Zhuxuan offered to return her if Crimson Luan joined the Treant Race against the humans and Savage Bull Ridge.
• Zhuxuan showed Crimson Luan a crystal containing the sealed Azure Luan Saintess and Fuya, explaining that only a Spirit Devouring Flower elder could undo the seal.

The battle over Condensing Light Lake erupted as the Crimson Luan Saint Son joined the Treant Race, and Li Qing was forced to fight Zhuxuan. After defeating Zhuxuan with his Void Refinement-stage soul, Li Qing went to help Guli battle Heavenly Sword Grass and prepared a powerful sword strike.

• The Crimson Luan Saint Son chose to attack the humans and Savage Bull Race while avoiding a direct fight with Guli, and the Treant Race began its assault.
• Old Lord Black Nether summoned a Void Refinement-stage night owl Demon Spirit to fight the Crimson Luan Saint Son, while the Little Bull King attacked Black Profound Vine and Guli engaged Heavenly Sword Grass.
• Zhuxuan trapped Li Qing with a bamboo leaf that controlled his body, but Li Qing used Soul Condensing Stab to destroy Zhuxuan’s Demon Spirit and claimed his jade bamboo body.
• Guli called Li Qing for help as Heavenly Sword Grass pressed him back, and Li Qing powered up his armor, wings, and sword before preparing a mighty strike.

Li Qing unleashed a powerful sword strike against the Heavenly Sword Grass, which temporarily advanced to the Void Refinement stage and survived the clash. Before it could attack again, a White-eyed Giant arrived, revealed he had also reached Void Refinement, and drove the Heavenly Sword Grass and the other Treant Race members to flee.

• Li Qing used the White Emperor Golden Sovereign Slash, and the Heavenly Sword Grass sprouted a sixth leaf to meet his attack.
• The collision devastated the surrounding land, and the Heavenly Sword Grass explained that it had temporarily reached the Void Refinement realm through a secret art.
• As the Six-Leaf Sword Grass prepared to strike Li Qing, a White-eyed Giant appeared and stopped its attack.
• The White-eyed Giant told Guli that he had advanced to Void Refinement after exploring a hidden region in the Tianguang Secret Realm.
• The White-eyed Giant tried to seize the Heavenly Sword Grass, which only managed to wound his hand before fleeing; the Black Profound Vine and giant treant also escaped.

The White-eyed Giant drove off the Treant Race and reconciled the gathered factions as Condensing Light Lake began erupting with heavenly lights. Li Qing entered the lake and swam toward its center, where he prepared to test whether his Geng Metal Slaying Sword could help him capture a heavenly light.

• The White-eyed Giant explained that he had spared the fleeing treants to focus on the lake’s eruption, then urged everyone to seek their own opportunities.
• Guli threatened the Crimson Luan Saint Son, but the White-eyed Giant welcomed him and prevented the factions from turning against each other.
• At dawn, Condensing Light Lake erupted, and Niu Shan, the Crimson Luan Saint Son, the White-eyed Giant, and Li Qing plunged into the water.
• Li Qing used his Kunpeng Divine Power to swim through the viscous lake, while an orange heavenly light escaped before he could capture it.
• Old Lord Black Nether used his Yin Wind Profound Crystal to draw a black heavenly light into his body, and a Giant Spirit Race cultivator captured a pale green light.
• Li Qing reached the lake’s center and took out his Geng Metal Slaying Sword to test whether it could help him capture the erupting heavenly lights.

Li Qing secured Great Luo Golden Light for his Immortal Slaying Sword, then used Kunpeng Divine Power to draw and refine Spatial Strange Light. He attracted Purple Extreme Heavenly Light with Seven-Colored Vitality Essence and was still struggling to refine it as the eruption at Condensing Light Lake ended.

• Li Qing's Immortal Slaying Sword absorbed Great Luo Golden Light, and he put the sword away while it continued to fuse with the light.
• The Crimson Luan Saint Son sacrificed Crimson Luan True Blood and drew a crimson heavenly light from the lake, which he began refining.
• Li Qing used Kunpeng Divine Power to attract and refine Spatial Strange Light, completing the process by midmorning.
• Li Qing spent five thousand years of lifespan to produce Seven-Colored Vitality Essence, attracting Purple Extreme Heavenly Light into his body.
• Li Qing suppressed the resisting Purple Extreme Heavenly Light and tried to refine it as Condensing Light Lake's eruption subsided and the others awakened.

After the heavenly light eruption in Condensing Light Lake, several powerful cultivators finished refining their gains, including Li Qing, who obtained three heavenly lights and a Purple Extreme Heavenly Light. The White-eyed Giant revealed that his prize was the Hundred Strength Divine Light, then suggested that everyone hunt Ancient Savage Beasts before leaving the Tianguang Secret Realm.

• Cultivators came ashore after the eruption, lamenting failed attempts while others celebrated successfully refined heavenly lights.
• Little Bull King emerged after refining the Prajna Immortal Light, and Old Lord Black Nether quietly left the lake after refining the Great Yin Profound Light.
• Crimson Luan Saint Son and the White-eyed Giant awakened around the same time; Crimson Luan Saint Son said he had refined a Flame-type Mysterious Light.
• Li Qing awakened after refining three heavenly lights, including the Purple Extreme Heavenly Light, and kept his gains to himself when others questioned him.
• The White-eyed Giant claimed his Hundred Strength Divine Light was the strongest because it suited him, then admitted he had stayed in the lake to avoid coming ashore before the others.
• The White-eyed Giant suggested hunting Ancient Savage Beasts during the remaining days in the Tianguang Secret Realm, and the others agreed.

Li Qing refined the Soul Piercing Spear, strengthening his soul and gaining 1,800 years of lifespan, then returned to Soul Falling Mountain to challenge its fourth trial. He defeated the young master of Nine Snake Island and claimed the rewards before choosing not to risk the fifth trial.

• Li Qing flew to Soul Falling Mountain with the Spatial Strange Light and began refining a Primordial Spirit Weapon using his soul secret arts.
• Li Qing successfully refined the Soul Piercing Spear, gained 1,800 years of lifespan, and merged the weapon back into his soul to strengthen it.
• Li Qing endured the first three trials again and entered the fourth trial, where he faced the projection of the young master of Nine Snake Island.
• Li Qing fought the projection with the Soul Piercing Spear and defeated him, earning five Soul Condensing Pills, the Nine Snake Heart Method, and a jar of Creation Source Liquid.
• Li Qing declined the fifth trial, whose opponents wielded second-rank Primordial Spirit Weapons, and returned to his physical body.

Li Qing returned from the Tianguang Secret Realm with the Nine Snake Heart Method and other rewards, only to learn that the Treant Race had started a major war. After reaching Xuangu City, he received permission and a map from the Lingxu City Lord to choose whether to stay or leave.

• Li Qing obtained Five Soul Condensing Pills and the Nine Snake Heart Method before the Tianguang Secret Realm teleported him out.
• Niu An told the returning cultivators that the Treant Race had reclaimed territory and that Savage Bull Ridge might be drawn into the war.
• Old Lord Black Nether gave Hu Sheng Creation Source Liquid for the Lingxu City Lord, then left to prepare for advancing to the Void Refinement stage.
• Li Qing and Hu Sheng returned to Xuangu City, which had imposed martial law and cleared the vegetation around its walls.
• Li Qing gave the Lingxu City Lord his own Creation Source Liquid and learned that Fuya had likely been taken by the Flying Spirit Race.
• The Lingxu City Lord gave Li Qing a secret City Lord token and a sea chart, leaving him free to stay in Xuangu City or travel elsewhere.

Li Qing traded Spirit Devouring Beast blood essence to the Hou family and cultivated through the escalating war until he reached Late Deity Transformation. He then confronted a new obstacle: the Crimson Blazing Heaven Art contained no chapters beyond Spirit Transformation.

• Li Qing inspected the map from the Lingxu City Lord and used Earth Spirit Grass Fruits to advance his cultivation toward Late Deity Transformation.
• The Hou Family Patriarch exchanged Ghost Eye Purple Gold for Spirit Devouring Beast blood essence, then returned with three fire-attributed Top-grade Spirit Stones to buy more.
• The Treant Race war intensified as the Flying Spirit Race joined the Treant Race, worsening the Giant Spirit Race's position and increasing demands on Xuangu City's humans.
• Li Qing swallowed another Earth Spirit Grass Fruit and broke through to Late Deity Transformation.
• Li Qing realized the Crimson Blazing Heaven Art had no cultivation chapters beyond Spirit Transformation, while his self-created Dao Tribulation Wuji Scripture only reached Nascent Soul.

Li Qing traveled to the Fire Domain to refine his second killing sword and investigate its strange flames. After the Leaving Fire Profound Jade reacted to the domain and flew toward its deeper layers, Li Qing followed, uncertain how far the Crimson Blazing Heavenly Monarch had once ventured.

• Li Qing planned to forge the Immortal Trapping Sword from Ghost Eye Purple Gold and jade bamboo, then gathered intelligence about the Fire Domain before setting out from Xuangu City.
• A Body Integration Realm powerhouse of the Giant Spirit Race mistook Li Qing for a member of the Flying Spirit Race, then asked him to deliver a message to his nephew in the Fire Domain before departing without giving either of their names.
• Li Qing crossed the desert to the Fire Domain and found that the Leaving Fire Profound Jade resonated with the flames when he infused it with his true essence.
• Li Qing passed through the first four layers of the Fire Domain, where the Leaving Fire Profound Jade's reaction grew stronger.
• Near the fifth layer, the Leaving Fire Profound Jade flew into the sixth layer and beyond, and Li Qing realized that the Crimson Blazing Heavenly Monarch had reached at least that far.

Li Qing followed Crimson Blazing Heavenly Monarch’s Dao patterns into the Fire Domain’s ninth layer and discovered a damaged Flame Law fragment. As he studied the patterns left on Leaving Fire Profound Jade, he entered enlightenment and began comprehending new chapters of the Crimson Blazing Heaven Art, stirring the Flame Law and causing flames across the continent to erupt.

• Li Qing crossed the sixth layer by following Dao patterns that appeared when he circulated the Crimson Blazing Heaven Art, while a Giant Spirit Race member watched him head toward the seventh layer.
• The Flame Law’s power surged through the Fire Domain and across Tonggu Continent, halting a battle between the two races and drawing the attention of a Body Integration Realm elder and a powerful presence in the Giant Spirit Race royal city.
• Li Qing reached the ninth layer and found a damaged Flame Rune surrounded by Leaving Fire Profound Jade bearing Crimson Blazing Heavenly Monarch’s patterns and a message that he had come to comprehend the Flame Law.
• Li Qing studied the patterns on the Leaving Fire Profound Jade, entered enlightenment, and began comprehending later chapters of the Crimson Blazing Heaven Art as it circulated on its own.
• Li Qing’s Dao patterns reached toward the Flame Rune and stirred the Flame Law, causing flames throughout the Fire Domain and the surrounding desert to erupt and grow deadly.

Li Qing completed his enlightenment in the Fire Domain and met Gu Tongtian, the Giant Spirit Race patriarch, who offered to help him forge a weapon using the Flame Law Fragment. With Gu Tongtian protecting him, Li Qing drew out a trace of its power and began forging his second killing sword, shaping a jade bamboo blade.

• Li Qing awoke from his enlightenment, completed the later chapters of the Crimson Blazing Heaven Art, and resolved to leave the Flame Law Fragment for the future.
• Gu Tongtian appeared beside Li Qing as a projection and asked him to use the Dao patterns to draw power from the Flame Law Fragment.
• Gu Tongtian promised to protect Li Qing as he tried to mobilize the Dao patterns, and Li Qing eventually extracted a trace of crimson flame without suffering backlash.
• Li Qing used the flame to melt and temper Ghost Eye Purple Gold into invisible threads with the Primordial Peerless Hammer.
• Li Qing roasted a section of jade bamboo with his four spirit flames and shaped it into the rough outline of a killing sword blade.

Li Qing forged the Immortal Trapping Sword into an Earth-grade Spirit Treasure, and it survived a spectacular tribulation before returning to him. After Gu Tongtian invited Li Qing to join the Giant Spirit Race and collected Flame Law power, he revealed that he was preparing for the Two Realms Battlefield, which would open in about two thousand years.

• The Immortal Trapping Sword emerged from the Fire Domain and shattered its Spirit Treasure Tribulation while cultivators outside watched and tried to seize it.
• The sword returned to Li Qing, who received an eight-thousand-year lifespan reward and discovered that the Flame Law had raised his forged weapon to Earth-grade.
• Gu Tongtian praised Li Qing’s artifact-refining skill and invited him to join the Giant Spirit Race, but accepted when Li Qing hesitated.
• Li Qing drew Flame Law power from the fragment with the Crimson Blazing Heavenly Monarch’s Dao patterns, and Gu Tongtian stored it in a small yellow clay cauldron.
• Gu Tongtian explained that he had gathered the Flame Law power to prepare for his next Great Heavenly Tribulation and the Two Realms Battlefield, which was expected to open in less than two thousand years.

Li Qing left the Fire Domain with the Giant Spirit Ancestor’s promise to protect Xuangu City, then returned to cultivate the Immortal Trapping Sword. After the Fire Domain quieted, a Flying Spirit Race elder entered its deepest layer, was burned to ashes by the Flame Law, and left the other races wary of its remaining power.

• The Giant Spirit Ancestor sent Li Qing near Xuangu City and agreed to protect its humans in exchange for Li Qing’s promise to repay the favor.
• Li Qing returned to Xuangu City with the Immortal Trapping Sword and Crimson Blazing Heavenly Monarch’s inheritance, while experts of various races waited outside the Fire Domain.
• After the Fire Domain’s flames weakened, Elder Kong Han of the Flying Spirit Race entered its ninth layer and became absorbed in the damaged Flame Law rune.
• The Flame Law ignited Elder Kong Han’s body and divine soul, burning him to ashes as the Giant Spirit Race watched from outside.
• Li Qing refined the Immortal Trapping Sword and assessed its potential alongside his near-Earth-grade Immortal Slaying Sword and Golden Brocade Armor.

Li Qing recultivated his Crimson Blazing Heaven Art and studied the Nine Snake Heart Method while the war between the Giant Spirit Race and the Treant Race escalated into a battle between their ancestors. A new agreement restricted Body Integration Realm beings from fighting, and the chapter ended with Merchant Lord Sikong surviving his Great Heavenly Tribulation and advancing to the Void Refinement stage.

• Li Qing recultivated the Crimson Blazing Heaven Art, stabilized his Late Deity Transformation realm, and began studying the Nine Snake Heart Method.
• The Giant Spirit Race and Treant Race halted their fighting while their ancestors battled for seven days beyond the heavens.
• The races agreed that Body Integration Realm beings could no longer act freely, leaving cultivators at the Void Refinement stage and below to continue the conflict.
• Prodigies from the Flying Spirit Race and Treant Race advanced to the Void Refinement stage, while Li Qing noted that the Giant Spirit Race's White-eyed Giant had already reached that level.
• A Great Heavenly Tribulation gathered over Xuangu City, and Merchant Lord Sikong endured it to enter the Void Refinement stage.
• The Lingxu City Lord and Li Qing joined others in congratulating Merchant Lord Sikong on his breakthrough.

Li Qing attended Merchant Lord Sikong’s advancement banquet and offered him Creation Source Liquid in hopes of trading for Body Integration Realm snake demon blood essence. After Sikong agreed to seek it through the Jinfeng Merchant Guild’s branches, Li Qing tried the Nine Snake Heart Method and nearly let his visualization of the True Spirit Nine-headed Serpent take hold in his consciousness.

• Xuangu City celebrated Merchant Lord Sikong’s advancement to the Void Refinement stage, and Li Qing attended the Jinfeng Merchant Guild’s banquet with a bottle of Creation Source Liquid as a gift.
• Merchant Lord Sikong recognized the gift’s value and invited Li Qing upstairs to discuss a deal.
• Li Qing asked Sikong to find Body Integration Realm snake demon blood essence, and Sikong said the guild had none in stock but would search its branches on other continents.
• Li Qing returned to his cave abode and began cultivating the Nine Snake Heart Method by visualizing a Nine-headed Serpent.
• The Nine-headed Serpent’s image gained a contemptuous gaze and seemed to come alive, but Exquisite Immortal Sound dispersed its vitality before it could threaten Li Qing.
• Li Qing stopped cultivating, concluded he had mistakenly visualized a True Spirit-level being, and realized its image still remained in his mind.

Li Qing used the cleansed Nine-headed Serpent to cultivate the Nine Snake Heart Method, rapidly strengthening his body, mana, and divine soul while remaining in seclusion. Meanwhile, the Crimson Luan Saint Son was rescued from Savage Bull Ridge and sent to attack Xuangu City, where he launched a fiery assault on the city’s protective formation.

• Li Qing chose the Nine-headed Serpent as the foundation for the Nine Snake Heart Method and cultivated its first layer without the serpent showing signs of consciousness.
• The Crimson Luan Saint Son challenged Savage Bull Ridge, but the Savage Bull Race used the Iron Bull Bell to trap him until the Golden Peng Ancient Ancestor rescued him.
• Old Black Bull spread a false account that the Crimson Luan Saint Son had been defeated and forced to flee, angering him and damaging his reputation.
• The Golden Peng Ancient Ancestor stopped the Crimson Luan Saint Son from retaliating against Savage Bull Ridge and ordered him to attack Xuangu City, with the Treant Race holding back Giant Spirit reinforcements.
• The Crimson Luan Saint Son flew toward Xuangu City and poured flames onto its activated protective formation.

The Crimson Luan Saint Son blockaded Xuangu City and defeated Merchant Lord Sikong in two moves while demanding Old Lord Black Nether. After perfecting the first layer of the Nine Snake Heart Method, Li Qing left seclusion and walked out to face the Saint Son.

• The Crimson Luan Saint Son attacked Xuangu City, demanded Old Lord Black Nether, and began killing anyone who tried to leave.
• Merchant Lord Sikong challenged the Crimson Luan Saint Son but was defeated in two moves and rescued by the Lingxu City Lord's formation.
• Merchant Lord Sikong told Li Qing about the blockade and his defeat, while Li Qing completed the first layer of the Nine Snake Heart Method.
• Li Qing decided to confront the Crimson Luan Saint Son, and the Lingxu City Lord opened the formation gates for him.
• Li Qing walked out of Xuangu City and told the Crimson Luan Saint Son to come down and receive death.