Chapter Summaries

Li Qing recovered the Tiger Subduing Celestial Venerable’s White Tiger Golden Body Manifestation inheritance and spent decades in seclusion in Star River City, refining his skills while raising Qi Yin. After fully comprehending the first volume of the Heaven Refining Scripture, he decided to attempt the Heaven Refining Pavilion’s still-unsolved Thunder Sound Bow task.

• Li Qing used the Immortal Slaying Sword’s golden light to restore the erased text on the stone wall and memorized the White Tiger Golden Body Manifestation cultivation method.
• Li Qing returned to Star River City, studied his arts in seclusion, and taught Qi Yin, who achieved Foundation Establishment and gradually grew stronger in Great Yin Origin.
• Li Qing studied the first volume of the Heaven Refining Scripture and learned to refine ordinary wood and stone into high-grade magic tools, which he gave to Qi Yin.
• Reports described rising Human Race talents and mounting clashes with the Ghost Horn Race, whose border raids were checked temporarily when a Dao Palace venerable wounded one of its Body Integration Realm cultivators.
• After another twelve years, Li Qing mastered the first volume of the Heaven Refining Scripture and set his sights on the Thunder Sound Bow task that had remained unsolved for twenty-two years.

After six years of studying the Heaven Refining Pavilion’s blueprint, Li Qing completed the Thunder Sound Bow’s refining method and was invited to the pavilion. There, he met the Pavilion Master and bluntly asked what he had to pay to read the latter volume of the Heaven Refining Scripture.

• Li Qing sat on Star River City’s wall for six years, studying the golden blueprint and reasoning out the missing materials and Dao resonance needed to refine the Thunder Sound Bow.
• As the blueprint began to leave, Li Qing restrained it and filled in its missing sections; the scroll accepted his work and bathed him in golden light.
• Ku Hai Daojun arrived, praised Li Qing’s achievement, and invited him to visit the Heaven Refining Pavilion; Li Qing followed him there using his Wind Thunder Silver Wings.
• Ku Hai Daojun brought Li Qing through the pavilion’s floating magical-treasure buildings, where an explosion from the Heavenly Crafting Department startled him, and then led him to the Pavilion Master.
• The Pavilion Master questioned why Li Qing wanted to join despite his exceptional artifact-refining skill, and Li Qing said he sought the latter volume of the Heaven Refining Scripture and asked what price he must pay to read it.

Li Qing joined Heaven Refining Pavilion as an elder and learned that accessing the second volume of the "Heaven Refining Scripture" would require years of service, great merit, or a higher position. He established Wuji Hall, put out a Human Race-wide request for Earth Core Jade Milk, and ended the chapter studying a damaged Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure blade.

• The Pavilion Master told Li Qing that he could view the second volume of the "Heaven Refining Scripture" by becoming Pavilion Master, reaching the Mahayana Realm, or earning substantial merit for the Human Race.
• Li Qing accepted an elder’s position in Heaven Refining Pavilion and activated his assigned palace, naming it Wuji Hall.
• Li Qing decided to make Qi Yin his personal disciple and considered accepting Fan Yun as a Registered Disciple if they met again.
• Li Qing issued a task offering valuable rewards for Earth Core Jade Milk or verified information about it, knowing the request could reveal his identity to the Taotie Family.
• Li Qing explored Heaven Refining Pavilion’s departments, returned to Wuji Hall, and examined the broken blade of the Sea Suppressing Trident in his Grotto-Heaven World.

At the Heaven Refining Pavilion’s Centennial Assembly, Li Qing listened as the departments argued over wasted materials before the Pavilion Master assigned elders to collect supplies from the Niu Family. Li Qing learned the errand was unpopular because the Niu Family wanted the same Destiny-tainted materials for its plans to create a Destined Immortal Body.

• The Pavilion Master berated the Heavenly Crafting Department and other departments over the spiritual materials consumed in repairing failed treasures, while Li Qing remained absorbed in studying a damaged Heaven-reaching Blade.
• The Heavenly Crafting Department, Material Refining Department, and Elder Council blamed one another for furnace explosions until the Pavilion Master silenced them with his Integrated Body Late Stage aura.
• The Pavilion Master announced that the Niu Family’s Destiny Spring would open in a few decades and asked for volunteers to retrieve precious spiritual materials, but the elders made excuses.
• The Pavilion Master appointed Elder Xiao, Elder Wuji, and Elder Chen to visit the Niu Family and warned that war with the Ghost Horn Race might require the pavilion to reserve materials.
• After the meeting, Li Qing asked an elder about the unpopular assignment and learned that the Niu Family sought Destiny-tainted materials to create a Destined Immortal Body.

After years of study and treasure refinement, Li Qing discovered how heavenly light could help his Immortal Slaying Sword develop Dao charm and greatly increased his lifespan. With the Golden Destiny Spring nearing, he finished refining two Spirit Treasures and began preparing for the powerful opponents he expected to face at the Niu family.

• Li Qing allowed Li Qiyin to visit Star River City, and she returned subdued before recovering from her setback and devoting herself to cultivation.
• Li Qing studied the Damaged Heaven-reaching Blade and pavilion artifact-refining texts, then decided to refine treasures to increase his lifespan and nourish the little World Tree.
• Over roughly nine years, Li Qing refined seventy-four magic treasures, increasing his lifespan to nearly seventy thousand years.
• Li Qing spent twenty-eight years refining an Earth-grade spear and a Mysterious-grade Spirit Treasure, and both survived their tribulations.
• With less than twenty years before the Golden Destiny Spring opened, Li Qing recovered in Wuji Hall and prepared to make more Void Flame for his trip to the Niu family.

Li Qing and the Heaven Refining Pavilion elders traveled to Divine Ox Valley for the Golden Destiny Spring contest, learning why the Niu Family and other True Spirit Families coveted the spring and its Destiny Rock. After the Niu Family tried to bar them from entering, Li Qing used his Ox Horn Token to secure passage, though their host challenged his ability to compete.

• Li Qing explained to Li Qiyin why he had brought her to the Niu Family contest, while Elder Chen described Heaven Refining Pavilion's token and its dealings over destiny-infused spirit materials.
• Elder Chen revealed that the Golden Destiny Spring contained the immortal Destiny Rock, which the Niu Family hoped to use to create a Destined Immortal Body.
• Li Qing and the others encountered prodigies from the Peng Family, the Five Elements Sect, and the Feng Family on their journey, while learning that the spring could strengthen a cultivator's future dharma form.
• The group reached Divine Ox Valley, where the Niu Family refused to admit Heaven Refining Pavilion and told them to wait outside until the contest ended.
• Li Qing activated his Ox Horn Token, and the Niu Family opened a path into the valley while questioning whether he could compete.

As the factions gathered in Divine Ox Valley for the Golden Destiny Spring contest, the Feng sisters speculated about Li Qing’s inheritance, while the Taotie Family plotted to seize his Grotto-Heaven Treasure. The chapter ended with Li Qing reuniting with Long Yi, who had reached the Body Integration Realm and come as a Dao protector rather than a competitor.

• Su Yin told Su Ling that Li Qing’s Yang resonance suggested he might possess a Yang Spiritual Object and an extraordinary True Spirit Inheritance.
• Abyss Venerable urged Hu Chuan to arrange a first-round match against Li Qing and secretly take his suspected Grotto-Heaven Treasure.
• The Yin-Yang Sect arrived with Xi'er, whose heavy yin energy prompted speculation that she was the rumored Great Yin Physique; Xi'er vowed to avenge the Holy Son’s defeats.
• The Heaven Refining Pavilion group was assigned a desolate camp, where Li Qiyin roasted rabbits while Elder Xiao and Elder Chen complained about the Niu Family’s treatment.
• Long Yi visited Li Qing, revealed that he had reached the Body Integration Realm, and explained that he had come to Divine Ox Valley as a Dao protector, not a competitor.

Li Qing learned that Long Yi had already reached the Body Integration Realm and would not compete for the Destiny Spring, while his cousin Long Lan would take part. At the Divine Ox Valley tournament, the lots matched Li Qing against Hu Chuan of the Taotie Family, and Li Qing chose to fight rather than withdraw.

• Long Yi told Li Qing that he had no need for the Destiny Spring and warned him not to underestimate Long Lan, who would compete in his place.
• After two days, Li Qing and the other contenders gathered in the Ox Family’s territory as the Destiny Spring competition began.
• Li Qing recognized Xi'er, the infant girl once taken by the Yin-Yang Sect, among the sect’s people.
• Long Yi and Long Lan arrived, and Long Lan openly joked about taking Su Ling or Su Yin as a dao companion before the Ox Family began drawing lots.
• The first-round pairing set Li Qing against Hu Chuan, who offered him a chance to withdraw or stage a brief bout, but Li Qing said Hu should fight seriously.

Li Qing accepted Hu Chuan’s challenge on the Niu Family’s Dao platform, where Hu Chuan tried to seize his Grotto-Heaven Treasure and broken blade. Their battle escalated through treasure armor, spirit treasures, and Taotie techniques, ending with Li Qing’s purple eye beams wounding Hu Chuan as Hu Chuan concealed himself within his Devouring Domain.

• Li Qing agreed to fight Hu Chuan on the Niu Family’s Dao platform despite warnings about the Taotie descendant’s bloodline and abilities.
• After the earlier matches, Li Qing and Hu Chuan entered the Dao platform, where Hu Chuan demanded Li Qing hand over his Grotto-Heaven Treasure and broken blade.
• Hu Chuan used black treasure armor to absorb Li Qing’s force and blood qi, so Li Qing restrained his physical attacks and countered with the Great Sun Golden Flame and Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Hu Chuan blocked Li Qing’s attacks with an ice-blue crystal shield and unleashed the Taotie Yuan Devouring Hand, but Li Qing escaped using Spatial Strange Light.
• Hu Chuan spread a Devouring Domain across the Dao platform to drain Li Qing’s mana, but Li Qing’s purple eye beams pierced Hu Chuan and left him wounded.
• Hu Chuan merged into his Devouring Domain to hide his position from Li Qing.

Li Qing used the Heavenly Fiend Fire to infect Hu Chuan with Killing Intent and nearly killed him after Hu Chuan’s Taotie true body collapsed. Abyss Venerable moved to attack Li Qing, but Long Yi intervened and declared that he represented the Long Family in protecting him.

• Li Qing used Purple Extreme Heavenly Light to break through Hu Chuan’s Devouring Domain, forcing Hu Chuan to reveal his Taotie true body.
• Li Qing let Hu Chuan devour Heavenly Fiend Fire, causing its dense Killing Intent to drive Hu Chuan into a frenzy and make his true body collapse.
• Abyss Venerable asked Venerable Manshan to end the fight, and Li Qing pierced Hu Chuan with both killing swords as the platform’s restrictions came down.
• Abyss Venerable tried to kill Li Qing, but Venerable Manshan and others hesitated to stop him while Li Qing prepared to escape.
• Long Yi appeared behind a true dragon phantom, challenged Abyss Venerable, and declared that he could represent the Long Family in protecting Li Qing.

Long Yi revealed his True Dragon Bloodline and drove Abyss Venerable away before Li Qing continued advancing in the Destiny Spring contest. Seven finalists entered Destiny Peak to compete for three places at the summit, where the chapter left Long Yi examining the mountain’s dense Destiny Qi Machine.

• Long Yi’s dragon might confirmed that he was the Long Family’s hidden direct descendant, and Abyss Venerable withdrew with Hu Chuan rather than confront him.
• Peng Zhan’s great-uncle stopped him from challenging Long Yi, and Peng Zhan vowed to fight him after reaching the Body Integration Realm.
• Long Yi accepted a drop of Taotie True Blood from Li Qing and asked him to refine a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure for the Long Family in the future.
• Li Qing defeated the Yin-Yang Saint Son, who conceded, and joined six other finalists in the contest to reach Destiny Peak’s summit.
• Venerable Manshan opened the secret realm and scattered the seven contestants across Destiny Peak, whose mist blocked spiritual sense and whose summit would admit only the first three.
• Long Yi touched the mountain and wondered whether its dense Destiny Qi Machine had transformed the entire peak into Destiny Rock.

Li Qing climbed Destiny Peak by using a Thunder Roc Egg to resist the Heavenly Venerate pressure and became the first to reach the Golden Destiny Spring. He drank deeply from its increasingly potent golden waters, gaining Destiny Qi and source essence as he pursued the chance to enter the Body Integration Realm.

• Li Qing discovered that Destiny Peak forbade flight and spatial movement, then struggled against the spiritual pressure that intensified with every thousand zhang of ascent.
• Venerable Manshan explained the climbing trial to the observers, while Long Yi revealed that Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate and Carefree Heavenly Venerate had once refused to take him as a disciple.
• Li Qing brought out the Thunder Roc Egg and placed it in the Life-Extinguishing Furnace, using it to reduce the pressure and resume his rapid climb.
• Li Qing used Kunpeng Divine Power near the summit and reached the Golden Destiny Spring ahead of the other climbers.
• Li Qing drank deeply from the spring, absorbing Destiny Qi and golden source essence as the water turned from pale gold to pure gold.

Li Qing drank his fill of the Golden Destiny Spring, strengthened his Nascent Soul, and helped the Thunder Roc Egg absorb the spring’s spirituality before descending Destiny Peak. Peng Zhan and Su Yin’s battle kept them from claiming a spring spot, and Peng Zhan discovered that Li Qing had reached the summit first.

• Li Qing reached his limit drinking the Golden Destiny Spring and let the Thunder Roc Egg absorb its spirituality, bringing it close to hatching.
• Su Yin fought Peng Zhan over the Yin Phoenix True Blood he had taken from her younger sister, Ling'er, and the battle delayed them both.
• Li Qing met Long Lan and Niu Bahai at the summit after they climbed up, and they drank from the Golden Destiny Spring.
• Peng Zhan tried to claim the last spot but the Heavenly Venerable's restriction stopped him because three people had already reached the summit.
• Li Qing emerged from behind the restriction and told Peng Zhan and Su Yin that Long Lan and Niu Bahai had taken the other two spots, leaving Peng Zhan stunned.

Li Qing won the Golden Destiny Spring and returned to the Heaven Refining Pavilion, where he prepared for a breakthrough and pursued rare blood essence. News about Earth Core Jade Milk gave him a lead in the Great Wilderness, but he decided to wait until he reached the Body Integration Realm before investigating.

• Peng Zhan swallowed his anger, abandoned his attempt to reach the summit, and descended Destiny Peak alone.
• Su Yin descended with Li Qing and warned him that Peng Zhan might hold a grudge, while Li Qing said he would avoid trouble through secluded cultivation.
• Su Ling told Fairy Feng that Peng Zhan had ambushed her and taken her Yin Phoenix True Blood, prompting Fairy Feng and Old Daoist Qingfeng to confront each other.
• Li Qing and Su Yin reached the foot of Destiny Peak, where Peng Zhan explained his failure and the gathered experts learned that Li Qing had reached the summit first.
• Li Qing and the Artifact Refining Elders retrieved their spiritual materials, returned to the Heaven Refining Pavilion, and Li Qing slept for three days before issuing a mission for high-grade Demon Race blood essence.
• Li Qing received information that Earth Core Jade Milk had been seen in a cavern near the Heavenly Dog Race's domain, but decided to wait until he advanced to the Body Integration Realm before investigating.

Li Qing prepared for his Body Integration Realm breakthrough by gathering precious blood and adjusting himself in seclusion. After obtaining Great Yin True Blood from Li Qiyin and extracting Thunder Roc essence blood from a pure-blooded hatchling, he assembled more than twenty kinds of precious blood and began the Blazing Blood Nirvana Art.

• Li Qing remained in seclusion to prepare for his breakthrough while Li Qiyin ran errands and cultivated her Daoist Divine Abilities.
• Li Qiyin delivered a final bottle of Great Yin True Blood, then agreed to guard Wuji Hall while Li Qing secluded himself.
• Li Qing entered his Grotto-Heaven World and used the Immortal Slaying Sword to draw Thunder Dao runes away from the Thunder Roc Egg.
• Li Qing smashed the egg with the Primordial Peerless Hammer and extracted and refined the dead Thunder Roc hatchling’s True Blood into essence blood.
• Li Qing gathered more than twenty kinds of precious blood, including Great Yin True Blood and Thunder Roc essence blood, and began the Blazing Blood Nirvana Art for his breakthrough.

Li Qing used the Blazing Blood Nirvana Art and treasure blood to begin his breakthrough into the Body Integration Realm, then spent years growing and fusing his Nascent Soul with his body. He emerged from Wuji Hall as a Body Integration Realm cultivator, and the Great Heavenly Tribulation descended.

• Li Qing burned more than twenty kinds of treasure blood with the Blazing Blood Nirvana Art, triggering a breakthrough in his magic power and drawing attention from Heaven Refining Pavilion.
• The Pavilion Master activated the pavilion’s defenses while elders and disciples watched Li Qing’s aura surge; after three years, Li Qing completed the initial growth of his magic power and brought his physical body close to the peak of the sixth tier.
• Li Qing spent eight years nourishing his Nascent Soul with his magic power, then fused his divine soul, physical body, and Nascent Soul into one.
• Li Qing emerged from Wuji Hall, entered the Body Integration Realm, and comprehended the Thousand Mile Thought divine ability, strengthened by his Spatial Strange Light.
• As dark clouds gathered for the Great Heavenly Tribulation, Li Qing moved beyond Heaven Refining Pavilion and faced the descending lightning.

Li Qing advanced to the Body Integration Realm, but an unexpected bolt of Chaos Lightning left him severely injured and threatened to cause Dao injuries. While recuperating in Wuji Hall, he uncovered memories revealing that the Demon Venerable had arranged his tribulation and left him a path to heal by cultivating Chaos Law.

• Li Qing endured Five Elements True Lightning to temper his body and spirit treasures, then used the Thunder Roc corpse to absorb a lightning spirit.
• A bolt of Chaos Lightning struck Li Qing as the tribulation ended, badly damaging his body and filling his wounds with Chaos aura.
• Li Qing returned to Heaven Refining Pavilion, where the Pavilion Master recognized the danger of Dao injuries and promised to seek help from a Celestial Venerable.
• As Li Qing began healing in Wuji Hall, memories of the Demon Venerable grew clearer, making him fear that the Demon Venerable might eventually replace him.
• A memory revealed that the Demon Venerable had arranged events around Li Qing’s identity and offered a way to heal by cultivating Chaos Law.

Li Qing used Demon Venerable’s secret art to turn the Chaos Power threatening his life into a Chaos Seed, fixing his future path on the difficult Chaos Law. After more than three years of healing and cultivation, he emerged as a powerful Integrated Body Realm cultivator and planned to visit the Dao Palace before traveling beyond human territory.

• Li Qing accepted the Chaos Seed Body Art, extracted the Chaos Power from his body, and formed a Chaos Seed in his dantian.
• Li Qing spent more than three years healing his injuries and stabilizing his Dao Foundation, reaching the peak state of his life as an Integrated Body Realm cultivator.
• Li Qiyin welcomed Li Qing after his seclusion, and he gave her a Storage Bag and permission to travel through the mortal world to prepare for her Inner Demon Tribulation.
• Li Qing visited Pavilion Master of Heaven Refining Pavilion, who explained how he could use his Identity Token to observe the Dao Treasury heavenly book at the Dao Palace.
• Li Qing left the pavilion intending to seek news about Earth Core Jade Milk beyond human territory and investigate the two people Xia Wushuang had asked him to kill.

Li Qing traveled down the Xunfeng River toward the Dao Palace, concealing his Body Integration Realm cultivation while escorting a merchant fleet. After joining a group of young cultivators headed to the Dao Trial Assembly, he heard that the Feng and Peng Families’ conflict might be settled by a contest between their younger generations.

• Li Qing accepted a Hongyun Merchant House escort commission and read reports of recent breakthroughs, including Mo Feng’s challenge to the Taotie Family and the Yin-Yang Sect Holy Son’s death during tribulation.
• Li Qing killed a Late Third-tier Blackwater Crocodile with a single strike when it attacked the fleet.
• Zhao Shan and three other Nascent Soul cultivators recognized Li Qing’s strength and joined the voyage toward the Dao Palace, while Li Qing declined the manager’s offer of a higher reward.
• Wan Hong and the others discussed the escalating conflict between the Feng Family and Peng Family, predicting the Dao Palace might prevent a war and that the families could resolve matters through their younger descendants.

Li Qing accompanied four Nascent Soul Realm cultivators to the Dao Palace and entered its Reception Daoist Temple, where he revealed his Body Integration Realm identity to a welcoming elder. After passing the heart-refining trial, he learned that he could view the Dao Treasury, a heavenly book capable of granting extraordinary inheritances.

• Li Qing shared cultivation insights with four Nascent Soul Realm cultivators during their voyage, then traveled with them toward the Dao Palace’s Dao Trial Assembly.
• Wan Hong explained how the Dao Palace recruited rogue cultivators, and the group discussed the formidable Indestructible Golden Body competitor expected at the assembly.
• At the Dao Palace’s entrance, Li Qing saw through an illusion and entered a Reception Daoist Temple while the others remained trapped in its visions.
• A white-robed elder recognized Li Qing as a Body Integration Realm cultivator and guided him to the Primordial Dao Seeking Hall to view the Dao Treasury.
• The pressure of the Celestial Venerable statues was blocked by a will in Li Qing’s sea of consciousness, and he passed the heart-refining trial.
• The elder explained the Dao Treasury’s past inheritances and the requirements for viewing it again, increasing Li Qing’s desire to see the heavenly book.