Chapter Summaries

Song Qingming persevered through the Cloud Lightning Array with the Thunder Gathering Pearl and reached a clearing where he collected valuable spirit fruits. He left unripe fruit for future visitors, buried the cultivators’ remains, and prepared to continue exploring.

• Zhao Menglian warned that the Cloud Lightning Array forced cultivators to walk through while its lightning grew denser with each wave.
• Zhang Tieyang, True Person Qingluo, Jin Ziyuan, and Yun Xinhe withdrew as their defenses or Mana failed, leaving Zhao Menglian and Song Qingming to press on.
• Zhao Menglian found a dead cultivator with a Storage Bag, agreed to share its contents with Song Qingming, then turned back when her Mana ran low.
• Song Qingming used the Thunder Gathering Pearl to absorb the lightning and continued through the formation, passing several old corpses.
• Song Qingming reached an open clearing and had Golden Wind gather four Level Three Spiritual Fruits and more than a dozen Grade Two fruits from two Spirit Fruit Trees.
• Song Qingming left the unripe fruits untouched and buried the cultivators’ remains in the clearing.

Song Qingming passed through the Cloud Lightning Array, collected rare Spiritual Fruits, and shared lesser fruits with his companions before they continued searching the Tongtian Tower. Elsewhere, Long Feng drove off three Golden Core Cultivators from an abandoned palace, and Fire Phoenix sent him to bring someone to her with a Golden Feather.

• Song Qingming left the Cloud Lightning Array after taking ripe Spiritual Fruits from a Level Three Spiritual Fruit tree and passing the graves inside.
• Song Qingming reassured Jin Ziyuan and the others, then shared five Grade 2 Mid-grade Blood Dragon Fruits with them before the group moved on.
• Two days later, three Golden Core Cultivators reached an abandoned palace, where the leading man sent a Grade 2 Puppet Beast inside to scout.
• A Late Golden Core Stage Great Demon King named Long Feng appeared and forced the three cultivators to leave the palace.
• Fire Phoenix gave Long Feng a Golden Feather and told him to bring the person who had already come up to her.

Song Qingming and his companions clashed with Nine Yuan Sect cultivators over spiritual herbs in a valley, only for Long Feng to scare everyone away by posing as the Golden Feather Demon Emperor. After Song Qingming recognized him, Long Feng revealed himself and urged him to meet Fire Phoenix, but Song Qingming stayed behind to collect the herbs.

• Zhao Menglian led Song Qingming and their companions to a spiritual-herb valley, where they confronted Ma Qiudie and other Nine Yuan Sect cultivators.
• Zhao Menglian and the Nine Yuan Sect leader argued over who had the right to gather the herbs, and their groups soon fought.
• Long Feng arrived disguised as the Golden Feather Demon Emperor and drove both groups out of the valley.
• Song Qingming returned after recognizing Long Feng's ruse, but Long Feng transformed into Fire Phoenix and frightened him before revealing his true form.
• Long Feng invited Song Qingming to meet Fire Phoenix, while Song Qingming stayed behind to gather the valley's spiritual herbs.

Song Qingming chose to continue following Fire Phoenix into the dangerous upper levels of the Tongtian Tower despite her warning. After they survived several deadly natural calamities, they reached the sixth level, where Fire Phoenix concealed the group after spotting people near a mountain.

• Song Qingming gathered several dozen mature Grade 2 Spirit Medicines before returning to Fire Phoenix and giving her a Level Three Dragon Blood Fruit in exchange for a luminous jade pearl.
• Fire Phoenix warned Song Qingming that the upper levels were perilous and urged him to hide or seek his companions, but he resolved to press on despite the risk of death.
• Fire Phoenix led Song Qingming and Long Feng through a Teleportation Array to the fourth level, where they survived a Ghost Wind inside her protective barrier.
• The group crossed the fourth and fifth levels over two days, enduring Ghost Winds, Falling Lightning, and powerful arrow rain before reaching the sixth level.
• Near a Teleportation Array leading to the seventh level, Fire Phoenix concealed the group after spotting people at the foot of a mountain.

Song Qingming and Long Feng avoided a cave where three Golden Core cultivators were dividing Black Rock Fruits. One cultivator killed another over the spoils, then persuaded the white-haired elder to join him in ascending to the Tongtian Tower’s seventh level.

• Fire Phoenix spotted cultivators fighting in a cave and led Song Qingming and Long Feng around it without alerting them.
• After the battle ended, the white-haired elder Xu and the middle-aged scholar Han argued with the green-robed Feng over how to divide two Black Rock Fruits.
• Feng agreed with Han’s proposal to remove one person from the group, then challenged Han and killed him in their duel.
• Feng collected Han’s magical items, and Xu gave Feng one of the Black Rock Fruits.
• Feng told Xu that the dangers rumored about the seventh level were exaggerated and asked him to go up together; Xu agreed to follow him.

A Purple Clad Girl arrived at Funiu Mountain seeking entry, but a clash with Song Family cultivators escalated into a duel with Song Changze. Song Yuanfang recognized her formidable strength as more cultivators gathered to watch.

• The Green Robe Youth persuaded the white-haired elder to join him in searching for a treasure that could help them reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The Purple Clad Girl reached Funiu Mountain and refused to leave when Song Yuanping and two Song Family cultivators barred her way.
• Song Yuanping attacked, but the Purple Clad Girl repelled his sword and injured him, revealing strength beyond her apparent cultivation.
• Song Changze arrived and challenged the Purple Clad Girl after she refused to explain her business; they fought for over a hundred exchanges without either gaining the upper hand.
• Song Yuanfang arrived with more than a dozen Song Family cultivators and judged that the Purple Clad Girl's skill suggested she had been trained by a powerful force.

Liu Yuxin arrived at Funiu Mountain seeking Song Qingming, but found him and Song Qingyu in seclusion. Song Qingyu recognized Liu Yuxin as the disciple of an old friend and sent Song Yuanfang to bring her up the mountain, while Song Changze prepared to discipline the Law Enforcement Team.

• Song Yuanfang stopped Song Changze and Liu Yuxin from fighting, learned she wanted to see Song Qingming or Song Qingyu, and accepted an azure porcelain bottle from her.
• Song Yuanfang brought the bottle to Song Qingyu, who recognized Liu Yuxin’s name and the bottle, then identified her as the disciple of an old friend.
• Song Qingyu asked Song Yuanfang to bring Liu Yuxin to her and told him she would explain the misunderstanding with Song Changze.
• Song Yuanfang escorted Liu Yuxin into Funiu Mountain, while Song Changze regretted their earlier conflict but refused to apologize.
• Song Changze ordered the Law Enforcement Team to assemble at the family Council Hall, alarming Song Yuanping with his stern demeanor.

Liu Yuxin returned to Funiu Mountain and reunited with Song Qingyu, bringing a letter from He Mengxin about an old agreement. Meanwhile, Li Mufeng defeated a Nascent Soul spirit-body bear in the Tongtian Tower and obtained a Level 4 Low-grade golden ginseng.

• Liu Yuxin entered Funiu Mountain with Song Yuanfang and recalled her childhood at the mountain's gate.
• Song Qingyu welcomed Liu Yuxin warmly and learned that He Mengxin had successfully formed her core six years earlier.
• Liu Yuxin delivered He Mengxin's letter, and Song Qingyu said she needed to discuss its contents with Song Qingming before explaining the agreement.
• Li Wutong urged Bai Yuxian to assist Li Mufeng against a Nascent Soul Second Layer flaming bear while he and Chen handled the weaker monsters.
• Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian defeated the bear, and Li Mufeng retrieved a Level 4 Low-grade golden ginseng from the flames.

Li Mufeng’s group found a Grade Four spiritual item, while demon forces prepared for an early push toward the ninth floor. Fire Phoenix, Long Feng, and Song Qingming reached the eighth floor, where a golden pillar of light suggested someone was about to enter the ninth.

• Li Mufeng took a golden ginseng and led the Carefree Sect away, explaining that the valley’s Fire Spirit Qi could not be taken outside.
• The Golden Feather Demon Emperor exposed and defeated an illusion guarding treasures underground, then joined the Crimson Cloud Demon Emperor after hearing that human cultivators were gathering for the ninth floor.
• The Blood Demon Old Ancestor met Mo Yunting, who told him that Old Demon Gu had arrived and was urging the group onward.
• Fire Phoenix, Long Feng, and Song Qingming teleported to the eighth floor after searching the seventh and collecting several Grade Three Spiritual Items, including two given to Song Qingming.
• A golden pillar of light appeared near their route, prompting Song Qingming to ask whether someone was about to enter the ninth floor.

Song Qingming and Fire Phoenix’s group entered the ninth floor of the Tongtian Tower and waited for the Tongtian Pavilion to open. Nearby, a disguised scout joined a gathering of notorious Demonic Cultivators, who began asking about conditions outside.

• Song Qingming learned that the Tongtian Pavilion offered entrants a trial that could bring rewards and cultivation insights.
• Wu Jiuyuan and a white-clothed Hunyuan Sect elder exchanged barbed remarks before the Black-robed Man led the cultivators through a stabilized Restriction.
• After the golden passage closed, Fire Phoenix reopened it with her Crimson Long Spear, recovered her Mana, and led Song Qingming and Long Feng to the ninth floor.
• Fire Phoenix and Long Feng concealed their group beneath the mist-shrouded pavilion and waited for it to open, while a Black Shadow passed nearby.
• The Black Shadow transformed into Yu Cheng, who used a Black Talisman to enter a hidden tent where notorious Demonic Cultivators had gathered.
• A red-faced, long-bearded middle-aged man asked Yu Cheng about the situation outside.

Demonic Cultivators discussed the Tongtian Pavilion and the risks surrounding its opening as the white mist withdrew and the Golden Core entrants began their trials. After the Nascent Soul Cultivators departed using Black Iron Plates, Fire Phoenix left Song Qingming and Long Feng outside and told them to enter later and wait for her.

• The Blood Demon Old Ancestor learned that five or six Nascent Soul Demon Emperors had arrived, and Mo Yunting explained that Old Demon Cangyun stayed away because he had lost his Tongtian Token.
• The chapter revealed that Gu Daoyun had lost his physical body to Zhao Wuling and later slaughtered his disciples and Dao companion, turning their bodies into Corpse Puppets.
• The white mist around the Tongtian Pavilion retreated, and Golden Core Cultivators from the Human Race and Demon Race entered its formation for their separate trials.
• After the Golden Core Cultivators entered, the Human Race and Demon Race Nascent Soul Cultivators used Black Iron Plates to vanish from the area.
• More than a dozen Black Shadows entered the Tongtian Pavilion, and Fire Phoenix told Song Qingming and Long Feng to enter afterward and wait for her before she vanished with a Black Iron Plate.

Song Qingming entered the Tongtian Pavilion trial and found an ornate palace hidden in dense white mist, where a White-clothed Woman welcomed him. As the woman entertained him with music and tea, she asked what he sought at Tongtian Pavilion.

• Song Qingming recognized the Black Iron Plate Fire Phoenix used to vanish, but Long Feng could not explain the item or where she had gone.
• Song Qingming set aside his questions about the plate and entered the Tongtian Pavilion array with Long Feng's warning that they would be separated.
• Song Qingming appeared alone in a misty expanse, lost his bronze mask, and walked toward a magnificent palace that emerged from the fog.
• Two maids resembling Bai Yuxian led Song Qingming into the palace, where the White-clothed Woman welcomed him and offered to answer his questions.
• The White-clothed Woman summoned musicians, served Song Qingming fragrant tea, and asked what he sought at Tongtian Pavilion.

Song Qingming resisted the White-clothed Woman’s temptation and passed her trial, receiving a Nascent Soul Cultivator’s cultivation memories as a reward. He left the secret chamber to search for further rewards, while the other cultivators raced toward the main hall and he found the nearby chambers sealed by a powerful Restriction.

• The White-clothed Woman and her maidservants urged Song Qingming to drink immortal tea and remain in Tongtian Pavilion forever, but he saw through the enchantment and refused.
• When the maidservants tried to stop him, Song Qingming’s golden light sent them flying, and the White-clothed Woman revealed the hall as an illusion before entering his body as a streak of white light.
• Li Mufeng, Situ Yan, and Zheng Zitong continued through the second-floor passages, while Fire Phoenix followed them from behind.
• Blood Demon Old Ancestor, Gu Daoyun, and Mo Yunting decided to skip another secret chamber and hurry toward the main hall.
• Song Qingming regained control after digesting the White-clothed Woman’s cultivation memories, then left his sealed chamber to search nearby rooms.
• Song Qingming found the opened chambers empty and was thrown back by a powerful Restriction when he tried to enter a sealed one.

Song Qingming ambushed Du Yucheng’s crow form and stole a treasure box, only to discover that the demonic cultivator pursuing him was an old acquaintance from Carefree Sect. The two recognized each other, and Du Yucheng warned that his master would soon arrive as they faced off near the teleportation array.

• Song Qingming scouted a battle over a wooden box, then withdrew after sensing a Golden Core Demonic Cultivator approaching.
• Du Yucheng, transformed into a black crow, stole the box from the fighting cultivators and fled toward the corridor’s teleportation array.
• Song Qingming ambushed Du Yucheng, seized the box, and raced toward the array, but Du Yucheng caught up and attacked him.
• Song Qingming recognized Du Yucheng and removed his mask, and Du Yucheng recognized him in return.
• Du Yucheng explained that he had joined the demonic path and insisted he had not killed Song Qingming’s Third Brother, then warned that his master was coming.

Song Qingming trapped Du Yucheng inside a formation and attacked him with Golden Wind and a Golden Core Corpse Puppet. He killed Du Yucheng and captured his Primordial Spirit in a talisman.

• Song Qingming used a Five Elements Light Formation and a prepared grand formation to trap Du Yucheng, then vanished from view.
• Song Qingming attacked Du Yucheng with a Golden Core Corpse Puppet and Golden Wind, pressing him with a relentless assault.
• Du Yucheng transformed into a black crow, tried to flee, and pleaded for mercy after Song Qingming severed one wing and part of his arm.
• Song Qingming beheaded Du Yucheng despite his surrender.
• Du Yucheng's Primordial Spirit tried to escape, but Song Qingming immobilized it with a bronze mirror and sealed it inside a talisman.

Song Qingming killed Du Yucheng and took his Storage Bag, but Ma Wuchen tracked him down and attacked him. Just as Ma Wuchen’s blood spear was about to strike, Song Qingming vanished in a flash of white light, prompting Ma Wuchen to recognize the Tongtian Token.

• Song Qingming used the Town Origin Soul Locking Talisman and the Five Elements Divine Light Mirror to destroy Du Yucheng’s Primordial Spirit, then took Du Yucheng’s Storage Bag and escaped the area.
• Ma Wuchen arrived at the Teleportation Array, found Du Yucheng dead, and pursued the person who had taken the treasure.
• Song Qingming waited for Fire Phoenix and Long Feng, but Ma Wuchen tracked him down and chased him across the open space.
• Ma Wuchen trapped Song Qingming with blood pythons and attacked him with a blood spear, while Song Qingming defended himself with the Five Elements Divine Light Mirror.
• A white light enveloped Song Qingming and made him disappear just before the blood spear hit; Ma Wuchen recognized the light as the Tongtian Token.

Wang and the other cultivators opened the Mysterious Sky Myriad Treasures Map and fought over the treasures it released as human and Demon Race groups gathered in the hall. The scramble grew more intense, ending with an unknown attacker punching a Demon Emperor aside and stealing his ring-shaped treasure.

• Wang, Qiu Pingshan, Wu Jiuyuan, and a long-faced Daoist broke the map’s barrier and watched it release a red light cluster that vanished as a fake.
• Wang caught a white light cluster that became a Low-grade Level Four Magic Treasure, while the blue cluster pursued by Qiu Pingshan and Wu Jiuyuan also proved fake.
• Aoki and two other Demon Emperors entered the hall, and the humans and demons began competing for the map’s treasures.
• Li Mufeng and his group arrived and joined Wang’s side in blocking the Demon Race, securing two Level Four Spiritual Items before more Demon Emperors arrived.
• A Nascent Soul Second Layer Demon Emperor seized a ring-shaped Mid-grade Level Four Magic Treasure, but an attacker struck him and stole it.

Gu Daoyun appeared in the great hall and joined the contest for treasures, prompting Wang Yan and the Myriad Spirits Sect to confront him over their blood feud. When Gu Daoyun pursued a dazzling Golden Light Cluster, the Blood Demon Old Ancestor and Mo Yunting held off Wang Yan's group, while the Purple Cloud Demon Empress blocked Gu Daoyun after his attempt to seize the cluster was interrupted.

• Gu Daoyun took a magic treasure from the great hall, fought off a Nascent Soul Demon Emperor with his Black Scale Swords, and was recognized by Wang Yan.
• Wang Yan confronted Gu Daoyun over his past slaughter of the Myriad Spirits Sect elder's descendants, while Gu Daoyun revealed that the Blood Demon Old Ancestor and Mo Yunting were with him.
• The Purple Cloud Demon Empress drove back Gu Daoyun's swords and warned him not to steal from the Demon Race, then left to pursue other treasures.
• Wang Yan secretly told Qiu Pingshan, Wu Jiuyuan, and the others that Gu Daoyun likely wanted the Mysterious Spirit Pill, while Li Mufeng and his companions hesitated over whether to help.
• When a dazzling Golden Light Cluster emerged, Gu Daoyun raced after it as the Blood Demon Old Ancestor and Mo Yunting blocked Wang Yan's group.
• A blue flying fork knocked away Gu Daoyun's hand and sent the Golden Light Cluster toward the entrance, where the Purple Cloud Demon Empress intercepted Gu Daoyun.

Gu Daoyun seized a Golden Light Cluster believed to contain a Mysterious Spirit Pill and fled, pursued by Wang Yan and the Demon Emperors. A second cluster drew the remaining cultivators into a struggle, but a red-robed woman stole it and Blood Demon Old Ancestor tracked her to a hidden chamber.

• Gu Daoyun used a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Refined Corpse to hold back Purple Cloud Demon Empress, then took the first Golden Light Cluster and escaped through a stone door as Wang Yan gave chase.
• Zheng Zitong and the others returned to the main hall, where a second Golden Light Cluster appeared and the cultivators abandoned their fighting to pursue it.
• A red-robed woman snatched the second Golden Light Cluster and fled through a doorway, prompting the cultivators to chase her.
• Blood Demon Old Ancestor misled his companions about the red-robed woman's trail, doubled back to a stone chamber, and confronted her after she emerged from hiding.

After escaping Ma Wuchen with the Tongtian Token, Song Qingming was trapped in a featureless space and examined Du Yucheng’s belongings, discovering a bottle of Verdant Spirit True Water. A mysterious white-robed man appeared and revealed that he had deliberately brought Song Qingming there and was the spirit treasure of the Tongtian Tower, calling himself Xuantian.

• Song Qingming used the Tongtian Token to escape Ma Wuchen and found himself trapped in a white space around an Eight-sided Stone Pavilion.
• Song Qingming broke the Restriction on Du Yucheng’s Storage Bag, destroyed a tracking plaque, and found little of value among the demonic cultivator’s belongings.
• Song Qingming opened the wooden box he had seized and discovered a bottle of Verdant Spirit True Water.
• A voice startled Song Qingming, and a white-robed man appeared at the stone table.
• The white-robed man told Song Qingming that he had intentionally brought him there and revealed that he was a spirit treasure within the Tongtian Tower named Xuantian.