Chapter Summaries

Chen Qing attended the ceremony where Tianbao Supreme Sect and Que Sect signed a preliminary cooperation agreement, and his Jade Pendant briefly resonated with the pendant Bai Xi carried. Unable to identify him, Bai Xi arranged gatherings to search for the other pendant’s holder, and Chen Qing accepted her invitation to a private banquet.

• Chen Qing and Qu He arrived at Cloud-Watching Peak, where factions gathered for the agreement ceremony and tensions simmered between Cloudwater Supreme Sect and Tianxing Alliance.
• As Jiang Lishan and Bai Xi prepared to open the ceremony, Chen Qing’s Jade Pendant grew hot and he concealed it; Bai Xi felt her pendant resonate but could not locate the other holder.
• Jiang Lishan and Bai Xi announced the preliminary agreement, and both marked the draft pact as the gathered factions applauded.
• Bai Xi told Elder Mo Luo that the other pendant had been near the spectators, then planned banquets and forums to observe the young talents from the attending factions.
• Chen Qing examined Old Deng’s Jade Pendant in private and decided to keep it hidden, then accepted Bai Xi’s invitation to a private banquet the following evening.

Chen Qing attended Bai Xi’s banquet, concealed his Thirteenth Refinement method, and stunned the guests by displaying extraordinary comprehension of the Myriad Phenomena Enlightenment Stele. After gaining the Myriad Phenomena Return to Origin supernatural skill, he returned to cultivation, then learned that Shen Xiuyong and Qiao Hongyun were leaving to join the Jingwu Guard.

• Chen Qing attended Bai Xi’s banquet and kept the Jade Pendant sealed while guests discussed True Essence Refinement and the paths to forming a Golden Core.
• Bai Xi invited the guests to test their comprehension of the Myriad Phenomena Enlightenment Stele, and Nan Zhuoran’s azure light lasted twenty-six breaths.
• Chen Qing secretly mastered the Myriad Phenomena Return to Origin supernatural skill and produced thirty breaths of dazzling azure light, surpassing Nan Zhuoran while convincing Bai Xi that he did not hold the Jade Pendant.
• Bai Xi and Elder Mo Luo concluded that the banquet had not revealed the pendant’s bearer, while Nan Zhuoran began to suspect that Chen Qing possessed the founding patriarch’s inheritance.
• Chen Qing cultivated the new spiritual-consciousness art and used Jade Marrow Golden Pattern Ginseng to strengthen his True Essence.
• Shen Xiuyong and Qiao Hongyun told Chen Qing they would leave for Liangzhou City in three days to join the Jingwu Guard, and Chen Qing gave each medicine for the journey.

Chen Qing attended a private banquet with Que Sect Saintess Bai Xi, where they agreed to exchange resources and intelligence. Bai Xi asked him to secretly find the holder of a Jade Pendant identical to his own, and Chen Qing accepted the task while concealing that he was the person she sought.

• Liu Qingxuan bid Chen Qing farewell and gave him Coral Spirit Tea before leaving for the Swallow Archipelago.
• Bai Xi invited Chen Qing to a private banquet before departing for Yun Kingdom and proposed a pact to exchange resources and intelligence.
• Bai Xi gave Chen Qing a Cloud Feather Sparrow communication artifact so they could stay in contact.
• Bai Xi showed Chen Qing a Jade Pendant identical to the one he had obtained from Old Deng and asked him to find its holder in secret.
• Chen Qing accepted the search commission and negotiated an advance payment, receiving the general outline and core principles of the Vast Whale Overturning Sea Technique.
• Bai Xi told Chen Qing that the Jade Pendant or its holder had been beneath the Observation Platform on Cloud-Watching Peak during the Heavenly Birthday Festival.

Chen Qing studied the Vast Whale Overturning Sea Technique and found it could complement his Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body, then accepted that his promotion to a Diheng Seat had failed and received a Cangyuan Spirit Nurturing Pill instead. After four months of cultivation, he completed his fifth tempering, strengthened his True Origin, and began transforming it into liquid.

• Chen Qing adjusted his Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body circulation using the Vast Whale Overturning Sea Technique and discovered that the two martial arts could potentially be fused.
• Han Guxi proposed promoting Chen Qing to a Diheng Seat, but the vote in Tianshu Pavilion failed, with five votes in favor, twenty-one against, and seven abstentions.
• Jiang Lishan arranged for Chen Qing to receive a Cangyuan Spirit Nurturing Pill as compensation, and Han Guxi delivered it to him.
• Chen Qing spent four months cultivating, strengthening his divine sense and advancing his Great Void True Scripture toward its fifth tempering.
• Chen Qing completed the fifth tempering, increasing the solidity and purity of his True Origin and forming a small pool of liquid True Origin in his dantian.

Chen Qing received Jingzhe, a top-grade spirit treasure spear forged by Lang Shanghai and tempered by winter lightning, then went to Prison Peak and discovered Qi Yu had been taken away. Qiku said Law Enforcement Peak’s Xing Han had removed her alone the previous night without presenting a Sect Master’s Order, leaving Chen Qing suspicious.

• Chen Qing went to the Weapon Forging Hall, where Lang Shanghai’s spear blank suffered a spiritual backlash during its final forging.
• Winter lightning struck the spear blank, tempering its spirit; Lang Shanghai survived the backlash, and Chen Qing named the completed spear Jingzhe.
• Chen Qing thanked the injured Lang Shanghai, left him Healing Pills, and headed to Prison Peak with Jingzhe.
• Chen Qing found Qi Yu’s cell on Prison Peak’s third level open and empty.
• Qiku told Chen Qing that Xing Han had taken Qi Yu alone late the previous night without showing a Sect Master’s Order.

Chen Qing asked Qiku about an offensive art for the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body, but Qiku made finding the Blood Bodhi a condition for further help. Chen Qing then rescued Qi Yu from Xing Han’s unauthorized interrogation and returned her to Blackwater Abyss Prison, where he offered a fair trade for her cultivation secrets.

• Chen Qing learned from Qiku that the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body had a matching killing art, the Dragon Elephant Prison Shattering Force, but Qiku asked him to find the Blood Bodhi before discussing more.
• Chen Qing went to Law Enforcement Peak after learning Xing Han had taken Qi Yu from Blackwater Abyss Prison.
• Chen Qing found Xing Han and Guo Han torturing Qi Yu in the Interrogation Cave and challenged Xing Han’s authority to interrogate her without an order.
• Xing Han yielded rather than risk a formal dispute, and Chen Qing took the injured Qi Yu back to her cell.
• Chen Qing gave Qi Yu a Healing Pill and offered to protect her from private torture in exchange for information, including the Concentric Demon Seeding Great Law.

Chen Qing entered the Cave Heaven’s core and obtained the Great Void True Scripture’s methods through the Tenth Refinement, but the Purple Light also connected his consciousness to the Tianbao Tower, where Li Qingyu’s remnant attacked him. Injured and wary of Li Qingyu’s interest in the tower, Chen Qing began treating his damaged divine sense and concluded he needed a faster way to recover.

• Chen Qing discovered that the Great Void True Scripture’s incomplete methods were causing disturbances in his cultivation and went to the Cave Heaven to seek the rest of the inheritance.
• Chen Qing passed Luo Chengxuan and Ji Yunliang and followed the Purple Light deeper into the Cave Heaven, where purple Soul-Eroding Netherfire struck him and delivered the methods from the sixth through Tenth Refinements.
• The Purple Light drew a sliver of Chen Qing’s consciousness into the Tianbao Tower’s Seventieth Floor, where he encountered Li Qingyu’s remnant and was struck by its attack.
• Chen Qing escaped the Cave Heaven with severe damage to his divine sense, took Spirit Calming Soul Nurturing Pills, and wrote Li Qingyu’s name in his black booklet while considering the man’s connection to the Tianbao Tower.
• After three days of treatment, Chen Qing stabilized his injuries but realized full recovery could take at least half a year, too long for the escalating sect struggles.

Chen Qing sought a swift cure for his injured divine sense and, after Zhang Yi pointed him toward Xu Min, visited her on Hidden Peak. Xu Min gave him three Nine Revolutions Spirit Restoring Pills without asking for anything in return, while privately wondering how he had been injured.

• Chen Qing visited Zhang Yi at Hundred Herbs Hall and asked about treasure pills that could quickly heal divine sense injuries.
• Zhang Yi explained that Danxia Peak had no such pills in reserve and suggested that Xu Min might possess one.
• Chen Qing found Xu Min on Hidden Peak, where she recognized his divine sense injury and offered him a Nine Revolutions Spirit Restoring Pill.
• Xu Min produced three bottles of the rare pills and gave all three to Chen Qing without requesting repayment.
• Chen Qing left with the pills, and Xu Min wondered whether he had encountered a taboo or an enemy.

Chen Qing recovered his divine sense and learned more about Li Qingyu from Luo Zhixian, while Li Qingyu resolved to travel secretly to the Yan Kingdom to investigate Tianbao Tower’s new inheritor. Luo Zhixian then assigned Chen Qing to assist Tiger Hall in the Eight Paths Region, and Chen Qing accepted the dangerous mission and received detailed intelligence.

• Chen Qing used the Nine Revolutions Spirit Restoring Pill to heal his Sea of Consciousness and resolved to ask Luo Zhixian about Li Qingyu.
• Li Qingyu learned that someone had obtained Tianbao Tower’s founding patriarch inheritance, heard Wuzhu name Chen Qing among the leading young disciples, and decided to investigate in the Yan Kingdom.
• Seven days later, Chen Qing’s divine sense had fully recovered, and he visited Luo Zhixian with two Silver-Scaled Treasure Fish.
• Luo Zhixian told Chen Qing that Li Qingyu had killed the former Nine Heavens Pulse Master and warned him not to pursue revenge.
• Luo Zhixian recommended Chen Qing to secretly assist Tiger Hall amid the Lingxiao Supreme Sect’s factional conflict.
• Chen Qing accepted the assignment and took Luo Zhixian’s detailed Archives on the Lingxiao Supreme Sect and the Eight Paths Region.

Chen Qing studied the Archives’ account of the Eight Paths Region’s conflicts and prepared for his journey by bargaining with prisoners in Blackwater Abyss Prison. He left with a poison-warding Gu and the Concentric Demon Seeding Great Law, which he cultivated with astonishing speed, while Master Qiku urged him to investigate the Blood Bodhi.

• Chen Qing read about the Lingxiao Supreme Sect’s decline, the Dragon and Tiger Halls’ feud, and the outside forces stirring in the Eight Paths Region, then trained his spear techniques through the night.
• Chen Qing negotiated with Huang Chengzhi, receiving the Bie'e Gu in exchange for delivering a letter to Miao Yuniang of the Gu Sect’s Thousand Silk Cave or burning it if she could not be found.
• Chen Qing traded food for Qi Yu’s written instructions to the Concentric Demon Seeding Great Law and immediately condensed a Ghost Shadow after reading them.
• Qi Yu offered to lend Chen Qing her Soul Taming Bead, but he refused and left with the secret technique.
• Master Qiku told Chen Qing to investigate the Blood Bodhi as soon as possible, and Chen Qing agreed before leaving Blackwater Abyss Prison.

Ji Yunliang learned that Chen Qing had been chosen for a secret mission to Lingxiao Supreme Sect, a decision that threatened to shift influence toward the True Martial lineage. After completing his spear technique and preparing in secret, Chen Qing set out southwest and reached Anping in Liang Province.

• Gongyang Ming told Ji Yunliang that the Sect Leader had chosen Chen Qing to represent Tianbao Supreme Sect in the matter of Lingxiao Supreme Sect.
• Ji Yunliang recognized that Chen Qing's mission could strengthen the True Martial lineage and felt pressure from his rapid rise.
• Chen Qing reached the Extreme Realm in Hundred Strikes of the Prairie Fire and completed all four spear intents.
• Chen Qing told Qing Dai to conceal his departure, gathered supplies and weapons, and left at night on the Golden Feather Eagle.
• Chen Qing crossed Huangfeng Path and traveled through Liang Province, where he landed outside Anping to rest.

Chen Qing reached Luoxia Town and joined the Zhenyuan Escort Agency’s caravan to travel to Qinglan City. During a stop at Baishi Slope, he learned that the Huan Yuan Cult used parasitic Human Elixirs to exploit the poor and profit from the wealthy, then saw Hu Yue clash with one of its followers.

• Chen Qing passed Princess Changle’s procession in Anping City, then continued his journey to Luoxia Town near Lingxiao Supreme Sect’s sphere of influence.
• Chen Qing disguised himself as Wu Qiren and arranged to travel to Qinglan City with Hu Tieshan’s Zhenyuan Escort Agency for fifty taels of silver.
• Hu Tieshan questioned Chen Qing about his identity and spear, then introduced his granddaughter Hu Yue before the caravan departed.
• At Baishi Slope, Chen Qing saw a Huan Yuan Cult follower distributing Holy Water and learned from Hu Tieshan that the cult used parasitic pills to make Human Elixirs.
• Hu Tieshan revealed that the Su Family had close dealings with the Huan Yuan Cult, and Chen Qing began considering the interests behind the arrangement.
• Hu Yue confronted the gray-robed cult follower, and the two came to blows as the pills scattered across the ground.

Chen Qing helped the Zhenyuan Escort Agency survive a Huan Yuan Cult ambush without revealing himself, then reached Qinglan City. He entered a teahouse and used a coded request to arrange a meeting in Pine Listening Pavilion.

• Hu Yue confronted a Huan Yuan Cult envoy for trying to give a child a Human Elixir, and Escort Chief Hu bribed the envoy before secretly returning to eliminate him.
• At camp, Hu Yue told Chen Qing about the Dragon Tiger Tournament and Dragon Hall prodigy Zhou Xiang, whom Chen Qing expected to face while assisting Tiger Hall.
• Huan Yuan Cult fighters ambushed the convoy, and Chen Qing secretly used his divine consciousness to stun them, allowing Escort Chief Hu, Hu Yue, and the others to kill them.
• Escort Chief Hu led the convoy away through the night, and the group reached Qinglan City, where Chen Qing parted from the escorts.
• Chen Qing visited a teahouse and asked for the rare Cloud Concealment tea, prompting an attendant to lead him to Pine Listening Pavilion for a meeting with the proprietor.

Chen Qing bought intelligence from Wen Buyu about the Seven-Colored Moon Orchid, Blood Bodhi, and the Huan Yuan Cult, then infiltrated the cult’s stronghold near Qinglan City. He found Lin Shaoqi meeting secretly with a man he suspected was Patriarch Su of the Tiannan Su Family.

• Chen Qing paid Wen Buyu with True Essence Pills for leads on the Seven-Colored Moon Orchid and Blood Bodhi, learning that Lin Shaoqi held Blood Bodhi and often stayed at Qinglan Mountain.
• Wen Buyu described Lin Shaoqi’s cultivation, techniques, and habits, outlined the Huan Yuan Cult’s strength, and explained Tianbo City’s force-ranking system.
• Chen Qing questioned whether Wen Buyu would sell his inquiries to others, then left after Wen Buyu assured him that Listen to the Wind Tower protected its patrons’ confidentiality.
• Chen Qing secretly entered the Huan Yuan Cult’s ancient temple stronghold and searched its courtyards for Lin Shaoqi.
• Chen Qing found Lin Shaoqi in a secluded courtyard speaking with a man he suspected was Patriarch Su of the Tiannan Su Family.

Chen Qing returned to Lin Shaoqi’s hideout after discovering that Lin Shaoqi was badly injured, then killed him and took the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Bow. He searched Lin Shaoqi’s body for other items as the chapter ended.

• Lin Shaoqi showed Su Nan the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Bow, and Su Nan warned that the treasure would attract powerful enemies.
• Lin Shaoqi asked Su Nan to investigate the deaths of three Huan Yuan Cult practitioners, while Chen Qing listened outside and initially withdrew.
• After Su Nan left, Lin Shaoqi revealed his injuries and prepared to escape through a hidden passage, but Chen Qing attacked him with the Jingzhe Spear.
• Lin Shaoqi used blood gu, poison, and the Yin Sha Ghost Skull against Chen Qing, but Chen Qing’s spear skills and supremely yang qi and blood overcame them.
• Chen Qing killed Lin Shaoqi, took the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Bow, stored it in the Myriad Phenomena Diagram of the Heavenly Cycle, and searched Lin Shaoqi’s body.

Chen Qing looted Lin Shaoqi’s stronghold, discovered that Human Elixirs strengthened his Concentric Demon Seeding Great Law, and learned the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Arrows from the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Bow. He set out for Lingxiao Giant City to seek the Seven-Colored Moon Orchid, while Mo Xing began searching for the killer and the stolen elixirs.

• Chen Qing found two Blood Bodhi, witchcraft materials, and hundreds of Human Elixirs in Lin Shaoqi’s Quiet Room, then erased Lin Shaoqi’s corpse and left the stronghold.
• Chen Qing discovered that Human Elixirs rapidly strengthened the Concentric Demon Seeding Great Law, allowing him to form a second Concentric Demon, but decided the elixirs were too sinister to use.
• Chen Qing studied the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Bow and comprehended the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Arrows divine ability.
• Chen Qing learned that the Seven-Colored Moon Orchid was in the Lingxiao Supreme Sect’s Hundred Herbs Garden and set out toward Lingxiao Giant City.
• Two days later, Mo Xing found Lin Shaoqi dead and the Human Elixirs missing, then ordered the Huan Yuan Cult to investigate and tighten security.

Chen Qing arrived at Lingxiao Giant City to represent the Tianbao Supreme Sect in the Dragon Tiger Tournament, where the Tiger Hall elders doubted he could defeat the Dragon Hall’s Zhou Xiang. Hall Master Shen Qinghong gave Chen Qing intelligence on Zhou Xiang and agreed to give him a Seven-Colored Moon Orchid if he won, while demanding that Luo Zhixian personally apologize to her if he lost.

• Chen Qing reached Lingxiao Giant City and introduced himself at the Tiger Hall as a Tianbao Supreme Sect True Disciple sent to pay his respects.
• Mei Yingxue escorted Chen Qing to meet Hall Master Shen Qinghong, and she showed disappointment when she learned Nan Zhuoran had not come.
• The Tiger Hall elders questioned whether Chen Qing could defeat Zhou Xiang, but Shen Qinghong backed him because he was Luo Zhixian’s disciple.
• Chen Qing considered the coming tournament and, after Shen Qinghong summoned him, studied detailed intelligence about Zhou Xiang’s cultivation and fighting ability.
• Chen Qing asked for a Seven-Colored Moon Orchid as a reward for winning, and Shen Qinghong agreed while requiring Luo Zhixian to apologize to her if Chen Qing lost.

Chen Qing toured Lingxiao Giant City with Mei Yingxue before the Dragon Tiger Tournament, rejecting a banquet invitation from Dragon Hall’s allies. At Hundred Blooms Pavilion, he bought several rare seeds and an ancient seed believed to be dead.

• Chen Qing left his secluded cultivation to explore the Inner City’s Star Gazing Tower with Mei Yingxue, who confided her worries about Tiger Hall’s losing streak.
• Hou Jing, Wang Yingying, and Zhao Duanyue tried to draw Chen Qing to a banquet before the tournament, but he refused and left with Mei Yingxue.
• Chen Qing and Mei Yingxue visited Hundred Blooms Pavilion, where Chen Qing bought several rare flower seeds.
• The shopkeeper explained that a strange, lifeless seed had come from an ancient tomb, and Chen Qing purchased it despite hearing it was probably dead.

With the Dragon Tiger Tournament approaching, Bai Yue gave Zhou Xiang a Latent Dragon Pill to secure the Dragon Hall’s chances against Chen Qing. As bettors overwhelmingly backed Zhou Xiang, Chen Qing decided to wager two hundred True Essence Pills on his own victory, leaving the contest’s outcome to the tournament.

• Bai Yue warned Zhou Xiang about Chen Qing’s strength and gave him a Latent Dragon Pill as a contingency for the Dragon Tiger Tournament.
• Zhou Xiang accepted the pill but vowed to defeat Chen Qing through his own cultivation.
• Shi Jinsong observed that bettors across Lingxiao Giant City heavily favored Zhou Xiang and lowered Zhou Xiang’s odds to limit the Shi Family’s potential losses.
• Hou Jing, Wang Yingying, and Zhao Duanyue placed valuable wagers on Zhou Xiang at Star Gazing Tower, while Shi Jinsong noticed that major powers were also betting on the tournament’s outcome.
• Chen Qing gave Mei Yingxue two hundred True Essence Pills and instructed her to wager them all on his victory.

Chen Qing fought Zhou Xiang in the Dragon Tiger Tournament, matching the Dragon Hall disciple’s attacks despite his lower cultivation. After Zhou Xiang took a Latent Dragon Pill and unleashed Ascending Dragon Break, Chen Qing deployed the True Martial Demon Purging Spear Array to meet the killing strike.

• Shi Jinsong closed the betting, and Zhou Xiang made a dramatic entrance before Chen Qing arrived at the Dragon Tiger Platform.
• Chen Qing and Zhou Xiang exchanged saber and spear techniques, with Chen Qing matching Zhou Xiang’s stronger cultivation and then pressing him with a fierce assault.
• Chen Qing countered Zhou Xiang’s dragon-shaped blade Gang with the Mountain River Seal and forced him to bleed.
• Zhou Xiang swallowed a Latent Dragon Pill, causing his strength to surge toward eight refinements of True Essence.
• Zhou Xiang bound Chen Qing with Dragon Bind and unleashed Ascending Dragon Break, prompting Chen Qing to summon the True Martial Demon Purging Spear Array.