Chapter Summaries

Chen Qing killed Gray Mane, defeated Tumen, and was confronted by Great Lord Di Chang, a Grandmaster of the Canglang Tribe. Just as Di Chang prepared to seize Chen Qing, Luo Zhixian appeared and asked what Di Cang meant to him.

• Chen Qing killed Gray Mane with a bamboo chopstick and drew Tumen's attention away from the Fei Family.
• Chen Qing fought Tumen with the Jingzhe Spear, defeated him with True Martial Seven Sections, and revealed his identity as a Tianbao Supreme Sect true disciple.
• Chen Qing stopped Tumen's escape with a divine-sense attack, but an unseen assailant struck him from the rain and forced him back.
• Great Lord Di Chang emerged, identified himself as the Canglang Tribe's ruler, and demanded that Chen Qing surrender or be captured by force.
• Luo Zhixian appeared on the stairs, dispelled Di Chang's oppressive aura, and asked what Di Cang was to him.

Luo Zhixian rescued Chen Qing and the Fei Family by killing Di Chang, then Chen Qing finished off the remaining Golden Court Eight Tribes attackers. After collecting the spoils, Luo Zhixian and Chen Qing departed for their own destination while the Fei Family set out for Wanliu City to report the attack.

• Luo Zhixian overwhelmed Di Chang with a fire dragon, then killed him with the Wind Snow Hidden Dragon's Roar after Di Chang burned his Golden Core to fight back.
• Chen Qing killed the fleeing Canglang Tribe experts and Granny Jiu, leaving no attackers alive.
• Fei Yuchen and Fei Yuqian thanked Luo Zhixian and Chen Qing, and Luo Zhixian recalled his past meeting with Uncle Kang at the Heavenly Mechanism Tower.
• Chen Qing collected the fallen enemies' valuables, including Di Chang's Blood-Patterned Essence-Condensing Ganoderma, before declining Fei Yuchen's invitation to travel together.
• Luo Zhixian and Chen Qing left the inn, while Fei Yuchen ordered his party to depart for Wanliu City and report Di Chang's death.

After Di Cang learned that Di Chang had been killed, he ordered an investigation and vowed revenge. Luo Zhixian and Chen Qing reached Jiuli City, where Luo Zhixian told his disciple to challenge the sword guardians guarding Sword Pavilion.

• Di Cang discovered that Di Chang's Essence Blood had dispersed and ordered Nine Shadows to investigate the killing in Hanshi Town.
• Luo Zhixian warned Chen Qing about Great Snow Mountain and the Golden Court Eight Tribes, then explained that helping the Fei Family could forge a useful connection.
• Three days later, Luo Zhixian and Chen Qing arrived at Jiuli City and saw Sword Pavilion, Xiao Jiuli's residence and a sacred place for swordsmen.
• Chen Qing learned that anyone seeking Xiao Jiuli had to defeat the ninety-nine sword guardians on the steps to Sword Pavilion.
• When Chen Qing asked who would fight their way up, Luo Zhixian told him that he would.

Chen Qing fought his way through the Sword Pavilion’s trials under Xiao Jiuli’s Sword Domain, refining his spear techniques as he defeated the guardians. After reaching the Seventieth Floor in less than half an incense stick, he drew the attention of Xiao Jiuli and his disciples.

• Luo Zhixian explained that Xiao Jiuli’s Sword Domain suppressed true essence, astral qi, and brute force, leaving skill and comprehension to decide the trials.
• Chen Qing defeated the guardians on the lower stairs with precise spearwork, advancing rapidly and improving his Dragon Roar Army Breaker Spear.
• At the Forty-ninth Floor, Chen Qing overcame Liu Qingzhou’s Flowing Water Sword Intent with basic spear techniques and continued upward.
• Swordsmen gathered below and marveled as Chen Qing cleared forty-nine trials in less than one incense stick.
• At the Sword Pavilion’s summit, Xiao Jiuli recognized Luo Zhixian and learned that Chen Qing was his disciple.
• A sword attendant reported that Chen Qing had reached the Seventieth Floor, and Xiao Jiuli expected Luo Zhixian’s disciple to make it that far.

Chen Qing advanced through the Sword Pavilion, defeating the guardians on the eightieth through ninetieth floors and demonstrating his growing Spear Dao mastery. After he passed Gu Wangchen’s two-move trial, Sword Lord Xiao Jiuli appeared and spoke with Luo Zhixian.

• Chen Qing defeated Zhao Wenyuan on the eightieth floor, then passed the next eight floors as his spear technique and Spear Dao comprehension improved.
• Chen Qing broke the Three Talents Sword Array on the eighty-ninth floor by fusing six Spear Intents, earning passage to the ninetieth.
• Chen Qing withstood Gu Wangchen’s Sword Rain Without Shadow and shattered his five-intent Heart Sword with the True Martial Demon Purging Spear, prompting Gu Wangchen to admit defeat.
• As Chen Qing prepared to challenge the ninety-first floor, Xiao Jiuli descended from the Sword Pavilion’s summit and was greeted by the guardians and gathered experts.
• Xiao Jiuli addressed Luo Zhixian, who replied that he had only brought Chen Qing to broaden his horizons.

Chen Qing entered the Sword Pavilion after passing ninety floors and triggered a strange reaction from the Canghai Fuguang Sword fragment while trying to study it. After Luo Zhixian and Xiao Jiuli discussed the threat approaching from the south, Chen Qing learned about Jiuli City’s Sword-Washing Pool and sought help finding more peerless spear techniques before leaving with his master.

• Xiao Jiuli invited Luo Zhixian and Chen Qing into the Sword Pavilion after Chen Qing passed its ninety floors of sword guardians.
• Chen Qing focused on the Canghai Fuguang Sword fragment, causing it to cry out and shake the pavilion before Xiao Jiuli calmed it.
• Luo Zhixian and Xiao Jiuli discussed Di Cang, the figure behind the southward journey, and their agreement as Luo Zhixian declared his resolve to face him.
• Ling Han and Su Cheng showed Chen Qing the Sword-Washing Pool, and Ling Han offered to watch for peerless spear techniques while Su Cheng mentioned Tianbo City might have clues.
• Luo Zhixian came to collect Chen Qing, and after they left, Ling Han and Su Cheng discussed Jiuli City's strength compared with Tianbao Supreme Sect.

Chen Qing and Luo Zhixian traveled to Wanliu City for the Six Sects Grand Market, with Chen Qing reflecting on his growing Spear Intent and learning how domains were formed. They arrived amid reports of Golden Court Eight Tribes attacks, where Luo Zhixian was met by old rival Feng Shuofang, who invited him to reminisce.

• Luo Zhixian explained that domains formed through the fusion of Spear Intents and warned Chen Qing that adding more made fusion harder, while increasing a domain's power.
• Chen Qing asked whether Xiao Jiuli's domain was connected to a Canghai Fuguang Sword fragment, and Luo Zhixian confirmed Xiao Jiuli had studied one for decades.
• Luo Zhixian declined Chen Qing's suggestion to visit Shen Qinghong, and Chen Qing continued training Dragon Roar Army Breaker Spear as they traveled toward Wanliu City.
• Li Yujun welcomed Luo Zhixian and Chen Qing outside Wanliu City and reported that the Golden Court Eight Tribes had ambushed factions allied with Taiyi Supreme Sect.
• Zeng Heng of Tianbo City arrived with his delegation, then Luo Zhixian and Li Yujun's party prepared to enter the city.
• Feng Shuofang greeted Luo Zhixian, exchanged barbed remarks with him, and invited him and the others into Wanliu City.

At the Taiyi Supreme Sect, Luo Zhixian and Feng Shuofang agreed to have their disciples, Chen Qing and Tang Qinghe, duel over a wager of two Peerless Spear Techniques. Chen Qing prepared for the fight, which was set for three days later.

• Luo Zhixian and Feng Shuofang clashed with their Spear Domains before the gathered experts, then ended their contest without a clear victory.
• Feng Shuofang introduced his disciple Tang Qinghe and proposed that he duel Chen Qing in their masters' stead.
• Luo Zhixian accepted the challenge and wagered the Great Sun Burning Heaven Spear and True Martial Demon Purging Spear against the Tai Chu Po Xu Spear and Star River Falling World Spear.
• The duel was scheduled for three days later, and Feng Shuofang departed with Tang Qinghe after urging him to prepare.
• Li Yujun worried about the stakes, while Nan Zhuoran agreed to provide Chen Qing with information about Tang Qinghe.
• Chen Qing returned to his room and considered the two Taiyi Supreme Sect spear techniques he could win by defeating Tang Qinghe.

Chen Qing prepared for his duel with Tang Qinghe while learning more about the other sects’ plans and receiving warnings about Tang’s lethal spear technique. He broke through the Dragon Roar Army Breaker Spear to the Extreme Realm and condensed his seventh spear intent, the Army Breaking Spear Intent.

• Chen Qing resolved to condense a seventh spear intent before his duel with Tang Qinghe and spent the day cultivating the Dragon Roar Army Breaker Spear.
• Zhou Xiang and Mei Yingxue told Chen Qing that Lingxiao Supreme Sect had temporarily merged its Dragon and Tiger Halls, warned him about Tang Qinghe, and asked him to bring Luo Zhixian to meet Shen Qinghong after the Six Sects Grand Market.
• Chen Qing declined Huo Qiushui’s invitation for tea, choosing to continue practicing instead.
• Wang Jing and Lin Haiqing discussed Chen Qing’s rapid rise, his Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body, and the uncertain outcome of his duel with Tang Qinghe.
• Shi Xiangyang and Zeng Heng discussed the duel’s wider implications and agreed to watch it three days later.
• Chen Qing reached the Extreme Realm in the Dragon Roar Army Breaker Spear and successfully condensed the Army Breaking Spear Intent as his seventh spear intent.

Chen Qing faced Tang Qinghe in a heavily watched spear duel between the Tianbao and Taiyi Supreme Sects. After both exchanged several rapid attacks, their spear tips collided in a powerful clash that left the outcome unresolved.

• Huo Qiushui told Chen Qing that elders, True Disciples, and masters from major factions had gathered to watch the duel.
• Feng Shuofang and Luo Zhixian exchanged pointed remarks about the younger generation settling matters between their sects.
• Tang Qinghe entered the arena with his Blood Drinking Spear, and Chen Qing met him with the Jingzhe Spear.
• Tang Qinghe opened with Army Breaker Stab, but Chen Qing deflected it with Reverse Flow Traction Machine and then blocked Tang Qinghe's seven-point Seven Star Life Seizer.
• Chen Qing countered with a powerful sweep, but Tang Qinghe evaded it and lunged at Chen Qing's throat with Startling Swan Glance.
• Chen Qing met Tang Qinghe's lunge with Dragon Raises Head, and their spear tips crashed together in a blast of True Essence.

Chen Qing battled Tang Qinghe in a spear duel, surviving Tang Qinghe’s Pseudo Prison Lock before defeating him with the seven-intent True Martial Demon Purging Spear Array. The crowd recognized Chen Qing’s extraordinary strength, while Feng Shuofang was left to honor the wager and surrender the promised spear technique.

• Chen Qing and Tang Qinghe exchanged powerful spear techniques, and Chen Qing used the Mystic Tortoise Spirit Armor Technique to withstand Tang Qinghe’s Blood Dragon Spiral.
• Chen Qing unleashed Wind Snow Hidden Dragon's Roar, and the two fighters’ divine consciousness attacks collided as their Six Paths Spear Intents met.
• Tang Qinghe used Prison Locking a Thousand Mountains to suppress Chen Qing and attacked with Starfall Explosion, but Chen Qing evaded the strikes with the Nine Shadows Evasion Technique.
• Chen Qing revealed the True Martial Demon Purging Spear Array, fusing seven Spear Intents through eighteen spears to trap Tang Qinghe.
• Tang Qinghe tried to break the array but was overwhelmed by Chen Qing’s Subdue Demons attack and left unable to fight.
• Luo Zhixian reminded Feng Shuofang to deliver the wagered spear technique as the crowd celebrated Chen Qing’s decisive victory.

After defeating Tang Qinghe, Chen Qing received two Peerless Spear Techniques and arranged to travel with Luo Zhixian to Sunken Dragon Abyss and later the Lingxiao Supreme Sect. At the Six Sects Grand Market, Chen Qing spotted four arrows that appeared to match his Four Symbols Thunderbolt Bow.

• Chen Qing defeated Tang Qinghe with his spear array, and Feng Shuofang accepted the loss and promised the wagered techniques.
• Luo Zhixian gave Chen Qing Tai Chu Po Xu Spear and Star River Falling World Spear, then said they would hunt the Flood Dragon at Sunken Dragon Abyss after the market.
• Chen Qing asked to visit the Lingxiao Supreme Sect's Hidden Spear Cliff, and Luo Zhixian agreed to accompany him to protect him from the Ghost Witch Sect.
• Chen Qing learned both new spear techniques and, when the Six Sects Grand Market opened, went to browse with Huo Qiushui and Zhang Baicheng.
• Chen Qing found four colored arrows at an elderly man's stall and recognized them as Four Symbols Thunderbolt Arrows matching his bow.

Chen Qing traded at the Six Sects Grand Market, obtaining body-forging pills and an Earth Vein Purple Patterned Ginseng while bargaining with several sect figures. He eventually acquired the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Arrows and left the market with Huo Qiushui and Zhang Baicheng as they prepared for news about the Taiyi Spirit Ruins.

• Chen Qing refused Guan Zheng’s demand for the Essence of Geng Metal and two precious herbs in exchange for the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Arrows, then left the stall.
• Chen Qing traded sixty True Essence Pills to Hong Lie for twenty Blazing Fire Body-Forging Pills and received advice about balancing their fiery medicinal nature.
• Chen Qing exchanged an eighty-year Blood-Patterned Essence-Condensing Ganoderma with Xin Nishang for an Earth Vein Purple Patterned Ginseng and an Xuantian Token; Xin Nishang cautioned him about the Taiyi Spirit Ruins.
• Zhang Baicheng acquired a damaged Spear Dao insights account, and Chen Qing traded several herbs for ingredients used to refine premium True Essence Pills.
• Huo Qiushui told Chen Qing and Zhang Baicheng that Vein Master Li had summoned them back for a possible exchange gathering in the Grandmaster area.
• Guan Zheng returned and agreed to trade the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Arrows for one Crimson Flame Vermilion Fruit, and Chen Qing left the market with Huo Qiushui and Zhang Baicheng.

Chen Qing prepared for the Taiyi Spirit Ruins, where thirty-six cultivators would compete for scarce spirit liquid, then entered the ruins with the other chosen experts. He arrived in a strange, wondrous world, with the seven-day cultivation journey just beginning.

• Li Yujun and Luo Zhixian briefed Chen Qing, Nan Zhuoran, and Luo Ping on the Spirit Ruins, warning them about scarce spirit liquid, Spirit Eye Storms, and possible conflicts.
• Chen Qing decided to use the ruins to break through to Seven Refinements, inspected his Grand Market acquisitions, and spent the next three days cultivating to peak condition.
• Chen Qing and the Tianbao Supreme Sect party climbed to the Spirit Ruins Platform, where thirty-six cultivators gathered, including Jiang Tuo, Nan Zhuoran, Lin Haiqing, Wang Jing, and Xin Nishang.
• Lu Yunsong opened the entrance and warned the cultivators about Spirit Eye Storms, the seven-day limit, and the ban on private fighting and killing.
• Jiang Tuo entered first, followed by the other leading disciples, and Chen Qing stepped through the gate into the Taiyi Spirit Ruins.

Chen Qing explored the Taiyi Spirit Ruins, gathered spirit liquid, and robbed Yuan Tong after Yuan Tong stole spirit liquid from Fei Yuchen. As Chen Qing refined his spoils, Lin Haiqing also began disguising himself to rob others, and Wang Jing realized that the ruins had become chaotic.

• Chen Qing discovered spiritual springs and refined spirit liquid, rapidly increasing his cultivation.
• Chen Qing watched Yuan Tong steal ten drops of spirit liquid from Fei Yuchen, disguised himself, and defeated Yuan Tong to take the spirit liquid.
• Chen Qing hid in an underground crack and began refining the sixteen drops he had seized.
• Fei Yuchen told Lin Haiqing that a masked thief had robbed him, and Lin Haiqing disguised himself as Nan Zhuoran before heading off to rob others.
• Li He told Wang Jing that someone resembling Nan Zhuoran had robbed him, and Wang Jing witnessed another cultivator flee after a fight.
• Wang Jing put on a mask, preparing to enter the escalating robberies in the Taiyi Spirit Ruins.

Chen Qing used spirit fluid to break through to Seven Refinements of the True Origin Realm, then headed toward the Taiyi Spirit Ruins’ core in search of more. After defeating two men who ambushed him and taking their hidden spirit fluid, he continued into a place where danger and competition were growing.

• Chen Qing absorbed spirit fluid and advanced the Great Void True Scripture to its Seventh Layer, transforming his true essence into a fully liquid form and reaching late-stage True Origin Realm.
• Chen Qing found that the outer Spirit Ruins had been picked clean, collected only two drops, and decided to head toward the dangerous core region where powerful cultivators were gathering.
• Two men—a Blackwater Great City cultivator and a rogue cultivator—followed Chen Qing through the forest and ambushed him with a poisonous claw and a concealed sword.
• Chen Qing knocked the swordsman unconscious with one punch, then defeated the claw wielder with the Dragon Elephant Prison Shattering Force after the man offered three drops of spirit fluid.
• Chen Qing searched both men and found seven more drops of spirit fluid, bringing his total to eighteen, then gripped his spear as he sensed the killing intent in the Spirit Ruins.

Chen Qing escaped a clash with Jia Haiyue and Cui Lin after taking seven drops of spirit liquid, then followed the Purple Light’s guidance deeper into the Spirit Ruins. He found five drops of Purple Marrow Spirit Liquid hidden beneath a pile of ruins.

• Chen Qing fled a Spirit Eye Storm and discovered seven drops of pale golden spirit liquid in a valley.
• Jia Haiyue attacked Chen Qing for the spirit liquid, but he blocked her Cloudborn Sword Art and took the drops.
• Cui Lin arrived and struck at Chen Qing with Tidal Profound Sound Rupture, but Chen Qing countered with Myriad Phenomena Binding and escaped with the spirit liquid.
• Cui Lin told Jia Haiyue that Purple Marrow Spirit Liquid had been discovered northwest, where powerful experts were gathering.
• The Purple Light in Chen Qing’s Sea of Consciousness stirred and guided him toward the Spirit Ruins’ core, so he followed it into a hidden cavern.
• Chen Qing found five drops of deep purple spirit liquid floating above a small stone pool.

Chen Qing found five drops of purple spirit liquid and discovered the Taiyi Wheel, whose radiance forced him into a painful transformation as his cultivation absorbed spirit liquid. Elsewhere, Nan Zhuoran defeated Wang Jing and resisted Zhao Lieyang, but a gigantic Spirit Eye Storm began forming and drove them all to flee.

• Chen Qing collected five drops of purple spirit liquid, then found the enormous Taiyi Wheel embedded in the deepest part of the cave.
• Purple Light and the Taiyi Wheel resonated, and the wheel's radiance enveloped Chen Qing, causing his body and Sea of Consciousness to convulse as he absorbed eighteen drops of pale golden spirit liquid.
• Nan Zhuoran refined a drop of Purple Marrow Spirit Liquid while Wang Jing and Zhao Lieyang confronted him over it.
• Wang Jing and Zhao Lieyang attacked Nan Zhuoran together, but he used the Nine Heavens Lightning Drawing Art and the Mountain Bearing Heaven Strength to repel them.
• A vast Spirit Eye Storm formed above the spring pool and began drawing primordial energy from across the ruins, so Nan Zhuoran, Wang Jing, and Zhao Lieyang fled in different directions.

Chen Qing gained the Taiyi Pure Yang True Scripture and the Five Mountains World Suppressing Seal from the Taiyi Wheel, then returned to find the Spirit Eye Storm nearing its end. As the storm burst and scattered its gathered spiritual liquid, the gathered experts rushed to seize it.

• The massive Spirit Eye Storm swept through the Spirit Ruins, forcing Jiang Tuo, Lin Haiqing, Xin Nishang, and the other experts to flee its path.
• Chen Qing absorbed the spirit liquid, received the Taiyi Pure Yang True Scripture and Five Mountains World Suppressing Seal, and left a strand of intent on the Taiyi Wheel.
• Chen Qing returned from the hidden cave and learned from Luo Ping that the storm had gathered nearly all the spirit liquid in the Spirit Ruins and would release it when it stopped.
• Chen Qing joined the experts assembled around the storm, while Jia Haiyue wondered why he seemed familiar.
• The Spirit Eye Storm stopped and erupted, scattering pale golden spiritual liquid as the experts surged forward to claim it.

Chen Qing fought Meng Xingdu over a cluster of ten drops of spiritual liquid, breaking his Taiyi Returning Void Seal with Dragon Elephant Shaking Heaven. As Fu Ting seized the drops and began to swallow them, Chen Qing launched a True Martial Seven Sections spear strike at him.

• Jiang Tuo, Nan Zhuoran, Lin Haiqing, Xin Nishang, and Wang Jing seized spiritual liquid as the storm collapsed, while Chen Qing used his clones to collect and refine six scattered drops.
• Chen Qing outmaneuvered Yuan Tong and claimed two more drops before spotting a cluster containing at least ten drops of spiritual liquid.
• Meng Xingdu challenged Chen Qing for the cluster, but Chen Qing pierced and shattered his Taiyi Returning Void Seal with Dragon Elephant Shaking Heaven.
• Fu Ting snatched the ten drops during the aftermath and began swallowing them after shrugging off Chen Qing's Gold Coin Darts.
• Chen Qing charged Fu Ting and thrust with True Martial Demon Purging Spear: True Martial Seven Sections.