Chapter Summaries

Chen Qing entered the underground chamber after Ying Li killed A Jieluo and seized two bronze boxes, then defeated and killed the Fourth-Turn Grandmaster before escaping with the treasures. Great Lord Guli arrived afterward, found Ying Li dead, and ordered a hunt for Chen Qing.

• Ying Li killed A Jieluo after pretending to let him leave, then took the two bronze boxes and the brothers’ belongings.
• Chen Qing arrived and overwhelmed Ying Li with his spear, Spear Domain, and speed, while Ying Li’s four True Origin Realm followers died in the clash.
• Ying Li tried to flee, but Chen Qing blocked his escape and killed him by destroying his Golden Core with a spear thrust.
• Chen Qing collected the corpses’ belongings and bronze boxes, concealed the chamber’s auras, and escaped with the Great Void Escape Technique.
• Great Lord Guli and Shi Ya arrived to find seven corpses, and Great Lord Guli ordered his men to hunt down Chen Qing.

Chen Qing inventoried his spoils, obtained the five Earth Element essences needed to master the Five Mountains World Suppressing Seal, and strengthened his divine sense before meeting Buddhist Sect experts in the ruins. He learned that their clash with the Que Sect concerned a way into the core region, and that Golden Court experts were hunting him; an unidentified woman arrived as the chapter ended.

• Chen Qing found the Essence of Shu Earth and three Exploding Pills among the treasures he had taken from Ying Li.
• Chen Qing combined the five Earth Element essences and mastered the Five Mountains World Suppressing Seal, then used Spirit Tempering Pills to enhance his divine sense.
• Chen Qing encountered Hui Ling and the Buddhist Sect Vajras Jing Se, Jing Si, and Jing Hai, who told him the Que Sect had injured two of their fellow monks in a fight over access to the ruins' core.
• Master Jingse explained that the core region was protected by a deadly restriction and that the Xuanmo Ancient Kingdom had once been ruled by two Nascent Soul Realm powerhouses.
• The Buddhist monks warned Chen Qing that Golden Court experts were searching for him after Ying Li's death, and a woman arrived to visit Master Jingse.

Chen Qing hunted Golden Court experts throughout the ruins, killing five Grandmasters and eighteen elite cultivators before the tribes gathered their forces and sought to trap him. Great Lord Guli and Great Lord Feili agreed to join forces against him, while Ling Xuance dismissed the request for Great Snow Mountain’s help and focused on reaching the ruins’ core.

• Lord Lihua met Chen Qing at Master Jingse’s courtyard and later identified him as a possible second alternative.
• Chen Qing found Batu and three Golden Court cultivators in a hidden Pill Repository, killed all four, and erased every trace of the fight.
• Over the next two days, Chen Qing killed He Ke and eight Stone Disc Tribe cultivators, bringing his toll to five Grandmasters and eighteen elites.
• The Golden Court experts gathered around powerful leaders such as Great Lord Guli and Great Lord Feili, while news of the killings unsettled the other factions.
• Great Lord Feili accepted Great Lord Guli’s proposal to join forces and lure Chen Qing into a trap.
• Frost Silence Dharma King asked Ling Xuance to help hunt Chen Qing, but Ling Xuance refused and ordered him to keep searching for a way into the ruins’ core.

Chen Qing reached the core pill furnace but found its restriction too dangerous to cross without the required method, then returned to warn the Tianbao Supreme Sect members as the Golden Court Eight Tribes hunted him. Nan Zhuoran delivered Chen Qing’s warning to Ke Tianzong, who feared that Gu Li and Fei Li could overwhelm Chen Qing by joining forces.

• Chen Qing examined the colossal core pill furnace, tested its deadly restriction, and spotted a stone with six token-shaped indentations.
• Chen Qing returned to the outer perimeter and found that Nan Zhuoran had become a First-Turn Grandmaster while Qu He had also grown stronger.
• Chen Qing told Qu He to bring Huo Qiushui and the others back and told Nan Zhuoran to warn Ke Tianzong and the other sect members to stay cautious.
• Nan Zhuoran found Ke Tianzong hiding with six Tianbao Supreme Sect experts in a cellar and delivered Chen Qing’s warning about the Golden Court.
• Ke Tianzong recognized the danger but warned Nan Zhuoran that Chen Qing faced the full Golden Court Eight Tribes, including the Fifth-Turn Grandmasters Gu Li and Fei Li.

A false report that Chen Qing was surrounded at Bafang Tower drew Shen Qinghong into a trap set by Ghost Witch Sect Grandmasters Wu Xuanhai and Wu Guoluo. Chen Qing realized Shen Qinghong was the real target and arrived in time to spear Wu Guoluo, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Zheng Chu told Shen Qinghong that Chen Qing had been surrounded at Bafang Tower, and she rushed out to help him.
• Wu Xuanhai and Wu Guoluo ambushed Shen Qinghong, revealing that the report was a lure designed to draw her from the underground palace.
• Shen Qinghong fought both Ghost Witch Sect Grandmasters, injuring Wu Guoluo but struggling against their coordinated attacks.
• Nan Zhuoran told Chen Qing about the reported siege, and Chen Qing realized the trap was aimed at Shen Qinghong and hurried toward Bafang Tower.
• Chen Qing reached the battlefield as Wu Guoluo attacked Shen Qinghong and drove his Jingzhe Spear through Wu Guoluo's chest.

Chen Qing was caught in a Golden Court and Ghost Witch Sect ambush while protecting Shen Qinghong, then fought off the Grandmasters long enough for her to escape. He lured his pursuers onto a stone platform and activated a hidden spear formation, leaving Great Lord Guli stunned as its power emerged.

• Chen Qing arrived to help Shen Qinghong, wounded Wu Guoluo, and confronted Wu Xuanhai over the Ghost Witch Sect’s attack and Luo Zhixian’s death.
• Great Lord Guli and four other Golden Court Grandmasters surrounded Chen Qing and Shen Qinghong, while Wu Xuanhai pursued Shen Qinghong after Chen Qing created an opening for her escape.
• Chen Qing resisted the Golden Court Grandmasters’ attacks, feigned weakness after Great Lord Shipan struck him, and nearly killed Great Lord Rongyuan with a counterattack.
• Chen Qing used the Mystic Tortoise Spirit Armor Technique and Dragon Elephant Vajra Barrier to withstand their assault, then escaped with the Nine Shadows Evasion Technique before Great Lord Xueya identified his true body.
• Chen Qing led the pursuing Grandmasters to a stone platform, revealed that he had not been trying to escape, and activated the spear formation he had prepared there.

Chen Qing used the True Martial Demon Purging Spear Array to kill Great Lord Jinya, then detonated a hidden Fifth-Turn Exploding Pill as Great Lord Guli attacked. Elsewhere, Ling Xuance faced six Yan Kingdom Grandmasters who came to take him to the Taiyi Supreme Sect, and his saber domain erupted as their battle began.

• Chen Qing activated the True Martial Demon Purging Spear Array, trapping Great Lord Guli, Bloodfang, Stone Pan, Rong Yuan, and Jinya in a storm of spear qi.
• Chen Qing feinted at Jinya, pierced his throat, and shattered his Golden Core with a punch.
• As Great Lord Guli charged, Chen Qing triggered a concealed Fifth-Turn Exploding Pill, blasting apart the stone platform and catching the Golden Court Grandmasters in its shockwave.
• Lu Yunsong, Chu Xuanhe, Ye Chao, Chang Xin, Qi Bojun, and Ruan Fei confronted Ling Xuance in the Underground Palace and demanded he go to the Taiyi Supreme Sect.
• Ling Xuance repelled Ye Chao’s palm with one punch, then drew the Hanchuan Saber and withstood the group’s combined assault.
• Ling Xuance released his Second Level Blade Domain, surrounding the chamber with blizzard and saber intent as the battle began.

Chen Qing used two hidden Exploding Pills and his Spear Domain to defeat the five Golden Court Grandmasters who had surrounded him. Gu Li escaped, while Chen Qing collected the spoils and left the ruined stone platform.

• The first Exploding Pill killed Stone Pan and badly wounded Gu Li, Rong Yuan, and Bloodfang after Bloodfang used Stone Pan as a shield.
• Gu Li attacked Chen Qing with his Second Level Axe Domain, but Chen Qing countered with his Spear Domain and evaded a killing blow.
• Chen Qing tricked Gu Li and Bloodfang with nine afterimages and a fake Golden Core, then detonated a second Exploding Pill hidden beneath the platform.
• Bloodfang was mortally wounded, while Gu Li survived the blast by activating Frost Eagle Burning Soul True Body and fled into the ruins.
• Chen Qing killed Bloodfang and Rong Yuan, gathered the fallen Grandmasters' treasures, burned their corpses, and departed.

Chen Qing recovered from his battle with the Golden Court Grandmasters, learned that the Night Clan had entered the conflict, and agreed to meet Marquis Weiyuan and the Six Great Supreme Sects to discuss the ruins’ core. Meanwhile, Ling Xuance and Ye Canglan gathered their allies and ordered them to find the last jade tablet needed to open the core restriction.

• Chen Qing inventoried his spoils, finding Gu Li’s damaged Profound Iron Heavy Shield, a partial map of the ruins, and an old book describing Supernatural Skill Secret Techniques.
• After recovering in a Pill Room, Chen Qing returned to the Tianbao Supreme Sect courtyard, where Nan Zhuoran told him that Yan Kingdom forces had failed to kill Ling Xuance after three mysterious experts appeared and wounded Ruan Fei.
• Nan Zhuoran gave Chen Qing Marquis Weiyuan’s invitation to meet at the former Pill Dao Inspectorate and discuss fighting their enemies, confronting the Night Clan, and finding a way into the ruins’ core.
• Chen Qing accepted the invitation, told Nan Zhuoran to keep the others safe, and went to find Pulse Master Ke before attending the meeting.
• At the Altar of Heaven, Gu Li recounted his failed attempt to kill Chen Qing, while Ling Xuance judged Chen Qing’s strength and warned that Jiang Tuo and the Taiyi Supreme Sect were greater concerns.
• Ye Canglan and Ling Xuance ordered their allies to find the last of the six jade tablets within three days and watch the movements of Yan Kingdom’s Six Great Supreme Sects and the Jingwu Guard.

Chen Qing attended a summit where the factions planned to find the last jade plaque needed to enter the ruins' core, while concealing that he still had powerful Exploding Pills. Days later, a lotus platform in his Sea of Consciousness reacted near the Que Sect elder Su Linyuan, prompting Chen Qing to investigate its source.

• Chen Qing and Ke Tianzong joined Marquis Weiyuan and the Six Great Supreme Sects' representatives to discuss the Night Clan and the six jade plaques required to enter the ruins' core.
• Chen Qing told Lu Yunsong that his Exploding Pills were gone, while privately revealing that he still held an even more powerful pill and other concealed techniques.
• The leaders agreed to search for the missing jade plaque and coordinate against the Golden Court, and Marquis Weiyuan warned Chen Qing not to confront its forces directly.
• Chen Qing, Ke Tianzong, and Nan Zhuoran searched the Inner Perimeter for the plaque as other factions scoured the ruins.
• Chen Qing met Que Sect guardian elder Su Linyuan, who thanked him for providing Bai Xi with the Green Dragon Entwining Heart Vine Fruit.
• The Thirteen-Petal Pure World Lotus Platform trembled during their conversation, and Chen Qing quietly left to investigate the direction of its reaction.

Chen Qing found two Ten-Leaf Golden Lotus seeds in an ancient altar, defeated its black-haired guardians, and uncovered a Jade token hidden in a statue. When Jiang Tuo tried to seize the token, Chen Qing shattered his Sword Domain with one spear thrust, leaving the Taiyi Supreme Sect members shocked by the gap between them.

• Chen Qing followed the Pure World Lotus Platform's resonance to an ancient altar and found two Ten-Leaf Golden Lotus seeds in a stone pool.
• Chen Qing killed two black-haired monsters and defeated a stronger one, which appeared to retain a trace of intelligence before it turned to ash and left behind a beast hide.
• Chen Qing collected the lotus seeds, leaves, and spiritual liquid, then destroyed the statue that attacked him with poisonous arrows and revealed a Jade token.
• Jiang Tuo rushed in to take the Jade token, but Chen Qing reached it first and confronted him.
• Jiang Tuo attacked Chen Qing with his First-Layer Sword Domain, but Chen Qing shattered it with one spear thrust and forced Jiang Tuo back nine steps.
• Lu Yunsong and Chang Xin arrived beside Jiang Tuo and recognized that Chen Qing's strength far exceeded his.

Chen Qing found the final jade token, bringing all six needed to open the Xuanmo Ancient Kingdom Ruins’ core into circulation. The major factions prepared to meet at the Pill Dao Inspectorate in three days, where negotiations over the core’s restriction could become a deadly confrontation.

• Chen Qing defeated Jiang Tuo and revealed the final jade token to Ke Tianzong and Shen Qinghong, who kept the Taiyi Supreme Sect’s infighting quiet.
• Marquis Weiyuan proposed gathering the Buddhist Kingdom and Que Sect and inviting every force to the Pill Dao Inspectorate in three days to discuss opening the core restriction.
• Chen Qing argued that the Buddhist Kingdom and Que Sect would set aside their feud because neither could enter the core without the other factions’ jade tokens.
• Lord Lihua and Master Jingse agreed to attend the meeting together, while Ling Xuance decided that the Golden Court alliance would also go.
• Ling Xuance ordered Gu Li and Fei Li to assemble Golden Court’s Grandmaster elites, as news of the gathering spread throughout the ruins.

The factions gathered at the former Pill Dao Inspectorate and agreed to cooperate to open the ruins’ core, with each jade token allowing three people to enter. Yan Kingdom chose its six candidates, including Chen Qing, Shen Qinghong, and Ke Tianzong, and departed for the core restriction.

• Su Linyuan arrived for the Que Sect, followed by Master Jingse, Lord Lihua, and the Western Regions experts, making the rivalry between the Que Sect and Buddhist Kingdom evident.
• Master Jingse raised the need to gather all six jade tokens, and Ling Xuance arrived to propose cooperation between the factions holding them.
• Marquis Weiyuan and Ling Xuance agreed that each jade token would admit three people into the core, despite Master Jingse asking for five.
• Chen Qing chose Shen Qinghong and Ke Tianzong to accompany him, while Ye Chao volunteered to stay behind and guard the rear.
• Marquis Weiyuan, Lu Yunsong, Chu Xuanhe, Chen Qing, Ke Tianzong, and Shen Qinghong set off toward the core restriction.

Chen Qing and the other factions entered the ruins’ core, where Xuanmo Buddha Venerable revealed a five-stage trial leading to his inheritance. The first stage, the Fire Path, began with a hundred-zhang stretch of Liuli Fire that burned True Essence and divine souls.

• The factions used six jade tokens to open the restriction and entered the sealed chamber, where Chen Qing’s lotus platform began to tremble.
• The group discovered the name Danfo Kingdom and heard Xuanmo Buddha Venerable announce that they must pass five stages to claim his treasures and inheritance.
• Master Jingse explained that Dan Xuan had refined forbidden pills using living people, and that Xuanmo Buddha Venerable had fought and defeated his disciple.
• Master Jingse went ahead with Lord Lihua, followed by Su Linyuan, Marquis Weiyuan, Chen Qing, and the others.
• Xuanmo Buddha Venerable identified the first stage as the Fire Path and explained that its Liuli Fire could be endured through cultivation or passed by seeing through its illusions.

The Grandmasters crossed Xuanmo Buddha Venerable’s Liuli Fire trial while fighting off attacks from the Golden Court and Night Clan. Chen Qing’s Pure World Lotus Platform protected him from the flames, and he joined Shen Qinghong and Ke Tianzong in battling their pursuers as they raced for the exit.

• Master Jingse, Master Jing Hai, and Lord Lihua crossed the Liuli Fire Path using Buddhist protection and the Cold Moon Liuli Cup.
• Marquis Weiyuan led the Grandmasters into the Fire Path together, where Chen Qing discovered the Thirteen-Petal Pure World Lotus Platform shielded and nourished him.
• Ling Xuance, Ye Canglan, Wu Xuanhai, Gu Li, and Fei Li attacked the group from behind, forcing Marquis Weiyuan, Lu Yunsong, and Chu Xuanhe to fight while Chen Qing’s trio pressed onward.
• Gu Li tried to attack Chen Qing from behind, but Chen Qing turned and drove him back with the Returning Horse Spear.
• Ye Han ambushed Ke Tianzong, and Chen Qing used the Nine Shadows Evasion Technique while Shen Qinghong and Ke Tianzong helped trap Ye Han in a combined assault.
• Chen Qing’s ninth spear struck Ye Han and sent him stumbling, leaving their fight unresolved.

Chen Qing killed Ye Han in the Fire Path and absorbed the Liuli Fire origin seed, then entered Wan Dan Fu Hai with his allies for Xuanmo Buddha Venerable’s second trial. As Gu Li and Fei Li approached him while Shen Qinghong moved to guard him, Chen Qing considered taking Wenxin Pills from others rather than searching furnaces one by one.

• Chen Qing used Origin Piercing to stun Ye Han, pierced his chest with the Jingzhe Spear, and extracted his Night Clan baleful blood before sending Shen Qinghong and Ke Tianzong ahead.
• The Thirteen-Petal Pure World Lotus Platform absorbed the Liuli Fire origin seed, weakening the Fire Path, and Chen Qing escaped to the stone platform as Great Lord Guli emerged behind him.
• Great Lord Guli revealed that Chen Qing had killed Ye Han, but Su Linyuan defended Chen Qing and Ye Canglan held back after Ling Xuance warned him not to act before the next trial.
• Xuanmo Buddha Venerable announced that contestants had to find three Wenxin Pills among ten thousand pill furnaces to claim one of twelve exits, while Heart Demon Pills and the Dan Zhang posed deadly risks.
• Marquis Weiyuan led his group into Wan Dan Fu Hai and they split up to search; Chen Qing discovered that his lotus platform protected him from the Dan Zhang and easily destroyed an inner demon phantom.
• Chen Qing sensed Gu Li and Fei Li approaching, while Shen Qinghong warned him and moved closer to guard him; he considered taking Wenxin Pills from others instead of continuing to search.

As the factions clashed in Wan Dan Fu Hai, Chen Qing fought without the miasma suppressing his strength and killed Great Lord Guli. The Yan Kingdom suffered Chu Xuanhe’s death at Ling Xuance’s hands, and Chen Qing’s emergence with Guli’s corpse shifted every faction’s attention to him.

• Ling Xuance decided to seize Wenxin Pills from others, while Chen Qing found a Wenxin Pill in a Golden Pattern Pill Furnace that seemed to trouble his Pure World Lotus Platform.
• The Que Sect and Buddhist Kingdom fought over a Golden Pattern Pill Furnace, and Ling Xuance, Ye Canglan, and Wu Xuanhai ambushed Marquis Weiyuan, Lu Yunsong, and Chu Xuanhe.
• Chen Qing and Shen Qinghong intervened, with Chen Qing confronting Great Lord Guli and Shen Qinghong holding off Great Lord Feili.
• Chen Qing matched Guli’s Axe Domain, evaded Nine Strikes of the Long Sky, and killed him with the Five Mountains World Suppressing Seal.
• Ling Xuance killed the gravely wounded Chu Xuanhe, leaving the Yan Kingdom group in a desperate position.
• Great Lord Feili announced Guli’s death, and Chen Qing appeared with the dead Great Lord Guli as the gathered fighters turned to face him.

Chen Qing survived the third trial by using the Thirteen-Petal Pure World Lotus Platform to resist Xuanmo Buddha Venerable’s attempt to seize a body, then emerged into the corridor as one of six who had passed. Shen Qinghong remained trapped in her chamber, while Ye Canglan urged the others to proceed to the fourth trial without waiting.

• Chen Qing killed Gu Li, and the combatants stopped fighting to gather Wenxin Pills and claim the remaining passage slots.
• Chen Qing and Shen Qinghong entered the third trial, where twelve Stone Chambers awaited them, eight already occupied.
• Chen Qing recognized that the Contemplation Wall and Buddha Seal concealed an attempt by Xuanmo Buddha Venerable to take a suitable body, and his Lotus Platform trapped the seal and protected him through the trial.
• Ling Xuance accepted the Buddha Seal, which Xuanmo Buddha Venerable praised as belonging to an exceptionally promising vessel.
• Chen Qing passed the chamber’s final test and emerged to find Ling Xuance, Ye Canglan, Marquis Weiyuan, Su Linyuan, and Master Jingse waiting in the corridor.
• Chen Qing warned that Shen Qinghong was still inside her chamber, but Ye Canglan urged the group to open the fourth trial rather than wait.

Chen Qing recognized that Xuanmo Buddha Venerable’s inheritance trials were likely a trap, but the Pure World Lotus Platform urged him toward the west side of the final hall. As the others fought over the inheritance, Chen Qing clashed with Ye Canglan and unleashed his Spear Domain against the Soul Erosion Silk.

• Chen Qing suspected the trials were selecting a vessel for possession, while the Pure World Lotus Platform pointed him toward the west side of the fourth stage.
• Xuanmo Buddha Venerable revealed that only one person could enter Danfo Main Hall and claim the inheritance, while warning that its east and west sides held deadly killing formations.
• The Buddha Seals intensified the others’ greed, and Su Linyuan rushed for the hall before Ling Xuance, Ye Canglan, Marquis Weiyuan, and Master Jingse struck him down.
• Ling Xuance charged toward the hall, but Marquis Weiyuan, Master Jingse, and Chen Qing attacked him; Ye Canglan then blocked Chen Qing while Ling Xuance fought the other two.
• Ye Canglan attacked Chen Qing with Soul Erosion Silk, and Chen Qing stopped evading and unleashed his Spear Domain.

Chen Qing survived Ling Xuance’s attack and entered the supposed killing formation, where he discovered the ruins of Xuanmo Chan Monastery and met the weakened Xuanmo Buddha Venerable. Xuanmo revealed Dan Xuan’s betrayal and returned the Lotus Heart to Chen Qing, completing the Thirteen-Petal Pure World Lotus Platform as the battle outside continued.

• Chen Qing’s Spear Domain repelled Ye Canglan’s Soul Erosion Silks while Ling Xuance fought off a combined assault from Su Linyuan, Marquis Weiyuan, and Master Jingse.
• Ling Xuance detonated a Sixth-Turn Exploding Pill, grievously wounding the three Grandmasters and damaging Ye Canglan, while Chen Qing escaped the worst of the blast and found that the western killing formation was an illusion.
• Ling Xuance struck Chen Qing into the formation, then Ye Canglan seized the chance to rush toward the Bronze Hall Door as Ling Xuance attacked him from behind.
• Chen Qing found the ruined Xuanmo Chan Monastery and met Xuanmo, who revealed that his disciple Dan Xuan had colluded with the Night Clan and was luring outsiders in to escape suppression.
• Xuanmo returned the purified Lotus Heart to Chen Qing, completing the Thirteen-Petal Pure World Lotus Platform and unleashing a surge of pure Buddha Yuan through Chen Qing’s body.