Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyuan and the cultivators entered the blood-colored grotto-heaven and discovered a genuine five elements divine essence tree atop a platform guarded by powerful Slaughter Dao principles. The principles drove many cultivators mad and turned them into slaughter puppets, while Li Qingyuan realized the danger and Zhao Guangzheng resolved to use the Slaughter Dao to pursue a breakthrough.

• Li Qingyuan led the group across the blood-colored ocean and found a five elements divine essence tree surrounded by a circular mountain of steps.
• Daoist Xuanzhen sent a talisman clone up the steps, but the tree's restrictions destroyed it when it tried to pick a fruit.
• Li Qingyuan and the other powerhouses entered the platform's range, where an ancient restriction forced them to land and Slaughter Dao principles assaulted their minds.
• Six Half-step Dao Venerables and most weaker cultivators lost their reason and attacked, so the factions subdued them to try to restore their minds.
• Li Qingyuan concluded that the Slaughter Dao principles targeted living cultivators rather than talisman clones and warned weaker cultivators away from the platform.
• Zhao Guangzheng welcomed the Slaughter Dao principles and declared that he would use them to break through to the Mahayana stage.

Li Qingyuan climbed the blood-colored staircase, comprehended the slaughter dao, and reached the Five Elements Divine Essence Tree, where he received a Blood Mark Inheritance. He uprooted the tree and offered the other cultivators a chance to buy sixty percent of its fruit at half price.

• Li Qingyuan, Miao Le, Diana, and the other cultivators returned to the staircase, where most Integrated Body Late Stage cultivators were thrown back by the slaughter dao's influence.
• Li Qingyuan climbed past the three-hundredth step using the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art and began comprehending the slaughter dao, while Ji Kun followed close behind.
• Li Qingyuan used the Jianmu Meditation Method, his Immortal Seeds, and the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to sustain himself as he climbed to the nine-hundred-and-ninetieth step.
• The tree's restriction branded Li Qingyuan with a Blood Mark and offered him the chance to become its named disciple after he achieved initial attainment in the slaughter dao.
• Zhao Guangzheng uprooted the Five Elements Divine Essence Tree and received a Blood Mark, while Ji Kun received none and the other prodigies stopped below the eight-hundredth step.
• Li Qingyuan claimed the tree and offered to trade sixty percent of its divine fruit to the others at half price.

Li Qingyuan traded most of the Five Elements Divine Essence Fruits to his companions before the group encountered a huge assembly of rival forces and five Quasi-Dao Venerables. They discovered a drop of True Immortal Essence Blood in a sea of blood, while Li Qingyuan learned that a Mahayana Blood Puppet and a perfected early Mahayana cultivator lurked nearby.

• Li Qingyuan traded twenty-six Five Elements Divine Essence Fruits to the gathered cultivators at half price, then continued exploring with his companions.
• Li Qingyuan and his companions encountered thousands of cultivators from several realms, including five Quasi-Dao Venerables and their armies.
• The assembled forces sensed a drop of True Immortal Essence Blood in the center of a vast, dangerous sea of blood, and several cultivators felt their Slaughter Dao Blood Marks respond.
• Ashunafa resolved to obtain the Asura Essence Blood, while Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng also decided they had to claim it.
• The Female Immortal Corpse warned Li Qingyuan that a Mahayana Blood Puppet and a perfected early Mahayana cultivator were hidden nearby.

Li Qingyuan warned his allies that a Mahayana-stage Slaughter Dao blood puppet and another Mahayana cultivator lurked near the Blood Sea, then led them into it with the other factions. As the groups fought through swarms of Blood-Winged Black Mosquitoes, five Quasi-Dao Venerable mosquitoes and an enormous mosquito Dharma Appearance emerged, revealing the lair’s true danger.

• Ashunafa and four other Quasi-Dao Venerables threatened the surrounding factions and charged toward the Blood Sea, while Li Qingyuan told his allies about the hidden Mahayana-stage threats.
• Li Qingyuan’s group formed up and advanced into the Blood Sea, where countless Blood-Winged Black Mosquitoes attacked them.
• The Thousand-Eyed Heavenly Demon, Ashunafa, and the other Quasi-Dao Venerables used their abilities to fight the mosquito swarm as Li Qingyuan’s allies joined the battle.
• Li Qingyuan told Ji Kun to conceal his strength, and Ji Kun fought alongside Jin Ling while their group helped suppress the mosquitoes.
• Five Quasi-Dao Venerable Blood-Winged Black Mosquitoes appeared, followed by a gigantic Blood-Winged Black Mosquito Dharma Appearance at the center of the Blood Sea.

The Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable appeared and fought three Quasi-Dao Venerables while the cultivators of every faction battled her Blood-Winged Black Mosquito army. Li Qingyuan joined the defense and prepared several safeguards as the fight continued.

• The Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable ordered her swarm to slaughter the invaders, and the Thousand-Eyed Heavenly Demon, Ashunafa, and the Sword Ghost Dao Venerable attacked her together.
• The Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable unleashed Ten Million Mosquitoes Devour the World, but the three Quasi-Dao Venerables broke through and continued fighting her.
• The Immortal Ancient Quasi-Dao Venerable and the female Quasi-Dao Venerable led the second-tier battle as the Lotus Holy Child and Ji Kun held back a mosquito general, while the five divine beast chiefs trapped another.
• Gu Jintong and Crimson Shadow Immortal Maiden took on three Quasi-Dao Venerable mosquitoes as Li Qingyuan and the other cultivators fought the remaining swarm and blood sea.
• Li Qingyuan concealed the Earth-Traveling Pearl, kept Wu Mengzi’s butterfly avatar ready, and asked the Female Immortal Corpse to intervene if a Mahayana Dao Venerable threatened his life.

Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable overwhelmed Ashunafa, Thousand-Eyed Heavenly Demon, and Sword Ghost Dao Venerable with her Blood Sha Domain and Blood Sea Divine Needle. Li Qingyuan sent Ji Kun to help, and Ji Kun revealed his Pure-blooded Sky Swallowing Chicken bloodline, devoured a mosquito general, and began his second tribulation as Mosquito Mother charged at him.

• Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable used her Blood Sea Divine Needle and Blood Sha Domain to injure the three prodigies, forcing Sword Ghost Dao Venerable to sever his left arm.
• Sword Ghost Dao Venerable called for help, and Li Qingyuan deployed his sword array to hold off a Blood-Winged Black Mosquito greater demon.
• Li Qingyuan called on Ji Kun, who unleashed his Pure-blooded Sky Swallowing Chicken bloodline and suppressed the demons with his blazing sun and devouring power.
• Lotus Holy Child grievously wounded the mosquito general Ji Kun had suppressed, and Ji Kun swallowed and refined the demon.
• Ji Kun began his second heavenly tribulation, while Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable abandoned her advantage and charged at him with killing intent.

Ashunafa, the Thousand-Eyed Heavenly Demon, Gu Jintong, and Sword Ghost Dao Venerable held off Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable while Ji Kun’s tribulation and the cultivators’ counterattack turned the battle around. Mosquito Mother unleashed her Blood Realm Return to the Void and attacked Ji Kun, but her strike revealed a hidden Mahayana Dao Venerable named Long Fuhai, whom she had injured.

• Gu Jintong joined Ashunafa, the Thousand-Eyed Heavenly Demon, and Sword Ghost Dao Venerable to hold Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable back while the others targeted her generals.
• Ji Kun fought through his tribulation, and his ecliptic heavenly might weakened the Blood-Winged Black Mosquitoes and helped the cultivators gain the advantage.
• Li Qingyuan, Old Zhao, and Crimson Shadow Immortal Maiden killed or captured Quasi-Dao Venerable mosquito generals as Ji Kun completed his tribulation and devoured another enemy.
• Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable unleashed Blood Realm Return to the Void, suppressing and injuring the Four Great Heavenly Chosen before sending her Blood Sea Divine Needle toward Ji Kun.
• Mosquito Mother’s needle changed course, struck a hidden figure from the void, and revealed the blue dragonman Long Fuhai, a Mahayana Dao Venerable who asked how she had discovered him.

Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable and Long Fuhai agreed to attack the other cultivators and seize the Blood Pearl by capturing the four who carried Slaughter Dao Blood Marks. Li Qingyuan summoned Wu Mengzi’s dharma body, and while it fought Long Fuhai, Li Qingyuan, Ji Kun, and the other Heavenly Chosen battled Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable, who unleashed a dangerous transformation.

• Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable explained that only cultivators with a Slaughter Dao Blood Mark could take the Blood Pearl, drawing attention to Ashunafa, Crimson Shadow Immortal Maiden, Li Qingyuan, and Zhao Guangzheng.
• Long Fuhai attacked Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun, but Li Qingyuan shattered a Dream Butterfly and summoned Wu Mengzi’s Mahayana dharma body.
• Long Fuhai and Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable agreed to destroy Wu Mengzi’s dharma body and kill everyone else, then Long Fuhai engaged Wu Mengzi while Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable attacked Ji Kun.
• Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun called on the other Heavenly Chosen to join them, and their combined attacks weakened Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable and gained the advantage.
• Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable burned her Essence Blood, Law Power, and physical body, unleashing the Dao-Destroying Black Mosquito.

Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable detonated herself, grievously wounding the five Quasi-Dao Venerable Heavenly Chosen while Li Qingyuan survived with his Dao foundation intact. She revived by consuming the blood sea and her mosquitoes, captured two of the wounded cultivators, and intercepted Li Qingyuan and his companions as they fled.

• Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable detonated herself, badly injuring Li Qingyuan, Ji Kun, and the five Quasi-Dao Venerable Heavenly Chosen, while Li Qingyuan emerged with his Dao foundation intact.
• The five wounded Heavenly Chosen fled, but Ji Kun caught Sword Ghost Dao Venerable and swallowed his Nascent Soul Infant.
• Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable revived by drawing on the blood sea and sacrificing Blood-Winged Black Mosquitoes, then used Blood Soul Chains to capture Ashunafa, Crimson Shadow Immortal Maiden, Thousand-Eyed Heavenly Demon, and Gu Jintong.
• Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable drained Thousand-Eyed Heavenly Demon and Gu Jintong, then appeared in front of the fleeing Li Qingyuan, Ji Kun, and their companions.
• Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable unleashed Ten Million Mosquitoes Devour the World, engulfing the Azure Profound Immortal Sect group in a swarm of Blood-Winged Black Mosquitoes.

Li Qingyuan and his companions escaped Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable’s attack, but the Blood Sea barrier trapped them while Mosquito Mother and Wu Mengzi joined forces against Long Fuhai. Long Fuhai was driven to sacrifice his bloodline and dragon origin, unleashing a final attack as he vowed to take his enemies with him.

• Ji Kun used his Pleiades Sky Swallowing Chicken Essence Blood to break Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable’s Ten Million Mosquitoes Devour the World, then Li Qingyuan fled with his companions as Mosquito Mother pursued them.
• Wu Mengzi’s Dharma body blocked Mosquito Mother’s Blood Sea Divine Needle, and Wu Mengzi proposed joining forces with her to kill Long Fuhai.
• Mosquito Mother appeared behind Long Fuhai and attacked alongside Wu Mengzi, while Li Qingyuan, Ji Kun, and cultivators from the Three Realms escaped toward the Blood Sea’s boundary.
• A Mahayana barrier blocked the boundary, trapping the fleeing cultivators, and Wu Mengzi agreed to help Mosquito Mother in exchange for his disciple’s life.
• Wu Mengzi burned his Dharma body and fought with Mosquito Mother until Long Fuhai suffered grievous injuries and reverted to his true form.
• Long Fuhai burned his atavistic bloodline, Dragon Race origin, and dragon pearl to reach middle Mahayana stage combat strength and launched a final attack against Mosquito Mother and Wu Mengzi.

Li Qingyuan seized the True Immortal Essence Blood at the heart of the blood sea and used its connection to the Slaughter Dao Blood Mark to weaken Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable. He summoned an ancient Asura Dharma Body and exposed Mosquito Mother as a blood puppet, leaving the assembled cultivators fighting alongside him as the battle continued.

• Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable burned her domain, body, and Primordial Spirit to unleash a devastating attack, while Li Qingyuan used Dream Butterfly Evasion to race toward the blood sea’s core with Ji Kun and Old Zhao.
• Li Qingyuan sent Ji Kun and Old Zhao to clear the way as they fought the Blood-Winged Black Mosquitoes, then seized the True Immortal Essence Blood with a Five Elements Spiritual Power giant hand.
• The Slaughter Dao Blood Mark on Li Qingyuan’s brow weakened the Essence Blood’s assault on his Primordial Spirit, allowing him to imprison and claim it.
• The True Immortal Essence Blood dispersed Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable’s Blood Sea Divine Needle and forced her to flee, while Li Qingyuan explained how the Essence Blood and Slaughter Dao Blood Marks countered her.
• Li Qingyuan invoked an ancient Asura Dharma Body through the True Immortal Essence Blood and weakened Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable by suppressing her connection to the blood sea.
• Ji Kun, Diana, Daoist Xuanzhen, the Lotus Holy Child, and the leaders of the Five Directional Divine Beasts joined the fight against Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable and her blood puppets.

Li Qingyuan and Miao Le joined forces to defeat Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable with help from Wu Mengzi and Ji Kun, saving the besieged cultivators. After Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable was devoured and her treasures claimed, the Yinglong Chief offered to make Li Qingyuan the Grand Chief of the Five Directions Divine Beast Heaven.

• Miao Le merged her Longevity Immortal Seed with Li Qingyuan's, raising his Law Power to the pinnacle of the Quasi-Dao Venerable realm as the Asura Dharma Body suppressed Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable.
• Wu Mengzi used Empty Dream Spirit-Destroying Slash to sever part of Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable's Primordial Spirit, and Li Qingyuan's Asura Dharma Body crushed her defenses.
• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le struck Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable with Jianmu Divine Tree Slash, gravely wounding her as she burned her Essence Blood, flesh, and Primordial Spirit for a final attack.
• Ji Kun used his bloodline suppression to weaken Mosquito Mother Dao Venerable and force her into her original form, then swallowed her Nascent Soul; Zhao Guangzheng devoured her Divine Soul.
• Li Qingyuan recovered the True Immortal Essence Blood and told Zhao Guangzheng to refine the Blood Sea Divine Needle into the soul banner, while the Yinglong Chief offered Li Qingyuan leadership of the Five Directions Divine Beast Heaven.

Li Qingyuan led the Three Realms cultivators to defeat the Blood-Winged Black Mosquitoes, then organized his followers to regroup and cultivate in a fortified formation grotto-heaven. After Yun Yan refined Five Elements Tribulation-Crossing Pills, Li Qingyuan distributed them to powerful allies in exchange for the resources needed to make them.

• Li Qingyuan used the Blood Sea to suppress the Blood-Winged Black Mosquitoes and ordered the Three Realms cultivators to hunt them down.
• Li Qingyuan entrusted the Five Elements Divine Essence Fruits to Yun Yan for pill refinement and promised to help restore Yun Yan's body.
• Li Qingyuan appointed commanders for his followers and led them away from the Blood Sea, which evaporated after the True Immortal Essence Blood was removed.
• Li Qingyuan and his formation masters established a fortified grotto-heaven, where the cultivators entered seclusion to digest their gains and prepare to advance.
• Yun Yan refined more than a hundred Five Elements Tribulation-Crossing Pills, and Li Qingyuan offered them to peak cultivators in exchange for their divine fruits and other resources.

Li Qingyuan and his companions used Five Elements Tribulation Pills and other resources to challenge higher cultivation realms. Li Qingyuan reached the second great heavenly tribulation, while Ji Kun began three simultaneous elemental tribulations and declared his intention to become a quasi-Dao Venerable.

• Cultivators exchanged for Five Elements Tribulation Pills, and Li Qingyuan recovered the Five Elements Divine Essence Fruits he had traded while keeping fifty-one pills in reserve.
• Li Qingyuan swallowed a Fire Element Tribulation Pill, weathered the fire great heavenly tribulation, and reached the realm of the second great heavenly tribulation.
• Miao Le, Jin Ling, Ling Chuxue, Xiao Baiyi, Tianyou Sanren, and other companions began tribulations or cultivation breakthroughs with their new resources.
• Bing Ling'er focused on reaching the Integrated Body peak stage, while Flying Bear Spirit Venerable broke through to the Integrated Body late stage.
• Ji Kun drank the ninth-tier immortal wine, triggered water, wood, and earth tribulations at once, and declared that he would reach the quasi-Dao Venerable realm.

As Ji Kun and Diana used Primordial Five Elements Paste to undergo multiple heavenly tribulations, Li Qingyuan decided to attempt the same path toward Quasi-Dao Venerable. The Lotus Holy Child began his own third tribulation as Li Qingyuan faced a combined three-element lightning tribulation.

• Ji Kun drank Primordial Five Elements Paste and summoned three great heavenly tribulations at once, shocking the watching cultivators.
• Diana drank the same wine and began her final Earth and Wood tribulations while Li Qingyuan reviewed the progress of his clone, Little Flame, and the Nine Yang Divine Ganoderma.
• Li Qingyuan concluded that his strength was still insufficient for the Sixth Layer Demon Realm and decided to attempt reaching Quasi-Dao Venerable.
• Li Qingyuan drank Primordial Five Elements Paste, prompting the Lotus Holy Child to begin his third great heavenly tribulation.
• A combined Water, Earth, and Metal tribulation struck Li Qingyuan, who met it with resolve and called for the lightning to make him stronger.

Li Qingyuan used the Primordial Five Elements Paste to withstand three simultaneous great heavenly tribulations and advanced to the quasi-Dao Venerable realm with power rivaling an early Mahayana Dao Venerable. As allies across the grotto-heaven also advanced, they hailed him as Qingyuan Dao Venerable.

• Li Qingyuan absorbed the lightning from three simultaneous great heavenly tribulations while the Primordial Five Elements Paste strengthened his body and cultivation.
• Old Zhao transformed the Myriad Souls Banner into a quasi-Dao Venerable Law Treasure, passed a second Nine Layers of Heavenly Thunder, and began refining Asura True Immortal essence blood.
• Yun Yan the Elixir Master raised his Primordial Spirit and Law Treasure to quasi-Dao Venerable level but could advance no further without a physical body.
• The Yinglong Chief reached the quasi-Dao Venerable realm, while the four divine beast chiefs advanced to fourth great heavenly tribulation cultivation.
• Ji Kun and Diana revealed their quasi-Dao Venerable power as cultivators across the grotto-heaven completed their advances.
• Li Qingyuan emerged from the tribulation with power surpassing an ordinary early Mahayana Dao Venerable, and the gathered cultivators congratulated him as Qingyuan Dao Venerable.

Li Qingyuan refined the Earth Marsh Sword Array into a formidable sword formation while he and his companions spent two centuries consolidating their cultivation. Old Zhao eventually reached the Quasi-Dao Venerable realm, completing the array’s final piece as Li Qingyuan prepared for future battles.

• Li Qingyuan revealed his Mahayana Nascent Soul and Quasi-Dao Venerable strength, then ordered everyone to cultivate for two hundred years before joining him in the Sixth and Seventh Demon Domains.
• Li Qingyuan, Ji Kun, Bing Ling'er, and others forged 365 Heavenly Cycle Flying Swords, forming the preliminary Earth Marsh Sword Array.
• Li Qingyuan nurtured the sword array in his Grotto-heaven World while Old Zhao crossed a tribulation and continued absorbing the True Immortal legacy.
• During the following two centuries, Li Qingyuan and the others meditated and refined their cultivation as Old Zhao continued his seclusion.
• Old Zhao endured the Great Heavenly Tribulation of Fire and reached the Quasi-Dao Venerable realm, completing the final piece of Li Qingyuan's Dao Venerable-level Earth Marsh Sword Array.

Li Qingyuan gathered more than a hundred powerful cultivators and led them into the Primordial Demonic Cave after the Lotus Holy Child advanced to the fourth great heavenly tribulation. In the Sixth Demon Domain, they found a land scarred by Mahayana battles, and Li Qingyuan had to decide whether to press on toward a higher domain.

• The Lotus Holy Child survived the water great heavenly tribulation, reaching the fourth great heavenly tribulation and gaining combat strength comparable to Daoist Xuanzhen.
• Li Qingyuan assembled ninety-eight Integration Peak Cultivators, including thirty-seven Half-step Dao Venerables and seven experts with Quasi-Dao Venerable strength.
• Li Qingyuan ordered the Second Yuan Clone, Flying Bear, and Little Flame to remain behind and protect Li Dingzhou, Chen Xiuyun, and Li Xianhuang.
• Li Qingyuan led over a hundred experts through a spatial wormhole into the Sixth Demon Domain, where they saw land devastated by battles among Mahayana Dao Venerables.
• Daoist Xuanzhen suggested moving directly to a higher heavenly domain, warning that middle or late Mahayana opponents might overwhelm them, and the group awaited Li Qingyuan's decision.

Li Qingyuan led his group across the Sixth Demon Domain after Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable sent word that he and Seven Profounds were being hunted in the Far Eastern Wasteland. After a day and night of flight, Li Qingyuan sensed traces of a battle and directed Ji Kun toward them.

• Li Qingyuan told the group to contact their sects and gather information about the Sixth Demon Domain.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable urgently told Bing Ling'er that he and Seven Profounds were being hunted in the Far Eastern Wasteland and asked for help.
• Li Qingyuan promised to rescue Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable and ordered Ji Kun to carry the group toward the Far Eastern Wasteland.
• Li Qingyuan declined to summon more reinforcements, judging that the pursuers were likely no more than five early Mahayana stage cultivators.
• Ji Kun flew at full speed through the night while Li Qingyuan supplied pills to replenish his power.
• Li Qingyuan sensed traces of a Mahayana battle ahead and directed Ji Kun left toward them.

Seven Profound Dao Venerable and Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable were cornered by Chunhuazi and three other Mahayana cultivators after losing the ruins’ opportunities. As they prepared to risk everything in a final battle, Li Qingyuan arrived and declared that he would save them.

• Chunhuazi and three early Mahayana cultivators encircled the gravely wounded Seven Profound Dao Venerable and Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable.
• Chunhuazi dismissed their threats and demanded the hidden opportunity they had gained in the ruins.
• Seven Profound Dao Venerable and Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable burned the origin of their Five Elements Great Dao and fought back, while Chunhuazi and her allies launched their strongest attacks.
• Facing defeat, Seven Profound Dao Venerable and Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable prepared to detonate their lifebound Law Treasures.
• Li Qingyuan emerged from the void with a vast sword domain and said the two Dao Venerables would not need to sacrifice their treasures.