Chapter Summaries

Qin Fengming tested the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation against the fire essence and discovered its attacks could gradually drain the creature’s energy. He began bombarding it with less costly attacks, aiming to weaken it enough to capture.

• Qin Fengming trapped the fire essence in the formation and summoned a lightning bolt that struck and seemingly destroyed its flood-dragon form.
• The fire essence reassembled, split into dozens of smaller dragons, and was battered apart by ice spikes and a lightning net.
• Qin Fengming realized the formation’s attacks had weakened the fire essence, shrinking its flood-dragon form.
• Qin Fengming used the formation plate to attack the fire essence with ice spikes, wind blades, and boulders while conserving energy by avoiding lightning.

Qin Fengming used the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation to wear down the fire essence until it lost its flood-dragon form. He captured the emerald flame with his black spider’s web and dark-green liquid, then sealed it in his storage ring.

• Qin Fengming unleashed the formation’s attacks on the flood dragon, stopping briefly before suppressing it again for two hours.
• The flood dragon vanished, leaving behind a motionless emerald-green flame that Qin Fengming recognized as the fire essence’s true form.
• Qin Fengming summoned his black spider and used its web to ensnare the flame after the formation forced it back into the web’s path.
• The fire essence burned a hole through the web, but the spider sealed it and covered the web with dark-green liquid, driving the flame’s smaller offshoots back into its main body.
• Qin Fengming ordered the spider to compress the web into a sphere, placed talismans on it, and collected it in his storage ring.

Qin Fengming secured the Fire Essence and prepared to fuse it with his innate true fire in a cavern in the Misty Forest. He used the black spider to ensnare and separate parts of the flame, beginning his attempt to weaken it safely.

• Qin Fengming left Blazing Flame Valley with the Fire Essence after finding that the formation’s Spirit Stones had been nearly drained.
• Qin Fengming cleared a cavern in the Misty Forest, set up protective formations, and recovered before attempting the fusion.
• Qin Fengming placed the ice marrow in the cavern and released the Fire Essence from its spiderweb wrapping, causing the cavern’s temperature to swing between extreme cold and heat.
• Qin Fengming instructed the black spider to trap small portions of the Fire Essence in separate webs and infuse them with dark-green liquid.

Qin Fengming began fusing the essence fire’s natal flame with his own using the Melting Flame Art, while ice marrow protected his meridians from the fire’s destructive heat. The fusion remained underway as he struggled to guide the uncontrolled flames through his body.

• Qin Fengming weighed the deadly risks of fusing the essence fire and decided to proceed.
• Qin Fengming swallowed the ice marrow, whose freezing energy coated his meridians with a thin layer of ice.
• Qin Fengming used the Melting Flame Art and the spider’s web to subdue the green flame and draw it into his transparent flame.
• Qin Fengming absorbed the fused flame, which raced through his meridians and burned his body as the ice coating melted.
• Qin Fengming circulated the Melting Flame Art to shield his meridians and guide the tiny flames along their intended route.

Qin Fengming used the ice marrow and the Melting Flame Art to fuse the green fire essence into his innate true fire, enduring the process repeatedly over the course of a year. The fire essence shrank to less than one-sixth of its original size, while his transparent white flames became emerald green and his Fire attribute energy surged.

• Qin Fengming swallowed ice marrow and spent eighteen days mastering control of the violent flame, successfully fusing a small green flame into his innate true fire.
• After recovering, Qin Fengming used the spiderweb to capture more green flames and began repeating the fusion process with the fire essence.
• Qin Fengming continued fusing green flames for a year, using the spider to draw more flames from the fire essence whenever his supply ran out.
• Qin Fengming observed that the fire essence had shrunk to less than one-sixth of its original size and that his innate true fire had turned emerald green.

Qin Fengming attempted to fuse the remaining Emerald Fire Spirit into his Innate Refined Fire, but the spirit overwhelmed him with its immense heat. He kept himself alive with Ice Marrow and continued trying to control the flames as they rampaged through his body.

• Qin Fengming trapped the Emerald Fire Spirit in a web and sent his Innate Refined Fire to meet it.
• The two flames devoured each other, and the Emerald Fire Spirit began overpowering Qin Fengming's Innate Refined Fire.
• Qin Fengming used the Melting Flame Art to bind the Fire Spirit in incantations, then drew its scattered sparks into his body.
• The sparks ravaged Qin Fengming's meridians, and he swallowed Ice Marrow to stay conscious and repair the damage.
• Qin Fengming continued circulating the Melting Flame Art and struggling to control the sparks as the Ice Marrow repaired the meridians the fire destroyed.

Qin Fengming completed his dangerous fusion with the fire essence's true body and recovered after meditating. He left his cave with the giant spider and headed northwest to seek the treasure marked on his map.

• Qin Fengming used the Melting Flame Art to guide the emerald flames through his meridians until they vanished and merged with his Innate Refined Fire.
• Qin Fengming found his clothes melted, gathered his belongings, and examined the emerald gourd that had awakened him during the fusion.
• Qin Fengming discovered the Ruyi Pearl, recognized its ancient characters, and stored it for later study.
• Qin Fengming meditated for a day and a night, then left the cave with the giant spider and put away the Four Symbols Pure Spirit Formation.
• Qin Fengming headed northwest toward the area where Core Formation cultivators operated to search for the treasure on his map.

Qin Fengming traveled through Blazing Flame Valley and entered Strange Forest Valley on his way toward Green Pine Ridge, relying on his enhanced spiritual sense to pursue the treasure marked on his map. Elsewhere, the Shen siblings fought a powerful Iron Wire Snake together with their spiritual tools and Mountain Shaking Beast.

• Qin Fengming decided to seek the treasure at Green Pine Ridge, believing his increased spiritual sense and Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation gave him a chance to survive the journey.
• Qin Fengming crossed Blazing Flame Valley without being harmed by its heat and reached Strange Forest Valley.
• Qin Fengming released his two spirit beasts and slowly made his way through Strange Forest Valley, avoiding two places with spiritual fluctuations.
• Shen Fei and Shen Yun fought a peak Grade 3 Iron Wire Snake with their spiritual tools but struggled to pierce its defenses.
• Shen Yun released the Mountain Shaking Beast, and the siblings sent it and their two spiritual tools to attack the Iron Wire Snake.

Qin Fengming discovered that a group of Blood-eyed Fire Monkeys was guarding a hidden Vermillion Fruit tree and used his invisible red spirit beast to steal its six fruits. The monkeys realized the fruits were gone and rushed back to the tree, leaving Qin Fengming behind.

• Qin Fengming spotted a hidden spirit fruit tree and realized the Blood-eyed Fire Monkeys were guarding it.
• Qin Fengming sent his spider and centipede to fight the monkeys, but neither side gained the advantage.
• Qin Fengming released his invisible red spirit beast and guided it past the monkeys to the tree.
• The red spirit beast picked all six blue Vermillion Fruits and vanished.
• The leader of the Blood-eyed Fire Monkeys noticed the theft, shrieked, and led the group back to the tree.

Qin Fengming stole six mature Dry Blue Fruits from the Blood-eyed Fire Monkeys and escaped their pursuit by using a talisman to burrow underground. After leaving Strange Forest Valley, he reached the outskirts of Myriad Peaks and considered traveling along its boundary with the dangerous Fu River Basin.

• The red little beast brought Qin Fengming six blue fruits, which he recognized as rare Dry Blue Fruits that could increase demon beasts’ and insects’ offspring.
• The Blood-eyed Fire Monkeys spotted Qin Fengming with the stolen fruit and chased him as he fled northeast.
• Unable to outrun the monkeys, Qin Fengming used a talisman to protect himself and burrowed underground, where he waited until the monkeys left.
• Qin Fengming emerged twenty days later, flew onward, and left Strange Forest Valley more than forty days after taking the fruit.
• Qin Fengming saw the enormous Myriad Peaks ahead and studied the dangers of the surrounding region and the Fu River Basin.
• Qin Fengming decided that traveling along the boundary between Myriad Peaks and the Fu River Basin might let him avoid the worst dangers of both areas.

Qin Fengming cautiously traveled into the territory of Core Formation cultivators, where he witnessed Fang Qiying being pursued by an injured Core Formation cultivator from the Floating Mountain Kingdom. Fang Qiying tried to use his ancestor’s name and offer Zhilán Grass to escape, but the Core Formation cultivator refused to spare him.

• Qin Fengming put away his spirit beasts, concealed his aura, and slowly flew along the boundary between Myriad Peaks and the Fu River Basin.
• After traveling cautiously for twenty days, Qin Fengming sensed two cultivators approaching and hid behind a tree.
• Qin Fengming recognized one pursuer as Fang Qiying, who had advanced to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, while the other was an injured mid Core Formation cultivator.
• The Core Formation cultivator caught up with Fang Qiying and demanded to see the unusual talisman Fang Qiying had used to ambush him.
• Fang Qiying identified himself as Fang Huaxuan’s direct fourth-generation grandson and offered half his Zhilán Grass, but the Core Formation cultivator rejected the bargain and threatened to kill him.

Qin Fengming was forced out of hiding after Fang Qiying exposed his presence, leaving him trapped between the young cultivator and a mid Core Formation enemy. The old man attacked, and Fang Qiying’s defensive treasures managed to block the first strike of his Yin Bone Whip.

• The old man refused Fang Qiying’s offer of both stalks of Zhilán Grass and threatened to kill him and Qin Fengming.
• Fang Qiying called out Qin Fengming, who emerged after realizing his concealment had been discovered.
• Qin Fengming and Fang Qiying recognized each other, and Qin Fengming decided that joining forces was his best chance of survival.
• The old man dismissed the danger of facing two Foundation Establishment cultivators and attacked Fang Qiying with his Yin Bone Whip.
• Fang Qiying used a huge shield and a silk-net-shaped spiritual weapon to block the whip, realizing the weakened old man might be defeated.

Qin Fengming joined Fang Qiying against a weakened Core Formation elder, using talismans and paired magic treasures to stop the elder’s attacks. The elder’s secret technique failed, and he discovered that the lingering energy from Fang Qiying’s earlier talisman was stirring inside him as the battle continued.

• Fang Qiying called for Qin Fengming’s help, and Qin attacked the elder with more than a hundred Fire Python Talismans.
• The elder blocked the fire pythons with a red ribbon magic treasure, then sent a black wolf secret technique toward Fang Qiying and a long-bladed magic treasure toward Qin Fengming.
• Fang Qiying used a talisman to destroy the black wolf, while Qin Fengming’s Ruyi Purple Gold Hooks and talismans stopped the long blade.
• The elder realized that the two Foundation Establishment cultivators had blocked his attacks and that energy from Fang Qiying’s earlier talisman was stirring inside his body.
• Fang Qiying’s white beam continued toward the elder, who destroyed a spiritual tool to block it.

Qin Fengming and Fang Qiying faced a Core Formation old man who tried to wear down their spiritual power, but both revealed mid-grade Spirit Stones. The old man then used a secret technique to envelop them in black fog, leaving their protective shields under mounting pressure.

• The old man stopped attacking directly and tried to exhaust Qin Fengming and Fang Qiying while driving his three magic treasures.
• Fang Qiying revealed two mid-grade Spirit Stones, and Qin Fengming revealed two more, shocking the old man.
• The old man abandoned his plan to wear them down and began casting a secret technique, spreading black fog around them.
• Qin Fengming urged Fang Qiying to interrupt the spell, but Fang Qiying held back his remaining talismans.
• The black fog enveloped both cultivators, and its powerful blows made Qin Fengming's Five Elements Defense Talismans creak as if they might break.

Qin Fengming and Fang Qiying faced a towering zombie summoned by an old man using the lost Blood Feeding Ghost technique. The ghost turned on the old man and devoured him, leaving the two men trapped and still facing the enormous creature.

• Qin Fengming reinforced his Five Elements barrier and prepared talismans, a magic treasure, and his white beetles as heavy footsteps approached through the fog.
• The old man used the Blood Feeding Ghost technique, sacrificing his essence blood to summon a towering zombie from beneath the ground.
• The old man sent the zombie toward Qin Fengming and Fang Qiying, whose bodies became immobilized under its overwhelming pressure.
• The old man's power ran out of control, and the zombie turned away from the two men and charged at him.
• The zombie seized and swallowed the old man, then devoured him as blood splattered around it.

Qin Fengming and Fang Qiying escaped after the Core Formation cultivator was devoured by the enormous zombie, then separately recovered and assessed their losses. Both remained wary and resentful of each other as they rested in the Ancient Battlefield.

• Qin Fengming and Fang Qiying collected the ownerless magic treasures and fled after the zombie devoured the old man.
• Qin Fengming traveled away, hid in the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation, and recovered for a day and a night.
• Qin Fengming reflected on the fight, recognized the danger posed by Core Formation cultivators, and examined the two magic treasures he had gained.
• Qin Fengming wondered how Fang Qiying had detected him, while the account revealed Fang Qiying had noticed a trace of spiritual power from the Invisibility Talisman.
• Fang Qiying recovered in an illusion formation, lamented losing his special talismans, and grew more wary of Qin Fengming.

Qin Fengming cautiously entered Green Pine Ridge in search of Dragon Beard Root, but a mid Core Formation cultivator ambushed him and saw through his excuse. The old man prepared to capture him for a soul search, and Qin Fengming began a desperate escape.

• After resting, Qin Fengming continued toward Green Pine Ridge, resolved to avoid fighting Core Formation cultivators directly.
• Qin Fengming entered Green Pine Ridge under an Invisibility Talisman, detoured around a level-five pangolin, and advanced slowly while conserving his divine sense.
• On the seventh day, a mid Core Formation cultivator from Longchuan Kingdom ambushed Qin Fengming with Sword Qi, but Qin Fengming dodged it.
• The old man questioned why Qin Fengming had entered Green Pine Ridge, and Qin Fengming claimed he sought Dragon Beard Root to refine Azure Dragon Paste.
• After inspecting Qin Fengming's recipe scroll, the old man rejected his explanation and threatened to capture him for a soul search.
• Qin Fengming slapped a talisman onto himself and plummeted toward the ground.

Qin Fengming fled a mid Core Formation cultivator underground, but the Yellow Shadow Daoist pursued him with the same Earth Evasion Technique. Qin Fengming trapped the pursuer behind steel-hard ground, though the old man eventually forced his magic treasure through the barrier.

• Qin Fengming evaded the Yellow Shadow Daoist’s Sword Qi and sank into the mountain using Earth Evasion.
• The Yellow Shadow Daoist followed underground, and Qin Fengming raced northwest while trying to escape his pursuit.
• As the old man closed in, Qin Fengming used a Turn Ground into Steel Talisman to block their Earth Evasion Techniques.
• The Yellow Shadow Daoist attacked the hardened wall with his natal magic treasure, struggling to break through before finally blasting open a hole.

Qin Fengming escaped the mid Core Formation cultivator and traveled toward the mountain marked on his treasure map. While resting near his destination, he witnessed Wei Ming and Zhang Fang quarrel over an ancient teleportation token, just as another cultivator arrived and demanded it.

• Qin Fengming used a Turn Ground into Steel talisman to delay his pursuer, fled with an Earth Evasion Talisman, and hid underground to recover.
• After more than a month underground, Qin Fengming emerged in Green Pine Ridge and continued toward the mountain on his treasure map.
• Qin Fengming rested overnight in his Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation, then saw Wei Ming and Zhang Fang confront each other nearby.
• Wei Ming accused Zhang Fang of attacking him, while Zhang Fang explained that the ancient token they fought over could activate a long-distance Teleportation Array.
• A third cultivator appeared and told Wei Ming and Zhang Fang to hand over the teleportation token.

Zhang Fang and Fellow Daoist Wei discovered that the late Core Formation cultivator confronting them was Du Yuqi, the notorious Yinsha Ghost Demon, and tried to flee. Qin Fengming watched from inside his formation as Du Yuqi unleashed blood-colored ghost mist to pursue them.

• A late Core Formation cultivator from Guangping Kingdom arrived and demanded the ancient Teleportation Token from Zhang Fang and Fellow Daoist Wei.
• Zhang Fang refused to surrender the token, and the newcomer identified himself as Du Yuqi.
• Qin Fengming watched from concealment and realized the token could let its holder leave the Ancient Battlefield through an ancient teleportation array.
• Zhang Fang and Fellow Daoist Wei recognized Du Yuqi as the practitioner of the bloodthirsty Baleful Demon Art and fled in separate directions.
• Du Yuqi summoned blood-colored ghost mist that formed two enormous hands and sent them after the fleeing cultivators.