Chapter Summaries

Qin Fengming forced the Hundred Herbs Sect to yield the entrance to Azure Nether Valley, then entered the valley and headed toward the reported source of its unusual phenomenon. Meanwhile, two sects formed an alliance and followed the other cultivators into the valley.

• Qin Fengming drove the Hundred Herbs Sect cultivators back with his war drum, allowing the Rogue Cultivators to surge into Azure Nether Valley.
• Qin Fengming withdrew his spirit artifact and left the Yin Twin Fiends, who led their cultivators away in another direction.
• Elder Zhou and the crane-haired elder Nanyu discussed reports of a possible spirit treasure and formed an alliance between Qingliang Mountain and the Lingxu Sect.
• Qin Fengming changed his clothes and appearance, then searched for the two Rogue Cultivators who had first discovered the unusual phenomenon.
• Qin Fengming identified the direction the two Rogue Cultivators had taken and flew toward the valley's depths without slowing.

Several cultivators gathered outside Azure Valley to investigate the strange five-colored mist, which blocked divine sense and suggested a possible treasure. As factions prepared to compete for whatever lay within, Qin Fengming secretly approached the mist.

• Elder Cangwu told City Lord Huangfu and Cultivator Luo that the mist was foul-smelling, restricted divine sense, and had driven back a Hundred Herbs Sect cultivator.
• City Lord Huangfu warned that the strange mist was likely an ill omen, while Cultivator Luo argued that a demonic treasure could cause such a phenomenon.
• Elder Cangwu learned that the Rogue Cultivators had entered Azure Valley and declared that the Hundred Herbs Sect would claim whatever had formed in the mist.
• City Lord Huangfu left the gathering, then secretly sent three transmission talismans and claimed the object for the Huangfu Family.
• Elder Cangwu and Cultivator Luo agreed to support each other if either faction obtained the spirit object.
• Qin Fengming concealed his aura and form, reached the mist, and discovered the Hundred Herbs Sect cultivators with his divine sense.

Qin Fengming hid among the rocks while cultivators gathered before the five-colored mist, awaiting the psychic treasure. The arrival of Lingxu Sect and Qingliang Mountain brought old grievances over Wushan Mountain Range to the surface, leaving a clash with Hundred Herbs Sect looming.

• Qin Fengming judged that the psychic treasure had not appeared and concealed himself inside the rocks.
• The Yin Twin Fiends told Elder Cangwu how an unknown cultivator had resisted them, and Elder Cangwu said they should try to recruit him if they met again.
• Hundreds of Rogue Cultivators gathered near the mist, then more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived and caused some of them to retreat.
• Elder Cangwu and the Nanyu cultivator exchanged accusations over the agreement that had transferred Wushan Mountain Range from Lingxu Sect to Hundred Herbs Sect.
• Qin Fengming secretly observed the sect leaders' confrontation and concluded that a battle between the two sects seemed unavoidable.

Nanyu and Elder Cangwu prepared their sects to fight over an old grievance while Qingliang Mountain and Luo Xiu agreed to stay out of the conflict. The arrival of Core Formation cultivator Chu Xinghe stopped the battle, while Qin Fengming considered whether he could take the coming spiritual treasure from him.

• Nanyu privately told Cultivator Zhou that he wanted Qingliang Mountain to help keep the Hundred Herbs Sect from interfering, and asked him to restrain Luo Xiu.
• Cultivator Zhou and Luo Xiu agreed to watch from the sidelines as Lingxu Sect and Hundred Herbs Sect prepared to fight.
• More than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators took positions, and the Hundred Herbs Sect's Qi Gathering cultivators joined their shields as rogue cultivators watched.
• Chu Xinghe announced his arrival, halting the impending battle and drawing the cultivators' respectful attention.
• Qin Fengming sensed Chu Xinghe approaching and considered ambushing him to seize the spiritual treasure before fleeing.
• Chu Xinghe appeared in a flash of blue light, and the assembled cultivators respectfully saluted him.

Chu Xinghe arrived at Azure Nether Valley, halted the Lingxu Sect and Hundred Herbs Sect’s confrontation, and urged the cultivators to investigate the mysterious five-colored mist together. After the cultivators entered, Qin Fengming emerged from hiding and hesitated over whether to follow them.

• Chu Xinghe explained that he had received news of the mist while away from the Black Crane Sect and had flown to Azure Nether Valley at full speed.
• Chu Xinghe stopped the Lingxu Sect and Hundred Herbs Sect from fighting and warned that the mist might be dangerous despite the possibility of a psychic treasure inside.
• Chu Xinghe advised cultivators below Qi Gathering Stage Nine to stay out and told those entering to travel in groups.
• Chu Xinghe entered the mist, followed by the three great sects and groups of Rogue Cultivators.
• Qin Fengming emerged from hiding after the cultivators had entered and remained unsure whether to go into the mist.

Qin Fengming entered the five-colored mist to investigate its dangers and possible treasures, while City Lord Huangfu and three cultivators waited outside. After finding a corpse and discovering zombies within the mist, Qin Fengming passed by a group of cultivators fighting them and continued onward, intent on learning why so many zombies were there.

• Qin Fengming decided to enter the five-colored mist, reasoning that its dangers might be worth investigating before other Core Formation cultivators arrived.
• City Lord Huangfu returned with three Foundation Establishment cultivators, learned that Chu Xinghe and others had entered the mist, and chose to wait nearby rather than follow them.
• Qin Fengming found that the mist severely limited his vision and divine sense, then spotted a strange corpse with recent wounds and suspected that zombies had formed there.
• Qin Fengming hurried onward and sensed fifteen or sixteen Qi Gathering cultivators fighting several zombies that wielded top-grade magic artifacts.
• Qin Fengming concealed his presence, passed the battle without joining it, and continued to investigate why so many zombies remained in the mist.

Qin Fengming fought through the mist, killed several zombies, and reached a strange cave that was sending out bursts of five-colored mist. There he met the Supreme Elder of Black Crane Sect, who had sensed him and invited him to investigate the cave.

• Qin Fengming suspected the zombies were guarding a treasure and flew deeper into the mist, where he encountered numerous zombies and cultivators fighting them.
• Three Foundation Establishment zombies surrounded Qin Fengming and attacked him with five top-grade demonic weapons, but he destroyed them with fire serpents and collected their weapons.
• Qingliang Mountain, Lingxu Sect, and Hundred Herbs Sect cultivators struggled against Foundation Establishment zombies, while some Qi Gathering cultivators were killed.
• Qin Fengming killed five more zombies and found a pitch-black cave surrounded by a clear area, with five-colored mist erupting from it periodically.
• The Supreme Elder of Black Crane Sect sensed Qin Fengming and invited him to join in studying the cave, and Qin Fengming revealed himself and paid his respects to Senior Chu.

Qin Fengming waited with Chu Xinghe outside a strange cave while cultivators from several sects and groups gathered after fighting through waves of zombies. He declined Mo Yangzi’s offer to join the Rogue Cultivators, leaving him alone as everyone prepared for what lay ahead.

• Qin Fengming told Chu Xinghe that he had reached the cave safely using his Qi-concealing and Invisibility Art, and agreed to wait for the other cultivators.
• Chu Xinghe and Qin Fengming waited until Cultivator Nanyu and the exhausted Lingxu Sect cultivators arrived and began recovering their magic power.
• Cultivators from the Hundred Herbs Sect, Qingliang Mountain, and the Rogue Cultivators gathered outside the cave and rested after their battles with zombies.
• Mo Yangzi approached Qin Fengming and proposed that they join forces, but Qin Fengming introduced himself as Wei Mingyan and politely refused.
• Mo Yangzi accepted Wei Mingyan’s refusal and warned him to be careful as he returned to the Rogue Cultivators.

Chu Xinghe prepared to lead the cultivators into the cave, but City Lord Huangfu returned with four companions and joined the expedition. Qin Fengming recognized the Burly Man among them, leaving him visibly shaken.

• Qin Fengming watched Nanyu stare at the Hundred Herbs Sect cultivators and considered the possibility of infiltrating their sect later, while prioritizing the black hole.
• Chu Xinghe proposed that the gathered cultivators enter the cave, with him, several sect masters, and peak Foundation Establishment cultivators leading the way.
• Chu Xinghe invited Qin Fengming to join them, and Qin agreed despite suspecting that Chu Xinghe might use him as a shield against danger.
• The cultivators realized Qin Fengming had crossed the zombie blockade alone and wondered whether he was the Rogue Cultivator who had once defeated the Yin Twin Fiends.
• City Lord Huangfu returned with three companions and a Burly Man, explaining to Chu Xinghe that he had come back to investigate the zombies near Wushan City.
• Qin Fengming stared at the Burly Man and was visibly shaken.

Qin Fengming recognized Fang Qiying among the cultivators gathering to enter a cave in Azure Valley and resolved to conceal his identity. The group descended into the cave, while newly arrived cultivators learned of the deadly zombies in the mist and debated whether to risk entering for their treasures.

• Qin Fengming recognized Fang Qiying, who had appeared under the name Lu Yixing, and worried that he might have reached Quzhou through an ancient Teleportation Array.
• Fang Qiying joined Chu Xinghe and the other Foundation Establishment peak cultivators after City Lord Huangfu explained how they had encountered him fighting zombies.
• Fang Qiying glanced at Qin Fengming but did not recognize him, and Qin Fengming followed the group into the cave.
• The Rogue Cultivators also entered the cave, while more cultivators arrived in Azure Valley and heard that zombies in the mist had killed more than a hundred people.
• Cultivators below the ninth layer of the Qi Gathering Stage abandoned plans to enter the mist, while others formed a group to seek the zombies' treasures.

Chu Xinghe led the cultivators into a vast cavern filled with five-colored mist and proposed that he take first pick of any treasures found in the halls. The others accepted his terms, though Qin Fengming expected Fang Qiying to seize any treasure that appeared, leaving the group poised to explore the halls.

• Chu Xinghe led more than a dozen peak Foundation Establishment cultivators through the mist-filled cave into a gigantic cavern, where they discovered a complex of halls continually emitting five-colored mist.
• Qin Fengming sensed the cavern’s intense yin energy and icy aura as the cultivators stared at the strange surroundings.
• Chu Xinghe warned the group to be cautious, identified the mist-spewing hall as their destination, and proposed that he take one treasure while the others divided the rest.
• The Nanyu cultivator and Elder Zhou supported Chu Xinghe’s proposal, while City Lord Huangfu privately planned to seize a treasure and rely on his family’s elders for protection.
• Qin Fengming thought Fang Qiying would be the first to grab any treasure, and Chu Xinghe encouraged the group to look for other valuables among the many halls and towers.

Chu Xinghe persuaded the cultivators to search the halls rather than fight over the psychic treasure, but a horde of Foundation Establishment zombies ambushed them on the way. The three sect leaders unleashed their magical treasures against the zombies, though the battle remained dangerous.

• Chu Xinghe explained why the Huangfu Family sought the psychic treasure, and the Rogue Cultivators and sect cultivators headed toward the distant halls.
• Qin Fengming and Elder Chu stayed at the entrance, wary of the danger they sensed, while Fang Qiying and the Huangfu cultivators also remained behind.
• Foundation Establishment zombies erupted from the rocks and attacked the advancing cultivators, killing many Qi Gathering cultivators and several Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivators, including the cultivator surnamed Luo.
• Nanyu, Cangwu Zi, and the cultivator surnamed Zhou deployed their magical treasures to attack the zombies and killed several, but the sect disciples remained surrounded.

The cultivators fought a horde of zombies blocking their way to the palace, forcing Chu Xinghe and the others to join the battle. The fight remained underway as Chu Xinghe watched the nearby cultivators closely.

• Nanyu called for Chu Xinghe and City Lord Huangfu to help the three great sects, whose cultivators were being overwhelmed by zombies.
• Chu Xinghe persuaded Huangfu, Qin Fengming, and Fang Qiying to join the fight, and they advanced toward the horde.
• Chu Xinghe attacked with two magic treasures, killing several zombies while Huangfu and the others engaged the surrounding enemies.
• Qin Fengming fought cautiously with two top-grade spirit artifacts, while Fang Qiying used his powerful cloth spirit artifact to withstand attacks from four zombies.
• Chu Xinghe continued slaughtering zombies while carefully observing the cultivators fighting nearby.

Chu Xinghe urged the cultivators to use their full strength, and together they destroyed the zombies blocking the palace. As the survivors collected spoils, Qin Fengming watched the mysterious buildings and fog, wondering whether they were connected to Azure Nether Valley’s disappearance.

• Chu Xinghe’s group joined the three sects’ cultivators in fighting the zombies, but the slow pace of killing them raised concern that other cultivators might arrive.
• Chu Xinghe and the Zhou clan cultivator persuaded everyone to reveal their strongest methods and attack with full force.
• The Huangfu clan members displayed their magic treasures, Qin Fengming revealed a black battle-axe, and Fang Qiying attacked with four top-grade spirit tools.
• The cultivators killed more than a hundred zombies, then mourned their fallen companions and gathered the dead cultivators’ and zombies’ belongings.
• Qin Fengming collected several demonic weapons, secretly disposed of white objects, and watched the buildings and rising fog while considering whether they were tied to Azure Nether Valley’s disappearance.

After the three sects collected the battlefield treasures, Chu Xinghe led them into the palace halls while Qin Fengming stayed behind to investigate them cautiously. His Silver Sheath Worms found no major treasures in the halls, but one brought back a handkerchief from Phoenix Perch Palace, and the source of the multicolored clouds remained sealed behind a formidable Restrictive Spell.

• The three great sects gathered the remaining treasures, and Cangwu Zi was relieved that the Hundred Herbs Sect's Qi Gathering peak cultivators had not entered the mountain cave.
• Chu Xinghe invited the sects to search the palace halls, but Nanyu and the other sect masters persuaded him to lead them together.
• The Huangfu family and Fang Qiying followed the others, while Qin Fengming stayed behind and watched Chu Xinghe enter the halls.
• Qin Fengming released five Silver Sheath Worms to scout the palace halls and recovered them after one found a handkerchief in Phoenix Perch Palace.
• Qin Fengming learned that the halls held only ordinary artifacts and demonic artifacts, while the beetles could not pass the Restrictive Spell at the source of the multicolored clouds.

Qin Fengming learned that humanoid Puppets guarded the palace entrance, and Chu Xinghe led the three great sects into battle against them. Chu Xinghe destroyed the fifth-level Puppets, leaving the cultivators to inspect their remains and hear that the ancient materials could not be reused.

• Qin Fengming discovered through the beetles that many humanoid Puppets guarded the palace entrance and feared the three great sects would suffer another setback.
• Dozens of Puppets ambushed Chu Xinghe and the cultivators, and their fireballs battered the group’s shared shield and repelled their top-grade spirit tools.
• Chu Xinghe identified the attackers as fifth-level Puppets, and Nanyu explained that the exhausted cultivators could not use their magical treasures.
• Chu Xinghe attacked with three magical treasures and destroyed one Puppet, demonstrating his strength to the other cultivators.
• Chu Xinghe and the cultivators defeated the remaining Puppets, after which he told them the ancient remains could not be refined or reused.

Qin Fengming read Fairy Cai Lian’s handkerchief and learned how Azure Nether Valley was destroyed during the Three Realms War and how its last Supreme Elder died. He understood why the sect had vanished overnight, and the revelation left him deeply shaken.

• Qin Fengming discovered that the handkerchief recorded Fairy Cai Lian’s life story in an ancient written language.
• Fairy Cai Lian’s account explained that the Five Great Sects attacked Azure Nether Valley to force Quzhou’s sects to relocate and protect secret Teleportation Arrays.
• Traitors opened a breach in Azure Nether Valley’s defenses, and the Five Great Sects stormed the sect while Fairy Cai Lian led disciples into the underground palace.
• Azure Nether Valley’s remaining cultivators fought back, and many perished in self-detonations that also killed powerful attackers.
• After learning that the sect had been destroyed, Fairy Cai Lian lost control to an inner demon and killed the disciples sheltering with her.
• Fairy Cai Lian awakened, recorded what had happened, and ended her life; Qin Fengming finished reading and understood how Azure Nether Valley had disappeared.

Qin Fengming investigated the underground palace’s lingering yin energy and, after spotting a hall the beetle could not enter, went to test its defenses. He broke the Restrictive Spell protecting Qin Xin Hall, leaving the hall’s contents unrevealed.

• Qin Fengming learned from the handkerchief that Azure Nether Valley’s dead had filled the underground palace with resentment and yin energy, but he remained unsure why five-colored clouds and mist formed there.
• A Hundred Herbs Sect cultivator and a Qingliang Mountain cultivator raced past Qin Fengming while pursuing a dispute over a magical treasure, and Qin Fengming let them go.
• Qin Fengming recalled that the beetle had been blocked from several halls and hurried toward one of them, while cultivators scattered through the palace to search for treasures.
• Chu Xinghe spotted the four Huangfu family members heading toward the clouds and mist and flew after them, suspecting they sought the wondrous treasure.
• Qin Fengming reached Qin Xin Hall, confirmed its entrance was protected by a defensive Restrictive Spell, and sent waves of fire serpents against it until the barrier shattered.

Qin Fengming entered Qin Xin Hall and discovered a mysterious landscape scroll that exerted a powerful pull on anyone who looked at it. As the Yin Twin Fiends arrived to seize it, he prepared to fight them.

• The Yin Twin Fiends and Nanyu killed cultivators from rival sects and took their treasures, while Cangwu Zi fought a Lingxu Sect cultivator over another prize.
• Qin Fengming entered Qin Xin Hall and found an ancient formation surrounding an Alchemy Furnace, but the furnace was empty.
• After finding nothing on the black couch, Qin Fengming noticed a lifelike landscape painting whose pull he resisted, then removed the scroll from the wall.
• The Yin Twin Fiends rushed into the hall and demanded the scroll, and Qin Fengming recognized them as the men he had wanted to kill since the valley entrance.

Qin Fengming killed the Yin Twin Fiends with his spirit beasts after they demanded his treasures. He then hurried toward another hall and found Fang Qiying fighting Nanyu and Elder Zhou over a treasure.

• The Yin Twin Fiends attacked Qin Fengming, but his black spider and purple-black centipede killed the elder brother and trapped the second brother.
• Qin Fengming revealed his identity to the second brother, crippled him, and let a yellow beast devour him before burning both corpses.
• Qin Fengming concealed himself and flew toward another hall, where he heard a battle and sensed three cultivators nearby.
• Qin Fengming recognized Fang Qiying, Nanyu, and Elder Zhou, who were fighting outside a hall guarded by a Restrictive Spell.
• Fang Qiying used his powerful silk handkerchief to defend himself against Nanyu and Elder Zhou, who had attacked him after he broke through the hall's Restrictive Spell.