Chapter Summaries

Qin Fengming used Beast Roar Talismans and Sun-Shooting Talismans to break through the cultivators’ encirclement, then fled as Old Monk Tianyu and the others pursued him. An unknown elder told him that a forbidden ground thirty miles ahead to the left was his only escape route, and Qin Fengming turned toward it.

• Qin Fengming stunned the pursuing cultivators with three Beast Roar Talismans and killed Fellow Daoist Li and Fellow Daoist Jiang with Sun-Shooting Talismans.
• Qin Fengming escaped the encirclement and used the Profound Sky Evasive Steps twice to widen the distance between himself and Old Monk Tianyu.
• Old Monk Tianyu and the other cultivators recovered and pursued Qin Fengming, marveling at his talismans and movement technique.
• An unknown elder told Qin Fengming that a forbidden ground thirty miles ahead to the left could keep his pursuers from following.
• Qin Fengming chose to trust the elder’s warning and flew toward the forbidden ground.

Qin Fengming fled toward a smoke-shrouded dangerous area while Monk Tianyu and the other Core Formation cultivators pursued him and tried to stop him. Just as Qin Fengming neared the area, six pursuers launched their soul-bound magic treasures at him, and a dazzling yellow radiance erupted.

• Qin Fengming decided to flee toward the smoke-shrouded area after receiving a hidden messenger’s warning, despite knowing his pursuers were closing in.
• Monk Tianyu urged Qin Fengming to surrender, but Qin Fengming refused and continued fleeing.
• A monk warned Tianyu that their route led to a dangerous place, and Tianyu ordered the pursuers to stop Qin Fengming before he reached it.
• Liu Qingliu and the others attacked Qin Fengming with their magic treasures, but he blocked their strikes with thousands of Fire Python Talismans as he neared the area.
• Liu Qingliu urged the front six pursuers to use their soul-bound magic treasures, and their attacks shattered Qin Fengming’s fire pythons before a dazzling yellow radiance burst out.

After Liu Qingliu’s attack, Monk Tianyu revealed that the young master of Manghuang Mountain had been knocked into the misty dangerous ground, where spiritual sense was severed and a Peak Core Formation cultivator had already died. Cultivator Wang agreed to enter and capture the young master, but demanded that the group change their earlier distribution arrangement if he succeeded.

• Liu Qingliu’s powerful attack struck the young master of Manghuang Mountain, who vanished in a flash of yellow light, prompting Cultivator Wang to question whether Liu had killed him.
• Monk Tianyu used his Divine Eye to reveal that the young master had survived the strike and landed inside the mist.
• Liu Qingliu and the others probed the mist with spiritual sense and suffered painful backlash when it was cut off.
• Monk Tianyu warned that the mist concealed deadly dangers and explained that Junior Brother Tianwu had died there when erupting molten rock struck him.
• Liu Qingliu challenged Cultivator Wang to enter the mist and capture the young master, and Cultivator Wang agreed on the condition that their distribution arrangement be changed if he succeeded.

Liu Qingliu, Old Man Wang, and Tianyu agreed to search the dangerous misty region for the Manghuang Mountain young master, each hoping to gain the reward and eliminate rivals. After entering and splitting up, Liu Qingliu encountered lava that appeared to be controlled by someone.

• Liu Qingliu and Old Man Wang argued over who would enter the misty region, until Tianyu proposed that only a few search while the others guarded the perimeter.
• Tianyu, Liu Qingliu, and Old Man Wang agreed to enter together, each secretly hoping one of the other two would perish and leave a larger share of the reward.
• The three passed through the mist and split up to search the lava-filled region for the Manghuang Mountain young master.
• Liu Qingliu flew southeast, using a protective secret art and cautiously evading several sudden lava eruptions.
• After Liu Qingliu advanced a hundred yards, several tablet-sized blobs of lava flew toward him, and he suspected Tianyu had attacked him.

Liu Qingliu and Old Man Wang barely escaped the deadly magma inside the mist, and Wang lost a leg. After Tianyu claimed the young master of Manghuang Mountain had likely died, Liu Qingliu left with the Spirit Devouring Sect cultivators to search elsewhere.

• Liu Qingliu used an ancient shield and a puppet technique to fend off the magma, then retreated from the mist.
• Old Man Wang emerged with a leg severed and asked Junior Disciple Brother Xu and Junior Disciple Brother Li to protect him while he treated his wounds.
• Liu Qingliu suspected Tianyu and the others had concealed the mist’s danger, but chose not to attack the injured Old Man Wang.
• Tianyu emerged, gave Old Man Wang a healing medicine, and said he had not found the young master of Manghuang Mountain.
• Liu Qingliu concluded the young master had probably perished and led the five Spirit Devouring Sect cultivators away to search for the white mist.

Master Tianyu and the other cultivators left the smoke-shrouded region to search for a spirit pond, unaware that Qin Fengming had survived and been thrown inside. Qin Fengming pressed onward through violent magma eruptions, but his Ding Jia Barrier shattered, leaving him to rely on Mountain Breaking Talismans.

• Master Tianyu let Old Man Wang and his companions depart, then decided to leave and search for the spirit pond.
• Qin Fengming survived Liu Qingliu's magic treasure because the Ding Jia Talisman barrier protected him, though the blow hurled him into the smoke-shrouded region.
• Qin Fengming found that the smoke swallowed his spiritual sense and that magma erupted with extreme force, so he cautiously flew forward.
• Several waves of magma struck Qin Fengming's barrier, and the final impacts shattered it.
• Qin Fengming used two Mountain Breaking Talismans to blast apart the magma streams and retreated, fearing the dangers ahead.

Qin Fengming struggled to cross a deadly molten-rock attack zone while fleeing Heavenly Desire and the other cultivators. He discovered that the Spirit Devouring Netherflame could drain the molten rock’s fiery energy, giving him a possible way through.

• Qin Fengming realized his Ding Jia Barriers could withstand only a few waves of molten rock and decided he had to push deeper rather than risk being found by Heavenly Desire and the others.
• Qin Fengming charged through several waves of molten rock, using multiple Ding Jia Talismans before retreating to a safer spot.
• Qin Fengming covered a Ding Jia Barrier with the Spirit Devouring Netherflame, hoping it would absorb the molten rock’s Fire attribute energy.
• Qin Fengming heard magic treasures clashing with molten rock, realized Heavenly Desire and the others had entered, and resumed his advance.
• Qin Fengming’s Spirit Devouring Netherflame wrapped around a molten-rock clump and drained its fiery energy, dimming the rock.

Qin Fengming crossed a region of deadly lava attacks and reached a rocky stretch of land inside the sealed-off area. Old Man Wang was badly injured while pursuing him and was forced to retreat.

• Qin Fengming discovered that the Ding Jia Barrier and Spirit Devouring Netherflame could neutralize the lava’s scorching attacks, and he pressed on through the smoke.
• Old Man Wang pursued Qin Fengming but watched his magic treasure melt in the lava and lost his protective spiritual light.
• Old Man Wang’s left leg was burned by a lava stream, so he severed it and retreated.
• Qin Fengming passed through the lava attack region, flew northeast for several hours, and spotted a stretch of shattered-rock land ahead.

Qin Fengming reached a rocky region beyond the volcanic lava, where most restrictive spells had vanished, and explored toward the source of mysterious red flashes. As he circled a towering mountain, a powerful Fire attribute attack emerged from a rock fissure and pursued him.

• Qin Fengming sent his Core Formation stage Puppet ahead and discovered that the air-restricting spell no longer affected it.
• Qin Fengming confirmed that divine sense and Earth Evasion Talismans worked in the rocky region, then ventured inside.
• Qin Fengming sensed mountain ranges and saw crimson flashes in the distance, but found no treasure when he crossed a valley and circled a mountain.
• Qin Fengming dodged a sudden Fire attribute attack from a rock fissure, but the attack turned around and pursued him from behind.

Qin Fengming captured a golden flame in the form of a small bird and began refining it with the Melting Flame Art. Deep inside a distant cave, an azure giant bird reacted to the flame’s disappearance and sent another golden-flamed bird flying out from an azure lotus platform.

• Qin Fengming blocked the golden Firebird’s attack with fire pythons, which the bird’s golden flames absorbed.
• Qin Fengming recognized the bird as an intelligent fire spirit and sent his Spirit Devouring Netherflame after it.
• The Spirit Devouring Netherflame caught and swallowed the golden Firebird, leaving a struggling golden flame trapped within it.
• Qin Fengming established a formation and began refining the golden flame with the Melting Flame Art.
• An azure giant bird appeared in a distant cave above an azure lotus platform and sent a golden-flamed bird out of the cave.

Qin Fengming refined the Golden Firebird’s flame into the Spirit Devouring Netherflame, then pursued another Firebird toward the red light. He reached a barren valley overflowing with fire energy, where the strange flames appeared to have originated.

• Qin Fengming refined the Golden Firebird’s flame, strengthening the Spirit Devouring Netherflame.
• Qin Fengming flew deeper into the mountains in search of spirit herbs and investigated the increasing heat around him.
• Qin Fengming used the Spirit Devouring Netherflame to protect himself after the Kanlan Pearl began to fail in the scorching energy.
• Qin Fengming sensed another Golden Firebird and pursued it when it fled toward the red light.
• Qin Fengming arrived at a barren valley saturated with fire energy and realized the strange flame could have been born there.

Qin Fengming searched the Sky Flame Mountain Range for the Golden Firebird and found a blazing peak with a vast cave. After sending his Silver Sheath Worm inside to scout, he learned that the cave concealed a precious spirit object.

• Qin Fengming searched the scorching valley and spotted a peak that glowed as if it were burning.
• Qin Fengming used his Yellow Chapter Beast shield to protect himself from the peak's intense heat.
• Qin Fengming found a cave in the peak and recognized it as the Golden Firebird's dwelling.
• Qin Fengming sent his Silver Sheath Worm into the cave to scout while he remained outside.
• Qin Fengming received the worm's findings and realized the cave contained a precious spirit object.

Qin Fengming sent a Silver Sheath Worm into a searing cavern, where an emerald-green sunbird devoured it and revealed the Spirit Flame Green Lotus at the cavern’s center. He retreated and waited outside, wary of the formidable flame creature that had not pursued him.

• Qin Fengming guided a Silver Sheath Worm deep into the cavern and used their connection to sense the scorching Fire attribute energy inside.
• The Silver Sheath Worm explored the cavern and was swallowed by an emerald-green sunbird that burst from a depression.
• Before the connection ended, Qin Fengming saw an azure lotus with golden seeds and recognized it as the rare Spirit Flame Green Lotus.
• Qin Fengming retreated several hundred yards and waited outside the entrance, unwilling to face the powerful sunbird directly.
• After half an hour without the sunbird emerging, Qin Fengming remained cautious and did not enter the cavern.

Qin Fengming cautiously returned to the cave and discovered that a transparent shield wall restricted the Spirit Flame Green Lotus and kept it from leaving. He left the chapter poised to investigate the barrier and confront the spirit flame.

• After the green giant bird failed to reappear, Qin Fengming sent a Silver Sheath Worm into the cave and confirmed that the bird was gone.
• Qin Fengming used the worm to test the Green Lotus and noticed that its flames attacked only when the lightning arc came within about twenty zhang.
• Suspecting a restriction held the spirit flame in place, Qin Fengming summoned the Spirit Devouring Netherflame, readied two Mountain Breaking Talismans, and entered the cave.
• Qin Fengming examined the Green Lotus from fifty zhang away and saw golden lotus seeds maturing within its pod.
• Qin Fengming searched with his divine sense and discovered a faint transparent shield wall surrounding the Spirit Flame Green Lotus at a radius of forty zhang.

Qin Fengming tested the transparent Restrictive Spell around the Spirit Flame Green Lotus and discovered that it imprisoned the flame and its firebirds within a limited area. Though the barrier made subduing the flame seem possible, he was left unsure how to approach its overwhelming power with his peak Foundation Establishment cultivation.

• Qin Fengming sent fire pythons toward the Spirit Flame Green Lotus, but the cavern’s intense Fire attribute energy immediately dispersed them.
• Qin Fengming tossed forging material through the transparent barrier, and a Golden Firebird emerged from the lotus, swallowed it, then fled back inside after encountering him.
• Qin Fengming used Profound Sky Evasive Steps to escape as the green flames transformed into a sunbird and pursued him.
• The green sunbird struck the transparent barrier repeatedly, and Qin Fengming realized the barrier restrained the Spirit Flame Green Lotus’s flames.
• Qin Fengming considered how to subdue the flame but hesitated because his cultivation was insufficient to withstand the enormous spiritual-power drain.

Qin Fengming prepared to subdue the Spirit Flame Green Lotus by trapping it with the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation and using his Spirit Devouring Netherflame to consume it. The formation’s lightning failed to harm the Green Bird and instead seemed to strengthen it, leaving Qin Fengming without a clear way to capture the flame.

• Qin Fengming set up the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation around the Spirit Flame Green Lotus, but the searing heat quickly drained its ordinary Spirit Stones.
• Qin Fengming summoned the Spirit Devouring Netherflame as an emerald green Flood Dragon and planned to shatter the Green Bird before having the Netherflame consume it.
• Qin Fengming activated the formation’s lightning attack as the Spirit Devouring Netherflame entered the barrier and the Green Bird lunged at it.
• The lightning struck the Green Bird but did not damage it; the bird appeared excited by the attack and returned to the Spirit Flame Green Lotus.
• Qin Fengming recalled the Netherflame and realized the formation’s other attacks and attempts to exhaust the Green Bird were unlikely to work.

Qin Fengming used a Mountain Breaking Talisman to break through the azure sunbird and capture two azure flames from the Spirit Flame Green Lotus. He began fusing them into his Spirit Devouring Netherflame and continued repeating the process to gather more flames.

• Qin Fengming sent his Spirit Devouring Netherflame Flood Dragon through the transparent barrier, then used a Mountain Breaking Talisman to shatter the azure sunbird and seize two flames.
• The azure sunbird quickly recovered and battered the barrier before returning to the Spirit Flame Green Lotus, while the two flames scorched the Flood Dragon.
• Qin Fengming drew the flames into his body and spent five days refining them with the Melting Flame Art.
• Qin Fengming used the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation and another Mountain Breaking Talisman to capture two or three more azure flames.
• Qin Fengming withdrew the Flood Dragon and began refining the newly captured flames, repeatedly using Mountain Breaking Talismans to gather more.

Qin Fengming spent a year and a half weakening the Spirit Flame Green Lotus’s azure sunbird, then used the strengthened Spirit Devouring Netherflame to defeat it. After the barrier vanished, he noticed the Golden Firebirds escaping from the lotus and captured all eight.

• Qin Fengming repeatedly used the Mountain Breaking Talisman to help the Spirit Devouring Netherflame consume the Green Bird’s azure flames over a year and a half.
• Qin Fengming blasted apart the weakened Green Bird, and the Flood Dragon swallowed more of its flames before spending a month and a half refining them.
• Qin Fengming saw an illusory demonic bird appear above the strengthened Flood Dragon and sent it to fight the remaining azure bird without using talismans or the formation.
• The Flood Dragon defeated the azure bird, causing the cave’s heat to weaken and the transparent barrier to vanish.
• Qin Fengming sent the Flood Dragon to swallow the Spirit Flame Green Lotus, and it caught all eight Golden Firebirds that tried to flee.

Qin Fengming refined the cyan flame after the Spirit Devouring Netherflame devoured the Golden Firebirds, then discovered that the fused flame could take different shapes. The chapter left him testing its transformations while conflict spread through the Sky Flame Mountain Range and the Cultivation World prepared for the Three Realms War.

• Qin Fengming drew the Spirit Devouring Netherflame back after it drove off the last Golden Firebird, then began refining the cyan flame with the Melting Flame Art.
• Qin Fengming meditated for months while cultivators fought and died across the Sky Flame Mountain Range, and the Cultivation World grew tense as the Three Realms War approached.
• Qin Fengming finished his seclusion and summoned a giant cyan sunbird, finding a phantom Flood Dragon above it.
• Qin Fengming transformed the cyan flame into a Flood Dragon and a Green Bird, then wondered whether refined exotic flames let the Spirit Devouring Netherflame assume their forms.

Qin Fengming split the Spirit Devouring Netherflame into a cyan Flood Dragon and a sunbird, then claimed the Spirit Flame Green Lotus after the Restrictive Spell vanished. He left the cavern with the sealed lotus, a rare treasure he could not yet use.

• Qin Fengming discovered that the Spirit Devouring Netherflame could divide into two flames and transform into a cyan Flood Dragon and a sunbird without losing much of its power.
• Qin Fengming withdrew the two spirit creatures into his body and reflected that the ancient Restrictive Spell had contained the Spirit Flame Green Lotus and enabled it to grow safely.
• Qin Fengming reached the Green Lotus after the transparent Restrictive Spell disappeared and carefully placed it in a Jade Box sealed with Restrictive Spell talismans.
• Qin Fengming searched the cavern, put away the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation, and flew toward the entrance.