Chapter Summaries

Qin Fengming underwent an unusually powerful Heavenly Tribulation as distant Core Formation cultivators watched in alarm. He used his Spirit Devouring Netherflame to devour the descending lightning, but worried that the endless barrage would eventually overwhelm it.

• Distant Core Formation cultivators watched the terrifying tribulation and resented that an unknown cultivator was undergoing it in the sealed space.
• Qin Fengming absorbed the surging Heaven and Earth energy as his Profound Clarity Upper Purity Art circulated on its own.
• Silver lightning descended toward Qin Fengming, who summoned his Spirit Devouring Netherflame as a cyan Flood Dragon and sunbird to intercept it.
• The dragon and bird swallowed the lightning, but Qin Fengming feared they could not withstand the continuing barrage.
• The distant Core Formation cultivators heard the thunder and crackling lightning and realized how terrifying the tribulation was.

Qin Fengming endured a heart demon illusion during his core formation, nearly falling prey to a demon from his past before an icy energy brought him back to his senses. He discovered that he had successfully formed his core and entered the Core Formation realm.

• Qin Fengming woke in Martial Uncle Tianquan's illusion formation and watched its peaceful landscape transform into a terrifying fog-shrouded land.
• Qin Fengming encountered the demon he and his two elder sisters had killed in Azure Nether Valley of Quzhou, and the demon attacked him with a giant black palm.
• Qin Fengming found his spiritual power sealed and nearly succumbed to the demon's attack before an icy energy cleared his mind.
• Qin Fengming recognized the demon encounter as a heart demon illusion, and the vision disappeared as the energy vortex shrank.
• Qin Fengming saw a five-colored sphere in his dantian withstand the Spirit Devouring Netherflame and realized he had successfully formed his core.

Qin Fengming survived the terrifying lightning and heart-demon trials, then completed Core Formation by advancing his cultivation art and stabilizing a five-colored orb in his dantian. As the tribulation clouds vanished, an unknown speaker accused him of concealing the spiritual pool and forming his core in secret.

• Qin Fengming realized the mysterious gourd on his chest had pulled him out of the heart-demon illusion and reflected on how deadly the tribulation had been.
• A group of Core Formation cultivators decided to wait before approaching Qin Fengming, fearing the retreating tribulation clouds might strike again.
• Qin Fengming began circulating the first stage of the second layer of the Profound Clarity Upper Purity Art and absorbed spiritual energy rapidly.
• A five-colored orb formed in Qin Fengming's dantian as its vortex vanished, and his spiritual power surged.
• The tribulation clouds retreated, and a cold voice accused Qin Fengming of hiding the spiritual pool and secretly forming his core.

After surviving his Core Formation tribulation, Qin Fengming was surrounded by nearly twenty Core Formation cultivators who discovered the spirit pool he had concealed. The cultivators accused him of hiding it, while a newcomer questioned why the pool looked different from his sect’s records.

• The old man surnamed Yun and other Core Formation cultivators rushed toward the tribulation site, where they found Qin Fengming cultivating beside a pool in the white mist.
• Qin Fengming sensed nearly twenty cultivators closing in, prepared several talismans, and hovered above the ground.
• The old man surnamed Yun halted with his companions, wary of the approaching cultivators and the rule forbidding injuries in the white-mist region.
• Fellow Daoist Cui and other cultivators arrived and asked whether Qin Fengming had undergone the tribulation and whether the pool was the spirit pool.
• The old man surnamed Yun said Qin Fengming had concealed the pool, enraging the gathered cultivators; Qin Fengming remained calm as Yun confronted him.
• A cultivator exclaimed that the pool differed from his sect’s ancient records and wondered whether Qin Fengming had tampered with it.

Qin Fengming faced accusations after the spirit pool’s water changed following his absorption of its Five Elements energy, and he relied on the region’s ban on fighting to hold off the gathered cultivators. The arrival of five Baleful God Sect cultivators left his identity in question when one recognized him as the young master of Manghuang Mountain.

• Wu Mang Mountain cultivators announced that the spirit pool’s blue-green water differed from their records, and Old Man Yun pointed to Qin Fengming as the one who could explain it.
• Qin Fengming denied knowing why the water had changed and invoked the prohibition on fighting when a Wu Mang Mountain cultivator threatened him.
• The gathered Core Formation cultivators hesitated to enter the pool or let Qin Fengming go while they sought an explanation.
• Five Baleful God Sect cultivators arrived, noticed the changed water, and one identified Qin Fengming as the young master of Manghuang Mountain.

After Qin Fengming completed his Core Formation tribulation, the gathered cultivators discovered the spirit pool and accused him of concealing or altering it. Dai Jingde of Baleful Intent Sect moved to capture him, but Qin Fengming confidently challenged the five cultivators, leaving a fight on the verge of starting.

• The cultivators recognized Qin Fengming as the young lord of Manghuang Mountain and marveled that his Core Formation tribulation had produced extraordinary phenomena.
• Dai Jingde greeted Qin Fengming and implied that Baleful Intent Sect had been searching for him, while Qin Fengming showed no fear of the gathered cultivators.
• A Wu Mang Mountain cultivator explained that the spirit pool had appeared after Qin Fengming's tribulation and accused him of concealing it.
• Qin Fengming denied tampering with the pool or using a formation to hide it, but several cultivators rejected his explanation.
• Dai Jingde declared that he would capture and question Qin Fengming, dismissing the prohibition against fighting in the white mist region.
• Qin Fengming called the Baleful Intent Sect cultivators arrogant and warned that the five of them might die if they tried to capture him.

Qin Fengming faced the Baleful God Sect cultivators after they accused him of causing the spirit pool’s transformation. When the Li-surnamed cultivator attacked, Qin Fengming countered with a powerful ancient treasure, astonishing everyone watching.

• Old man surnamed Dai persuaded the gathered cultivators to let the Baleful God Sect capture Qin Fengming and investigate the spirit pool’s transformation.
• The Li-surnamed cultivator confronted Qin Fengming and demanded that he surrender, but Qin Fengming refused and challenged him to attack.
• The Li-surnamed cultivator surrounded himself with black demonic aura and launched a black-and-purple club at Qin Fengming.
• Qin Fengming summoned a golden drum mallet, and its clash with the club sent the opponent’s weapon flying.
• The Li-surnamed cultivator and the watching Core Formation cultivators realized Qin Fengming possessed an ancient treasure.

Qin Fengming fought Elder Li and revealed a second ancient treasure, the Huangzhang Shield, to protect himself from Elder Li’s demonic mist. He held his ground as Elder Li unleashed a secret art, and a huge, foul-smelling creature emerged from the fog.

• Elder Li attacked Qin Fengming’s golden drum mallet with a black-purple staff and a white jade ruler, but Qin Fengming’s treasure held its own against both.
• Elder Li enveloped Qin Fengming in black demonic mist and urged him to surrender, while Qin Fengming remained calm.
• Qin Fengming brought out the Huangzhang Shield, prompting the watching Core Formation cultivators to recognize it as another ancient treasure.
• Dai warned Elder Li that Qin Fengming might have formidable offensive talismans, but Elder Li remained confident he could capture him.
• Elder Li stirred the demonic mist with a secret art, and Qin Fengming readied two talismans as a towering creature emerged from the fog amid foul stench.

Qin Fengming faced Elder Li’s late-Core-Formation refined corpse, whose immense strength and tough body overwhelmed his ordinary attacks. He summoned the wine-cup ancient treasure he had taken from Du Yuqi, and its power appeared far greater than before as it hovered above him.

• Elder Li unleashed a huge refined corpse that charged at Qin Fengming and battered his yellow barrier.
• Qin Fengming sent a giant three-pronged fork against the corpse, but its hide repelled the magical treasure without injury.
• Elder Li boasted that the Wilderness creature’s body had been refined for over two hundred years and could withstand Core Formation treasures.
• Qin Fengming brought out a black wine cup and activated its purple light and flashing electric arcs.
• Qin Fengming sent more than a dozen dazzling bands of multicolored light from the ancient treasure, which he had obtained after killing Du Yuqi.

Qin Fengming used the Chaos Purple Qi Goblet to wound Elder Li’s refined corpse, but Elder Li covered it in powerful demonic-qi armor and continued the fight. Qin Fengming realized Elder Li meant to exhaust his newly formed Core Formation, yet he felt his magic power remained undiminished.

• Qin Fengming identified the wine-goblet treasure as the Chaos Purple Qi Goblet and realized its purple qi contained only a tiny trace of true Chaos Purple Qi.
• Qin Fengming sent more than a dozen purple bands of light into Elder Li’s refined corpse, piercing it and driving it back twenty zhang.
• Elder Li used a secret art to cover the refined corpse in armor condensed from its ancient demonic qi, which stopped the purple bands from hurting it.
• Elder Li threatened Qin Fengming and resolved to capture him, while envying the many powerful ancient treasures Qin Fengming possessed.
• Qin Fengming recognized that Elder Li planned to exhaust his magic power before his new realm stabilized, but he felt his power was not diminishing.

Qin Fengming tested his strength against Elder Li, who summoned a Level Seven beast soul from his lifebound beast banner. After the beast destroyed Qin Fengming’s fire pythons, he brought out the Spirit Devouring Netherflame, whose dragon and bird forms reacted strongly to the demonic mist.

• Qin Fengming provoked Elder Li into using his strongest methods so he could gauge his own power.
• Elder Li summoned a huge beast soul from his lifebound beast banner, revealing a Level Seven demon beast.
• Qin Fengming sent hundreds of fire pythons at the beast, but it shattered them all within moments.
• Qin Fengming refrained from using his Soul Devouring Banner and instead summoned the Spirit Devouring Netherflame.
• The Netherflame’s dragon and bird forms cried out as Qin Fengming sensed their powerful attraction to the demonic mist.

Qin Fengming used the Spirit Devouring Netherflame to absorb Elder Li’s demonic mist, revealing that the flames could counter it. Elder Li then unleashed his beast soul’s full attack, and Qin Fengming answered with his enhanced Yin-Yang Two Forms Plate as the demon beast charged at him.

• Qin Fengming summoned the Spirit Devouring Netherflame, whose flood dragon and azure bird absorbed Elder Li’s demonic mist.
• Elder Li recognized the flames’ power and hesitated to attack, while Qin Fengming let them drain the mist.
• Elder Li drove his beast soul into a fierce assault, sending its golden horn and black demonic flames at Qin Fengming’s spirit beasts as its main body charged him.
• Qin Fengming summoned the Yin-Yang Two Forms Plate, whose expanding vortex drew in everything around it, and sent it to intercept the charging demon beast.

Qin Fengming overwhelmed Elder Li’s demonic flame with his Spirit Devouring Netherflame and gained the upper hand in their battle. Elder Li then began a forbidden technique, forcing Qin Fengming to respond by throwing four talismans into the demonic mist.

• Qin Fengming’s Yin-Yang Two Forms Plate fought Elder Li’s demon beast soul to a stalemate.
• Qin Fengming’s azure Spirit Devouring Netherflame engulfed and swallowed Elder Li’s black demonic flame.
• Qin Fengming drew the captured black flame into his body, intending to refine it and strengthen his own flame.
• Elder Li, driven into desperation, announced that he would use a forbidden technique.
• Qin Fengming sensed the technique’s chilling force and lethal pressure, then hurled four talismans into the demonic mist.

Qin Fengming fought Elder Li inside the demonic mist and survived the Baleful Intent Sect cultivator’s forbidden art, emerging with Elder Li captured. The other cultivators rushed toward him after the mist vanished.

• The old man surnamed Dai sensed Elder Li using the Baleful Intent Sect’s forbidden art and warned the other cultivators that Qin Fengming might be forcing him into a desperate fight.
• Two immense surges of power erupted from the demonic mist, followed by explosions and a scream that the cultivators recognized as Elder Li’s voice.
• The demonic mist vanished, revealing Qin Fengming standing with the badly injured Elder Li in his hand and a tall refined corpse beside him.
• Qin Fengming recalled fearing Elder Li’s secret art and unleashed two Sun-Shooting Talismans and two Mountain Breaking Talismans while using the Profound Sky Evasive Steps.
• Elder Li’s explosive attack shattered Qin Fengming’s Huangzhang Shield and engulfed him and the humanoid object he had summoned.

Qin Fengming survived the devastating explosion inside Zhuang Daoqin’s humanoid Puppet and found that Elder Li had also survived, though he was gravely wounded. Qin Fengming restrained Elder Li and probed his dantian for the means controlling the powerful corpse refinement.

• Qin Fengming’s humanoid Puppet shielded him from the explosion, while the Huangzhang Shield was badly damaged.
• Qin Fengming retrieved his magic treasures and saw his cyan Flood Dragon devour Elder Li’s wounded soul beast; the corpse refinement remained unharmed.
• Qin Fengming found Elder Li alive but half-dead, bound him with spiritual power, and considered whether he could take control of the corpse refinement.
• Qin Fengming used his unusually powerful divine sense to search Elder Li’s dantian for a magic treasure controlling the corpse refinement, overcoming Elder Li’s instinctive resistance.

Qin Fengming captured Elder Li after a violent clash and faced more than twenty Core Formation cultivators who demanded an explanation. He tried to bargain for safe passage by holding Elder Li hostage, but the Baleful Intent Sect refused to let him leave.

• Qin Fengming examined the treasures in Elder Li's dantian and considered which one was the forbidden artifact used to control the refined corpse.
• The demonic mist vanished, and more than twenty Core Formation cultivators arrived; Qin Fengming withdrew his divine sense and held Elder Li beside the refined corpse.
• The old man surnamed Dai demanded to know what Qin Fengming had done to Elder Li, and Qin Fengming invented a story about a passing deity punishing him.
• The old man surnamed Dai prepared to attack, but Qin Fengming stopped him and offered to release Elder Li after reaching safety outside the white-mist region.
• The old man surnamed Yun and another Baleful Intent Sect cultivator rejected Qin Fengming's demand and insisted that he explain the Spirit Pool's transformation.

Qin Fengming faced more than twenty Core Formation cultivators who wanted to capture him and learn how the spirit pool had transformed. When two Peak Core Formation cultivators attacked, he used fire pythons and a silk net to try to break through the encirclement, leaving the confrontation in chaos.

• Dai tried to persuade Qin Fengming to accompany the Baleful Intent Sect, while Qin Fengming demanded that the other cultivators agree to let him go.
• The Wu Mang Mountain cultivators demanded that Qin Fengming explain the spirit pool, but he said he did not know how it had changed and prepared to fight.
• A Baleful Intent Sect cultivator and Yun attacked Qin Fengming at the same time with their magical treasures.
• Qin Fengming summoned hundreds of fire pythons, wrapped Elder Li and the tall Corpse Refinement in a silk net, and flew toward the Wu Mang Mountain cultivators.
• The attackers’ treasures failed to break through the fire pythons, and the other cultivators converged on Qin Fengming as he tried to escape.

Qin Fengming used the cultivators’ eagerness to capture him to draw them close, then stunned them with Beast Roar Talismans and killed the four Baleful Intent Sect cultivators. He escaped with Elder Li and the towering refined corpse using the Swift Blood Chasing Wind Technique, leaving the others unable to detect him.

• Qin Fengming let the pursuing cultivators surround him, anticipating that they would rush to intercept his apparent escape.
• Qin Fengming released five Beast Roar Talismans, stunning the more than twenty Core Formation cultivators.
• Qin Fengming fled toward the white-mist region with Elder Li and the towering refined corpse, killing the four Baleful Intent Sect cultivators with Sun-Shooting Talismans.
• Qin Fengming used the Swift Blood Chasing Wind Technique to fly dozens of miles away at tremendous speed.
• The old man surnamed Yun, the two Wu Mang Mountain cultivators, and several Peak Core Formation cultivators recovered from the talismans and found Qin Fengming gone and the four Baleful Intent Sect cultivators dead.

After the young master of Manghuang Mountain escaped, the surviving Core Formation cultivators decided not to pursue him and divided the treasures from four dead Baleful Intent Sect cultivators. The chapter ended with the Wu Mang Mountain cultivators proposing that everyone swear an oath to conceal their attack.

• The surviving cultivators saw that the young master of Manghuang Mountain had killed four Peak Core Formation cultivators with a powerful talisman and feared pursuing him.
• A Wu Mang Mountain cultivator suggested abandoning the search and entering the spirit pool, and the others agreed.
• The cultivators agreed to divide the four corpses’ possessions, including millions of spirit stones, materials, herbs, and magic treasures.
• After several hours, the group finished dividing the spoils, and a Wu Mang Mountain cultivator warned that they needed a common story about what had happened.
• The Wu Mang Mountain cultivator proposed that everyone swear an oath to their inner demons not to reveal the incident, arguing that the young master of Manghuang Mountain would also keep silent.

Qin Fengming used the Swift Blood Chasing Wind Technique to reach near the exit of the white-fog region, where three Core Formation cultivators stopped him. After learning who he was, the men asked about Shang Lingxi, leaving Qin Fengming alarmed and eager to know what had happened to her.

• Qin Fengming used the Swift Blood Chasing Wind Technique to cover a hundred li, then stopped before he reached the white barrier.
• Wei Hongliang, Zeng Tian, and Hu Zhiguang appeared in front of Qin Fengming and asked whether he had undergone the Heaven Tribulation.
• Qin Fengming admitted that he had advanced to Core Formation and confirmed that he was Qin Fengming, the Young Master of Manghuang Mountain.
• Wei Hongliang introduced himself and his two companions as Rogue Cultivators from Manzhou who had seen Qin Fengming at the mountain range's entrance.
• Zeng Tian asked Qin Fengming whether he knew Shang Lingxi, and Qin Fengming urgently asked if the three men knew her.