Chapter Summaries

Qin Fengming killed the Corpse Fiend with his arrays and magic treasures, then collected its Corpse Pearl and remains. He emerged to face the two old monks, who asked him to surrender the Spirit Infusion Stone in exchange for overlooking his killing of several secular cultivators.

• Qin Fengming used the Green Soul Silk, his magic treasures, and twenty Beast Roar Talismans to stun the Corpse Fiend, then killed it with Zhuang Daoqin's red small-sword magic treasure.
• Qin Fengming captured the Corpse Fiend's life-bound Origin Pearl, identified it as a Corpse Pearl, and sealed it in a Jade Box.
• Qin Fengming stored the Corpse Fiend's body and head, then deactivated the two arrays and emerged before the old monks.
• Qin Fengming told the old monks that the Corpse Fiend had been slain and asked whether they still intended to capture him.
• One old monk thanked Qin Fengming for helping defeat the Corpse Fiend and offered not to pursue his killing of several secular cultivators if he handed over the Spirit Infusion Stone.

Qin Fengming tried to settle with two Brahma Sound Temple monks over the Spirit Infusion Stones, but they refused and attacked him. His Six Yang Array stopped their assaults, and their attention shifted to the large stock of mid-grade Spirit Stones he revealed.

• Qin Fengming offered to keep three of the ten Spirit Infusion Stones and give the other seven to the two monks, but they demanded all the stones and moved to capture him.
• The two monks attacked Qin Fengming with their magic treasures, which his Six Yang Array intercepted.
• When the monks struck the barrier with four Vajra Palms, Qin Fengming changed the formation and stopped them with a net of silver lightning.
• The junior monk suspected that the formation consumed mid-grade Spirit Stones, so Qin Fengming displayed more than a thousand of them.
• The senior monk asked Qin Fengming to hand over eight Spirit Infusion Stones in exchange for safe passage.

Qin Fengming escaped the two Brahma Sound Temple monks by giving them eight Spirit Infusion Stones, then stayed in the underground caverns to search for a secluded place to cultivate. His search ended at a pool of oily green water that Bing'er recognized as a Yin Spring Eye.

• The two old monks agreed to leave Qin Fengming alone in exchange for eight Spirit Infusion Stones, and Qin Fengming handed them over.
• After the monks departed, Qin Fengming retrieved his formation flags and hid in the rock until he was sure they would not return.
• Qin Fengming decided to remain in the cavern to cultivate Green Soul Silk and let Bing'er and Rong Qing benefit from the Yin Obstruction Qi.
• Qin Fengming spent several days mapping and searching the thirty-one underground caverns, then chose an outer mine as a secluded cultivation site.
• Qin Fengming found a pool of oily green water, and Bing'er identified it as a Yin Spring Eye.

After the Corpse Kui’s defeat, Qin Fengming discovered a Yin Spring Eye and a Nether Stone Platform in its cultivation cave, then began a half-year retreat there. He left the spring in place for now and focused on refining the Green Soul Silk, which had sealed a poisonous object inside him.

• Qin Fengming removed restrictions around the Divine Machine Mansion, and Bing'er and Rong Qing identified the pool as a Yin Spring Eye and the white jade platform as Nether Stone.
• Bing'er urged Qin Fengming to obtain a method for moving the Yin Spring Eye from the Divine Machine Gate, and Qin Fengming decided they would cultivate in the cave for half a year.
• Qin Fengming set up the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation, released his spirit beasts and the tall refined corpse, and let the Five Elements Beast and Silver Sheath Worm absorb the Yin Obstruction Qi.
• Qin Fengming sorted the spoils from Core Formation cultivators and discovered that his Spirit Devouring Netherflame could swallow magic treasures, feeding the dragon and bird spirit creatures the treasures he had collected.
• Qin Fengming began refining the Green Soul Silk to control the poisonous object it had sealed within his body after the battle with the Corpse Kui.

Qin Fengming arrived in Nantang Commandery to meet Lan Xue'er and travel with her back to the Great Liang Kingdom. After finding her in the nearby mountains, he discussed their route, and Lan Xue'er proposed traveling through the Floating Mountain Kingdom and Andong Kingdom to avoid trouble along the Yuanfeng Empire's borders.

• Qin Fengming reached Nantang City, a major gathering place for cultivators ahead of the Three Realms War.
• Qin Fengming spotted the three snowflake marks Lan Xue'er had left and left the city to meet her.
• Qin Fengming sent Lan Xue'er a transmission talisman, and she arrived with her Spirit Bird, Yangzi.
• Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er entered an array to talk about their journey back to the Great Liang Kingdom.
• Lan Xue'er proposed traveling through the Floating Mountain Kingdom and Andong Kingdom because cultivators were gathering near the Yuanfeng Empire's borders.

Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er agreed to travel together toward the Great Liang Kingdom, each hoping to return to their homeland. As they approached the border, they found it crowded with cultivators traveling in groups toward the same destination.

• Qin Fengming agreed with Lan Xue'er that they should avoid crowded areas near the Ancient Battlefields, and she asked him to address her less formally.
• Lan Xue'er explained that she wanted to return to the Great Liang Kingdom to learn whether her mother and adopted younger brother were still alive.
• Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er left the mountain cave and flew toward the border between the Yuanfeng Empire and the Floating Mountain Kingdom.
• After several days, they encountered increasing numbers of cultivators, most traveling in groups toward the same direction, which puzzled Qin Fengming.

Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er learned that cultivators were gathering for a major Dharma lecture assembly at Ten Thousand Pine Peak and explored a nearby exchange fair. As they prepared to leave, someone invited them to an auction held by the Five Great Sects.

• Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er asked Wen about the cultivators rushing ahead and learned that more than a dozen Nascent Soul seniors would give lectures at Ten Thousand Pine Peak.
• Qin Fengming decided to attend because the gathering of cultivators might offer a chance to buy rare materials, and Lan Xue'er agreed to go with him.
• Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er reached Ten Thousand Pine Peak and saw cultivators gathering there ahead of the Dharma lecture assembly.
• Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er searched a large open-air exchange fair but found nothing they needed.
• An unknown cultivator transmitted an invitation to Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er to attend an auction held by the Five Great Sects.

Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er followed a Holy Emperor Pavilion disciple to a private auction jointly hosted by the Yuanfeng Empire’s Five Great Sects. They arrived at the crowded cavern venue and waited for the auction to begin.

• A Holy Emperor Pavilion disciple approached Qin Fengming and explained that the Five Great Sects required recommendations for entry to their private auction.
• Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er followed the disciple on his flying treasure to a concealed hill several thousand li away.
• A late Core Formation elder admitted them through the hill’s restriction and directed them deeper into the cavern.
• The disciple led Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er to the auction venue, where more than a thousand people were gathered, then left after Qin Fengming gave him two hundred spirit stones.
• Qin Fengming found no familiar faces in the cavern and sat with Lan Xue'er at a stone table near the edge.

At a Five Great Sects auction for Core Formation cultivators, Qin Fengming learned that Lan Xue'er needed rare materials for her life-bound treasure and offered her Void Cloud Crystal. Three Nascent Soul cultivators began the auction, which opened with a mid Core Formation humanoid puppet that drew eager bids.

• Lan Xue'er asked Qin Fengming to help her obtain Exquisite Stone and Void Cloud Crystal for her Misty Snowfall Bell, and he promised her a piece of Void Cloud Crystal.
• Lan Xue'er explained that her Vast Snowfall Art specialized in sonic attacks and that the bell was her life-bound magic treasure.
• Three Nascent Soul cultivators, led by Elder Yuan, appeared to preside over the auction and explained its bidding and exchange rules.
• Elder Yuan presented a mid Core Formation humanoid puppet made by a Puppet Master from Hidden Cloud Sect, and the cultivators began bidding enthusiastically.

Qin Fengming watched a mid Core Formation Puppet sell for a staggering price and considered the profits he could make by refining Puppets himself. At the auction, Elder Yuan presented the Dragon Pattern Mystic Tortoise Shell Shield, which Qin Fengming recognized as less impressive than advertised, and an unidentified bidder won it for 1.8 million spirit stones.

• A mid Core Formation Puppet sold for 1.35 million spirit stones, prompting Qin Fengming to consider producing Puppets for profit.
• Qin Fengming promised Lan Xue'er he would give her a Puppet he personally refined, and she happily held him to his word.
• Elder Yuan presented the Dragon Pattern Mystic Tortoise Shell Shield and claimed it could withstand attacks from Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Qin Fengming saw through the shield's exaggerated materials and demonstration, while bidding drove its price past one million spirit stones.
• An unidentified cultivator bid 1.8 million spirit stones, and Elder Yuan awarded the shield to that bidder.

Qin Fengming won the Dragon Pattern Mystic Tortoise Shell Shield and acquired several rare materials at the Five Great Sects' auction. After completing the exchange, he learned that the sects also held a separate auction for Nascent Soul cultivators, and he was invited to attend.

• Qin Fengming revealed that he had bought the Dragon Pattern Mystic Tortoise Shell Shield to reforge it into a stronger defensive treasure.
• Qin Fengming won three additional materials at auction, but the Exquisite Stone Lan Xue'er wanted did not appear.
• Elder Yuan distributed jade slips listing exchange items, and Qin Fengming found seventeen materials he needed among them.
• Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er visited the exchange cavern, where Qin Fengming obtained thirteen materials after competing for several.
• Qin Fengming paid nearly four million Spirit Stones for the shield and three materials, then heard that the Five Great Sects held a separate auction for Nascent Soul seniors.

Qin Fengming bought an invitation talisman to attend an auction for Nascent Soul cultivators, then rejoined Lan Xue'er as private transactions began. The auction was set to start in three days, and the gathering moved on to exchanges among cultivators.

• A Core Formation cultivator invited Qin Fengming to the Five Great Sects' auction for Nascent Soul cultivators and explained that he needed to buy a ten-thousand-spirit-stone invitation talisman.
• Qin Fengming paid the ten thousand spirit stones and received the invitation talisman and a jade slip with the auction's location and schedule.
• Qin Fengming returned to the stone table and found Lan Xue'er gone, so he avoided searching the cavern with his divine sense.
• Lan Xue'er returned and told Qin Fengming that she had traded for three useful materials but had missed out on one item.
• Qin Fengming promised to keep an eye out for an Exquisite Stone for Lan Xue'er, and she thanked him with a flushed smile.
• Elder Yuan announced that the Five Great Sects' items had all been exchanged and that private transactions among the cultivators could begin.

At the Core Formation cultivators’ exchange gathering, Qin Fengming offered a thirteen-thousand-year-old Phoenix Tail Grass in return for several rare materials. He invited everyone who had the materials he needed into a stone chamber, where a silver-haired old man began the first trade with a piece of Yellow Sulfur Gold.

• Many cultivators traded precious treasures on the platform, while Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er waited until most participants had finished.
• Qin Fengming obtained a number plaque and offered his thirteen-thousand-year-old Phoenix Tail Grass in exchange for nearly twenty rare materials.
• Several cultivators announced that they possessed materials Qin Fengming needed, and he asked Elder Yuan for a private stone chamber to conduct multiple trades.
• Qin Fengming led the interested cultivators to the chamber and invited one of them to trade first.
• A silver-haired old man sat opposite Qin Fengming and revealed a piece of Yellow Sulfur Gold.

Qin Fengming exchanged Phoenix Tail Grass for three exceptionally potent Qi Nourishing Pills, then left the Five Great Sects’ auction with Lan Xue'er. He flew southwest and stopped in a mountain forest to explain that he had one more matter to attend to before leaving Nantang Commandery.

• Qin Fengming exchanged a piece of Yellow Sulfur Gold for the old man’s thirteen-thousand-year-old Phoenix Tail Grass, then offered three Qi Nourishing Pills in exchange for the herb.
• The old man accepted Qin Fengming’s pills and handed over the Phoenix Tail Grass.
• Qin Fengming returned to Lan Xue'er, and the two waited until the Five Great Sects’ auction ended before leaving with voice-transmission talismans.
• Qin Fengming and Lan Xue'er flew southwest and stopped in a mountain forest thirty thousand miles away.
• Qin Fengming told Lan Xue'er that he had accepted an invitation to attend an auction for Nascent Soul cultivators alone and explained what had happened.

After collecting many rare materials at the Core Formation auction, Qin Fengming followed his invitation to the Five Great Sects’ Nascent Soul trading meet. He arranged to offer a large Blood Soul Crystal Stone for exchange, leaving the three organizers astonished.

• Qin Fengming reached the restricted mountain range and used his invitation command token to find the trading meet’s entrance.
• Qin Fengming entered the cavernous gathering hall and learned from a Foundation Establishment female cultivator how Nascent Soul cultivators arranged exchanges through the Five Great Sects.
• Qin Fengming followed the female cultivator to a chamber where more than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators, including three late-stage Great Cultivators, were gathered.
• Qin Fengming presented a large Blood Soul Crystal Stone to the organizers, who exclaimed at the rare material.

Qin Fengming presented a Blood Soul Crystal Stone at a Five Great Sects trade gathering and arranged to exchange it for materials from his list. The auction began with an Eight-level Deep Sea Ice Tortoise toenail, which tempted Qin Fengming, but he held back from bidding.

• Qin Fengming offered his Blood Soul Crystal Stone and gave the Nascent Soul cultivators a list of materials he wanted in exchange.
• Qin Fengming agreed that providing ten listed materials would qualify for the exchange, then left the Blood Soul Crystal Stone with the organizers.
• More than two hundred Nascent Soul cultivators and dozens of Core Formation cultivators gathered as Ling Hao opened the trade gathering.
• Ling Hao revealed an Eight-level Deep Sea Ice Tortoise toenail and set its starting price at two million spirit stones.
• Qin Fengming considered bidding for the icy treasure to strengthen his life-bound magic treasure, but restrained himself.

Qin Fengming watched the exchange meeting move from auctions to rare treasures, including the famed Ten Directions Yin Soul Array. He waited for his Blood Soul Crystal Stone to appear, but Elder surnamed Ling opened another Jade Box before it did.

• Nascent Soul cultivators bid the eighth-grade Ice Turtle claw up to six million three hundred thousand spirit stones, and one of them won it.
• Elder surnamed Ling announced the start of the treasure exchange and presented a modified Ten Directions Yin Soul Array, explaining its power and history.
• A middle-aged Nascent Soul cultivator exchanged two Dahuang Pills for the Ten Directions Yin Soul Array.
• Qin Fengming watched several dozen treasures get exchanged without bidding, noting that two Peak Core Formation cultivators obtained items sought by Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Qin Fengming waited for his Blood Soul Crystal Stone, but Elder surnamed Ling opened another Jade Box.

At the Five Great Sects' trade fair, Elder surnamed Ling offered a palm-sized piece of hide from a peak Level 9 Ao Fish Beast in exchange for an eighth-level Flood Dragon's complete tendon or a spirit herb at least seventy thousand years old. Just as Crimson Fiend seemed poised to negotiate for it, Qin Fengming offered a seven-thousand-year-old Stone Incense Grass.

• Elder surnamed Ling revealed the Ao Fish Beast hide, and the cultivators recognized the apparition it produced as evidence of its extraordinary origin.
• Elder surnamed Ling explained that the hide came from a peak Level 9 Ao Fish Beast, while Qin Fengming recognized it as the main material for the Blazing Sting Dragon Armor.
• Elder surnamed Ling required a complete eighth-level Flood Dragon tendon or a spirit herb at least seventy thousand years old for the hide.
• Several cultivators offered items that failed to meet the requirements, while Crimson Fiend proposed a Crocodile Flood Dragon tendon and received a chance to discuss it with the owner.
• As Elder surnamed Ling prepared to put the hide away, Qin Fengming offered a seven-thousand-year-old Stone Incense Grass.

Qin Fengming risked angering Crimson Fiend Venerable to trade for the Ao Fish Beast hide, then watched the trade fair auction his Blood Soul Crystal Stone and a mid Nascent Soul Puppet. The fair ended with Qin Fengming regretting that he had given up the crystal stone and resolving to investigate his treasures before offering them in future.

• Qin Fengming refused to withdraw his bid for the Ao Fish Beast hide despite learning that Crimson Fiend Venerable was Blood Demon Ancestor’s Direct Disciple.
• Crimson Fiend Venerable offered a fifty-thousand-year-old spirit herb for the hide, but Elder surnamed Ling honored the trade rules and accepted Qin Fengming’s qualifying herb instead.
• Crimson Fiend Venerable pressured Qin Fengming with his aura, but Qin Fengming remained calm and completed the exchange for the hide.
• Elder surnamed Ling explained that the Blood Soul Crystal Stone could help cultivators draw Heaven and Earth Origin Energy and survive tribulations, leaving Qin Fengming regretful that he had offered it.
• An early Nascent Soul cultivator acquired Qin Fengming’s Blood Soul Crystal Stone with fifteen of the requested materials, and the mid Nascent Soul Puppet was traded afterward.
• The Five Great Sects’ Nascent Soul trade fair ended.

Qin Fengming declined Great Cultivator surnamed Gao’s offer of protection and left with Elder surnamed Ling, refusing to reveal his master’s identity. After separating from Elder surnamed Ling, he used Spirit Evasion to escape two Nascent Soul cultivators pursuing him, but another Nascent Soul cultivator continued to follow him.

• Great Cultivator surnamed Gao thanked Qin Fengming for the Blood Soul Crystal Stone and offered him shelter, hoping to befriend the powerful master he believed Qin Fengming had.
• Qin Fengming refused to stay and would not disclose his master’s name, so Elder surnamed Ling escorted him away from the cave chamber.
• Elder surnamed Ling failed to shake Qin Fengming during their flight and eventually departed in another direction.
• Qin Fengming changed course several times and used Spirit Evasion to evade two demonic-path Nascent Soul cultivators who had secretly marked him at the trade fair.
• Another Nascent Soul cultivator continued following Qin Fengming from a thousand li away.