Chapter Summaries

Qin He arrived at Black Wind Town, where cultivators gathered to seek Ink Spirit Fruit from Black Wind Mountain. He agreed to join Fan Gu’s human team to explore the deep Coiled Serpent Ravine.

• Qin He found Wu Xian still stuck in a tree, knocked him down, and continued on his way.
• Qin He reached Black Wind Town and learned that Ink Spirit Fruit was a valuable local specialty found around Black Wind Mountain.
• Qin He listened as cultivators discussed forming teams to search for fruit, including a risky expedition into Gale Valley.
• Fan Gu approached Qin He and invited him to join a human team heading to Coiled Serpent Ravine, where the Horned Demon Snakes had reportedly been injured.
• Qin He agreed to join the team after hearing that Coiled Serpent Ravine was deep within the mountain.

Qin He joined Fan Gu’s party as cultivators gathered to enter Black Wind Mountain, where major factions planned to pursue an ancient cultivator’s corpse. After learning that Wu Changfeng had stolen a Jade Pendant from the corpse, Qin He concealed his origins by claiming to come from Great Li in the Eastern Land.

• Qin He spotted Dao Palace Realm experts from Scorpion King's Lair, Thousand Crane Palace, and Heavenly Wolf Valley among the gathered cultivators.
• Fan Gu told Qin He that an intact ancient cultivator’s corpse, believed to belong to someone above the Other Shore Realm, lay trapped in a formation inside Black Wind Mountain.
• Fan Gu explained that Wu Changfeng had snatched a Jade Pendant from the corpse after three Divine Bridge Realm experts worked to retrieve it.
• Mo Fan, Huo Dong Ming, and Tian Zi Zhen discussed the Blood Raven Clan’s retreat and the threat posed by powerful Human Race forces from Southern Jambudvipa.
• Tian Zi Zhen asked Qin He where he came from, and Qin He claimed he was from Great Li in the Eastern Land.

Qin He joined Fan Gu and the others as Elder Kui Xing’s star divination opened an auspicious window to enter Black Wind Mountain. The search for fallen fruits began in a deadly scramble, and the group pressed into the mountain amid the chaos.

• Qin He questioned Fan Gu and Mo Fan’s claims that people from Southern Jambudvipa were cursed and dangerous.
• Elder Kui Xing predicted an auspicious window from the first quarter of the Hour of the Snake to the third quarter of the Hour of the Dog.
• As the auspicious time began, spiritual fruits fell across Black Wind Mountain, and Fan Gu, Mo Fan, Tian Zi Zhen, Huo Dong Ming, and Qin He charged in.
• A young Spring Gushing Realm cultivator seized an Ink Spirit Fruit but was killed by attackers, while a Wheel Sea Realm cultivator was beaten until he fled and abandoned it.
• A chaotic fight left many people dead or wounded, and the Ink Spirit Fruit disappeared without anyone knowing who had taken it.

Qin He followed Fan Gu and the others into Coiled Serpent Ravine, where deadly wind blades threatened their passage. The group advanced behind Mo Fan’s protective shield, but two closely spaced blades struck ahead, leaving them facing a potentially fatal attack.

• Qin He burned the corpses left after the struggle for the Ink Spirit Fruit and continued into the Black Wind Mountains.
• Fan Gu led Qin He, Mo Fan, Tian Zi Zhen, and Huo Dong Ming down a sheer cliff into Coiled Serpent Ravine, warning Qin He to stay close.
• The group pressed against the ravine wall as a powerful wind blade tore past them.
• Mo Fan raised a Flood Dragon Scale shield, while Huo Dong Ming sent two Four-legged Snakes ahead to scout the path.
• As the group hurried through the ravine, two wind blades approached in quick succession, prompting everyone to brace for impact.

Qin He and the others were nearly killed by Gale Wind blades in a ravine, but they escaped unharmed after the blades seemed to pass through a gap between them. With their shield shattered, Fan Gu led the group onward into Black Wind Mountain, hoping their good fortune would continue.

• Two Four-legged Snakes were shredded by Gale Wind blades as Qin He and the others advanced through the ravine.
• Mo Fan’s shield shattered under two successive wind blades, knocking Mo Fan and Fan Gu down while Tian Zi Zhen and Huo Dong Ming feared they had been cut.
• The four companions discovered they were unharmed, and Qin He claimed a wind blade had passed through the gap between them.
• Mo Fan and Fan Gu considered continuing without their shield, and Qin He urged the group onward by appealing to their good fortune.
• Fan Gu decided to press ahead, and the others followed him toward the far end of the ravine.

After escaping the narrowest stretch of Coiled Serpent Ravine, Qin He learned about the dangers of Black Wind Mountain and followed Huo Dong Ming’s group through the valley. A killing formation destroyed their Four-legged Snakes, and the group continued onward having already lost costly supplies.

• Fan Gu explained that Coiled Serpent Ravine descended toward the middle region of Black Wind Mountain, while Qin He asked about its terrain.
• Tian Zi Zhen and Huo Dong Ming warned Qin He not to fly or move recklessly because terrifying creatures and shifting formations made speed dangerous.
• Huo Dong Ming used Four-legged Snakes and white lines to guide the group carefully along a safe route.
• A killing formation released red-and-white mist and destroyed four Four-legged Snakes as Huo Dong Ming investigated.
• Mo Fan lamented the loss of the Four-legged Snakes and his six-hundred-Origin-Spirit-Stone shield, while Qin He learned that Ink Spirit Fruits sold for around three hundred Origin Spirit Stones each.

Qin He and his companions cautiously crossed six remnant killing arrays and reached a cluster of Ink Spirit Fruit trees, where a Black Thorn Snake attacked them. As the group struggled against its speed and poisonous mist, Qin He used Void Pháp Mắt to immobilize it for Fan Gu’s hammer strike.

• Huo Dong Ming probed the remnant killing arrays with stones and Four-legged Snakes, revealing a hidden isolated patch before the group cautiously passed all six arrays.
• Mo Fan spotted ripe Ink Spirit Fruits, and Fan Gu warned the group that ferocious creatures sheltered near the trees and that they should not provoke them.
• Huo Dong Ming and Mo Fan found three fruits in a nearby thicket, where a Black Thorn Snake sprang out and attacked Huo Dong Ming and Tian Zi Zhen.
• Fan Gu, Huo Dong Ming, Mo Fan, and Tian Zi Zhen struggled to defend themselves against the Black Thorn Snake’s hard body, speed, and toxic black mist.
• Qin He used Void Pháp Mắt to immobilize the Black Thorn Snake as Fan Gu brought his heavy hammer down on it.

Qin He used a divine ability to restrain a Black Thorn Snake, letting Fan Gu kill it with one hammer blow, and the group divided its spoils. While they waited for Ink Spirit Fruits to fall within reach, Qin He asked about the mountains between them and the cliff, learning they were a deadly area occupied by a Horned Demon Snake that had recently gone into hiding.

• Qin He confined the Black Thorn Snake with his divine ability, and Fan Gu killed it with a hammer blow.
• Huo Dong Ming collected the snake scale and three Ink Spirit Fruits, then distributed the fruits among himself, Mo Fan, and Fan Gu, while keeping the scale for the group.
• Qin He ate his Ink Spirit Fruit despite the others' advice to sell it or use it for pills.
• Mo Fan and Huo Dong Ming watched six fruits fall beyond reach as the Gale Wind repeatedly carried fruits the wrong way and battered them with wind blades.
• Qin He asked about the mountains between the group and the cliff, and Fan Gu identified them as an uncharted deadly place where a Horned Demon Snake had recently gone into hiding.

Qin He sent clones into the Black Wind Mountains to scout their dangerous arrays and found signs that a giant snake hunted cultivators there. After discovering the snake was injured, he decided to go after it.

• Qin He used his Clone Technique to send twenty clones into the mountains, but all were destroyed, trapped, or sent away after scouting only five hundred paces.
• Qin He left one clone behind and advanced toward a small mountain, sending ten more clones ahead along the foothills.
• Qin He found an enormous, decades-old shed snakeskin and then encountered more signs of giant snakes, confirming Fan Gu's report.
• Qin He crossed a mountain and found heaps of filth mixed with Human Race and Demon Race skulls, weapons, and armor.
• Qin He concluded that an injured giant snake had preyed on cultivators and resolved to hunt it with his Big Black Shovel.

Qin He and his companions witnessed a Humanoid Fierce Beast defeat the Horned Demon Snake and fled in terror. They came to a halt when the creature appeared silently in their path.

• A Horned Demon Snake roared and crashed across a hill, and Qin He’s companions realized it was being beaten.
• A black figure leaped onto the hill and struck the Horned Demon Snake, sending it tumbling away.
• Tian Zi Zhen, Mo Fan, and Fan Gu explained that Humanoid Fierce Beasts were exceptionally dangerous, prompting Fan Gu to lead the group in flight.
• The Horned Demon Snake’s roars stopped, and the group feared the battle had ended.
• Fan Gu halted when the bamboo-hatted Humanoid Fierce Beast appeared a hundred paces ahead, carrying a dark object over its shoulder.

Qin He killed and burned the demonized Horned Demon Snake while Fan Gu and the others mistook the danger nearby and waited for it to leave. The chapter left Qin He collecting three Ink Spirit Fruits that fell from the tree above the cliff.

• Fan Gu, Mo Fan, Huo Dong Ming, and the others retreated without looking at the Humanoid Fierce Beast, and Qin He confirmed it had vanished.
• Fan Gu decided the group should wait two hours before moving, and Mo Fan spotted smoke and flames behind the hill.
• Qin He explained that the Horned Demon Snake was a heavily demonized creature that had grown stronger after eating and had been mistaken for an injured beast.
• Qin He killed the Horned Demon Snake with three blows from the Big Black Shovel and burned its corpse, finding only a foul Inner Core and no useful materials.
• Qin He saw three Ink Spirit Fruits fall from the tree above the cliff and gathered them with help from a duplicate body.

Qin He harvested Ink Spirit Fruits while fighting off waves of Demonized creatures, including a poisonous Demonized Thorn Moth. After collecting fifty-seven fruits, he began viewing the Horned Demon Snake’s life through a Shadow Play Performance.

• Qin He used vital energy to knock six Ink Spirit Fruits from a cliffside tree and evaded the Demonized Thorn Moth’s corrosive poison.
• Qin He froze the Demonized Thorn Moth with his gaze, killed it with a Corpse Suppressing Nail, and burned its body with Samadhi True Fire.
• Qin He harvested ripe Ink Spirit Fruits from the remaining trees and defeated six waves of Demonized creatures.
• Qin He collected fifty-seven Ink Spirit Fruits, then began seeing the Horned Demon Snake’s life in a Shadow Play Performance.

The Horned Demon Snake’s rise in Black Wind Mountain came from finding Purple Marrow Grass, claiming territory after a battle among nearby creatures, and devouring a Demon Crystal before defeating its rival, the Demon Pigeon. After Qin He killed the snake with three shovel strikes, he received Purple Marrow Grass as a reward, a plant useful for luring Demonic Beasts but unusable to him.

• The Horned Demon Snake found Purple Marrow Grass in a cave and grew stronger by consuming it.
• After an aged Demon Monkey died, the Horned Demon Snake seized the weakened creatures’ territory and began a long struggle with the flying Demon Pigeon.
• A Demon Crystal landed in its territory, and the Horned Demon Snake devoured it to break through its bottleneck.
• The Horned Demon Snake feigned weakness, trapped the Demon Pigeon, and swallowed it before entering hibernation to advance further.
• Qin He awakened the Horned Demon Snake, knocked it out with three shovel strikes, and received Purple Marrow Grass as his reward.

Qin He and the fruit-seeking squad collected eight Ink Spirit Fruits, then encountered a mysterious black-clad figure and tried to flee while Qin He watched it from behind. They continued toward Black Dragon Pool as the figure approached.

• Qin He knocked the remaining Ink Spirit Fruits toward the squad, and Mo Fan, Fan Gu, Huo Dong Ming, and Tian Zi Zhen collected eight of them.
• Qin He asked about the Divine Bridge Realm experts, and Fan Gu said they had headed toward Black Dragon Pool beyond seven dangerous, unmapped mountains.
• A black-clad figure wearing a bamboo hat appeared and swiftly approached the group, frightening everyone.
• Qin He suggested fighting the figure, but the others chose to clear a path and retreat instead.
• Huo Dong Ming used six Four-legged Snakes to test the way, and a remnant killing formation destroyed them.
• Fan Gu warned Qin He not to make eye contact with the figure, while Qin He leisurely ate Ink Spirit Fruits and called out updates as the others hurried ahead.

Qin He reached Black Dragon Pool after the Humanoid Fierce Beast stopped pursuing his group, then went on alone through the pool’s lethal killing intent. Nearby, seven Demon Cultivators from three factions were trying to retrieve an ancient corpse and feared that Qin He’s sudden appearance signaled a hidden enemy or another Humanoid Fierce Beast.

• Huo Dong Ming, Mo Fan, Fan Gu, and the others stopped at the mountain hollow when Black Dragon Pool’s killing intent blocked the way, and Qin He confirmed the Humanoid Fierce Beast had vanished.
• Qin He left a clone behind and advanced alone toward Black Dragon Pool, using qi and BUFFs to withstand its increasingly powerful killing intent.
• Qin He spotted seven Demon Cultivators dragging an ancient corpse with a spindle-like treasure, and Black Wolf noticed him before Qin He vanished.
• The Demon Cultivators recalled that the corpse had appeared six years earlier, that they had recently recovered its Jade Pendant, and that Wu Changfeng of the Blood Raven Clan had stolen it.
• The seven Demon Cultivators feared the lone figure might be a hidden enemy or a Humanoid Fierce Beast as they continued trying to retrieve the corpse.

He Chuan and Xie Wei led the Demon Cultivators in trying to retrieve the corpse beside Black Dragon Pool, despite Black Wolf's report of a mysterious figure. Just as the corpse neared the edge, a Corpse Vulture burst from the mist and attacked.

• Black Wolf told He Chuan and Xie Wei that he had seen a bamboo-hatted figure vanish near the corpse.
• He Chuan and Xie Wei agreed that the Demon Cultivators should continue retrieving the corpse, and He Chuan ordered two guards to watch the surroundings.
• Four Demon Cultivators used the Spinning Sky Hammer to drag the corpse inch by inch from Black Dragon Pool.
• A Corpse Vulture flew out of the gray mist and charged at the Demon Cultivators, who realized it was after the corpse.

The Demon Cultivators confronted the Corpse Vulture at Black Water Pool, but its powerful body and the pool’s killing intent made the fight perilous. After the group retreated, a sudden bolt of Purple Cloud Divine Thunder struck the creature, and He Chuan revealed he had not cast it.

• The Corpse Vulture attacked the Demon Cultivators, breaking He Chuan’s mirror defense and resisting Xie Wei’s poisoned scorpion-tail strike.
• The Corpse Vulture’s wingbeats sent a Dao Palace Realm Demon Cultivator over Black Water Pool, where the killing intent ground him into a bloody pulp.
• He Chuan and Xie Wei ordered the Demon Cultivators to withdraw from the pool’s edge and prepare to exploit the Corpse Vulture’s next move.
• He Chuan advised the group to use lightning arts against the corpse creature as the Corpse Vulture circled overhead.
• Purple Cloud Divine Thunder struck the Corpse Vulture, shattered pieces of its body, and sent it crashing toward the ground.
• Xie Wei asked whether He Chuan had cast the lightning, and He Chuan denied it.

Qin He killed the Corpse Vulture with Purple Cloud Divine Thunder and Samadhi True Fire, stunning the Demon Cultivators who had been fighting it. He Chuan and Xie Wei recognized the legendary fire and treated Qin He with greater respect.

• Qin He struck down the Corpse Vulture with Purple Cloud Divine Thunder after seeing it try to withdraw.
• He Chuan warned the others that someone nearby had unleashed the thunder, and Xie Wei called for the hidden cultivator to come out and discuss the corpse.
• Qin He emerged from the shadows, and the Demon Cultivators were shocked that they had failed to notice him.
• He Chuan introduced himself as a cultivator from Thousand Crane Palace and assessed Qin He.
• Qin He used Tricolor Flames to kill the Corpse Vulture, and Xie Wei and He Chuan recognized the fire as Samadhi True Fire.

Qin He heard He Chuan’s legend of the Fire Spirit Child, then allowed the Demon Cultivators to take the corpse’s treasures in exchange for the corpse itself. As they dragged it from the pool, a tremendous killing force erupted from the water and shattered their artifact.

• He Chuan told Qin He that the Fire Spirit Child, also known as the Saint Infant Patriarch, had supposedly founded the powerful Fire God Worship Cult and attained the level of a Saint.
• Qin He reflected on the myths and mysteries surrounding his path, then said he wanted only the corpse while the others could keep its belongings.
• Xie Wei agreed to Qin He’s terms, and He Chuan directed the Demon Cultivators to pull the corpse out of the pool with the Spindle Treasure Artifact.
• As the corpse neared the edge of the formation, the black water churned and unleashed a freezing killing intent that shattered the artifact and injured the Demon Cultivators, He Chuan, and Xie Wei.
• Qin He felt the deadly force cut at his skin as the others scrambled backward.

He Chuan and Xie Wei escaped Black Water Pool’s killing intent, while the half-step Divine Bridge Realm cultivator from Heavenly Wolf Valley was killed. Qin He endured the killing intent with his Slaughter Domain, retrieved the corpse, collected black water, and left planning to return after breaking through to the Dao Palace Realm.

• The killing intent overwhelmed the wounded cultivators, killing three Dao Palace Realm cultivators and then slicing the fleeing Heavenly Wolf Valley cultivator into fragments.
• He Chuan and Xie Wei escaped the pool’s reach and saw that the bamboo-hatted figure, Qin He, remained standing at the water’s edge.
• Qin He revealed that he had activated his buffs and Slaughter Domain to withstand the killing intent, though the domain stayed compressed around him.
• Qin He used the Big Black Shovel to lift the corpse from the pool, and the killing intent faded away.
• Qin He stored the corpse, collected half a bottle of black water, and left, intending to return after reaching the Dao Palace Realm.