Chapter Summaries

Hu Qi controlled Bai Tongtong and learned the Qingyang Sect’s cultivation methods, then deliberately let her return to her fellow disciples. Several days later, he began cultivating in Water Ape Manor after shedding his skin.

• Bai Tongtong offered Hu Qi treasures and warned him of her father’s protection, but Hu Qi used his Heavenly Thread divine ability to control her and question her about the Qingyang Sect.
• Hu Qi learned that the Qingyang Sect’s Grand Elder was a gravely injured Nascent Transformation cultivator and obtained details of the sect’s Qingyang True Saint Canon through the Essence Condensation Realm.
• Bai Tongtong’s three fellow disciples received a Qingyang Sect Communication Talisman, flew to Cloud Moon Shore, and found her waiting in the rain.
• Bai Tongtong told her fellow disciples that Yuan Tianlong had abducted her, while concealing Hu Qi’s involvement and briefly glancing toward Taize Lake.
• Hu Qi watched Bai Tongtong leave, then sank beneath the lake, having let her go to pursue the Qingyang Sect’s higher-level cultivation method.
• Several days later, Hu Qi cultivated in Water Ape Manor after shedding his skin, while the demons there moved like puppets under his control.

Hu Qi’s Cosmic Coiling Serpent bloodline helped him evade a vast thunder tribulation as he broke through to the Essence Condensation Realm. After gaining a human form and testing his new Profound Yin Heavy Water spell, he used Mind Evolution to search for opportunities and saw something that surprised him.

• Hu Qi’s transformation drew in spiritual energy, while immense thunderclouds gathered over Taize Lake and alarmed the demons and cultivators nearby.
• Hu Qi used Twisted Light to hide from the thunder tribulation, causing it to lose its target and disperse; a powerful presence warned others not to overstep in Taize Lake.
• Hu Qi completed his breakthrough to the first level of the Essence Condensation Realm, forming a Demonic Core and unlocking Myriad Thunders, Buddha Realm, and Mind Evolution.
• Hu Qi transformed into a young man, used his snakeskin as a black robe, and tested Profound Yin Heavy Water, which froze the cave and corroded stone.
• Hu Qi considered joining one of the three great Immortal Sects and activated Mind Evolution to seek opportunities, then reacted with astonishment at what he saw.

Hu Qi used Mind Evolution and the Primordial Demon Refining Record to uncover the Cangzhou Realm’s rigid fate system and the history behind its Great Tribulations. After learning that the Demon Race’s fortune had stirred because the Record returned, he considered exploiting the Tribulation Persons, while three figures in the Immortal Court reacted to the Heaven Sealing Stele.

• Hu Qi saw the world’s interwoven fate and learned that his own thread foretold his death, then used Twisted Light to obscure it.
• The Primordial Demon Refining Record enhanced Hu Qi’s vision, revealing the Heaven Sealing Stele and the history of the Cangzhen Realm’s fall and renaming.
• Hu Qi learned that the three great Immortal Sects created the Great Tribulation to use Tribulation Persons to slaughter the Demon Race’s Great Demons and seize their fortune.
• Hu Qi realized that the Primordial Demon Refining Record’s return had stirred the Demon Race’s fortune, and decided he might gain benefits by planning around the Tribulation Persons.
• The Heaven Sealing Stele stirred in the Immortal Court, and three powerful figures arrived as the Demon Race’s fortune surged.

Three figures reinforced the Heaven Sealing Stele, while Chen Po discovered Water Ape Manor abandoned and reported it to the Taize Lake Demon Lord, who blamed Human Cultivators. Hu Qi left Taize Lake to avoid the Demon Lord’s foretold attack and traveled toward Qingyang Sect to obtain an Infant Transformation-level cultivation method.

• A monk, a Daoist, and a Confucian reinforced the Heaven Sealing Stele and declared that fate showed no deviation.
• Chen Po found Water Ape Manor deserted and discovered that the surrounding waters held no Dao Foundation Realm Great Demons.
• Chen Po reported what he had seen to the Taize Lake Demon Lord, who suspected Human Cultivators had killed the demons and vowed revenge after his transformation.
• Hu Qi left Taize Lake after foreseeing that the Taize Lake Demon Lord would grievously wound him in three days, and he devoured the demons in Water Ape Manor’s waters for Modification Points.
• Hu Qi left Ah Hong and Ah Huang behind with their qi-refining method and traveled toward Qingyang Sect to seek an Infant Transformation-level cultivation method.

Hu Qi reached the second level of the Essence Condensation Realm after entering a state of enlightenment in the rain, then joined an escort caravan seeking shelter in a ruined temple. As another group arrived at the temple during the storm, Hu Qi sensed that the night was about to become lively.

• Hu Qi advanced to the second level of the Essence Condensation Realm after his state of mind settled in the rain.
• Wu Yidao asked Hu Qi whether the caravan should take shelter in a ruined temple, and Hu Qi let the escorts decide.
• The caravan entered the temple, where they found an old man already sheltering in a corner.
• Wu Yidao served Hu Qi food and wine, then told his men to stay alert because their cargo was precious.
• Hu Qi noticed approaching riders, and the newcomers pushed open the temple doors.

In a stormbound ruined temple, Hu Qi’s companions clashed with a group of armed travelers before Gongsun Jin attacked and killed the travelers’ young master and maidservant. Hu Qi secretly killed Gongsun Jin, and Wu Yidao realized the quiet man he had been accompanying was far more powerful than he had imagined.

• A young master ordered his green-clad maidservant to drive the temple’s occupants out, and she injured an escort master who objected.
• Wu Yidao stopped his men from fighting after discovering the maidservant was a Half-step Inner Qi Realm martial artist, but the young master demanded that the crowd be expelled.
• Gongsun Jin sprang from the straw and killed the six armored guards before overpowering the maidservant and killing her and the young master.
• As Gongsun Jin turned on the remaining witnesses, an unseen attack tore a hole through his chest and killed him.
• Hu Qi told the escorts to throw the bodies outside, and Wu Yidao realized Hu Qi had killed Gongsun Jin.

Hu Qi infiltrated Qingyang Sect and used Heavenly Thread to control Bai Tongtong’s father, Bai Tianzong, after ordering Bai Tongtong to arrange a meeting. The chapter ended with two Essence Condensation Realm cultivators approaching after Bai Tianzong activated a Mother-Child Jade Talisman.

• Hu Qi killed the nine attackers, gained a small number of Modification Points, and traveled with Wu Yidao’s group until they parted ways near Green Willow Town.
• Hu Qi entered Qingyang Sect through its mountain-protecting formation and met Bai Tongtong on Wu Ying Peak.
• Hu Qi reviewed Bai Tongtong’s memories and learned that she had advanced to the third level of the Dao Foundation Realm while waiting for a chance to obtain a Nascent Soul Transformation cultivation method.
• Hu Qi ordered Bai Tongtong to summon her father, Bai Tianzong, and then subdued and parasitized him with Heavenly Thread.
• Two Essence Condensation Realm cultivators approached after Bai Tianzong activated a Mother-Child Jade Talisman, which he showed Hu Qi.

Hu Qi took control of Qingyang Sect’s remaining elders and used the sect’s records and cultivation arts to deepen his knowledge before rapidly advancing to the fifth level of Essence Condensation. Unable to wait for the Sect Master’s return, he headed to find the Grand Elder, who was revealed sitting beneath Tianji Peak amid lava.

• Bai Tianzong lured He Lishi and Elder Song into the courtyard, where Hu Qi captured them and implanted Heavenly Threads to control them.
• Hu Qi learned that Qingyang Sect’s Sect Master and another elder were visiting Taiqing Palace, leaving three elders and a Grand Elder in the sect.
• Hu Qi studied Qingyang Sect’s records and learned that runes underlay formations, pill refinement, and artifact refining, while Spirit Roots enabled cultivators to absorb spiritual energy.
• Hu Qi used Crimson to perfect three cultivation-arts manuals, then raised the Qing Xuan Wonderful Pill Method and advanced from the second to the fifth level of Essence Condensation.
• Hu Qi decided to seek the Grand Elder for Qingyang Sect’s Infant Transformation cultivation method and vanished from Wu Ying Peak.
• The Grand Elder, seated beneath Tianji Peak amid churning lava, sensed something and opened his eyes.

Hu Qi defeated and consumed Qingyang Daoist, obtaining his Nascent Transformation cultivation method and memories. Disguised as Qingyang Daoist and carrying his two refined swords, Hu Qi left to explore the Cangzhou Realm and gather power.

• Hu Qi fought Qingyang Daoist underground and used Myriad Thunders to trigger the old injuries left by Qingyang Daoist's lightning tribulation.
• Qingyang Daoist tried to trick Hu Qi with a cyan infant that attempted to seize Hu Qi's body, but Hu Qi swallowed both the infant and Qingyang Daoist.
• Hu Qi gained Qingyang Daoist's memories and learned the cultivation levels, the Immortal Court's suppression of the Demon Race, and the truth behind Taize Lake.
• Hu Qi transformed into Qingyang Daoist's appearance and refined his two low-grade magical swords.
• Hu Qi left the underground space, planning to explore the realm and gather Modification Points and essence.

Hu Qi stripped Qingyang Sect of its treasures, erased the memories of its leaders, and continued searching for opportunities while disguised as Qingyang Daoist. Xiao Weifeng learned that something had happened to Qingyang Sect, and Hu Qi decided to raise his cultivation before dealing with the Tribulation Persons.

• Hu Qi took Qingyang Sect’s storage bracelet and supplies, removed four transparent threads from the sect leaders, and left them without memories of him.
• Xiao Weifeng attended a Taiqing Palace gathering where Yuqingzi’s plans for guiding the Tribulation Persons were discussed, then received word that something had happened to Qingyang Sect.
• Over the next half month, Hu Qi explored ten sites of opportunity and acquired a sword, a storage ring, and the Tiger Soul Guiding Immortal Art from a Nascent Transformation Realm cultivator’s inheritance.
• Hu Qi avoided opportunities reserved for the Tribulation Persons and chose to stop exploring until he had raised his cultivation to the Nascent Transformation Realm.

Hu Qi broke through to the Nascent Transformation Realm, then spent seventeen years devouring the creatures of the Tianwu Mountain Range and growing stronger. Two Essence Condensation Realm cultivators investigating the disappearance of the mountain’s wildlife heard a terrifying roar as they neared its Core Area.

• A bull demon attacked its two companions to claim the glowing cave’s supposed treasure, but all three demons and nearby creatures vanished as Hu Qi’s breakthrough completed.
• Hu Qi formed a Demon Infant, raised the Primordial Immortal Refining Record to the second level of the Nascent Transformation Realm, and expanded his Spirit Devouring Talent.
• Hu Qi entered the Tianwu Mountain Range and devoured demons and other creatures, steadily increasing his Modification Points and essence.
• Seventeen years later, a man and a woman from an Immortal Sect found the mountain range nearly devoid of life and debated whether to enter its Core Area.
• A thunderous roar shook the sky as the two cultivators hesitated near the Core Area.

Hu Qi drove off a black ape Demon Saint with Myriad Thunders, then withdrew when more Spirit Transformation Demon Saints appeared and decided it was time to return. The chapter shifted to Wang Manor, where Wang Zhanyuan flirted with Ling'er before she found an unknown figure waiting in her room.

• Hu Qi used Myriad Thunders to battle the black ape Demon Saint, while two distant Essence Condensation cultivators were killed by the clash’s aftershock.
• The black ape fled underground, and Hu Qi vanished when several more Demon Saints arrived.
• Hu Qi checked his status panel, noted his progress toward Spirit Transformation, and decided it was time to head back.
• At Wang Manor, Wang Zhanyuan practiced spear techniques and flirted with Ling'er, who pulled away and returned to her room.
• Ling'er entered her room and found an unknown figure standing by the window.

Hu Qi returned to Taize Lake, discovered that Jin Ling'er and Hong Yuan were reincarnations of a Golden Dragon's divided soul, and learned that Wang Zhanyuan was a destined Tribulation Person. He promised to help Jin Ling'er become human if she helped him, and the chapter ended with her agreeing so long as Hu Qi did not harm Wang Zhanyuan.

• Jin Ling'er and Hong Yuan welcomed Hu Qi back to Taize Lake and revealed that they had reached the Dao Foundation Realm.
• Hu Qi used his Mind Evolution ability to learn that Jin Ling'er and Hong Yuan were reincarnations of a Golden Dragon's spiritual and demonic souls, and that their fates involved Wang Zhanyuan.
• Hong Yuan told Hu Qi that he had killed the Great Demon who occupied Water Ape Manor and that unusual numbers of cultivators had arrived in Taihu Prefecture.
• Hu Qi recognized that the cultivators had come because Wang Zhanyuan, the most powerful of six Tribulation Persons, was about to begin his destined rise.
• Hu Qi promised Jin Ling'er he would help her shed her demon aura and become human if she did something for him, then removed her remaining snake scales and demon aura.
• Jin Ling'er agreed to Hu Qi's request on the condition that he did not harm Wang Zhanyuan.

Hu Qi killed the Swallowing River Demon Lord, took possession of Tunjiang Palace, and gave Hong Yuan True Dragon Essence Blood. Three days later, Wang Zhanyuan learned that an Immortal Sect cultivator had arrived to guide him onto the Dao, and he went to meet him.

• Hu Qi let Jin Ling'er return to the Wang Family, then went with Hong Yuan to visit the Swallowing River Demon Lord at Tunjiang Palace.
• Hu Qi saw through the Demon Lord's black alligator form and killed him, then discovered the Dragon Blood Jade Bed contained a True Dragon's Essence Blood.
• Hu Qi gave Hong Yuan a portion of True Dragon Essence Blood and considered how the gift might align with fate.
• Three days later, Wang Zhanyuan won a chess game against Jin Ling'er and spoke of his desire to cultivate immortality after breaking through to the Inner Qi Realm.
• A servant summoned Wang Zhanyuan to meet a visiting daoist, and Jin Ling'er recognized the arrival as the Immortal Sect opportunity Hu Qi had predicted.
• Song Lingzi told Wang Zhiwen that he had come to guide Wang Zhanyuan onto the Dao, just as Wang Zhanyuan approached the main hall.

Song Lingzi accepted Wang Zhanyuan as his disciple and revealed that Jin Ling'er could cultivate alongside him, while the other five Tribulation People entered Buddhist and Confucian sects. At Taize Lake, Hu Qi examined the Taiqing Palace cultivation art Jin Ling'er had obtained and resolved to use it as a model for his own methods.

• Song Lingzi recognized Wang Zhanyuan as an Immortal Seed, accepted him as his disciple, and gave him Taiqing Palace’s cultivation art, a storage bag, and the Demon Slaying Sword.
• Song Lingzi told Wang Zhanyuan that Jin Ling'er could cultivate, and Wang Zhanyuan was delighted that she might share his long path.
• A scholar took three youths from their village to begin cultivation, while a red-robed monk rescued two youths from a massacre and brought them away.
• The five remaining Tribulation People joined Jue'an Temple and Tianyi Academy, beginning their own cultivation journeys.
• Jin Ling'er gave Hu Qi a jade slip containing the Taiwei Xuanzhen Art, and Hu Qi decided to study it as a blueprint for methods he would deduce with the Scarlet Panel.

Hu Qi used the Scarlet Panel to experience several mortal lives, gaining the state of mind needed to break through into the Spirit Transformation Realm. He then pushed his cultivation method toward the ninth level, drawing an enormous surge of spiritual energy to Taize Lake that Song Lingzi noticed.

• Hu Qi discovered that the Spirit Transformation Chapter could not be initiated because he lacked the required state of mind, so he ordered Crimson to modify the cultivation method.
• Hu Qi experienced lives as a hunter, a ninth prince, a martial hero, and others, and realized that preserving his true heart mattered more than accumulated memories.
• Hu Qi suppressed the heavenly tribulation, broke through into the Spirit Transformation Realm, and advanced the Primordial Immortal Refining Record to its first level.
• Hu Qi ordered Crimson to raise the Spirit Transformation Chapter to its ninth level, causing spiritual energy across Taize Lake to rush toward Tunjiang Palace.
• Song Lingzi sensed the vast spiritual-energy disturbance while speaking with Wang Zhanyuan and looked toward Taize Lake in alarm.

Hu Qi reached the ninth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm and learned that Dragon Transformation Spring held the Immortal Qi he needed, while Wang Zhanyuan’s fate pointed toward the Swallowing River Demon Lord’s upcoming birthday. As the banquet approached, Wang Zhanyuan and Jin Ling’er continued hunting demons, and Wang killed a tiger demon whose conflict with humans had begun with the hunters killing its cub.

• Song Lingzi investigated the disturbance over Taize Lake, but Hu Qi used Twisted Light to make him and everyone else overlook it and forget what they had seen.
• Hu Qi revealed his ninth-level Spirit Transformation cultivation and considered how to obtain Immortal Qi without exhausting the Modification Points he needed to become a true god.
• Three years later, Hong Yuan emerged from seclusion at the Nascent Transformation Realm after refining Golden Dragon Essence Blood and told Hu Qi that Dragon Transformation Spring contained a thread of Immortal Qi.
• Hu Qi explained that Dragon Transformation Spring would soon open on the Swallowing River Demon Lord’s thousandth birthday, an event tied to Wang Zhanyuan’s destined path to immortality.
• Half a month later, Wang Zhanyuan killed a tiger demon that had sought revenge after hunters killed its cub, while Jin Ling’er privately questioned whether the demon deserved to die.
• Wang Zhanyuan sensed that the Swallowing River Demon Lord’s birthday banquet was important to him, while Jin Ling’er suppressed her doubts about his judgment.

Wang Zhanyuan and Jin Ling'er arrived at Taize Lake amid a gathering of demons and cultivators, drawn by rumors that the Dragon Transformation Spring contained Immortal Qi. At Tunjiang Palace, Hu Qi revealed that he had spread the rumors to lure prey, then sensed the spring appear and watched its golden light and dragon phantom rise.

• Wang Zhanyuan asked Jin Ling'er about Taize Lake, then said he would enter seclusion before visiting her brothers; Jin Ling'er could not reach them when they later arrived at the lake.
• Yuqingzi gathered allies from Tianyi Academy and Jue'an Temple as cultivators and demons flocked to Taize Lake to pursue the rumored Immortal Qi and Dragon Transformation Spring.
• Wang Zhanyuan, now in the Nascent Transformation Realm and disguised as a wolf demon, sensed an affinity with the Immortal Qi and resolved to claim it.
• Hu Qi subdued and devoured Demon Lords and Demon Saints who entered Tunjiang Palace, revealing that he had spread the rumors to attract prey and earn Modification Points.
• The Dragon Transformation Spring opened near Tunjiang Palace, sending golden light through the lake as a Golden Dragon phantom appeared and the gathered demons and cultivators recognized its arrival.

Hu Qi seized the Dragon Transformation Spring’s Immortal Qi from Wang Zhanyuan, swallowed it, and broke through to the Demon Immortal Realm after destroying the Destiny Thread hidden inside it. The chapter ended with Jin Ling’er shielding the wounded Wang Zhanyuan from Hu Qi.

• The Dragon Transformation Spring appeared in Taize Lake, and Hu Qi brought Hong Yuan to its entrance so he could use his blood to open the restriction.
• Hong Yuan, Jin Ling’er, and Wang Zhanyuan entered the spring’s inner space while the other demons gathered outside, unable to pass through its pressure.
• Wang Zhanyuan wounded Hong Yuan and claimed the spring and its Immortal Qi, but Hu Qi emerged from hiding, seized the Immortal Qi, and swallowed it.
• Hu Qi defeated Wang Zhanyuan’s attack, discovered and accelerated the digestion of the Destiny Thread within his body, then upgraded his cultivation technique and broke through to the Demon Immortal Realm.
• Hu Qi prepared to kill Wang Zhanyuan, but Jin Ling’er stepped in front of him and reminded Hu Qi that he had promised not to kill him.

Hu Qi severed Jin Ling'er’s fate-bound attachment to Wang Zhanyuan, then killed Wang Zhanyuan after he transformed by merging with the Demon Slaying Sword’s Dragon Immortal Soul. Emerging from the Dragon Transformation Spring, Hu Qi consumed the assembled cultivators and demons, while a thunderous roar sounded overhead.

• Hu Qi used Twisted Light to break the threads of fate connecting Jin Ling'er and Wang Zhanyuan, restoring Jin Ling’er’s hatred and prompting her to ask Hu Qi to kill Wang Zhanyuan.
• Wang Zhanyuan drew the Dragon Immortal Soul from the Demon Slaying Sword, transformed into a half-dragon, and attacked Hu Qi, who froze and destroyed him.
• Hu Qi checked his system panel, discovered his Yuan Eye had awakened a power to see through barriers and perceive essence, and left Hong Yuan and Jin Ling'er to absorb the Dragon Transformation Spring’s power.
• Yuqingzi and the assembled cultivators learned that Wang Zhanyuan had died, then recognized Hu Qi as an Exiled Immortal when he emerged from the golden beam and immobilized them.
• Hu Qi spread his Gluttony Domain over the surrounding Demon Race members and Human Cultivators, consuming them and rapidly gaining Modification Points before a thunderous roar sounded above him.