Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen ambushed Ning Qi to seize the Buzhou Mountain Fragment, but Ning Qi defeated and spared him, leaving Lin Chen awed by Ning Qi’s mastery of the Great Dao. After Wei Xian and Lin Chen conceded and joined Ning Qi’s side, Wei Xian asked whether Ning Qi was the Human Demon because of the Limitless Evil Qi within him.

• Lin Chen used the Immortal Slaying Technique to attack Ning Qi’s Divine Soul, despite Wei Xian warning him and pleading for Ning Qi to spare his last brother.
• Inside Ning Qi’s Consciousness Sea, Lin Chen found Mountain Ancestor imprisoned in the Great Dao Cage, then confronted Ning Qi and was trapped in a Yin-Yang Dao Diagram.
• Ning Qi captured Lin Chen alive, and Wei Xian thanked him for honoring his plea before helping Lin Chen recover.
• Lin Chen thanked Ning Qi for sparing him after experiencing Ning Qi’s Great Dao, and both he and Wei Xian accepted defeat.
• Ning Qi reclaimed the Buzhou Mountain Fragment and offered to let Wei Xian and Lin Chen benefit from it, while Sage Ancestor vouched for his generosity.
• Wei Xian agreed to honor their promise to join Ning Qi but asked whether Ning Qi was the Human Demon because he carried Limitless Evil Qi.

Ning Qi brought Wei Xian and Lin Chen to the True Martial Spirit World, where they saw how its three realms had united and agreed to join his side. He then merged Wei Xian’s Buzhou Mountain Fragment with Myriad Venerable Mountain, restoring ancient buildings and expanding the mountain, before Wei Xian offered to show Ning Qi the Scripture Repository.

• Ning Qi revealed that he was the World Lord of the True Martial Spirit World, and Wei Xian and Lin Chen agreed to join him.
• Ning Qi teleported Wei Xian and Lin Chen to the True Martial Spirit World, where they observed its landscape and heard how Ning Qi had saved and united three realms.
• Ning Qi introduced Wei Xian and Lin Chen to Sword Ancestor and the others, then brought everyone into Myriad Venerable Mountain.
• Ning Qi purified Wei Xian’s Buzhou Mountain Fragment and merged it with Myriad Venerable Mountain, restoring ancient buildings and spreading Immortal Power throughout the expanded mountain.
• Wei Xian told Ning Qi that their cultivation methods were in the Scripture Repository and that some sealed areas remained unopened.

Ning Qi used the Four Symbols Immortal Array and his Alchemy Dao to refine eight Four-Color Immortal Elixirs, unlocking the four sealed halls in Buzhou Mountain’s Alchemy Pavilion. He led the others toward the Pill Refining Palace, warning that restrictions still remained.

• Wei Xian and Lin Chen led Ning Qi and the others through the Alchemy Pavilion, where Ning Qi summoned Alchemists from the True Martial Spirit World to organize its remaining formulas and texts.
• Sage Ancestor’s attack revealed Four Symbols Immortal Arrays sealing the Medicine Storage Pavilion, Pill Refining Palace, Medicine Testing Hall, and Pill Discussion Hall.
• Ning Qi activated the central Pill Furnace and used fire, water, metal, and wood from the four halls to refine eight Four-Color Immortal Elixirs.
• Ning Qi placed the eight elixirs into the Four Divine Beasts’ eye positions, causing the arrays to disappear and the four halls to open.
• Ning Qi told Wei Xian and Lin Chen that restrictions remained and led the group toward the Pill Refining Palace.

Ning Qi broke the Four Saints Returning Spirit Array, unsealing the Alchemy Pavilion and sending the others to investigate its halls. Alone in the Pill Refining Palace, he claimed its Pill Furnace and tore through a mountain-protecting array, only to be crushed by overwhelming pressure inside.

• Ning Qi identified the hidden Four Saints Returning Spirit Array and used the Great Dao Talisman Array Fruit to break the seals connecting the Four Great Halls.
• A heavenly phenomenon appeared, and Sage Ancestor, Sea Ancestor, Wei Xian, and Lin Chen split up to explore the Medicine Storage Pavilion and Medicine Testing Hall while Ning Qi returned to the Pill Refining Palace.
• Ning Qi examined the warm, inscribed Pill Furnace, discovered it could attack, and stored it away.
• Ning Qi found an array concealing the Backyard and attic, then tore open its mountain-protecting formation with his Immortal-Demon Power.
• The pressure inside the formation crushed Ning Qi to his knees, leaving him coughing blood and struggling to support himself.

Ning Qi overcame the mountain-protecting formation and discovered a Chaos Stone Martial Stage whose array drained the strength of anyone who stepped onto it. After learning the stone’s value and testing the formation with his companions, he left them to investigate it and cautiously opened the pavilion door.

• Ning Qi drew on the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm, Vast Origin Realm, and True Martial World to force open the courtyard door.
• Ning Qi discovered that a formation on the Martial Stage, working with the Chaos Stone beneath it, suppressed and drained his power.
• Sage Ancestor, Sea Ancestor, Wei Xian, and Lin Chen identified the stone as Chaos Stone and explained its cultivation and weapon-forging uses.
• Sea Ancestor tested the formation, then Ning Qi stepped off the Martial Stage and recovered his strength; the group decided to study the arrays and split up to explore.
• Sage Ancestor, Wei Xian, and Holy Lord stepped onto the Martial Stage and were overwhelmed by its pressure, while Ning Qi headed to the pavilion.
• Ning Qi probed the pavilion entrance, found no Prohibition, and opened the wooden door.

Ning Qi explored the attic at Buzhou Mountain and found a Chaos Refined Iron sword infused with Limitless Evil Qi. He then studied the Martial Stage’s formation, identified its Taiji and Water Ripple patterns, and began recreating it.

• Ning Qi let Wei Xian and the Sage Ancestor enter the pressure-free attic, where they cleaned the first floor themselves.
• Ning Qi found a protected iron chest on the second floor and took out a sword infused with Limitless Evil Qi, which he said suited his Immortal-Demon Power.
• Ning Qi, Wei Xian, and the Sage Ancestor searched the third floor, found empty bookshelves, and then Ning Qi stayed behind to study the Martial Stage formation.
• Ning Qi attacked the formation with Immortal-Demon Power, revealing its patterns and learning that it combined a Taiji diagram with layered Water Ripple lines.
• Ning Qi repeatedly drew the formation in the attic until he recreated a rough version of the Taiji and Water Ripple diagram.

Ning Qi deciphered the Martial Stage array and learned to control its Spatial Pressure, then told the others he could recreate the array in their realm. He left with Wei Xian, the Holy Lord, and the others to celebrate, while the group considered how the array could benefit them.

• Ning Qi failed to reproduce the array at a larger scale, then explained to the Holy Lord and Wei Xian that he hoped to understand it and build a similar array in their realm.
• Ning Qi realized that the water-ripple patterns were independent Rune Arrays and that the Taiji Diagram only guided them.
• Ning Qi entered the Martial Stage, dispersed its Light Screens, and demonstrated that he could control the array’s pressure.
• Ning Qi told Wei Xian, Lin Chen, Sea Ancestor, and the others that they could take the Chaos Stone and that he could recreate the array elsewhere.
• Ning Qi invited Wei Xian and the others to celebrate, and the group left the Backyard for the square.

Ning Qi discussed using the Chaos Stones to build a formation protecting the True Martial Spirit World and agreed with his companions to activate their Buzhou Mountain fragments to attract other fragment owners. After the banquet, he returned alone to the Martial Stage and tested its pressure, confident he had understood the formation’s mysteries.

• Ning Qi told the group that the Chaos Stones could be mined safely and proposed reserving half to build a protective formation across the True Martial Spirit World.
• Ning Qi promised to recreate the Martial Stage’s cultivation formation at their mountain gate, and the Holy Lord, Wei Xian, Sea Ancestor, and Lin Chen pledged their support.
• At a banquet, Lin Chen proposed activating their three Buzhou Mountain fragments to draw other fragment owners, and the group agreed to consider the risky plan.
• Ning Qi ended the banquet and returned alone to the Martial Stage to test its formation, which pressed him to his knees and compressed his body and Divine Soul.
• Ning Qi sensed the formation’s spatial pressure and water-ripple patterns, then relaxed and found that his body was no longer being violently compressed.

Ning Qi used the Martial Stage formation and If Water Three Thousand to temper and greatly strengthen his body, then demonstrated his newfound power in a spar with Lin Chen. He shared his cultivation insights and offered the manual to the others, who asked to study it.

• Ning Qi merged his Divine Soul with the formation’s Dao Resonance and endured repeated cycles of crushing and reforging until his body, meridians, Divine Soul, and Immortal-Demon Power grew stronger.
• Ning Qi tested If Water Three Thousand by punching a deep imprint into the Martial Stage’s Chaos Stone, then continued tempering himself through the night.
• Ning Qi returned to the square and offered to spar with Lin Chen using only twenty percent of his strength.
• Ning Qi defeated Lin Chen’s attacks with a punch and then a single finger, and Wei Xian stopped Lin Chen from drawing his sword.
• Ning Qi explained how the Chaos Stone and If Water Three Thousand had strengthened him, then gave the others a manual containing his cultivation insights.
• Lin Chen asked Ning Qi if he could look at the manual.

Ning Qi shared his cultivation insights, prompting the Holy Lord, Lin Chen, Wei Xian, and Sea Ancestor to prepare to train and rebuild their mountain gate around the Pill Refining Palace. Meanwhile, Black Slaughter True Immortal’s fleet advanced through a wormhole toward Buzhou Mountain’s fluctuations, while Dao Bujin and Li Donglin diverted toward a nearby teleport point to pursue the people they sought.

• Ning Qi gave Lin Chen and the others his Insight Manual, and they learned that merging Divine Soul and Dao Resonance with the formation could strengthen their bodies and attacks.
• The Holy Lord and Lin Chen hurried to test the technique on the Martial Stage, while Sea Ancestor proposed making the Pill Refining Palace the True Martial Spirit World’s new mountain gate.
• Ning Qi approved Sea Ancestor’s plan and gave her the Insight Manual, then Wei Xian went to train on the Martial Stage as well.
• Black Slaughter True Immortal led five giant ships through the immortal realm’s wormhole toward strong Buzhou Mountain fluctuations and ordered his Flying Boats to speed ahead using Spirit Marrow.
• Li Donglin urged Dao Bujin to find a faster route to Fifteen Region, and they agreed to teleport to Fourteen Region before continuing their pursuit.

After rebuilding the Pill Refining Palace, Ning Qi left the True Martial Spirit World to test his power and the Chaos Sword in the Boundary Sea. He carved the If Water Three Thousand formation onto the World Protecting Light Screen and discovered it amplified the formation’s attack, then prepared to test whether it could also unleash the screen’s oppressive force.

• Ning Qi praised Sea Ancestor’s reconstruction and urged everyone to keep comprehending The highest good is like water while he went outside the realm to prepare for possible enemies.
• Ning Qi took the Chaos Sword into the Boundary Sea and found that its Limitless Evil Qi fused with his Immortal-Demon Power.
• Ning Qi tested ordinary sword strikes and If Water Three Thousand, which tore corrosive scars through the Boundary Sea’s Gray Mist and strengthened his confidence against Hao Shan and even Celestial Immortals.
• Ning Qi carved the If Water Three Thousand formation onto the World Protecting Light Screen and dodged its powerful counterattack.
• Ning Qi realized the light screen amplified the formation’s destructive power and began preparing to test whether its oppressive force could also be triggered.

Ning Qi completed a network of formations across the True Martial Spirit World's World Protecting Light Screen, and a test showed that its pressure could destroy powerful avatars. He brought Wei Xian and the Holy Lord fifty Immortal Miles away to demonstrate another test, then launched a sword strike toward the world-protecting screen.

• Ning Qi's avatar attacked a formation on the light screen and was crushed by its overwhelming pressure, prompting Ning Qi to strengthen the world's defenses.
• Ning Qi and his avatars spent four or five days carving linked formations across the World Protecting Light Screen, creating a network of more than a hundred major formations.
• Wei Xian and the Holy Lord arrived and doubted Ning Qi's claim that he had completed the defenses, so the Holy Lord sent an avatar to attack the screen.
• The formation activated and destroyed the Holy Lord's avatar, convincing him and Wei Xian that Ning Qi's defenses were extremely powerful.
• Ning Qi led Wei Xian and the Holy Lord fifty Immortal Miles away and unleashed a sword strike toward the True Martial Spirit World.

Ning Qi tested the World Protecting Light Screen, whose linked Taiji formations absorbed his Chaos Sword Qi, then failed to sense another Buzhou Mountain fragment and organized preparations for a possible enemy. As Ning Qi continued strengthening the defenses, Dao Bujin and Li Donglin searched the Boundary Sea for the True Martial Spirit World and pushed toward a dangerous border region.

• Ning Qi demonstrated that an attack on one Minor Formation triggered the entire World Protecting Light Screen, which annihilated his Chaos Sword Qi without being damaged.
• Wei Xian told Ning Qi that he sensed another owner of Buzhou Mountain, so Ning Qi searched across millions of Immortal Miles but found no trace of the fragment.
• Sea Ancestor, Lin Chen, and Sage Ancestor discussed the possibility that a stronger enemy had discovered them, and Ning Qi sent them to prepare while he continued setting up formations.
• Ning Qi returned to the Boundary Sea and used his Avatars to help carve the defensive formation.
• Dao Bujin and Li Donglin led several Flying Boats through the Boundary Sea, searching for the True Martial Spirit World as Dao Bujin ordered the search expanded despite the nearby Twisted Monsters.

Ning Qi discovered that Immortal Pavilion scouts were searching for the people who had opened the Immortal Gate and returned to warn the True Martial Spirit World. As everyone prepared for an attack, Ning Qi told Wei Xian that he intended to face the Immortal Pavilion alone, but Wei Xian refused to abandon their alliance.

• Ning Qi encountered two Immortal Pavilion members in the Boundary Sea, concealed that he and the others had opened the Immortal Gate, and accepted their communication jade pendants.
• Ning Qi returned to the True Martial Spirit World and told the Holy Lord, Lin Chen, Wei Xian, and Sea Ancestor that the Immortal Pavilion was searching for them.
• Wei Xian and Lin Chen warned that the Immortal Pavilion's numerous Immortal Guards could overwhelm their defenses, while Ning Qi ordered the disciples and formations prepared for battle.
• The Holy Lord explained that the Immortal Pavilion could travel through Wormholes, prompting Ning Qi to strengthen the defenses and prepare to test the Protective Light Screen.
• Ning Qi told Wei Xian he planned to face the Immortal Pavilion alone because the conflict was likely his fault, but Wei Xian insisted they would live and die together.

Ning Qi left the True Martial Spirit World to draw the Immortal Pavilion’s pursuit away, then misled Dao Bujin by claiming the people who summoned the Immortal Gate had gone toward the Blackwater Region. After escaping the fleet, he took a wormhole toward the Fourteen Region and encountered a group led by an old man.

• Ning Qi persuaded Wei Xian and Lin Chen to keep his plan secret, and they showed him the Boundary Sea routes and marked dangers.
• Ning Qi disguised himself, found Dao Bujin’s fleet, and claimed he had heard that the three Immortal Gate summoners had gone east toward the Blackwater Region.
• Dao Bujin gave Ning Qi a reward and let him leave, after which Ning Qi put distance between himself and the fleet.
• Ning Qi used Lin Chen’s map to choose a wormhole toward the Fourteen Region and paid the guards at its dock to enter.
• While traveling through the wormhole, Ning Qi sensed a group ahead and recognized an old man surrounded by them.

Ning Qi entered the Blackwater Region and discovered that his Chaos Sword could destroy Twisted Monsters despite their resilience and corrosive attacks. After killing most of the creatures pursuing him, he faced the last one, which split in two and trapped him between black mist and a second attack.

• Ning Qi left the wormhole’s protected area and piloted his Flying Boat into the Blackwater Region to search for a route.
• A group of Twisted Monsters pursued Ning Qi, and he discovered that their bodies contained spinning black spheres and the souls of those they had devoured.
• Ning Qi’s ordinary sword was corroded when he blocked a Twisted Monster’s attack, so he fought back with his Chaos Sword infused with Limitless Evil Qi.
• Ning Qi found that the Chaos Sword prevented the Twisted Monsters from regenerating and killed all but the largest one.
• The last Twisted Monster split into two, filled the area with black mist and vengeful spirits, and attacked Ning Qi from both sides.

Ning Qi defeated two Twisted Monsters, then traveled through the Eastern Domain to spread a story about searching for two missing companions. He stopped in a meteorite-filled region to prepare for the Immortal Gate pursuers he hoped to lure there.

• Ning Qi used a Five Elements Origin Immortal Thunder Talisman, his Chaos Sword, and the Limitless Yin-Yang Sword to kill two Twisted Monsters and collect their crystal cores.
• At the first realm, Ning Qi slaughtered the squad that attacked him, then told the survivors to send his companions east and point any immortals in the opposite direction.
• At another realm, Ning Qi asked about his missing companions and gave its patrol leader a Jade Pendant so he could contact him if they appeared.
• Ning Qi visited more than a dozen Realm Interior worlds and spread the story that three True Immortals had been separated by Twisted Monsters, causing the rumor to spread through the Eastern Domain.
• After searching half the realms on the Boundary Sea Map, Ning Qi chose a meteorite Turbulence Region as a place to hide, ambush, or escape, and decided to prepare for the Immortal Gate pursuers.

Ning Qi worked on carving the If Water Three Thousand Formation onto meteorites while Dao Bujin and Li Donglin tracked him to the Meteorite Turbulence Region. Ning Qi ambushed Li Donglin’s group, killed several guards, and faced a powerful formation-enhanced crossbow as the battle began.

• Ning Qi confirmed he could carve the If Water Three Thousand Formation onto meteorites and summoned his immortal-demon avatars to help.
• Dao Bujin questioned guards across several lower realms and learned that the three True Immortals had gone east toward the Blackwater Region.
• Dao Bujin and Li Donglin split their forces and headed toward the Meteorite Turbulence Region, warning their men about corrosion and Twisted Monsters.
• Li Donglin sent a Flying Boat into the dangerous meteorite field, where Ning Qi ambushed its two guards and forced one to lure the others inside.
• After Li Donglin’s remaining Flying Boats entered the field, Ning Qi killed more guards and attacked the group, but withdrew when they fired a powerful formation-enhanced crossbow.

Ning Qi used the If Water Three Thousand Formation to defeat Li Donglin’s forces and learned that Dao Bujin, a Celestial Immortal, was coming to support them. He began using Puppet Art and Limitless Evil Qi to turn Li Donglin into a double who could deceive Dao Bujin.

• Ning Qi evaded the Flying Boats’ crossbow fire, seized one of the vessels, and triggered several If Water Three Thousand formations to immobilize Li Donglin and his men.
• Ning Qi killed Li Donglin’s subordinates and recognized Li Donglin as an Immortal Selection Pavilion member who had come to hunt him.
• Ning Qi forced Li Donglin to contact Dao Bujin, who learned their location and said he would come with support.
• Li Donglin revealed that Dao Bujin was a Celestial Immortal, and Ning Qi decided to use Li Donglin as a false double.
• Ning Qi began Puppet Art, filling Li Donglin’s Consciousness Sea with Limitless Evil Qi and replacing his aura with his own.

Ning Qi used Li Donglin to lure Dao Bujin into the If Water Three Thousand Grand Formation and trapped his Flying Boat with its attacks. Dao Bujin adapted to the formation’s pressure and charged Ning Qi, whose Five Elements Origin Immortal Thunder Talisman failed to break Dao Bujin’s protective screen.

• Ning Qi enslaved Li Donglin with Limitless Evil Qi and ordered him to lead Dao Bujin toward the Grand Formation.
• Dao Bujin arrived, believed Li Donglin’s account of an ambush, and led his group into the formation’s core.
• Dao Bujin split off two Flying Boats, but Ning Qi triggered the formations around Dao Bujin’s vessel and trapped him and his remaining men.
• Dao Bujin adapted to the formation’s pressure, confronted Ning Qi, and charged him while the two argued over their conflict.
• Ning Qi unleashed his Five Elements Origin Immortal Thunder Talisman, but Dao Bujin’s fish-scale protective screen withstood the lightning.