Chapter Summaries

Ning Qi and Xu Qingqiu explored a deserted settlement and discovered an injured, unusual Nine-Tailed Cat, which Xu Qingqiu tamed. While searching a pawnshop in the nearby town, Ning Qi uncovered a secret tunnel, and the two descended into it to investigate its strange carvings and possible bloody scent.

• The Medicine Spirit reunited with Ning Qi and Xu Qingqiu, and the group left the barren Continental Fragment to search deserted villages and towns.
• Ning Qi found an injured Spirit Beast beneath a rockery, and Xu Qingqiu persuaded the Nine-Tailed Cat to accept her as its master.
• Ning Qi, Xu Qingqiu, and the Medicine Spirit split up to search the town, but Xu Qingqiu found nothing on her side.
• Ning Qi's punch exposed a hidden passage in a pawnshop study, and he and Xu Qingqiu descended into the underground tunnel.
• Ning Qi sensed a bloody smell in the tunnel, but Xu Qingqiu detected nothing, so they continued farther inside.

Ning Qi and Xu Qingqiu explored a hidden continent after finding and draining another Blood Pool, then discovered that the hills there were moving. They decided to follow the hills and see where they led.

• Ning Qi found a Blood Pool without a Bronze Cauldron and used his Bronze Cauldron to absorb its blood.
• Ning Qi activated the formation beneath the Blood Pool, absorbed the blood-water it released, and left with Xu Qingqiu.
• Ning Qi, Xu Qingqiu, and Medicine Spirit searched the remaining Continental Fragments and reached a large continent protected by Prohibitions.
• Ning Qi and Xu Qingqiu crossed the grassland and reached a region of hills that Medicine Spirit and Xu Qingqiu noticed were moving.
• Xu Qingqiu realized the hills were shifting to guide them somewhere, and Ning Qi agreed to follow them.

Ning Qi, Xu Qingqiu, the Nine-Tailed Cat, and Medicine Spirit followed moving hills to a gorge where dangerous Man-eating Trees had been planted to trap them. After Ning Qi used his Fire Origin to burn a path through the trees and threatened the survivors into making way, the group continued deeper into the gorge.

• Ning Qi noticed the hills were guiding them toward a gorge, and he led the group there.
• The group found ruined cliffs and a forest of Man-eating Trees, whose hidden poison needles threatened anyone passing through.
• Ning Qi and Xu Qingqiu entered the palm-sized Alchemy Furnace while the Nine-Tailed Cat carried it through the forest, but the trees attacked them.
• Ning Qi unleashed his Fire Origin to burn the Man-eating Trees and clear a path through the forest.
• Ning Qi spared the surviving trees after ordering them to block outsiders and let his group pass, then led everyone onward.

Ning Qi discovered that the forest path was a controlled trap and entered the hidden space that was redirecting his flames. He found arrays there that monitored the passage and decided to drop his fiery disguise to draw out whoever was controlling it.

• The Medicine Spirit and Nine-Tailed Cat warned Ning Qi that the group might be walking in circles, and Ning Qi saw that endless forest surrounded the path.
• Ning Qi cut down trees and burned the forest with Chaos Blazing Flames, but green mist restored the trees and transported the flames away.
• Ning Qi entered the forest alone, used his flames to reveal cracks in the void, and followed them into a hidden space.
• Ning Qi used flame-covered Avatars to search the space and found array Prohibitions that showed the forest passage and its spreading green mist.
• Ning Qi realized the hidden space controlled the passage and withdrew the flames concealing him to try to reveal its controller.

Ning Qi destroyed the green tree spirit’s independent space and led Xu Qingqiu, Medicine Spirit, and Nine-Tailed Cat through the forest into a Gobi Desert. After sheltering overnight in his Alchemy Furnace from a host of soul-bodied Demonic Beasts, the group set out at dawn to search for the place’s hidden key.

• Ning Qi used the God Slaying Bow to kill the green tree spirit and break apart its independent space, freeing himself from the forest’s illusions.
• Ning Qi reunited with Xu Qingqiu and Medicine Spirit, warned them not to separate, and led the group out of the forest.
• Ning Qi and his companions crossed the Gobi Desert until nightfall, then hid inside his Alchemy Furnace as Demonic Beasts appeared outside.
• Xu Qingqiu and Medicine Spirit speculated that the beasts might be victims of the forest, while Ning Qi said they were safe inside the furnace.
• At dawn, Ning Qi saw that the Demonic Beasts had left and brought everyone out, declaring that they would search for the hidden key.

Ning Qi led Xu Qingqiu and the others through the Gobi Desert, where rising gray mist concealed deadly illusions and Demonic Beasts. Xu Qingqiu exposed an impostor posing as Ning Qi, but the real Ning Qi’s whereabouts remained unknown as the beasts surrounded her.

• Ning Qi identified the apparent oasis as an illusion hiding a mass grave, and the group flew above the gray mist to avoid it.
• As the mist rose and thickened, Ning Qi said it carried Law Power and suspected the dangers were trials created by the place’s owner, then led the group onward.
• Ning Qi put the frightened Nine-Tailed Cat into his Alchemy Furnace, while Xu Qingqiu chose to stay beside him and held his hand.
• Xu Qingqiu noticed the supposed Ning Qi’s hand was cold, tested him with a question about the secret chamber, and slashed his arm when his answer exposed him as an impostor.
• The impostor revealed himself as a Demonic Beast, and countless more surrounded Xu Qingqiu as she threatened to self-destruct.

Ning Qi rescued Xu Qingqiu from the Demonic Beasts with his Chaos Blazing Flames, and the group escaped the Gray Mist to reach an Immortal Gate's mountain-climbing trial. After teaching Xu Qingqiu, the Medicine Spirit, and the Nine-Tailed Cat how to resist pressure, Ning Qi prepared to climb the Stone Steps with them.

• Ning Qi burned the Demonic Beasts threatening Xu Qingqiu, then explained that his Chaos Blazing Flames could overcome the dangers of the Gray Mist.
• Ning Qi and Xu Qingqiu reunited with the Medicine Spirit and the Nine-Tailed Cat after leaving the Gray Mist, then found the Immortal Gate's mountain-climbing path.
• The Medicine Spirit explained that the earlier dangers were entry tests and that the Stone Steps tested their ability to withstand pressure, with higher steps granting higher status.
• Ning Qi taught Xu Qingqiu the Water Pattern Dao Rhyme and showed the Medicine Spirit and the Nine-Tailed Cat how to resist pressure through his If Water Three Thousand Formation.
• Ning Qi and Xu Qingqiu fell asleep together while talking, then woke and set out to climb the Stone Steps.
• The Medicine Spirit teased Ning Qi about sleeping beside Xu Qingqiu, and Ning Qi scolded him.

Ning Qi and Xu Qingqiu climbed the mountain’s punishing Stone Steps, where Xu Qingqiu turned back and Ning Qi pressed onward using his Water Pattern Dao Rhyme to endure the escalating force. As other trial participants arrived and began climbing, Ning Qi remained far ahead, resting around the two-hundredth step.

• Ning Qi and Xu Qingqiu discovered that the Stone Steps unleashed relentless, escalating pressure, and Medicine Spirit was knocked down when he tried to climb.
• Xu Qingqiu accompanied Ning Qi upward but turned back after reaching her limit around the seventieth or eightieth step.
• Xu Qingqiu reunited with Wang Zhenggan, Wang Zhengxiong, and Gao Yunze, and explained that the different gorges led to varied trials before everyone reached the Stone Steps.
• Wang Zhenggan and Wang Zhengxiong decided to climb, while more participants arrived and began attempting the steps.
• Ning Qi climbed to around two hundred steps, where the pressure struck like heavy hammers, and he used his Water Pattern Dao Rhyme to withstand it.

Ning Qi endured the mountain’s escalating pressure, elemental laws, formations, and other deadly attacks as he climbed toward the summit. He reached the final step and vanished, while the other climbers were teleported back to the foot of the mountain and blamed him for their failure.

• At the five-hundredth step, Ning Qi chose to continue climbing rather than claim the Inner Disciple inheritance, and he endured attacks of cold, flame, wind, and water.
• At the foot of the mountain, Xu Qingqiu told Gao Yunze that Ning Qi had saved her from Demonic Beasts, and Gao Yunze secretly vowed to kill Ning Qi out of jealousy.
• Ning Qi reached the eight-hundredth step and used blood water from the Bronze Cauldron to protect his vital blood from being absorbed.
• At the nine-hundredth step, Ning Qi summoned his Kirin Armor, which destroyed the mass of skeletons blocking his way.
• Ning Qi reached the nine-hundred-and-ninety-eighth step and vanished when he took the final step, while the other climbers were teleported back to the mountain’s foot.
• The angry climbers accused Xu Qingqiu and searched for Ning Qi, whom they believed had ruined their chance to reach the summit.

Ning Qi entered the inheritance space and met Di Xi, who gave him the Ancestor’s Sinews and Immortal Bone to reshape his body over forty-nine days. Di Xi sealed the realm and transported everyone else outside, leaving Medicine Spirit behind while Xu Qingqiu feared Ning Qi was trapped as the entrance closed.

• Xu Qingqiu reassured Medicine Spirit that Ning Qi was safe, though she secretly worried about him.
• Ning Qi crossed the dark space and arrived at a paradise, where Di Xi revealed himself as an avatar and recognized Ning Qi’s Chaos Sword and connection to Buzhou Mountain.
• Di Xi examined Ning Qi, then gave him the Ancestor’s Sinews and Immortal Bone, beginning a forty-nine-day transformation into an Immortal Ancestor’s Golden Body.
• Di Xi sealed the realm and transported everyone outside, but Medicine Spirit remained behind while Xu Qingqiu and the Nine-Tailed Cat were sent out.
• Wang Zhenggan said Ning Qi had likely gained the inheritance and that the entrance was sealing; Gao Yunze mocked Ning Qi for being trapped, and the Nine-Tailed Cat moved to attack him.

Ning Qi completed the refinement of his Immortal Bone and Immortal Tendon, received seven immortal arts from Di Xi's clone, and was sent with the Medicine Spirit to Xu Qingqiu's Lower Realm. Unable to contact Xu Qingqiu, he set out to find her sect and joined a merchant caravan as a groom.

• Xu Qingqiu left the dangerous area with her master after learning that the Medicine Spirit had not been teleported out, while Gao Yunze smugly commented on her departure.
• After several dozen days of repeated bodily destruction and restoration, Ning Qi regained consciousness with his Immortal Bone, Immortal Tendon, and bloodline power fused.
• Di Xi's clone praised Ning Qi's Immortal-Demon Power, gave him seven immortal arts, and teleported him and the Medicine Spirit to Xu Qingqiu's Lower Realm.
• Ning Qi learned from the Medicine Spirit that Xu Qingqiu belonged to the Myriad Sword Sect, but he could not contact her, so they headed toward a town to ask for directions.
• Ning Qi asked a merchant caravan for a ride and agreed to work as a groom, then took over driving the young lady's carriage.

Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit traveled with a procession to a bustling town, where Princess Xiangxiang broke away to explore and challenged a burly fighter at an arena. The burly man charged at her after she landed an opening strike, and their fight remained unresolved.

• Ning Qi drove the carriage while he and Medicine Spirit talked about visiting Miss Xu and Kitty after reaching the city.
• Princess Xiangxiang ordered Ning Qi to take her ahead of the procession, and the commander secretly sent guards to follow them.
• Princess Xiangxiang explored the town and gave Spirit Stones to an acrobat; she then declared Ning Qi her Royal Groom.
• Princess Xiangxiang leaped into an arena to challenge a burly man offering Spirit Stones, struck his head, and taunted him.
• The burly man charged Princess Xiangxiang with Spiritual Qi rippling around his hands.

Ning Qi saved Princess Xiangxiang at an arena and later examined the Black Armored Corpse in a Sumeru Space, where he encountered a Heavenly Devil Remnant Soul. The Heavenly Devil offered to make Ning Qi his inheritor, but Ning Qi distrusted him and sealed the corpse inside his Bronze Cauldron.

• Ning Qi stopped the strong man's attack on Princess Xiangxiang, then froze him with a roar when he challenged Ning Qi to fight.
• Princess Xiangxiang suspected Ning Qi was an imperial expert sent by her royal father, while the commander told Ning Qi to keep her identity secret and assigned him Heaven Character Room Three.
• Ning Qi entered a Sumeru Space with Medicine Spirit and used his divine sense to explore the Black Armored Corpse.
• The Heavenly Devil Remnant Soul revealed its history with Di Xi and offered Ning Qi its Bloodline Demon Body and Cultivation Technique in exchange for becoming its inheritor.
• Ning Qi rejected the offer, withdrew his divine sense, and placed the Heavenly Devil's corpse inside his Bronze Cauldron.

Ning Qi examined the Silver Dragon Spear and Bronze Mirror, discovering the spear’s powerful lightning and the mirror’s ability to absorb attacks and trap people alongside a mysterious woman’s soul. After clashing with Princess Xiangxiang and leaving her, he sought a merchant caravan for onward travel, unaware that she had begun to reconsider her judgment and set out herself.

• Ning Qi tested the Silver Dragon Spear and found that it contained powerful lightning that shook his Sumeru Space.
• Ning Qi discovered that the Bronze Mirror absorbed attacks and could draw Medicine Spirit inside, where a mysterious woman’s soul briefly appeared.
• Ning Qi inspected the God Slaying Bow, then confronted Princess Xiangxiang when she ordered him to leave; he departed, and she later told her commander to find him and bring him back.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit spent the night in an empty room at the inn, then concealed themselves and went out to find a merchant caravan.
• Princess Xiangxiang sensed a familiar aura as Ning Qi passed nearby and ordered her guards to arrange a coachman and set off.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit found a caravan on another street and headed over to ask about joining it.

Ning Qi paid five Spirit Stones to travel with a merchant caravan toward Myriad Sword Sect, but Princess Xiangxiang’s group later bought the caravan’s remaining journey. The shopkeeper returned Ning Qi’s fare and told him to negotiate with the new owners if he wanted to continue traveling.

• Ning Qi paid the shopkeeper five Spirit Stones and joined the caravan, where he met three fellow travelers who assumed he was going to take Myriad Sword Sect’s trial.
• Ning Qi explained that he was traveling to Myriad Sword Sect to visit a friend, then rested as the caravan entered an ancient forest.
• Princess Xiangxiang found Ning Qi at the rest stop and tried to hire him as her coachman, but her guards learned he had paid for a place with the caravan.
• Ning Qi refused to serve Princess Xiangxiang and told her to leave him alone, while the other travelers criticized him for antagonizing her.
• The shopkeeper told Ning Qi that Princess Xiangxiang’s commander had bought the caravan’s remaining journey, returned his Spirit Stones, and said he would need to negotiate with the commander to keep traveling.

Ning Qi escaped Princess Xiangxiang’s party and secluded himself to break through, but the Bronze Cauldron’s Heavenly Demon Corpse interfered by unleashing Devil Qi. Ning Qi survived and reached a new realm beyond True Immortals, then headed toward a city to rest and study the treasures he had collected.

• Ning Qi refused the commander’s offer to serve as Princess Xiangxiang’s groom and vanished from the guards’ sight.
• Ning Qi entered a valley and began combining his Immortal-Demon Power, Limitless Evil Qi, and other energies while Medicine Spirit stood guard.
• The Heavenly Demon Corpse released Devil Qi from the Bronze Cauldron, throwing Ning Qi’s cultivation into chaos and subjecting him to intense pain.
• Ning Qi completed his breakthrough, gaining strength beyond True Immortals and the ability to defeat Celestial Immortals.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit traveled to a nearby city, checked into an inn, and opened a Sumeru Space to study their treasures.
• Ning Qi quickly learned the ancient book’s method for breaking prohibitions and opened a treasure chest containing the Pure Yang Heart Method.

Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit encountered Princess Xiangxiang’s caravan being attacked by assassins, and Ning Qi rescued her and her guards. He left an avatar to escort them and deal with their pursuers, then continued toward the next city with Medicine Spirit.

• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit traveled toward a city with a Teleportation Array and learned that the road was plagued by bandits.
• In a gorge, Ning Qi found Princess Xiangxiang’s caravan surrounded by assassins, with the commander and guards nearly defeated.
• Princess Xiangxiang offered herself to the assassins and revealed she had poisoned herself to spare her people, but Ning Qi arrived and killed the attackers.
• Ning Qi told Princess Xiangxiang to take her antidote, then left an avatar to escort her back to the imperial city and help her settle the conflict.
• Ning Qi rejoined Medicine Spirit on an official road several hundred li away and continued toward the city, intending to find Xu Qingqiu and say goodbye.

Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit arrived in a city, explored its auction house, and bought a cabinet of medicinal treasures before preparing to travel to the Myriad Sword Sect by Flying Boat. When they returned to their reserved private room, they found a group occupying it, and Ning Qi confronted them after they refused to leave.

• Ning Qi learned that reaching the Myriad Sword Sect required taking a Flying Boat from the city’s pier, as the Teleportation Array could not take him there.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit entered the auction house, booked a private room on the third floor, and browsed its treasures before the auction began.
• Ning Qi bought all the medicinal treasures in a cabinet for eight million mid-grade Spirit Stones, and the shopkeeper offered to arrange a free Flying Boat ride through the auction house’s connections.
• Ning Qi returned to his reserved private room and found several young men occupying it; when they refused the attendant’s request to leave, Ning Qi confronted them.
• One of the young men sneered at Ning Qi and asked whether he knew who they were.

Ning Qi attended an auction, drove off a young man and his powerful uncle, and bought a Thousand Year Spirit Lotus for Medicine Spirit. After devouring it, Medicine Spirit said his strengthened abilities could replenish Ning Qi’s power and help revive the dead, while the auction continued.

• Ning Qi knocked out a man who threatened an attendant and chased the man’s companions away from his private room.
• The young man returned with his uncle, but Ning Qi identified the uncle as a Half-Step True Immortal and predicted he would break through within two months, so the uncle apologized and left.
• Medicine Spirit recognized the auction’s supposed snow lotus as a Thousand Year Spirit Lotus that could purify bodies corrupted by Limitless Evil Qi and asked Ning Qi to buy it.
• Ning Qi offered five million Spirit Marrow for the lotus, showed the auctioneer that he had the funds, and won it after the crowd stopped bidding.
• Medicine Spirit swallowed the Thousand Year Spirit Lotus and told Ning Qi that his aura could restore strength, replenish Immortal-Demon Power, and eventually help bring people back from death.

Ning Qi bought a golden pillar of Nine-Turn Vermillion Gold at auction and boarded a giant ship bound for the city of the Myriad Sword Sect. He met a sect artifact-forging master who offered to introduce him to his Senior Brother, then settled in at an inn aboard the ship for the ten-day journey.

• Ning Qi outbid two rivals for a golden pillar, which Medicine Spirit identified as Nine-Turn Vermillion Gold from the Immortal World.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit left the auction, paid to board a giant ship headed for the Myriad Sword Sect, and learned the trip would take about ten days.
• Ning Qi visited an Artifact Forging Workshop and learned its master could not forge the pillar, but could introduce him to his Senior Brother at the Myriad Sword Sect.
• Ning Qi told the old master he was traveling to see Xu Qingqiu, and the old man offered to help him find her after they arrived.
• Ning Qi left the workshop and checked into an inn aboard the ship, where Medicine Spirit asked to eat despite having just eaten a spirit lotus.