Chapter Summaries

Ning Qi explored the giant ship’s underground markets and learned about its dangerous black market and arena before buying armor resembling his Kirin Armor. The seller explained that it came from a Fragment Continent and could protect the soul, leaving Ning Qi curious about its true origins and abilities.

• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit ate in their guest room, then went underground to explore the ship and gather information about the Myriad Sword Sect.
• An attendant showed Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit the underground casino, Sumeru Arena, black market, and prison-like area holding captured outsiders.
• Ning Qi reassured Medicine Spirit that their companions’ life Jade Slips were safe and that their pursuers had been drawn away.
• Ning Qi searched the black market and bought a suit of armor that resembled his Kirin Armor for ten million Top-grade Spirit Stones.
• The black-robed seller said he had obtained the armor on a Fragment Continent and explained that it could protect only the wearer’s soul, three souls, and seven spirits.

Ning Qi left the black market with a completed Kirin Armor, an ancient bronze mirror, and the Qiankun Fan after Medicine Spirit recognized their value. He then descended to the next level and approached a brothel, intent on investigating the prohibition that blocked his probing.

• Ning Qi realized the black-robed seller’s armor piece completed his Kirin Armor, then bought a brocade box containing a bronze mirror he recognized as one half of a pair.
• Ning Qi bought the young girl’s iron fan and manual for five million Spirit Stones, and Medicine Spirit identified the fan as the powerful Qiankun Fan.
• The young girl warned Ning Qi that other stalls were scams, and Ning Qi thanked her before leaving the black market with Medicine Spirit.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit descended to the next level and headed toward the brothel, whose prohibition Ning Qi had been unable to see through.
• Medicine Spirit told Ning Qi that the brothel’s women were used as cultivation furnaces, and Ning Qi said he only wanted to investigate the prohibition before they entered.
• Medicine Spirit smelled Joyful Union Powder near the brothel entrance, and Ning Qi suspected the drug was controlling the people inside.

Ning Qi explored a luxurious pleasure house and discovered that its attendants exploited women as cultivation furnaces, eventually killing them and storing their corpses. He decided to remain for ten days, help the women in the courtyard, and later free them and entrust them to Xu Qingqiu.

• Ning Qi paid fifty Spirit Marrow to enter a third-floor Sumeru Courtyard for ten days.
• Ning Qi realized the women Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Chrysanthemum had been drained of Spiritual Qi and feared punishment if he refused to use them.
• Ning Qi gave the women a pill formula and told them to refine twenty pills while he rested and healed.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit discovered bones and cultivation facilities in the backyard, and Medicine Spirit identified the place as a site where guests refined women.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit found a courtyard piled with mummified women, and Ning Qi realized the women had pleaded with him because they feared the agony of their eventual deaths.

Ning Qi practiced three immortal arts while Medicine Spirit kept the women in the courtyard from reaching him. He used the Bronze Mirror to rescue the women by hiding them inside it and creating false bodies, then left the Giant Ship’s residence and planned to shop for gifts before reaching Holy City.

• Ning Qi spent several dozen days cultivating Stream Break, Life Light, and Wind Control while Medicine Spirit turned away the women who came looking for him.
• Ning Qi learned the women feared being used as cauldrons and could not safely leave, so he offered to hide them in the Bronze Mirror and arrange protection for them at the Myriad Sword Sect.
• Ning Qi absorbed the women into the Bronze Mirror and created false bodies, which Medicine Spirit carried to the backyard to refine.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit ate the prepared food, then decided they could also take the other women with them inside the Bronze Mirror to the True Martial Spirit World.
• Ning Qi told the arriving attendant that he had refined the four women, paid four million Top-grade Spirit Stones, and left the residence with Medicine Spirit.
• Back on the Giant Ship’s deck, Ning Qi learned they would reach Holy City in two days and decided to look for gifts in the shops.

Ning Qi bought Xu Qingqiu a Thousand-Year Spirit Jade pendant and learned from Medicine Spirit that it was made from immortal marrow. After Medicine Spirit urged him to inspect the bronze mirror, Ning Qi discovered the women he had stored inside had vanished, but decided to keep the mirror as a possible weapon and went out to eat.

• Ning Qi visited a jewelry shop to find a gift for Xu Qingqiu and bought a Thousand-Year Spirit Jade pendant for three million Spirit Stones.
• Medicine Spirit revealed that the pendant was formed from immortal marrow from the Immortal World.
• Medicine Spirit warned Ning Qi that something was wrong with the bronze mirror and urged him to check on the women inside it.
• Ning Qi entered his Sumeru Space, activated the bronze mirror, and discovered that the four women had disappeared.
• Ning Qi decided the mirror might be useful for trapping powerful enemies and left the Sumeru Space with Medicine Spirit.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit went to a crowded restaurant on the Giant Ship, where a waiter led them upstairs to a seat.

Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit avoided a confrontation with Xue Haoran by moving to a Sumeru Courtyard on the Giant Ship, where they could enter Cloud City through a separate exit. While they slept, Xue Haoran arranged to have Ning Qi killed and secretly planned to eliminate Liu Xi as well, so the attack would not be traced to him.

• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit clashed with Xue Haoran's companions over their table, and Medicine Spirit struck Liu Xi before Xue Haoran called his group away.
• An attendant warned Ning Qi that Xue Haoran was Cloud City's Young City Lord and was connected to the Myriad Sword Sect, but Ning Qi said he was not afraid of them.
• At Medicine Spirit's suggestion, Ning Qi moved to a Sumeru Courtyard with an exit into Cloud City and planned to visit an auction to find a gift for Miss Xu's master.
• Xue Haoran's men found Ning Qi's room and arranged for killers aboard the Giant Ship to attack him that night.
• Xue Haoran warned Liu Xi not to get involved directly, then revealed to his companions that he had secretly sent men and would kill Liu Xi if necessary to conceal his role.

Ning Qi discovered Liu Xi and a group of assassins breaking into his Sumeru Courtyard, and fought back after their knockout drug failed. He easily killed several attackers, while Liu Xi, Zhao Qianfeng, and Wang Xiaoshan prepared to face him together.

• Xue Haoran and his companions discussed recruiting the powerful cultivator rumored to have killed four women in the lower hold.
• Ning Qi sensed intruders outside his Sumeru Courtyard, and Liu Xi used a Compass to open a crack into it.
• Wang Xiaoshan's men drugged Ning Qi's room and tried to kill him, but Ning Qi had set a trap and killed both assassins.
• Zhao Qianfeng and his men attacked Ning Qi, who broke through their assault and stopped Zhao Qianfeng's blade with his defense.
• The Medicine Spirit swallowed an assassin's poison powder, and Ning Qi knocked the attacker into a wall.
• Liu Xi, Zhao Qianfeng, and Wang Xiaoshan joined forces and prepared to fight Ning Qi.

Ning Qi killed Xue Haoran and the people who had attacked him, then suspected someone at the inn had leaked his location. He hid nearby to find the informant and confronted the attendant who had received him.

• Ning Qi defeated Zhao Qianfeng and Wang Xiaoshan, forced Liu Xi to kill the remaining assassins, and made him lead the way to Xue Haoran.
• Ning Qi killed Xue Haoran, Liu Xi, and the drunken companions in the inn room, then erased the evidence and returned to his Sumeru Courtyard.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit suspected an inn insider had revealed their location and decided to watch for whoever came looking for them.
• After waiting for more than two hours, Ning Qi spotted the attendant who had received him sneaking through the corridor and confronted him.

Ning Qi killed the Giant Ship attendant and pawnshop shopkeeper involved in the assassination plot, then disembarked near Cloud City. To avoid scrutiny over Xue Haoran’s death, he joined Princess Xiangxiang’s convoy as it entered the city.

• Ning Qi lured the attendant into Sumeru Courtyard, learned that Liu Xi, the pawnshop’s assassin organization, and Xue Haoran knew about the plot, then killed him.
• Ning Qi disguised himself, found the pawnshop on the Giant Ship’s second cabin level, and killed its shopkeeper after revealing his identity.
• Ning Qi returned to his room and rested as the Giant Ship traveled toward its destination.
• After disembarking, Ning Qi noticed guards waiting near Cloud City and suspected they were looking for Xue Haoran.
• Ning Qi spotted Princess Xiangxiang’s convoy, and its commander invited him to enter Cloud City with them.

Ning Qi reunited with Princess Xiangxiang and agreed to help her reach the imperial city of Yue Country, escorting her safely into Cloud City. After exploring the city together, he brought her to an auction to find items for Miss Xu’s master, and they settled into a private room before bidding began.

• Ning Qi reunited with Princess Xiangxiang aboard the same Giant Ship, and she asked him to help her return to the imperial city of Yue Country.
• Ning Qi joined Princess Xiangxiang’s convoy and used its credentials to enter Cloud City without drawing notice.
• Ning Qi agreed to protect Princess Xiangxiang, then explored the city with her and shared street food as they watched performers.
• The Medicine Spirit reminded Ning Qi about finding auction items for Miss Xu’s master, so Ning Qi invited Princess Xiangxiang to an auction.
• Ning Qi and Princess Xiangxiang entered the auction house and took a private room to await the auction.

Ning Qi supported Li Xiangrou’s return to Yue Country and bid on treasures to help her grow stronger. After gifting her a Thousand-year Immortal Grass, he won Heavenly Silkworm Armor at auction and gave it to her.

• Li Xiangrou told Ning Qi that she had fled Yue Country’s throne, that her gravely ill father wanted her to return, and that her sister Li Fengrou was stopping her.
• Ning Qi agreed to help Li Xiangrou return and said he would judge her by what she chose to do as ruler.
• Ning Qi bid twenty million Top-grade Spirit Stones for a Thousand-year Immortal Grass and gave it to Li Xiangrou, promising to help her refine it.
• Ning Qi outbid another bidder with an offer of forty million Top-grade Spirit Stones for Heavenly Silkworm Armor.
• Ning Qi handed the armor to Li Xiangrou, who said she trusted him when he declined to explain his background.

Ning Qi gave Li Xiangrou precious armor and won an immortal sword at auction, intending to give it to Xu Qingqiu's master. After Qianqian and Xu Feng secretly followed him back to his inn, they prepared to find out which room he was staying in.

• Ning Qi gave Li Xiangrou the precious armor he had bought for her.
• Ning Qi outbid Qianqian for an immortal sword once used by a Golden Immortal, and the auction house verified that he had enough Spirit Marrow to pay.
• After losing the sword, Qianqian and Xu Feng fed an attendant a Heart-Devouring Gu and disguised themselves as waiters to identify Ning Qi.
• Qianqian and Xu Feng delivered pastries to Ning Qi's room, then followed him, Li Xiangrou, and Medicine Spirit from the auction to their inn.
• Qianqian and Xu Feng approached an inn attendant and prepared to ask where Ning Qi and his companions were staying.

Ning Qi helped Li Xiangrou refine an Immortal Herb and medicinal pills, raising her strength to Half-Step True Immortal. Meanwhile, Qianqian and Xu Feng tracked them to their courtyard and were thrown out by Ning Qi, further entangling him with Myriad Sword Sect.

• Ning Qi warned that the investigation into the dead attendant could lead back to him, but said he and Li Xiangrou would leave before anyone found evidence.
• Ning Qi refined the Immortal Herb for Li Xiangrou, strengthening her physique and raising her cultivation to Half-Step True Immortal.
• Qianqian and Xu Feng followed the attendant's directions to Ning Qi's Sumeru Courtyard, where the Medicine Spirit confronted and struck Xu Feng.
• Ning Qi emerged, recognized Qianqian as the woman who had fought him over a treasure, and refused to hand it over.
• Ning Qi blasted Qianqian and Xu Feng out of the courtyard and ordered the guards to have the inn deal with whoever revealed their location.

Ning Qi and Li Xiangrou set out for her dynasty after he gave her a Jade Pendant that could help her find him and protect her in a crisis. Their convoy entered Black Wind Ridge, where Commander Li warned that mountain bandits might attack.

• Ning Qi dismissed concerns about the Myriad Sword Sect, and Li Xiangrou thanked him after reaching Half-Step True Immortal strength.
• Ning Qi told Li Xiangrou about his True Martial Spirit World and Immortal-Demon Power, then gave her a blood-colored Jade Pendant containing his location and a Celestial Immortal attack.
• Commander Li reported that the Myriad Sword Sect woman had been warned and that the inn attendant had been dealt with, then led Ning Qi and Li Xiangrou's convoy out of Cloud City.
• Li Xiangrou explained that four of the Myriad Sword Sect's ten great elders came from her dynasty and would defend it from outside threats, though they stayed out of its internal conflicts.
• Commander Li warned the convoy that mountain bandits might attack in Black Wind Ridge, and the guards readied their weapons.

Ning Qi urged Li Xiangrou to protect the caravan when mountain bandits ambushed it, and she revealed her Half-Step True Immortal strength to rally the guards. As two powerful enemies confronted her, Ning Qi chose to watch and test her potential, confident she was safe with him nearby.

• Mountain bandits ambushed Commander Li's caravan with arrows and traps, killing or wounding nearly half the guards.
• Ning Qi encouraged Li Xiangrou to fight, and she leaped into battle, declaring that she would protect Commander Li and the others.
• Li Xiangrou unleashed her Half-Step True Immortal power and slaughtered many bandits, astonishing the guards.
• A powerful bandit fighter challenged Li Xiangrou, and she used her Mystic Sword to fend off his attacks and retreat beyond his reach.
• A second burly fighter joined the first, while Commander Li and the guards stepped forward to defend Li Xiangrou.
• The Medicine Spirit worried that Li Xiangrou could not defeat the two fighters, but Ning Qi refused to intervene and said he wanted to see her potential.

Ning Qi was reborn as the newborn son of Ning Ye and Jiang Xuemei during an attack on Snow Plum Manor. His Max Level Comprehension let him create the Innate Fetal Breathing Technique to conceal himself, but Lord Feng ordered the manor burned when the search failed.

• Ning Qi awoke as an infant while his mother, Jiang Xuemei, fled through Snow Plum Manor under attack and hid him in a study compartment.
• Jiang Xuemei told Qi'er to survive, then left to fight alongside his father, Ning Ye.
• As the attackers searched for Ning Ye and Jiang Xuemei's child, Ning Qi activated Max Level Comprehension and realized it was his hundredth lifetime.
• Ning Qi used his comprehension to create the Innate Fetal Breathing Technique, suppressing his breathing and heartbeat as the searchers entered the study without finding him.
• Lord Feng, who said he had killed Ning Ye and Jiang Xuemei, ordered his men to set Snow Plum Manor on fire.

After Li Xiangrou’s party reached a Yue Country relay station, her elder sister Li Fengrou plotted to prevent her return to the imperial city and arranged for Xue Jiancheng to follow secretly. Ning Qi promised to protect Li Xiangrou as they set out again, expecting stronger enemies along the road.

• Li Xiangrou helped the guards clean up after the battle, and the party traveled to a relay station inside Yue Country’s borders.
• Ning Qi cultivated through the night while Li Fengrou learned that four True Immortal experts had been killed and planned to use Xiao Lingtian to stop Li Xiangrou.
• Li Fengrou ordered Xue Jiancheng to follow the party secretly and intervene if Xiao Lingtian failed.
• Li Xiangrou told Ning Qi that her elder sister would block her return, and Ning Qi promised to protect her on the journey.
• The party departed the relay station, and Ning Qi encouraged Li Xiangrou to cultivate with the elixirs, techniques, and weapons he had given her.

Ning Qi warned Li Xiangrou and Commander Li that powerful enemies had surrounded their procession, then flew out to confront Xiao Lingtian, a Celestial Immortal seeking revenge for his disciples. Ning Qi revealed his Immortal-Demon Power and golden Immortal Clan bloodline, repelled Xiao Lingtian’s attacks, and began fighting him with the Crimson Fire Immortal Art.

• Ning Qi sensed powerful enemies approaching and told Li Xiangrou to protect the procession while he went to meet them.
• Li Xiangrou warned Commander Li, who stopped the procession and prepared the guards to defend against an attack.
• Ning Qi confronted Xiao Lingtian, who identified him as the killer of his disciples and attacked with Celestial Immortal strength.
• Ning Qi revealed his Immortal-Demon Power and golden bloodline, while Li Xiangrou and the guards recognized him as an immortal; Xue Jiancheng watched from hiding and considered a sneak attack.
• Ning Qi used the Bronze Mirror to absorb Xiao Lingtian’s sword attack, then clashed with him using the Immortal Slaying Sword and forced him back.
• Ning Qi put away his sword and activated the Crimson Fire Immortal Art, charging at Xiao Lingtian in a mass of flame.

Ning Qi defeated Xiao Lingtian and the forces ambushing Li Xiangrou’s party, then ordered the survivors to carry his head back as a warning to the eldest princess. The convoy continued toward the imperial city, where Wang Mang and other officials came out to welcome Li Xiangrou.

• Ning Qi used Chaos Blazing Flames to kill the attackers surrounding Li Xiangrou’s group and struck Xue Jiancheng down with thunder, though Xue Jiancheng transmitted his recorded information before dying.
• Xiao Lingtian ambushed Ning Qi with the Profound Heaven Seal, but Ning Qi pierced through it with an arrow from the God Slaying Bow and killed him with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Ning Qi told Xiao Lingtian’s surviving followers to carry his head back and warn the princess to welcome them properly, then resumed the journey with Li Xiangrou and Commander Li.
• Commander Li explained that Xiao Lingtian had been one of Yue Country’s top experts and that his death left the road to the imperial city clear.
• At the city outskirts, Li Xiangrou said she would remove her eldest sister’s supporters, and Wang Mang and his officials welcomed her before the convoy entered the city.

Li Xiangrou returned to the city with Ning Qi and attended a lavish welcoming banquet hosted by Wang Mang, who tried to win her favor and offer an escort. She refused his troops but agreed to watch performances at a lakeside pleasure boat, where Wang Mang led her and Ning Qi aboard the largest vessel.

• Li Xiangrou thanked Ning Qi for his help and arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion, where Wang Mang and the city officials welcomed her.
• Wang Mang hosted a banquet for Li Xiangrou, and she announced that she would leave for the imperial city the next day.
• Wang Mang offered to escort Li Xiangrou, but she refused his troops and said she had people of her own to rely on.
• Li Xiangrou told Ning Qi she would use Wang Mang temporarily and deal with him later, once she had built her own base of support.
• Wang Mang took Li Xiangrou and Ning Qi to a lakeside entertainment venue and led them aboard its largest pleasure boat.