Chapter Summaries

Ning Qi crossed the dangerous stretch toward the river and encountered a powerful wolf pack, ruining his plan to cross unnoticed. He and Shi Xiaokun prepared to capture the two unusually powerful wolves, which Medicine Spirit recognized as beasts raised in captivity with Supreme Treasures inside them.

• Tie Shan guided Ning Qi toward the river and explained that the region held dangerous beasts, hidden entrances, and Immortal Ruins that sometimes yielded resources.
• Tie Shan left Ning Qi at a narrow trail through the unguarded area, and Ning Qi continued toward the river with Medicine Spirit.
• Ning Qi sensed a wolf pack in a dense forest, killed one wolf, and burned most of the pack with Chaos Blazing Flames, causing a blaze that could alert the Immortal Clan across the river.
• Ning Qi noticed that the surviving Golden Immortal alpha wolf wore human-forged armor and arranged with Shi Xiaokun to lure the wolves into the Inner Realm.
• The two wolves attacked Ning Qi with steel fangs and lightning, and Medicine Spirit warned that both carried Supreme Treasures and had been raised in captivity.

Ning Qi trapped and killed two wolves carrying powerful treasures, then took the Thunder Roar Bead from one and began refining it. The bead resisted fiercely with devastating lightning, and Medicine Spirit and Shi Xiaokun supported Ning Qi as his life hung in the balance.

• Ning Qi lured the two wolves into his Inner Realm, where Shi Xiaokun sealed the entrance and restrained them with Origin Power.
• Ning Qi and Shi Xiaokun killed both wolves, and Ning Qi claimed a bracelet of Sky-Splitting Meteorite Iron steel needles from one of them.
• A remnant soul appeared from the steel-needle treasure, threatened Ning Qi, and said he would have to reach the core region to meet him.
• Ning Qi retrieved the Thunder Roar Bead from the wolf's mouth and swallowed it to refine it in his dantian.
• The Thunder Roar Bead resisted Ning Qi with increasingly fierce lightning, so Medicine Spirit sent her life force into him while Shi Xiaokun suppressed the surrounding power.

Ning Qi completed his refinement with the Medicine Spirit’s help and searched for a safe way out, but found danger at every exit. He returned by the watched route under cover of night, crossed a river into Immortal Clan territory, and waited for daylight to find a safe opportunity to blend in.

• Ning Qi recovered from the lightning trial and thanked the Medicine Spirit and Shi Xiaokun for helping him complete his refinement.
• Ning Qi tested several exits through the Sumeru Space, but found Golden Immortal beasts or other dangers at each location and decided to return by the original route after dark.
• Shi Xiaokun told Ning Qi that the first batch of people in the evolving Inner Realm had developed tribes and cities, and that incense faith could strengthen Ning Qi and his Dharma Body.
• Ning Qi and Shi Xiaokun left the mountain gate in the latter half of the night and returned through the exit near the wolf corpses.
• Ning Qi broke through the river’s Prohibition Array without destroying it, crossed into Immortal Clan territory, changed back to his own appearance, and concealed his aura.
• Ning Qi decided to find a safe place and wait for daybreak before scouting ahead.

Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit crossed the border between the Devil Race and Immortal Clan territories, then encountered a group of Immortal Clan cultivators planning to sneak across the river. Ning Qi provoked a nearby vicious beast to create confusion so he could disguise himself and learn more about the area.

• Ning Qi refused to enter the Inner Realm and carefully crossed the quiet border, suspecting the lack of vicious beasts meant something was wrong.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit reached a mountain peak, confirmed their route toward an Immortal Clan base, and rested overnight in a cave protected by the If Water Three Thousand Formation.
• The next day, Medicine Spirit told Ning Qi that his former master had been a Daluo Golden Immortal, and Ning Qi sensed a group of Immortal Clan cultivators approaching.
• Ning Qi sent Medicine Spirit into his dantian and decided to capture one of the approaching cultivators so he could disguise himself and gather information.
• Ning Qi shot an arrow at a nearby vicious beast, enraging it and drawing it toward the approaching group as a young girl warned her Senior Brother.

Ning Qi watched the Thousand Crane Sect disciples fall under a fierce beast’s attack, then saved the survivors and used his strength to join their group under the guise of a Rogue Cultivator. Li Qiuwan explained that the sect had left the Immortal Realm after declining and had come to the Boundary Sea Battlefield to train disciples and seek resources.

• A fierce beast killed several Thousand Crane Sect disciples, while their senior brother abandoned the group to seek reinforcements.
• Ning Qi waited until the survivors were in grave danger, then stepped in and killed the fierce beast with his Chaos Sword and Chaos Blazing Flames.
• Ning Qi claimed to be a Rogue Cultivator whose companions had been killed by the Devil Race, and the survivors invited him to join them temporarily.
• Li Qiuwan introduced herself and Zhao Cheng as members of the Thousand Crane Sect and said the sect had left the Immortal Realm after declining.

Ning Qi joined Li Qiuwan’s group under the name Ding Qi and followed them through the Immortal Clan’s guarded gorge to a mountain refuge. While the group prepared for a dangerous night among the Fierce Beasts, Ning Qi entered his Inner Realm to learn that its people had completed a cycle of reincarnation and might have produced Incense Power.

• Ning Qi gave Li Qiuwan’s group the name Ding Qi and agreed to return with them to the Thousand Crane Sect.
• Li Qiuwan used a Compass to open the gorge’s prohibition, and Ning Qi followed the group through the passage.
• The group chose a mountain peak for shelter, arranged watches, and Li Qiuwan explained their border defenses and their ignorance of why they had been sent to the area.
• Li Qiuwan and Ning Qi saw Fierce Beasts moving and fighting across the gorge, and she speculated that someone controlled them.
• Ning Qi entered his Consciousness Sea, where Shi Xiaokun told him the Inner Realm’s people had undergone one cycle of reincarnation and asked him to check whether Incense Power had appeared.

Ning Qi learned to gather and use Incense Power in his Inner Realm, greatly boosting his strength and gaining the possibility of creating clones. After touring the realm’s city and learning how its inhabitants generate Incense Power, he returned to the mountain gate and decided to check on Li Qiuwan and the others.

• Shi Xiaokun explained that Incense Power could strengthen Ning Qi and help him condense clones, and Ning Qi used it to tear open a rift in the void.
• Shi Xiaokun said Ning Qi’s Incense Power-enhanced strength could match a seventh-grade Golden Immortal and might reach an eighth-grade Golden Immortal, while clones could serve as backups or scouts.
• Ning Qi and Shi Xiaokun visited a city in the Inner Realm, where Shi Xiaokun explained that its people’s recognition, gratitude, and comprehension produced Incense Power.
• Shi Xiaokun explained that he controlled the inhabitants’ cultivation and that outsiders could not enter the Inner Realm without their permission.
• Ning Qi and Shi Xiaokun ate at a restaurant, then visited the sect at the mountain gate, where Shi Xiaokun said the cultivators did not know their identities.
• Ning Qi decided not to stay in his attic and set out to check on Li Qiuwan and the others.

Ning Qi learned that Li Qiuwan’s sect protected its reckless commander because he was the Grand Elder’s son, and he considered taking the commander’s place by killing him. As a battle approached their mountain, Ning Qi remained confident after secretly investigating the combatants and finding them weaker than himself.

• Li Qiuwan explained that her sect’s commander had abandoned their fellow disciples, but his family connections kept him from punishment.
• Ning Qi planned to leave the sect’s control and considered killing the commander to take his position.
• Li Qiuwan warned Ning Qi that the branch altar’s connections mattered more than strength, while Zhao Cheng later praised Ning Qi and complained that their master would not help them.
• Zhao Cheng noticed that the distant battle was moving toward the mountain and went to warn the others to prepare to leave.
• Ning Qi told Medicine Spirit that his divinely empowered scout had already investigated the fighters and that neither side could threaten him.

Ning Qi followed Li Qiuwan and the disciples away from the mountains to escape the fighting, but the new refuge looked exactly like a place that had trapped him before. Suspicious of the identical pool, he dove into its depths to investigate.

• Li Qiuwan led the disciples away from the mountain range, and Ning Qi followed them toward a safer area marked on their Compass.
• Ning Qi learned from Zhao Cheng that their Compass map came from earlier explorers who had paid for it with their lives.
• The Medicine Spirit noticed that the hills and jungle resembled the Shattered Continent where they had encountered the Spirit Eater, and Ning Qi asked Li Qiuwan about the area.
• Li Qiuwan brought the group to a pool surrounded by scenery identical to the place that had trapped Ning Qi before.
• Ning Qi tested the pool water, then plunged down into its depths while the other disciples relaxed at the bank.

Ning Qi discovered an underground Dragon Palace and found a sealed passage he could not open with his own power. The Azure Dragon’s bloodline opened the passage, leaving Ning Qi and his companions ready to explore what lay inside.

• Ning Qi descended to the bottom of the pond and explored a secluded palace-like area with Medicine Spirit.
• Ning Qi moved a throne in the main hall, revealing a hidden passage protected by a powerful seal.
• After Ning Qi failed to break the seal, Shi Xiaokun identified the place as the Dragon Clan’s Dragon Palace and explained that Dragon Clan bloodline power could open the passage.
• Ning Qi summoned the Azure Dragon, who confirmed the palace’s identity and used his bloodline power to activate the seal.
• The seal opened and the Dragon Palace shook before settling, while Ning Qi recognized that it had acknowledged the Azure Dragon.

Ning Qi sent his divided spirit with Shi Xiaokun and Azure Dragon to explore the ruins while his main body returned to the pool’s bank. Deep underground, Azure Dragon claimed an Immortal Artifact saber and discovered Dragon Clan members sealed inside stalactites, whose Dragon Qi he offered to help Ning Qi absorb.

• Ning Qi condensed a divided spirit, sent it with Shi Xiaokun and Azure Dragon to explore, and returned to the pool’s bank with Medicine Spirit.
• Ning Qi learned that Zhao Cheng’s Jade Talisman could detect formations and prohibitions, then rested while the others explored below.
• Azure Dragon sensed that a saber in a main hall was extraordinary, took it with his Dragon Clan Bloodline Power, and absorbed it into his body as a powerful weapon.
• The group continued through the passages and found a cave full of dragon-shaped stalactites containing Dragon Clan members and faint life auras.
• Azure Dragon explained that the stalactites held Dragon Qi that could strengthen Ning Qi’s divine soul, and offered to help him absorb it; Ning Qi first asked whether doing so would affect Azure Dragon.

Ning Qi searched the stalactites with the Azure Dragon and Shi Xiaokun, finding Dragon Clan Bloodline Power that could help him grow stronger. Outside the deep pool, he persuaded Li Qiuwan’s group to return by the more dangerous route, and they set out prepared to face whatever awaited them.

• Ning Qi used his Dao Pattern to locate stalactites containing Dragon Clan Bloodline Power, and the Azure Dragon began merging it with the Dragon Qi.
• After waking, Ning Qi joined Li Qiuwan’s group as they prepared to leave the deep pool and return along the battlefield route.
• Zhao Cheng recommended a detour to avoid the road where a fierce beast and a mysterious fighter had clashed the previous night, prompting the group to debate which way to go.
• Ning Qi urged the group to face hardship instead of retreating, and Li Qiuwan’s disciples agreed to follow the original route with renewed battle spirit.
• As the group set out, Medicine Spirit asked whether the fierce beast and the mysterious fighter were enemies or allies, and Ning Qi hoped they were friends.

Ning Qi and the Thousand Crane Sect disciples crossed the ruins of a devastating battle and encountered Xu Haoran and Liu Chengfeng of the Iron Garment Sect. The rival sect mocked Li Qiuwan’s group, and Ning Qi remained with them as tensions grew.

• Ning Qi explained that the group had escaped the battlefield before the Golden Immortal-level fighters wrecked the mountain range, and said his divided spirit was gathering Dragon Qi and the Dragon Clan’s Bloodline Power beneath the deep pool.
• Li Qiuwan led the disciples toward their branch through a forest, warning them to stay alert, while Ning Qi agreed to help if anyone threatened them.
• A scout reported that Xu Haoran and Liu Chengfeng of the Iron Garment Sect were ahead, and Li Qiuwan told her disciples not to provoke them.
• The groups met on the road, and Xu Haoran and Liu Chengfeng mocked the Thousand Crane Sect disciples for their depleted numbers and missing Eldest Senior Brother.
• Li Qiuwan and Zhao Cheng pushed back against the taunts, while Medicine Spirit complained to Ning Qi about the Iron Garment Sect’s noisy behavior.

Ning Qi intervened when the Iron Garment Sect challenged the Thousand Crane Sect’s group and defeated Liu Chengfeng without being touched. He forced the opponents to apologize and leave, ending the confrontation with the two groups still headed back separately.

• Xu Haoran and Liu Chengfeng provoked the Thousand Crane Sect’s group, and Ning Qi stepped forward to fight Liu Chengfeng.
• Ning Qi struck Liu Chengfeng with his Chaos Sword and Chaos Blazing Flames, forcing him back while remaining unharmed.
• Ning Qi trapped Liu Chengfeng in a Thunder Prison with his Thunder Roar Bead, and Liu Chengfeng realized he could not win.
• Liu Chengfeng admitted defeat, and Xu Haoran conceded after Ning Qi reminded them they had agreed to a life-and-death battle.
• Liu Chengfeng apologized to the Thousand Crane Sect’s disciples, and Ning Qi warned the Iron Garment Sect to leave and avoid provoking them again.
• Xu Haoran led the Iron Garment Sect’s disciples away.

Ning Qi helped Li Qiuwan and Zhao Cheng’s group defeat their pursuers, then concealed his identity after accidentally revealing that he had been to the Devil Race’s territory. As the group searched for a safe place to rest, Ning Qi learned they might have to keep following Liu Wanshan unless they challenged him, and he considered how to prepare for what came next.

• Ning Qi let the defeated pursuers leave to avoid drawing attention, then accepted the group’s thanks for helping them.
• Li Qiuwan and Zhao Cheng explained that traveling after dark had become dangerous because several of their people had recently been killed.
• After Ning Qi let slip that he had been to the Devil Race’s side, he claimed his team had gone on a mission, escaped through the water, and been wiped out by a fierce beast.
• Li Qiuwan led the group to an open area among earthen slopes, where they planned to patrol and spend the night.
• Ning Qi learned from Li Qiuwan that the group might have to keep following Liu Wanshan, and that challenging him was their only alternative despite his strength and Grand Elder Heiyou’s support.

Ning Qi and his companions discovered a sealed passage beneath an altar and opened it using Azure Dragon’s bloodline power. They descended into the passage, where a crushing pressure nearly overwhelmed Ning Qi’s divided spirit.

• Li Qiuwan told Ning Qi that an unknown catastrophe was approaching and planned for her disciples to rest before it began.
• Ning Qi returned to his split soul and joined Azure Dragon and Shi Xiaokun as they explored beyond the stalactite cave.
• The three found an altar with powerful lingering qi and blood, and Azure Dragon sensed a Supreme Treasure nearby.
• Ning Qi suggested moving the inscribed stone table, and Azure Dragon used Dragon Qi and bloodline power to shift it aside.
• The altar opened to reveal a bottomless passage, and Ning Qi, Azure Dragon, and Shi Xiaokun descended into it.
• A powerful pressure struck them below, leaving Ning Qi’s divided spirit wavering as Shi Xiaokun checked on him.

Ning Qi and his companions discovered two Dragon Pearls and returned to reunite Ning Qi’s split soul with his true body. With Azure Dragon’s help, Ning Qi began refining the lightning Dragon Pearl and absorbing Dragon Qi and Dragon Clan Bloodline Power, and after half a month of accelerated cultivation his aura continued to rise as the surrounding mountain was devastated.

• Azure Dragon identified the gold and silver Dragon Pearls hidden in the stone wall as real and removed them using his Dragon Qi.
• Shi Xiaokun opened a passage to their Inner Realm, then connected it to Ning Qi’s Sumeru Space so his true body could join them.
• Azure Dragon took the lightning Dragon Pearl while Ning Qi kept the fire-attribute pearl, and they went to the Back Mountain to cultivate in Shi Xiaokun’s time-accelerating formation.
• Azure Dragon entered Ning Qi’s body and guided the lightning Dragon Pearl through his meridians, then fused Dragon Qi and Dragon Clan Bloodline Power into him through a painful process.
• After half a month in the formation, Ning Qi’s aura kept climbing and wrecked the surrounding rocks, mountains, and trees, while Shi Xiaokun watched with concern.

Ning Qi absorbed the Dragon Pearl and broke through from Fifth Grade Golden Immortal to First-grade Daluo Golden Immortal, with the Azure Dragon and Shi Xiaokun helping him withstand the Thunder Tribulation before he took it on himself. He returned to the group, concealed the cause of the heavenly phenomenon, and continued toward the Immortal Clan’s branch division with Li Qiuwan.

• Ning Qi’s aura surged after he absorbed the Dragon Pearl, and the Azure Dragon told Shi Xiaokun that his mixed bloodlines and the power of the Inner Realm could let him reach Daluo Golden Immortal strength.
• When the Daluo Golden Immortal Thunder Tribulation began, the Azure Dragon and Shi Xiaokun tried to protect Ning Qi, but Ning Qi told them to retreat and endured the lightning himself.
• Ning Qi broke through to First-grade Daluo Golden Immortal, sensed the laws and Prohibition Arrays in the Inner Realm, and destroyed a mountain with a casual gesture.
• Ning Qi returned to the resting group and, when Li Qiuwan asked about the heavenly phenomenon, pretended he did not know what had caused it.
• The group set out toward their sect, and Li Qiuwan told Ning Qi she would introduce him to her approachable master when they arrived.

Ning Qi and Li Qiuwan entered an Immortal Clan city, where they learned about its strict entry rules and the dominance of Holy Domain sects and families. They went to a restaurant to try its Immortal Realm delicacies, and Ning Qi ordered all of its signature dishes.

• Li Qiuwan and Zhao Cheng explained that their Thousand Crane Sect lacked the strength to occupy a place inside the city, and Medicine Spirit suggested the sect's tales of past glory might be exaggerated.
• Zhao Cheng led the other disciples back to the sect's encampment while Li Qiuwan accompanied Ning Qi toward the city.
• At the gates, guards checked Li Qiuwan's sect token and warned them they would owe fifty million Spirit Marrow Liquid if they stayed past dark.
• Li Qiuwan showed Ning Qi the city's busy streets and explained how its shops and trading fees benefited the Immortal Clan's Holy Domain families and sects.
• Li Qiuwan brought Ning Qi to a restaurant she had visited with her master, and Ning Qi ordered all its signature dishes.

Ning Qi treated Li Qiuwan to three tables of Immortal World dishes, then paid the enormous bill with ease using his vast supply of Spirit Marrow Liquid. Afterward, he and Li Qiuwan joined a growing crowd in the street, while she wondered who he really was.

• Ning Qi ordered an expensive spread, and Li Qiuwan worried that she would have to pay for it.
• Ning Qi and Li Qiuwan ate the first table, then ordered more food and a packed table for their companions.
• The waiter announced a bill of seven hundred million Spirit Marrow Liquid, and Ning Qi paid from a Storage Bag containing at least a trillion.
• Ning Qi and Li Qiuwan left the restaurant and headed toward a gathering crowd as Li Qiuwan questioned Ning Qi's status and wealth.