Chapter Summaries

Ning Qi and Li Qiuwan entered an invitation-only auction after paying the entrance fee, then watched from a private room as the auction began. The first item was a Blazing Flame Armor with a starting bid of five hundred million top-grade Spirit Marrow Liquid, and bidding was about to start.

• Ning Qi paid one million top-grade Spirit Marrow Liquid for himself and Li Qiuwan to enter the auction house, then chose a private room.
• Ning Qi ordered food and paid the waiter, while telling Li Qiuwan he would help her bid for anything she liked.
• An auctioneer opened the crowded auction and brought out a piece of Blazing Flame Armor tempered with Chaos Blazing Flames.
• The auctioneer set the armor's starting bid at five hundred million top-grade Spirit Marrow Liquid, and many people balked at the price.

Ning Qi won a powerful suit of armor at auction and gave it to Li Qiuwan, then competed with Wang Dingnan for the Wandering Dragon Spear, a weapon once wielded by a Daluo Golden Immortal. After Ning Qi won the spear for three hundred and ten million Spirit Marrow Liquid, Wang Dingnan decided to confront him despite Uncle Hao’s warning.

• Ning Qi bid eight hundred million Spirit Marrow Liquid for the treasured armor, won it, and insisted that Li Qiuwan accept and wear it.
• Li Qiuwan found that the armor was light and could enhance her Immortal Power.
• The auctioneer presented the Wandering Dragon Spear, which had belonged to a fallen Daluo Golden Immortal, and opened bidding at one hundred billion Spirit Marrow Liquid.
• Ning Qi and Wang Dingnan competed for the spear, and Ning Qi won it with a bid of three hundred and ten million Spirit Marrow Liquid.
• Wang Dingnan asked Uncle Hao how to deal with Ning Qi, but Uncle Hao advised him to avoid trouble; Wang Dingnan insisted on meeting Ning Qi.

Ning Qi won the Abyssal Glass Bell for eighty million drops of Spirit Marrow Essence, outbidding Wang Dingnan and a mysterious bidder. After sensing someone’s attention, he followed an attendant upstairs to settle payment with the auction house shopkeeper.

• Ning Qi and Li Qiuwan watched as the auctioneer revealed the Abyssal Glass Bell, a defensive Supreme Treasure that could protect against soul and ordinary attacks.
• Ning Qi, Wang Dingnan, and a mysterious bidder raised the price, and Ning Qi won the bell with a bid of eighty million drops of Spirit Marrow Essence.
• Wang Dingnan told Uncle Hao to discover Ning Qi’s identity, and Uncle Hao revealed that he had secretly placed his divine sense on an attendant.
• Ning Qi received the Abyssal Glass Bell and briefly sensed someone watching him before leaving the auction hall with Li Qiuwan.
• Ning Qi and Li Qiuwan followed an attendant to the shopkeeper’s room, where Ning Qi handed over a Storage Bag of Spirit Marrow Essence.

Ning Qi and Li Qiuwan struggled to find lodging in a crowded city after leaving Liu Piaopiao’s shop, where she had sensed Ning Qi’s hidden strength. They rented the last small room just as rumors spread that the Devil Race had entered the city, and Ning Qi prepared to investigate any disturbance.

• Liu Piaopiao recognized that Ning Qi had hidden strength at least at the peak of Golden Immortal, but she chose not to pursue him.
• Ning Qi and Li Qiuwan searched several full inns before finding one last small room in an alley.
• An attendant warned them that Devil Race members had reportedly entered the city and that people outside inns could be conscripted, so Ning Qi paid five thousand Spirit Marrow Liquid for the room.
• Ning Qi offered Li Qiuwan the bed and brought out food and wine for them to share.
• Li Qiuwan worried that the Thousand Crane Sect disciples would be sent to the vanguard if fighting began, while Ning Qi said he would investigate any disturbance; she warned him that it was too dangerous.

Ning Qi and Li Qiuwan left the city to investigate an attack by ghostlike Shadowy Figures and find Li Qiuwan's sect. Ning Qi effortlessly fought off the creatures, and they reached the battered mountain gate, where Li Qiuwan's wounded master was still fighting.

• Ning Qi and Li Qiuwan joined a guarded procession leaving the city after sensing powerful fluctuations beyond its protective formation.
• Outside the formation, they found the landscape devastated and immortals fighting ghostlike creatures that Li Qiuwan suspected were Twisted Monsters.
• Ning Qi crushed attacking Shadowy Figures with ease and told Li Qiuwan he would leave after escorting her to her sect.
• Ning Qi and Li Qiuwan reached the destroyed mountain gate, where Li Qiuwan saw her wounded master battling a group of Shadowy Figures.
• Li Qiuwan's master recognized her and asked why she had returned instead of staying in the city.

Ning Qi returned Li Qiuwan to her master, Xu Qianhe, amid a battlefield and rejected Wang Qingnian’s attempt to recruit and command him. After revealing his Daluo Golden Immortal strength and defeating Wang Qingnian, Ning Qi forced him to discipline Liu Wanshan and protect the disciples Ning Qi had saved.

• Ning Qi brought Li Qiuwan back to Xu Qianhe and headed toward the fiercest part of the battlefield.
• Wang Qingnian tried to accept Ning Qi into the Thousand Crane Sect and ordered him to guard against the enemy, but Ning Qi shattered the Jade Talisman and refused.
• When Liu Wanshan and Wang Qingnian ordered the disciples to seize Ning Qi, they refused, and Ning Qi struck Wang Qingnian down with a single punch.
• Xu Qianhe asked Ning Qi to spare Wang Qingnian, and Ning Qi agreed while warning that he would kill Wang Qingnian and Liu Wanshan if they harmed or betrayed his friends again.
• Liu Wanshan attacked Ning Qi, but Wang Qingnian struck his own son and promised to discipline him and keep the disciples safe.

Ning Qi left his companions and reached a battle between Immortal Guards and Devil Shadows, where he revealed overwhelming strength after the guards provoked him. After learning the Devil Shadows had emerged from tombs the guards were exploring for resources, he agreed to join them in exchange for information and flew to confront a Daluo Golden Immortal Devil Shadow.

• Ning Qi parted ways with Li Qiuwan, Xu Qianhe, and the others, then traveled toward the fiercest fighting.
• Ning Qi found Immortal Guards battling Devil Shadows and approached Ji Wanru's group to ask about the situation.
• Ji Wanru attacked Ning Qi when he refused to join the fight, but he caught her sword, sent another disciple flying with a glance, and forced the group to back down.
• Ji Wanru identified herself and Xu Haotian as Immortal Guards and revealed that the Devil Shadows had been found among tombs the guards were exploring for resources.
• Ning Qi offered to save Xu Haotian if the guards let him join their expedition and explain the Devil Shadows, and Ji Wanru agreed.
• After receiving Ji Wanru's message, Xu Haotian turned back toward the group as Ning Qi flew toward the Daluo Golden Immortal Devil Shadow.

Ning Qi fought a powerful Devil Shadow, then revealed his Devil Qi and claimed to be a Devil Race infiltrator to earn its trust. The Devil Shadow agreed to pass him its Royal Family Bloodline Power, and their staged battle continued as its strength waned.

• Ning Qi told Xu Haotian to handle the other enemies and fought the Devil Shadow in a Void Crack.
• Ning Qi pierced the Devil Shadow with his Wandering Dragon Spear, but it re-formed and acknowledged his strength.
• Ning Qi revealed his Devil Qi and claimed he had come undercover to investigate the Immortal Clan's actions at the Devil Graveyard.
• The Devil Shadow explained that it had awakened when the Immortal Clan disturbed the Royal Family's graveyard and offered Ning Qi its Royal Family Bloodline Power.
• Ning Qi and the Devil Shadow returned to the battlefield and continued their staged fight while the surrounding groups watched.
• The Devil Shadow's strength began to fade, and it promised to give Ning Qi its final aid and Bloodline Power.

Ning Qi returned to the city after defeating the Devil Shadow and learned that its Teleportation Array required a sect elder or commander to use. He went back to the Thousand Crane Sect to seek help, but planned not to stay there.

• The Devil Shadow passed its Bloodline Power and two Supreme Treasures to Ning Qi before he killed it, ending the battle and earning the Immortal Clan's gratitude.
• Ji Wanru and Xu Haotian invited Ning Qi to meet Domain Lord Xiao Lingtian, but he refused and left; other observers arrived after he had gone.
• Ning Qi disguised himself, returned to the city, and learned from an inn attendant that only sect elders or commanders could use its Teleportation Array.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit left the city and returned to the Thousand Crane Sect, where Li Qiuwan and the others welcomed him back.
• Ning Qi declined Wang Qingnian's invitation to stay, but accepted Xu Qianhe's invitation to talk in the main hall.

Ning Qi accepted a commander identity token and merit points from the Thousand Crane Sect so he could teleport elsewhere, while concealing himself from investigators searching for the powerful expert. He entered his Inner Realm to check on Shi Xiaokun and learned that its growing Incense Power could increase his strength, though he did not yet know how to use it outside the realm.

• Ning Qi shared a banquet with Wang Qingnian and Xu Qianhe, who gave him a commander identity token containing ten thousand merit points for his planned teleportation.
• Gao Lingtian and Liang Xiao came to the Thousand Crane Sect asking about the expert from the previous battle, and Wang Qingnian and Xu Qianhe concealed Ning Qi’s presence.
• Ning Qi reassured Li Qiuwan that the visitors had not recognized him, then returned to the mountaintop to wait for nightfall.
• Ning Qi entered his Inner Realm and saw that Shi Xiaokun had built thriving villages and towns there.
• Shi Xiaokun told Ning Qi that Incense Power had reached its peak and that he had arranged three reincarnations, prompting Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit to ask how to use that power outside the Inner Realm.

Ning Qi tested a ring that let him draw on the Inner Realm’s Incense Power, then prepared to leave for the Boundary Sea Battlefield. While waiting for the city’s teleportation array, he heard from Xu Qingqiu that many unranked Human Race sects had also arrived, raising suspicions that something unusual was happening.

• Shi Xiaokun gave Ning Qi a ring that let him channel the Inner Realm’s Incense Power, and Ning Qi demonstrated its strength by flattening a mountain peak with one sword strike.
• Shi Xiaokun explained that Incense Power was rare and costly outside their Inner Realm, and Ning Qi learned that the people there could only grow stronger as he broke through his own limits.
• Wang Qingnian told Ning Qi that his identity had been approved, and Ning Qi set off alone after giving Li Qiuwan his protective armor and saying farewell to his fellow disciples.
• Ning Qi learned that the city’s teleportation array would need two days of adjustment, so he rented an inn courtyard and later went to an auction to pass the time.
• Xu Qingqiu contacted Ning Qi and said she and many unranked Human Race sects had arrived at the Boundary Sea Battlefield; Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit suspected the arrivals were connected to a larger disturbance.

Ning Qi won a Royal Family Dragon Egg at auction, then met the beautiful shopkeeper after she summoned him to ask about the egg and how to hatch it. He claimed he planned to refine it, while she revealed that she knew its royal lineage and asked whether he could hatch it.

• Ning Qi and the Medicine Spirit recognized the auctioned Dragon Egg as a likely Royal Family Li Dragon egg after Azure Dragon identified it.
• Ning Qi outbid the competition and bought the Dragon Egg for four hundred million Spirit Marrow Essence.
• Azure Dragon opened the box, but Ning Qi quickly shut it when Gang Wind surged out and decided to inspect the egg back at the inn.
• Ning Qi left the auction and agreed to meet the shopkeeper after her attendant offered him a treasure.
• The shopkeeper asked Ning Qi about the Dragon Egg, identified it as a Royal Family egg, and asked whether he could hatch it; Ning Qi said he intended to refine it.

Ning Qi learned that a war was being prepared near the city and that people could enter but not leave, so he returned to the Thousand Crane Sect to warn its leaders. The chapter ended as he told them that the city’s lockdown was tied to something major.

• Ning Qi had the Azure Dragon examine the dragon egg, and the Azure Dragon estimated that it would hatch after at least two years of incubation in Ning Qi’s Inner Realm.
• Ning Qi discovered that the Teleportation Array still allowed people to enter the city but not leave, and a restaurant attendant told him that Human, Demon, and Devil forces were gathering for war.
• Ning Qi found hidden Immortal Guards outside the city, then lured the men who had demanded the dragon egg into a valley and killed them all.
• Ning Qi decided to warn the Thousand Crane Sect and returned to find Zhao Cheng, Li Qiuwan, Wang Qingnian, and Xu Qianhe.
• Ning Qi told the sect leaders that he had been unable to leave the city and that something major was happening.

Ning Qi warned Xu Qianhe, Wang Qingnian, and the others that a multi-race battle was imminent and showed them evidence of an Immortal Guard ambush. The Thousand Crane Sect was ordered to assemble at the front line, where Ning Qi suspected their placement might let them avoid the strongest fighters as the battle approached.

• Ning Qi showed Xu Qianhe, Wang Qingnian, and the others a Spirit Stone image proving that Immortal Guards had been concealed nearby and warned that battle would begin within days.
• After several days, Wang Qingnian reported that Immortal Guards had emerged, and Ning Qi recognized Gao Lingtian moving toward the Immortal Guards' position.
• An Immortal Guard ordered Xu Qianhe to gather his people and head to a designated area; Ning Qi and Xu Qianhe discovered it was the front line near the Border Zone.
• Ning Qi told the Thousand Crane Sect disciples to stay together and suggested that being sent to the front might let them face weaker enemies and avoid the experts' clashes.
• The Immortal Guard distributed armor and weapons, announced the battle would begin within hours, and threatened anyone who tried to flee.

Ning Qi and the Thousand Crane Sect faced a Devil Race assault after Gao Lingtian deliberately left their position without Immortal Guard support to draw out a hidden Daluo Golden Immortal. Ning Qi concealed his true strength, then lured a Devil Race Golden Immortal into his Inner Realm, where he demanded to know why the Devil Race had attacked.

• Gao Lingtian and Liang Xiao discussed using the battle to expose the hidden Daluo Golden Immortal, and Gao ordered that no one support the Thousand Crane Sect's position.
• As the Devil Race advanced, the Thousand Crane Sect realized it had been left without Immortal Guards and prepared to defend itself alone.
• Ning Qi concealed his Daluo Golden Immortal strength, fought as a peak Golden Immortal, and killed the Devil Race members who attacked him.
• Ning Qi drew a Devil Race Golden Immortal away from the battlefield by provoking him and staying ahead during the chase.
• Ning Qi brought the Devil Race man into his Inner Realm and demanded to know why the Devil Race had attacked the Immortal Clan.

Ning Qi defeated a Devil Race member, bound him as a servant, and ordered him to investigate the Devil Race's orders. After spotting Immortal Guards sent by City Lord Gao Lingtian to watch him, Ning Qi revealed himself as a powerful Human and agreed to meet the city lord, suspecting a trap.

• Ning Qi used his avatars to defeat a Devil Race member and forced him to become his servant by refining his Soul Blood.
• Ning Qi ordered the Devil Race servant to return and gather information about the attackers, then noticed Immortal Guards watching them.
• Ning Qi and the servant staged a fight and the servant fled so the watching guards would not suspect their alliance.
• Ning Qi told Medicine Spirit that the city lord had sent the guards to watch them, then encountered another squad of Immortal Guards.
• Ning Qi revealed that he was from the Human Race and displayed Half-Step Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal strength when the guards tried to stop him.
• A commander invited Ning Qi to meet the city lord, and Ning Qi accepted despite Medicine Spirit's suspicion that it was a trap.

Ning Qi agreed to join Gao Lingtian’s expedition to an Immortal Ruins at the borders of the three races, where they sought Origin Power. After the group teleported into a specially opened Wormhole, Liang Xiao explained that the passage greatly increased their travel speed.

• Gao Lingtian admitted that he had put Ning Qi’s friends in danger, then offered him a place on an expedition to find an inheritance and obtain its Origin Power.
• Ning Qi agreed to go, joining Ji Wanru, Xu Haotian, Liang Xiao, and two teams of Immortal Guards.
• Gao Lingtian told the expedition to prioritize bringing him the Origin Power, then watched the group teleport away and arranged for the battlefield withdrawal to continue as cover.
• Ning Qi and the others arrived in a Wormhole passage, where Liang Xiao explained that it was a forcefully opened route that let them travel hundreds or thousands of times faster than normal.

Ning Qi and Ji Wanru led a team into the honeycomb-like Meteorite Zone, where they learned that hostile spirit creatures carried Sword Qi that could help them comprehend sword moves. After Ji Wanru demonstrated how to kill two creatures, Ning Qi asked to see the Sword Qi she had collected.

• Ning Qi and Ji Wanru left through the fog and entered a hollow in the Meteorite Zone with their subordinates.
• Ning Qi tested the meteorite wall and found it so hard that his Mystic Sword could leave only a small mark.
• Ji Wanru told Ning Qi that killing the spirit creatures yielded Sword Qi and that the creatures varied in strength and color.
• Ji Wanru killed two spirit creatures by weakening one with a soul attack and shooting the other with a soul-attacking arrow.
• Ning Qi noticed Ji Wanru collect Sword Qi from a defeated creature, and she agreed to show it to him when they rested.

Ning Qi and the Vermilion Bird tracked the Origin Flame through the blazing underground passages after the rest of the group split off. At the entrance to a cave where powerful fluctuations surged, Ning Qi was caught by a restriction that stopped him from moving.

• Ning Qi led the group through passages marked with mysterious ancient writing, which Shi Xiaokun and Medicine Spirit copied for later study.
• After the group changed routes to avoid distant fighting, they entered increasingly hot passages and eventually split up, with Ji Wanru taking the others away while Ning Qi continued alone.
• Ning Qi summoned the Vermilion Bird, who sensed the Origin Flame nearby and led him down a passage where its extreme yang aura kept spiritual beings away.
• The Vermilion Bird discovered that the intelligent Origin Flame had noticed them and was using avatars to flee, so she and Ning Qi searched in different directions.
• Ning Qi followed the rising heat to a cave entrance, where a restriction suddenly froze him in place.

Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit searched the magma caverns for the Flame Spirit, while a false Vermilion Bird tried to lure them into the dangerous core. Ning Qi exposed the impostor as the Flame Spirit but let him proceed, ending as the Flame Spirit began his act in the magma’s core.

• Medicine Spirit helped Ning Qi overcome his paralysis, and Ning Qi followed the Origin Flame’s resonance down a passage into the magma caverns.
• Ning Qi and Vermilion Bird split up to search for the Flame Spirit, and Medicine Spirit sensed a faint trace that guided Ning Qi onward.
• Ning Qi realized the apparent Vermilion Bird was an impostor after contacting the real Vermilion Bird through their Soul Blood bond.
• Ning Qi concluded the impostor was the Flame Spirit and refused to follow him into the magma, instead telling him to go ahead and investigate.
• The fake Vermilion Bird reached the magma’s core while Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit watched.