Chapter Summaries

Li Sanyang tried to recruit Tiger Egg into the Upper Clarity Sect so it could seek Azure Pine Sword, while Su Qing bargained over the Puppet’s departure and future place in the sect. Li Sanyang offered Tiger Egg a privileged position on Vertical Sword Peak as he tried to secure it for his lineage.

• Li Sanyang explained that Azure Pine Sword rejected Upper Clarity disciples for relying on inherited sword arts, and he believed Tiger Egg’s original techniques might earn the sword’s recognition.
• Su Qing agreed to let Tiger Egg enter the Upper Clarity Sect, but objected when Li Sanyang said it would have to remain on the mountain as the sect’s sword guardian.
• Li Sanyang offered to compensate Su Qing for the resources used to create Tiger Egg, and Su Qing presented a bill exceeding ten million Spirit Stones along with a list of rare materials.
• Su Qing revealed that Tiger Egg’s mastership still needed to be settled, arguing that Tiger Egg deserved a Void Refinement elder or Dao Lord as its mentor rather than Li Sanyang.
• Li Sanyang defended his claim by offering Tiger Egg authority and privileges on Vertical Sword Peak, including freedom from duties and the chance to visit Su Qing.

Su Qing brought True Lord Taoyuan to the Hall of Martial Arts, where its training program and students’ achievements changed Taoyuan’s view of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. The chapter ended with Black Tyrant asking why the students could not compete for points and contribute to the Immortal Kingdom.

• True Lord Taoyuan urged Su Qing to fight the Spirit Treasure Sect, but Su Qing explained that True Lord Li had taken Tiger Egg as a disciple and given him tens of millions of Spirit Stones.
• Su Qing scolded True Lord Taoyuan, then continued visiting the sects to pursue business while complaining that fulfilling the resulting orders would strain his Puppet Factory.
• Su Qing brought True Lord Taoyuan into the Hall of Martial Arts, where Taoyuan saw battle records, student rankings, and cultivators practicing combat and formation skills.
• After learning that many of the Hall’s promising students had trained there for less than a century, True Lord Taoyuan stopped dismissing Su Qing and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.
• Su Qing greeted the Hall’s students and checked on Black Tyrant, who said he was bored with sparring and asked why the students could not compete for points for the Immortal Kingdom.

Su Qing’s Hall of Martial Arts impressed True Lord Taoyuan with its students, facilities, and generous lecturer benefits, and he discovered that powerful cultivators from major sects had joined its staff. After seeing them serve without shame, Taoyuan decided to become a lecturer himself and declared that his sect would support the academy.

• Su Qing told Black Tyrant that the students under fifty could not compete and invited him to eat a Void Golden Horn Beast at his residence.
• True Lord Taoyuan toured the Hall of Martial Arts and examined its student residences, guards, and grounds.
• True Lord Taoyuan learned from Wu Tianyang that lecturers received excellent pay and benefits, while several True Monarchs had also taken positions there.
• True Lord Taoyuan saw True Monarch Fengxia, Gu Le True Monarch, and other powerful cultivators arriving with Su Qing, and reconsidered his objections to lecturing.
• True Lord Taoyuan joined Su Qing’s group and announced that the Taoyuan Sect would sign an agreement with the Hall of Martial Arts.

Su Qing explained why Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom should prioritize lasting development over chasing the Heroic Gathering’s super first-rate ranking, even as Liu Yun'er urged him to keep competing. He went to face True Lord Taoyuan in the arena, leaving his opponent startled when Su Qing politely asked him for guidance.

• Liu Yun'er worried that Su Qing had exhausted himself the night before and urged him to keep earning points for Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.
• Su Qing said he would pursue victories in puppet events but concede or withdraw in other matches to avoid antagonizing powerful sects and to benefit Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s allies.
• Su Qing explained that Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom had already gained lasting benefits from the gathering through publicity, connections, and opportunities for cooperation.
• Su Qing discussed which contestants, including Ying Jue Shen and Shao Delong, could compete freely, then prepared to leave while Liu Yun'er stayed behind.
• At Arena 0098, Kaiyuan Citizens, Taoyuan Sect cultivators, and spectators gathered to watch Su Qing face True Lord Taoyuan.
• Su Qing greeted True Lord Taoyuan and praised his abilities, leaving True Lord Taoyuan bewildered when Su Qing asked him to offer guidance.

Su Qing and True Lord Taoyuan both tried to lose their combat match without making the fix obvious, but their clumsy exchange exposed them to the spectators before Taoyuan secured the win. Su Qing then entered the sword Dao event against Tiger Egg, intending to lose so his Puppet could improve its prospects with Spirit Treasure Sect.

• True Lord Taoyuan explained his Flower Thousand Bones technique and Stormy Pear Blossom Needles to Su Qing before attacking, baffling the spectators and his own sect.
• Su Qing tried to yield by relying on his Exorcism Army Group, while True Lord Taoyuan urged him to use stronger Puppets and struggled to find a way to lose convincingly.
• The spectators recognized the match as a blatant fix and cursed both fighters, so True Lord Taoyuan attacked and claimed victory after pretending his Spirit Artifact had exploded in its barrel.
• Su Qing praised True Lord Taoyuan and Taoyuan Sect after the match, then began the sword Dao event against Tiger Egg.
• Su Qing decided to lose to Tiger Egg because Tiger Egg used sword Dao better than he did and could benefit from a higher ranking with Spirit Treasure Sect.

Su Qing won the Heroic Gathering’s Puppet event against True Monarch Suying, securing the title of Puppet Master of All Heavens, while the other competitions reached their finals. The chapter ended with Shao Delong dying during the battle armor finals.

• Su Qing lost his boxing match to the Fire Phoenix Princess and was eliminated from Array Dao by a Fifth-tier Formation Master from the Primordial Beginning Sect.
• Gao Erqiang defeated Su Qing in the Daoist Arts event, though spectators accused Su Qing of deliberately yielding.
• Su Qing watched Li Sanyang defeat Tiger Egg and decided to prepare for Tiger Egg’s journey to acknowledge his master.
• After investigating match-fixing complaints, Su Qing faced True Monarch Suying in the Puppet event and overcame her spirit-beast Puppets with his own forces.
• Su Qing defeated True Monarch Suying, claimed the Puppet Master of All Heavens title, and received a Lecturer Appointment Letter from the Hall of Martial Arts.
• The champions of the Array Dao, artifact refinement, talisman, and pill events were decided, and Shao Delong died during the battle armor finals.

Shao Delong appeared to die during the armor event when his Undying Armor fused violently with Qiu Jing’s Life-Seeking Armor. Su Qing discovered Delong was secretly conscious and helped his family take him home, while Qiu Jing worried about recovering his armor.

• True Monarch Zhong Ze questioned Qiu Jing after Delong collapsed in the armor arena, and Qiu Jing denied killing him.
• Delong’s wife rushed onto the arena, slapped Qiu Jing, and blamed him and her father, Ying Jue Shen, for Delong’s apparent death.
• Su Qing arrived and heard Zhong Ze offer the Eastern King Sect’s cooperation and compensation, easing his suspicion that the sect had deliberately targeted Kaiyuan.
• The coroner explained that the life-and-death runes in the two armors had violently clashed and overwhelmed Delong’s body.
• Su Qing examined Delong, noticed him move, and told the others he was in a dangerous state between life and death.
• Ying Jue Shen prepared to take Delong and both armors home, but Qiu Jing protested that his Life-Seeking Armor was still attached to Delong.

Su Qing settled the dispute over Delong’s fused battle armor, then learned Delong had been feigning death to keep the fifth-tier armor and had gained insight into its use as spiritual material. Su Qing planned an expedition to the Abyssal Secret Realm after the gathering, but returned home to find his allies assembled and ready to fight the Eastern King Sect over Delong.

• Su Qing persuaded Qiu Jing to relinquish the Life-Seeking Armor, and Qiu Jing and True Monarch Zhong Ze accepted compensation and agreed to let the other competitions continue.
• At the Ying Residence, Su Qing claimed he had obtained a fifth-tier spiritual pill for Delong, and Sister-in-law agreed to pay for it through the Ying family’s armor contract.
• After Sister-in-law left, Delong revealed that he had been pretending to be dead and that the Undying Battle Armor and Life-Seeking Armor had fused into a valuable Nascent Soul Formation Spiritual Material.
• Su Qing and Delong agreed to keep the fusion secret and planned to enter the Abyssal Secret Realm through Penglai after the Heroic Gathering, bringing Delong’s father-in-law along.
• Su Qing failed to find Gao Erqiang and Tong Chang at their residences, then returned home and found his companions gathered, ready to confront Qiu Jing and the Eastern King Sect.

Su Qing calmed his allies after Delong’s arena accident and revealed that Delong was not seriously hurt. He then announced a high-grade secret realm under his exclusive control, secured everyone’s silence with Daoist oaths, and began explaining what he knew about it.

• Su Qing told his gathered allies that Delong’s injuries were not fatal and urged them not to seek revenge or compensation from the Eastern King Sect.
• Su Qing assessed the different factions among his old brothers, collaborators, elders, and newer allies, recognizing who would support him and under what circumstances.
• Su Qing activated Su Mansion’s formations and announced that a high-grade secret realm was available for his group to explore.
• The cultivators reacted with excitement and hesitation, weighing the secret realm’s promise against the danger of joining Su Qing’s expedition.
• Su Qing required everyone to swear not to reveal the secret realm’s existence, then began sharing the information he had learned about it.

Su Qing told the cultivators how the Huang Family was destroyed after entering the Abyssal Secret Realm and explained the dangers surrounding its Yama Palace. He revealed his cautious plan to explore the realm, leaving the decision to join the expedition to each cultivator.

• Su Qing recounted how the Huang Family unsealed the Abyssal Secret Realm, found its riches, and vanished after entering a Yama Palace.
• Su Qing explained that Huang Li escaped the palace’s million Underworld Soldiers, then served Su Qing after the Liu Family threatened him.
• The cultivators weighed the realm’s ancient treasures against the Huang Family’s fate and asked Su Qing whether they should go.
• Su Qing identified the palace as likely belonging to King Chujiang and estimated that its occupant might be as powerful as a Tier 6 Void Refinement cultivator.
• Su Qing proposed scouting the palace with Puppets, retreating or seeking the Major Sects of the Heavens if the danger proved too great, and told each cultivator to decide for themselves.

Su Qing prepared his companions for the dangerous Abyssal Secret Realm expedition while his four women insisted on joining him. He summoned Brother 17 and Brother 260 back to Kaiyuan and watched Tong Chang sell ominous fortune readings, leaving True Lord Taoyuan warned to prepare for a near-fatal journey.

• Liu Yun'er questioned whether Su Qing was ready to reveal the secret realm, and he said he would try to break through to fifth-tier body cultivation before entering.
• Liu Yun'er, Ling Ying, Tang Wanqing, and Guo Qiao Lian all insisted on joining the expedition despite Su Qing's objections.
• Su Qing heard his old companions discuss their plans and persuaded Li Hai Lang to summon Brother 17 and Brother 260 from the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom.
• Tong Chang charged Li Kuishan for a fortune reading and predicted he would gain wealth that could quickly disappear.
• Tong Chang told True Lord Taoyuan that the secret realm held nine chances of death and one of survival, urging him to spend his fortune on preparations.

Su Qing gathered allies for a trip to the Abyssal Secret Realm and defused fears that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom would attack the Eastern King Sect. Back at Su Mansion, Tiger Egg returned wounded but ready to train under Li Sanyang, then revealed that Flowing Silver had dumped him.

• Su Qing secured the cultivators’ agreement to explore the Abyssal Secret Realm and urged them to prepare supplies for its dangers.
• Su Qing calmed True Lord Guangxian and True Monarch Zhong Ze, accepted spirit notes from Zhong Ze, and agreed that the Primordial Beginning Sect would announce the Anti-Demon Alliance.
• Su Qing reminded Zhong Ze of his invitation to visit the Eastern King Sect, giving himself a reason to travel to Penglai Immortal Island.
• Tiger Egg returned to Su Mansion badly injured and told Su Qing that Li Sanyang had defeated him in the swordsmanship competition.
• Tiger Egg accepted Li Sanyang as his master and agreed to train at the Spirit Treasure Sect, then told Su Qing that Flowing Silver had dumped him.

Su Qing comforted Tiger Egg after Flowing Silver chose the Two-Headed Dragon God, then prepared Tiger Egg for advanced study at the Spirit Treasure Sect. The breakup led Su Qing to decide that newly self-aware Puppets would need ideological training before joining his ranks.

• Tiger Egg told Su Qing that Flowing Silver had rejected him and chosen to live with the Two-Headed Dragon God.
• Su Qing accepted that Flowing Silver had made her own choice and urged Tiger Egg to focus on his career and future as Grand Marshal of the Three Armies.
• Su Qing arranged lavish supplies and transport for Tiger Egg's studies at the Spirit Treasure Sect, and promised him a Beauty Tiger Guard.
• After Tiger Egg departed, Su Qing recognized that self-aware Puppets could cause internal conflicts and decided to send future ones to Bad Egg and Bear Two for ideological reform.

At the Heroic Gathering’s closing ceremony, Su Qing announced the forces chosen to lead the Anti-Demon Alliance and the plan to distribute resources according to rank and contributions. After the Primordial Beginning Sect silenced protests, the gathering concluded and Su Qing yielded the stage to True Lord Guangxian.

• Su Qing announced the rankings of the forces, including the Primordial Beginning Sect and Spirit Treasure Sect as super first-rate forces and the Supreme Sect as a first-rate force.
• Cultivators protested the rankings and demanded a rematch, but True Lord Guangxian struck the Primordial Beginning Sect’s yellow bell and silenced them.
• Su Qing explained that secret realms and treasures would be distributed according to each force’s Alliance rank and contributions against demons.
• Su Qing’s atmosphere team encouraged support for the plan, and the audience gradually accepted it.
• Su Qing declared the First Myriad Races Heroic Gathering concluded and invited True Lord Guangxian to speak for the Anti-Demon Alliance.

True Lord Guangxian proposed a campaign against Mount No Buddha, a Secret Realm Administration Office, and a Hundred Arts Merchant Association to organize the Anti-Demon Alliance’s resources. The first two proposals gained approval after concessions, but Tianyuan’s local powers united to oppose the merchant association.

• True Lord Guangxian won the alliance’s support for gathering forces to attack Mount No Buddha in thirty years, with West Sea kingdoms preparing to contain the Demonic Buddha.
• Su Qing, Gao Erqiang, Shi Li Jing, the Fire Phoenix Princess, and Master Liaode agreed to coordinate their kingdoms so they would not be exploited by stronger alliance members.
• True Lord Guangxian proposed a Secret Realm Administration Office to grade secret realms and distribute their rewards, prompting cultivators to protest that it would deny them opportunities.
• True Lord Guangxian added that first discoverers could request permission to explore a secret realm themselves, and the cultivators accepted the revised plan.
• True Lord Guangxian proposed a Hundred Arts Merchant Association to enable trade between the Myriad Worlds and the Celestial Origin Realm, but Tianyuan local powers rose together to oppose it.

After the Heroic Gathering, Su Qing helped establish the Hundred Arts Merchant Association and celebrated Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s rise before announcing secluded cultivation. He planned to refine more puppets for the Abyssal Secret Realm expedition, using newly acquired blueprints and rare materials from the heavens.

• True Lord Guangxian announced the agreed establishment of the Hundred Arts Merchant Association despite public protests, and Su Qing later closed the Heroic Gathering with a display of Kaiyuan puppets and Hundred Arts creations.
• Su Qing celebrated Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s success with its people, then spent the night at Su Mansion with Demoness, Ling Ying, Tang Wanqing, and Guo Qiao Lian.
• Su Qing entered secluded cultivation, leaving Wei De Bao, Li Kuishan, and the other expedition members waiting outside his door.
• Hongshang explained that Su Qing’s cultivation would improve the expedition’s safety and that he would compensate the group for any losses caused by the delay.
• Su Qing prepared to refine more puppets, including the North Sea Giant Kun, using a drop of sixth-tier Kunpeng Essence Blood and new puppet blueprints exchanged with sects of the heavens.

Su Qing began refining the Tier 5 North Sea Giant Kun Puppet after acquiring a drop of Kunpeng Essence Blood, relying on its Blueprint rather than trying to decipher the ancient beast’s power himself. As his workshop prepared the materials and he expanded his business plans, he finalized the Giant Kun’s extensive weapons and living quarters and started making the Tier 6 Creation Talisman Water it required.

• Su Qing recalled Kunpeng’s ancient power and his failed attempts to create a Kunpeng Treasure Ship, then studied the Essence Blood without gaining any insight.
• Su Qing had his Puppet Factory process Tianpeng Feathers into sharp, plated feather swords and considered opening a material-processing factory to meet demand from the Myriad Worlds.
• Su Qing instructed Qing He to have Bear Two arrange a factory while he turned his attention to refining the North Sea Giant Kun.
• Su Qing’s revised Giant Kun Blueprint included feather-sword weapons, cannons, missile launchers, barracks, and rooms for himself and its crew.
• Su Qing began preparing Tier 6 Creation Talisman Water from Jianmu branches, Seven-tailed Fox brain fluid, and Tier 5 spirit body parts, to be tempered with Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire.

Su Qing prepared the Talisman Waters and inspected the enormous North Sea Giant Kun, a Fifth-tier puppet he had built to compensate for its imperfect materials with runes and heavy weaponry. After securing a rare Tier 5 Void Flame Fire Seed Source, he began the final step of giving the puppet Kunpeng abilities by dissolving Kunpeng Blood into its body.

• Su Qing refined Creation Talisman Water and Tier 6 Divine Beast Talisman Water while the Heavenly Thunder Sword and Earth Fire Furnace processed the materials.
• Su Qing examined the North Sea Giant Kun's assembled body and accepted its improvised beast-bone skeleton, planning to strengthen it with runes.
• Su Qing inspected the puppet's rooms, weapons, hidden feather arrows, and Fire Seed Source, which he had exchanged for over six million Merit Points.
• Su Qing placed Kunpeng Blood over the North Sea Giant Kun, and the essence blood spread through its body to begin the final refinement.

Su Qing completed the North Sea Giant Kun Puppet’s refinement and received the final four Sea Calming Pearls from the Azure Dragon King, freeing him to leave the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. The Kunpeng Daoist interrupted the Puppet’s inheritance, but it still gained powerful abilities, leaving Su Qing both impressed and resentful.

• Su Qing considered the ancient dragon souls’ need for bodily vessels and agreed to make shells for all five hundred and sixty-two after the Azure Dragon King gifted him the final four Sea Calming Pearls.
• Su Qing inscribed Tier 6 Creation Runes on the North Sea Giant Kun and activated them to awaken its bloodline inheritance.
• The Kunpeng Daoist appeared within the inheritance imagery, but the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern and Heavenly Emperor’s phantom shielded Su Qing; the Kunpeng then ended the visions.
• Su Qing checked the completed Puppet’s abilities and found it had gained Kun Absorption, Extreme Speed, Transformation, and three moves and two stances of the Northern Darkness Divine Fist.
• Su Qing praised the Kunpeng for granting the Puppet useful abilities but cursed him for limiting its Dao Lord-level inheritance.

Su Qing completed a powerful Fifth-tier North Sea Giant Kun Puppet and kept refining in seclusion, leaving his allies waiting to enter the Abyssal Secret Realm. Meanwhile, True Lord Taoyuan confronted Ying Jue Shen over Shao Delong’s faked injury and stolen armor, and the gathered cultivators urged compensation to avoid angering the Eastern King Sect.

• Su Qing finished inscribing the North Sea Giant Kun Puppet, whose Fifth-tier Divine Beast pressure shook Su Mansion and Far West.
• Liu Qianpiao and other cultivators investigated the commotion, while Ying Jue Shen, Liang Hai Shun, Wei De Bao, and their allies recognized the Puppet’s value for the Abyssal Secret Realm.
• The secret-realm team waited for Su Qing to summon them, but after another half month they realized he had continued his seclusion instead of preparing to depart.
• True Lord Taoyuan told Ying Jue Shen that the Eastern King Sect suspected Shao Delong had faked his arena injuries to take Qiu Jing’s Life-Seeking Armor.
• Ying Jue Shen denied the accusation, but True Lord Taoyuan reported that True Monarch Zhong Ze demanded an explanation and compensation for Delong’s gains.
• Liang Hai Shun, Wei De Bao, and the others urged Ying Jue Shen to compensate the Eastern King Sect so the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom would not lose its support in Penglai.