Chapter Summaries

Qin Fen and the other young prodigies explored the Western Pure Land and discovered a spirit medicine garden that emerged near Five Elements Mountain. Qin Fen reached the garden first and saw its many intelligent spirit medicines, while the battle between Martial Kings and Demon Kings raged near the mountain.

• Qin Fen and the other young prodigies split up to search the Western Pure Land for treasures and inheritances.
• Qin Fen spotted a pillar of light revealing a spirit medicine garden, which had emerged after the fighting disrupted its protective formation.
• Qin Fen and the other prodigies raced toward the garden, and Qin Fen arrived first.
• Qin Fen saw Five Elements Mountain and sensed its overwhelming Law Power as filthy blood-river water poured from a spatial rift above it.
• Qin Fen turned to the spirit medicine garden and saw tens of thousands of varieties, including intelligent medicines moving and speaking.

Qin Fen entered the Spirit Medicine Garden and discovered the Bodhi Treasure Tree, which shrank and took root in his Divine Court. When the other prodigies arrived, they wore down the garden’s restrictions and began gathering herbs, while the freed medicine kings fought back.

• Qin Fen broke through the Spirit Medicine Garden’s formation and rushed toward its center after discovering that the herbs were protected by restrictions.
• Qin Fen found the Bodhi Treasure Tree, which revealed its nature and powers to him before shrinking and entering his Divine Court.
• The other prodigies arrived and found they could not harvest the spirit herbs while the restrictions remained active.
• The prodigies slowly exhausted the restrictions, then began collecting herbs as the medicine kings escaped.
• Several prodigies were seriously injured trying to seize the medicine kings, while Qin Fen, Long Qi, Xu Yunmeng, and Hua Xiuluo were among those able to fight them.

Qin Fen and the other prodigies collected spirit herbs and subdued the Medicine Kings after the garden’s restriction broke. As the group left, a terrifying voice announced that the demon ape was breaking free from Five Elements Mountain.

• The restriction failed, and four Medicine Kings fled as the prodigies began gathering herbs; the Medicine Kings repelled those who tried to seize them.
• Qin Fen intercepted Xiao Lian, whose green-lotus illusion nearly trapped him until the Bodhi Treasure Tree’s power freed him.
• Xiao Lian recognized that Qin Fen had the Bodhi Treasure Tree’s approval and agreed to leave with him after he promised not to harm her roots.
• Long Qi, Xu Yunmeng, and Hua Xiuluo subdued one Medicine King each, while the prodigies stripped the garden of its herbs and spiritual soil.
• The demon ape declared that it would escape and destroy the world as blood and dark power weakened Five Elements Mountain.

Qin Fen and the other survivors fled the Western Pure Land as the World-Destroying Demonic Ape broke free from beneath the Five Elements Mountain. The ape emerged on Blue Star, spreading demonic energy and terror across the world.

• Xiao Lian and the Martial Kings warned Qin Fen and the others to escape as the Five Elements Mountain shook and the World-Destroying Demonic Ape’s aura spread.
• Qin Fen brought the prodigies aboard the Flying Sky Escaping Earth Shuttle and escaped through the collapsing passage as the Western Pure Land crumbled.
• Injured Martial Kings and a few Martial Venerables emerged underground, while most of those inside the Western Pure Land failed to escape.
• The World-Destroying Demonic Ape burst out from underground, darkened the sun, and demonized the surrounding land and creatures.
• The ape’s roar and demonic aura reached all of Blue Star, overwhelming living beings with fear and plunging the northern nations into chaos.

Long Yuantian fought the World-Destroying Demonic Ape and five Imperial Dao Weapons to protect Blue Star. He sealed all six enemies in the depths of the World Origin, trapping himself there as well.

• The World-Destroying Demonic Ape devoured cities in the north and reached for Qin Fen's group, but Long Yuantian rescued them and brought them back to Dragon City.
• Long Yuantian drove the World-Destroying Demonic Ape into outer space and gained the upper hand by using Blue Star's World Power.
• Five Imperial Dao Weapons joined the World-Destroying Demonic Ape and attacked Long Yuantian.
• Long Yuantian used the World Sealing Technique to seal the ape and five weapons in the World Origin, trapping himself there too.

Long Yuantian sealed the five Imperial Dao Weapons and the World-Destroying Demonic Ape within Blue Star’s World Origin, leaving Dragon Ascending Nation to seek the Five Elements Mountain. Qin Fen endured the Nine Heavens Wind Tribulation, formed a supreme-grade Martial Dao Golden Pill, and began the final step toward the Spirit Heaven Realm.

• Long Yuantian used the World Sealing Technique to trap himself alongside the five Imperial Dao Weapons and the World-Destroying Demonic Ape, then ordered Dragon Ascending Nation to find and gain the Five Elements Mountain’s recognition.
• Dragon Ascending Nation and other nations located the Five Elements Mountain floating above the Taiping Sea Region, where it was purifying bloody river sewage that kept Martial Kings away.
• Qin Fen waited for his wind tribulation while seeking Martial Kings’ guidance, then faced the Nine Heavens Wind Tribulation on December 18th and devoured its power to perfect Immunity to Three Disasters.
• The tribulation transformed Qin Fen’s Martial Dao True Pill into a supreme-grade Martial Dao Golden Pill and increased his lifespan, though the Demon Spirit World Emperor’s curse remained.
• Qin Fen began advancing toward the Spirit Heaven Realm, with only the transformation of his humanoid soul into a primordial spirit left to complete.

Qin Fen cultivated a Nascent Soul by merging his humanoid soul with the Martial Dao Golden Pill, breaking through to the Spirit Heaven Realm First Layer. He discovered that his mental power and combat ability had greatly increased, though the chapter left him only beginning to explore the Nascent Soul’s abilities.

• The chapter explained how a soul merged with a Martial Dao Golden Pill to form a Nascent Soul, which could survive the destruction of its Physical Body and use many mystic arts.
• It described the Spirit Heaven Realm’s three layers, including the abilities gained at each stage and the importance of a Nascent Soul Domain for advancing to the Law Heaven Realm.
• After five days, Qin Fen’s humanoid soul finished fusing with the Martial Dao Golden Pill and transformed into a Nascent Soul.
• Qin Fen’s mental power expanded, letting him detect life auras within ten li and observe details within three hundred meters.
• Qin Fen found that his Nascent Soul helped him mobilize his power and comprehend multiple martial arts, increasing his combat power by at least two or three times.

Qin Fen chose the Nine Heavens Nascent Soul Fundamental Method and advanced it to the God Devouring Realm, then spent Righteous Qi Value to deduce the Sixth Rotation of the Nine Revolutions Divine Art. He learned that its Body Unharmed by Nine Tribulations cultivated by absorbing calamity qi, and saw the Twelve Earthly Branches Calamity Demon Gods.

• Qin Fen selected the Nine Heavens Nascent Soul Fundamental Method from the World Mall because its nine levels could develop his Nascent Soul beyond the Nascent Soul Domain.
• Qin Fen used Righteous Qi Value to raise the method to the third-level God Devouring Realm, increasing his spiritual power and learning several Nascent Soul mystic arts.
• Qin Fen spent two million Righteous Qi Value to deduce the Sixth Rotation of the Nine Revolutions Divine Art after perfecting the Fifth Rotation's Immunity to Three Disasters.
• Qin Fen received the cultivation method for Body Unharmed by Nine Tribulations and learned it absorbed calamity qi from heaven and earth.
• Qin Fen witnessed the Twelve Earthly Branches Calamity Demon Gods and learned their divine fist would grow alongside Body Unharmed by Nine Tribulations.

Qin Fen cultivated Body Unharmed by Nine Tribulations in the calamity-filled Demon Dragon Domain, strengthening his body and nascent soul. After receiving orders to go to the Taiping Sea Region, he set out, where Five Elements Mountain’s recognition could help Blue Star destroy the passages to the Demon Spirit World.

• Qin Fen used the Calamity Eye to locate calamity qi and traveled to the Demon Dragon Domain to cultivate with it.
• Qin Fen devoured the negative emotions and resentments in the calamity qi with the Nine Heavens Nascent Soul Fundamental Method.
• After a month, Qin Fen advanced Body Unharmed by Nine Tribulations to minor accomplishment, condensed four Calamity Demon Gods, and increased his nascent soul’s strength by more than thirty percent.
• Qin Fen absorbed about one-tenth of the Demon Dragon Domain’s calamity qi and continued cultivating for three more days.
• Qin Fen received orders to go to the Taiping Sea Region and hurried there, expecting that Five Elements Mountain had purified the Blood River sewage.

Qin Fen arrived at Five Elements Mountain after the Heads of State and top Martial Kings from every nation failed its trials. Xu Wujie explained the five stages to the gathered prodigies, who prepared to enter the mountain together.

• Qin Fen reached the Taiping Sea Region and heard that even the Head of State of Great Plum Nation had failed to gain Five Elements Mountain's recognition.
• Dozens of Martial Kings, including Xu Wujie, Shen Jiancheng, and Yang Ding Tian, emerged from the mountain after failing its trials.
• Yang Ding Tian explained that Five Elements Mountain could help disciples reconstruct their martial foundations and develop Primordial True Qi.
• Xu Wujie gathered Qin Fen, Long Qi, Xu Yunmeng, Hua Xiuluo, and other prodigies, then described the five trials and the ultimate trial.
• The prodigies from every nation assembled, and Qin Fen and the others prepared to enter Five Elements Mountain together.

Qin Fen entered the Illusion God Bridge, where illusions tested the firmness of each prodigy’s Martial Heart. He resisted an illusion of powerful demons and advanced past many others, proceeding cautiously through the mist.

• The national representatives sent the prodigies into Five Elements Mountain, where they appeared before the Illusion God Bridge.
• An ancient voice announced that those who passed the bridge could enter the next stage, and the prodigies began the trial.
• Qin Fen stepped onto the bridge and faced an illusion of Great Demons and Demon Kings charging at him.
• Qin Fen kept his mind clear, let the demons pass through him, and broke free of the illusion.
• Qin Fen advanced through the mist, overtook other geniuses, and continued at a steady pace.

Qin Fen resisted the Illusion God Bridge’s trials, rejecting temptations involving lust, his parents, and the Demon Race. He saw through a final vision of victory and power and continued beyond the bridge, passing the Five Elements Mountain’s assessment.

• Qin Fen stood firm as an illusory battle between human and Demon Race armies charged around him, and the scene shattered.
• Qin Fen rejected the seductive women in the bar, but remained trapped in a stronger illusion.
• Qin Fen recognized his dying parents in a hospital ward as unreal and refused to stay with them.
• Qin Fen rejected the Demon Race’s offer to spare his father in exchange for betraying humanity, then left the illusion.
• Qin Fen saw an imagined future in which he became Blue Star’s hero and Lord of Blue Star, recognized it as fake, and passed through the Illusion God Bridge.

Qin Fen passed the first three trials at Five Elements Mountain and advanced through the fourth trial’s punishing mountain climb. He reached the ninety-four-thousandth step but was running out of time before the summit.

• Qin Fen overcame the Illusion God Bridge, where most of the more than four thousand entrants were eliminated.
• Qin Fen and more than nine hundred others passed the innate aptitude trial, and Qin Fen’s acquired spirit body was rated high grade.
• Qin Fen quickly mastered the Dragon Tiger Vajra Fist Seal and passed the comprehension trial with more than seven hundred others.
• Qin Fen climbed past the seventh tier of the mountain trial and continued upward while most of the other climbers gave up.
• Qin Fen reached the ninety-four-thousandth step under fifty million jin of pressure, but his slow progress left less than an hour and a half to reach the summit.

Qin Fen reached Five Elements Mountain’s summit and received the fifth and sixth levels of the Nine Heavens Nascent Soul Fundamental Method. In the fifth trial, he fought an energy body with all his abilities and used the battle to uncover flaws in his martial arts.

• Qin Fen activated the Nine Revolutions Divine Art and Body Unharmed by Nine Tribulations, then reached the summit of Five Elements Mountain.
• Five Elements Mountain sent Qin Fen the cultivation method for the fifth and sixth levels of the Nine Heavens Nascent Soul Fundamental Method.
• Qin Fen entered the fifth trial and faced an energy body that looked exactly like him and used True Sun Intent.
• Qin Fen and the energy body unleashed matching Great Sun Golden Crow Dharma Images and Twelve Earthly Branches Calamity Divine Fists, tearing open the space around them.
• Qin Fen realized the energy body lacked intelligence and fought it repeatedly, discovering flaws in his own martial arts with help from the Bodhi Tree.

Qin Fen passed the fifth trial and learned that he and eight others had qualified for Five Elements Mountain’s ultimate trial. They would have to defeat a Tathagata projection of the same realm, and whoever passed could compete to control the mountain by reaching the Martial King realm first.

• Qin Fen used the Bodhi Tree’s power to correct flaws in his attacks, shattered the energy body, and passed the fifth trial.
• The artifact spirit of Five Elements Mountain praised Qin Fen’s four Supreme Divine Arts and noted his mysterious power beyond Law Power.
• Long Qi revealed that Long Yuantian had used World Power to evolve his top-grade Martial Dao Golden Pill into a super-grade one, at the cost of the World Origin.
• Xu Yunmeng, Qing Tianhe, Lei Lengyue, Liu Xing, Yang Rulai, Wang Jian, and Yuwen Dao joined Qin Fen and Long Qi as the nine people who passed all five trials.
• The artifact spirit explained that the ultimate trial required each person to battle a Tathagata projection of the same realm and said that multiple passers would compete to control Five Elements Mountain by reaching the Martial King realm first.
• The nine candidates sat down to recover and prepare for the ultimate trial.

After recovering from five days of enlightenment, Qin Fen learned that Long Qi and Xu Yunmeng had passed the final trial and entered hidden realms to seek inheritances. He began his own trial and fought the same-realm Tathagata projection, countering its Buddhist power with his many Dharma Images and Nirvana armor.

• Qin Fen refined a Bodhi Seed and spent five days in enlightenment while the others went ahead to the final trial.
• The Five Elements Mountain's artifact spirit told Qin Fen that Long Qi and Xu Yunmeng had defeated their Tathagata projections and entered the Myriad Dragon Nest and Myriad Worlds Island.
• Qin Fen requested the final trial and faced a Tathagata projection in the void.
• The Tathagata projection's chanting attacked Qin Fen's spirit, and its myriad Buddhas suppressed his Great Sun Golden Crow Dharma Image.
• Qin Fen summoned four Calamity Demon God Dharma Images and shattered a Buddha phantom with a punch.
• Qin Fen formed his Nirvana Phoenix armor and fought the Tathagata Dharma Image at close range, healing his injuries with Nirvana Power.

Qin Fen endured the first four forms of the Tathagata Divine Palm and then faced the young Tathagata projection’s Buddha’s Kingdom in the Palm. He countered its Buddhist world by unleashing the calamities of his Twelve Earthly Branches Calamity Divine Fist, transforming the Pure Land into a realm of chaos.

• The young Tathagata projection used Buddha’s Light First Appearance, but Qin Fen escaped into the void and healed with Nirvana True Fire.
• The projection unleashed Golden Summit Buddha Lamp, and Qin Fen entered his Solar Furnace to purge the Buddhist fire.
• The projection used Buddha Moves Mountains and Rivers, shattered the Solar Furnace, and Qin Fen met the palm with Body Unharmed by Nine Tribulations.
• Buddha Asks Kalama clouded Qin Fen’s mind, but he broke its spiritual influence with the Twelve Earthly Branches Calamity Divine Fist.
• After Qin Fen and his Dharma Images defeated the remaining myriad Buddhas, the projection trapped them in Buddha’s Kingdom in the Palm.
• Qin Fen used the Great Sun Spirit Refining Technique and joined his four demon god Dharma Images into an array, replacing the Pure Land with a world of natural and man-made calamities.

Qin Fen defeated the Tathagata projections and passed Five Elements Mountain’s ultimate trial, then advanced his cultivation while pursuing the chance to refine the Imperial Dao Weapon. After Lei Ying Tian reached the Domain Heaven Realm, he took Qin Fen to Myriad Thunder Sect to seek its inheritance and explore its grotto-heaven.

• Qin Fen used True Sun Fire-infused Soul Annihilation Arrows to destroy the Tathagata manifestation and young Tathagata projection, passing the ultimate trial.
• The Five Elements Mountain artifact spirit told Qin Fen it wanted to reincarnate and urged him to reach the Domain Heaven Realm so he could refine the mountain.
• Qin Fen went to Demon Dragon Domain to devour calamity aura and resentment, and Dragon Ascending Nation learned that he, Long Qi, and Xu Yunmeng had passed the ultimate trial.
• Over the next two months, Qin Fen reached Spirit Heaven Realm Third Layer, advanced the Nine Heavens Nascent Soul Fundamental Method to the Spirit Division Realm, and manifested a fifth Demon God manifestation.
• Lei Ying Tian emerged from seclusion as a Domain Heaven Realm Martial King and invited Qin Fen to Myriad Thunder Sect to receive the Myriad Thunder Divine Art inheritance and search its grotto-heaven.
• Qin Fen met Lei Ying Tian and flew with him toward Myriad Thunder Sect in Flying Eagle Nation.

Qin Fen accompanied Lei Ying Tian to Myriad Thunder Sect and began its mountain-climbing trial, defeating the tenth true disciple, Pei Shengjie, with a single punch. Shocked by Qin Fen’s strength, Lei Ying Peng ordered the remaining true disciples to attack together.

• Lei Ying Tian brought Qin Fen to Myriad Thunder Sect, where Lei Ying Peng allowed Qin Fen to climb after settling their grievances.
• Qin Fen sensed the sect’s formidable experts as he and Lei Ying Tian started up the mountain stairs.
• Pei Shengjie challenged Qin Fen after he climbed a thousand steps, but Qin Fen shattered Pei Shengjie’s Thunder God Dharma Form with one punch.
• Myriad Thunder Sect’s disciples and elders were stunned by Qin Fen’s strength and speculated that he might have Martial King-level combat power.
• Lei Ying Peng ordered the other nine true disciples to attack Qin Fen together.

Qin Fen defeated the nine Myriad Thunder Sect core disciples and was offered the Myriad Thunder Divine Art inheritance on the condition that he join the sect. Lei Ying Peng also proposed that Qin Fen marry Lei Lengyue, but she rejected the arrangement and left; Qin Fen was then set to receive the inheritance and enter the newly discovered Myriad Thunder Cave-Heaven.

• Lei Ying Peng's nine core disciples combined their Lightning Path Dharma Forms to attack Qin Fen, but his five Demon God Dharma Images shattered their forms and defeated them.
• Qin Fen and Lei Ying Tian met Lei Ying Peng at the mountaintop, where the sect master dismissed everyone except Lei Lengyue.
• Lei Ying Peng offered Qin Fen the Myriad Thunder Divine Art inheritance if he joined the Myriad Thunder Sect and became engaged to Lei Lengyue.
• Lei Lengyue refused the proposed engagement and left, while Lei Ying Tian said the two should decide for themselves whether they wanted to marry.
• Lei Ying Peng dropped the marriage condition, planned to announce Qin Fen's membership, and explained that Qin Fen could enter the newly discovered Myriad Thunder Cave-Heaven after receiving the inheritance.
• Lei Ying Tian nodded for Qin Fen to proceed with the inheritance.