Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing and the others found the Nether Abyss lair and destroyed its altar after identifying the Chaos Town Mountain Stone as one of its array anchors. Xu Qing recovered the stone, and the group turned its attention to the lair’s remaining objects.

• Li Yi and the others arrived to help Xu Qing drive off the Netherworld Beasts, and the group learned that one Nether Abyss Tribulation Immortal cultivator had escaped.
• Zong Fan led the group into a hidden cave, where Chen Yu guided them through the maze-like tunnels to the Nether Abyss lair.
• The group found the Chaos Town Mountain Stone among the altar’s four array anchors, and Xu Qing stopped Li Yi from attacking the protected altar recklessly.
• Fairy Feng Dian identified the array anchors as weak points, and the group attacked them together until the altar’s barrier collapsed.
• Xu Qing retrieved the damaged Chaos Town Mountain Stone and declined to share in the other spoils, then asked about the ten strange statues around the altar.

Xu Qing collected the ten Nether Sect contemplation objects after discovering they could reveal their lost techniques when smeared with Netherworld Beast blood. A Netherworld Demonic Drake then burst into the cavern, and Xu Qing, Li Yi, Feng Dian Xianzi, and Zong Fan faced it as the other cultivators fled.

• Zong Fan explained that the ape statue was a contemplation object and described how such objects preserved cultivation techniques.
• Xu Qing saw a prompt revealing that Netherworld Beast blood could manifest the techniques, then collected all ten contemplation objects.
• A violent tremor shook the cavern, and a Netherworld Demonic Drake burst through the mountain wall with peak Dao Immortal strength.
• Li Yi charged the drake to hold it back, while Xu Qing attacked its eyes and Feng Dian Xianzi prepared to support him.
• Zong Fan struck the drake with his war hammer, was sent flying while coughing blood, and was carried toward the exit by a fleeing cultivator.

Xu Qing and Li Yi joined forces to kill the Netherworld Demonic Drake by exploiting Li Yi’s Sword Seed and attacking the wound on its back. After the battle, they agreed to split the drake’s remains, and Li Yi concealed his injuries by saving the pill Xu Qing offered.

• Xu Qing and Li Yi fought the Netherworld Demonic Drake together, with Xu Qing’s clones shielding him as he attacked the drake’s wounded back.
• Li Yi trapped the drake with his Heavenly Net sword formation and revealed that he had left a Sword Seed in its earlier wound.
• Xu Qing struck the wound with his thunder-infused spear, tearing through the drake’s Nether Qi and armor while Li Yi pressed the attack.
• Li Yi pierced the drake’s heart with Heavenly Sword Dust Severance as Xu Qing unleashed Five Elements Star Extinguishing Spear, killing it.
• Xu Qing and Li Yi agreed to split the drake’s remains, and Xu Qing offered Li Yi a Three Yang Spring Return Pill.
• Li Yi put the pill away without taking it, saying he could hold on despite his injuries.

Xu Qing returned from destroying the Nether Abyss with the Netherworld Fruits and the Chaos Town Mountain Stone, then helped complete the Ancient Immortal Sect’s Mountain Protecting Grand Formation. The formation earned recognition from the Heavenly Dao, leaving the sect’s members hopeful for its revival.

• Xu Qing and Li Yi killed the demonic flood dragon, then secretly returned to its hidden nest and discovered a Netherworld Fruit Tree with three fruits, which they divided.
• Xu Qing and Feng Dian Xianzi traveled to the Ancient Immortal Sect, where they found it restored and met Devil Spirit Child, Long Lie, Yu Fang, and Long Zhenfeng.
• Xu Qing brought the Chaos Town Mountain Stone to Du Gu Jiu Meng and Ming Dong Xianzi, who used it to complete the sect’s Mountain Protecting Grand Formation.
• A lightning pillar descended toward the sect but circled the completed formation and vanished, which Xu Qing recognized as the Heavenly Dao’s approval.
• Ming Dong Xianzi identified the formation as the Cloud Dragon Heavenly Dipper Earthly Fiend Formation Diagram, fused with the Ancient Immortal Sect’s original formation and lingering spiritual essence.

Xu Qing recovered the Nether Sect’s cultivation inheritances and perfected his Mystic Phantom Dao Heart Sutra, reaching Tribulation Immortal Perfection and triggering a Heaven and Earth Blessing that helped many Ancient Immortal Sect members break through. After organizing the sect’s next steps, he received a mysterious letter.

• Xu Qing used Netherworld Beast blood to unlock the visualization artifacts, gaining cultivation methods from mortal level through Dao Immortal level, though the Town Immortal and Immortal Ascension inheritances were damaged.
• Xu Qing upgraded the Mystic Phantom Dao Heart Sutra to Perfection, reforged his Dao Heart, and advanced to Tribulation Immortal Perfection.
• Xu Qing destroyed the lightning from his Heavenly Tribulation, and a Heaven and Earth Blessing descended over the Ancient Immortal Sect, prompting widespread breakthroughs.
• The Martial God City Lord and Kuruo Elder returned to Emperor level, while Du Gu Jiu Meng directed the other disciples to separate as they underwent tribulations.
• Xu Qing assigned sect duties, including stabilizing cultivation, strengthening alliances, recruiting disciples, and trading secret manuals for resources.
• A streak of light reached Xu Qing and transformed into a letter.

Xu Qing accepted the Hidden Sect’s invitation and agreed to join its effort to restore order in the Eleventh Province. After meeting Compassionate Sword Hero Zhou Huairen, Xu Qing and Feng Dian received support and instructions, while the Hidden Sect began planning their cooperation.

• Xu Qing decided to visit the Hidden Sect and gave Du Gu Jiu Meng the newly deduced Yin Yang Pill Inquiry Art to pass on to Long Lie.
• Feng Dian insisted on accompanying Xu Qing to meet Yu Fang at White Chicken Peak, where they encountered Zhou Huairen, the Compassionate Sword Hero.
• Zhou Huairen explained that the Hidden Sect wanted to unite allies against oppressive forces and invited Xu Qing to become a crucial link in its undertaking.
• Xu Qing agreed to join the Hidden Sect’s effort, and Feng Dian offered to recruit willing allies from the He Lu Sect.
• Zhou Huairen assigned Xu Qing, Feng Dian, and Yu Fang their initial responsibilities and gave Xu Qing and Feng Dian Storage Bags containing resources and treasures.

After Xu Qing’s alchemy victory, the Fei Lian Sect, Flowing Cloud Sect, and Heavenly Wolf Sect brought lavish congratulatory gifts to the Ancient Immortal Sect. Xu Qing then entered seclusion, completed nine Six Revolutions Divine Soul Pills, and began using one to strengthen his divine soul before attempting to break through to the Dao Immortal Realm.

• Xu Qing told Du Gu Jiu Meng that the Hidden Sect intended to support the Ancient Immortal Sect, and they agreed that good deeds mattered more than the motives behind them.
• The Fei Lian Sect, Flowing Cloud Sect, and Heavenly Wolf Sect arrived in turn with gifts and pledged closer ties to the Ancient Immortal Sect.
• After hosting the guests, Xu Qing told Du Gu Jiu Meng he would enter seclusion to pursue the Dao Immortal Realm, and Du Gu Jiu Meng agreed to handle the sect’s affairs.
• Xu Qing refined three Netherworld Fruits into nine nearly perfect Six Revolutions Divine Soul Pills, setting aside three for Li Yi.
• Xu Qing consumed one pill, causing his divine soul power to surge as a violent storm began churning through his sea of consciousness.

Xu Qing broke through to the Dao Immortal Realm and learned that the northern Flood Dragon Race had besieged the Vast Sea Sect under suspicious circumstances. After consulting Li Qingfeng and Ye Wuhen about a possible connection to the Manifest Saint Dragon Race, he led Ancient Immortal Sect forces toward the siege, where Li Wen prepared to defend his sect.

• Xu Qing spent three months cultivating in the Immortal Spirit Space, reached the Dao Immortal Realm, and returned to find only two days had passed outside.
• Lougu Zhenjun reported that the Flood Dragon Race had surrounded the Vast Sea Sect and accused the Ancient Immortal Sect of killing its people, so Xu Qing ordered a rescue expedition.
• Li Qingfeng warned Xu Qing that the siege might be bait connected to the dead Manifest Saint Dragon Race member, and Xu Qing told her and Ye Wuhen to stay out of the investigation.
• Xu Qing led Long Zhenfeng, the Gu Family Old Ancestor, and other Ancient Immortal Sect cultivators openly toward the Vast Sea Sect.
• At Vast Sea Lake, Li Wen faced six powerful Flood Dragon Race cultivators as his damaged formation neared collapse, and he urged his disciples to stand their ground.

Xu Qing arrived at the Vast Sea Sect and defeated the invading Flood Dragon Race, then secured the sect’s allegiance to the Ancient Immortal Sect. After the surviving old flood dragon died before revealing who had directed the invasion, Xu Qing left Long Zhenfeng and the Gu Family Patriarch to help protect the sect.

• Xu Qing descended into the battle and overwhelmed six Tribulation Immortal flood dragons before killing the One-Horn flood dragon with repeated spear strikes.
• Xu Qing lifted the Vast Sea Sect’s protective array and accepted Li Wen’s pledge that the sect would follow the Ancient Immortal Sect.
• Xu Qing questioned the mortally wounded One-Horn flood dragon about the invasion, but it died before naming who was behind it.
• Xu Qing ordered Li Wen to stabilize the sect and assigned Long Zhenfeng and the Gu Family Patriarch to assist with the aftermath and watch for surviving flood dragons.
• Xu Qing departed, leaving Long Zhenfeng authorized to discuss cooperation between the two sects.

Xu Qing cultivated the Crimson Gold Tiger Slaughtering Method, deduced it into the Red Gold Tiger Slayer Spear, and greatly strengthened its power. Meanwhile, a Dragon Girl seeking revenge for her adoptive father devastated three subordinate sects, and their leaders waited for Xu Qing to emerge from seclusion.

• Xu Qing entered the Immortal Spirit Space and began cultivating the Nether Sect's Crimson Gold Tiger Slaughtering Method, enduring visions of people he had killed and refining their souls into tiger marks.
• After a month, Xu Qing completed the technique's first stage and spent 100,000 Luck Value to deduce it together with the Five Elements Star Extinguishing Spear into the Red Gold Tiger Slayer Spear.
• Xu Qing upgraded the technique to the Great Accomplishment Realm, forming Netherworld battle armor and hundreds of thousands of tiger marks, including powerful marks from the flood dragons he had slain.
• Xu Qing began studying the Nether Sect's Mystic Communication Art, while the Northern Dragon Clan's Dragon Girl attacked the Vast Sea Sect and captured its people to avenge her adoptive father.
• The leaders of the Fallen Moon, Flying Leaf, Tie Xue, Qing Yu, and Vast Sea Sects gathered at the Ancient Immortal Sect and urged True Spirit Old Ancestor to bring Xu Qing out of seclusion.
• Long Zhenfeng said he would wait half a day for Xu Qing to emerge, then personally invite him if he remained in seclusion.

Xu Qing arrived at the Vast Sea Sect and killed Long Xi, then subdued and killed an Azure Scale Dragon, demonstrating his immense strength to the Four Alliances. He offered the surviving sects a place alongside the Ancient Immortal Sect, while rumors of his power spread and drew the attention of desperate cultivators.

• Long Zhenfeng reassured the Ancient Immortal Sect’s allies that Xu Qing would handle Long Xi’s attack once he emerged from seclusion.
• Ye Fei and two other personal disciples of the Four Alliances confronted Long Xi, while the Dragon Clan elders demanded that outsiders let her settle her grudge herself.
• Xu Qing arrived amid black mist and killing intent, struck Long Xi, and killed her when his power overwhelmed her defenses.
• Xu Qing seized an Azure Scale Dragon, snapped off its horn, and stored Long Xi’s corpse after receiving a system reward for killing the dragon.
• Xu Qing welcomed the leaders of the surviving sects into cooperation with the Ancient Immortal Sect, and the sect masters pledged their loyalty.
• Rumors of Xu Qing’s strength spread through the Four Alliances, discouraging some rivals while tempting desperate cultivators to target him for his power.

Xu Qing learned that Kuruo Elder and the Martial God City Lord had been humiliated after failing to stop Azure Sword Sect from using mortals as bait for beasts. He led Ancient Immortal Sect experts to confront the sect, where Sect Master Wu Ming offered an explanation after Xu Qing revealed evidence of the abuse.

• Du Gu Jiu Meng gave Xu Qing a portion of his Dao foundation to strengthen his cultivation, and Xu Qing accepted it with gratitude.
• Long Lie reported that he could refine pills for the Tribulation Immortal Realm, while Kuruo Elder and the Martial God City Lord returned with Azure Sword Sect's tribute.
• The Martial God City Lord told Xu Qing that Azure Sword Sect had used mortals as bait to hunt beasts and had paid the envoys hush money after they tried to intervene.
• Xu Qing ordered the Ancient Immortal Sect's elders and deacons to accompany him to hold Azure Sword Sect accountable, and Du Gu Jiu Meng promised to guard the sect.
• Xu Qing's group reached Azure Sword Sect and presented evidence of its disciples' actions to Sect Master Wu Ming, who dismissed them as the deeds of a few disciples and signaled Huang Yan to act.
• Xu Qing stopped Huang Yan from withdrawing to handle the matter.

Xu Qing confronted Wu Ming at the Azure Sword Sect, where Wu Ming revealed his cultivation of tens of thousands of Yin Ghosts and attacked the Ancient Immortal Sect delegation. Xu Qing defeated Wu Ming and Huang Yan with the Scarlet Black Tiger Fiends, then declared the Azure Sword Sect would cease to exist and ordered its survivors to submit or face his wrath.

• Xu Qing rejected Wu Ming’s attempt to settle the dispute with tea, and Wu Ming summoned Tribulation Immortal elders to ambush him.
• Xu Qing overwhelmed the elders and shattered Wu Ming’s sword and the Azure Cloud Stellar Heavenly Sword Formation.
• Wu Ming unleashed tens of thousands of Yin Ghosts, but Xu Qing countered with black armor and Scarlet Black Tiger Fiends.
• Xu Qing killed Huang Yan and overwhelmed Wu Ming, swallowing him and the Yin Ghosts in a spatial rift.
• Xu Qing declared the Azure Sword Sect would cease to exist, while nine figures of Xu Qing and the Ancient Immortal Sect elders surrounded its surviving elites.

Xu Qing defeated the Azure Sword Sect, uncovered its crimes, and made the surviving innocent disciples part of the Ancient Immortal Sect. The Azure Sword Spirit joined him and recovered its true Town Immortal Realm strength, while some former disciples chose to leave rather than become Registered Disciples.

• The Azure Sword Spirit awakened, killed twenty-six Azure Sword Sect members it judged impure, and then knelt before Xu Qing as the master of the higher sect.
• Xu Qing destroyed the corrupted statue beneath the sect and ordered the execution of disciples who had committed crimes or knowingly concealed them, while sparing those who knew nothing.
• Xu Qing incorporated the Azure Sword Sect into the Ancient Immortal Sect as a branch, healed its innocent disciples, and invited the Azure Sword Spirit to help protect the continent.
• The Azure Sword Spirit agreed to serve Xu Qing and asked him to remove the formation restricting its strength; after Xu Qing released it, the spirit recovered its Town Immortal Realm power.
• Xu Qing took the Azure Sword Sect's foundations, treasury, and Scripture Pavilion, then offered its remaining disciples the choice to join the Ancient Immortal Sect or leave; nearly a hundred stepped forward to depart.

After destroying the Azure Sword Sect, Xu Qing uncovered evidence that several factions had helped it abduct mortals and set out to confront them. He left the surviving Azure Sword Sect disciples to deliver the evidence while he and Azure Sword headed for a Heavenly Wolf Sect outpost.

• The Heavenly Wolf Sect elders considered curbing the Ancient Immortal Sect, but a messenger warned them to keep out of trouble; Han Zhou Yuan and a young woman then left the sect to investigate the Azure Sword Sect’s destruction.
• Xu Qing asked where the abducted mortals came from and learned that other factions had assisted the Azure Sword Sect.
• Xu Qing forced Sun Cheng to name the conspirators, including members of the Heavenly Wolf Sect, Flowing Cloud Sect, Fei Lian Sect, and Dragon Soar Eastern Mansion, and to record their involvement.
• After Sun Cheng gave his statement, Azure Sword killed him; Xu Qing ordered the evidence copied and sent to the three sects, then promised Kuruo Elder he would keep his response limited.
• Xu Qing gained attribute points from Sun Cheng’s death and flew with Azure Sword toward a Heavenly Wolf Sect outpost.

Xu Qing hunted down Heavenly Wolf Sect members and a Demon Race spy who had betrayed humanity, provoking the Tiger King to investigate and raising the threat of conflict between the Four Alliances and the Demon Race. He returned to the Ancient Immortal Sect, found its new disciples settling in, and reunited with Zhou Tong.

• Xu Qing entered White Wolf Market in disguise and killed Zhou Bu Lan and four Quasi-Emperor Realm disciples before escaping with Azure Sword.
• Xu Qing killed sinners stationed outside the three sects, then went to Clear Wave Lake and killed the Demon Race envoy Fox Third Madam and the traitorous Li Xiaofeng.
• The Tiger King learned that Hu San Niang had died and ordered Black Feather Demon to find the killer, while rumors of Xu Qing's attacks spread through the Four Alliances.
• Xu Qing returned to the Ancient Immortal Sect and saw the first group of thirty disciples training under the Gu Family patriarch, Devil Spirit Child, Wu Fengfei, and other stewards.
• Xu Qing reunited with Zhou Tong, learned that Xu Feng and Dan'er had come to the sect, and carried Zhou Tong into the secret chamber.

Xu Qing perfected the Red Gold Tiger Slayer Spear, but learned that advancing his Mystic Phantom Communication Method required a Dao foundation item. After locating a lead in Dragon Soar Mansion and strengthening his movement technique, he left to seek it and met Liu Ruo, who had been waiting for him outside the Ancient Immortal Sect.

• Xu Qing upgraded the Red Gold Tiger Slayer Spear to Perfection, but the panel said he needed a Dao foundation item to advance the Mystic Phantom Communication Method.
• Du Gu Jiu Meng explained that Xu Qing's earlier cultivation had served as his first Dao foundation item and gave him the Heavenly Secret Treasure Seeking Record.
• Xu Qing perfected the Heavenly Secret Treasure Seeking Record, sensed that his next Dao foundation item lay north in Dragon Soar Mansion, and returned to cultivate.
• Xu Qing combined three movement techniques into the top-grade Formless Step, raised it to Great Accomplishment, and killed a Tribulation Immortal Realm Netherworld creature while training.
• Xu Qing set out for Dragon Soar Mansion, but Du Gu Jiu Meng told him that Liu Ruo had been waiting outside the sect for three days.
• Liu Ruo greeted Xu Qing as Sect Master and thanked him for dealing with threats to the Heavenly Wolf Sect.

Xu Qing accompanied Liu Ruo to the Clear Wave Sword Sect to investigate a Demon Race scout and learned that Elephant Prison of Dragon Soar Mansion was threatening the sect over its Sword Prison. Xu Qing agreed to help resolve both threats, and the group entered the Sword Prison, where Elephant Prison and four guards confronted them.

• Liu Ruo asked Xu Qing to investigate a Demon Race scout that had entered the Clear Wave Sword Sect's territory, and Xu Qing agreed to go with him.
• Lin Yifeng revealed that Elephant Prison, Lord Elephant's sixth grandson, had threatened to destroy the Clear Wave Sword Sect unless it surrendered the Sword Prison.
• Xu Qing offered to negotiate with Dragon Soar Mansion and investigate the Demon Race threat, while Liu Ruo pledged to support him.
• Xu Qing sensed several familiar demonic auras as Lin Yifeng led him and Liu Ruo into the Sword Prison.
• Xu Qing, Liu Ruo, and Lin Yifeng found Elephant Prison meditating in the valley, and four figures ordered them to leave.

Xu Qing confronted Dragon Soar Mansion’s Elephant Prison at the Clear Wave Sword Sect, killed him with Lin Yifeng’s help, and discovered that Dragon Soar Mansion could track him through a mark. He left to draw danger away from the sect and headed toward the Great Yunmeng Marsh to seek a Dao Foundation item and grow stronger.

• Xu Qing rejected Elephant Prison’s demand for concessions and killed four Dragon Soar Mansion guards before battling Elephant Prison.
• Lin Yifeng unleashed the Sword Prison’s accumulated sword qi, allowing Xu Qing to wound and kill Elephant Prison.
• Lin Yifeng warned Xu Qing that Elephant Prison’s death had placed a tracking Dragon Soar Mark on him.
• Xu Qing promised to protect the Clear Wave Sword Sect and asked Liu Ruo to inform the Heavenly Wolf Sect Master.
• Xu Qing departed alone for the Great Yunmeng Marsh to evade his pursuers and seek a Dao Foundation item.

Xu Qing refined the nine-headed monster’s corpse into a Dao foundation, broke through to the Dao Immortal Sixth Rank, and turned Elephant Prison’s shadow into a powerful Thrall Puppet. After learning that Dragon Soar Mansion’s demons were investigating the fox demon he had killed, Xu Qing ambushed Tiger Seven’s squad near the Clear Wave Sword Sect and wiped them out.

• Xu Qing refined the nine-headed monster’s corpse into a miniature statue that became his Dao foundation.
• Xu Qing upgraded the Mystic Phantom Communication Method and advanced from the Dao Immortal Fourth Rank to the Sixth Rank.
• Xu Qing spent 500,000 Attribute Points to refine Elephant Prison’s shadow into a loyal Dao Immortal Realm Thrall Puppet.
• Elephant Prison told Xu Qing that Tiger Seven’s demon squad was investigating Hu San Niang’s death and heading to the Clear Wave Sword Sect.
• Xu Qing and Elephant Prison ambushed Tiger Seven near the sect, killed him, and slaughtered the rest of the demon squad.