Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing reached Bai Li City and learned that Bai Li Jianghe was set to face the far stronger Tiger Four in a duel after refusing the demon’s demand to marry Bai Li Fengling. As Bai Li Jianghe prepared to fight and Han Zhou Yuan came to support him, Xu Qing located Tiger Four and set out to confront him.

• Xu Qing spent 700,000 Attribute Points to refine Tiger Seven’s Nether Shadow into a Dao Immortal Perfection Thrall Puppet.
• Xu Qing traveled to Bai Li City and discovered that Bai Li Jianghe would duel Tiger Four the next day.
• Bai Li Jianghe’s family discussed the threat, while Tiger Four declared that he would kill Jianghe and take Bai Li Fengling.
• Han Zhou Yuan left the Heavenly Wolf Sect despite his brother’s warning and promised to protect Bai Li Jianghe’s family if Jianghe died.
• Bai Li Jianghe gave Han Zhou Yuan a jade pendant and vowed to defend his family’s dignity in the duel.
• Tiger Seven found Tiger Four at the Lu Family Courtyard, and Xu Qing went there with Tiger Seven and Elephant Prison.

Xu Qing wiped out Tiger Four’s demons, then evolved Tiger Seven using Tiger Four’s soul and prepared to hunt Tiger Seven’s clansmen for further strength. Meanwhile, Bai Li City blamed the Nether Sect for the massacre, Bai Li Jianghe questioned who was really behind it, and Han Zhou Yuan faced a Heavenly Wolf Sect inquiry until Han Shan arrived to speak for him.

• Xu Qing, Elephant Prison, and Tiger Seven attacked the Lu Family Courtyard, killed Tiger Four, and slaughtered every demon there.
• Bai Li Jianghe and Han Zhou Yuan reached the courtyard after a Black Mist figure escaped, and the massacre sparked rumors that the Nether Sect had assassinated a demon prodigy.
• Dragon Soar Mansion blamed the Nether Sect for Tiger Four and Tiger Seven’s deaths, while Bai Li Jianghe wondered whether someone else was acting in its name.
• Xu Qing used Tiger Four’s soul to evolve Tiger Seven to Half-Step Town Immortal, then agreed to begin hunting Tiger Seven’s clansmen.
• The Heavenly Wolf Sect elders questioned Han Zhou Yuan for leaving without permission, and Han Shan entered the hall to speak on his behalf.

Han Shan defended Han Zhou Yuan before the elders, then sent him to Heavenly Water Abyss with Yun Niang while he investigated a suspected plot. When demons ambushed Han Zhou Yuan there, Yun Niang appeared to help him escape, but she cut off his arm and stole the Clarity Jade Teleportation Disk.

• Han Shan demanded evidence from Chen Xin, silenced the elders, and warned Liu Ruo against his schemes before leaving with Han Zhou Yuan.
• Han Zhou Yuan told Han Shan he suspected the supposed Nether Sect assassins belonged to another force, and Han Shan gave him a jade pendant and tasked him with taking Yun Niang to Heavenly Water Abyss.
• At Heavenly Water Abyss, Han Zhou Yuan sensed demonic auras and found a black-robed youth, an old Dao Immortal Perfection expert, and a force of demons waiting to ambush him.
• Han Zhou Yuan fought the demons and called for Yun Niang, who emerged after cleansing her Demon Qi and helped drive the attackers back.
• As Han Zhou Yuan prepared to escape with Yun Niang using the Clarity Jade Teleportation Disk, she cut off his right arm, seized the disk, and told him he would never understand.

Han Zhou Yuan was betrayed by Yun Niang and nearly killed, prompting the poisoned and gravely injured Han Shan to arrive and fight the Demon Race's forces. As Han Shan battled two Town Immortal experts, Tiger Seven appeared to rescue Tiger Thirteen—then killed him himself.

• Tiger Thirteen and Yun Niang overwhelmed Han Zhou Yuan, and Yun Niang revealed she was a Spirit Fish Race captive seeking revenge on Heavenly Wolf Sect and Han Shan.
• Han Shan arrived to save Han Zhou Yuan, facing Tiger Thirteen, Yun Niang, ten Dao Immortal Perfection demons, Hunchback Old Poison, and Hu Meng.
• Han Shan activated his Frost Domain, froze Hunchback Old Poison's poison, and fought off attacks from both Town Immortal experts.
• Han Shan struck at Yun Niang but redirected his Frost Sky-Rending Strike to hit Hunchback Old Poison, while someone snatched Tiger Thirteen from danger.
• Tiger Seven revealed himself as Tiger Thirteen's rescuer, then twisted off Tiger Thirteen's head.

Xu Qing and Han Shan defeated the Demon Race attackers, killing Hunchback Old Poison and Hu Meng before parting ways with Han Zhou Yuan. Xu Qing then hid in the Astragalus Blood Mountain Range, refined Tiger Thirteen’s soul into Tiger Seven, and prepared to seek Elephant Prison’s clansmen.

• Han Shan wounded Hunchback Old Poison and held Hu Meng off while Xu Qing and his Thrall Puppets fought the Demon Race.
• Xu Qing killed Hunchback Old Poison with the Desolate Blood Spear, and Han Shan froze Hu Meng before Xu Qing struck her down.
• Han Shan and Han Zhou Yuan thanked Xu Qing for saving them, and Xu Qing warned them that the Demon Race and other threats demanded vigilance.
• Xu Qing went to a hidden valley in the Astragalus Blood Mountain Range, where he cultivated and used Tiger Thirteen’s soul to evolve Tiger Seven.
• Tiger Seven reached the Town Immortal Realm and offered to capture his father king for Xu Qing, who then suggested finding Elephant Prison’s clansmen.

Xu Qing refined Hunchback Old Poison and Hu Meng into Town Immortal Realm Thrall Puppets, then led his forces to ambush Elephant Dragon’s stronghold in the Great Yunmeng Marsh. He killed Elephant Dragon amid a fierce battle, while the fight against the Elephant Race forces continued.

• Xu Qing spent 2,200,000 Attribute Points to refine Hunchback Old Poison and Hu Meng into Town Immortal Realm Thrall Puppets, then set out with Elephant Prison to find his brothers.
• Hu Meng scouted Elephant Dragon’s stronghold and reported that the Demon Race was recalling Heavenly Human figures and reinforcing its defenses amid rising tensions with the human race.
• Elephant Prison described Elephant Dragon’s strength, and Xu Qing’s group prepared an ambush with Tiger Seven, Hunchback Old Poison, and Hu Meng.
• Elephant Prison lured Elephant Dragon’s group into the ambush before attacking him, while Xu Qing struck and Tiger Seven engaged Elephant Prison’s third uncle.
• Hunchback Old Poison’s poison weakened the Demon Race fighters, and Xu Qing’s allies intercepted the Elephant Race reinforcements as the battle spread across the stronghold.
• Xu Qing overwhelmed Elephant Dragon with the Red Gold Tiger Slayer Spear and killed him, earning 29 Free Attribute Points and 50,000 Luck Value.

Xu Qing returned to the Ancient Immortal Sect after destroying the Demon Race forces, refined his Dao foundation items, and advanced to Dao Immortal Perfection with multiple Heaven and Earth Blessings. The elders then summoned him to address a Demon Race attack on Fei Lian Sect's territory linked to Li Qingfeng and Ye Wuhen.

• Xu Qing and his allies wiped out the Demon Race forces, then fled the Great Yunmeng Marsh as war with Dragon Soar Mansion loomed.
• Xu Qing returned to the Ancient Immortal Sect, told Du Gu Jiu Meng about those he had killed, and secluded himself to refine his new Dao foundation item.
• Xu Qing broke through to the high Dao Immortal Realm and discovered that the next Dao foundation item was the golden bird corpse from the Seven Gods Coffins.
• Xu Qing perfected the Mystic Phantom Communication Method, reached Dao Immortal Perfection, received another Heaven and Earth Blessing, and deduced the ultimate move Immortal Dragon Devours Tiger.
• Long Zhenfeng summoned Xu Qing to the Sect Main Hall, where the Martial God City Lord reported that the Demon Race had attacked Fei Lian Sect's territory and that Li Qingfeng and Ye Wuhen were likely involved.

Xu Qing led the Ancient Immortal Sect to Mang Yue City after the Demon Race’s assault threatened Li Qingfeng and Ye Wuhen’s forces. The city’s defenders defeated General Hu Ben, but Tiger Fourth Master appeared as the next threat, facing the gathered reinforcements.

• Li Qingfeng and Ye Wuhen defended Mang Yue City while explaining that the Demon Race was attacking allies of the Ancient Immortal Sect to force Xu Qing’s sect into a trap or isolate it.
• The Demon Race broke through the east gate, and Li Qingfeng used Fei Lian Sect’s Wind-Thunder Secret Art to hold back the attackers as Ye Wuhen fought the Demon King.
• Xu Qing arrived with the Ancient Immortal Sect, struck the Town Immortal Realm Tiger Demon, and joined four allies in surrounding it.
• Xu Qing ordered Ye Wuhen and Li Qingfeng to reorganize the defenders, while Tiger Seven, Hu Meng, Elephant Prison, and the others killed General Hu Ben.
• The Demon Race army collapsed after Hu Ben’s death, but Tiger Fourth Master appeared from the clouds as the battle’s true mastermind, with further reinforcements gathering beside Xu Qing.

Xu Qing drove Dragon Soar Mansion’s forces from Mang Yue City, then used stolen cultivation arts to deduce and upgrade a Town Immortal Realm technique. The upgrade triggered his first Town Immortal Tribulation, and Du Gu Jiu Meng stood guard as Xu Qing faced the Four Extremities Tribulation.

• Tiger Fourth Master retreated with his demon army after Han Shan and Ye Fei backed Xu Qing, but he ordered an investigation and summoned Xu Qing to Astragalus Blood Mountain Range.
• The Flowing Wind Sword offered the Four Alliances’ support, while Han Shan and Ye Fei departed after thanking Xu Qing.
• Xu Qing returned to the Ancient Immortal Sect, refined General Hu Ben into a Thrall Puppet, and gathered three Town Immortal Realm cultivation arts from his demons.
• Xu Qing spent half a year cultivating the arts, then deduced and upgraded Mystic Phantom Tribulation to Slight Achievement.
• Xu Qing’s upgrade triggered a violent breakthrough and the Four Extremities Tribulation, so Du Gu Jiu Meng appeared to guard him and called on the Ancient Immortal Sect’s ancestors.

Xu Qing completed his breakthrough to the Town Immortal Realm, endured and shattered a ninety-nine-bolt Heavenly Tribulation, and returned to the Ancient Immortal Sect. After learning of Dragon Soar Mansion’s invitation, he and Du Gu Jiu Meng prepared to gather the Four Alliances against the threat.

• Xu Qing endured the disintegration and reforging of his limbs, then awakened in the Town Immortal Realm as Du Gu Jiu Meng watched his breakthrough succeed.
• Xu Qing moved his tribulation to the Astragalus Blood Mountain Range, where he withstood its strikes and shattered the ninety-ninth bolt with his fist.
• Xu Qing killed a Crow Race member of the Tribulation Immortal Realm, while Tiger Fourth Master urged the demon kings to investigate before retaliating.
• Xu Qing returned to the Ancient Immortal Sect, checked its safety, and received congratulations from its disciples.
• Du Gu Jiu Meng showed Xu Qing an invitation from Dragon Soar Mansion and ordered an assembly of the Four Alliances to confront the threat together.

Xu Qing prepared Ancient Immortal Sect for the Four Alliances Assembly by welcoming three thousand Cosmic Sea geniuses, equipping them with cultivation methods and pills, and overseeing their training. As the assembly approached, the sect’s new disciples competed to demonstrate their progress, and Xu Qing arrived with his allies at the gathering place in Sunset Ancient.

• Xu Qing decided to consolidate his cultivation and prepare methods and pills for the sect while Du Gu Jiu Meng arranged his seclusion and training for the incoming geniuses.
• Three thousand Cosmic Sea geniuses arrived at Ancient Immortal Sect, and the sect invited Flowing Cloud Sect, Fei Lian Sect, and Heavenly Wolf Sect to unite against Dragon Soar Mansion at the Four Alliances Assembly.
• The Martial God City Lord and other experts organized the newcomers’ training, while Xu Qing wrote cultivation methods and refined pills for them.
• Xu Qing welcomed the geniuses as members of Ancient Immortal Sect and watched them compete on trial platforms, where their varied abilities impressed the sect’s disciples.
• Long Zhenfeng told Xu Qing that Dragon Soar Mansion was demanding an explanation for its fallen prodigies and that the assembly was three days away; Xu Qing dismissed the threat and confirmed the sect’s preparations.
• Three days later, Xu Qing and the others reached Sunset Ancient, where cultivators from across the world were gathering for the Four Alliances Assembly.

At the Four Alliances Assembly, Xu Qing was recognized as the Ancient Immortal Sect’s Sect Master and tasked with contacting the Illusion Spirit Sect to prepare against Dragon Soar Mansion. The gathering then erupted into a public confrontation when Han Shan accused Liu Ruo of colluding with the Demon Race and produced evidence.

• The four sects’ leaders arrived at Sunset Valley, where Xu Qing descended on an Immortal Dragon and revealed that he had entered the Town Immortal Realm.
• Xu Qing and the other Sect Masters discussed Dragon Soar Mansion’s threat and agreed that Xu Qing would lead a team to contact the Four Alliances’ distant ally, the Illusion Spirit Sect.
• Zhao Wuji gave Xu Qing the Illusion Spirit Sect’s token and map, and the Sect Masters warned him to proceed cautiously.
• Han Shan publicly called out Liu Ruo and accused him of betraying his fellow disciples by colluding with the Demon Race.
• Han Shan played a memory crystal showing Liu Ruo meeting General Hu Ben, and Xu Qing revealed that Hu Ben’s testimony had supplied the evidence.
• Liu Ruo tried to flee, but Han Shan intercepted him and challenged him to fight; Liu Ruo summoned an ice sword and charged at Han Shan.

Han Shan defeated Liu Ruo’s resistance, and Wolf Howl Sky forced the disgraced elder to take his own life before the Four Alliances Assembly resumed. After Xu Qing dealt with a Dragon Soar Mansion envoy, he learned that the Four Alliances Sect Masters might be concealing their strength and that the Ancient Immortal Sect’s destruction remained a dangerous secret; later, back at the Ancient Immortal Sect, he went to watch Lougu Zhenjun undergo his Dao Immortal tribulation.

• Han Shan and Liu Ruo fought until Wolf Howl Sky stopped them and condemned Liu Ruo, who apologized and killed himself with his ice sword.
• Wolf Howl Sky warned Xu Qing to stay alert on his journey to the Illusion Spirit Sect, and Xu Qing vanished to deal with the Dragon Soar Mansion envoy before returning with blood on him.
• Xu Qing and Du Gu Jiu Meng discussed the Sect Masters’ hidden strength and whether it related to the Ancient Immortal Sect’s destruction, but Du Gu Jiu Meng withheld the full story and urged Xu Qing to conceal his identity.
• At home, Xu Qing learned that Dong Xuan had entered the Immortal Venerable Realm and that Lougu Zhenjun was undergoing a Dao Immortal tribulation.
• Xu Qing took Buckwheat with him to Deacon Peak, where they watched Lougu Zhenjun withstand the Heavenly Tribulation.

After Lougu Zhenjun entered the Dao Immortal Realm, Xu Qing gave him a longevity pill and helped Buckwheat obtain a powerful tiger-demon body. Xu Qing then led a Four Alliances delegation to seek an alliance with the Illusion Spirit Sect against the approaching Demon Race, where elder You Zi finally came out to meet them.

• Lougu Zhenjun overcame his tribulation, and Xu Qing rewarded him with a specially refined pill that increased his lifespan.
• Xu Qing brought Buckwheat to a secluded valley and used his Town Immortal abilities to transfer Buckwheat's soul into a Tiger Demon corpse, creating a stronger body.
• After receiving word that a Demon Race force was moving north, Xu Qing, Han Shan, Flowing Wind Fairy, and Ye Fei set out for the Illusion Spirit Sect to seek an alliance.
• The group reached the Illusion Spirit Sect's mountain gate, announced themselves, and waited in silence despite Ye Fei's frustration.
• The Illusion Spirit Bell rang, the mountain gate opened, and elder You Zi emerged to greet the visitors.

After the Illusion Spirit Sect kept the Four Alliances’ delegation waiting, You Zi revealed that Ying Wuhen was being forced to nurture the Blood Refinement Sect’s Ten Refinements Life-Death Worms. Xu Qing proposed gathering Demon Race genius blood from the Nether Ghost Domain to help Ying Wuhen and raised his hand to go himself, relying on his puppet techniques.

• Han Shan led Xu Qing, Ye Fei, and Liu Mengxuan to the Illusion Spirit Sect to request an alliance against Dragon Soar Mansion, but the sect made them wait for ten days.
• Ye Fei confronted You Zi, and after three more days without a response, the group challenged the Illusion Spirit Sect at its main hall.
• You Zi took the group to the You Ying Secret Realm, where they found Ying Wuhen suffering as Ten Refinements Life-Death Worms consumed his life force.
• You Zi explained that the Blood God Child had forced the Illusion Spirit Sect to nurture the worms using Ying Wuhen’s essence and Heavenly Dao violet qi.
• Xu Qing proposed obtaining Demon Race genius blood from the Nether Ghost Domain to ease the sect’s urgent problem, then volunteered to go because he was skilled in puppet techniques.

Xu Qing and Ye Fei entered the Netherworld Ghost Domain to capture Demon Race prodigies for the Illusion Spirit Sect, and ambushed Jin Yu Xuan’s group after they subdued a Nether Wolf Demon. Xu Qing and Ye Fei overwhelmed the group, while Jin Yu Xuan struggled against Xu Qing’s restraints and threatened them with the Bi Luo Sect.

• Xu Qing accepted the Illusion Spirit Sect’s request to deal with the Demon Race and discussed the mission with Ye Fei, Han Shan, and Liu Mengxuan.
• Xu Qing chose Ye Fei to accompany him, and they reached the Netherworld Ghost Domain in four days.
• Xu Qing and Ye Fei spotted a frenzied Nether Wolf Demon and watched Jin Yu Xuan and his Bi Luo Sect companions subdue it.
• Xu Qing and Ye Fei blocked the Demon Race group’s path and attacked, with Xu Qing targeting Jin Yu Xuan and Ye Fei fighting the others.
• Xu Qing spread the Tiger Fiend Shadow to hinder the Demon Race cultivators, and he and Ye Fei began subduing them as Jin Yu Xuan threatened them with the Bi Luo Sect’s retaliation.

Xu Qing and Ye Fei captured demon cultivators in the Netherworld Ghost Domain, survived an attack by a powerful unknown creature, and followed the Nether Ancient Bell to a group of black-robed demons. The chapter ended as Xu Qing used Tiger Fiend Shadow chains to ensnare their attackers.

• Xu Qing knocked out Jin Yu Xuan after killing the Nether Wolf Demon, then sent him to Elephant Prison and continued hunting demons with Ye Fei.
• Ten days later, Xu Qing and Ye Fei lured three Bi Luo Sect demons into a valley and captured them, but a white-eyed creature struck Hu Meng while trying to kill Ye Fei.
• Xu Qing and Ye Fei heard the Nether Ancient Bell and followed its sound toward the inner ring, where they found the bell atop a black peak.
• Black-Robed People attacked Xu Qing and Ye Fei near the bell, and Ye Fei engaged them while Xu Qing sent Tiger Fiend Shadow chains to bind them.

Xu Qing and Ye Fei continued hunting Demon Race prodigies in the Netherworld Ghost Domain while Han Shan and Liu Mengxuan learned their identities and prepared to meet them. After Xu Qing evolved Elephant Prison into a Town Immortal Third Decay puppet, a tomb’s treasures drew a battle toward the pair, who chose to seize them rather than flee.

• Xu Qing and Ye Fei captured more Demon Race cultivators, then avoided a hidden Demon Race ambush after Xu Qing detected the attackers.
• At the Illusion Spirit Sect, You Zi reported the Yin Yang Twin Killers’ exploits, and Han Shan confirmed they were Xu Qing and Ye Fei before deciding to head to the Netherworld Ghost Domain with Liu Mengxuan.
• Xu Qing fused three Town Immortal Realm Shadow Fiends into Elephant Prison, evolving him into a Town Immortal Third Decay Thrall Puppet.
• Hu Meng reported that a powerful cultivator’s tomb had emerged and treasures were causing battles across the ghost domain, so Xu Qing and Ye Fei decided to withdraw.
• Three spiritual treasures flew toward Xu Qing and Ye Fei as pursuing human and demon experts demanded they move, but Xu Qing chose to seize the treasures and prepare for battle.

Xu Qing and Ye Fei returned from the Netherworld Ghost Domain with the Netherworld Jade and other spoils, then traded their treasures for access to the Illusion Spirit Sect’s resources. Ying Wuhen invited Xu Qing and his companions to the Illusion Heart Ladder, where Xu Qing began climbing and faced a series of illusions.

• Xu Qing, Ye Fei, and Elephant Prison defeated their pursuers in the Netherworld Ghost Domain, seized several treasures, and drove the survivors to flee.
• Three days later, Xu Qing and Ye Fei showed the Netherworld Jade and captured Demon Race prodigies to the Illusion Spirit Sect, and Xu Qing offered to exchange the treasures for resources useful to powerful cultivators.
• Ying Wuhen sought the Sect Master’s approval, and the Sect Master authorized the young friends of the Four Alliances to choose equivalent items from the sect’s treasure vault.
• Ying Wuhen invited Xu Qing and his three companions to enter the Illusion Heart Ladder, explaining its trials and potential dangers.
• Xu Qing stepped onto the ladder, saw through the first illusion, and climbed onward through increasingly vivid trials of fire, wind, ice, and deep water.

Xu Qing overcame the Illusion Heart Ladder’s illusions and increasingly harsh trials, breaking through as he climbed while pursuing a mysterious phrase carried by the wind. He reached the three-hundredth step ahead of his companions, where the phrase remained unfinished and the climb continued.

• Xu Qing saw illusions of his fallen friends but recognized them as false and shattered them with his resolve, while Han Shan, Liu Mengxuan, and Ye Fei struggled through trials rooted in their own fears.
• Ying Wuhen explained to You Zi that he had invited the four to climb the ladder to assess their potential and build ties with Long Zhenfeng and the forces behind him.
• Xu Qing broke through the illusions and heard the word “Zhou” after reaching the hundredth step, then forced his way through crushing pressure and climbed onward.
• On the two-hundredth step, Xu Qing endured agony as his spiritual energy turned violent, then controlled and refined it through sheer will.
• Xu Qing heard “Heavenly Cycle Not” by the two-hundred-and-ninety-ninth step and reached the three-hundredth step, far ahead of Liu Mengxuan, Han Shan, and Ye Fei.