Chapter Summaries

Shi Kang traveled to the Northwind Clan to investigate its wind-rich treasure land and discovered that its deepest reaches held the Nine Heavens Longwind Marrow. Wind Spirit Fairy explained that the treasure had copied her appearance while forming, but Shi Kang realized it still had not completed its spiritual transformation.

• Shi Kang flew to the far south after learning that the Northwind Clan might possess a wind-attribute spiritual treasure.
• Wind Spirit Fairy cautiously received Shi Kang, who announced he wanted to inspect the clan's treasure land and headed there without waiting for permission.
• Shi Kang and Wind Spirit Fairy entered Wind Spirit Valley, where increasingly violent black gales revealed an unusual force at the valley's heart.
• Shi Kang found a figure resembling Wind Spirit Fairy standing on a platform of transparent wind crystals and identified it as nonhuman.
• Wind Spirit Fairy revealed that the figure was the Nine Heavens Longwind Marrow, which had copied her appearance a century earlier while forming its body.
• Shi Kang noticed that the Nine Heavens Longwind Marrow still seemed incomplete and wondered why its spiritual transformation had not finished.

Shi Kang seized the newly transformed Nine Heavens Purple-Gold Lightning from the Bone Clan and began refining it to advance his cultivation. Elsewhere, a Saintess escaped her two elderly pursuers by activating a teleportation formation, leaving them worried about how to explain her disappearance to the Grand Elder.

• Shi Kang rejected the Skull Fairy's proposal to wait a hundred years and attacked the Nine Heavens Bone-Suppressing Skeleton.
• Shi Kang smashed the skeleton back into its original form, collected its Nine Heavens Purple-Gold Lightning, and gave the Skull Fairy five thousand drops of Sovereign Spirit Liquid.
• Shi Kang found a secluded mountain valley and swallowed the lightning to begin refining it.
• A Saintess hurriedly drew a teleportation formation while two elderly women and two old figures pursued her through a remote mountain range.
• The Saintess teased the elderly women and vanished through the activated formation, leaving them distressed about reporting to the Grand Elder.

Shi Kang traveled to the Commerce Continent to sell the treasures he had collected and search for information about heavenly treasures. After consigning his items to the continent’s largest auction house, he asked about its information channels.

• A woman fleeing the Great Xi Tian Continent chose the Commerce Continent as a hiding place and activated a teleportation array.
• After a month of cultivation, Shi Kang refined the Heavenly Demon Spear, gained a Bodhi Fruit, and decided to seek heavenly treasures elsewhere.
• Shi Kang chose the Commerce Continent for its trade, auction houses, and convenient teleportation links, then traveled there.
• Shi Kang brought more than twenty treasures and several techniques to the largest auction house, where the appraiser valued them at nearly ten billion Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
• Shi Kang chose to put his items up for auction and asked the appraiser whether the auction house had information channels.

Shi Kang searched the Merchant Continent for heavenly spiritual artifacts and learned that Northern Nether Ice Crystal would be auctioned in a month. While browsing the market, he bought a strange flame despite Qing Yan Jing offering him a large sum for it, leaving her curious about him.

• Shi Kang asked the auction house steward to find heavenly spiritual artifacts and learned that Northern Nether Ice Crystal would be sold at an auction in a month.
• Shi Kang explored the Merchant Continent's market and spotted a cluster of ghostly flames at a stall.
• Qing Yan Jing arrived and offered one hundred million drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid for the flame, but Shi Kang refused to sell it to her.
• Shi Kang bought the flame from the stall owner for thirty-five million drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid.
• Qing Yan Jing watched Shi Kang leave and wondered what kind of man he was.

Shi Kang refused to sell the Netherworld Flame to Qing Shuang, refined it over three days, and attended the Thousand Traders Auction. After sensing a Heavenly Sovereign in the hall, he asked how the auction house protected buyers from being robbed after they left the city.

• Qing Shuang followed Shi Kang and offered three hundred million Sovereign Spirit Liquid for his Netherworld Flame, but he shut her out of his room when she refused to enter.
• Shi Kang confirmed Qing Shuang had left, then refined the Netherworld Flame and cultivated for three days, strengthening his Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection cultivation.
• An attendant escorted Shi Kang to the auction hall, where he sensed a Heavenly Sovereign in the most luxurious private room and wondered about the final auction item.
• Shi Kang learned from the female manager that the auction house protected buyers inside Thousand Traders City, but buyers had to prepare for dangers beyond its borders.

Shi Kang attended the Heavenly Commerce Auction, where his entrusted treasures drew powerful bidders and earned high prices. As the auction progressed, the Northern Nether Cold Jade he sought finally came up for bidding.

• Shi Kang spotted Qingluan at the auction and she decided to bid against him to make him waste supreme spirit liquid.
• Powerful cultivators gathered to compete for Shi Kang’s spiritual artifacts and other valuable items.
• Ru Yan opened the auction and the Bone-Destroying Staff sold for forty-two thousand drops of supreme spirit liquid.
• Shi Kang’s entrusted items sold one after another, bringing his expected total earnings to more than one million drops of supreme spirit liquid.
• When Ru Yan announced the thirtieth item, Shi Kang focused on the Northern Nether Cold Jade he wanted to obtain.

At the auction, Shi Kang and Qing Yanjing drove up the price of the North Nether Profound Ice, which Ice Soul needed to attempt a breakthrough to the Heavenly Sovereign realm. Shi Kang remained determined to win it, while Qing Yanjing’s motives and limited fortune left the bidding unresolved.

• Ru Yan presented the North Nether Profound Ice and opened bidding at ninety million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
• Ice Soul and Flame Vanisher traded bids until Shi Kang raised the price to four hundred million, then six hundred million.
• Ice Soul gave up when he realized he could not risk Ice Lake Valley’s resources against Shi Kang’s wealth.
• Qing Yanjing entered the bidding, and she and Shi Kang raised the price past one billion Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
• Qing Yanjing’s bids weakened as she weighed the cost of using the ice as a water-element core for her Five Elements Spirit Formation.
• Shi Kang bid 1.1 billion, convinced Qing Yanjing was targeting him, while she faced pressure over her limited fortune.

Shi Kang outbid Qing Shanliang for the Northern Nether Profound Ice, then watched a Profound Heaven Supreme win the Flowing Flame Heavenly Meteor at the auction's close. After collecting the ice, Shi Kang looked forward to using it to advance his cultivation, while Qing Shanliang watched him with complicated feelings.

• Shi Kang raised his bid for the Northern Nether Profound Ice to 1.18 billion Supreme Spirit Liquid, forcing Qing Shanliang to give up.
• Ru Yan revealed the Flowing Flame Heavenly Meteor as the final auction item and described its power as a Profound World Divine Art.
• Bidders competed for the scroll, and a Profound Heaven Supreme secured it for 1.8 billion Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• The auction ended, and Shi Kang received the Northern Nether Profound Ice and felt its cold energy blend with his Five Elements Chaos True Qi.
• Qing Shanliang stared toward Shi Kang's private room with complicated emotions.

Qing Yan defeated the bandits who tried to rob her after she left the auction city, but spared them when they begged for mercy. A month later, they returned with two Spirit Grade Heavenly Supremes, and Qing Yan was driven into a desperate fight that ended with her summoning the Ancient Sea Devouring Clan’s divine ability.

• Shi Kang stayed in the auction city to refine the North Sea Ice Essence while Qing Yan left alone.
• Bandits ambushed Qing Yan for her Supreme Spirit Liquid and treasures, but she defeated them with her formation and strength.
• Qing Yan believed the bandits’ pleas and let them escape with their injured companions.
• A month later, the gray-robed elder returned with two Spirit Grade Heavenly Supremes, who attacked Qing Yan and demanded her treasures.
• As the Heavenly Supremes overwhelmed her, Qing Yan summoned the Sea Devouring Phantom, revealing her connection to the Ancient Sea Devouring Clan.

Qing Yanjing escaped two Heavenly Sovereigns, then discovered that Shi Kang was the cold man she had met before. After refining the Northern Nether Extreme Ice Power, Shi Kang reached Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign and collected his auction proceeds before asking about the spiritual treasures.

• Qing Yanjing used a teleportation array to escape the golden-robed and black-robed Heavenly Sovereigns, though their attacks badly wounded her.
• Qing Yanjing recovered, traveled west, and learned that Shi Kang had killed a Heavenly Sovereign and destroyed the Three Great Divine Clans and West Heaven Hall.
• Qing Yanjing visited the Goddess Luo Clan, recognized Shi Kang in a portrait shown by Luo Tianshen, and concealed that she knew him.
• Shi Kang completed three months of seclusion, refined the Northern Nether Extreme Ice Power, and advanced to Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign with a Heavenly Sovereign Spirit Body.
• The female auction manager told Shi Kang his items had sold for eleven billion Supreme Spirit Liquid and gave him ten billion after the commission.
• Shi Kang asked about the spiritual treasures, and the manager presented two confidential jade slips priced at one hundred million Supreme Spirit Liquid each.

Shi Kang traveled to the Lingyuan Continent to search for the Grand Tower Demon-Devouring Thunder and encountered Qing Shan Jing, who had found it first. After Qing Shan Jing challenged him to beg for the artifact, Shi Kang decided to take it from her.

• Shi Kang bought clues about a lost lightning artifact and a possible fire artifact, then traveled to the Lingyuan Continent.
• Shi Kang arrived at the ancient battlefield, learned about its evil aura from Yan Ti Ancient Tree, and vowed to kill any Extraterritorial Evil Clans he encountered.
• Shi Kang reached Lingyuan City, obtained a Demon-Slaying Token, and went to the Heavenly Pavilion to ask about the Grand Tower Demon-Devouring Thunder.
• Shi Kang discovered that Qing Shan Jing had searched for the same artifact, found it in an evil clan's cave, and defeated the Earthly Sovereign-level Demon Kings guarding it.
• Qing Shan Jing showed Shi Kang the Grand Tower Demon-Devouring Thunder and demanded that he beg for it, so Shi Kang moved to take the artifact and her Supreme Spiritual Liquid.

Shi Kang and Qing Shuang fought after he confronted her over the auction, but she stopped the battle by threatening to destroy the Supreme Demon Thunder. She gave him the pearl to settle their grudge, then invited him to explore an ancient ruin that might hold a mighty expert’s inheritance.

• Shi Kang attacked Qing Shuang over the extra Supreme Spirit Liquid he had spent at the auction, and their battle escalated into her Five Elements Grand Formation.
• Shi Kang kept pressing Qing Shuang despite her call to stop, until she threatened to destroy the Supreme Demon Thunder and he halted his attack.
• Shi Kang and Qing Shuang exchanged names and argued about why he had attacked her.
• Qing Shuang offered Shi Kang the Supreme Demon Thunder to settle their grudge, and he accepted the pearl.
• Qing Shuang invited Shi Kang to explore an ancient place where they might find a mighty expert’s inheritance, and he showed interest.

Qing Yanjing took Shi Kang into the Land of Forbidden Laws to seek an inheritance guarded by bone soldiers, relying on his Primordial True Qi to withstand the suppression. Inside, Shi Kang teased her by pretending he meant to ravish her, then revealed he was only robbing her for her Supreme Spirit Liquid.

• Qing Yanjing explained that her Spiritual Energy and divine abilities failed in the Land of Forbidden Laws and persuaded Shi Kang to help her find its inheritance in exchange for half the loot.
• Qing Yanjing revealed the hidden passage on a barren plain and warned Shi Kang that bone soldiers guarded the inheritance inside.
• The Land of Forbidden Laws sealed Qing Yanjing's powers, but Shi Kang's Primordial True Qi continued to flow freely.
• Shi Kang told Qing Yanjing he had created his own cultivation path, impressing her and making her consider recruiting him into the Futu Ancient Clan.
• Shi Kang pretended to pursue Qing Yanjing, then caught her wrists and demanded her Supreme Spirit Liquid as a robbery.

Shi Kang and Qing Yunjin entered a forbidden magic land where spiritual power and techniques were suppressed, forcing Qing Yunjin to rely on his physical strength. As a horde of animated skeletons charged them, Shi Kang prepared to fight while Qing Yunjin clung to his back.

• Shi Kang revealed that he had only meant to frighten Qing Yunjin, then followed her into the abyss after she insisted she had discovered it.
• Shi Kang saw that the valley was a battlefield filled with Supreme Realm bones and realized Qing Yunjin had offered him the Heaven-Breaking Demonic Thunder to get his help crossing it.
• Shi Kang carried Qing Yunjin into the air and caught her after a frightening fall, showing her the value of Bone Armor in a place where spiritual power was useless.
• Qing Yunjin followed closely behind Shi Kang as they approached the skeleton mountain.
• The bones came alive and charged at them, so Qing Yunjin clung to Shi Kang while he prepared to fight without using the Bodhi Ancient Sword.

Shi Kang carried Qing Yanshuang through the seemingly endless Bone Armor horde and brought her to safety beyond an invisible barrier. At an ancient altar where their spiritual power returned, a mysterious giant appeared, and Qing Yanshuang recognized his Dharma body as the Ancient Ancestor Battle Body of the Ancient Race.

• Shi Kang learned from Qing Yanshuang that the Bone Armor reformed after being shattered, so he pulled her close and fought his way through the swarm with her in his arms.
• Shi Kang carried Qing Yanshuang beyond the broken wall, where an invisible barrier stopped the Bone Armor, and she became more determined to recruit him into the Floating Slaughter Ancient Race.
• Shi Kang and Qing Yanshuang entered the ancient altar, where their spiritual power returned and their minds felt unusually clear.
• A giant phantom appeared above the altar, and Qing Yanshuang recognized his Dharma body as the Ancient Ancestor Battle Body and identified him as one of the Ancient Race.

Shi Kang learned that the Dao-Suppressing Tower accelerated comprehension and decided to stay there with Qing Shan to create a divine art suited to his body. After three fruitless days, Huang gave him a jade slip that advised him to comprehend through battle.

• Huang told Shi Kang that he had left no inheritance and explained that the Dao Enlightenment Tower helped visitors comprehend divine arts and cultivation methods.
• Huang recounted how he had created his own fist technique after surviving battles beyond the domain, then urged Shi Kang to develop a divine art suited to his powerful body.
• Shi Kang agreed to stay and cultivate after Qing Shan pleaded with him, and he extorted five drops of Heavenly Sovereign spiritual liquid from her.
• Shi Kang spent three days meditating without inspiration, so Huang gave him a jade slip containing the advice, “Comprehend within battle.”

Shi Kang trained against the Bone Armor Tide until he forged a new path of body cultivation and awakened his fist intent. He left the battlefield having mastered a devastating punch called “Break!”

• Shi Kang abandoned meditation and entered the Bone Armor Tide, fighting with only his physical strength.
• As he battled, Shi Kang refined his movements and learned to direct his qi and blood through each strike.
• The desolate figure praised Shi Kang’s talent, while the girl blushed and denied that they were more than companions.
• After three days of fighting and repeated cycles of recovery, Shi Kang’s fist intent took shape and began restraining nearby Bone Armor creatures.
• Shi Kang unleashed “Break!”, shattering every Bone Armor creature within a thousand yards and blasting a huge crater into the ground.

Shi Kang created the Wild Desolation Fist, then refined the Primordial Demonic Thunder and broke through to the Heavenly Supreme Realm. Huang revealed that the breakthrough was a trap and sent Shi Kang through a spatial rift, while Qing Shang managed to give him her storage ring before he vanished.

• Shi Kang completed his self-created Wild Desolation Fist, and Huang praised his achievement before telling him to refine the lightning Dao within his body.
• Shi Kang doubted Huang’s assurance that the space was stable, but chose to refine the Primordial Demonic Thunder and pursue the Heavenly Supreme Realm.
• Shi Kang broke through to the Heavenly Supreme Realm, and Huang opened a spatial rift beneath him, revealing that he had set Shi Kang up.
• Qing Shang rushed to save Shi Kang, but Huang restrained her and said the ordeal belonged to Shi Kang alone.
• Qing Shang threw her storage ring to Shi Kang, and Huang let it reach him just before the rift swallowed Shi Kang.

Yao sent Shi Kang into the outer-realm demon territory, leaving Qing Luoxue desperate to find him. Alone near the border and facing powerful demons, Shi Kang used Qing Luoxue’s supplies to raise his cultivation before sensing approaching enemies.

• Qing Luoxue attacked Yao and demanded to know where he had sent Shi Kang, then activated the jade talisman around her neck.
• Shi Kang arrived in the outer realm, suppressed his aura, and learned from a captured demon beast that he was in Devouring Demon Clan territory ruled by a peak Immortal Grade Heavenly Supreme patriarch.
• Shi Kang learned that returning to the Spirit Abyss Continent would require crossing four demon clans and decided he had to strengthen himself quickly.
• Shi Kang discovered Qing Luoxue’s Five Elements Spiritual Vessels and more than twenty drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid in the storage ring she had given him.
• Shi Kang hid in an underground crevice, refined five spiritual items, and advanced to the mid-stage Immortal Grade Heavenly Supreme Realm before sensing approaching demon beasts.

Shi Kang disguised himself as a member of the heretic race by assimilating heretic qi and entered Devouring Demon City. When the Devouring Demon Emperor ordered him to stay and help the Devouring Demon clan fight the Blood Demon clan over an important object, Shi Kang had to abandon his plan to leave quickly.

• Shi Kang ambushed five heretic demon generals, killed four, and captured the badly injured Demon King alive.
• Shi Kang studied the Demon King's heretic qi and learned to assimilate it into his Primordial Chaos True Qi.
• After half a month, Shi Kang emerged disguised as a heretic and passed through Devouring Demon City's checkpoints using a false mixed-blood identity.
• A Demon King guard stopped Shi Kang at the city's final gate and ordered him to remain for the clan's planned operation.
• The Devouring Demon Emperor questioned Shi Kang, accepted his story that he was preparing to infiltrate the Great Thousand World, and ordered him to help the Devouring Demon clan fight the Blood Demon clan.