Chapter Summaries

Qin Wuji defeated Monk Wu Ming in their sparring match and forced him to consider Qin Wuji’s proposal. Qin Wuji then revealed that he planned to use Black Crow Hermit’s help to kill Wu Ming and the other Nascent Soul cultivators and conquer Eastern Qi.

• Qin Wuji and Monk Wu Ming traded attacks until Qin Wuji’s flute trapped Wu Ming in an illusion and a black streak pierced his shoulder.
• A deep shout broke Wu Ming’s illusion, and Ye Qingshu, Su Zhi, a Gold-robed Monk, Cai Sisi, and Deng Nantian arrived as Wu Ming conceded.
• Qin Wuji gave Wu Ming three days to respond to his proposal, and Wu Ming and his companions returned to White Giant City.
• Cai Sisi questioned Qin Wuji’s decision to let Wu Ming go, and Qin Wuji said he was also buying time until Black Crow Hermit arrived.
• Qin Wuji revealed that Black Crow Hermit had demanded one-fifth of Eastern Qi’s territory and said they would use his Black Crow Bowl and the Sky Demon Banner to kill Wu Ming’s group and seize Eastern Qi.

Qin Wuji’s attack left Monk Wu Ming injured, but Eastern Qi’s leaders chose to hold out for reinforcements from Great Tang and Northern Yan. Two days later, Qin Wuji enlisted the Black Crow Hermit to help trap their city, though the Hermit doubted his treasure could contain the many Nascent Soul cultivators for long.

• Deng Nantian asked Qin Wuji about the flute that had trapped Monk Wu Ming in an illusion, but Qin Wuji gave only a vague answer.
• Ye Qingshu and the others decided to defend Eastern Qi and stall until allied reinforcements arrived, while Monk Wu Ming privately revealed that Qin Wuji’s finger strike had poisoned him.
• Two days later, the Black Crow Hermit arrived at Qin Wuji’s Black Palace to claim the promised one-fifth of Eastern Qi’s territory.
• Qin Wuji proposed that the Black Crow Hermit trap Monk Wu Ming and the others while Qin Wuji and Cai Sisi used the Sky Demon Banner to activate the Sky Demon Rakshasa Array.
• The Black Crow Hermit warned that his Black Crow Bowl could not hold Eastern Qi’s many Nascent Soul cultivators for long.

Qin Wuji and his allies launched a coordinated attack on White Giant City, trapping its defenders in the Sky Demon Rakshasa Array and killing many. The chapter ended with Ye Qingshu and the Gold-robed Monk caught in Qin Wuji’s illusions as Cai Sisi sent attacks toward them.

• Qin Wuji and Deng Nantian agreed to use the Mysterious Yin Ghost Array alongside the Sky Demon Rakshasa Array while Black Crow Hermit held the defenders for ten breaths.
• Black Crow Hermit flew to White Giant City and used his Black Bowl to cover it in Black Rosy Light as Monk Wu Ming and the others attacked the bowl.
• Qin Wuji, Cai Sisi, and Deng Nantian’s group set up their arrays around White Giant City, then Qin Wuji activated the Sky Demon Rakshasa Array and sent ghosts into the city.
• Cai Sisi summoned a Giant Skeleton, and Qin Wuji played his Black Flute as the ghosts battled the defenders inside the black qi.
• A blast scattered the black qi and revealed many dead in White Giant City, while Monk Wu Ming and Su Zhi fought the Unicorn Giant Ghost and Giant Skeleton.
• Qin Wuji trapped Ye Qingshu and the Gold-robed Monk beneath a Green Light Screen and ensnared them in illusions as Cai Sisi sent a black and a green streak of light toward them.

The Great Qin Cultivation World conquered Eastern Qi, prompting the Great Tang, Northern Yan, and Taixu Sect to prepare an alliance against the advancing Demonic Dao. Murong Feng also approved Zhou's attempt to reach the Nascent Soul Realm and ordered the Taixu Spirit Pool opened for him.

• Cai Sisi killed Ye Qingshu and the Gold-robed Monk while Qin Wuji's forces wiped out everyone in White Giant City.
• Qin Wuji ordered his forces to split into four groups and destroy the four sects of Eastern Qi.
• Dugu Xin and Lin Zhennan learned that Eastern Qi had fallen and agreed to investigate its destruction and contact Northern Yan.
• Ximen Xiu ordered Northern Yan to contact Great Tang and coordinate resistance against the Great Qin Demonic Dao.
• Murong Feng decided to meet Dugu Xin and approved opening the Taixu Spirit Pool so Junior Nephew Zhou could attempt a breakthrough.

Shi Yue mastered the fifth layer of True Spirit Nine Transformations, but discovered that the plants and inhabitants in Palm Heaven Space were all in poor condition, suggesting a serious problem with the Heaven Controlling Bead. After learning Great Qin had conquered Eastern Qi, he met a Core Formation cultivator who recognized his Sword Embryo.

• Li Yang learned that Great Qin had conquered Eastern Qi and hurried back to Southern Shu with two companions, while Chen San and Lu Er discussed the market’s decline and the threat of invasion.
• Shi Yue mastered the fifth layer of True Spirit Nine Transformations and found that his body could withstand attacks from Mid-Grade Spirit Artifacts.
• Shi Yue harvested mature Mysterious Jade Flowers and saw that the Spirit Herbs, Spirit Flowers, Spirit Trees, Jin'er, Yin'er, and Xiaoyaozi in Palm Heaven Space seemed affected by an unknown problem.
• Liu He told Shi Yue that Great Qin had destroyed Eastern Qi and that Eastern Qi’s Nascent Soul seniors had died in battle, then invited him to meet Uncle-Master Chen at Juying Pavilion.
• Uncle-Master Chen recognized Shi Yue’s Sword Embryo, and Shi Yue credited his master for helping him cultivate it.

Shi Yue met Chen Shaoming, the Firecloud Immortal, and learned more about the threat Great Qin posed after conquering Eastern Qi. He decided to return to Taixu Sect to fight if Great Qin invaded, and began preparing puppets while waiting for Li Yan to emerge from seclusion.

• Chen Shaoming asked whether Shi Yue's master could help the Great Tang Five Sects resist Great Qin, but Shi Yue said his master was in seclusion.
• Chen Shaoming asked Shi Yue to reserve Thousand-Year Spirit Bamboo or Spirit Wood once the Immortal Herb Pavilion reopened, and Shi Yue recognized him as the Firecloud Immortal.
• Shi Yue left Juying Pavilion troubled by the prospect of war and decided he would return to Taixu Sect after Li Yan emerged from seclusion.
• Shi Yue planned to use Qing Yuanzi's puppet-making legacy to prepare for battle under the identity of Shi Yue.
• Shi Yue bought five or six hundred thousand Spirit Stones' worth of puppet-making materials at Tai Sheng Tower.

After conquering Eastern Qi, Qin Wuji and his allies planned to consolidate their control before invading Great Tang. Meanwhile, the escaped Northern Foothills Academy cultivator Su Qianqian began taking revenge on the Heavenly Demon Sect and reached its Main Altar.

• Qin Wuji and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators agreed to suppress resistance in Eastern Qi, reinforce their forces, and prepare to invade Great Tang.
• Cai Sisi proposed attacking Great Tang first, and Qin Wuji promised Black Crow Hermit half the territory of a state if their campaign succeeded.
• Su Qianqian killed Sun Hong and his patrol, declaring revenge for the Heavenly Demon Sect's destruction of Northern Foothills Academy and her partner's death.
• Su Qianqian killed more Heavenly Demon Sect patrols as she flew toward the sect's Main Altar.
• A black streak rose from the misty mountains and flew toward Su Qianqian after a man challenged her for trespassing.

Su Qianqian broke through the Heavenly Demon Sect's protective array and attacked its main sect, but a hidden cultivator killed her in moments. Meanwhile, the Great Tang Five Sects agreed to prepare a coalition army and seek alliances against Qin, leaving their leaders to begin assembling forces.

• Su Qianqian used her Blue Bead and Crimson Phoenix scroll to break the Heavenly Demon Sect's protection and devastate its main sect.
• A green ghostly claw killed Su Qianqian and burned her Mini Nascent Soul before the disciples learned that a Nascent Soul cultivator had struck.
• A middle-aged man emerged from a Black Stone Coffin, criticized Qin Wuji, and returned to rest.
• Dugu Xin, Lin Zhennan, Murong Feng, Zhang Yun, Li Xue, and the other Great Tang Five Sects leaders discussed Qin's threat and proposed alliances with Northern Yan, Southern Shu, and Western Han.
• The leaders agreed to form a coalition force, watch the Eastern Qi border, and prepare for the possibility of attacking Qin if its demonic cultivators broke the rules.
• The sect representatives began pledging troops and cultivators for the coalition before ending their meeting.

Shi Yue refined puppets, checked on his spirit beasts and declining Spirit Herbs, and bought more materials in Sanxin Market. He left to make additional third-grade puppets while the Great Tang faced growing fear of invasion.

• Shi Yue crafted a hundred Puppet Beasts, including one third-grade Giant Tiger Puppet, and stored it in a Black Round Ball.
• Shi Yue found that the Spirit Devouring Bee King had advanced to the fourth grade and gave Spirit Feeding Pills to it and Black Phoenix.
• Shi Yue saw that the Spirit Herbs, Void Bamboo, and divine tree in Palm Heaven Space were deteriorating, though he had no way to stop it.
• Liu Xian tried to invite Shi Yue for spiritual tea, but Shi Yue rejected him and walked away.
• Shi Yue bought more Artifact Refining Materials from Tai Sheng Tower and planned to craft several more third-grade puppets.

Shi Yue delivered Yellow Luo Grass to Chen Hua, handled business with Zhang Hanlin and Ye Qinghuan, and refused new reservations for Immortal Herb Pavilion because of the Demonic Dao invasion. After spending two days refining Puppet Beasts, he discovered that an Ancient Mirror Fragment in his Storage Bag had begun vibrating and shining.

• Shi Yue gave Chen Hua two hundred stalks of Yellow Luo Grass, collected the remaining payment, and told her the Thousand-Year Purple Luo Ginseng would arrive within the agreed time limit.
• Shi Yue met Zhang Hanlin at Gathering Immortals Inn and refused to reserve Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs, citing the suspended business.
• Shi Yue delivered Ye Qinghuan’s five-hundred-year-old Ganluo Flower, collected the remaining nine thousand Spirit Stones, and turned down his request to reserve two Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs.
• Shi Yue returned to the basement and spent two days refining Puppet Beasts.
• Shi Yue noticed the Ancient Mirror Fragment vibrating violently and emitting dazzling crystalline light.

Ancient Mirror Fragments reacted to the emergence of Venerable Tianmiao’s secret realm, transporting Shi Yue, Qu Feiyan, Chen Shaoming, and other holders away as a red palace appeared near Sanxin Market. Shi Yue awoke alone on a desolate hill with exceptionally abundant spiritual energy, while Bai Pu and Li Yuanhua moved to seal off the market and palace.

• Qu Feiyan, Chen Shaoming, Bai Pu, and Li Yuanhua discovered that their Ancient Mirror Fragments had reacted, and Bai Pu ordered Li Liang to investigate nearby.
• A black vortex opened southwest of Sanxin Market, and a magnificent Red Palace emerged as cultivators fled to report it.
• The fragments shattered and formed silver arrays that transported Shi Yue, Qu Feiyan, Chen Shaoming, Zhao Dongliu, and other cultivators away, while Bai Pu and Li Yuanhua were not transported.
• Bai Pu ordered the market exits sealed, and Li Yuanhua ordered patrol cultivators to block access to the Red Palace.
• Shi Yue awoke on a desolate hill and noticed that its Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy surpassed that of Taixu Sect.

Shi Yue was teleported to a mysterious realm rich in spiritual energy, where he defeated two Level Four Demon Birds and captured their souls. Elsewhere, Chen Shaoming, a young cultivator in green, and Qu Feiyan each found valuable treasures, and Qu Feiyan continued searching for a Thousand-Year Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus.

• Shi Yue regained his senses after being teleported, killed two Level Four Demon Birds with his flying swords, and captured their souls in Black Porcelain Bottles.
• Shi Yue rode the Azure Cloud Boat away through the realm, whose spiritual energy surpassed that of Taixu Sect.
• Chen Shaoming killed a Level Four Four-headed Giant Python with a single strike and went to claim the Black Moon Lotus beside the lake.
• A young man in green killed a black bear in a stand of purple-red bamboo and celebrated finding a seven-hundred-year-old Blue Linzhi.
• Qu Feiyan emerged from a Narrow Valley with an eight-hundred-year-old Five-Month Lotus and flew away, hoping to find a Thousand-Year Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus.

Two groups of cultivators fought demon beasts guarding spirit fruits in the secret realm, while Shi Yue used his Spirit Devouring Bees to defeat a rival swarm. After feeding the Snow Cloud Sable, Shi Yue followed it as it raced ahead.

• The Purple-robed Old Woman and Fellow Daoist Liu killed a level-five twin-headed Black Wind Crow, collected its black orb and soul, and picked fruits from a nearby tree.
• A Yellow-shirted Youth from the Qingyang Sect trapped and killed a Red Giant Ape, then went to gather peaches from a tree in the cave.
• Shi Yue watched his Spirit Devouring Bees defeat the purple spirit bees after the Spirit Devouring Bee King gained the upper hand.
• Shi Yue released the Snow Cloud Sable and fed it a Spirit Feeding Pill.
• The Snow Cloud Sable raced away, and Shi Yue pursued it.

A Mutated Elk Beast with a petrifying third eye and Five Elements Divine Light killed two cultivators and escaped the attempts of a Daoist nun and Daoist priest to capture it. The pair pursued it underground, hoping to tame the beast and gain a powerful ally.

• The Mutated Elk Beast petrified the weapons of the Middle-aged Scholar and the woman in the green dress, then killed both of them.
• A middle-aged Daoist nun and a middle-aged Daoist priest arrived and tried to capture the beast with their magical treasures.
• The Elk Beast resisted the Yellow Round Bowl and the Daoist nun's Hundred Spirits Pagoda, then revealed Five Elements Divine Light.
• The Elk Beast sank into the ground and escaped, and the Daoist nun and priest followed it underground.

Shi Yue defeated a powerful fourth-level Demonic Bear and collected a rare black flower in the secret realm. A Core Formation Middle Stage old man ambushed him and demanded his belongings, and Shi Yue launched the Azure Dragon Sword at him.

• Shi Yue used lightning, arrows, and Li Fire Swords to kill the fourth-level Demonic Bear and capture its soul.
• Shi Yue dug up the black flower, but detected a concealed attack and dodged a nearly invisible green streak.
• A hidden assailant struck Shi Yue with a Golden Giant Hand and a green flying needle, but Shi Yue deflected both attacks.
• The attacker revealed himself as a tall, lean Core Formation old man who demanded Shi Yue's belongings and threatened to kill him.
• Shi Yue refused to surrender and sent the Azure Dragon Sword, transformed into an Azure Flood Dragon, charging at the old man.

Shi Yue fought the tall, thin elder with spirit beasts, talismans, lightning, fire, and puppets, but the elder’s defenses withstood his attacks. The five puppets then formed a Five-Colored Light Screen around the elder, trapping him inside.

• The tall, thin elder knocked back Shi Yue’s Azure Flood Dragon and sent a Green Giant Python after him, but Shi Yue countered with lightning and replenished his magical power with Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.
• Shi Yue used Red Talismans and Purple Talismans to bombard the elder and trap him in successive illusions, leaving him momentarily vulnerable.
• Shi Yue sent five black puppets to attack the elder while he was caught in the illusion, but the elder recovered and protected himself with a Gold Light Screen.
• Shi Yue combined the puppets’ attacks with silver lightning, the Black Phoenix’s fire, and three red arrows, but the elder remained unharmed.
• Shi Yue’s five black puppets surrounded the elder and formed a Five-Colored Light Screen that trapped him.

Shi Yue escaped the tall, gaunt elder by using two Whirlwind Talismans, while Qu Feiyan killed three cultivators and searched for a Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus. The elder resumed his pursuit after Shi Yue used his second talisman and gained distance.

• Shi Yue restored his magical power with Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, then escaped the elder using a Whirlwind Talisman after his puppets and Five-Colored Light Screen came under attack.
• The tall, gaunt elder broke through Shi Yue’s defenses and chased after him, angered by the treasures Shi Yue had used.
• Qu Feiyan killed the Bearded Man and his two companions with her Black Ancient Qin, then searched their Storage Bags but found no Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus.
• Qu Feiyan sent out hundreds of Black Butterflies to search the secret realm and flew southeast on a Black Cloud Mass.
• As the elder closed in, Shi Yue used his second Whirlwind Talisman to speed away, leaving the elder cursing as he continued the pursuit.

Shi Yue escaped a Core Formation cultivator by entering Palm Heaven Space inside a volcano, while a fiery presence hidden in the lava thwarted the pursuer. The tall, gaunt old man recognized the flame creature as an Exotic Fire.

• Shi Yue reached the volcano crater, dodged a burst of lava, and leaped inside to evade the pursuing tall, gaunt old man.
• Shi Yue entered Palm Heaven Space, leaving the Heaven Controlling Bead camouflaged beside a lava pool as the old man searched for him.
• The old man attacked the lava pool, where a flaming beast appeared and destroyed his Top-Grade Spirit Tool and badly damaged his Green Short Blades.
• A flame formed into a Crimson Phoenix above the lava pool, and the old man exclaimed that it was an Exotic Fire.

The tall, thin old man tried to subdue the intelligent Crimson Phoenix, while Chen Shaoming hunted a Level Five fire-attribute centipede. At the secret realm, Bai Pu and his allies completed a Teleportation Array and sent ten cultivators inside to search for Venerable Tianmiao’s cave dwelling.

• The tall, thin old man recognized the Crimson Phoenix as an awakened Exotic Fire and demanded that it submit to him.
• The Crimson Phoenix attacked the tall, thin old man, who countered with a Golden Giant Eagle and a Green Giant Python.
• Chen Shaoming killed a wounded Level Five red centipede with his Red Short Sword and took its Monster Core and corpse.
• Bai Pu and Li Yuanhua learned from Liu Dong that the Teleportation Array could send only ten cultivators inside once, and that they had five keys as well.
• Bai Pu decided to send his Core Formation Middle Stage avatar into the secret realm, and the group hurried to finish the array.
• Bai Pu activated the completed Teleportation Array, sending four Core Formation cultivators and six Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivators into the secret realm.

A tall, thin old man battled a Crimson Phoenix at a volcano, freezing the lava pool to weaken it, but the phoenix split into firebirds and escaped. Shi Yue waited inside Palm Heaven Space, while a wounded beast turned into a stone as several pursuers converged on it.

• The tall, thin old man froze the lava pool and repeatedly struck the Crimson Phoenix, shrinking it as the battle continued.
• The Crimson Phoenix split into firebirds to escape; the old man trapped most of them, but the rest fled, with one pursued by his green robe.
• Shi Yue meditated inside Palm Heaven Space and planned to wait ten days or half a month for the Core Formation Cultivator to leave.
• A badly wounded deer-headed, horse-bodied beast emerged in a narrow valley and transformed into a Yellow Giant Stone as green and golden lights approached.
• A red light and a faster green light reached the valley, and a golden streak pierced through the red light.