Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing woke in the Azure Feather Immortal Sect after being abducted and learned Profound Abyss Immortal wanted him for a desperate dual-cultivation attempt to save her life. As the Grand Elders attacked him and killed Li Bin for trying to help, a mysterious man in white intervened, giving Zhou Qing a chance to break through the sect barrier and escape.

• Zhou Qing woke in the Azure Feather Immortal Sect and used Reduce Presence to evade Zhu He and her guards.
• Yuan Ya silently pointed Zhou Qing toward the Inner Sect barrier, where Profound Abyss Immortal and four Grand Elders confronted him.
• Profound Abyss Immortal revealed that she believed Zhou Qing could save her life, while Zhou Qing refused to cooperate and resisted the Grand Elders’ pressure.
• Li Bin protested the sect’s treatment of Zhou Qing and claimed he had alerted the Taiqing Sect, so a Grand Elder struck him down and destroyed his Primordial Spirit.
• Profound Abyss Immortal offered Zhou Qing a dual-cultivation method, but he pretended to agree as a mysterious man in white appeared and blocked the women’s attacks.
• Zhou Qing transformed into a Golden Peng, smashed through the barrier with the man in white’s help, and escaped the Inner Sect.

Zhou Qing escaped Azure Feather Immortal Sect with help from the man in white, while Taiqing Sect discovered Li Bin’s death and launched an urgent search for Zhou Qing. On his way back, Zhou Qing ambushed Ji Xuan, wounded her, and fled before she could capture him.

• The man in white helped Zhou Qing evade the pursuing elders and escape through Azure Feather Immortal Sect’s closing mountain gate.
• Elder Jiang Pu reported that Li Bin’s soul lamp had gone out, prompting Cao Zhengyang to declare an emergency and order Taiqing Sect’s disciples to search for Zhou Qing and Li Bin.
• Zhou Qing met the man in white in a secluded valley, agreed to provide him with an Unlucky Talisman, and learned through his binding ability that the man was Lin Jin.
• Zhou Qing chose a safer detour back toward Taiqing Sect, then disguised himself as gravely wounded when he spotted Ji Xuan approaching.
• Ji Xuan stopped to search Zhou Qing’s Storage Bag, and Zhou Qing stabbed her with Tetanus before escaping in his Golden Peng form.

Zhou Qing escaped Ji Xuan by exploiting his ability to go unnoticed, then killed her physical body and reunited with Cao Zhengyang, exposing Azure Feather Immortal Sect’s plot against him. With Ji Xuan possessing Yuan Ya and Azure Feather Immortal Sect seeking allies against Taiqing Sect, Taiqing Sect’s leaders prepared for the growing conflict while trying to keep Golden Thunder Sect from joining the opposition.

• Ji Xuan pursued Zhou Qing despite her poisoned wound, but he tricked her into leaving her physical body unattended, decapitated her, and mutilated her body before fleeing.
• Zhou Qing reunited with Cao Zhengyang and showed him Ji Xuan’s head, then explained that Li Bin had come to him with information about his Second Senior Sister in Flame Dragon City.
• Yun Jing took Yuan Ya to Azure Feather Immortal Sect, where Ji Xuan possessed her body, and the elders decided to seek an alliance with Azure Flame Dao Palace.
• Si Kong Yan rejected Azure Feather Immortal Sect’s marriage proposal with an insulting message, leaving the sect to consider an alliance with Golden Thunder Sect and Ji Xuan to propose a plan involving Spirit Skull Mountain.
• Taiqing Sect’s leaders learned of the attack and discussed retaliation, but chose to send Li Bin’s corpse to Golden Thunder Sect first to prevent an alliance against them.

Taiqing Sect prepared to wage war against Azure Feather Immortal Sect after it tried to kill Zhou Qing, and Mo Xingjian broke through to Great Perfection to join the campaign. As the fleet set out, a crowd drawn by rumors about Zhou Qing gathered outside the sect, where Zhou Qing and Mo Xingjian swore the rumors were false, leaving Ji Xuan and Yun Jing stunned.

• Cao Zhengyang chose war, but Mo Xingjian arrived in a fury, having reached Great Perfection of the Spirit Transformation Stage, and volunteered to lead the attack.
• Duanmu Shu and the other elders joined the preparations, while Cao Zhengyang and Gao Xuan planned defenses and coordinated the campaign against Azure Feather Immortal Sect.
• Lu Yaoyao declared she would fight, and Zhou Qing prepared for battle while rumors about his supposed Three Flowers Gather on the Crown spread through Spirit Skull Mountain.
• Taiqing Sect established Zhou Qing's Dual-Color Sect Protection Array, assembled its forces, and marched toward Azure Feather Immortal Sect as hundreds of Transformation Spirit Realm cultivators gathered outside its gates.
• Cao Zhengyang told the crowd that Azure Feather Immortal Sect had spread the Three Flowers Gatherer rumor to disrupt Taiqing Sect, and Zhou Qing swore his cultivation would never advance if he was one.
• Mo Xingjian swore that he would die a miserable death if Zhou Qing was a Three Flowers Gatherer, shocking Ji Xuan and Yun Jing into questioning their assumptions.

Cao Zhengyang led Taiqing Sect’s fleet to Azure Feather Immortal Sect, where Profound Abyss Immortal negotiated to spare the sect and offered compensation. Zhou Qing learned Yuan Ya had been seized by Ji Xuan, but discovered Yuan Ya was still alive; the sects reached an uneasy settlement and Taiqing Sect returned home.

• Cao Zhengyang ordered Wu Zhu to record anyone who attacked Taiqing Sect while its forces marched toward Azure Feather Immortal Sect.
• Profound Abyss Immortal apologized to Zhou Qing and warned Cao Zhengyang that destroying Azure Feather Immortal Sect would invite retaliation and leave Taiqing Sect exposed to other sects.
• Profound Abyss Immortal offered Taiqing Sect more than half of Azure Feather Immortal Sect’s assets, but Zhou Qing demanded to see Yuan Ya and learned Ji Xuan had seized her body.
• Ji Xuan admitted her role in the scheme and revealed she had not completed the Body Seizing, leaving Yuan Ya alive; Zhou Qing demanded Ji Xuan die, then relented after Yuan Ya was returned.
• Cao Zhengyang and Profound Abyss Immortal reached an undisclosed arrangement, and Taiqing Sect returned without accepting the offered assets.
• Si Kong Yan watched the settlement from a distance and said the situation needed stirring, but not too violently.

Number Six visited Zhou Qing to recruit him for an expedition to the Saint Martial Dynasty’s Border Region, where the Golden Winged Great Peng Beast Skin Scroll had led her to a hidden place. She brought Lu Yaoyao along after discovering a dangerous flaw in her Ice Lotus cultivation, and the three set off by Space Ship.

• Number Six asked Zhou Qing to help investigate a place connected to the Golden Winged Great Peng Beast Skin Scroll after seeing that he had refined the Great Peng blood essence and learned its inheritance technique.
• Number Six examined Lu Yaoyao’s Ice Lotus technique, discovered that she had practiced it incorrectly, and gave her a medicinal pill and further guidance.
• Lu Yaoyao agreed to join the expedition, and Number Six said she would take them to the Saint Martial Dynasty’s Border Region.
• Zhou Qing told Mo Xingjian about the journey, and Mo Xingjian warned him to stay safe and keep his abilities secret.
• Number Six picked up Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao the following night, and they flew toward the Border Region aboard her Space Ship.
• Lu Yaoyao handed Zhou Qing a collection of joke books and urged him to chat with Number Six.

Zhou Qing, Lu Yaoyao, and Number Six traveled to the Border Region, where the Flood Dragon Emperor and Spider Emperor tried to recruit Number Six for a plan against the Peng Emperor. Zhou Qing realized they were plotting against him in disguise, while Number Six considered their offer.

• Lu Yaoyao pestered Zhou Qing for two Top-Grade Spirit Stones, then used Ice Lotus cultivation under Number Six's guidance during their journey.
• After three months, Number Six's flying boat crossed into the Border Region, and ten days later they reached Blood Hell Mountain.
• The Flood Dragon Emperor Xuan Qiu blocked the flying boat and tried to court Number Six, but she rejected him and threatened to kill him if he did not move aside.
• Spider Emperor Ye Luo arrived and blocked their path, then joined Xuan Qiu in inviting Number Six to help investigate the Peng Emperor's Five-Colored Restriction at Great Demon Mountain.
• Xuan Qiu explained that Ye Luo could use her awakened Double Pupils to see through the restriction, and offered Number Six a share of the treasures if the Peng Emperor had died.
• Zhou Qing realized the Demon Emperors were plotting against him, while Number Six showed interest in the Five-Colored Restriction and hesitated over their proposal.

Number Six killed Spider Emperor Ye Luo after Ye Luo secretly attacked her, and Zhou Qing fulfilled one of Ye Luo’s final wishes through the Corpse Touching Post. He briefly experienced Ye Luo’s awakened Double Pupils before Number Six destroyed her remaining body and golden egg.

• Number Six refused Ye Luo and Flood Dragon Emperor Xuan Qiu’s offer, but Ye Luo secretly pursued her flying vessel with Puppet Heart Silk.
• Number Six froze the threads, turned back, and revealed her Severing Spirit Realm Late Stage cultivation before pinning Ye Luo and Xuan Qiu under her pressure.
• Number Six killed Ye Luo and crushed her fleeing Primordial Spirit, while Xuan Qiu watched in fear.
• Zhou Qing activated the Corpse Touching Post beside Ye Luo’s corpse and learned her final wishes, including a request to see Peng Emperor Feng Xuanling’s cave dwelling.
• The Corpse Touching Post showed Zhou Qing Ye Luo’s memories of awakening Double Pupils, and Number Six then destroyed Ye Luo’s corpse and golden egg.

Zhou Qing gained the Void Spider’s Dual Pupils and followed Shen Han Yi to a hidden ruin beneath an island lake, where she hoped to find a divine medicine to save her brother. Her attempt to activate the Six-Colored Restriction triggered a violent backlash, and she turned her fury on Yan Sen after he admitted he had forced the array.

• Number Six killed the Spider Emperor, and Zhou Qing discovered that he had gained the Void Spider’s Dual Pupils.
• Number Six brought Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao to an island, where they encountered Yan Sen, a Severing Spirit Realm expert who had followed her.
• Zhou Qing bound Yan Sen and Shen Han Yi, learning that Yan Sen regarded him as an ant and that Shen Han Yi was his Fated Person.
• Shen Han Yi explained that she sought a mature Form Transformation Divine Medicine to save her brother and asked Zhou Qing to test whether the Old Peng King’s legacy could open the ruin’s Six-Colored Restriction.
• Shen Han Yi activated the array, but it launched a powerful beam that shattered her ice defenses and left the entrance sealed.
• Yan Sen admitted he had forced the array in hopes of surprising Shen Han Yi, and she glared at him in rage.

Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao waited by the sealed Six-Colored Array, then used the Good Fortune Post and Zhou Qing’s Golden Winged Great Peng disguise to survive an encounter with the Qing Luo Beast. Number Six returned and prepared to send them home, but Zhou Qing asked her to let him inspect the array before they left.

• Number Six chased Yan Sen after he damaged the Six-Colored Array, leaving Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao stranded by the pond.
• Zhou Qing received a Good Fortune Post, then hid with Lu Yaoyao when the Qing Luo Beast arrived and detected them.
• Zhou Qing impersonated Feng Xuanling, convinced the Qing Luo Beast that the Spider Emperor Ye Luo had died, and sent it toward the Thousand Illusions Maze.
• The Qing Luo Beast returned suspiciously, but Number Six appeared and drove it away before it could expose Zhou Qing’s disguise.
• Number Six apologized for the sealed array, offered Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and said she would send them back; Zhou Qing asked to inspect the array, claiming his luck might reveal a clue.

Zhou Qing used the Good Fortune Post and Double Pupils to find and strike the Azure Vine Seal Script, restarting the sealed Six-Colored Array. He entered the ruins with Number Six and Lu Yaoyao, where he discovered floating platforms and remnants that seemed connected to the Peng clan.

• Zhou Qing appraised the Six-Colored Array and learned that striking its displaced Azure Vine Seal Script could restart it.
• Number Six searched the array while Zhou Qing used Double Pupils to locate the seal, then transformed into a Golden Peng and struck it, restoring the array's operation.
• Number Six offered to take Zhou Qing as her disciple, but he declined because he already had a master; Lu Yaoyao blurted out an awkward warning about romance between master and disciple.
• At Number Six's instruction, Zhou Qing transformed into a Golden Winged Great Peng and reached toward the Old Peng King's figure, opening a passage into the ruins.
• Zhou Qing, Number Six, and Lu Yaoyao entered the ruins, while Yan Sen arrived at the pool after dawn and found they had gone.
• Zhou Qing explored a floating stone platform and recognized bird-shaped carvings that suggested the ruins were connected to the Peng clan.

Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao searched a Kun Peng palace for the Scarlet Flame Golden Vein Vine, and Zhou Qing’s Four-Colored Flower helped them locate it. Number Six fought a powerful Giant Turtle to obtain the medicine, then left the island injured with Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao aboard his flying vessel as they passed over territory in turmoil.

• Number Six told Zhou Qing that Old Peng King’s journal recorded a Scarlet Flame Golden Vein Vine in the palace, and she split up with him and Lu Yaoyao to search for it.
• Zhou Qing found a plaque painted with Golden Peng blood and extracted nine drops of blood essence from it, while Lu Yaoyao refused his offer to share them.
• After their search stalled, Zhou Qing merged his Primordial Spirit with the Four-Colored Flower and used its broad perception to find a platform with strong life force.
• Zhou Qing spotted a golden snake and summoned Number Six, who went after the hidden divine medicine; a huge Giant Turtle attacked her as Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao fled.
• The palace expelled Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao, and they found Number Six badly injured; Zhou Qing took charge of the flying vessel and carried them away from the island.
• As the vessel crossed a mountain range, Zhou Qing saw the Flood Dragon Emperor and the Qing Luo Beast fighting amid the upheaval over the Spider Emperor’s territory and hurried past.

Zhou Qing returned to Taiqing Sect after visiting Vast Expanse Prefecture and began refining Golden Winged Great Peng essence blood and Yin Spirit Stones to advance his cultivation. A year later, he reached Middle Stage Spirit Transformation, while Li Daoxuan emerged from seclusion to find that everyone had been too busy to celebrate his breakthrough.

• Number Six left Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao after thanking them for their help, promising to repay Zhou Qing and giving Lu Yaoyao corrections to the Ice Lotus cultivation technique.
• Zhou Qing visited Lin Daochen at White Jade Grand Ruins Academy and asked him to look for Luo Lingling and Bai He, who had disappeared in Vast Expanse Prefecture.
• At Treasures Pavilion, Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao suspected that the pregnant woman Li Shitao was caring for was Li Niang, then found Academy Head Weng Yunqi's shop closed.
• Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao returned to Taiqing Sect, where Zhou Qing used Golden Winged Great Peng essence blood and Yin Spirit Stones to cultivate; over the following year, Taiqing Sect's peak masters advanced to Great Perfection of the Spirit Transformation Stage.
• Li Daoxuan broke through to Spirit Transformation, but found the sect largely empty because its leaders and disciples were occupied with other matters; Mo Xingjian and several peak masters later came to congratulate him.
• Zhou Qing reached Middle Stage Spirit Transformation, and Mo Xingjian arrived to praise his breakthrough.

After reaching the Middle Stage Transformation Spirit and comprehending a wisp of Phoenix Dao Pattern, Zhou Qing accompanied Mo Xingjian to the Azure Feather Immortal Sect and received Wood Attribute Top-Grade Spirit Stones. Back at Taiqing Sect, Xuan Yuan Shuo questioned Zhou Qing about the Spider Emperor’s death and his time in Qing Luo Beast’s territory, leaving Zhou Qing asking about the border’s situation.

• Zhou Qing gave Yan Xiaohu two drops of Golden Winged Great Peng blood essence and defeated Li Daoxuan in a spar using only twenty percent of his strength.
• Zhou Qing used the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree to study the Hundred Tribulations Blood Curtain and, after a month, evolved a wisp of Phoenix Dao Pattern, though the tree’s vitality faded.
• Mo Xingjian took Zhou Qing through a one-way Teleportation Array to the Azure Feather Immortal Sect, where Profound Abyss and the others provided sect intelligence and five Wood Attribute Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Mo Xingjian handed the five Spirit Stones to Zhou Qing and discussed the sect’s preparations before reading the information from the Azure Feather Immortal Sect.
• Xuan Yuan Shuo asked Zhou Qing about the Spider Emperor’s death and his encounter with Qing Luo Beast; Zhou Qing explained that he had been abandoned there and had pretended to be the Peng Emperor to survive.
• Zhou Qing asked Xuan Yuan Shuo what was happening at the border.

Xuan Yuan Fengtai questioned Si Kong Yan about the Eastern Region’s upheavals and decided to recruit the weakened sects, while Si Kong Yan hid his true intentions and promised NanNan he would take her to find her father. As Xuan Yuan Fengtai traveled on, two masked attackers ambushed him and his Dao Protectors, killing one and leaving the prince terrified.

• Xuan Yuan Shuo tried to search Zhou Qing’s soul, but a force in Zhou Qing’s Sea of Consciousness destroyed his Spiritual Sense, and Zhou Qing later assured Mo Xingjian that he was fine.
• Xuan Yuan Fengtai confronted Si Kong Yan about the truce and his failed plans, then learned that Spirit Skull Mountain had crippled Tianji Gate and the Azure Feather Immortal Sect.
• Xuan Yuan Fengtai decided to visit the two weakened sects and promised Si Kong Yan a path to the Severing Spirit Realm, while Si Kong Yan concealed his murderous intent and comforted NanNan.
• A white-clad swordsman and a black-robed swordsman ambushed Xuan Yuan Fengtai and his three Dao Protectors inside a restriction.
• The black-robed attacker killed one Dao Protector and destroyed his Primordial Spirit, while Xuan Yuan Fengtai watched in fear as the two attackers turned on the survivors.

Xuan Yuan Fengtai was brutally killed after two hidden attackers left him to the beasts and Soul Devouring Gu, while Emperor Xuan Yuan Hao vowed revenge without learning their identities. At the Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace, Zhou Qing spoke with Si Kong Yan and Shen Han Yi, then agreed to consider joining Shen Han Yi to investigate a suspected pure-blooded divine beast corpse.

• The black-clad man severed Xuan Yuan Fengtai's arm, restrained him, took his blood, and left him wounded in the formation as two tiger-type Demonic Beasts attacked.
• Xuan Yuan Hao's spirit appeared to protect Xuan Yuan Fengtai, but the tigers killed him and Soul Devouring Gu devoured his Primordial Spirit; Xuan Yuan Hao swore to avenge him.
• The tiger demons and black-clad Humanoid Puppets exploded after consuming the remains, and the attackers' traces were completely erased.
• At the Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace, Si Kong Yan told Zhou Qing that he had killed Xuan Yuan Fengtai and worried that the current Emperor would track him down.
• Shen Han Yi told Zhou Qing that her younger brother was recovering and questioned why Zhou Qing had created a different simulated forbidden zone, but he avoided answering.
• Shen Han Yi invited Zhou Qing to investigate a suspected pure-blooded divine beast corpse that had fallen into her forbidden zone, offering to share any opportunity they found.

Zhou Qing accompanied Shen Han Yi into the restricted zone, where they discovered that her younger brother was wreaking havoc as the Sh*t Emperor while searching for the fallen divine beast. After Shen Han Yi left to take him home, Zhou Qing considered Si Kong Yan’s motives, fought Guo Guiqi for seven days, and later reunited with Shen Han Yi, who proposed a game to reveal information about herself.

• Zhou Qing recognized Second Uncle’s voice in a recording of the divine beast’s fall and learned it had landed deep within the Ten Thousand Mines.
• Zhou Qing and Shen Han Yi followed the spirit money toward an Ancient Ship, where Shen Han Yi spotted her brother using foul conceptions to drive off his enemies.
• Shen Han Yi apologized and logged out to take her brother home, and Zhou Qing was expelled from the restricted-zone scene.
• Zhou Qing deduced that Si Kong Yan had revealed the Fifth Prince’s role in the Five Sects War to test his identity, then entered his own scene and fought Guo Guiqi.
• Seven days later, Shen Han Yi returned, apologized again, and asked Zhou Qing to play a game in which he would gradually search for her using small clues.

Zhou Qing and Shen Han Yi entered the Ancient Mine stage of the restricted zone, where Zhou Qing discovered the remains of Silent Abyss Temple’s Chan Master Ku Di and used the Corpse Touching Post to learn his final wishes and comprehend the Demon Subduing Golden Bones. Ku Di’s corpse suddenly attacked Zhou Qing, leaving him facing another deadly strike.

• Zhou Qing and Shen Han Yi entered the Ten Thousand Ancient Mines and cautiously made their way through its dangerous tunnels.
• A young man escaped the Little Black Room with Da Congming’s help, intending to find Zhou Qing and repay his debt to Shen Han Yi.
• Zhou Qing and Shen Han Yi stumbled into an ancient temple, where Shen Han Yi suspected the dried corpse was Chan Master Ku Di of Silent Abyss Temple.
• Zhou Qing activated the Corpse Touching Post and learned Ku Di’s wishes, then bowed to him and experienced a vision that taught him the Demon Subduing Golden Bones.
• Shen Han Yi recognized Zhou Qing’s newly manifested divine ability, but Ku Di’s corpse sprang up and struck at him with its Precept Blade.
• Zhou Qing blocked Ku Di’s first blow with the Demon Subduing Golden Bones, but Ku Di pursued him and raised its blade for another attack.

Zhou Qing defeated Ku Di's desiccated corpse with the Inscription-Level Divine Power Hundred Tribulations Blood Curtain, then gained Demon Subduing Golden Bones and a refreshed Misfortune Post. As he dealt with visitors at Taiqing Sect, two monks at Azure Mist Mountain continued searching for the Buddha's Son.

• Zhou Qing used Hundred Tribulations Blood Curtain to blast Ku Di's desiccated corpse away, and Shen Han Yi mistook him for Ku E Chan Shi before he withdrew from the simulation.
• Zhou Qing mastered Demon Subduing Golden Bones, received a Misfortune Post, and declined Elder Jiang Pu's request to relight his Soul Fire.
• Elder Wuzhu told Zhou Qing that a man in white was waiting outside the mountain gate, and Zhou Qing went to meet him with Old Hen.
• At Azure Mist Mountain, an older monk and a young monk delivered resentful spirits and discussed how they would recognize and find the Buddha's Son.

Zhou Qing gave White-Robed Lin Jin the Bad Luck Talisman’s instructions, and Lin Jin used it on Grand Eunuch Gao Xianzong, who suffered severe injuries after trying to purge it. Zhou Qing received a large Heart Insight Points increase and was summoned by Mo Xingjian to examine an Image Stone showing a girl among flowers.

• Zhou Qing explained how the Bad Luck Talisman worked to White-Robed Lin Jin, who left after learning it carried information about its target’s misfortunes.
• Blood Forbidden Army soldiers found the site where Fifth Prince Xuan Yuan Fengtai had fallen, and Gao Xianzong arrived to investigate with Zhong Yao and Xiao Ji.
• Gao Xianzong’s tracing array failed to reveal the killer, and a hidden attacker’s Bad Luck Talisman pierced his defenses before the attacker escaped.
• Gao Xianzong swallowed the gathered Antidote Pills and suffered severe damage to his heart meridians, while Lin Jin learned that the talisman sent him information and saw his annotation become Evil-Level Weird.
• Zhou Qing received 20 Heart Insight Points, then Mo Xingjian summoned him and showed him an Image Stone recording a little girl chasing butterflies through flowers.