Chapter Summaries

Qing Luo confronted Zhou Ye, who tried to force him to answer to Liu Region and seize the chance to pursue the Nine Nether Sparrow. Qing Luo killed Zhou Ye and left with Xu Mu, planning to stir up trouble in the Black Nether Abyss.

• Zhou Ye confronted Qing Luo over Liu Mubai’s death and demanded that he go explain himself to Liu Region.
• Qing Luo rejected Zhou Ye’s demand, and the two fought; Qing Luo overpowered Zhou Ye despite his refined Azure Rock Demon Rhinoceros Spirit.
• Zhou Ye unleashed his Spirit Beast power and charged Qing Luo, but Qing Luo defeated him with Kirin Fist and killed him with Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger.
• Xu Mu returned, saw Liu Ming’s corpse, and assumed Liu Region had attacked Qing Luo; Qing Luo did not correct him.
• Qing Luo looked at the Black Flute and told Xu Mu they would make trouble in the Black Nether Abyss.

Mu Feng and Liu Qingtian’s forces were driven together by Spirit Devouring Bees, while Qing Luo gathered the swarm and reached the Nine Nether Sparrow. After checking in and obtaining True Phoenix rewards, Qing Luo confronted both factions and began playing a flute to send the insects after them.

• Liu Qingtian lured High Grade Spirit Beasts toward Mu Feng’s group by coating them in beast blood, forcing Mu Feng and Mu Chen to flee.
• A massive Spirit Devouring Bee swarm drove the Liu Region and Mu Region forces into hiding, and Mu Chen persuaded Mu Feng to keep pursuing the Nine Nether Sparrow.
• Qing Luo used the Black Flute to gather and direct the Spirit Devouring Insects toward the Black Basin.
• Qing Luo spotted the Nine Nether Sparrow’s egg and checked in, receiving True Phoenix Spirit Essence, True Phoenix Treasure Art, and Sky Mending Art.
• Mu Feng and Liu Qingtian recognized Qing Luo at the basin, and Qing Luo raised the Black Flute and sent the insect swarm toward both factions.

Qing Luo stopped the Immemorial Catalogue from carrying Mu Chen and Mu Feng away, then used the True Phoenix Sky Burning Art to seize its sealing page. He left convinced that Mu Chen had lost the foundation needed to threaten him.

• Spirit Devouring Insects engulfed the Liu Region experts as Mu Feng tried to flee with Mu Chen, but a beast tide charged toward them from the other side.
• The Immemorial Catalogue manifested a Mandala Flower and began sealing a path to carry Mu Chen and Mu Feng away.
• Qing Luo used the Kirin Treasure Technique to disrupt the sealing patterns, but the Immemorial Catalogue bound him and began taking Mu Chen and Mu Feng away.
• Qing Luo reversed time with the Sky Mending Art, then used the Flying Phoenix Hand and True Phoenix Sky Burning Art to overcome the sealing power.
• Qing Luo took the Immemorial Catalogue's sealing page from Mu Chen and concluded that Mu Chen could no longer threaten him.

Qing Luo sealed Jiu You in the Immemorial Catalogue after defeating its attack in the Black Nether Abyss, then escaped with Xu Mu. In the aftermath of the abyss disaster, the Northern Spirit Territory learned that the Five Great Academies quota selection had begun and that the Northern Spirit Academy had received a Seed Quota.

• Qing Luo watched Jiu You emerge from its Black Giant Egg and realized it was attacking him for the True Phoenix Spirit Essence.
• Qing Luo used the True Phoenix Sky Burning Art to clash with Jiu You, then sealed it inside the Immemorial Catalogue.
• Qing Luo collected Xu Mu as they passed his hiding place and flew out of the Black Nether Abyss.
• Liu Jingshan returned to the Liu Region, while the regions of the Northern Spirit Territory temporarily closed their Teleportation Arrays and cut off outside contact.
• News spread that Liu Qingtian, Liu Zong, Liu Ming, Zhou Ye, and many regional experts had died in the Black Nether Abyss disaster.
• The Five Great Academies quota selection began, and the Northern Spirit Academy received five quotas, including one Seed Quota.

After reviewing his gains and the risks of uncontrolled system rewards, Qing Luo tested his authority over the Nine Nether Sparrow and prepared to skip the Northern Spirit Academy’s selection training. He remained in Azure City, intent on using the next month for his own cultivation before the Five Great Academies selection.

• Qing Luo assessed his breakthrough to the Spirit Soul Realm Middle Stage and reviewed how his Black Nether Abyss plans had spiraled into gaining the Immemorial Catalogue and other powerful rewards.
• Qing Luo considered how the Immemorial Catalogue, Nine Nether Sparrow, and his other techniques could help him fight powerful opponents, while recognizing that prolonged battles remained dangerous.
• Qing Luo demanded that the imprisoned Nine Nether Sparrow acknowledge him as her master, then used the Immemorial Catalogue’s barbed vines to torment her when she refused.
• Xu Mu told Qing Luo that the Five Great Academies selection was approaching and the Northern Spirit Academy wanted him to attend final preparations.
• Qing Luo sent Xu Mu in his place, saying he had a better cultivation method for the coming month.

Qing Luo trained in the Spiritual Flood Dragon Sea while Mu Chen advanced rapidly under Teacher Mo’s guidance and vowed to surpass him. A month later, the Five Great Academies quota selection began in Northern Spirit City under Elder Hao’s supervision.

• Qing Luo left the Northern Spirit Territory to train in the Spiritual Flood Dragon Sea for a month.
• Mu Chen revealed that he had reached the Spirit Wheel Realm, and Teacher Mo offered to train him for a chance at the Seed Quota.
• Mu Chen trained until he could face Teacher Mo at Spirit Wheel Realm strength and vowed to settle his score with Qing Luo.
• Qing Luo arrived at Northern Spirit Plaza, where Mu Feng apologized to him in front of the gathered Domain Lords.
• Dean Xiao introduced Elder Hao from the Five Great Academies as the competition’s overseer, and Elder Hao ordered the selection to begin.

Qing Luo overwhelmed the first round of the academy quota contest, while Mu Chen defeated Mo Ling and revealed that he had reached the Spirit Wheel Realm Middle Stage. The contest moved to the Seed Quota showdown as Mu Chen challenged Qing Luo.

• Dean Xiao explained the quota contest rules, and the students drew lots for their matches.
• Qing Luo intimidated Chen Tong into conceding without a fight.
• Mu Chen defeated Mo Ling with the three-layer Netherworld Death Seal, while Hong Ling and Qian'er later drew in their match.
• Qing Luo invited the other winners to challenge him for the Seed Quota.
• Mu Chen stepped forward to face Qing Luo and revealed his Spirit Wheel Realm Middle Stage strength, impressing Elder Hao.

Mu Chen unleashed his strongest attacks against Qing Luo, but Qing Luo defeated him with a single palm and revealed that he had reached the Spirit Soul Realm. Elder Hao awarded Northern Spirit Academy’s Seed Quota to Qing Luo, whose unprecedented achievement at seventeen stunned the arena.

• Mu Chen attacked Qing Luo with a four-layer Netherworld Death Seal and the Tiger Flame Spirit Devouring Array.
• Qing Luo effortlessly destroyed Mu Chen’s Spirit Array, broke his right arm, and knocked him out of the arena with one palm.
• Mu Chen asked Qing Luo what realm he had reached, and Qing Luo revealed his Spirit Soul Realm pressure.
• Elder Hao announced that Qing Luo of the East Courtyard had won Northern Spirit Academy’s Seed Quota.

After Qing Luo claimed the Seed Quota, the victors chose their academies, and Mu Chen learned that Luo Li had chosen Northern Cang Academy. Mu Chen chose the same academy despite his fear of facing Qing Luo, while Qing Luo left convinced that their future encounters would destroy Mu Chen’s martial path.

• Elder Hao offered Tang Qian'er and Hong Ling quotas on the condition that they attend Myriad Phoenix Academy, and both agreed.
• Qing Luo chose Northern Cang Academy, while the other victors selected their academies.
• Mu Chen asked Elder Hao about Ji Xuan and Luo Li, learning that both had received King-level assessments and Core Quotas, and that Luo Li had chosen Northern Cang Academy.
• Mu Chen chose Northern Cang Academy to reunite with Luo Li, and Elder Hao warned the students that another trial awaited them in two months.
• Qing Luo returned to Azure Domain with his companions and dismissed Mu Chen as a threat, believing that repeated encounters would eventually crush his path of martial arts.

Qing Luo cultivated while Mu Chen trained and advanced rapidly ahead of the Nine Regions Assembly. At the assembly, Liu Jingtian revealed he had reached the Heaven Fusion Realm, killed Mu Feng, and crushed Mu Chen and the Mu Region forces before turning to the assembly’s main business.

• Qing Luo stayed in Azure Domain to cultivate, aiming to reach the Spirit Soul Realm Late Stage and complete the Azure Sky stage of the Azure Sky Glazed Art.
• Mu Chen trained relentlessly in Mu Region, reached the Spirit Wheel Realm Late Stage, and became the Northern Spirit Territory’s youngest Second Grade Spirit Array Master.
• Liu Region announced the Nine Regions Assembly, and the powers of the Northern Spirit Territory gathered in Nine Regions City.
• Liu Jingtian demanded that Mu Feng explain how he survived Black Nether Abyss while Liu Jingtian’s three sons died there.
• Liu Jingtian revealed Heaven Fusion Realm strength, snapped Mu Feng’s neck, and threw his body outside the hall.
• Mu Chen and the Mu Region experts tried to retaliate, but Liu Jingtian’s pressure pinned them to the floor before he announced that the assembly’s real business would begin.

At the Nine Regions Assembly, Liu Jingshan killed Mu Feng and tried to force the Northern Spirit Territory’s factions into an alliance, but Qing Luo defied him and fought back. Qing Luo defeated and killed the Three Heavens Realm expert, then claimed the Azure Domain’s place as the territory’s new hegemon.

• Liu Jingshan killed Mu Feng and proposed an alliance to unite the Northern Spirit Territory and expand into the Hundred Spirits Land.
• Qing Luo rejected the alliance for the Azure Domain and demanded to take Mu Chen with him.
• Liu Jingshan attacked Qing Luo, but Qing Luo’s Kirin Fist sent him crashing through the stone hall and left him battered in the rubble.
• Liu Jingshan began preparing his Mountain God Art and realized Qing Luo had killed Liu Qingtian and the other Liu Region experts in the Black Nether Abyss.
• Qing Luo struck Liu Jingshan with lightning from his Double Pupils, killing him, then declared the confrontation over before the assembled experts.

After Qing Luo killed Liu Jingshan, Azure Domain became the Northern Spirit Territory’s dominant force, and Qing Luo’s fame spread throughout the region. As the selected geniuses prepared to leave for the Five Great Academies, Qing Luo revealed he had reached Spirit Soul Peak Realm and headed for Northern Cang Academy’s final trial.

• Mu Chen carried Mu Feng’s body away from Nine Regions City, thanked Qing Luo for saving him and avenging his father, and vowed to catch up with him.
• News of Qing Luo’s victory over Liu Jingshan spread across the Northern Spirit Territory, and Azure Domain took over Liu Region’s territory and became the foremost regional power.
• At Northern Spirit Academy, Qing Luo arrived to depart for the Five Great Academies, drawing the admiration of the students and staff.
• Elder Hao learned that Qing Luo had reached Spirit Soul Peak Realm and told the selected geniuses they faced one final trial before entering the academies.
• Qing Luo stood before the Northern Cang Academy Teleportation Array, told everyone he would see them at the summit, and prepared to depart.

Qing Luo arrived at Northern Cang Realm, where new students faced Northern Cang Academy’s entrance trial. After learning the trial’s rules and receiving a Rank Three mark as a Seed Quota holder, he signed in and obtained the Myriad Soul Banner, which he called the Human Emperor Banner.

• Qing Luo arrived in the vast Northern Cang Realm and met Mu Chen on the Reception Platform, but Mu Chen moved away from him.
• An inspector explained that students had to cross the dangerous realm and reach Northern Cang Hall, and that touching the stone stele assigned each student a rank.
• Qing Luo touched the stele and received a Rank Three mark, drawing admiring attention from the other students.
• Qing Luo signed in at Northern Cang Realm and received the Myriad Soul Banner, which he called the Human Emperor Banner.

Qing Luo received the empty Myriad Soul Banner and entered the Northern Cang Academy assessment, where students could raise or steal Spiritual Energy marks to avoid elimination. When Wang Zhong tried to force him into King Zhou Ling’s group, Qing Luo defeated him with one punch and sent him out of the Northern Cang Realm.

• Qing Luo considered how to use the system-rewarded Myriad Soul Banner without provoking Northern Cang Academy by killing students.
• The old man explained the assessment rules, announced that marks below Level Four meant elimination, and declared the assessment underway.
• King Zhou Ling gathered a large group around himself while Qing Luo stood alone at the center of the Thousand-Foot Platform.
• Wang Zhong invited Qing Luo to join King Zhou Ling’s Zhou Gang, but Qing Luo refused and dismissed King Zhou Ling.
• Wang Zhong attacked Qing Luo with the Great Yan Burning Heaven Fist, and Qing Luo punched him out of the Northern Cang Realm, absorbing Spiritual Energy into his mark.

Qing Luo defeated Zhou Ling and his faction on the Thousand-Foot Platform, proving his strength against a Spirit Road King. After his mark absorbed their energy, Qing Luo searched for powerful Spirit Beasts to hunt.

• Qing Luo attacked Zhou Ling after refusing to submit, then used the Kirin Fist to defeat the Seed Students and nearly a hundred ordinary students Zhou Ling sent against him.
• Qing Luo summoned a hundred-foot True Phoenix and clashed with Zhou Ling's Zhou Tian Spirit Wheel, blasting Zhou Ling from the platform and expelling him from the Northern Cang Realm.
• Mu Chen watched Qing Luo's overwhelming victory, then entered the Primeval Forest to seek opportunities and catch up.
• Qing Luo absorbed the defeated students' mark energy, raising his Seed Quota mark from three to six.
• Qing Luo used his Double Pupils to locate a Spirit Beast gathering place with a Three Heavens Realm Heavenly Beast, then set out with the Myriad Soul Banner.

Qing Luo hunted Spirit Beasts in the Northern Cang Realm and used the Myriad Soul Banner to imprison the Nine Nether Sparrow. When Wang Long and the King Gang tried to seize the banner, Qing Luo frightened them into being teleported out of the realm.

• Qing Luo killed a Golden Bull Crocodile with the Great Desolation Prison Heaven Hand and absorbed its Spirit into the Myriad Soul Banner.
• Qing Luo confronted the imprisoned Nine Nether Sparrow, rejected her attempt to bargain, and sealed her Spirit Body inside the banner.
• The Nine Nether Sparrow's black flames strengthened the Myriad Soul Banner, which Qing Luo said could defeat anyone below the Heaven Transformation Realm.
• Wang Long and the King Gang demanded Qing Luo's banner and tried to recruit him, citing Wang Long's Spirit Road background and his connection to King Zhou Ling.
• Qing Luo revealed that he had defeated King Zhou Ling, then summoned the Nine Nether Sparrow to scare the King Gang until they were teleported out of the Northern Cang Realm.

Qing Luo received a map of the Northern Cang Realm and set out to hunt powerful Spirit Beasts, while Mu Chen defeated two Seed Students who tried to rob him. Rumors spread about Qing Luo as the Banner Carrier and a returned Spirit Road exile as the Spirit Path Blood Calamity Maker, making both the focus of the trial’s rivalries.

• A Northern Cang Realm Inspector sent Qing Luo a map showing Spirit Beast locations, and Qing Luo headed toward a gathering point occupied by a Heaven Grade Spirit Beast.
• Mu Chen refused to hand over the Spiritual Energy from a Spirit Beast he had killed, then used a Second Grade Spirit Array and the Spirit Emperor Finger to incapacitate two of three Seed Students who attacked him.
• The third Seed Student fled, and Mu Chen realized the Seed Quotas themselves were not formidable; Qing Luo was the one who had seemed powerful.
• Students heard that the Banner Carrier had slaughtered nearly half the Spirit Beasts in the Northern Cang Realm, including Three Heavens Realm beasts.
• Word spread that the Spirit Path Blood Calamity Maker had returned, and students searched for both him and the Banner Carrier while arguing over who would be the strongest alongside the Spirit Path Kings.

Luo Li and Yan Xiao encountered Qing Luo, the Banner Carrier, as he claimed the Spirit Beast Spirit from the Holy Light Rhinoceros they had killed. Yan Xiao attacked Qing Luo, who met his strike with the Azure Sky Glazed Hand.

• Luo Li killed a Holy Light Rhinoceros and shared some of its spiritual energy with Yan Xiao.
• Yan Xiao told Luo Li about the Banner Carrier, who had killed many Spirit Beasts and sent Zhou Ling out of the trial, and asked for her help finding him.
• Yan Xiao told Luo Li that Mu Chen had appeared, and Luo Li asked him to pass along any clues about Mu Chen’s whereabouts.
• Qing Luo arrived on the Myriad Soul Banner and demanded the Spirit Beast Spirit, revealing that his Level 8 Mark contained unusually dense spiritual energy.
• Yan Xiao challenged Qing Luo after he took the Spirit Beast Spirit, and Qing Luo countered Yan Xiao’s Great Luo Sky Splitting Hand with the Azure Sky Glazed Hand.

Qing Luo defeated Yan Xiao and then fought Luo Li after she joined the battle. He overwhelmed them with his techniques and Myriad Soul Banner, then challenged Luo Li to surrender her Spirit Seal’s Spiritual Energy or leave Northern Cang Academy.

• Yan Xiao called on Luo Li for help after Qing Luo broke his arm and sent him flying.
• Luo Li attacked Qing Luo with the Luo Shen Sword while Yan Xiao used the Great Luo Dharma Wheel.
• Qing Luo countered with his Purple Kirin and True Phoenix techniques, shattered Yan Xiao’s Dharma Wheel, and eliminated him when Yan Xiao’s Spirit Seal activated its escape array.
• Qing Luo’s True Phoenix Phantom burned through Luo Li’s Sword Qi River, but Luo Li destroyed the weakened phantom with a sword strike.
• Qing Luo unleashed hundreds of Spirit Beast souls from the Myriad Soul Banner, then told Luo Li to surrender her Spirit Seal’s Spiritual Energy or leave Northern Cang Academy.

Qing Luo took Luo Li’s Grade Eight Spiritual Energy, then slaughtered the Yan Gang members who tried to flee and began breaking through. Luo Li reunited with Mu Chen at Ye Gang’s camp, but kept Qing Luo’s identity from him, leaving Mu Chen unaware of how far behind he was.

• Luo Li transferred her Grade Eight Spiritual Energy to Qing Luo and vowed to settle their score later.
• Qing Luo unleashed the Spirit Beast souls to kill the fleeing Yan Gang members and gathered their Spiritual Energy.
• Qing Luo used the Myriad Soul Banner and his accumulated Spiritual Energy to begin breaking through from the Spirit Soul Peak Realm.
• Mu Chen reunited with Luo Li and asked who had reduced her Spirit Seal to Grade One, but she said she would deal with that person herself.
• Mu Chen promised to protect Luo Li, while she privately doubted whether leaving the Luoshen Clan for Northern Cang Academy had been worthwhile.