Chapter Summaries

After killing True Person Xuanwu and Ancient White Marsh, Wei Suo drained their corpses and fled to a hidden valley to treat his grievous wounds. Once he had stabilized, he discovered that Xuanwu's ancient talisman contained the Heaven-grade Mid-tier Dark Emperor Sword Qi, and began studying it.

• Wei Suo used the Blood Spirit Stone to drain Ancient White Marsh's corpse, then used the Blood-Eating Magic Saber to drain True Person Xuanwu and searched his possessions.
• Wei Suo found a dark gold ancient talisman in True Person Xuanwu's Treasure Pouch and, after flying for nearly a day, traveled around a city and crossed the sky vault to reach a secluded valley.
• Wei Suo carved out and sealed a stone chamber, stationed the Black Nether Bone Lord, the Heart Devouring Worm, and the Law King Butterfly at its entrance, and used sacred blood and pills to treat his chest wound.
• Wei Suo cursed the damage to his Hun Yuan Yin Wa-hide magic robe and reflected on how close he had come to dying in the battle with True Person Xuanwu.
• Wei Suo identified the ancient talisman's technique as the Heaven-grade Mid-tier Dark Emperor Sword Qi, which was the same technique True Person Xuanwu had called Mystic Tortoise Dark Gold Sword Qi, and began examining its records.

Wei Suo studied the two attack methods of the Dark Emperor Sword Qi and examined the magic treasures he had taken from True Person Xuanwu. While inventorying Xuanwu’s belongings, he and the Green Robe Old Man recognized a rare Seven-Orifice Immortal Pill.

• Wei Suo learned that the Dark Emperor Sword Qi could be cast either as rapid blasts or as slower, more powerful strikes.
• The Green Robe Old Man identified the damaged turtle-shaped escape treasure as unusable but salvageable for its Mysterious Pattern Steel, and named the bronze spoon-shaped treasure the Half-Profound Haotian Sinan.
• Wei Suo kept the azure square cauldron and tested the yellow crystal spheres, confirming that they formed a simple, powerful area-attack formation that consumed True Essence rapidly.
• Wei Suo inventoried True Person Xuanwu’s Treasure Pouch, finding high-tier demon beasts and Spirit Stones worth more than two million Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Wei Suo and the Green Robe Old Man recognized an egg-sized, reddish-gold pill with seven glowing holes as the Seven-Orifice Immortal Pill.

Wei Suo suppressed True Person Shark Fishing's Golden Core as he prepared to refine it, while Xu Qianhuan learned that Wei Suo had killed True Person Xuanwu and sent True Person Panlong and Cave Master Ancient Crocodile after him. The two men revealed that Xuanwu had carried a Seven-Orifice Immortal Pill intended as Shui Ling'er's betrothal gift, and that capturing Wei Suo within a month could let the True Martial Sect refine another pill from his Golden Core.

• Wei Suo used his Golden Core's radiance to suppress True Person Shark Fishing's Golden Core.
• Xu Qianhuan told True Person Panlong and Cave Master Ancient Crocodile that True Person Xuanwu had likely been killed by the young Overbearing True Person.
• Xu Qianhuan explained that he had provoked True Person Xuanwu to eliminate Wei Suo, then asked the two cultivators to recover his betrothal gift.
• True Person Panlong revealed that the True Martial Sect and Xuanfeng Sect had agreed to a marriage alliance involving Shui Ling'er, with a Seven-Orifice Immortal Pill as the betrothal gift.
• True Person Panlong explained that the True Martial Sect could refine another Seven-Orifice Immortal Pill from Wei Suo's Golden Core if they captured him within one month.

After escaping True Person Xuanwu, Wei Suo reunited with Li Ruohai and the others, revealing that he had killed the Xuanwu Sect master. They discussed the destruction of Huangdao City and the dangers spreading through the Sky Vault, then prepared to continue toward the Qingcheng Ruins.

• True Person Panlong and True Person Gu E discussed Xu Qianhuan's schemes as True Person Gu E released refined-gold insects and Cave Master Ancient Crocodile examined a crystal sphere.
• Wei Suo finished cultivating, flew to the agreed meeting place, and reunited with Li Ruohai, Qi Longshan, Qing Ping, and True Person Fahua.
• Wei Suo showed the group True Person Xuanwu's Golden Core and said he had killed him after narrowly surviving their fight.
• Li Ruohai told Wei Suo that Xu Qianhuan had seized several demonic beasts before more powerful beasts overwhelmed Huangdao City and forced the survivors to retreat.
• Li Ruohai explained that North Bright Sect and Youhan Palace sealed the Sky Vault Rift, but many demonic beasts had escaped and travel across northern Tianxuan Continent had become dangerous.

Wei Suo learned that Li Ruohai and the others had found no information about the Sky Vault’s true state and joined them on their urgent journey to the Qingcheng Ruins. Meanwhile, the devastated Huangdao City’s rift was sealed by immense formations, where three powerful leaders waited for something.

• Li Ruohai told Wei Suo that the group had found nothing about the Sky Vault and that the North Bright Sect and Youhan Palace had joined forces to seal a rift.
• Wei Suo, Qi Longshan, Li Ruohai, and the others set off for the Qingcheng Ruins.
• The account described Huangdao City’s destruction and the enormous Vermilion Bird formation sealing its Sky Vault Rift.
• True Person Ghost Emperor, True Monarch Jade Sword, and Emperor You gathered at the rift with powerful treasures and formations.
• The three leaders waited near the sealed rift, while True Person Ghost Emperor repeatedly looked toward Huangdao City.

Yu Huafan and the gathered cultivators tested the Sky Vault by fixing a small section in place and feeding it power from ancient Buddhist relics. The blue measuring pillar cracked, and an Ancient Fire Kirin attacked as True Monarch Jade Sword raised the alarm.

• True Person Ghost Emperor and True Monarch Jade Sword shielded Yu Huafan and the others as they passed through the Vermilion Bird barrier and reached the Sky Vault Rift.
• Yu Huafan revealed that the North Bright Sect had spent centuries developing a way to measure the Sky Vault’s decline using ancient relics and crystal pillars.
• Emperor You, Yu Huafan, True Monarch Tiankui, and True Person Ghost Emperor used seven crystal pillars to bind a small section of the Sky Vault and poured the relics’ power into it.
• The seven relics shattered, and the blue crystal pillar cracked while the Sky Vault’s radiance remained stable.
• True Monarch Jade Sword screamed as a genuine Level 9 Ancient Fire Kirin descended, exploding his jade sword and surrounding Sword Qi on impact.

An ancient Qilin attacked the cultivators sealing the Sky Vault Rift, then used its demon core to strike the sealed sky and trigger a deadly wave of power. The wave killed Yu Huafan, True Monarch Tiankui, True Person Ghost Emperor, Emperor You, and True Monarch Jade Sword, leaving a mysterious green sphere behind.

• The ancient Qilin appeared and its overwhelming spiritual sense frightened True Monarch Jade Sword, True Person Ghost Emperor, and Emperor You.
• Yu Huafan and True Monarch Tiankui attacked the Qilin with their Divine Profound Manifestations, damaging its body as its demon core flew toward the sealed section of sky.
• True Monarch Tiankui tried to suppress the Qilin's demon core, but a miniature Qilin emerged from it and struck the sealed sky, shattering the blue crystal pillar.
• A milky-white wave spread from the sky and turned True Monarch Tiankui, True Person Ghost Emperor, Emperor You, Yu Huafan, and True Monarch Jade Sword to ashes while leaving their magical artifacts intact.
• After the cultivators recovered from the shock, they found a green stone sphere beneath the place where Yu Huafan had stood and wondered what his final word, "Five," meant.

A disguised female cultivator hurried out of Four Symbols City while struggling to suppress an imminent Golden Core breakthrough. Meanwhile, Wei Suo and his companions reached the entrance to Qingcheng Ruins and entered its dangerous gorge.

• The disguised female cultivator bought supplies in Four Symbols City, suppressed a surge of spiritual energy, and decided to seek a safe place beyond the heavens to form her core.
• Old Ghost Panlong spotted two powerful cultivators flying west into the wilderness, sent a message to Black Woodcutter and the others, and pursued them.
• Wei Suo and his companions wiped out a swarm of venomous snakes in a valley near Qingcheng Ruins.
• Qi Longshan explained the gorge's powerful green barrier and its black fragments, which restrained most techniques but were vulnerable to fire.
• Li Ruohai gave Wei Suo a beast-controlling technique and a map of Qingcheng Ruins, and Wei Suo promised to cooperate sincerely.
• Qi Longshan raised a silver protective barrier, and he and Qing Ping led the group into the mist-filled gorge.

Wei Suo and the others crossed Qingcheng Ruins’ dangerous gorge and reached its ancient mountain range, where Qi Longshan revealed the hidden entrance to the sect’s inner mountain. They entered the enormous mountain at the center of the ruins, leaving the outer peaks behind.

• Wei Suo studied Li Ruohai’s Ancient Spirit Contract Spell and the map of Qingcheng Ruins as the group crossed the frost-filled gorge.
• Qing Ping used her fire-element magic treasure to destroy several bat-shaped black lights that attacked the group.
• The group emerged from the gorge and saw the ancient mountain range, including a colossal ruined tower and other strange peaks.
• True Person Fahua warned Wei Suo that a true magnetism restriction ahead could draw away metal-type magic treasures, and his Xumi Aurora protected the group.
• Qi Longshan used a white flag to reveal a hidden doorway through the mountain scenery, exposing a towering central mountain within the outer peaks.
• Qi Longshan led Wei Suo and the others through the doorway into the ruins of the inner mountain.

Wei Suo and his companions reached the True Magnetic Abyss inside Qingcheng Ruins, where refined-metal magic treasures could not be used. Before entering, Li Ruohai revealed his rare Sun-Shooting Lizard, and Wei Suo asked him for advice on raising the Yang Zhi Bird.

• Qi Longshan led the group to the foot of the inner mountain, where they followed a shattered white-jade path through the ruins.
• True Person Fahua stopped at a dark cyan light curtain and warned everyone not to use refined-metal magic treasures beyond it.
• Li Ruohai released his Sun-Shooting Lizard and explained that it had been bred from Sky-Devouring Lizards and Thunder King Lizards.
• Wei Suo released the Yang Zhi Bird and used a technique that strengthened its bond with him.
• Li Ruohai explained the Yang Zhi Bird's growth potential and gave Wei Suo a jade talisman containing information on how to raise it.

Wei Suo and his companions crossed the True Magnetic Abyss, where silver rays and dangerous red filaments made the depths nearly impossible to reach. A mysterious song from newly appeared gray mist entranced the group and sent them falling, but Wei Suo restored their barrier and caught them before they reached the deadly depths.

• Wei Suo tested the abyss with Dark Emperor Sword Qi, and red filaments shattered it while Qi Longshan explained the danger of descending.
• The group flew across the abyss beneath True Person Fahua's yellow barrier as the magnetic force slowed them and wore the barrier down.
• Qi Longshan, True Person Fahua, and Qing Ping noticed unfamiliar gray mist behind the ruined platform on the far side.
• The gray mist spread, and an enchanting voice entranced everyone except Wei Suo, causing them to lose control and fall.
• Wei Suo reactivated the yellow ancient talisman, restrained Li Ruohai and the others with True Essence, and looked toward a slender figure emerging from the mist.

Wei Suo and his companions encountered the Demon Deer Woman, who used Spiritual Sense Impacts to leave the group vulnerable while attacking Wei Suo. Wei Suo provoked her into stopping the impacts, allowing Li Ruohai and the others to recover, and the Demon Deer Woman fled.

• The Demon Deer Woman emerged from the mist and confronted Wei Suo in the True Magnetic Abyss.
• Wei Suo tried to bargain with the Demon Deer Woman, but she launched a surprise attack while her Spiritual Sense Impacts kept Li Ruohai and the others incapacitated.
• Wei Suo defended himself with the Rolling River Scroll and dark-gold Sword Qi, while Li Ruohai's Sun-Shooting Lizard joined the fight.
• Wei Suo taunted the Demon Deer Woman until her anger made her stop releasing Spiritual Sense Impacts, restoring Li Ruohai and the others to awareness.
• The Demon Deer Woman fled after Li Ruohai and the others joined Wei Suo, promising to make him pay.

After Demon Deer Woman’s ambush, Wei Suo learned that the Qingxu Vine he sought was likely in Lingmiao Valley, protected by ancient restrictions. The group headed onward through the ruins, and Wei Suo asked Li Ruohai about Spiritual Sense Impact techniques, learning where they might be found and the dangers of using them.

• Wei Suo helped the group survive Demon Deer Woman’s attack and agreed to hand the ancient talisman to True Person Fahua after they crossed the True Magnetic Abyss.
• Li Ruohai revealed that the Qingxu Vine was likely in Lingmiao Valley and explained that ancient restrictions protected the valley from intruders.
• Li Ruohai recounted how Ma Hongjun had explored the True Treasure Hall and Lingmiao Valley but died before gathering the materials needed to break their restrictions.
• Qi Longshan led the group onward, while Li Ruohai advised Wei Suo that the Lanxing Sect and Miyun Sect possessed Spiritual Sense Impact techniques.
• Li Ruohai warned Wei Suo that Spiritual Sense Impact could exhaust or injure its user, especially if an opponent resisted or reflected it.

Wei Suo learned that the Qingxu Vine could improve a Divine Profound Manifestation’s cultivation aptitude, and that its rarity made it dangerous to claim. He and Li Ruohai’s group continued into the Qingcheng Ruins as pursuers arrived at Gray Mist Canyon.

• Wei Suo asked Li Ruohai how the Qingxu Vine benefited Divine Profound Realm cultivators.
• Li Ruohai explained that the vine could raise a Divine Profound Manifestation’s grade and accelerate cultivation, while one vine could transform only one manifestation.
• Qing Ping explained that a Qingxu Vine stopped growing after being cut, could not reproduce nearby, and was best taken whole.
• Li Ruohai warned Wei Suo to keep any Qingxu Vine secret to avoid attracting Divine Profound Realm cultivators.
• Wei Suo suggested refining the vine immediately, and the group continued up the broken stone path into the Qingcheng Ruins.
• A streak of escape light descended above Gray Mist Canyon as pursuers arrived.

Wei Suo and his companions reached the True Treasure Hall and used Qi Longshan’s silver-black sphere to draw away its deadly golden radiance. They entered safely and saw rows of jade platforms holding what appeared to be treasures, while Panlong, Ancient Crocodile, and three hidden cultivators waited outside the ruins.

• True Person Panlong and Cave Master Ancient Crocodile hid near the Qingcheng Ruins and waited to ambush whoever emerged.
• Shou Weng, Hei Qiao, and their cautious scholar companion concealed themselves nearby and decided to watch for a chance to profit.
• Wei Suo and his companions passed the Sword Washing Pool and Jade Stairway Passage and reached the ruined, floating True Martial Hall, surrounded by deadly golden radiance.
• Qi Longshan used a silver-black sphere to draw most of the golden radiance aside, allowing the group to fly through the gap and reach the hall entrance.
• Qi Longshan tested the harmless white spiritual light, then led Wei Suo and the others inside, where they saw rows of jade platforms beneath azure barriers.

Wei Suo and his companions discovered twenty-seven ancient treasures in the True Treasure Hall and found that the cyan shields let treasures pass through. They began dividing the treasures, with Wei Suo choosing a red ancient mirror before Qing Ping took a five-colored bracelet.

• Wei Suo, Li Ruohai, and the others entered the True Treasure Hall and saw twenty-seven ancient treasures on jade platforms.
• True Person Fahua tested a cyan shield, drew out a wooden fish-shaped treasure, and confirmed that the shield posed no danger.
• Li Ruohai proposed dividing the treasures according to their prior agreement and offered Wei Suo the first choice.
• The Green Robe Old Man identified the red ancient mirror as Fire Sparrow Jade, and Wei Suo chose it.
• Qing Ping took a bracelet strung with five differently colored beads.

Wei Suo and the others chose two ancient treasures each from the True Treasure Hall before its restrictions blocked them from taking any more. They left the emptied upper floors and reached Lingmiao Valley, which lay inside a dangerous spatial rift called a Sumeru Space.

• Qing Ping identified the Five-Colored Magpie Chain and chose it, then True Person Fahua, Li Ruohai, and Qi Longshan each selected an ancient treasure.
• Wei Suo took the talisman-patterned fine gold dagger after the others passed it over, then chose a jade-like coral tree for his next selection.
• Wei Suo and the others discovered that blue shields blocked them from taking additional treasures, and they agreed not to force the restrictions.
• The group found the upper floors of the True Treasure Hall empty and followed Li Ruohai out toward Lingmiao Valley.
• Qi Longshan used the silver-black sphere to draw aside the golden carp-shaped radiance, and Wei Suo saw that Lingmiao Valley was inside a spatial rift.

Wei Suo and his companions entered Lingmiao Valley through a spatial rift and discovered an enormous trove of spiritual medicines. As they spotted the Qingxu Vine on a hill, a restriction elsewhere unleashed spreading black light that swallowed the Demon Deer Woman and surged across the hillside.

• Qi Longshan used a shattered yellow crystal stele to carry the group through the spatial rift into Lingmiao Valley.
• The Demon Deer Woman found a Blood-Changing Sacred Fruit in an underground palace, seized it, and triggered a restriction that swallowed her in spreading black light.
• Wei Suo, Li Ruohai, Qi Longshan, Qing Ping, and the others saw Lingmiao Valley’s vast store of rare spiritual medicines and began discussing how to harvest and divide them.
• Wei Suo searched for the Qingxu Vine and spotted it beside an azure boulder at the top of the valley’s low hill.

Wei Suo confirmed the vine was Qingxu Vine and learned how to transplant it, but Lingmiao Valley suddenly began collapsing under waves of black radiance. The radiance erased the valley and spread through Gray Mist Canyon, swallowing the cultivators waiting outside.

• Li Ruohai identified the vine as Qingxu Vine and explained that it needed to be planted in blue rock jade connected to Earth Qi within seven days.
• Transparent cracks spread through Lingmiao Valley as black radiance invaded, and Wei Suo grabbed the Qingxu Vine with his Profound Fiend Ghost Claw.
• The cracks sliced through the yellow crystal stele and divided Wei Suo, Li Ruohai, Qi Longshan, Qing Ping, and the others into separate sections of the collapsing valley.
• Black radiance swept over Lingmiao Valley, shattering its entrance and making the entire valley disappear.
• Black radiance surged from Gray Mist Canyon and swallowed True Person Panlong, Cave Master Ancient Crocodile, True Person Gu E, and the other cultivators outside.

After Lingmiao Valley collapsed, Wei Suo was swept into an immense, barren spatial rift and searched for a way out. He found no exit after traveling far and digging through the rocky ground, then chose a direction and continued onward.

• Wei Suo regained consciousness in a vast space beneath motionless blue clouds, with gray rock stretching in every direction, and discovered that the fall had broken two ribs.
• Wei Suo found that the Yang Zhi Bird had survived and recovered a fragment of Qi Longshan's yellow crystal tablet, but its light could not protect enough of his body to escape through spatial cracks.
• Wei Suo flew for a day and traveled at least ten thousand li, but the landscape remained unchanged and empty.
• Wei Suo approached the blue clouds, sensed their destructive power, and turned back without attempting to enter them.
• Wei Suo dug more than a thousand zhang through the rocky ground and emerged on an identical expanse on the other side.
• Wei Suo returned through his hole, chose a direction, and flew onward, determined that the place could not be boundless.