Chapter Summaries

Li Qingshan discussed humanity, conviction, and the Dao with the Five Elements Ancestor, gaining new insight into his own cultivation. The flying boat later reached the Eastern Nine Domains, where the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance’s mountain gate stood.

• Li Qingshan asked whether the righteous cultivators of the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance were willing to sacrifice themselves for humanity, and the Five Elements Ancestor explained that the Alliance gave humanity hope.
• The Five Elements Ancestor told Li Qingshan that saving humanity was his own Dao, regardless of whether humanity remembered or repaid him, and urged Li Qingshan to find and hold firm to his own Dao.
• Li Qingshan asked about comprehending multiple artistic conceptions before Spirit Transformation, and the Five Elements Ancestor advised him to focus on top-tier conceptions rather than ordinary ones.
• Li Qingshan showed the Five Elements Ancestor his three Heavenly Blade Stone Carvings, and the Ancestor praised their artistic conception and encouraged him to study it alongside the Myriad Magnetic Artistic Conception.
• Several days later, Li Qingshan’s flying boat reached the Eastern Nine Domains and the Heavenly Abyss Mountain Range, where the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance’s mountain gate stood.

Five Elements Ancestor brought Li Qingshan into the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance’s hidden Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm and returned with the Primordial Devil Immortal Map. He appointed Li Qingshan as Ninth Peak Master, but Nangong Yan and other elders questioned the decision, leaving Five Elements Ancestor to defend Li Qingshan’s qualifications.

• Five Elements Ancestor guided Li Qingshan into the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm and told him to conceal his origins from the Five Elements Sect.
• Five Elements Ancestor presented the Primordial Devil Immortal Map to the elders, who celebrated its return and mourned Zhang Longhu’s death.
• Five Elements Ancestor credited Li Qingshan with helping secure the map and announced that he would become Ninth Peak Master.
• Nangong Yan and several elders objected that Li Qingshan lacked the seniority and qualifications for the position.
• Five Elements Ancestor defended his appointment and revealed that Li Qingshan had killed Yin Juechen and Zheng Hantian.

Li Qingshan proved his strength to the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance by defeating Zhao Wuji in a sparring match, securing his appointment as master of Ninth Peak. The elders accepted his qualification, and he began making a name for himself in the alliance.

• Nangong Yan called for Li Qingshan to prove his worth by challenging the Demon-Suppression Tower, but Li Qingshan offered to spar with a Spirit Transformation expert instead.
• Zhao Wuji stepped forward to test Li Qingshan, and their first clash of fists sent Zhao Wuji stumbling back while Li Qingshan held his ground.
• Li Qingshan used the Myriad Magnetic Artistic Conception to slow and disrupt Zhao Wuji, then stopped a decisive punch just short of his chest.
• Zhao Wuji conceded and addressed Li Qingshan as Peak Master, while Nangong Yan withdrew his objections and the other elders congratulated him.
• Five Elements Ancestor approved of Li Qingshan as the new master of Ninth Peak, who began making a name for himself in the alliance.

Li Qingshan became the master of the Ninth Peak and arrived at Dragon-Tiger Peak, where he sealed the peak before beginning seclusion. He tasked Heishan with purifying several Ten Thousand Soul Banners and using their soul energy to upgrade the Human Emperor Banner.

• The Five Elements Ancestor announced Li Qingshan as the Ninth Peak's new master after no one objected.
• Liu Chuande escorted Li Qingshan through the secret realm, warned him about the rival First and Second Peak masters, and brought him to Dragon-Tiger Peak.
• Song Zhiming and the Ninth Peak's disciples welcomed Li Qingshan, who ordered Song to manage routine affairs and sealed the peak while he pursued a breakthrough.
• Li Qingshan settled into his cave abode, meditated for several days, and then summoned Heishan to refine the Ten Thousand Soul Banners.
• Heishan used the Black Sha Netherfire and the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Divine Light to begin extracting and purifying soul energy for the Human Emperor Banner.

Li Qingshan completed his Heavenly Blade Artistic Conception after two years of secluded cultivation, then Zhou Tianxuan and several other peak masters discussed their resentment toward him. The story left Zhou planning to challenge Li publicly at the upcoming Nine Peaks Grand Competition.

• Li Qingshan studied the three Heavenly Blade Stone Carvings and immersed himself in the Heaven-Opening Blade's will.
• After two years, Li Qingshan completed the Heavenly Blade Artistic Conception and formed a blade from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
• At the Demon-Slaughtering Hall, the masters of Third Peak and Fifth Peak complained that Li Qingshan had refused to meet them.
• Han Feng cautioned the others not to underestimate Li Qingshan, but Zhou Tianxuan dismissed the warning and criticized Li's conduct.
• Zhou Tianxuan announced that he would challenge Li Qingshan at the upcoming Nine Peaks Grand Competition to make him earn respect through strength.

Li Qingshan began his Spirit Transformation breakthrough, fusing the Myriad Magnetic Artistic Conception and Heavenly Blade Artistic Conception with his Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul. He successfully formed a dark-gold and silver Primordial Spirit, leaving his transformation complete.

• Li Qingshan spent several months preparing before releasing the suppression on his cultivation and beginning his breakthrough.
• The immense surge of spiritual energy drew the attention of Liu Chuande, Nangong Yan, and Zhou Tianxuan, who recognized that Li Qingshan was attempting Spirit Transformation.
• Li Qingshan used his will to harmonize the Myriad Magnetic Artistic Conception and Heavenly Blade Artistic Conception around his Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul.
• The two artistic conceptions fused into the Nascent Soul, painfully transforming it into Li Qingshan's Primordial Spirit.

Li Qingshan completed his breakthrough to Spirit Transformation and manifested a dual-attribute Primordial Spirit Dharma Image, then discovered his Primordial Spirit was a legendary Heavenly Dao Primordial Spirit. As he celebrated his new strength, the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd activated and drew his Primordial Spirit inside.

• Li Qingshan's newly formed Primordial Spirit devoured spiritual energy and summoned a thousand-zhang Dharma Image above Ninth Peak.
• The Dharma Image combined the Myriad Magnetic Artistic Conception with the Heavenly Blade, shocking cultivators across the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm and stirring Zhou Tianxuan's envy.
• The Dharma Image released overwhelming pressure before returning to Li Qingshan's cave dwelling, where he stabilized his cultivation at the early stage of Spirit Transformation.
• Li Qingshan recognized the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and heavenly might surrounding his Primordial Spirit as signs of a Heavenly Dao Primordial Spirit, though he wondered why no lightning tribulation had appeared.
• The Wish-Fulfilling Gourd began to glow and hum, then pulled Li Qingshan's Primordial Spirit inside.

Li Qingshan connected with the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd and learned that it needed treasures containing the laws of Heaven and Earth to restore its depleted origin. After the gourd consumed his three Heavenly Blade Stone Carvings, Li Qingshan inspected the Human Emperor Banner and found Heishan had transformed it into a powerful formation of three hundred Nascent Soul main souls.

• Li Qingshan entered a chaotic space through his Heavenly Dao Primordial Spirit and formed a preliminary connection with the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd.
• The Wish-Fulfilling Gourd told Li Qingshan that treasures containing laws of Heaven and Earth could replenish its origin and let it upgrade powerful treasures.
• Li Qingshan sent the three Heavenly Blade Stone Carvings into the chaotic space, where the gourd absorbed their blade-intent runes and grew clearer but remained hungry.
• Li Qingshan promised to find more treasures containing the laws of Heaven and Earth, then withdrew his Primordial Spirit to his sea of consciousness.
• Heishan presented the Human Emperor Banner, explaining that he had refined its souls into three hundred Nascent Soul main souls and imprinted the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Battle Formation on them.
• Li Qingshan examined the transformed banner and was satisfied with its greatly increased power.

Li Qingshan refined the Five Elements Annihilation Sword as his life-bound treasure, then used the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd to raise it to top-grade fifth-tier. With his new swords, he believed he could contend with late-stage Spirit Transformation cultivators and considered seeking more treasures containing the laws of heaven and earth.

• Li Qingshan rewarded Heishan with the Black Sha Netherfire and returned him to the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd.
• Li Qingshan used earthfire and the Black Sha Netherfire to forge the Five Elements Spirit Orbs and thirty-six Longevity Judgment Swords into five life-bound Five Elements Annihilation Swords.
• The Wish-Fulfilling Gourd enhanced the swords, raising them from early fifth-tier to top-grade fifth-tier spirit treasures in one day.
• Li Qingshan concluded that his enhanced swords could help him stand against late-stage Spirit Transformation cultivators and resolved to seek more treasures containing the laws of heaven and earth.

After years in seclusion, Li Qingshan emerged as a Spirit Transformation Venerable and learned about the Primordial Devil Immortal Map and the Nine Peaks Grand Competition. He set out for Enlightenment Cliff to study the map and rescue Lady Three-Flower, while preparing to train Ninth Peak’s disciples.

• Li Qingshan emerged from seclusion, and Song Zhiming and the Ninth Peak disciples welcomed him.
• Five Elements Ancestor, Nangong Yan, and Liu Chuande praised Li Qingshan’s supreme-grade Primordial Spirit and told him about Su Changge, First Peak’s powerful master.
• Five Elements Ancestor granted Li Qingshan three free month-long opportunities to study the Primordial Devil Immortal Map at Enlightenment Cliff.
• Nangong Yan informed Li Qingshan that the Nine Peaks Grand Competition would take place in three years and that its results would affect the peaks’ resource allocations.
• Li Qingshan ordered Song Zhiming to bring records of Ninth Peak’s Golden Core Late Stage disciples so he could assess and train them.
• Li Qingshan left Ninth Peak for Enlightenment Cliff to study the map and seek a way to rescue Lady Three-Flower.

Li Qingshan studied the Primordial Devil Immortal Map at Enlightenment Cliff and used the Myriad Magnetic Bead to rescue Lady Three-Flower. After strengthening his Myriad Magnetic Artistic Conception, he searched the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance's Scripture Pavilion for Primordial Spirit techniques and life-saving secret arts.

• Li Qingshan entered Enlightenment Cliff and studied the Myriad Magnetic Artistic Conception on the Primordial Devil Immortal Map.
• Lady Three-Flower contacted Li Qingshan, and he brought her safely into the Myriad Magnetic Bead.
• Li Qingshan spent nearly a month studying the map, deepening his understanding of Myriad Magnetic power and increasing its strength.
• Li Qingshan left Enlightenment Cliff and visited the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance's Scripture Pavilion to seek Primordial Spirit techniques and other useful secret arts.
• Li Qingshan examined techniques including the God-Slaying Thorn, Great Sun Burning Heaven Divine Shield, and Primordial Spirit Sword Transformation Art.

Li Qingshan chose three secret arts and planned to improve them with the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd before preparing Ninth Peak disciples for the Nine Peaks Grand Competition. He equipped and advised the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core disciples, then gave Song Zhiming treasures and cultivation resources to help her compete in the Nascent Soul division.

• Li Qingshan selected the Five Elements Heaven-Escaping Art, Primordial Spirit Sword Transformation Art, and Hundred Meridians Treasure Refining Art, then placed them in the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd for improvement.
• Song Zhiming told Li Qingshan that she had chosen six Foundation Establishment and six Golden Core disciples, but she was Ninth Peak's only Nascent Soul cultivator and feared she could not reach the top ten.
• Li Qingshan tested the twelve disciples, assessed their strengths and weaknesses, and gave each suitable treasures, talismans, or pills.
• Li Qingshan gave Song Zhiming Grade Four spirit treasures, a jade slip of his cultivation insights, and spirit pills to support her breakthrough and the competition.
• Song Zhiming promised to fight for a top-ten place, and Li Qingshan urged her to prioritize her safety.

After breaking through to Spirit Transformation, Li Qingshan learned from Lady Three-Flower that his Myriad Magnetic Artistic Conception could help him advance by devouring other cultivators’ artistic conceptions. He planned to study the Primordial Magnetic Devouring Method in the Primordial Devil Immortal Map and target Spirit Transformation cultivators of the Devil Race.

• Li Qingshan considered how to grow stronger before the expected conflict between the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance and the Eternal Night Devil Palace, and hoped to return to the Eastern Wasteland.
• Li Qingshan released Lady Three-Flower and learned that she had lost her memories, though she claimed to be extraordinarily powerful.
• Lady Three-Flower explained that Spirit Transformation advancement depended on comprehending the artistic conception of Heaven and Earth.
• Lady Three-Flower revealed that the Myriad Magnetic Artistic Conception could absorb other artistic conceptions and grow stronger by devouring those of Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Lady Three-Flower said the Primordial Devil Immortal Map could help Li Qingshan comprehend the Primordial Magnetic Devouring Method, and Li Qingshan resolved to use his remaining chances to study it.

Li Qingshan practiced the Hundred Meridians Treasure Refining Art, Five Elements Heaven-Escaping Art, and Primordial Spirit Sword Transformation Art, strengthening his treasures, escape skills, and soul attacks. He ended by discovering that his divine sense reached three thousand li, comparable to an ordinary late Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator.

• Li Qingshan practiced the Hundred Meridians Treasure Refining Art and improved his control over the Five Elements Annihilation Swords.
• Li Qingshan mastered the minor achievement stage of the Five Elements Heaven-Escaping Art, gaining a powerful escape technique.
• Li Qingshan forged a three-inch heart sword from part of his Heavenly Dao Primordial Spirit and named it the God-Slaying Heart Sword.
• Li Qingshan tested his divine sense and found that it reached three thousand li in every direction.
• Li Qingshan reflected that his Heavenly Dao Primordial Spirit could become comparable to a great-completion Spirit Transformation cultivator if he reached the mid-stage.

Li Qingshan used the Primordial Devil Immortal Map and the Myriad Magnetic Bead to comprehend the Primordial Magnetic Heaven-Swallowing Technique. After mastering it, he prepared to test his new strength at the approaching Nine Peaks Grand Competition.

• Li Qingshan returned to Enlightenment Cliff to use his remaining chances in the Primordial Devil Immortal Map and pursue the technique.
• Lady Three-Flower explained that the technique devoured other powers by breaking them down and returning them to their origins.
• Li Qingshan endured the chaotic remnants of devoured artistic conceptions while studying the Myriad Magnetic Artistic Conception.
• At Lady Three-Flower's reminder, Li Qingshan used the Myriad Magnetic Bead to perceive and complete the technique's core rune.
• Li Qingshan mastered the Primordial Magnetic Heaven-Swallowing Technique, strengthening his artistic conception and Primordial Spirit.
• Lady Three-Flower warned Li Qingshan to erase the wills of any powers he devoured, and he looked forward to testing himself against the eight peak masters at the Nine Peaks Grand Competition.

The Nine Peaks Grand Competition began as the peak masters and alliance elders gathered, with Zhou Tianxuan criticizing the absent Li Qingshan. Li Qingshan arrived just before the competition, drawing scrutiny and battle interest from Su Changge.

• The Nine Peaks assembled at the plaza, where Zhou Tianxuan and other peak masters discussed Li Qingshan's absence and Zhou vowed to teach him a lesson.
• Su Changge arrived and shocked the crowd by revealing that she had reached the middle stage of Spirit Transformation, provoking Zhou Tianxuan's jealousy.
• The Five Elements Ancestor and alliance elders opened the gathering, and Zhou Tianxuan accused Li Qingshan of being discourteous and afraid to compete.
• The Five Elements Ancestor defended Li Qingshan and suggested waiting, then Li Qingshan arrived from the Ninth Peak and apologized for losing track of time while cultivating.
• Su Changge sensed Li Qingshan's hidden power and became eager to test herself against him.

The Nine Peaks Grand Competition began, and the Ninth Peak’s Foundation Establishment disciples stunned the crowd with their top-grade spirit artifact sets. Their equipment carried three disciples into the top ten, with Zhao Mang taking third place.

• Nangong Yan announced the competition rules and opened the Nine Peaks Grand Competition as nine protected arenas appeared above the plaza.
• Song Zhiming led the Ninth Peak disciples to draw lots after they saluted Li Qingshan.
• The Ninth Peak’s six Foundation Establishment disciples revealed full sets of top-grade spirit artifacts, surprising the crowd and the peak masters.
• The Ninth Peak disciples used their powerful defensive and offensive artifacts, along with talismans, to defeat opponents who often had greater cultivation and combat experience.
• Three Ninth Peak disciples reached the Foundation Establishment top ten, and Zhao Mang won third place.

Li Qingshan outfitted the Ninth Peak’s Foundation Establishment and Golden Core disciples with top-grade treasures, and they dominated both competitions. As the Nascent Soul competition approached, Zhou Tianxuan and the other Peak Masters wondered whether Song Zhiming had also received a full set of fourth-tier top-grade magic treasures.

• Li Qingshan’s top-grade spirit artifacts helped Ninth Peak disciples excel in the Foundation Establishment competition, drawing astonished reactions from the crowd.
• The Ninth Peak’s six Golden Core disciples entered the competition with two top-grade magic treasures each, prompting questions about fairness that the Five Elements Ancestor dismissed by praising Li Qingshan’s skills.
• Ye Qi overwhelmed his Golden Core Great Perfection opponent with a barrage of third-tier talismans and won the championship; all six Ninth Peak competitors reached the top ten.
• Zhou Tianxuan argued that the Nascent Soul competition mattered most because Song Zhiming was the Ninth Peak’s only Nascent Soul cultivator, while Han Feng wondered whether Li Qingshan had given him fourth-tier top-grade magic treasures.

Song Zhiming won the Nascent Soul Realm competition with powerful treasures from Li Qingshan, making Ninth Peak the standout of the disciple contests. The Five Elements Ancestor offered a Six-Yang Golden Pellet as the Peak Masters’ prize, and Zhou Tianxuan challenged Li Qingshan to begin their showdown.

• Song Zhiming used the Four Symbols Demon-Slaying Array Flags and Army-Breaking Sword to sweep the Nascent Soul competition and claim first place.
• Ninth Peak’s disciples took three Foundation Establishment top-ten spots, all six Golden Core top-ten spots, and first place in the Nascent Soul competition.
• The Five Elements Ancestor revealed a Six-Yang Golden Pellet as the prize for the Peak Masters’ contest, drawing the interest of Zhou Tianxuan and Li Qingshan.
• Zhou Tianxuan entered the central arena and challenged Li Qingshan, mocking Ninth Peak for relying on magic treasures.

Li Qingshan defeated Zhou Tianxuan with a single punch after trapping his spear attack in the Ten Thousand Magnetic Domain. He then challenged Su Changge to fight, and she welcomed the prospect with fierce excitement.

• Zhou Tianxuan attacked Li Qingshan with the Black Kun Heaven-Breaking Spear and his Void-Splitting Spear Intent.
• Li Qingshan opened his Ten Thousand Magnetic Domain, disrupting Zhou Tianxuan's spear and suppressing his power.
• Li Qingshan struck Zhou Tianxuan's spear at its weakest point with one punch, knocking him unconscious and disarming him.
• The Cloud Sea Plaza crowd and the elders reacted in shock, while Su Changge became eager to face Li Qingshan.
• Li Qingshan called out to Su Changge and challenged her to fight.