Chapter Summaries

The group discovered the Great Sun Golden Flame surrounding the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron and found that their treasures and powers could not cross it. Treasure-Abundant Boy proposed combining his Immortal-Imprisoning Rope with Formless Old Ancestor’s Extreme Cold Heaven-Sealing Mirror, leaving Formless Old Ancestor to answer.

• The group identified the Great Sun Golden Flame and the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron as the likely source of Golden Flame Heavenly Monarch’s inheritance.
• Black Buddha sent a monk to test the flames, and the fire vaporized the monk’s fifth-tier Demon-Subduing Pestle, injuring his Primordial Spirit.
• Hua Wu, Su Changge, Han Feng, and Treasure-Abundant Boy each tried powers or treasures against the flames, but none could reach the cauldron.
• Treasure-Abundant Boy proposed joining forces and revealed his sixth-tier Immortal-Imprisoning Rope to bind and retrieve the cauldron.
• Treasure-Abundant Boy urged Formless Old Ancestor to use the Formless Devil Sect’s Extreme Cold Heaven-Sealing Mirror to suppress the flames, and the group waited for his response.

Treasure-Abundant Boy led the group in using Formless Old Ancestor’s Extreme Cold Heaven-Sealing Mirror to suppress the Great Sun Golden Flame and pull the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron free. As the mirror cracked and the flames surged back, Black Buddha struck at Treasure-Abundant Boy from behind.

• Formless Old Ancestor revealed the Extreme Cold Heaven-Sealing Mirror, and Treasure-Abundant Boy proposed using it to freeze the flames while the others pulled the cauldron with the Immortal-Imprisoning Rope.
• The group channeled their power into the mirror as Treasure-Abundant Boy bound the cauldron and dragged it toward the edge of the flames.
• Li Qingshan sensed hidden streams of cold entering the cultivators through their magical power and devoured the one approaching him with the Great Devouring Immortal Art.
• The cauldron was pulled halfway out, but Formless Old Ancestor said he could no longer hold the mirror, which cracked and let the Great Sun Golden Flame surge back toward Treasure-Abundant Boy.
• Black Buddha struck at Treasure-Abundant Boy’s back as he tried to escape the flames.

Black Buddha and Formless Old Ancestor betrayed the group, killing Treasure-Abundant Boy and using hidden cold poison to incapacitate Li Qingshan’s companions. Li Qingshan revealed overwhelming strength and struck down two Formless Devil Sect elders, leaving the two conspirators facing him.

• Black Buddha struck Treasure-Abundant Boy into the Great Sun Golden Flame, killing him as Formless Old Ancestor and Black Buddha revealed their betrayal.
• Formless Old Ancestor detonated the cold poison he had planted in Su Changge, Hua Wu, Hua Yu, and Han Feng, leaving them frozen or barely able to resist.
• Li Qingshan stepped in front of Su Changge and revealed an aura beyond peak Spirit Transformation, shocking Black Buddha and Formless Old Ancestor.
• Li Qingshan used Five Elements Turn, Heaven-Escaping Shadowless to kill two Formless Devil Sect elders with his fists.
• Li Qingshan captured the elders’ fleeing Primordial Spirits with the Human Emperor Banner.

Li Qingshan rescued Su Changge from the Nine Nether Cold Marrow poison and battled Formless Old Ancestor, shattering his attacks and damaging his devil blade with a punch. As Black Buddha revealed his powerful Devil Buddha True Body, the fight escalated.

• Li Qingshan killed Formless Old Ancestor’s two trusted elders, provoking the ancestor into attacking with the Extreme Cold Heaven-Sealing Mirror and Formless Devil Blade.
• Li Qingshan used the Great Devouring Immortal Art to remove most of the cold poison from Su Changge and sent her to help Han Feng and Hua Wu while watching out for Black Buddha.
• Black Buddha and two monks attacked Su Changge, but she unleashed her Yin-Yang Blade Intent and held them off while trying to free Han Feng.
• Li Qingshan used the Five Elements Annihilation Sword to shatter the Extreme Cold Devil Light and knock the Extreme Cold Heaven-Sealing Mirror away.
• Li Qingshan broke the edge of Formless Old Ancestor’s Formless Devil Blade with a punch, injuring the ancestor and revealing his immense physical strength.
• Black Buddha transformed into a hundred-zhang, three-headed, six-armed Devil Buddha True Body wielding six fifth-tier spirit treasures.

Li Qingshan used the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd to defeat and kill Formless Old Ancestor and Black Buddha, then captured their primordial spirits along with those of their allies. With all six Spirit Transformation enemies dead, the survivors watched Li Qingshan in awe.

• Black Buddha and Formless Old Ancestor launched a combined attack against Li Qingshan, but he repelled the six devil treasures and split the Xuanming Cold Gale with his sword radiance.
• Li Qingshan released the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Divine Light, which burned away Formless Old Ancestor's defenses and destroyed his body.
• Li Qingshan smashed Black Buddha's Devil Buddha True Body and used the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd to capture both enemies' primordial spirits and Black Lotus.
• Su Changge killed the two black-robed monks attacking her, and Li Qingshan captured their primordial spirits with the Human Emperor Banner.
• Hua Wu and Hua Yu freed Han Feng from the ice, and the survivors watched Li Qingshan with awe after the six Spirit Transformation experts were slain.

Li Qingshan tried to suppress the great sun golden flame so the others could retrieve the treasure cauldron, but instead risked using the Great Devouring Immortal Art to refine a wisp of it. After three days, he succeeded and gained a new measure of control over the flame, preparing to try suppressing it again.

• Li Qingshan used his Myriad Magnetic Bead and primordial magnetic domain to suppress the great sun golden flame, but the fire burned through his domain.
• Li Qingshan used the Great Devouring Immortal Art to draw a tiny strand of golden flame into his body and endure its searing effects.
• Su Changge and the others kept watch as Li Qingshan spent three days refining the flame and tempering his body.
• Li Qingshan emerged with a trace of golden flame true intent merged into his primordial magnetic heavenly blade artistic conception.
• Li Qingshan told Su Changge and the others he would try again to suppress the great sun golden flame, while Han Feng concealed his jealousy.

Li Qingshan and the others dragged the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron free of the Great Sun Golden Flame, but Han Feng’s attempt to awaken it caused the cauldron to swallow them into its sealed inner world. There, Treasure-Abundant Boy revealed that he was the cauldron’s artifact spirit and had survived the flames.

• Li Qingshan suppressed the Great Sun Golden Flame while Su Changge, Hua Wu, Hua Yu, and Han Feng pulled the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron clear.
• Han Feng used his Golden Flame bloodline and life essence blood to awaken the cauldron, but it swallowed him and then pulled in Su Changge, Li Qingshan, Hua Wu, and Hua Yu.
• Li Qingshan and the others regained consciousness inside the cauldron, where its laws restrained their bodies and magical power.
• Treasure-Abundant Boy appeared and revealed he had survived, dismissing the Great Sun Golden Flame and Black Buddha’s tricks as unable to kill him.
• Treasure-Abundant Boy transformed into the cauldron’s artifact spirit and declared his identity to the group.

The spirit of the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron revealed that it had survived the battle that destroyed its former manifestation and explained its hatred of the Golden Flame Heavenly Monarch and his descendants. With Li Qingshan and the others trapped, it recounted the Heavenly Monarch’s fall and its own grievance against him.

• The spirit revealed that it was the surviving essence of the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron, once a ninth-grade immortal artifact, and mocked Han Feng for believing it had been destroyed.
• The spirit recognized Han Feng as a descendant of the Golden Flame Heavenly Monarch, declared him unworthy of inheriting the cauldron, and restrained Li Qingshan and the others with the cauldron’s laws.
• Li Qingshan asked why the spirit had turned against Han Feng, and it said the Heavenly Monarch’s descendants deserved to die and that the captives would become nourishment for restoring its power.
• The spirit explained that the Golden Flame Heavenly Monarch had been a Great Perfection Tribulation Transcendence cultivator called the Golden Flame Earth Immortal who was ambushed by three Devil Race Earth Immortals during his ascension tribulation.
• The spirit recounted that the Heavenly Monarch returned to the Primordial Devil Continent after the battle, established the Golden Flame Heavenly Palace beneath the Endless Sea, and sealed the damaged cauldron there to await an heir.
• The spirit revealed that the Heavenly Monarch had forcibly drawn out its essence to strengthen his Golden Flame Immortal Body, leaving it damaged, and had bound it to guard his legacy and descendants.

Treasure-Abundant Boy revealed that he had returned to claim Golden Flame Heavenly Monarch’s inheritance and needed Han Feng’s blood to refine the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron. With Lady Three-Flower’s help, Li Qingshan broke free of the cauldron’s restraints and challenged Treasure-Abundant Boy for control of its core.

• Treasure-Abundant Boy admitted that he had possessed a new body and returned to seize Golden Flame Heavenly Monarch’s inheritance and take revenge.
• Lady Three-Flower warned Li Qingshan that Treasure-Abundant Boy was refining the cauldron’s core and told him to seize control when she created an opening.
• Li Qingshan exposed Treasure-Abundant Boy’s plan to use Han Feng’s Golden Flame blood to refine the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron.
• Lady Three-Flower struck the restraints with her remaining origin power, allowing Li Qingshan to connect his Heavenly Dao Primordial Spirit to the cauldron’s core.
• Li Qingshan’s primordial spirit fought Treasure-Abundant Boy’s control of the core and used the Primordial Magnetic Heavenly Blade to counter his golden chains and flaming blades.

Li Qingshan used the Great Devouring Immortal Art and the refined Great Sun Golden Flame to outpace the Treasure-Abundant Boy in refining the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron. After devouring the artifact spirit, Li Qingshan reached the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm and gained control of the cauldron, leaving him poised to pursue the Golden Flame Heavenly Monarch’s inheritance.

• The Treasure-Abundant Boy withdrew into the cauldron’s restrictions and rushed to refine them, while Li Qingshan began refining the remaining runes with the Great Devouring Immortal Art and Great Sun Golden Flame essence.
• Li Qingshan’s refining speed surpassed the Treasure-Abundant Boy’s, and the artifact spirit recognized his cultivation technique and the Golden Flame aura.
• The Treasure-Abundant Boy burned his remaining essence and pleaded for his life, but Li Qingshan devoured and annihilated him, absorbing his soul power and memories.
• Li Qingshan’s Heavenly Dao Primordial Spirit broke through to the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm as he began to control the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron.
• The cauldron’s restraints on Su Changge, Han Feng, Hua Wu, and Hua Yu lifted, and Li Qingshan realized the cauldron could lead him to the Golden Flame Heavenly Monarch’s inheritance.

After refining the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron, Li Qingshan shared the Golden Flame Heavenly Monarch’s inheritance with Han Feng and gave the Hua sisters a compatible ice cultivation method. The group remained in the cauldron’s inner space as the sisters received their inheritance.

• Li Qingshan noticed Han Feng’s bitterness over losing his ancestor’s inheritance and chose to make him a copy of the Golden Flame Immortal Scripture.
• Li Qingshan gave the copied scripture to Han Feng, who knelt in gratitude and swore lifelong loyalty to him and the Heavenly Monarch’s legacy.
• Li Qingshan explained that the Golden Flame Immortal Scripture conflicted with the Hua sisters’ ice techniques and prepared a suitable alternative.
• Li Qingshan gave Hua Wu the Supreme Yin Cold Ice Art, a top-tier method that could cultivate to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.

Li Qingshan distributed copies of the Golden Flame Immortal Scripture, then stayed in the cauldron to master the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron and learn more about its powers. He discovered the Golden Flame Heavenly Palace was inside the cauldron and began assessing the spoils from his defeated enemies.

• Li Qingshan gave the Golden Flame Immortal Scripture to the two women and Su Changge, then asked the four to collect treasures from the outer gardens and side halls.
• Li Qingshan learned that the Golden Flame Heavenly Palace was formed from the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron’s inner world and considered making it the core treasure of a future grotto-heaven.
• The Wish-Fulfilling Gourd revealed it could repair the damaged cauldron if supplied with treasures containing vast quantities of heaven-and-earth laws.
• Lady Three-Flower thanked Li Qingshan and flew away in her Calico Kitten form to seek ancient spirit medicines that could restore her vitality.
• Li Qingshan examined the storage rings of the Spirit Transformation cultivators he had slain and found that Treasure-Abundant Boy possessed twenty-seven spirit treasures, including three sixth-rank Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures.

Li Qingshan used the treasures and captured Primordial Spirits from the Golden Flame Heavenly Palace to perfect his Five Elements Artistic Conception and advance to half-step Void Refinement. He held off on breaking through, intending to digest his gains and prepare before entering the realm.

• Li Qingshan found the missing Fire, Metal, and Wood Artistic Conception Crystals among the storage rings, completing his collection of all five elements.
• Li Qingshan used the Great Devouring Immortal Art to absorb the four newly found crystals, bringing his Five Elements Artistic Conception to Great Perfection.
• Li Qingshan devoured the Primordial Spirits imprisoned in the Human Emperor Banner, including Formless Old Ancestor and Black Buddha, and advanced his cultivation to Great Perfection in Spirit Transformation.
• Li Qingshan condensed an Artistic Conception Crystal for his Primordial Magnetic Heavenly Blade Artistic Conception and reached half-step Void Refinement.
• Li Qingshan suppressed his urge to break through, deciding to digest his gains and prepare for a safe advance to Void Refinement.

Li Qingshan empowered Heishan, claimed the Golden Flame Heavenly Palace, and led his companions out of the Eye of Return to Ruins. Their escape was halted by two Eternal Night Devil Palace Dharma Kings, who revealed that the Hundred Flowers Palace had been destroyed and its mistress captured.

• Li Qingshan fed the souls taken from Formless Old Ancestor and Black Buddha's treasures to Heishan, raising the artifact spirit's cultivation to the peak of Spirit Transformation.
• Li Qingshan gave Heishan the Human Emperor Banner and ordered him to refine it and wield it alongside the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd.
• Li Qingshan withdrew the Golden Flame Heavenly Palace and its surrounding terrain into the Universe Golden Flame Cauldron, then led Su Changge, Han Feng, Hua Wu, and Hua Yu out of the Eye of Return to Ruins.
• The Dark Dharma King and Nine Nether Dharma King confronted the group as they emerged, with the Nine Nether Dharma King holding the captured Primordial Spirit of the Hundred Flowers Fairy.
• Hua Wu and Hua Yu recognized their master, and the Hundred Flowers Fairy warned them that the Hundred Flowers Palace had been destroyed and urged them to flee.

The Nine Nether Dharma King and Dark Dharma King cornered Li Qingshan and the surviving members of Hundred Flowers Palace in the Return Ruins Forbidden Land, revealing that the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance’s stronghold had been discovered. Li Qingshan fought back against the Dark Dharma King, while the Nine Nether Dharma King attacked Su Changge and the others.

• The Nine Nether Dharma King taunted Hua Wu and Hua Yu while holding Hundred Flowers Fairy’s captured Primordial Spirit, and Li Qingshan restrained the two women from charging forward.
• The Dark Dharma King revealed that Dharma King Wuji had located the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm with the Star-Fixing Disk and that an informant had helped the Devil Palace breach it.
• Li Qingshan revealed his half-step Void Refinement cultivation and challenged the Dark Dharma King, then blocked and shattered the Dark Dharma King’s darkness claw with a powerful fist strike.
• Li Qingshan charged the staggered Dark Dharma King as the Nine Nether Dharma King turned on Su Changge, Han Feng, Hua Wu, and Hua Yu.
• The Nine Nether Dharma King unleashed a sea of Nine Nether Fire and sent five soul-locking threads toward the four defenders.

Su Changge, Hua Wu, Hua Yu, and Han Feng struggled to withstand the Nine Nether Dharma King’s flames and soul-locking attacks, while Li Qingshan turned the battle against the Dark Dharma King with his sword formation and Chaos Domain. The chapter ended as Li Qingshan ignored the Dark Demon Blade and struck directly at the Dark Dharma King.

• Su Changge used her Yin-Yang Blade Wheel to cut through the Nine Nether flames, while Hua Wu and Hua Yu raised the Hundred Flowers Barrier against the attacks.
• Hua Wu and Hua Yu unleashed the Hundred Flowers Sword Rain Technique, but the Nine Nether Dharma King destroyed it with ghostly hands from the flames.
• The Nine Nether Dharma King strengthened her Soul-Locking Threads, weakening the barrier and injuring Hua Wu, Hua Yu, and Han Feng as Su Changge prepared to attack again.
• Li Qingshan used his Five Elements Sword Formation and Primordial Magnetic Heavenly Blade Artistic Conception to suppress the Dark Dharma King and his Dark Domain.
• The Dark Dharma King summoned the Dark Demon Blade and struck at Li Qingshan’s sword formation, but Li Qingshan rushed past it and punched toward him.

Su Xiao fought the golden-armored man in the tournament’s first round and defeated him after his shield shattered and his arm was injured. He won 10,000 Soul Coins and a Gold Treasure Chest, then headed toward the next arena without resting.

• Su Xiao traded blows with the golden-armored man, using his shield and fists against the man’s hammer.
• Su Xiao maneuvered around the hammer and targeted the dent in the golden armor, but the man shattered his shield and knocked him down.
• Su Xiao dodged the final hammer strike and repeatedly punched the exposed dent until the golden-armored man collapsed.
• The tournament announced Su Xiao as the first-round winner and awarded him 10,000 Soul Coins and a Gold Treasure Chest.
• Su Xiao dismissed the notifications and headed toward the next arena despite his injured arm.

After rescuing Hua Wu and Hua Yu, Li Qingshan learned that their master, the Hundred Flowers Fairy, was dying from the Nine Nether Soul-Eroding Poison and promised to protect them. Before her Primordial Spirit scattered, she revealed that the Eternal Night Devil Palace's strongest master was away, while the Devil Palace attacked the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm; Li Qingshan and the others prepared to return to aid the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance.

• The Hundred Flowers Fairy explained that the Nine Nether Dharma King had poisoned and tortured her, leaving her Primordial Spirit beyond saving.
• At the Hundred Flowers Fairy's request, Li Qingshan promised to protect Hua Wu and Hua Yu and let them stay by his side.
• The Hundred Flowers Fairy revealed that the Eternal Night Devil Palace's master, a powerhouse beyond the Void Refinement Realm, had left to travel the Starry Sky.
• The Hundred Flowers Fairy's Primordial Spirit scattered, and Hua Wu and Hua Yu mourned her before accepting Li Qingshan's protection.
• Li Qingshan urged Hua Wu and Hua Yu to live on and grow stronger, then called for everyone to return because Dharma King Wuji and the Shadow Dharma King were attacking the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm.

Li Qingshan and his companions returned to the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm and found the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance under siege, with the Five Elements Ancestor fighting Dharma King Wuji and Shadow Dharma King. After discovering Zhou Tianxuan had betrayed the Alliance, Li Qingshan split the group’s efforts and secretly approached Shadow Dharma King to ambush him.

• Su Changge used her Heavenly Abyss Teleportation Talisman to transport Li Qingshan, Han Feng, Hua Wu, and Hua Yu from the Endless Sea back to the secret realm.
• The group found the Five Elements Ancestor struggling against Dharma King Wuji and Shadow Dharma King while devil cultivators attacked the Alliance’s protective formation and rampaged through the realm.
• Grand Elder Nangong Yan accused Zhou Tianxuan of betraying humanity, and Zhou Tianxuan admitted that he had revealed the secret realm’s coordinates in exchange for the Devil Race’s promise of power.
• Li Qingshan decided to ambush Shadow Dharma King while Su Changge, Han Feng, Hua Wu, and Hua Yu targeted the devil cultivators attacking the formation.
• Li Qingshan concealed his aura and slipped into the void toward Shadow Dharma King, intent on killing him with a single strike.

Li Qingshan tried to ambush the Shadow Dharma King but was discovered by Dharma King Wuji, whose sword strike he shattered with a punch. He then trapped the Shadow Dharma King in his Primordial Magnetic Heavenly Blade Domain, leaving the battle poised for Li Qingshan to press his attack.

• Li Qingshan crept toward the Shadow Dharma King, but Dharma King Wuji sensed him and struck with Wuji Sword Qi.
• Li Qingshan revealed himself and destroyed the sword strike with one punch, impressing Dharma King Wuji and the Five Elements Ancestor.
• Li Qingshan charged the Shadow Dharma King while the Five Elements Ancestor held Dharma King Wuji at bay.
• The Shadow Dharma King split into thousands of shadows and attacked Li Qingshan with the Ten Thousand Shadow Soul-Slaughtering Sword.
• Li Qingshan unleashed his Primordial Magnetic Heavenly Blade Domain, crushing the shadow blades and scattering the false shadows.
• The Shadow Dharma King's true form emerged under the domain's suppression, shocked by Li Qingshan's power.