Chapter Summaries

Qin Lang uncovered an underground cavern of Thunder Fruits and killed the powerful blue python guarding them. Shi Shuiqing and the others rushed in to help, only to find Qin Lang collecting the fruit beside the slain beast.

• Qin Lang warned Shi Shuiqing and the others of danger and sensed that a lightning-element beast was hiding underground.
• Qin Lang struck the swamp with lightning, provoking a blue lightning python that attacked him.
• Qin Lang used Lightning Release Chakra Mode to withstand the python’s attack and descended into the cavern, where he spotted dozens of Thunder Fruits.
• Qin Lang fought the python with Bing Fire Yang Thunder and killed it with the Thunder Sword Instant Slash Technique.
• Shi Shuiqing led the others into the cavern, where they found the python dead and Qin Lang gathering Thunder Fruits.

Qin Lang killed a late Void Refinement-stage snake, collected its Thunder Fruits, and gave half to Shi Shuiqing’s team. As the team prepared to leave the cave, dozens of cultivators surrounded its exit, drawn by the Thunder Fruits’ lingering aura.

• Qin Lang killed the late Void Refinement-stage snake and collected the Thunder Fruits.
• Qin Lang gave twenty-one Thunder Fruits to Shi Shuiqing, saying he wanted to repay the team for their help.
• Dozens of cultivators sensed the Thunder Fruits and surrounded the cave exit.
• Shi Shuiqing chose to go outside and identify the approaching cultivators, while Qin Lang left the decision to her.

Qin Lang traveled with Shi Shuiqing’s group through the swamp after her connections helped them escape a cultivator blockade. He shared the Thunder Fruits they gathered with the group, while members of the Qin Clan quietly tracked them using the mark on Qi Zai.

• Shi Shuiqing identified herself to the surrounding cultivators, and several who knew her withdrew and warned her to leave quickly.
• Shi Shuiqing led the group out of the encirclement, while Qin Lang regretted losing his chance to rob the cultivators.
• Qin Lang blamed Lin Chuan for his growing desire to make money and continued deeper into the swamp with the group.
• Qin Lang ate Thunder Fruits as they traveled, and the group collected more with the help of his perception.
• Shi Shuiqing agreed with Qin Lang to split their Thunder Fruits equally, and he decided to keep traveling with her group.
• Members of the Qin Clan followed the mark on Qi Zai and quietly caught up with the group.

Qin Xia led a large force toward Shi Shuiqing’s group after tracking them with a hidden mark, but Qin Lang exposed the mark and flew into the storm clouds to confront the pursuers. As Shi Shuiqing’s team prepared to defend, six cloaked figures appeared and Deva Path used the Rain Tiger at Will Technique.

• Qin Xia confirmed Qin Qiu’s tracking mark remained hidden and sent Seventh ahead to check for an ambush.
• Seventh reported that Shi Shuiqing’s group had no ambush, so Qin Xia led several dozen cultivators to surround them.
• A scout warned Shi Shuiqing’s team that a much stronger force was closing in, and Qin Lang revealed that the pursuit was caused by a mark on Seventh.
• Qin Lang exposed the lightning mark, told the group to protect themselves, and flew into the storm clouds; Shi Shuiqing chose to trust Zhu and ordered everyone to prepare to defend.
• Six black holes opened around the group, and Deva Path emerged with five other cloaked figures before using the Rain Tiger at Will Technique.

Qin Lang used Bing Fire Yang Thunder to seize control of the storm clouds while the Qin Clan attacked Shi Shuiqing’s group to force him out. He appeared atop a colossal crimson qilin and revealed his Body Integration-level aura, leaving Qin Xia stunned that he had survived.

• Deva Path watched over the battle as Qin Lang gathered and controlled the surrounding lightning with Bing Fire Yang Thunder.
• Qin Xia demanded that Shi Shuiqing’s group hand over Qin Lang, then ordered his cultivators to attack when they refused.
• The Qin Clan’s assault quickly injured Shi Shuiqing’s companions, and Deva Path prepared to intervene if Qin Lang did not act.
• Qin Lang unleashed a crimson qilin wreathed in purple lightning, scattering the black clouds and frightening the Qin Clan cultivators.
• Qin Lang revealed himself to Qin Xia, who recognized the man believed dead and sensed that he had reached the Body Integration stage.

Qin Lang annihilated the Qin Clan cultivators with a lightning Kirin, but a [Heavenly Court] assassin struck Shi Shuiqing and the others with a strange ripple. The Deva Path intercepted the attack and pursued the wounded assassin, while Qin Lang learned that [Heavenly Court] had infiltrated the Qin Clan.

• Qin Lang gathered the swamp’s lightning and unleashed a Kirin that devastated the Qin Clan cultivators.
• The Deva Path sensed a hidden ripple from a black-clad [Heavenly Court] assassin and blocked it with Shinra Tensei before he could harm Shi Shuiqing and the others.
• The assassin escaped with a talisman, and the Deva Path followed him through a portal while Qin Lang realized the Kirin had only wounded him.
• More than seven hundred kilometers away, the injured assassin recognized the Deva Path and tried to report that Qin Lang was [Akatsuki]’s Vermilion Bird Divine Envoy.
• The Six Paths of Pain appeared through six portals and surrounded the black-clad assassin.

Pain captured a Heavenly Court assassin and learned that Heavenly Court had been ordered to keep cultivators out of the Ancient Immortal Realm’s first level, raising his suspicions about Crown Prince Hai. He arranged to recruit Qin Lang’s companions and planned to alert the Three-Eyed Alliance as he investigated the looming danger.

• Pain sealed the black-clad assassin’s spiritual power and extracted his soul, but most of the man’s memories were concealed; what Pain learned suggested Heavenly Court was trying to keep others from entering the first level of the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• Pain suspected Crown Prince Hai was behind a major scheme and warned Qin Lang that a crisis might be approaching.
• Pain gave Qin Lang fourteen pills to offer Shi Shuiqing and the others, and Qin Lang’s group eventually accepted them in exchange for quietly supporting Akatsuki.
• Pain left to investigate the first level and contacted Daybreak and Dawn, arranging to meet Lin An and Mu Li in five days.

[Daybreak] arrived at the Ancestral Origin Valley black market, where its leader, Lin An, waited for [Dawn] over tea. [Dawn] and the Three-Eyed Alliance then appeared, bringing the three powerful organizations together in the black market.

• A black-clad man killed a rogue cultivator at a stall and stole his storage ring.
• Lin An, Baili Chenle, and the Snow Envoy arrived in Ancestral Origin Valley wearing [Daybreak] robes.
• Lin An led the group to a teahouse atop a banyan tree, where the owner greeted them and other customers hurried away.
• The Snow-Robed Young Master, Big Brother, and Kunmu Daoist remained silent as word spread about [Daybreak]'s arrival.
• Three gray-robed cultivators from [Dawn] arrived, followed by the Three-Eyed Alliance in black windbreakers and conical hats.

Lin Chuan, Lin An, and Mu Li compared intelligence about Heavenly Court’s efforts to keep factions away from the first layer of the Ancient Immortal Realm. They realized that tempting opportunities to strengthen their organizations had diverted everyone from investigating it, and suspected the Ancient Immortal Child was behind the scheme.

• Lin Chuan asked Lin An and Mu Li whether they knew why Heavenly Court was keeping factions away from the first layer of the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• Deva Path explained that a Heavenly Court order told its assassins to occupy the major factions and prevent them from approaching the first layer.
• Mu Li revealed that ferocious beasts had blocked his group’s path to the first layer and that valuable intelligence had kept his organization busy.
• Lin An disclosed that [Daybreak] had also received intelligence enabling its members to pursue breakthroughs, leaving it occupied.
• Lin Chuan connected the recent opportunities that had consumed [Dawn]’s time to the same pattern, and the group realized they had all been drawn into a scheme.
• Lin An suggested that the intelligence could have come from the power behind Heavenly Court, and Lin Chuan identified that figure as the Ancient Immortal Child.

Lin Chuan, Lin An, and Mu Li discussed Crown Prince Hai, the Ancient Immortal Child, and Heavenly Court’s efforts to gather the seven continents’ companion immortal artifacts, then agreed to share their findings and investigate further. Outside the teahouse, the Three-Eyed Alliance announced it would disclose the intelligence to eligible cultivators.

• Lin Chuan explained that the Ancient Immortal Child’s jade pendant could track entrants and traverse space, making him a likely source of Heavenly Court’s intelligence.
• Lin An described Heavenly Court’s secrecy and its leader’s authority within the Assassin Alliance’s Dark Council.
• Lin Chuan told Lin An and Mu Li what he knew about Crown Prince Hai, prompting them to consider whether his avatars had collected the other continents’ immortal artifacts.
• Lin An and Mu Li agreed to spread the intelligence, while Lin An planned to investigate the second level and Mu Li planned to lead Dawn there later.
• Lin Chuan said Pain would also investigate, and the three agreed to share any intelligence they found.
• Moon Envoy Baili Chenyue, Dawn's Heavenly Treasury, and White Tiger announced that eligible cultivators could enter the Banyan Tree Teahouse to discuss the intelligence.

After the factions learned that Crown Prince Hai was plotting against everyone in the first layer of the Ancient Immortal Realm, the Deva Path entered the second layer to investigate his plans. The Deva Path headed toward the first layer but was attacked by powerful ferocious beasts and faced an even stronger threat from above.

• More than thirty people left the Banyan Tree Teahouse with grave expressions and spread news that the Son of the Ancient Immortal was plotting against everyone in the first layer.
• Lin Chuan returned to the Cosmic Light Hall with Bu Lianshi, while the Deva Path stayed outside and prepared to enter the second layer after gathering information.
• Under Zero Burial's control, the Six Paths of Pain entered the second layer, where the Deva Path found the Ancient Immortal pressure heavily suppressed cultivators.
• The Deva Path flew toward the golden horizon and the first layer, reasoning that Yomotsu Hirasaka could not reach it because its spatial laws differed from those of the cultivation world.
• A mid-Fusion stage Purple Flame Lion struck the Deva Path and injured him, forcing him to retreat.
• A late-Fusion stage azure bird descended from the sky and attacked the retreating Deva Path.

Deva Path escaped two coordinated Integration-stage vicious beasts and suspected Crown Prince Hai had been controlling them. In the Cosmic Light Hall, Zero Burial and the others concluded that Hai was gathering the continents’ accompanying immortal artifacts, while Lin Chuan asked what powers the remaining artifacts held.

• Deva Path used Amenotejikara to evade the azure bird, then realized it and the Purpleflame Lion were coordinating to attack him.
• The Three Pure Ones Clones opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka passage, allowing Deva Path to escape as the two vicious beasts roared and then departed separately.
• Zero Burial and Shi Jin discussed how powerful vicious beasts had been gathered in the Ancient Immortal Realm’s second layer, reducing the danger of exploring earlier layers.
• Southern Dipper and Jade Maiden Shui Mochan suspected Crown Prince Hai was controlling the beasts with the East Luo Continent’s Beast King Seal.
• Lin Chuan asked about other continents’ accompanying immortal artifacts, and Shui Mochan identified the West Creek talisman and North Profound Continent’s Profound Yellow Sword.

Lin Chuan and the [Akatsuki] organization focused on strengthening themselves while factions explored the Ancient Immortal Realm and prepared for the Ancient Immortal Auction. After six years of cultivation inside the Cosmic Light Hall, Lin Chuan and his companions emerged stronger as the auction was about to begin.

• Bu Lianshi warned that [Akatsuki] had little chance against Crown Prince Hai, and Lin Chuan chose to postpone confronting him and focus on cultivation.
• Lin Chuan increased the Cosmic Light Hall's time difference to twenty-fourfold and used spirit stones to accelerate cultivation.
• Factions exploring the second layer suffered heavy casualties from Integration Stage ferocious beasts, and the Great Sound Pavilion reported that [Heavenly Court] possessed the Beast King Seal.
• The auction organizers announced the Five Elements Foundation Nurturing Pill formula as a showcase item, stirring interest among powerful factions and alchemy sects.
• Bu Zhi used his role in the auction to pass its latest intelligence to [Akatsuki].
• As cultivators gathered in Clear Wave City for the auction, Lin Chuan and the others emerged from six years of seclusion in the Cosmic Light Hall.

After six years of secluded cultivation, Akatsuki’s members had improved, with Bu Lianshi surprising everyone by reaching the late Void Refinement stage. When Meng Jingxian asked how she advanced so quickly, Southern Dipper teased him with a euphemism that he repeated aloud, and Lin Chuan took him into the Kamui dimension to explain.

• Xiao Heng, Shi Jin, and Black Tortoise reached the great perfection of Void Refinement, while Kong Chen, Southern Dipper, and Bu Lianshi reached the late stage.
• Lin Chuan discovered that the Cosmic Light Hall had not changed the Fruit of the God Tree’s normal three-month contact interval with the cultivation world.
• After everyone gathered, Meng Jingxian complained that Bu Lianshi had surpassed him and asked Southern Dipper for her cultivation secret.
• Southern Dipper told Meng Jingxian that Bu Lianshi advanced because she often “claps for love” with Lin Chuan, and Meng Jingxian repeated the phrase in front of everyone.
• Shi Jin explained the euphemism, prompting Meng Jingxian to roar at Southern Dipper, who escaped into the Nine-Mystic Construction Coffin.
• Lin Chuan activated Kamui and brought Meng Jingxian into the space-time dimension to let him experience clapping for love.

Lin Chuan and the [Akatsuki] organization arrived in Clear Wave City for the Ancient Immortal Auction, where Bu Zhi briefed Lin Chuan and Bu Lianshi on the event and its mysterious items. As Lin Chuan studied the auction list, he remembered the old man in his sea of consciousness and realized he might help identify the treasures.

• Lin Chuan brought Meng Jingxian out of the time-space and led everyone through Yomotsu Hirasaka toward Clear Wave City.
• The [Akatsuki] members settled into the Immortal Allure Inn, then dispersed to explore the city while Mu Yuyi went to search for the Jade Purity Sect.
• Lin Chuan and Bu Lianshi visited the auction venue, where Bu Zhi explained that his influence over the auction had grown and that the finale items were confirmed.
• Bu Zhi handed Lin Chuan and Bu Lianshi a jade slip describing auction treasures, several of which even the appraisers could not identify.
• Lin Chuan remembered the old man in his sea of consciousness and thought he might advise him about the mysterious treasures.

Lin Chuan and Akatsuki attended the seven-day Ancient Immortal Auction in Clear Wave City, where they received an Earth-grade private room and planned their bids. As the factions began quietly identifying one another’s rooms, Mu Yuyi used his Byakugan to survey the venue.

• Lin Chuan woke the old man in his sea of consciousness and asked him to help spot bargains at the auction; the old man reluctantly agreed.
• Three days later, cultivators from across the Ancient Immortal Realm gathered for the Ancient Immortal Auction, and Akatsuki received an Earth-grade private room.
• Meng Jingxian complained that Akatsuki had not been given a Heaven-grade room, while Lin Chuan said their faction lacked the foundation of the established first-tier factions.
• Bu Lianshi told Lin Chuan that the major factions would one day have to confront Akatsuki’s strength directly, and Lin Chuan agreed.
• Bu Zhi proposed identifying the factions occupying other rooms, but Lin Chuan rejected the risky plan.
• Mu Yuyi watched the auction venue from Earth-grade Private Room Seven and activated his Byakugan.

Lin Chuan used Mu Yuyi’s Tenseigan to survey the auction’s private rooms as Akatsuki prepared to bid on the treasures it wanted. When the damaged immortal artifact Thunder God Pearl went up for auction, the Qin Clan made a major bid, and Lin Chuan continued to wait.

• Mu Yuyi surveyed the auction venue with the Tenseigan while Lin Chuan memorized the factions in each private room.
• Lin Chuan noted that the Qin Clan occupied Private Room Fourteen, and Akatsuki reviewed the catalog with its ample spirit stones ready.
• The auction began, and auctioneer Mu Lan introduced an item brought into the Ancient Immortal Realm by a cultivator who had died there.
• Lin Chuan recognized the item as the damaged immortal artifact Thunder God Pearl, but Qin Lang declined to bid because it would not help his Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.
• The Qin Clan decided to pursue the Thunder God Pearl, and its bid rose to 3.2 billion spirit stones.
• Lin Chuan held back, judging that the Qin Clan had not yet reached its limit.

Lin Chuan and the Qin Clan fought a bidding war over the Thunder God Pearl, driving its price far beyond its value. After Qin Ming made a final bid of 6.5 billion spirit stones, Lin Chuan refused to raise again, leaving the Qin Clan to face the costly purchase.

• The Central River Imperial Family bid on the Thunder God Pearl but withdrew when the Qin Clan raised the price to 5 billion spirit stones.
• Lin Chuan began raising the Qin Clan’s bids by only 10 million spirit stones each time, provoking Qin Lang and Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming continued bidding to spite Lin Chuan, even as the price climbed past the Thunder God Pearl’s value and the Qin Clan elders warned him to stop.
• Qin Ming raised the price to 6.5 billion spirit stones and declared it his final bid, intending to make Lin Chuan buy the pearl.
• Lin Chuan told the divine envoys he would not bid again because he did not want the Thunder God Pearl.

Lin Chuan manipulated the auction bids to make the Qin Clan and Lin Clan lose billions of spirit stones, then watched as bidding for his Five Elements Foundation Nurturing Pill formula began. The formula's price quickly exceeded his expectations, but the auction was still underway.

• Lin Chuan tricked Qin Ming into paying 6.5 billion spirit stones for the Thunder God Pearl and repeatedly disrupted the Qin Clan's later bids.
• Lin Chuan also interfered with the Lin Clan's bidding while choosing not to act against the allied [Daybreak] and [Dawn] organizations.
• Lin Chuan used the Tenseigan to read bidders' discussions and baited the Qin Clan and Lin Clan into costly purchases until both clans became wary of him.
• After the auction's break, the lots improved and Lin Chuan continued bidding unpredictably, discouraging other factions from challenging him.
• Mu Lan began auctioning Lin Chuan's Five Elements Foundation Nurturing Pill formula, and bids quickly surpassed five billion spirit stones.

The Five Elements Foundation Nurturing Pill formulas brought [Akatsuki] enormous profits as Lin Chuan tracked the factions’ bids and spent some of the proceeds on rare treasures. At the third day’s auction, a mysterious black stone was revealed, and Lin Chuan recognized the aura of Origin Grass within it.

• The Central River Imperial Family bought the first Five Elements Foundation Nurturing Pill formula for thirteen billion seven hundred million spirit stones, and Lin Chuan praised Shi Jin for developing it.
• The Great Sound Pavilion bought the second formula for fifteen billion one hundred million spirit stones, while White Zetsu recorded the factions’ highest bids for Lin Chuan.
• Lin Chuan bought rare spiritual herbs for Shi Jin and used the auction’s proceeds to purchase valuable treasures.
• Mu Lan presented a mysterious black stone as a final showcase treasure after the auction schedule changed.
• Lin Chuan’s Tenseigan could not see through the stone, and when Mu Lan opened a gap in it, Lin Chuan recognized the aura of Origin Grass within.