Chapter Summaries

Qin Huaian learned that the mountain trial suppressed spiritual power and was designed to select body-refinement talents, so he used Mirror Body to begin deducing the Body Refinement Art. Meanwhile, cultivators were expelled from the Volcano Secret Realm, where faction leaders waited for the missing fighters who had entered the lava river; Qin Huaian then headed for the mountain.

• The aged voice explained the Spirit-Sealing Formation, described body refinement, and gave cultivators one day to start climbing the mountain or be teleported out.
• Qin Huaian received the Body Refinement Art and spent 200 mid-grade spirit stones to have Mirror Body deduce it faster.
• Cultivators outside the trial ground were teleported to the foot of the volcano, and the secret realm's teleportation formation disappeared.
• Zhao Xu learned that the Third Prince and other powerful cultivators had entered the lava river after fighting over the Molten Heart Lotus, and he chose to wait for them.
• News of the Twin-Heart Molten Heart Lotus spread across Riverbank Continent, while Qin Huaian opened his eyes and walked toward the dark crimson mountain.

Qin Huaian entered the Fire Vein Space, where cultivators could absorb qi and blood energy to refine their bodies. After learning the space’s rules and limits, he began circulating the Body Refinement Art and wondered whether he could reach the depths where Little Seedling’s needed treasure lay.

• Qin Huaian climbed the dark-red mountain as other cultivators followed, hoping to test their body refinement techniques.
• Qin Huaian entered a crimson region, and the aged voice explained the Fire Vein Space’s seven layers, cultivation requirements, and time limits.
• Qin Huaian considered the body refinement realms and wondered whether Xu Yunpeng had entered the secret realm to cultivate.
• Qin Huaian circulated the Body Refinement Art and sensed that the crimson mist contained qi and blood energy that could temper his flesh.
• Qin Huaian sensed that Little Seedling’s needed treasure was inside the space and wondered whether he could reach it.

Qin Huaian cultivated the Body Refinement Art in the Fire Vein Space, using the red mist and the Little Seedling’s special energy to strengthen his body and improve his aptitude. After reaching the first level of the Spirit Body Realm, he became immune to the third layer’s gang winds and headed for the fourth layer.

• Qin Huaian began deducing the Body Refinement Art and had his four remaining Mirror Bodies cultivate it alongside him.
• Qin Huaian crossed the barriers into the second and third layers, where the denser qi and blood and scorching gang winds accelerated his body refinement while repeatedly injuring him.
• The Little Seedling released special energy that rapidly healed Qin Huaian’s wounds and improved his body-refinement aptitude.
• After half a year, Qin Huaian deduced the Body Refinement Art to greater mastery and advanced from the seventh to the eighth level of the Gang Body Realm.
• Nearly two years after entering the Fire Vein Space, Qin Huaian broke through to the first level of the Spirit Body Realm, and the third layer’s gang winds could no longer harm him.
• Qin Huaian opened his eyes and strode toward the fourth layer.

After nearly two years in the Fire Vein Space, Zhao Jinnan broke through to the ninth layer of the Gang Body Realm but was expelled when he tried to enter the fourth level. Outside, the factions learned how valuable the body-refinement realm could be, while Zhao Jinnan left without answers about War God Xing and the Flame Devil Race.

• After cultivating on the third level for nearly two years, Zhao Jinnan broke through from the eighth to the ninth layer of the Gang Body Realm.
• Zhao Jinnan entered the fourth level, staggered back under its pressure, and was teleported out of the Fire Vein Space.
• The cultivators waiting at the volcano learned that the crimson mist greatly benefited body refinement and that each person could enter the secret realm only once.
• Zhao Xu congratulated Zhao Jinnan on his breakthrough and agreed that the secret realm was extraordinary.
• Zhao Jinnan asked Zhao Xu about War God Xing and the Flame Devil Race, but Zhao Xu said neither he nor the family elders knew of them.
• Zhao Jinnan returned to the Golden Swan True Kingdom, while Zhao Xu and the other faction leaders stayed to await the secret realm's end.

Qin Huaian advanced his body-refinement cultivation through the fourth and fifth levels of the Fire Vein Space, aided by a perfected Body Refinement Art and Little Seedling’s energy. He reached the seventh level of the Spirit Body realm just as his two-year limit on the fifth level ended.

• After more than a year on the fourth level, Qin Huaian lit his sixty-first acupoint and advanced to the fourth level of the Spirit Body realm.
• Qin Huaian replenished the energy in his sixty illuminated acupoints and wondered whether his body-refinement aptitude could catch up to his Qi Refining aptitude.
• Qin Huaian stayed on the fourth level for the full two years, and a Mirror Body deduced the perfected-level Body Refinement Art, greatly accelerating his cultivation.
• Qin Huaian entered the fifth level, where fine bolts of lightning battered his body as the Body Refinement Art repaired it and strengthened him.
• After lighting his 121st acupoint, Qin Huaian advanced to the seventh level of the Spirit Body realm and reached the two-year limit on the fifth level.

Qin Huaian entered the sixth level of the Fire Vein Space to continue body refinement, hoping to advance before his time in the realm ran out. Meanwhile, Xiahou Yucheng and Jiao Qiyue discussed how powerful factions from the Violet Thorn Domain had taken control of access to the Volcano Secret Realm, leaving Riverbank Continent only a hundred slots.

• Qin Huaian assessed his rapid body-refinement progress and concluded that the Fire Vein Space’s vital blood energy had been more effective than his spirit herbs.
• Qin Huaian entered the sixth level, endured its denser lightning, and began cultivating while urging Little Seedling to improve his aptitude.
• Three magnificent palaces appeared above the encampments at the volcano’s foot.
• Jiao Qiyue complained that three powerful factions had limited Riverbank Continent to a hundred places in the Volcano Secret Realm.
• Xiahou Yucheng explained that the secret realm’s rapid cultivation benefits had drawn the Violet Thorn Domain’s ancient sects and clans, and said Riverbank Continent had no choice but to accept their decision.

After reaching the ninth level of the Spirit Body Realm, Qin Huaian weighed whether to enter the dangerous seventh level of Fire Vein Space before his time ran out. Testing the Great Square Cauldron unexpectedly revealed that it could release Five-Colored Divine Light without spiritual power, leaving him unharmed but destroying the parts he had refined.

• Qin Huaian realized he had only three days left on the sixth level and was still far from the Tyrant Body Realm needed to safely face the next level.
• He considered using the Great Square Cauldron to shield himself, but found that it barely blocked wind and did not stop lightning.
• When Qin Huaian tested the cauldron, thick bolts of lightning formed and struck it.
• Energy from Qin Huaian's Primordial Spirit flowed into the Great Square Cauldron, which released Five-Colored Divine Light and blocked the lightning.
• The lightning destroyed the cauldron's repaired ear and leg, severing Qin Huaian's connection to those parts, but he suffered only slight backlash and remained unharmed.

Qin Huaian used the Great Square Cauldron and the Little Seedling’s energy to enter the seventh layer of the Fire Vein Space safely. He raced toward the treasure but found that defending against the lightning consumed one of the Little Seedling’s leaves.

• Qin Huaian discovered that the Little Seedling’s energy powered the Great Square Cauldron’s Five-Colored Divine Light, which blocked the lightning without damaging the cauldron.
• Qin Huaian concealed his body-refining cultivation and entered the seventh layer carrying the Great Square Cauldron.
• An aged voice welcomed Qin Huaian and explained that the seventh layer contained body-refining power made from the Flame Devil Race’s heartblood essence.
• The Great Square Cauldron’s light shield protected Qin Huaian from the lightning but also blocked him from sensing or using the layer’s blood-and-vitality power.
• Qin Huaian hurried toward the treasure, noticed one of the Little Seedling’s nine leaves had disappeared, and found more Earthcore Flame Marrow as he drew closer.

Qin Huaian found a bead of immense earth-attributed energy at the heart of the fire vein and took it along with some Earthcore Flame Marrow. He was teleported out of the Body Refinement Secret Realm after hearing its entry restrictions, and returned to the volcano’s foot.

• Qin Huaian shattered a mountain of Earthcore Flame Marrow and found pale purple flames surging from an opening at its center.
• He spotted an earthy yellow bead inside the flames and crossed the opening under the protection of the Five-Colored Divine Light to seize it.
• Qin Huaian stored the bead in the Seed Space, then gathered more Earthcore Flame Marrow before the space began teleporting him out.
• He put away the Great Square Cauldron as Little Seedling lost another leaf, leaving it with six leaves.
• An aged voice announced that the secret realm opened once every hundred years and admitted only human cultivators below the third level of the Spirit Body Realm.
• Qin Huaian was teleported back to the foot of the volcano.

After leaving the Volcano Secret Realm, Qin Huaian revealed his real name and described his breakthroughs, drawing recruitment offers from Riverbank Continent’s powers and powerful factions from the Violet Thorn Domain. The chapter left him surrounded by competing recruiters just as a blood-covered cultivator appeared.

• Qin Huaian emerged from the Volcano Secret Realm and saw the encampments of major powers and three enormous floating palaces.
• Jiao Qiyue welcomed Qin Huaian and offered him a place in the Fire Departing Hall, while Qin Huaian revealed that Wang Baole had been an alias.
• Qin Huaian told Zhao Xu and the other leaders that he had reached the fifth level of the Spirit Body Realm after entering at the ninth level of the Gang Body Realm.
• Chu Chengze offered Qin Huaian resources equal to an imperial prince if he joined the Upper South True Kingdom, and Jiao Qiyue renewed the Fire Departing Hall’s offer.
• Yu Feng, Zhou Minghao, and Kuang Bingyang arrived from Violet Thorn Domain factions and tried to recruit Qin Huaian.
• A cultivator covered in blood suddenly appeared near the gathered recruiters.

Fang Ran emerged from the Volcano Secret Realm proud of his body-refining progress, but learned that the Violet Thorn Domain factions were focused on Qin Huaian, whose achievements surpassed his. Qin Huaian declined to choose a faction for now and agreed to visit the Fire Departing Hall Master.

• Fang Ran emerged at the sixth level of the Body Refinement Realm and told Madam Yu he wanted to focus on body refining, but she said the Mystic Moon Palace would not approve.
• Zhou Minghao invited Fang Ran to join the Zhou Family, then turned his attention back to Qin Huaian before Fang Ran could answer.
• Madam Yu explained that Qin Huaian had reached the fifth level of the Spirit Body Realm in eight years, while Fang Ran privately reflected on his hidden Violet-Gold Core.
• The Mystic Moon Palace Master told Fang Ran to agree to the factions' offers, and he asked her why.
• Qin Huaian asked the Violet Thorn Domain factions for time to consider joining them, and they agreed to wait for his decision.
• Jiao Qiyue invited Qin Huaian to meet the Fire Departing Hall Master, and Qin Huaian accepted.

Qin Huaian met with Fire Departing Hall's Hall Master Xiahou Yucheng, who invited him to join the sect, but Qin declined. He reunited with Chu Zhongtian, a cultivator from another world, and learned that cultivators from several Cultivation Worlds had also been transported to Riverbank Continent.

• Zhao Xu and Chu Chengze exchanged farewells with Qin Huaian as he left with Jiao Qiyue.
• Xiahou Yucheng welcomed Qin Huaian to Fire Departing Hall and offered him a place as a direct disciple, but Qin declined to join any faction.
• Xiahou introduced his disciple Chu Zhongtian, whom Qin recognized from the Foundation Establishment trial space in the Supreme Purity Domain.
• Qin asked Chu Zhongtian whether something had happened in his world, and Chu confirmed that cultivators from several different Cultivation Worlds were now on Riverbank Continent.

Qin Huaian learned that only a handful of cultivators from other worlds had been identified in Riverbank Continent, and none appeared to come from his world. After Xiahou Yucheng praised his rapid progress and asked to receive the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture when Qin Huaian reached the Body Integration Realm, Qin Huaian agreed and was welcomed as an honored guest of the Fire Departing Hall.

• Qin Huaian asked whether any cultivators discovered in Riverbank Continent came from his world, and Xiahou Yucheng said none of the seven or eight identified cultivators seemed to recognize him.
• Xiahou Yucheng praised Qin Huaian’s rise to the Spirit Transformation Realm, shocking Chu Zhongtian, who had only neared the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Qin Huaian explained that he had received the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture through the Supreme Purity Domain’s inheritance trial, while Xiahou Yucheng said he had never heard of the Supreme Purity Sect.
• Xiahou Yucheng asked Qin Huaian to pass on the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture once he reached the Body Integration Realm, offering treasures in exchange.
• Qin Huaian agreed, and Xiahou Yucheng welcomed him as an honored guest of the Fire Departing Hall.

Xiahou Yucheng explained that the Free Wanderer Immortal Sect, the Zhou Family, and the Mystic Talisman Immortal Sect came from Heaven Continent, the Violet Thorn Domain’s central continent where immortals dwelled. He urged Qin Huaian to seize the chance to go there with one of the three factions, and told Chu Zhongtian that his Violet-Gold Core could also earn him a place.

• Qin Huaian asked Xiahou Yucheng about the origins of the three factions seeking to recruit him.
• Xiahou Yucheng explained that Riverbank Continent was one of the Violet Thorn Domain’s many continents and that Heaven Continent was its powerful center, home to immortals and the three factions.
• Xiahou Yucheng described the difficulty of reaching Heaven Continent, explaining that a distant teleportation array required a rare token unless someone traveled with the visiting sects or had become an immortal.
• Xiahou Yucheng advised Qin Huaian to join one of the three factions and go to Heaven Continent to improve his chances of becoming an immortal.
• Xiahou Yucheng told Chu Zhongtian that his Violet-Gold Core would qualify him to enter Heaven Continent as well.

Xiahou Yucheng encouraged Chu Zhongtian to enter Heaven Continent and offered Qin Huaian shelter at the Fire Departing Hall encampment while he decided which faction to join. Once settled in a cultivation chamber, Qin Huaian inspected the Earthcore Flame Marrow he had gathered and turned his attention to the mysterious earth-yellow pearl.

• Xiahou Yucheng urged Chu Zhongtian to pursue cultivation in Heaven Continent, assuring him he would wait to obtain the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture later.
• Chu Zhongtian knelt to express his gratitude, and Xiahou Yucheng warned him to be cautious of cultivators who used kindness to demand repayment.
• Xiahou Yucheng advised Qin Huaian to stay at the Fire Departing Hall encampment for safety, and Qin Huaian accepted while postponing his choice of faction.
• Jiao Qiyue showed Qin Huaian a cultivation chamber, where he activated a sixth-tier defensive formation.
• Qin Huaian inspected his Seed Space and estimated that he had collected three or four hundred thousand pieces of Earthcore Flame Marrow before examining the earth-yellow pearl.

Qin Huaian discovered that Little Seedling absorbed an Earth Origin Pearl, transforming the Seed Space and giving him a powerful earth spiritual root alongside his other four roots. With about two years before the Heaven Continent cultivators set out, he began deducing his cultivation scripture and prepared to cultivate.

• Qin Huaian summoned Little Seedling, which absorbed the earthy yellow pearl, regrew its leaves, and rooted itself in the Seed Space.
• Qin Huaian learned the pearl was an Earth Origin Pearl and discovered that he could sense all five of his spiritual roots, with his earth root far purer than the others.
• Qin Huaian noticed that plants in the Seed Space had begun growing, though very slowly.
• Qin Huaian decided to improve his cultivation before the Heaven Continent cultivators departed in roughly two years.
• Qin Huaian spent 5.12 million mid-grade spirit stones to have the Mirror Body deduce the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture to the perfected realm in four years, then prepared to cultivate.

Qin Huaian spent two years using Mirror Bodies and high-grade spirit stones to raise his cultivation to Spirit Transformation Early Stage 40/100. As the Volcano Secret Realm closed, he joined the gathered cultivators to hear Heaven Continent forces announce their selection, and agreed to represent the Fire Departing Hall if chosen.

• Qin Huaian cultivated for two years, reaching Spirit Transformation Early Stage 40/100 while consuming about 1.2 million high-grade spirit stones.
• Chu Zhongtian summoned Qin Huaian as the Volcano Secret Realm came to an end, and Qin Huaian went with him to meet Xiahou Yucheng and Jiao Qiyue.
• Yu Feng announced that the Heaven Continent forces would select thirty young cultivators from Riverbank Continent, including twenty-three open slots after the recommendations.
• Xiahou Yucheng asked Qin Huaian to identify himself as a Fire Departing Hall member if selected, explaining the rewards and benefits the affiliation could bring.
• Qin Huaian agreed, and Yu Feng began the selection by calling forward cultivators with Heavenly Spirit Roots for direct acceptance.

At the Heaven Continent selection, Murong Zhihe and Chu Zhongtian qualified directly with top-grade spiritual roots, while Qin Huaian and seven other body cultivators were accepted as well. Yu Feng opened the competition for the thirteen remaining places, but a blood-soaked figure suddenly appeared at the volcano.

• Murong Zhihe and Chu Zhongtian stepped forward and confirmed their top-grade spiritual roots, earning direct admission.
• After Zhou Minghao sent him a voice transmission, Yu Feng offered direct admission to cultivators with Violet-Gold Cores, but none stepped forward.
• Qin Huaian and seven other advanced body cultivators came forward and registered for Heaven Continent's sects; Qin Huaian joined Fire Departing Hall.
• The crowd learned that thirteen of the thirty places remained for competition, as the Volcano Secret Realm had prompted an early selection.
• Yu Feng summoned a massive magic treasure for the competitors, and a blood-soaked figure appeared at the volcano's foot.

Chu Xi emerged from the Fire Vein Space as a body-tempering genius, drawing offers from three Heaven Continent factions. She chose the Mystic Talisman Immortal Sect, and Yu Feng then announced that twelve places remained.

• Chu Xi emerged from the Fire Vein Space with her wounds healing naturally and revealed that she had reached the ninth level of the Spirit Body Realm without ever practicing a body-tempering technique.
• Yu Feng, Zhou Minghao, and Kuang Bingyang offered to recruit Chu Xi into their respective factions, while her master encouraged her to seek opportunities in Heaven Continent.
• Chu Xi chose the Mystic Talisman Immortal Sect because she was interested in spirit talismans, despite being only a third-grade spirit talisman master.
• Yu Feng announced that twelve spots remained and invited those who wished to compete to enter the magical treasure.

Yu Feng announced the twelve cultivators selected to enter the Heaven Continent, and Qin Huaian was among the thirty chosen. Before departing, Qin Huaian reunited with Xu Yunpeng, who had recovered to the Early Body Integration Realm and gave him Earthcore Flame Marrow.

• Yu Feng announced the twelve selection results, and the chosen cultivators stepped forward as others questioned the process.
• Yu Feng told the thirty selected cultivators to return the next morning to depart Riverbank Continent for the Heaven Continent.
• Xiahou Yucheng invited Qin Huaian to the Fire Departing Hall residence, but Qin Huaian encountered Xu Yunpeng on the way.
• Xu Yunpeng explained that Earthcore Flame Marrow from the Volcano Secret Realm had helped him recover to the Early Body Integration Realm.
• Xu Yunpeng gave Qin Huaian two thousand pieces of Earthcore Flame Marrow and said he would seek him in the Heaven Continent after ascending to immortality.