Chapter Summaries

Qin Huaian attended the Exquisite Chamber of Commerce auction, where fierce bidding began for rare treasures and Immortal Inquiry Tokens. After the first token sold for nearly three hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones, Qin Huaian bid on a high-grade True Artifact flying sword as its price continued to rise.

• Xiang Wei opened the auction and announced that fifty Immortal Inquiry Token slots were available, while an elder warned that anyone harboring killing intent would be executed.
• Bidders drove the price of Thousand-Year Cold Marrow Jade to eighty-three thousand high-grade spirit stones, and a female cultivator won it.
• The first Immortal Inquiry Token sold for two hundred ninety-eight thousand high-grade spirit stones after Qin Huaian and Yang Hu held back from bidding.
• Qin Huaian bid three hundred five thousand high-grade spirit stones on a high-grade True Artifact flying sword, despite Yang Hu's suggestion that he buy a meteor hammer.
• Other bidders, including a cultivator in a private room, raised the flying sword's price to four hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones and continued bidding.

Qin Huaian and Yang Hu left an auction after learning that Chu Xi could give them Immortal Inquiry Tokens for the Nine Tribulations Path to Immortality. They returned to Falling Star Peak to prepare for the sect’s departure the next day.

• Qin Huaian won a high-grade True Artifact flying sword for five hundred and twenty-five thousand high-grade spirit stones.
• Qin Huaian learned that the Mystic Talisman Immortal Sect had allocated Immortal Inquiry Tokens to senior cultivators and top tournament performers, but he lacked enough sect points to exchange for one.
• Chu Xi offered Qin Huaian and Yang Hu her two extra Immortal Inquiry Tokens, so they stopped bidding and left the auction for the sect.
• A Void Refinement Realm cultivator followed Qin Huaian and Yang Hu out of the city but did not attack near the Mystic Talisman Immortal Sect.
• Chu Xi met Qin Huaian and Yang Hu at his courtyard, declined Yang Hu’s spirit stones, and told them the first group would depart for the Nine Tribulations Path to Immortality the next day.

Qin Huaian prepared to leave for the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Road, giving his attendants resources before joining Falling Star Peak’s expedition. At the sect gathering, immortal sect master Xiao Yang explained the secret realm’s opportunities and dangers and advised the cultivators to grow stronger before challenging its core.

• Qin Huaian gave Siqin and Tinglan storage bags with cultivation resources and told them they no longer needed to remain in his courtyard.
• Qin Huaian joined Yang Hu and the other Falling Star Peak disciples at the plaza, where Elder Qian led them to the sect’s main gate.
• At the main gate, Qin Huaian saw Chu Xi and her fellow personal disciples, and overheard Chu Xi’s Eighth Senior Brother disparage his origins.
• Xiao Yang, the Mystic Talisman Immortal Sect’s sect master, addressed the gathered cultivators and described the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Road’s opportunities and dangers.
• Xiao Yang advised the cultivators to improve their cultivation before challenging the secret realm’s core, then asked Wei Feng to lead them onward.

Qin Huaian and the Mystic Talisman Immortal Sect cultivators traveled through Limitless City and continued by Flying Boat toward the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Road. After Elder Qian explained how the secret realm worked, they arrived at its southern-region entrance.

• Wei Feng led the cultivators onto the teleportation array, and Qin Huaian's group arrived at Limitless Plaza in Limitless City.
• Su Xiaocan explained that Limitless City served as a teleportation hub and that sect-controlled arrays required permission to use.
• The Mystic Talisman Immortal Sect cultivators transferred to another plaza, boarded Flying Boats, and set off toward the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Road.
• Elder Qian told the Falling Star Peak disciples that the secret realm randomly scattered entrants, changed its terrain with each opening, and drew competing geniuses toward its central road.
• Qin Huaian watched the landscape pass from the Flying Boat as it descended into a mountain range at the secret realm's southern-region entrance.

Qin Huaian entered the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Road and discovered that its environment helped cultivators comprehend techniques and the laws of heaven and earth. After escaping a vast swarm of Spirit-Devouring Locusts, he stopped above a dense forest, far from the entrance.

• Wei Feng arrived with the Mystic Talisman Immortal Sect, and Elder Qian led Qin Huaian and the others to enter through the guarded formation.
• Elder Qian warned the cultivators not to harm anyone within ten thousand li of the entrance after they were teleported out.
• Qin Huaian appeared at the foot of a barren mountain and sensed that comprehending techniques and heavenly laws was easier inside the secret realm.
• A swarm of Spirit-Devouring Locusts surrounded Qin Huaian, and he used the Heaven Burning Form and Free and Easy Wanderer to escape.
• Chen Yu of the Aurora Sect flew toward Qin Huaian, then encountered the locust swarm and turned back to flee.
• Qin Huaian changed direction several times, escaped the swarm, and stopped above a dense forest after flying more than a hundred thousand li.

Qin Huaian collected Seven-Colored Heavenly Ganoderma and fought two Heavenly Revelation Pavilion cultivators who tried to rob him, killing them with a Body Integration Realm puppet. He then hid in a mountain cave and began checking the Storage Rings he had taken.

• Qin Huaian found several Seven-Colored Heavenly Ganoderma in a forest, but Yang Ming and another Heavenly Revelation Pavilion cultivator demanded the herbs and his Storage Ring.
• Qin Huaian dodged Yang Ming’s sword and battered him with his body-cultivation strength, while the other cultivator attacked with spells.
• Qin Huaian summoned a Body Integration Realm puppet, which killed Yang Ming and the fleeing cultivator; Qin Huaian collected their belongings and cremated them.
• Qin Huaian reflected on his limited cultivation and lack of body-cultivation attack techniques before flying toward a nearby mountain range.
• Qin Huaian concealed himself in a cave and opened the two cultivators’ Storage Rings, curious about what the personal disciple’s ring contained.

Qin Huaian took the spoils from a Heavenly Revelation Pavilion disciple and cultivated in the Nine Tribulations Path to Immortality secret realm, where his progress accelerated. After reaching the perfected Spirit Transformation Realm, he prepared to break through to the Void Refinement Realm.

• Qin Huaian refined the mid-grade True Artifact armor he had taken from the Heavenly Revelation Pavilion disciple and began cultivating in seclusion.
• Qin Huaian discovered that cultivation in the secret realm was forty percent faster and, ten days after entering, broke through to the late Spirit Transformation Realm using Earthcore Flame Marrow.
• Cultivators throughout the secret realm also discovered the increased cultivation speed, and many began cultivating in seclusion, creating an unprecedented scene.
• Qin Huaian reached major mastery as a seventh-rank array master, then used his remaining Mirror Body to cultivate basic techniques.
• After another half year, Qin Huaian reached the perfected Spirit Transformation Realm, studied the dangers of forming a Void Spirit, and prepared to attempt his breakthrough.

Qin Huaian broke through to the Void Refinement Realm and began sensing the laws of heaven and earth, discovering a connection to the earth-attribute law. As he continued absorbing spiritual qi and comprehending it, a growing vortex drew the attention of nearby cultivators.

• Qin Huaian separated a Void Spirit from his Primordial Spirit and successfully broke through to the Void Refinement Realm.
• Qin Huaian glimpsed a world woven from laws, while the phantom tree in his Primordial Spirit grew and Number Seven Seed Space announced a two-month upgrade.
• Qin Huaian sensed the earth-attribute origin radiating from the phantom tree and recognized a corresponding earth-attribute law through his Void Spirit.
• Qin Huaian used the tree's special energy to improve his comprehension as the spiritual qi vortex expanded to a ten-mile radius.
• Three cultivators spotted the vortex from several hundred miles away, and one urged Senior Brother Wang to investigate what they thought might be a strange treasure.

Qin Huaian comprehended the earth laws and gained the Gravity Domain, while his cultivation unexpectedly advanced to the middle stage of the Void Refinement Realm. When he sensed beyond his array, he discovered cultivators waiting outside, ready to break in.

• Senior Brother Wang and two cultivators found Qin Huaian’s concealed cave and, after Junior Brother Chen identified its sixth-rank arrays, they retreated to watch and wait.
• Qin Huaian comprehended the earth attribute laws and gained the Gravity Domain, briefly testing it before withdrawing it to avoid collapsing the cave.
• Qin Huaian realized that only seven days had passed and found that his cultivation had advanced to the middle stage of the Void Refinement Realm.
• Qin Huaian considered how the Earth Origin Pearl had aided his comprehension and reflected on the Gravity Domain, the Sword Domain, and Old Lin’s talent.
• Qin Huaian swept his divine sense beyond the array and discovered more than ten cultivators gathered nearby, eager to destroy it.

Qin Huaian was discovered in his secluded cultivation site after a huge spiritual energy vortex drew nearby cultivators, who suspected he had found a treasure. When they destroyed his arrays and attacked, Qin Huaian fled while the cultivators pursued him.

• Qin Huaian wondered how the cultivators surrounding his cave had discovered his Concealment Array and prepared to escape rather than fight them head-on.
• A cultivator broke the Concealment Array, and the white-robed young man demanded that Qin Huaian reveal the treasure they believed had caused the seven-day spiritual energy vortex.
• Qin Huaian explained that he had been cultivating and asked whether the cultivators would leave if the vortex came from his cultivation, but they ordered him to come out and demonstrate it.
• The cultivators shattered Qin Huaian's defensive array and rushed to attack him and his Body Integration Realm puppet.
• Qin Huaian saw that the puppet could not overcome the group, put it away, and fled with Free and Easy Wanderer as the white-robed young man led the pursuit.

Qin Huaian sacrificed his Body Integration Realm puppet to kill the mid-stage Body Integration Realm cultivator pursuing him, then used spirit talismans to hold off the young man in white. As they continued their chase, a colossal tower appeared at the center of the secret realm.

• Qin Huaian used his Body Integration Realm puppet's self-destruction to kill the mid-stage Body Integration Realm cultivator and collected his flying sword and Storage Bracelet.
• The young man in white caught up with Qin Huaian and taunted him over the destroyed puppet.
• Qin Huaian unleashed sixth-grade fire talismans, but the young man in white blocked them with seventh-grade defensive talismans.
• Qin Huaian fled again, gradually widening the distance but failing to shake off the young man in white.
• A colossal tower appeared at the center of the secret realm, visible to every cultivator.

Qin Huaian avoided the white-clothed body integration cultivator, prepared new formations, and headed toward the Heaven-Piercing Giant Tower. He discovered mountain ruins where cultivators were fighting over Immortal Artifact Fragments and heard mysterious calls as he ventured inside.

• Qin Huaian changed direction to evade the white-clothed cultivator, who turned toward the Heaven-Piercing Giant Tower.
• Qin Huaian hid in a cave, found Spirit Stones and Spirit Grass in the defeated cultivator's Storage Bracelet, and spent half a month refining Rank Seven formations and Formation Flags.
• Qin Huaian flew toward the giant tower and came upon mountain ruins crowded with cultivators.
• A body integration cultivator found an Immortal Artifact Fragment, threw it into the ruins to escape his attackers, and fled deeper inside.
• Qin Huaian found nothing near the edge of the ruins, then heard faint calls as he considered whether to go farther in.

Qin Huaian obtained an Immortal Crystal and fled deeper into the ruins while Mao Feiyu pursued him, hoping to take it. Their battle revealed Qin Huaian’s Gravity Domain, Sword Domain, and Exotic Flame, leaving Mao Feiyu trapped behind his failing defenses.

• A cultivator scattered Immortal Crystals to distract his pursuers, and Qin Huaian caught one before fleeing into the ruins.
• Mao Feiyu, a Body Integration Mid Stage cultivator, chased Qin Huaian and offered to trade for the crystal, but Qin Huaian refused.
• Mao Feiyu attacked with flying knives, but Qin Huaian used his Gravity Domain and sword to knock them aside.
• Qin Huaian and Mao Feiyu exchanged attacks, with Qin Huaian enduring the stronger cultivator’s saber strikes.
• Qin Huaian trapped Mao Feiyu in his Sword Domain and attacked his Woodlight Shield with sword lights infused with Exotic Flame.

Qin Huaian killed Mao Feiyu after breaking through Mao’s defenses, then fled the scene and hid deep underground to recover. Once his spiritual power was restored, he took out the Immortal Crystal he had obtained.

• Qin Huaian broke Mao Feiyu’s shields with the Flowing Cloud Sword and killed him before his Primordial Spirit could escape.
• An Early Body Integration Realm cultivator witnessed the fight, apologized, and fled, while two Void Refinement Realm cultivators recognized Mao Feiyu and decided to keep a low profile.
• Qin Huaian collected Mao Feiyu’s Storage Ring, burned his corpse, and flew away without fighting the other cultivators.
• Qin Huaian traveled through the vast ruins, dug a cave nearly a hundred li underground, and set up a defensive formation and Concealment Array to recover.
• Qin Huaian restored his spiritual power after half a day and took out the Immortal Crystal he had just obtained.

Qin Huaian unlocked the Immortal Crystal with his comprehension of the laws and used it to rapidly advance his cultivation. After the Seed Space upgraded, he prepared his six Mirror Bodies to improve his techniques and help him grow stronger before entering the Nine Tribulations Path to Immortality.

• Qin Huaian used his earth-element law comprehension to open the Immortal Crystal’s barrier and absorbed its energy, raising his cultivation to the mid stage of the Void Refinement Realm.
• Qin Huaian explored the upgraded Seed Space, which had expanded to a million li in diameter and developed land where ordinary plants could grow.
• Qin Huaian found that his sapling had grown and that six Mirror Bodies now stood above it.
• Qin Huaian ordered a Mirror Body to perfect the Free and Easy Wanderer and assigned another to deduce the Sword Domain and Grand Void Dual Polarity Sword Canon.
• Qin Huaian decided to cultivate with his remaining Mirror Bodies and spend most of his resources before entering the dangerous Nine Tribulations Path to Immortality.

Qin Huaian exhausted his Earthcore Flame Marrow, reached the limit of the Void Refinement Realm, and began breaking through to the Body Integration Realm. He achieved unity of form and spirit, comprehended the Yin-Yang Laws, and his breakthrough anomaly drew nearby cultivators toward him.

• Qin Huaian cultivated with the Earthcore Flame Marrow for years, reaching Void Refinement Late Stage and perfecting Free and Easy Wanderer and Sword Momentum while advancing the Grand Void Dual Polarity Sword Canon.
• After the Earthcore Flame Marrow ran out, Qin Huaian's cultivation stood at Void Refinement Realm Late Stage 93/100, and he used an Immortal Crystal to reach the realm's limit.
• Qin Huaian prepared High-Grade Spirit Stones and merged his Primordial Spirit with his physical body, achieving unity of form and spirit after half a month.
• With help from the phantom of the little tree, Qin Huaian comprehended the Yin-Yang Laws and drew his three comprehended laws into his body.
• A yellow-brown beam, sword-shaped radiance, and Taiji Yin-Yang Fish appeared above Qin Huaian's secluded cultivation site, attracting nearby cultivators.

Qin Huaian advanced to the Body Integration Realm, triggering a rare heavenly phenomenon that drew thousands of cultivators to his former hiding place. He blended into the gathered crowd to learn what the phenomenon meant and what benefits it offered, while listening as a cultivator praised the unknown genius who had caused it.

• Qin Huaian broke through to the Body Integration Realm underground, and his breakthrough produced a sky-filling phenomenon of an earthen-yellow pillar, a spiritual sword, and a Yin-Yang taiji fish.
• Qin Huaian drained the Spirit Stones, dismantled his Concealment Array, and fled underground with Earth Escape as the Seed Space began a four-month upgrade.
• Qin Huaian absorbed the Immortal Crystal's energy, stabilized his early Body Integration Realm cultivation, and emerged several thousand li from his former hiding place.
• Qin Huaian saw thousands of cultivators heading toward the phenomenon and joined them to gather information about the secret realm.
• Qin Huaian asked nearby cultivators about cultivating beneath the phenomenon, and one explained that it marked an exceptional cultivator whose Earth-Attribute Laws and possibly Yin-Yang Laws resonated with heaven and earth.

Qin Huaian learned that the heavenly phenomenon could help cultivators comprehend Earth-Attribute Laws, but chose not to meditate on it. After hearing about the Ancient Battlefield Market and meeting Meng Jichuan of the Purple Cloud Sacred Land, he returned to ask the warmhearted cultivator where the market was.

• A cultivator told Qin Huaian that the phenomenon could deepen insight into Earth-Attribute Laws and would last no more than a day, but Qin Huaian moved away without meditating.
• Qin Huaian overheard cultivators speculate that Meng Jichuan had triggered the phenomenon and discuss his prospects as the Purple Cloud Sacred Land's Holy Son.
• Senior Brother Zhang pointed out Meng Jichuan arriving with his followers, including two Mahayana Realm cultivators.
• Meng Jichuan told Senior Brother Zhao to recruit the unknown cultivator if possible and implied they should eliminate him if he could not be recruited.
• Qin Huaian decided the phenomenon was uninteresting and asked the warmhearted cultivator where the Ancient Battlefield Market was.

Qin Huaian learned where the Ancient Battlefield Market was and searched the ruins for treasures on his way there. After finding numerous artifact fragments but no Immortal Crystals or remains of fallen cultivators, he finally set off for the market.

• Qin Huaian asked a cultivator about the Ancient Battlefield Ruins and learned that the market lay to the north, about four million li away.
• Qin Huaian flew toward the market at a modest pace, hoping to avoid attention and find treasures along the way.
• Qin Huaian discovered a hard, curved broken blade beneath rubble and added it to his Storage Ring.
• Qin Huaian found more artifact fragments over the following days and collected over ten of them.
• Qin Huaian wondered why the ruins held no remains of fallen cultivators, then headed directly for the Ancient Battlefield Market without finding any Immortal Crystals.

Qin Huaian reached the Ancient Battlefield Market at the edge of the ruins and bought two Eighth-Rank Fire Crow Talismans. As he prepared to leave for the distant Heaven-Piercing Tower, a stall owner caught his attention with a map of likely treasure sites.

• Qin Huaian found the Ancient Battlefield Market, where several major Violet Thorn Continent sects had set up stalls and enforced a ban on fighting.
• Qin Huaian surveyed the market and learned that cultivators traded magic treasure fragments, pills, and spirit talismans there.
• Qin Huaian bargained with a late Body Integration Realm cultivator and bought two Eighth-Rank Fire Crow Talismans for 120,000 high-grade spirit stones.
• Qin Huaian prepared to head toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower, which remained far away despite his journey across nearly ten million miles of ruins.
• A stall owner called Qin Huaian over and offered an Ancient Battlefield map marking likely treasure locations and special areas.