Chapter Summaries

Qin Huaian bought a map of the Ancient Battlefield ruins and chose to search a region rich in magic treasure fragments rather than visit the dangerous area where killing intent could temper divine sense. He reached the marked region and began searching among the many cultivators already there.

• Qin Huaian bargained the stall owner down to five hundred high-grade spirit stones for the map.
• Qin Huaian learned the map marked areas rich in magic treasure fragments, concentrated Killing Intent, concentrated killing intent that could temper divine sense, and sparse spiritual energy.
• Qin Huaian decided to skip the Killing Intent and sparse-spiritual-energy areas and head for the region ranked third for finding magic treasure fragments.
• Qin Huaian flew for a day to the marked region, where he saw many cultivators near two half-severed mountains.
• Qin Huaian spread out his divine sense and began searching the region.

Qin Huaian found a broken half of a black spear that revealed a terrifying vision of its destruction by a crimson axe. As several cultivators approached after seeing him pick it up, he hid the spear in his Storage Ring and faced them calmly.

• Qin Huaian searched the mapped area for several days but found only a few small magic treasure fragments.
• A late Fusion Realm cultivator found an Immortal Crystal and fled as other cultivators moved toward him.
• Qin Huaian discovered a concealed half-spear inside a split mountain and broke through the formation to retrieve it.
• The spear showed Qin Huaian a vision of its immense power and its destruction by a crimson axe, while the Godslayer Spear lamented that it had lacked Primordial Chaos Dew.
• The phantom of the little tree awakened Qin Huaian from the vision, and he put the spear in his Storage Ring as approaching cultivators closed in.

Qin Huaian kept the broken black spear after refusing another cultivator’s offer, then traveled to the Ancient Battlefield ruins’ Killing Intent Concentration Zone. There he discovered that the killing intent could temper divine sense—and saw a cultivator refining a saber that absorbed it.

• A Late Body Integration Realm cultivator offered Qin Huaian magic treasure fragments for the broken spear, but Qin Huaian refused to trade it.
• After searching other areas of the ruins, Qin Huaian traveled to the southeastern region and entered the Killing Intent Concentration Zone.
• Qin Huaian tempered his divine sense as the killing intent repeatedly shredded and reformed it, while a nearby Void Refinement Realm cultivator died from its backlash.
• Cultivators at the zone’s edge explained that careful, persistent practice could raise divine sense beyond one’s cultivation level, but advancing too far without resting could be fatal.
• Qin Huaian moved deeper into the zone and saw a cultivator refining a long saber that slowly absorbed the killing intent.

Qin Huaian found a fragile bracelet containing Immortal Crystals and an unfamiliar black material, then fled when the energy released from it attracted a group of cultivators. After outrunning all but three Mahayana Realm pursuers, he entered a region of sparse spiritual energy and realized something was wrong when it kept growing thinner.

• Qin Huaian searched the killing-intent region for magic artifact fragments while cultivating his divine sense.
• After two months, Qin Huaian found an ancient bracelet that shattered when he probed it, and he retrieved Immortal Crystals and an unfamiliar black material.
• Qin Huaian fled the region as thirteen or fourteen cultivators pursued him, drawn by the energy of the Immortal Crystals.
• Qin Huaian used Immortal Crystals to replenish his spiritual power as he escaped, leaving only three Mahayana Realm cultivators behind.
• Qin Huaian and his pursuers entered the sparse-spiritual-energy region, where the energy grew thinner and all four slowed down.

Qin Huaian and three Mahayana cultivators became trapped in an illusion array where their attacks triggered expanding spatial rifts. After retreating and cultivating with an immortal crystal, Qin Huaian reached the early Body Integration Realm, and the chapter ended as his Seed Space upgrade completed.

• Qin Huaian dodged a sword attack, but a spatial rift wounded him, and a gray-robed cultivator warned the others that the area was unstable.
• Qin Huaian retaliated against the green-robed cultivator, whose counterattack triggered more spatial rifts and helped expand the danger zone.
• Qin Huaian and the three Mahayana cultivators tried to flee, but they returned to the same place and realized they were trapped in an illusion array.
• The gray-robed cultivator admitted he could not see through the array, and Qin Huaian set up a defensive formation before cultivating with an immortal crystal.
• Qin Huaian repeatedly retreated from the expanding rifts, reached early Body Integration Realm, and heard that the Seed Space upgrade was complete.

Qin Huaian used the upgraded Seed Space’s Mirror Bodies to become an eighth-rank formation master while tempering his body among spatial rifts. He advanced to the Tyrant Body Realm, but the rifts kept expanding and he remained trapped with no way out.

• Qin Huaian sent five Mirror Bodies to deduce different eighth-rank formations and entered the spatial rifts to temper his body.
• The little tree’s energy improved Qin Huaian’s body-tempering aptitude as his injuries healed, and he used an Immortal Crystal to sustain his cultivation.
• Three Mahayana Realm cultivators attacked the void on an eighth-rank formation master’s instructions, hoping to find a flaw before the expanding rifts consumed them.
• After half a year, Qin Huaian became an eighth-rank formation master and used his Mirror Bodies to accelerate his body-tempering progress.
• Qin Huaian lit his 181st acupoint, advanced to the Tyrant Body Realm, and endured the spatial rifts more easily, though they continued to expand.

Qin Huaian endured the growing spatial rifts for twenty-three years, advancing to the fourth level of the Tyrant Body Realm. When the rifts merged into a vortex with a vast void at its center, he tried to escape its powerful suction.

• Qin Huaian continued tempering his body with the help of his Mirror Bodies and Immortal Crystals, reaching the second level of the Tyrant Body Realm and then improving his aptitude to its current limit.
• Two cultivators who had once pursued Qin Huaian killed an early Mahayana cultivator for his spirit stones and worried about surviving the spatial rifts until the Secret Realm ended.
• Qin Huaian illuminated his 241st acupoint and advanced to the fourth level of the Tyrant Body Realm, finding that the small spatial rifts could barely harm him.
• The spatial rifts around Qin Huaian merged and expanded into a rotating vortex, whose suction began dragging him toward a huge rift filled with nothingness.
• Qin Huaian activated his protective armor and used Free and Easy Wanderer to try to escape the vortex's pull.

Qin Huaian and two mid-Mahayana cultivators were pulled into a spatial rift, but he survived with the Great Square Cauldron and emerged in a hidden space containing a white palace. There, he fought the green-robed cultivator, using his Sword Domain and the cauldron to break through the cultivator’s defenses.

• Qin Huaian, the green-robed cultivator, and the gray-robed cultivator were drawn into the vortex’s central spatial rift, while the green-robed cultivator’s armor appeared as they entered.
• The Great Square Cauldron protected Qin Huaian through the rift, though the little tree lost a third of its leaves.
• Qin Huaian emerged in a small space with dense spiritual energy and a white palace hidden in a forest.
• The green-robed cultivator also survived, recognized Qin Huaian’s cauldron, and attacked him with a flying sword.
• Qin Huaian blocked the attack with Yin-Yang Rotation, trapped the cultivator in his Sword Domain, and struck him with the Great Square Cauldron, shattering his protective barrier.

Qin Huaian killed a green-robed Mahayana cultivator who tried to delay him with a secret, then explored the sealed space and failed to enter its white palace. While preparing to cultivate and searching the cultivator’s Storage Ring, he discovered an intact-looking disc fragment bearing an intriguing picture.

• Qin Huaian used the Great Square Cauldron, Gravity Art, and Heaven Burning Form to kill the green-robed cultivator and burn away his remains.
• Qin Huaian examined the hundred-li space, found it sealed by barriers, and suspected the white palace held the key to escaping.
• Qin Huaian failed to break through the formation protecting the palace and prepared to cultivate safely in the space.
• Qin Huaian broke the restrictions on the cultivator’s Storage Ring and found an Immortal Crystal, assorted goods, and several magic treasure fragments.
• Qin Huaian noticed a nearly intact disc fragment because of the picture engraved on it.

Qin Huaian studied a chipped disc depicting an ancient battle that had shattered a continent, then continued cultivating in the secret realm until he reached the late stage of the Body Integration Realm. After forty years in the realm, he approached the white palace to test its barrier with the Flowing Cloud Sword.

• Qin Huaian examined a carved disc showing cultivators battling dragons, phoenixes, and other enemies above a shattered continent, and wondered whether the spear and axe in the image were connected to what he had found.
• Qin Huaian used two Immortal Crystals to cultivate to early-stage Body Integration, then saved his final crystal for emergencies and resolved to spread the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture after leaving the secret realm.
• Qin Huaian broke through to the middle stage of the Body Integration Realm two years later, twenty-five years after entering the Nine Tribulations Path to Immortality.
• After another fifteen years, Qin Huaian reached the late stage of the Body Integration Realm and considered the secret realm's approaching closure and whether he would be teleported out.
• Qin Huaian left his defensive formation, went to the white palace gates, and drew the Flowing Cloud Sword to test the formation barrier.

Qin Huaian discovered that Yin-Yang Rotation could pass through the white palace’s barrier, then cautiously entered the palace under the protection of the Great Square Cauldron. Inside, he found a vast hall and a staircase hidden beyond a hazy glow.

• Qin Huaian’s sword strikes with the Exotic Flame and the Great Square Cauldron failed to damage the palace barrier.
• Qin Huaian used Yin-Yang Rotation to open a circular hole in the barrier, and he found that even a weaker use of the move opened another hole.
• Qin Huaian decided to enter the palace, holding the Great Square Cauldron over his head for protection.
• The palace doors opened as Qin Huaian approached, and he passed through the entrance without encountering any traps.
• Qin Huaian explored the hall, found ninety-nine steps beneath a hazy glow, and could not see beyond it even with his divine sense.

Qin Huaian climbed the pressure-laden stairs by using the Yin-Yang Laws and entered the Condensed Splendor Hall. There, a mysterious woman who said she was already dead offered him the remaining Nirvana Spirit Liquid and her Small World, while explaining how the liquid had been created.

• Qin Huaian used the Yin-Yang Laws to overcome the staircase’s pressure and reach the platform above.
• A beam of light scanned Qin Huaian, the halo faded, and the Condensed Splendor Hall opened its doors to him.
• Qin Huaian entered the hall and found a nearly dry pool containing a small amount of milky-white liquid.
• A woman appeared above the pool, revealed she was already dead, and praised Qin Huaian for comprehending the Yin-Yang Laws in the Body Integration Realm.
• The woman offered Qin Huaian the remaining Nirvana Spirit Liquid and her Small World, then explained that she had refined the liquid from death qi, killing qi, and Killing Intent in the Ancient Battlefield.

Qin Huaian learned how Nirvana Spirit Liquid could restore cultivators whose True Spirits remained and agreed to deliver a palace treasure to Su Yu of Heavenly Gate Palace if he found it. The woman gave him the treasure’s control art and explained the small world’s limits before preparing to disappear, but Qin Huaian stopped her with one more question.

• The woman explained the difference between divine souls, Primordial Spirits, and True Spirits, and why reviving someone whose body and soul were annihilated was nearly impossible.
• Qin Huaian learned that the remaining Nirvana Spirit Liquid could heal grievous injuries as long as a cultivator’s body and soul had not both been destroyed.
• The woman asked Qin Huaian to deliver the palace treasure to Su Yu of Heavenly Gate Palace when he was powerful enough, offering him the Nirvana Spirit Liquid and the small world in return.
• The woman gave Qin Huaian a jade slip containing the palace treasure’s control art and explained that the small world could support living beings but needed spirit veins to maintain its spiritual energy.
• As the woman said her lingering consciousness would soon dissipate and told Qin Huaian to leave, he stopped her to ask one more question.

Qin Huaian learned from Luo Xi that the Nine Tribulations Path to Immortality Secret Realm was an artificial space built from a severed portion of the continent’s origin, and she intended to hasten its collapse. After Luo Xi sent him back to the Ancient Battlefield and used up the Small World’s spiritual qi, Qin Huaian headed for the Nine Tribulations Path as the formation failed and the secret realm began to change.

• Luo Xi told Qin Huaian that the secret realm was nearing collapse and that its formation hindered high-level cultivators, though its failure would not endanger those inside.
• Luo Xi sent Qin Huaian out of the Small World, asked him to find Su Yu of Heavenly Gate Palace, and told him to say she had asked him to return it.
• Qin Huaian discovered that the Small World’s spiritual qi had been drained, then used its controls to retrieve the palace treasure he could no longer enter.
• After Qin Huaian put away the Small World, its removal caused the Ancient Battlefield formation to stop operating and the concentrated killing intent to dissipate.
• Cultivators in the Ancient Battlefield feared the secret realm was ending and flew toward the Nine Tribulations Path to Immortality; Qin Huaian also headed there.

Luo Xi used the last of her consciousness to alter an unknown space, causing a phantom to appear over the Violet Thorn Continent. Meanwhile, Qin Huaian found a grove of Vermilion Fruit trees and faced a Cloud Sea Sect cultivator seeking revenge for Mao Feiyu.

• Luo Xi cast several incantations in an unknown space, then vanished as a phantom appeared across the sky above the Violet Thorn Continent.
• After flying for half a month, Qin Huaian spotted cultivators gathered around seven Millennial Vermilion Fruit Trees and learned their fruits would ripen within three days.
• Three cultivators recognized Qin Huaian as the man accused of killing Mao Feiyu, and Zhao confronted him after confirming his identity.
• Qin Huaian acknowledged killing Mao Feiyu, and Zhao attacked him with a flying sword as Qin Huaian summoned a Great Square Cauldron.

Qin Huaian fought a Cloud Sea Sect direct disciple who wielded an ice-attribute divine ability and powerful defensive armor. He defeated and killed the disciple, then killed the two Body Integration Realm cultivators who had tried to assist him.

• Qin Huaian clashed with the early Mahayana Realm cultivator surnamed Zhao, using the Great Square Cauldron while keeping his full strength hidden.
• Zhao revealed his defensive armor, and the two fighters drew their battle away from the Millennial Vermilion Fruit Trees.
• Zhao trapped Qin Huaian in an assault of ice needles, but Qin Huaian used his Gravity Domain and Sword Domain to break free.
• Qin Huaian empowered the Great Square Cauldron with his Gravity Domain and battered Zhao's armor while two Body Integration Realm cultivators attacked from the flanks.
• Qin Huaian used Exotic Flame to destroy Zhao's ice needles, shattered his armor with repeated strikes, and burned his fleeing Primordial Spirit with the Heaven Burning Form.
• Qin Huaian caught and killed the two fleeing Body Integration Realm cultivators with his flying sword.

Qin Huaian returned after killing three Cloud Sea Sect cultivators and met Jiang Jun, who told him about the Violet Thorn Continent’s central region and its grand competition. Two days later, as the Vermilion Fruits ripened, thousands of Golden-Winged Sky Bees emerged and their king ordered the gathered cultivators to leave.

• Qin Huaian collected the defeated Cloud Sea Sect cultivators’ treasures and returned to the valley, where the other cultivators recognized his strength.
• Jiang Jun introduced himself as a member of the central-region Jiang Family and invited Qin Huaian to visit.
• Jiang Jun told Qin Huaian about a continent-wide cultivator competition held in the central region, which could offer him a route there.
• Two days later, nearly three hundred cultivators waited for the Millennial Vermilion Fruits to ripen.
• A Concealment Array opened, releasing thousands of Golden-Winged Sky Bees and their three-paired-winged king.
• The Golden-Winged Sky Bee King warned the humans to leave the valley and said it would otherwise defend the Vermilion Fruits.

Qin Huaian uprooted a Millennial Vermilion Fruit Tree and escaped the valley while the cultivators and Golden-Winged Sky Bees fought. He returned to the ruined valley, entered the bees’ nest, and stole the hive containing Golden-Winged Sky Bee Royal Jelly.

• Qin Huaian uprooted a Millennial Vermilion Fruit Tree as the Golden-Winged Sky Bees attacked, then fled with the Bee King and several Mahayana Realm cultivators pursuing him.
• Qin Huaian circled back to the valley and found the trees destroyed and the cultivators and bees dead or gone.
• Qin Huaian entered the Golden-Winged Sky Bees’ cave and sealed its entrance with an eighth-rank defensive formation.
• The pursuing cultivators attacked Qin Huaian’s formation, but the Bee King returned with its swarm and attacked them, killing one cultivator.
• Qin Huaian found Golden-Winged Sky Bee Royal Jelly in the hive and stored the entire hive in his Small World.

Qin Huaian tried to trap the wounded Golden-Winged Sky Bee King as three Mahayana cultivators pursued it, but the king unleashed its bloodline power and killed one pursuer before the others beheaded it. As the survivors fought over the corpse, Qin Huaian seized it and fled.

• Qin Huaian set a seventh-rank trapping and killing formation at the cave entrance as the injured Golden-Winged Sky Bee King flew back toward its nest.
• Three Mahayana cultivators caught the Golden-Winged Sky Bee King at the cave and knocked it down before it could enter.
• The Golden-Winged Sky Bee King burned its ancient bloodline power to move with astonishing speed and killed one cultivator with its venomous stinger.
• The white-bearded elder realized the king was near death and beheaded it with a sword strike.
• The blue-robed cultivator confronted the elder, and Qin Huaian used a small axe to distract him before taking the Bee King's corpse and fleeing.

Qin Huaian escaped the two Mahayana cultivators with the Golden-Winged Sky Bee King's wings and vermilion fruit tree, then used the fruits to rapidly improve his cultivation. After three months of cultivation, he reached late-stage Integration, though the fruits' effects were diminishing.

• Qin Huaian outran the white-bearded old man and the green-robed cultivator, who turned on each other and began fighting after losing him.
• Qin Huaian examined the Seed Space and found that it had expanded into a vast, developing world where low-grade spiritual herbs had begun to grow.
• Qin Huaian inspected the Golden-Winged Sky Bee King's wings and planted the uprooted vermilion fruit tree in the Seed Space.
• Qin Huaian cultivated in a concealed cave, eating vermilion fruits and reaching late-stage Integration 40/100 after three months.
• Qin Huaian's cultivation reached late-stage Integration 55/100 after he ate sixty vermilion fruits, but their effects had weakened.