Chapter Summaries

Qin Huaian and Gu Ran traveled toward East Abyss Island while Second Young Master Chen plotted against Qin Huaian. Three months into the voyage, they encountered the legendary Golden Glow Island, also called Ghost Treasure Island, and learned it held great treasures as well as unknown dangers.

• Second Young Master Chen ordered a cultivator to watch Qin Huaian and vowed to make him pay when they reached East Abyss Island.
• Qin Huaian and Gu Ran cultivated in their Earth-class cabin for three months as the Flying Boat crossed the sea.
• Qin Huaian joined the other cultivators on deck after the Flying Boat slowed and saw vast seven-colored clouds ahead.
• Cultivators explained that Golden Glow Island, or Ghost Treasure Island, appeared unpredictably and was said to contain rare treasures such as ingredients for Golden Rhyme Dao Pills.
• Lu Zhinan warned that the island's appearance matched the legends but that it also held immense, unknown dangers, while many cultivators flew toward it.

Qin Huaian and Gu Ran flew toward Golden Glow Island after it appeared in the Chaotic Sea Region, while the Four Seas Merchant Association and other major powers began mobilizing to claim its opportunities. Qin Huaian and the other swift cultivators entered the island’s seven-colored radiance.

• Qin Huaian agreed with Gu Ran that they should seize the opportunity and flew toward Golden Glow Island with the other cultivators.
• Yu Ruoxue and Yang Qianli confirmed the island’s appearance to Elder Yu, who dispatched Four Seas Merchant Association cultivators and warned them of the dangers.
• Elder Yu ordered the Association’s merchant ships to stay away, while the president planned to seal void passages to limit competitors from other regions.
• The major factions began organizing cultivators to travel toward Golden Glow Island as news spread through the Chaotic Sea Region.
• Qin Huaian and Gu Ran followed the crowd into the increasingly dense spiritual energy and entered the island’s seven-colored radiance.

Qin Huaian entered Golden Glow Island, where spiritual energy was abundant but divine sense and vision were severely restricted. After meeting two Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators, he witnessed a strange demonic beast kill them and charge at him.

• Qin Huaian arrived on Golden Glow Island alone and discovered that his divine sense reached only three li and his sight only one hundred li.
• Qin Huaian found mostly low-grade spirit herbs and concluded that the island extended beyond the area he could see.
• Qin Huaian questioned two Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators about the restrictions, then let them leave unharmed.
• A gray, four-tailed demonic beast with a horn and a third eye killed the two cultivators before charging at Qin Huaian.

Qin Huaian killed a Four-Tailed Demon Beast and collected the strange four-colored water sphere left behind, then explored a region rich in immortal spirit herbs. He discovered that he could not use Earth Escape to investigate beneath the ground, leaving the area’s mystery unresolved.

• Qin Huaian resisted the Four-Tailed Demon Beast’s emotion-affecting attack and killed it with two sword strikes.
• The demon beast’s corpse dissolved, leaving a glowing four-colored water sphere that Qin Huaian stored in a jade bottle.
• Qin Huaian gathered abundant immortal spirit herbs across the surrounding area and found no other demon beasts.
• Qin Huaian tried to use Earth Escape to investigate beneath the herb-rich ground, but an invisible barrier prevented him from entering the soil.

Qin Huaian discovered that the four-colored water sphere could accelerate his cultivation dramatically, then came across a group attacking a formation protecting seven ripe Spirit Essence Fruit trees. After the group offered him two trees to help break the formation, Qin Huaian demanded half the fruits instead.

• Qin Huaian used his Mirror Bodies to absorb the four-colored water sphere's pure immortal essence and found it allowed him to cultivate far faster than Immortal Crystals.
• Qin Huaian spotted three True Immortal cultivators and three Tribulation Transcendence cultivators attacking a natural formation around seven ripe Spirit Essence Fruit trees.
• A late True Immortal female cultivator invited Qin Huaian to join them and offered him two trees in exchange for helping break the formation.
• Qin Huaian said he wanted half of the Spirit Essence Fruits, and the other cultivators' expressions changed.

Qin Huaian joined a group attacking a defensive array and used his array skills to break it quickly, claiming half the Spirit Essence Fruits. When Second Young Master Chen arrived, Qin Huaian fled with four fruit trees, and Chen pursued him.

• Qin Huaian convinced the late True Immortal Realm female cultivator to accept his share by promising to break the array within two hours.
• Qin Huaian directed the cultivators’ attacks at weak points until they shattered the defensive array.
• Second Young Master Chen arrived and threatened the group, while Qin Huaian uprooted four Spirit Essence Fruit trees and stored them in the Seed Space.
• The female cultivator took two trees, and Second Young Master Chen seized the last tree as the other cultivators fled.
• Qin Huaian and the female cultivator escaped, and Second Young Master Chen pursued Qin Huaian for the fruit trees and his Mid-Grade Dao Artifact Flying Boat.

Qin Huaian lured Second Young Master Chen into the path of eight One-Horned Leopard Demons, including three Earth Immortal Realm beasts, and warned him when the demons manipulated his emotions. The two men faced the attackers, and Qin Huaian trapped one demon between two Taiji yin-yang fish.

• Qin Huaian turned back toward Second Young Master Chen while fleeing eight pursuing One-Horned Leopard Demons.
• Second Young Master Chen fled when he saw the demons, but Qin Huaian caught up and led them toward him.
• The demons stirred Second Young Master Chen's anger, prompting him to attack Qin Huaian until Qin Huaian warned him that they could manipulate emotions.
• Second Young Master Chen stopped attacking Qin Huaian and faced the three Earth Immortal Realm demons closing in.
• Qin Huaian blocked a demon's five-colored beam and struck it with a Taiji yin-yang fish.
• The demon stopped Qin Huaian's first yin-yang fish with its horn, but Qin Huaian moved behind it and sent a second fish at its back.

Qin Huaian killed several one-horned leopard demons and watched Second Young Master Chen die before facing a late-stage Earth Immortal beast himself. After trading blows evenly, Qin Huaian vanished to evade its five-colored beam and struck from behind with destructive energy.

• Qin Huaian killed a mid-stage Earth Immortal leopard demon and collected its five-colored water sphere.
• Qin Huaian killed five True Immortal beasts while Second Young Master Chen struggled to defend himself.
• Qin Huaian attacked a mid-stage Earth Immortal beast, but a late-stage leopard demon killed and swallowed Second Young Master Chen.
• Qin Huaian killed the mid-stage beast, then fought the late-stage leopard demon on even terms using his sword and earth-element defenses.
• Qin Huaian evaded the leopard demon's five-colored beam by vanishing and hit it from behind with destructive energy, plunging its consciousness into darkness.

After defeating an Umbral Panther, Qin Huaian received the Origin Eye inheritance and secluded himself to comprehend it while his Mirror Body cultivated with five-colored water spheres. Elsewhere, Yu Ruoxue killed a Five-Tailed Umbral Panther and received the same inheritance.

• Qin Huaian collected the water spheres and Young Master Chen's Storage Ring, then recovered his Immortal Essence Power.
• Qin Huaian learned that killing five Umbral Panthers had granted him the Origin Eye inheritance, which could extend his vision across Golden Glow Island.
• Qin Huaian found a concealed cave, set up defensive and concealment formations, and began comprehending the Origin Eye with help from the World Tree.
• Qin Huaian had his Mirror Body cultivate with five-colored water spheres, hoping to grow his Immortal Essence Power and find more Umbral Panthers and treasures.
• Yu Ruoxue fought a Five-Tailed Umbral Panther near a Mist Rain Spirit Tea tree and killed it with her Meteor Chasing Moon technique.
• Yu Ruoxue saw a golden pupil appear in her sea of consciousness.

Yu Ruoxue and other powerful cultivators acquired the Origin Eye inheritance by killing Umbral Panthers, and Qin Huaian emerged from a month of seclusion having mastered its first level. He attacked four True Immortal Umbral Panthers, while two nearby cultivators fled after hearing the beasts roar.

• Yu Ruoxue collected silver-veined Mist Rain Spirit Tea leaves after obtaining the Origin Eye inheritance and went to find a secluded place to study it.
• Cultivators across Golden Glow Island hunted Umbral Panthers for the inheritance, though many died and they learned the golden-pupil image could not be passed on through jade slips.
• After a month of seclusion, Qin Huaian mastered the Origin Eye’s first level and could see everything within a thousand li.
• Qin Huaian spotted four Umbral Panthers stalking two unaware True Immortal cultivators and deliberately flew toward the beasts.
• Qin Huaian attacked the four Umbral Panthers with sword light, startling them into roaring.
• Two True Immortal cultivators heard the roar, suspected Umbral Panthers were nearby, and fled in the opposite direction.

Qin Huaian collected Four-Colored Water Balls and followed three cultivators who had just entered Golden Glow Island, hoping to learn how to find its greater treasures. He learned that the Inner Island held the island’s true opportunities, but other cultivators were approaching the group.

• Qin Huaian defeated four Umbral Panthers, collected their Four-Colored Water Balls, and continued searching the Outer Island for treasures.
• Qin Huaian saw three cultivators appear together and secretly followed them as they discussed Dao Fruits and the Unity Talisman that had brought them to the same area.
• Senior Brother Qi told Junior Sister Qingqing and Sun Lingfei that they could reach the Inner Island by traveling in one direction for half a year to a year.
• Senior Brother Qi explained that other major domains would send cultivators to Golden Glow Island, but expected his group to reach the Inner Island before they arrived.
• Qin Huaian spotted five people flying toward the trio, and the groups were on course to meet.

Qin Huaian watched Sun Lingfei and Senior Brother Qi defeat a band of cultivators and learned more about Golden Glow Island, including the Origin Eye divine ability and the Umbral Panthers. After the Star Pavilion group found a pack of Umbral Panthers, Qin Huaian left them and flew off to search for the Inner Island.

• Sun Lingfei killed the bandits’ leader with a single punch, while Senior Brother Qi trapped the remaining cultivators in a third-rank immortal formation.
• Sun Lingfei killed several more bandits, and Senior Brother Qi took a six-colored energy water sphere from one of the survivors.
• A surviving bandit explained that the water spheres came from Six-tailed Umbral Panthers and that killing five Umbral Panthers of the same realm could grant the Origin Eye divine ability.
• Sun Lingfei killed the last two bandits after they revealed that Umbral Panthers could be found by flying forward, and Senior Brother Qi considered whether anyone had already cultivated the Origin Eye.
• The Star Pavilion group encountered seven or eight Umbral Panthers, while Qin Huaian left them and flew toward the Inner Island.

Qin Huaian spent a year hunting Umbral Panthers on Golden Glow Island, reaching True Immortal Great Perfection and learning that the Inner Island existed. He began his Earth Immortal breakthrough and found himself facing Purple Sky Divine Lightning in the very first wave, while a distant Golden Immortal sensed the tribulation and wondered if its target would survive.

• Qin Huaian avoided the Star Pavilion cultivators, hunted two Five-tailed Umbral Panthers, and refined his mastery of the Grand Void Dual Polarity Sword Canon.
• Over the next year, Qin Huaian hunted Shadow Beasts, killed a Six-tailed Umbral Panther, gathered its Six-Colored Water Ball, and reached True Immortal Great Perfection.
• Qin Huaian meditated for seven days in a cave, then began breaking through to the Earth Immortal Realm and drew ten thousand miles of tribulation clouds.
• Qin Huaian saw violet-gold lightning gathering in the clouds and realized that Purple Sky Divine Lightning would strike in the first wave.
• Qin Huaian used Yin-Yang Rotation to weaken hundreds of bolts of Purple Sky Divine Lightning, then endured the remaining force without injury.
• A distant Golden Immortal sensed Qin Huaian's Purple Sky Divine Lightning Tribulation and wondered whether the cultivator could survive its final wave.

Qin Huaian faced repeated waves of Purple Sky Divine Lightning while Golden Immortal cultivators gathered to watch. As he prepared for the ninth wave with his Six-Colored Water Ball depleted, observers from the Heavenly Dao Sect considered his potential and whether he might become a threat.

• A Golden Immortal cultivator approached after counting nine lightning strikes, but another wave began before he could reach the tribulation site.
• Qin Huaian fought the second wave with Taiji Yin-Yang Fish and Sword Qi, while his Mirror Bodies drew energy from the Six-Colored Water Ball to restore his Immortal Essence Power.
• The third wave grew powerful enough to rival early-stage Earthly Immortal attacks, but Qin Huaian endured it using his combat experience and defenses.
• Dozens of Golden Immortal cultivators gathered nearby, and members of the Heavenly Dao Sect discussed Qin Huaian's talent and the possibility that he could threaten their sect.
• Qin Huaian reached the ninth wave with the Six-Colored Water Ball exhausted and used the weaker Five-Colored Water Ball to replenish his Immortal Essence Power.

Qin Huaian endured the ninth wave of Purple Sky Divine Lightning and used it to advance his Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body toward its fifth level. As the final bolt approached, Golden Immortal spectators debated the tribulation and the Origin Eye technique.

• Qin Huaian tested the ninth wave's power, lowered his defenses, and let purple-gold lightning strike his body to strengthen it.
• Profound Dao patterns appeared on Qin Huaian's skin as his Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body neared its fifth level.
• Golden Immortal cultivators watching the tribulation marveled that all nine waves had been Purple Sky Divine Lightning.
• A Heavenly Dao Sect senior brother and junior sister discussed whether to devote their time on Golden Glow Island to cultivating the Origin Eye.
• The senior brother announced that the final bolt was coming down.

Qin Huaian survived an overwhelming Earth Immortal lightning tribulation by unleashing Grand Void Birth and Extinction, then endured the heart demon tribulation with help from the World Tree. After receiving the heavens’ reward, he consolidated his Earth Immortal Realm cultivation as his power continued to rise.

• Qin Huaian broke through to the fifth realm of the Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body and faced the final, massive bolt of tribulation lightning.
• Qin Huaian used Grand Void Birth and Extinction to annihilate the violet-gold lightning and disperse the tribulation clouds.
• Qin Huaian’s World Tree energy scattered the heart demon tribulation before it could affect his mind.
• Qin Huaian received the heavens’ seven-colored reward and became an Earth Immortal.
• Qin Huaian consolidated his early Earth Immortal Realm cultivation, but his cultivation continued to rise rapidly.

After surviving nine waves of Purple Sky Divine Lightning, Qin Huaian reached the mid-stage Earth Immortal Realm and evaded the Golden Immortals drawn to his tribulation. He advanced the Origin Eye to its second level and resumed searching Golden Glow Island, where he spotted Yu Ruoxue being pursued by two sixth-rank Umbral Panthers.

• Qin Huaian escaped the area of his tribulation while more than a dozen Golden Immortals, including Fairy Qiyu, Zhang Wenshan, and Blood Blade, gathered at the crater to investigate.
• Qin Huaian concealed himself in a cave, consolidated his cultivation, and absorbed the tribulation's gift, reaching the mid-stage Earth Immortal Realm.
• Qin Huaian began comprehending the Origin Eye while his Seed Space underwent a six-year upgrade.
• After nine months, Qin Huaian advanced the Origin Eye to its second level, gaining a clear visual range of ten thousand li.
• Qin Huaian resumed searching for the inner island and saw Yu Ruoxue being chased by two sixth-rank Umbral Panthers.

Qin Huaian caught up with Yu Ruoxue as two Six-tailed Umbral Panthers pursued her and fought one of them head-on. After killing it and collecting its six-colored water, he saw the other Panther open its third eye and warned Yu Ruoxue.

• Qin Huaian ignored Yu Ruoxue's signal to stay away and flew toward her, offering to hold off one of the two Heavenly Immortal Realm Umbral Panthers.
• One Umbral Panther abandoned Yu Ruoxue and attacked Qin Huaian, while Yu Ruoxue used an immortal talisman to hold back the other.
• Qin Huaian fought the attacking Panther with the Flowing Cloud Sword, blocked its multicolored ray with his Taiji Yin-Yang Fish and Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor, and wounded it with repeated strikes.
• Qin Huaian killed the Panther with a final sword thrust and collected its six-colored water orb.
• Yu Ruoxue looked surprised at Qin Huaian's victory as the remaining Umbral Panther opened its third eye, and Qin Huaian shouted a warning.

Qin Huaian saved Yu Ruoxue from a Six-tailed Umbral Panther by revealing his teleportation ability, then defeated the beast. After they realized how much each knew about the other's strength and secrets, Yu Ruoxue offered to swear a Heavenly Dao oath to keep his abilities confidential.

• Qin Huaian warned Yu Ruoxue as the wounded Six-tailed Umbral Panther unleashed its ultimate attack and teleported in front of her to block it.
• Qin Huaian used repeated teleports and black-and-white Sword Qi to kill the weakened Umbral Panther, leaving behind a six-colored water orb.
• Qin Huaian noticed Yu Ruoxue's layers of talisman barriers and Dao artifact armor, while Yu Ruoxue realized he had comprehended the Laws of Space.
• Qin Huaian and Yu Ruoxue awkwardly tried to speak at the same time before Yu Ruoxue thanked him for helping her.
• Yu Ruoxue promised not to reveal Qin Huaian's secrets and offered to swear a Heavenly Dao oath, which Qin Huaian asked her to take.

After Qin Huaian defeated the Umbral Panther, Yu Ruoxue shared what she had learned about Golden Glow Island and its inner island. Qin Huaian left with new information about how to enter, while Yu Ruoxue set out to pursue the inner island herself.

• Yu Ruoxue swore a Heavenly Dao oath to keep Qin Huaian's cultivation technique and what happened that day secret.
• Qin Huaian collected the six-colored water sphere and stopped to hear Yu Ruoxue's information about Golden Glow Island.
• Yu Ruoxue explained that killing more Umbral Panthers, especially those near or above one's cultivation rank, could improve one's chance of entering the inner island.
• Yu Ruoxue said the inner island held the island's most precious resources and likely powerful Dao Fruits, and warned Qin Huaian about formidable genius cultivators.
• Yu Ruoxue flew off alone, determined to enter the inner island, while Qin Huaian thanked her and wished her success.