Chapter Summaries

Qin Huaian hunted Umbral Panthers to gather Six-Colored Water Balls and search for the Inner Island, then found Mist Rain Spirit Tea. When Zhao Pengcheng demanded the tea and Qin Huaian’s Storage Ring, Qin Huaian fought Zhao Pengcheng’s attendants, whose shields shattered under his Yin-Yang Sword Qi.

• Qin Huaian killed two Six-tailed Umbral Panthers with his teleportation divine ability and collected their Six-Colored Water Balls.
• Qin Huaian found Mist Rain Spirit Tea among the Immortal Spirit Herbs and harvested its leaves.
• Zhao Pengcheng arrived with two attendants and demanded the Mist Rain Spirit Tea and Qin Huaian’s Storage Ring.
• Qin Huaian refused Zhao Pengcheng’s demands and evaded the two Mid-stage Heavenly Immortal attendants’ attacks.
• Qin Huaian counterattacked with Yin-Yang Sword Qi, shattering both attendants’ energy shields.

Qin Huaian overwhelmed Zhao Pengcheng and his two mid-stage Heavenly Immortal guards with his yin-and-yang attacks, then pursued Zhao Pengcheng when he fled. The chase continued at matched speeds, leaving both men impressed by the other's movement technique as the guards fell behind.

• Qin Huaian shattered the guards' shields and repelled their attacks, then blocked Zhao Pengcheng's wind blades with an earthen-yellow shield.
• Qin Huaian charged Zhao Pengcheng, pierced through the gale from his folding fan, and knocked him back with a sword beam.
• Zhao Pengcheng fled after realizing he could not defeat Qin Huaian, and Qin Huaian pursued him.
• Qin Huaian and Zhao Pengcheng raced at matching speeds while the two Heavenly Immortal guards gradually fell behind.

Qin Huaian pursued Zhao Pengcheng and two Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivators across Golden Glow Island, then killed Zhao Pengcheng with a teleporting sword strike. He defeated the two remaining cultivators with a destructive attack, leaving the confrontation over and Zhao Pengcheng’s Storage Ring and folding fan in his possession.

• Zhao Pengcheng tried to end the chase by apologizing and threatening Qin Huaian with the backing of the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land, but Qin Huaian refused to stop.
• Qin Huaian teleported close to Zhao Pengcheng and killed him with a black-and-white sword strike that destroyed his Primordial Spirit.
• Qin Huaian took Zhao Pengcheng’s Storage Ring and folding fan as the two mid-stage Heavenly Immortal cultivators stopped to face him.
• The saber-wielding cultivator and the sword-wielding cultivator approached Qin Huaian back to back and attacked.
• Qin Huaian used the Taiji Yin-Yang Fish as a feint, teleported, and annihilated both cultivators with a destructive sword radiance.

Qin Huaian killed Zhao Pengcheng and two Heavenly Immortal cultivators, recovered, and spent five years hunting Umbral Panthers while searching for the Inner Island. His Yin-Yang Laws advanced and his strength more than doubled, but he still had not found the Inner Island when a powerful Umbral Panther appeared.

• Qin Huaian killed two mid-stage Heavenly Immortal cultivators with Grand Void Birth and Extinction, then fled and recovered his Immortal Essence Power.
• An old man on Golden Glow Island discovered Junior Brother's cracked life tablet and said his master would track down the killer after they left the island.
• Qin Huaian inspected Zhao Pengcheng's Storage Ring and the other cultivators' belongings, then stored them in his Small World to avoid possible tracking marks.
• Qin Huaian harvested spirit herbs and hunted Umbral Panthers, advancing his Yin-Yang Laws while dealing with cultivators who tried to rob him.
• After five years on Golden Glow Island, Qin Huaian had greatly increased his strength and gathered many energy water spheres, but still had not found the Inner Island.
• A powerful Umbral Panther appeared within Qin Huaian's field of vision.

Qin Huaian killed a Seven-tailed Umbral Panther, used its seven-colored water sphere to restore his Immortal Essence Power, and found an endless golden curtain that he suspected led to the Inner Island. After surveying the curtain, he stepped through it.

• Qin Huaian fled from a Seven-tailed Umbral Panther, but the World Tree dispelled the beast’s attack on his consciousness.
• Qin Huaian turned to fight and annihilated the Seven-tailed Umbral Panther with his destructive Sword Qi, leaving behind a seven-colored water sphere.
• Qin Huaian avoided an approaching Golden Immortal cultivator, then used the water sphere to fully restore his Immortal Essence Power.
• Qin Huaian found a vast golden curtain that blocked divine sense but allowed objects and cultivators to pass through.
• Qin Huaian flew tens of millions of miles along the curtain without finding its edge, then stepped through it.

Qin Huaian entered Golden Glow Island’s inner island, found a Nine-Orifice Golden Lotus, and seized it after it bloomed by using teleportation. He escaped pursuit, while Xue Yanchang recognized that the unknown Earth Immortal’s spatial ability made him too dangerous to chase.

• Qin Huaian entered the inner island and discovered that the Nine-Orifice Golden Lotus would mature in several days.
• Qin Huaian practiced the third level of the Origin Eye in a cave, then disguised himself and returned to the lotus.
• Xue Yanchang claimed the lotus for the Heavenly Dao Sect, but cultivators from the Chaotic Sea Region rejected his demand.
• When the Nine-Orifice Golden Lotus bloomed, Qin Huaian teleported to it, took it, and fled.
• Several cultivators pursued Qin Huaian, while Xue Yanchang warned his companions about teleportation and departed in the opposite direction.

Qin Huaian fled pursuers who wanted his Nine-Orifice Golden Lotus and entered a mysterious ancient city on Golden Glow Island’s Inner Island. As powerful Golden Immortal cultivators approached the city, a fleeing woman and her Senior Brother suspected it might hold their chance to escape.

• Qin Huaian used the Free and Easy Wanderer to outpace most of the Heavenly Immortal cultivators pursuing his Nine-Orifice Golden Lotus.
• Qin Huaian spotted a small, earthen ancient city and flew toward it, while the Heavenly Immortal at Great Perfection continued to pursue him.
• Qin Huaian sensed a powerful formation around the city and a Dao essence that could aid his Origin Eye, then entered through a gate.
• The pursuing Heavenly Immortal at Great Perfection followed Qin Huaian into the city.
• A group of Golden Immortal cultivators pursuing a fleeing man and woman spotted the ancient city, and the man suggested it might be a powerful array that could offer them an opportunity.

Qin Huaian entered an ancient city whose rules protected residents from attacks and allowed each cultivator to claim only one residence. He settled in a residence near the city center, where the Origin Eye could be cultivated more quickly.

• Two Golden Immortal cultivators entered the ancient city to escape their pursuers and improve the woman's Origin Eye.
• Qin Huaian learned the city's rules, including the bans on attacking residents and reentering after leaving.
• A Heavenly Immortal at Great Perfection followed Qin Huaian but turned away rather than risk being expelled from the Inner Island.
• Qin Huaian discovered that the image of the golden pupil and his Origin Eye cultivation grew more active near the city's central building.
• Qin Huaian claimed an unoccupied residence about five kilometers from the central building, and its gate closed behind him.

Qin Huaian cultivated the Origin Eye in an ancient city, where a formation cushion and the World Tree’s phantom greatly boosted his comprehension. Months later, cultivators began reaching breakthroughs and receiving rewards, while two newcomers who could not find a vacant courtyard were offered one by a departing female cultivator.

• Qin Huaian sat on a carved cushion, whose formation increased his Origin Eye comprehension, and set up a second-rank defensive immortal formation before cultivating.
• More cultivators entered the ancient city, drawn by its benefits for comprehending the Origin Eye.
• Three months later, a Golden Immortal cultivator reached the Origin Eye’s second level as two bells rang from the city center, and a seven-colored water orb appeared before him.
• Senior Brother Zhou and Junior Brother Lin searched the occupied ancient city for a courtyard, then prepared to leave when they found none vacant.
• A female cultivator leaving her courtyard offered it to Senior Brother Zhou and Junior Brother Lin, and Senior Brother Zhou asked what conditions she wanted.

Senior Brother Zhou traded twenty-five clusters of six-colored water spheres for a courtyard and let Junior Brother Lin use it to cultivate the Origin Eye. A year after Qin Huaian entered the ancient city, three bell chimes announced that someone had advanced the Origin Eye to the third realm, and Qin Huaian sensed that his vision now extended a hundred thousand li.

• A female cultivator offered her courtyard to Senior Brother Zhou and Junior Brother Lin in exchange for six-colored water spheres.
• Senior Brother Zhou negotiated the price down to twenty-five clusters, and the female cultivator left the ancient city.
• Senior Brother Zhou gave the courtyard to Junior Brother Lin, who entered to cultivate, while Senior Brother Zhou left the city.
• More cultivators arrived in the ancient city, while others departed to seek opportunities elsewhere in the Inner Island.
• One year after Qin Huaian entered the ancient city, three bell chimes announced that someone had advanced the Origin Eye to the third realm.
• Qin Huaian sensed that his vision within Golden Glow Island had expanded to a hundred thousand li.

After advancing his Origin Eye to the third level, Qin Huaian received a huge sphere of seven-colored Mysterious Heaven Jade Dew and discovered that the ancient city’s courtyards had become valuable. When two cultivators tried to buy his courtyard and lure him away with news of a Dao Fruit, he refused and learned about a Purple Jade Icefruit Tree on Golden Glow Peak.

• Qin Huaian received a sphere of seven-colored Mysterious Heaven Jade Dew after reaching the Origin Eye’s third level and put it away.
• Qin Huaian left his courtyard and saw that the ancient city’s streets held more cultivators and stalls than before.
• Two cultivators offered Qin Huaian fifty portions of six-colored Mysterious Heaven Jade Dew for his courtyard, but he refused to leave the city.
• The Earth Immortal Realm cultivator argued that Qin Huaian would be better off searching the Inner Island for treasures and said a Dao Fruit had appeared on Golden Glow Peak.
• The cultivator told Qin Huaian that a Purple Jade Icefruit Tree bearing three fruits had appeared, and Qin Huaian revealed that he had never heard of it.

Qin Huaian learned that Golden Glow Peak held rare Dao Fruits and other treasures, but decided to remain in the ancient city and continue cultivating the Origin Eye. Its third realm let him see the cultivation level of a mid-stage Golden Immortal, and he encountered a Golden Immortal alchemist eager to obtain a Nine-Orifice Golden Lotus.

• An Earth Immortal cultivator told Qin Huaian about Golden Glow Peak and offered increasingly valuable Mystic Heaven Jade Dew for his courtyard, but Qin Huaian refused.
• The cultivator left with his companion and disparaged Qin Huaian, who doubted that Golden Glow Peak’s treasures would be easy to obtain and chose to stay in the ancient city.
• While walking through the city, Qin Huaian saw through the cultivation of a mid-stage Golden Immortal for the first time and recognized the Origin Eye’s growing power.
• Qin Huaian came across an elderly Golden Immortal alchemist at a stall as a late-stage Heavenly Immortal asked him to refine a Golden Rhyme Dao Pill.
• The alchemist asked whether the cultivator had a Nine-Orifice Golden Lotus.

Qin Huaian traded a Nine-Orifice Golden Lotus and two other fourth-rank immortal spirit herbs for a Golden Rhyme Dao Pill, then returned to cultivating in the ancient city despite other cultivators watching him. After another year passed, his Seed Space completed its upgrade.

• A Heavenly Immortal cultivator traded a Nine-Orifice Golden Lotus and two fourth-rank immortal spirit herbs to a Golden Immortal alchemist for one Golden Rhyme Dao Pill.
• Qin Huaian offered the same ingredients and received a Golden Rhyme Dao Pill from the alchemist.
• Qin Huaian noticed several cultivators following him but returned to his courtyard and continued comprehending the Origin Eye divine ability.
• Another year passed, bringing Qin Huaian's time on Golden Glow Island to seven years, and his Seed Space completed its upgrade.

Qin Huaian used his eleven Mirror Bodies and Seven-colored Mystic Heaven Jade Dew to advance to the Late-stage Earth Immortal while he hurried to comprehend the Origin Eye’s fourth level before leaving Golden Glow Island. As the nine-year mark passed, several cultivators reached the Origin Eye’s third level, and four bell chimes rang through the ancient city, signaling a new breakthrough.

• Qin Huaian entered the Seed Space, stored his collected treasures there, and assigned his Mirror Bodies to array study and cultivation.
• Qin Huaian reached the Late-stage Earth Immortal in two months with ten Mirror Bodies cultivating and Seven-colored Mystic Heaven Jade Dew.
• Qin Huaian focused on advancing the Origin Eye to its fourth level before his remaining time on Golden Glow Island ran out.
• After nine years on the island, three bell chimes announced that a cultivator had reached the Origin Eye’s third level, and Blood Blade left the ancient city.
• Four more cultivators reached the Origin Eye’s third level over the next half year, leaving fewer than twenty percent of the courtyards occupied.
• Four bell chimes rang throughout the ancient city.

After comprehending the fourth level of the Origin Eye, Qin Huaian received a vast reward of Seven-colored Mystic Heaven Jade Dew and discovered a tracking mark on his arm. He was then brought before a statue resembling Min Yingzhu, which revealed that he had qualified to receive her Origin Eye inheritance.

• Cultivators across the ancient city learned that someone had comprehended the fourth level of the Origin Eye, and the news spread to Golden Glow Peak.
• Qin Huaian discovered a tracking mark on his arm and suspected Zhao Pengcheng had planted it before dying.
• Qin Huaian was transported to a great hall, where he collected a huge sphere of Seven-colored Mystic Heaven Jade Dew.
• Qin Huaian saw a statue resembling his senior sister Min Yingzhu and called out to her, but recognized that its cold, commanding presence was not hers.
• The statue told Qin Huaian he was the first person in hundreds of yuanhui qualified to receive its Origin Eye inheritance and described the divine ability's power at its highest realm.

Qin Huaian learned the complete Origin Eye cultivation method and found a hidden teleportation formation that returned him to his courtyard. He waited three days before leaving the ancient city so others would not suspect he had reached the Origin Eye’s fourth level.

• Qin Huaian received the Origin Eye cultivation method imprinted in his mind and wondered whether the statue resembled his senior sister.
• Qin Huaian sealed the tracking mark in a small trapping formation and searched the great hall for a way out.
• Qin Huaian discovered a hidden teleportation formation with the Origin Eye and was sent back to his courtyard.
• Qin Huaian stayed in the ancient city for three days, then left his room and headed toward the city gate.

Qin Huaian traveled from the ancient city to Golden Glow Peak, where a group of cultivators tried to rob him. After Qin Huaian killed one attacker and fought the blue-clad leader to a standstill, the leader prepared to end the battle.

• Qin Huaian left the deserted ancient city and used Free and Easy Wanderer to travel toward Golden Glow Peak.
• Qin Huaian reached the immense Golden Glow Peak and was confronted by three Heavenly Immortals and a female Earth Immortal cultivator who demanded his Storage Ring.
• Qin Huaian killed Junior Brother Wang with a single sword strike and chased the other early-stage Heavenly Immortal.
• The blue-clad late-stage Heavenly Immortal intervened while Qin Huaian broke through the fleeing cultivator's defensive talismans and blocked the leader's blade attack.
• Qin Huaian and the blue-clad cultivator fought evenly until the leader declared that he would end the battle, and Qin Huaian felt a sudden pang of alarm.

Qin Huaian used teleportation and his sword to kill the azure-robed cultivator and an Early-stage Heavenly Immortal, then confronted the last surviving Late-stage Earth Immortal. She explained why cultivators at Golden Glow Peak preyed on one another and revealed that the real treasures lay higher up the mountain, where danger made them difficult to obtain.

• Qin Huaian evaded the azure-robed cultivator’s Void-Slaying Spiritual Light and used teleportation to wound and kill him.
• The Early-stage Heavenly Immortal fled, but Qin Huaian appeared in his path and killed him.
• The last Late-stage Earth Immortal begged Qin Huaian for mercy and offered to serve him, but he demanded to know why the cultivators were robbing others.
• The woman explained that treasures near the foot of Golden Glow Peak had mostly been picked clean, so cultivators hunted one another for resources.
• The woman told Qin Huaian that the true treasures lay above the mountain’s thousand-li elevation, where obtaining them was difficult and dangerous.

Qin Huaian learned that Golden Glow Peak’s upper reaches held rare treasures but were full of deadly traps and formations, then ascended past the thousand-li mark. He discovered that his fourth-level Origin Eye could reveal hidden teleportation formations and continued deeper into the mountain.

• Qin Huaian killed the female cultivator who had seen him teleport, took her Storage Ring, and collected the rings of the other cultivators he had defeated.
• Qin Huaian found that the Storage Rings contained abundant Mysterious Heaven Jade Dew and immortal spirit herbs, then flew above the thousand-li mark of Golden Glow Peak.
• Qin Huaian spiraled up the mountain and watched a white-bearded Golden Immortal and a young Golden Immortal fight over a Nirvana Immortal Ganoderma.
• The young cultivator retreated into hidden teleportation formation markings and vanished when the formation activated.
• Qin Huaian realized his Origin Eye could reveal the invisible formations, avoided confronting the talisman-wielding old man, and flew farther up the mountain.

Qin Huaian collected a Moonlight Soul-Soothing Wood and killed three Heavenly Immortal cultivators who tried to rob him. After continuing to gather herbs on Golden Glow Island, he overheard cultivators discussing whether to attack a lone late Earthly Immortal nearby.

• Qin Huaian spotted a Moonlight Soul-Soothing Wood protected by hidden arrays and collected it safely by approaching from the unprotected side.
• Three Heavenly Immortal cultivators confronted Qin Huaian and tried to rob him, but he used teleportation, his Yin-Yang Laws, and an array to kill all three.
• Qin Huaian took the cultivators’ Storage Rings, burned their corpses, and found many resources and spirit herbs among their belongings.
• Qin Huaian continued through Golden Glow Island, avoiding hidden arrays and collecting fourth-grade and fifth-grade immortal spirit herbs.
• Qin Huaian overheard someone ask whether they should attack a lone late Earthly Immortal cultivator nearby.