Chapter Summaries

Chu Mingli led the Chu Immortal Clan to North City, where an overwhelming crowd and inflated teleportation prices complicated their journey to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower. Meanwhile, Qin Huaian remained in the Void Passage, focused on advancing his comprehension of the Fire-Attribute Law.

• Chu Mingli brought the Chu Immortal Clan to North City and found a vast queue at the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's teleportation hall.
• A Golden Immortal attendant quoted Chu Mingli eighty million Immortal Crystals per person and said the wait for teleportation could reach two months.
• Chu Mingli met his old acquaintance Wang Lang and privately offered him a storage bag to arrange an earlier departure.
• Wang Lang agreed to arrange teleportation within three days, and Chu Mingli obtained five tokens for himself and four others.
• Qin Huaian continued comprehending the Fire-Attribute Law inside the Void Passage, and another two years passed, bringing his stay there to four years.

After four years in the Void Passage, Qin Huaian advanced his Fire-Attribute Law to the Fourth Stage of Dao Fusion and returned to a crowded Void Passage Plaza. He confirmed that the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower was selecting ten inheritance candidates, then heard that another cultivator's name had appeared on its summit.

• Qin Huaian completed four years of secluded cultivation, bringing his Fire-Attribute Law to the Fourth Stage of Dao Fusion, and decided to leave the Void Passage.
• Qin Huaian flew out into Void Passage Plaza and reunited with Lingyue, Mingze, Liu Qing, and other cultivators who asked about his clash with Duan Linchuan.
• Mingde told Qin Huaian that cultivators were flocking to the Violet Thorn Domain after news spread that talented cultivators could become inheritance candidates for the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.
• Qin Huaian confirmed that his name was already carved onto the tower's summit and told the gathered cultivators that only ten candidate slots were available.
• A voice announced that another cultivator's name had just been carved onto the summit of the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.

News spread that Ye Hao’s name had appeared at the top of the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, making him a candidate to inherit it. Qin Huaian had no intention of harming him, while the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land decided to investigate and seek to recruit him.

• A Water Rhyme Sect disciple announced that Ye Hao’s name had appeared atop the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, and cultivators compared him to Qin Huaian.
• Liu Qing told Qin Huaian that Ye Hao had briefly topped the Immortal Inquiry Stele a month earlier before vanishing, and Star Pavilion was investigating his identity.
• Qin Huaian said he did not intend to interfere with Ye Hao’s cultivation, though nearby cultivators suspected he was hiding plans to eliminate a rival.
• Mingze led Qin Huaian toward the Violet Thorn Sacred Land’s residence in Void Passage Plaza.
• Duan Linchuan told his Fifth Brother to investigate Ye Hao, recruit him if possible, and avoid making him an enemy if he refused.

Qin Huaian returned to the Violet Thorn Sacred Land’s residence in North City and learned that its teleportation network was still under construction. He decided to build a stronger network himself so the sect could profit from the growing rush of cultivators heading to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.

• A cultivator left the cave after Duan Linchuan warned that they should not make an enemy of Qin Huaian, while major sects mobilized to find Ye Hao.
• Qin Huaian parted ways with Liu Qing, who offered Star Pavilion’s help with teleportation and intelligence.
• Qin Huaian told Lingyue that he had found no news of Changfeng, then reassured her that Changfeng was likely safe.
• Mingze explained that the Violet Thorn Sacred Land’s teleportation arrays could not yet reach Void Passage Plaza and that construction would take three years.
• Qin Huaian ordered the current construction halted and the array materials brought to him so he could establish a teleportation network to the Violet Thorn Mountains.
• Qin Huaian said the Violet Thorn Sacred Land would serve cultivators traveling to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and earn resources from the opportunity.

Qin Huaian created a Sixth-Order Teleportation Immortal Array network linking Mystic Water City, the Violet Thorn Sacred Land, and the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower. After Yun Yin completed the network, the Violet Thorn Sacred Land opened it to the public, drawing crowds of cultivators.

• Qin Huaian emerged from three months of seclusion and gave Yun Yin fifteen sets of formation flags for the teleportation network.
• Qin Huaian revealed that the Sixth-Order array could teleport roughly nine hundred billion li at a time and instructed Yun Yin to place the relays at half that distance.
• Yun Yin arranged the teleportation formations, completing the network in nine days.
• Qin Huaian used the new array to return to the Violet Thorn Mountains.
• The Violet Thorn Sacred Land announced that its array to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower was open to the public, and cultivators began flooding toward its Mystic Water City residence.

Qin Huaian learned that Duan Linchuan had reappeared and Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land was recruiting cultivators, then told True Person Daoxuan he would return to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower to cultivate in its Law Space. After asking Daoxuan to use his share of the Teleportation Array proceeds to train their disciples, Qin Huaian left for the tower.

• Qin Huaian learned that Duan Linchuan had returned to Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land and that the sacred land was recruiting talented cultivators for a possible tower inheritance candidate.
• Qin Huaian saw that Violet Thorn Sacred Land was recovering and that True Person Daoxuan had established the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect as an affiliated sect.
• Qin Huaian told True Person Daoxuan he planned to cultivate at the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and explained that candidates could use its Law Space.
• Qin Huaian asked True Person Daoxuan to put his share of the Teleportation Array proceeds toward training Violet Thorn Sacred Land and Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples.
• Qin Huaian took a Teleportation Array directly to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.

Qin Huaian arrived at the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and opened a second-floor doorway, astonishing the cultivators gathered there. He revealed that candidates for the tower’s inheritance could enter to cultivate, then stepped inside as the doorway closed behind him.

• Qin Huaian traveled from the Violet Thorn Mountains to Immortal Inquiry City using a Sixth-Order Teleportation Immortal Array he had refined.
• Qin Huaian flew toward the tower, where cultivators saw his name beside Ye Hao’s at its top.
• Qin Huaian opened one of the second-floor doorways, stunning the gathered cultivators.
• An Early-stage Immortal Venerable tried to enter Qin Huaian’s doorway, but its barrier hurled him away.
• Qin Huaian explained that only the person who opened a second-floor doorway could enter and that candidates could earn the privilege by studying the first-floor Law Spaces.
• Qin Huaian entered through the vortex, and the doorway closed behind him.

Lingxiao Ke and the Heavenly Dao Sect searched for Ye Hao, hoping to learn how he became a candidate for the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower’s inheritance. An urgent report revealed that Qin Huaian had entered the tower’s second floor to cultivate, leaving the sect’s leaders jealous and worried about what he might gain.

• Lingxiao Ke ordered the Heavenly Dao Sect to keep searching for Ye Hao, whose whereabouts remained unknown across the Violet Thorn Great World.
• Lingxiao Ke reasoned that Ye Hao and Qin Huaian must have gained something unusual in the tower that earned them inheritance-candidate status.
• A messenger delivered urgent news that Qin Huaian had entered the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.
• The messenger reported that Qin Huaian opened a doorway on the second floor and explained that inheritance candidates could enter the tower to cultivate.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect’s leaders speculated about the benefits of cultivation inside the tower and resented Qin Huaian’s good fortune.

Lingxiao Ke ordered the Heavenly Dao Sect to recruit cultivators who might inherit the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, and news of Qin Huaian’s progress spread across the Violet Thorn Great World. Qin Huaian entered the Yin-Yang Law World on the tower’s second level and began cultivating there.

• Lingxiao Ke announced a broad search for talented cultivators and offered increasing rewards to those who ranked on the Immortal Inquiry Stele.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect’s recruitment order spread, and other major sects also searched for candidates as cultivators flocked toward the Violet Thorn Domain.
• News spread that Qin Huaian was a candidate to inherit the tower and had entered its second level.
• Qin Huaian entered the Yin-Yang Law World and sensed that its Dao resonance rivaled the Limitless Secret Realm.
• Qin Huaian began cultivating in the Law World, where he could spend up to a hundred years of each thousand.

Qin Huaian cultivated the Yin-Yang Laws in the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and set a goal for preparing to face the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Tribulation. Elsewhere, a young sword cultivator returned to his master and described his training in the tower.

• Qin Huaian compared the tower’s Law Space with the Seed Space and wondered whether he could eventually experiment with other laws there.
• Qin Huaian decided he would prepare for the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Tribulation once three laws reached the Seventh Stage of Dao Fusion, then resumed cultivating the Yin-Yang Laws.
• A young man rode into an illusory valley and greeted his master beside a thatched cottage.
• The young man told his master that he had advanced his Sword Dao Law to the late stage of the second realm during thirteen years in the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.
• The young man explained that he had spent all thirteen years in the Sword Dao Law world, and his master regretted that he had not trained in other law spaces.

Ye Hao prepared to face his tribulation after learning about a sealed opportunity in the Heaven Scar Sword Abyss that his master hoped he could claim as a True Immortal. Meanwhile, after years crossing the Black Sand Domain, He Zhiping finally spotted mountains on the horizon.

• Ye Hao's master told him that advancing to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm through the Sword Dao Law was possible and described a vanished passage to a higher world.
• Ye Hao's master explained that a powerful array sealed a place within the Sword Mound at the Heaven Scar Sword Abyss, and promised to take Ye Hao there after he became a True Immortal.
• Ye Hao agreed to face his tribulation, and pitch-black tribulation clouds gathered over the valley.
• He Zhiping continued flying across the Black Sand Domain, wondering if the vast desert was an illusion or simply enormous.
• He Zhiping spotted mountains in the distance and rejoiced that he might finally be nearing the desert's edge.

He Zhiping explored Blackstone City and learned that the Heavenly Dao Sect would recruit disciples there, hoping to bring talented candidates to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower. The mention of Senior Qin Huaian left He Zhiping stunned.

• He Zhiping walked through Blackstone City and judged its cultivators weak compared with what he had expected of the Primordial Ancient Continent.
• He Zhiping overheard cultivators discuss the Heavenly Dao Sect's recruitment and learned that Sect Master Lingxiao Ke was a Daluo Golden Immortal.
• The cultivators said the sect was recruiting those below the Tribulation Transcendence Realm and might take talented disciples to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.
• The men spoke of Senior Qin Huaian's achievement at the tower, and He Zhiping was stunned to hear his name.

After entering a city in the Violet Thorn Great World, He Zhiping heard cultivators praise Qin Huaian as a peerless prodigy and began to suspect that the famous cultivator might be his junior brother. He remained stunned and doubtful after learning Qin Huaian had reached Immortal Venerable Great Perfection in just over five hundred years.

• He Zhiping concealed his cultivation and approached a group of cultivators to ask who Qin Huaian was.
• The cultivators explained that Qin Huaian was the Violet Thorn Great World’s most dazzling prodigy, though He Zhiping had never heard of him.
• A young man with a folding fan said Qin Huaian reached Immortal Venerable Great Perfection in just over five hundred years and could stand against Holy Lord Duan Linchuan.
• He Zhiping realized Qin Huaian’s cultivation timeline matched the years since he and his companions entered the Immortal Realm, and wondered if the famous prodigy was his junior brother.
• He Zhiping questioned how Qin Huaian could have reached Immortal Venerable Great Perfection so quickly.

He Zhiping heard a cultivator describe Qin Huaian’s rise in the Violet Thorn Great World and realized the famed figure was likely his junior brother from the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect. He asked why the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had hunted Qin Huaian, leaving the mystery unresolved.

• A young cultivator recommended that He Zhiping study the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture, which he said Qin Huaian had passed down.
• He Zhiping recognized the scripture and wondered whether Qin Huaian was his junior brother from the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect.
• The young cultivator recounted how Qin Huaian arrived as a Nascent Soul Cultivator, rose to Immortal Venerable Great Perfection, and fought the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land.
• He Zhiping asked why the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had hunted Qin Huaian.

He Zhiping learned that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had captured disciples from the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect to bait Qin Huaian, leaving him enraged and determined to find the survivors and avenge the dead. He went to Blackstone City’s trading house for information but had no currency, so he secretly slipped inside to obtain what he needed.

• A cultivator told He Zhiping that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had captured Qin Huaian’s fellow disciples from the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect and used them to lure him into a trap.
• He Zhiping learned the captured disciples had not reached the Body Integration Realm and might have been left to die, and he became furious at Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land.
• He Zhiping resolved to find Qin Huaian and the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples and avenge those who had died.
• He Zhiping reached Blackstone City’s largest trading house but discovered he had no Spirit Stones or Immortal Crystals to buy information.
• He Zhiping turned into a nearby alley, vanished, and secretly entered the trading house.

He Zhiping learned about the Violet Thorn Great World and Qin Huaian’s rise before encountering Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land disciples near Blackstone City. After learning of their past persecution of Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples, he attacked them.

• He Zhiping read jade slips in a cave and learned that the Violet Thorn Great World was vast, its black desert contained an immense spatial formation, and Daluo Golden Immortals had emerged in recent centuries.
• He Zhiping learned that Qin Huaian had become powerful, survived the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s pursuit, rescued Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples, and destroyed one of its outposts.
• He Zhiping planned to travel from Blackstone City to the Void Passage but lacked the Immortal Crystals to pay for a Teleportation Array.
• He Zhiping overheard Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land disciples discussing their search for talented cultivators and recognized them as enemies of the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect.
• He Zhiping rushed out of the cave to attack the passing Golden Immortals.

He Zhiping approached a squad of Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land disciples to learn about the sect and its presence in Black Sand Domain. After Wang Heng revealed that the sect's outpost was in Holy Fire City, He Zhiping attacked and killed him and the other disciples.

• He Zhiping flew from his cave and approached the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land squad led by Wang Heng.
• He Zhiping questioned Wang Heng about why the disciples were recruiting in Blackstone City and pretended to be a Blood Moon Cult disciple.
• Wang Heng explained that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land could recruit in Black Sand Domain and that its outpost was in Holy Fire City.
• He Zhiping asked to borrow the disciples' heads, and Wang Heng tried to flee while crushing a Communication Bead.
• He Zhiping killed Wang Heng and the other disciples before Wang Heng's Primordial Spirit could escape.

He Zhiping killed Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivators and began secretly targeting their forces, while Qin Huaian advanced his yin-yang laws inside the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower. The chapter ended with Han Yunting preparing to enter the tower as He Zhiping urged him to surpass Qin Huaian.

• He Zhiping killed several Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivators, took their Storage Rings, and fled before their allies could arrive.
• He Zhiping decided to travel to Holy Fire City and secretly kill more Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land disciples, using another city’s Teleportation Array to conceal his route.
• Over ten years in the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, Qin Huaian advanced his yin-yang laws to the fifth stage of Dao Fusion and estimated he could reach the seventh stage with continued cultivation.
• A report told Duan Linchuan that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivators in the Black Sand Domain had been dying mysteriously, but he dismissed the suggestion that Qin Huaian was responsible.
• He Zhiping encouraged Han Yunting to enter the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and try to rank above Qin Huaian, and Han Yunting playfully scolded him.

Five years after secretly returning to the Violet Thorn Mountains, He Zhiping accompanied his master Han Yunting to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, where Han Yunting entered its trials. He Zhiping watched him go in, then suddenly reacted to something.

• He Zhiping's strength and identity as Qin Huaian's fellow disciple convinced True Person Daoxuan, Shen Canglan, and Han Yunting that he was a peerless prodigy.
• He Zhiping declined Shen Canglan's offer to become sect master and continued to plan revenge against the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land before eventually leaving for the Primordial Ancient Continent.
• Han Yunting and He Zhiping discussed Qin Huaian's fifty years on the tower's second floor and the dangers facing cultivators who entered the trials.
• He Zhiping warned Han Yunting to value his life, but Han Yunting entered the tower, saying he would return for He Zhiping to care for him in old age.
• As Han Yunting disappeared into the tower, He Zhiping's expression suddenly changed.

A sudden heaven and earth momentum spread throughout the Violet Thorn Great World, giving cultivators an unprecedented chance to advance. As cultivators entered seclusion to seize the opportunity, Qin Huaian sensed his cultivation speed increase inside the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, though he could not tell why.

• He Zhiping sensed the heaven and earth momentum near the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, then flew far away and entered secluded cultivation in a cave.
• Duan Linchuan felt his cultivation stir and learned from sect elders that the strange energy was affecting cultivators throughout the world.
• Duan Linchuan sensed that the world’s rules had grown more stable and expansive, then began cultivating to seize the opportunity.
• Cultivators across the Violet Thorn Great World entered secluded cultivation as immortal cities and markets fell quiet.
• Qin Huaian, who had advanced his Yin-Yang Laws to the sixth stage of Dao Fusion, felt his cultivation speed increase inside the tower’s Law Space and wondered if the New Artifact Spirit had helped him.