Chapter Summaries

Chu Qingyun and Little Gold reached the Tianling Sect’s palace, where Chu Qingyun offered the guards a map of the Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm to gain access and information. The guards accepted the map, but they dismissed Chu Qingyun as weak, leaving his plan to explore the sect unresolved.

• Chu Qingyun killed Heavenly Spirit Realm martial artists who blocked his way, while Yu Xuan and the others watched in shock.
• Chu Qingyun and Little Gold tricked and defeated Tianling Sect opponents, then continued toward Tianling City with a black jade pendant.
• Chu Qingyun recalled the Tianling Sect’s powerful experts, including the Sword Gentleman, as he and Little Gold approached the sect’s guarded palace.
• Chu Qingyun told the guards he wanted to join the sect and gave them a map of the Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm.
• The guards accepted the map but underestimated Chu Qingyun and let him and Little Gold leave.

Chu Qingyun explored Tianling City with Little Gold and questioned him about the dangers and strength of Tianling Sect’s Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm. While shopping, Chu Qingyun bought a Five Elements Stone and asked whether Tianling Sect sold pills that could help Artifact Refiners progress faster.

• Chu Qingyun and Little Gold surveyed Tianling Sect’s territory before reaching Tianling City, where Little Gold described the city’s powerful residents and the secret realm’s dangers.
• Little Gold told Chu Qingyun that even ninth-level Martial Kings avoided the secret realm’s inner regions, and Chu Qingyun decided to prepare by browsing the city’s shops.
• Chu Qingyun noticed people secretly following him but ignored them and entered a shop selling Spirit Weapon and Artifact Refining materials.
• Chu Qingyun recognized the value of a Five Elements Stone containing Five Elements Origin Liquid and a Heaven and Earth Strange Stone, then bought it for three million Yellow Crystal Coins.
• After learning that the shop could not sell Yin Iron or supply certain treasures, Chu Qingyun asked about Tianling Sect’s pills and martial skills, then revealed that he was an Artifact Refiner and asked about pills that could accelerate his growth.

Chu Qingyun searched for ways to improve his Artifact Refining, then followed Liu Yufei to the Tianling Sect camp, where he threw Liu Yufei to the ground after Liu Yufei threatened him. He proceeded toward registration as an Outer Sect disciple, while Liu Yufei warned him to keep a low profile.

• Chu Qingyun learned that the shopkeeper’s Yin Iron plate could aid ordinary Martial Artists with Artifact Refining, but it offered him no benefit, so he left to seek other options.
• Chu Qingyun saw Chen Hao and Chen Wan among two rival factions arguing on a mountain, then continued on when Chen Wan threatened to teach him a lesson.
• Liu Yufei greeted Chu Qingyun and led him toward the Tianling Sect camp, where Chu Qingyun recognized Wang Tianlong and Li Yulong among the people gathered there.
• At the camp entrance, Liu Yufei threatened Chu Qingyun, and Chu Qingyun flung him to the ground; Liu Yufei then backed down and offered to take Chu Qingyun to register.
• Liu Yufei told Chu Qingyun to keep a low profile among the Outer Sect disciples as they headed toward registration.

Chu Qingyun entered the Inner Sect training area, learned about the coming recruitment and the gifted disciples Xue Yun and Ye Qiushui, and prepared to take the Outer Sect test with Liu Yufei. When Inner Disciples blocked their way, Chu Qingyun challenged them, but a newcomer interrupted before the fight began.

• Liu Yufei brought Chu Qingyun to the Inner Sect training camp, where patrols checked their identities and escorted them to Vice Sect Master Li Changgeng.
• Li Changgeng gave Chu Qingyun his training assignment and explained that Xue Yun and Ye Qiushui were among the exceptionally gifted disciples being recruited for a special cultivation method.
• A month later, Chu Qingyun and Liu Yufei went to the outer peak to take the Outer Sect test, and Chu Qingyun hoped to find out how Xiao Yan was doing.
• Inner Disciples rejected Chu Qingyun and Liu Yufei’s request to test their strength, so Chu Qingyun challenged them to a fight.
• Several Inner Disciples prepared to attack Chu Qingyun, but another disciple rushed over and told them not to act rashly.

Chu Qingyun confronted Zhao Ming and the Inner Disciples, defeating their attacks and revealing his First-Level Martial Spirit. After reaching the valley’s restricted center, he absorbed Soul Crystals to break through again and fought back against the seven disciples surrounding him.

• Liu Yufei told the Inner Disciples that Chu Qingyun was an alchemist, and one disciple attacked him, only to be struck down by Chu Qingyun’s lightning.
• Chu Qingyun drove back several Inner Disciples, refused Zhao Ming’s offer to join the Inner Sect, and used his Heavenly Soul Martial Soul to defeat all seven in a clash.
• Chu Qingyun continued to the valley’s center, where Zhao Ming, Zhao Hai, and Liu Tao revealed that a restriction formation could trap him there.
• Chu Qingyun absorbed his remaining Soul Crystals and broke through to the First-Level Martial Spirit realm as Zhao Ming and six others attacked together.
• Chu Qingyun countered the seven disciples’ ring formation with Dragon Emperor Fist, knocking back their attacks and making them cough up blood.

Chu Qingyun killed Zhao Ming and the other disciples, then faced Zhao Hai, whose strength and Dragon Martial Soul made him a far more dangerous opponent. After Zhao Hai wounded him and launched a barrage of lightning attacks, Chu Qingyun countered with his spear and shattered Zhao Hai’s Dragon Claw Phantom, leaving Zhao Hai stunned.

• Chu Qingyun used a Soul Attack Secret Technique to destroy Zhao Ming and the other disciples’ Martial Souls and kill them.
• Zhao Hai charged Chu Qingyun, but Chu Qingyun’s Spirit Wind Scroll blew him into a mountain peak.
• Zhao Hai revealed two hundred and eighty spirit patterns, raised his strength to the third-level Martial Spirit Realm, and summoned a Dragon Martial Soul.
• Zhao Hai attacked with his Dragon Martial Soul and saber, pushing Chu Qingyun back and cutting his left shoulder.
• Zhao Hai unleashed lightning-infused Dragon Claw attacks, but Chu Qingyun used Dragon King Stab to shatter one Dragon Claw Phantom.

Chu Qingyun defeated Zhao Hai and killed Shen Xiu, then returned to the Chu Family residence. Chu Ba told him that the Shen Family was demanding an apology and compensation from the Chu Family, leaving the family unsure how to respond.

• Zhao Hai revealed four Level Four Dragon Martial Souls and attacked Chu Qingyun, but Chu Qingyun repelled his Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox phantoms and lightning beasts.
• Shen Xiu attacked Chu Qingyun with the Evil Slaying Sword, but Chu Qingyun blocked his strikes with the Heavenly Dragon Saber, wounded him, and burned him to ashes with thunder.
• Li Yifeng and Li Yifan vowed revenge, then learned that Chu Qingyun was from the Chu Family and had killed Chu Xiong; they decided to wait for others to find him.
• Chu Qingyun returned to the Chu Family residence, where Chu Ba explained that Shen Xiu had recently caused trouble and the Shen Family was demanding an apology and compensation.

Chu Qingyun prepared to confront Shen Xiu and learned of growing turmoil involving the Chu and Qin families. After Chu Ao raised marriage proposals and mentioned Chu Qingyun’s parents, he led Chu Qingyun to the Qin Residence, where Chu Qingyun expected to learn more.

• Chu Qingyun left to deal with Shen Xiu after Chu Ba gave him two family manuals and martial skills.
• Shen Xiu arrived in Tianlong City, vowing revenge on Chu Qingyun and Chu Ba, while Qin Yuanxun visited Chu Qingyun after reaching the Heavenly Spirit Realm.
• Chu Qingyun learned that the Qin Family had suffered attacks, a siege, and internal divisions, and he resolved to help settle the conflict.
• Chu Ao asked Chu Qingyun to arrange his marriage to Chu Ling'er, but Chu Qingyun refused and said he would find another way to resolve the matter.
• Chu Ao told Chu Qingyun that he had information about his parents, then led him to the Qin Residence to discuss it.

Chu Qingyun received a Qin Family Jade Slip that revealed a map of Saint Extreme City and discovered that reading Artifact Refining had earned him Ninth Grade Alchemy. He left curious about the Qin Family’s hidden connections and the hero named Chu Feiyang, while deciding to postpone refining Nine-patterned Soul Stones.

• Chu Qingyun met Qin Feihong, who asked him to help persuade the Qin Family Patriarch to call off a marriage alliance and gave him a Jade Slip that could locate a jade pendant and access a Teleportation Array.
• Chu Qingyun studied the Jade Slip at the inn and found a map of Saint Extreme City marking a Secret Manual Pavilion and the Qin Family Library Pavilion.
• Qin Ling'er told Chu Qingyun that a hero named Chu Feiyang had rescued her and her mother from hooligans, and Chu Qingyun decided to investigate him.
• Chu Qingyun read the Artifact Refining book and gained the Ninth Grade Alchemy skill from the system.
• Chu Qingyun considered refining valuable Nine-patterned Soul Stones but decided he lacked the necessary conditions and would wait.

Chu Qingyun learned about Blood Fiend Spiritual Energy and Qin Feiyang tried to recruit him for a trip to the Spirit Beast Mountain Range, offering protection in exchange for his Soul Weapon’s help. At the Qin Family council hall, Qin Xiaofeng agreed to let Chu Qingyun temporarily take the family-head position, and Chu Qingyun waited there as Qin Xiaofeng arrived with a white-robed old man.

• Chu Qingyun discussed the Soul Weapon and the Nine-patterned Soul Stone with Qin Feiyang, who asked him to help with Spirit Beasts.
• Qin Feiyang explained that Blood Fiend Spiritual Energy could weaken Spirit Beasts, devour their souls, and turn them into mindless attackers; he offered Chu Qingyun protection to accompany him to the Spirit Beast Mountain Range, but Chu Qingyun left.
• After Chu Qingyun departed, Qin Feiyang declared that he would face the eighth-grade Spirit Beast, while an unknown person followed Chu Qingyun.
• Qin Xiaofeng and two elders discussed Qin Feiyang’s Soul Weapon and Chu Lingyun’s disappearance, then agreed to let Chu Qingyun temporarily manage the Qin Family.
• Chu Qingyun entered the council hall and waited for Qin Xiaofeng, who arrived in a hurry with a white-robed old man; Chu Qingyun recognized the newcomer and raised his brows.

Chu Qingyun confronted the Qin Family over the Chu Family head’s death and refused to back down despite the Qin Family’s powerful allies. After Qin Xiaofeng threatened him and Chu Ao, Chu Qingyun accepted compensation from his relatives and prepared to handle the conflict himself.

• Chu Qingyun suspected that the Qin Family Patriarch was Chu Lingyun and resolved to find him, then tested the Soul Sword and found its sword spirit resisted his control.
• Qin Xiaofeng reported an attack on the Qin Residence and headed to the City Lord’s Mansion, where Chu Qingyun was meeting with Chu Ao and the families’ elders.
• Qin Xiaofeng accused Chu Qingyun of killing the family head and threatened to expel the Chu Family, but Chu Qingyun severed Qin Xiaofeng’s arm when he attacked.
• Qin Xiaofeng invoked the Heavenly Dragon Hall’s backing and shifted blame onto Chu Ao, so Chu Qingyun declared that the Qin Family must hold Chu Ao responsible.
• Chu Qingyun told his relatives not to interfere, accepted their offers of compensation, and warned the gathered Chu Family members not to shrink from the coming conflict.

Chu Qingyun killed Qin Xiaofeng after the latter attacked him to steal his treasure, then went sightseeing in Qin City with Qin Family escorts. The Qin Family Patriarch and Qin Xiaohu recognized Chu Qingyun and, despite fearing his strength, discussed trying to subdue him for the family.

• A Qin Family steward delivered the promised compensation, and Qin Aoyu accepted it while insisting the Qin Family honor its agreement with Chu Qingyun.
• Qin Xiaofeng and several Qin Family elders planned to kill Chu Qingyun and seize his treasure, but Chu Qingyun killed Qin Xiaofeng when he attacked him in his room.
• Chu Qingyun agreed to tour Qin City with Elder Qin and several Qin Family disciples.
• Qin Hai and Qin Xiaohu spotted Chu Qingyun and grew nervous, while Qin Hai revealed he had sent Qin Xiaofeng as a scapegoat and still planned to subdue Chu Qingyun.

Chu Qingyun defeated Qin Xiaofeng’s forces and confronted the Qin Family, while powerful allies arrived to protect him. After the battle, he focused on treating Xiao Yuan, whose injuries from a Saintly Extreme Realm expert’s origin power required a secluded place to heal.

• Chu Qingyun ambushed Qin Xiaofeng and kicked him down, then used the Nine Revolutions Dragon Claw Seal to defeat the Qin Family disciples who attacked.
• Aunt Hong and the Qin Family's Third Young Master moved to restrain Qin Xiaofeng, but ten Saintly Extreme Realm cultivators arrived and Qin Xiaofeng withdrew with the surviving Qin Family members.
• Chu Qingyun checked on Mu Xiaoxiao, then Zhao Yunlong asked him to teach defensive techniques; Chu Qingyun told him to seek the White Clad Woman instead.
• At the mountaintop, Chu Qingyun joined his allies, carried the injured White Clad Woman to Xiao Yuan, and gave her a Saint Spirit Pill.
• Granny Hong and the Qin Family elders praised Chu Qingyun after seeing him withstand attacks from two Saintly Extreme Realm experts, while Chu Qingyun considered how to treat Xiao Yuan’s origin-power injuries.

Chu Qingyun cultivated in the mountains, recovered alongside Xiao Yuan, and followed her toward the Qin Family Mountain Hollow, where they discovered the Qin Family had laid an ambush. The chapter left them entering a dense forest as Chu Qingyun suspected the Ancestor Qin was using the family as bait to draw their pursuers into a trap.

• Chu Qingyun broke apart the carved Divine Dragon's tail and absorbed the Dragon Vein aura while cultivating in the mountains.
• Qin Xiaofeng brought Chu Qingyun a ninth-grade Purple Jade Lotus, then left with Xiao Ling and the others.
• A group of black-clad attackers planned to capture Chu Qingyun alive and make him suffer, while Qin Xiaofeng sensed someone was targeting the Qin Family.
• After Xiao Yuan recovered, Chu Qingyun took her toward the Qin Family Mountain Hollow, where Ancestor Qin and Zi Yan prepared an ambush.
• Chu Qingyun and Xiao Yuan reached the mountain range, sensed the trap, and continued into a dense forest as Chu Qingyun suspected the Qin Family was bait for its pursuers.

Chu Qingyun and Xiao Yuan confronted the Qin Family’s fighters, and Chu Qingyun revealed overwhelming strength that forced Old Master Qin to reconsider attacking him. After Xiao Yuyan struck down one of the Qin Family’s Martial Emperor cultivators, Chu Qingyun challenged Old Master Qin to use the family’s strongest technique and faced the Black Fiend Pearl with his Rune Sword.

• Chu Qingyun and Xiao Yuan approached the men hiding in the grove, and Chu Qingyun knocked one attacker away with a Saint-grade Secret Manual.
• Chu Qingyun told Xiao Yuan to escape, but she refused; he released a Martial King Realm aura to frighten their pursuers.
• Old Master Qin arrived, recognized Chu Qingyun, and tried to obtain his Saint-grade Secret Manual, but Chu Qingyun refused.
• Old Master Qin’s men confronted Chu Qingyun, and Xiao Yuyan appeared and defeated one of the Martial Emperor Realm cultivators with a single strike.
• Chu Qingyun revealed his Martial Venerable Realm strength and demanded that Old Master Qin use the Qin Family’s other tricks.
• Old Master Qin summoned the poisonous Black Fiend Pearl, and Chu Qingyun drew his Rune Sword to face it.

Chu Qingyun fought Old Master Qin’s black bead and its soul-like mist, using Dragon Pattern True Qi and medicinal pills to destroy the attacks and catch up with him. Old Master Qin threatened to use a secret art, but Chu Qingyun eagerly demanded to hear about it, while Qin planned to exhaust him and seize his Dragon Pattern True Qi Set.

• Chu Qingyun’s Rune Sword failed to damage the black bead, and its poisoned tentacles bound him and began devouring his Dragon Pattern True Qi.
• Chu Qingyun recovered while Old Master Qin revealed that an old acquaintance had asked him to find Chu Qingyun, then continued driving the black bead onward.
• Chu Qingyun struck the bead with lightning, cracked it, and battled the black liquid and mist with his Dragon Pattern True Qi Saber and Dragon Claw Explores the Sea Claw.
• Chu Qingyun replenished his strength with medicinal pills, destroyed the black mist, and caught up with Old Master Qin.
• Old Master Qin warned that his secret art would kill Chu Qingyun, who demanded to know what it was; Qin planned to exhaust him and take his Dragon Pattern True Qi Set.

Chu Qingyun fought Old Master Qin and a mysterious expert who pursued him for the Dragon Bone Token. As the token’s small golden snake clashed with the expert’s attack, Chu Qingyun realized the token held immense power, but the mysterious man pressed the attack.

• Old Master Qin used the Dragon Taming Claw against Chu Qingyun, who dodged and countered with a Dragon Fist Seal before retreating toward the Qin Family’s forbidden grounds.
• A mysterious expert caught up and forced Chu Qingyun into a losing battle, wounding him and driving him into the rear mountain forest.
• The mysterious man pursued Chu Qingyun for the Dragon Bone Token, while Chu Qingyun hoped the senior associated with it would protect him.
• The mysterious man attacked with a dragon-shaped fist force and crushed one of Chu Qingyun’s Dragon Martial Souls.
• A small golden snake emerged from the Dragon Bone Token and collided with the dragon claw, shaking the space, but the mysterious man dismissed it as a weak juvenile spirit beast and charged again.

Chu Qingyun used the Dragon Bone Token to strengthen his body and cultivation, then entered its inner world and met Long Ao, who gave him powerful techniques, pills, and resources. After reaching peak Level Eight Martial Venerable, Chu Qingyun prepared to pursue further cultivation and gather rare herbs for pills.

• Chu Qingyun grasped the Dragon Bone Token, which absorbed his dragon scales and greatly increased his strength while an ancient voice promised him wealth and power.
• The Dragon Bone Token continued enhancing Chu Qingyun for seven days, and he later reached peak Level Eight Martial Venerable, though his Soul Power remained at peak Level Nine Martial Spirit.
• The Dragon Bone Token transported Chu Qingyun into a virtual world, where he met Long Ao and learned that the token could condense dragon essence blood and forge a Saint-tier high-grade weapon.
• Long Ao gave Chu Qingyun the Chaos Dragon Martial Art, a Martial Spirit secret manual, pills, and other resources, and Chu Qingyun accepted them.
• Chu Qingyun used Long Ao's contribution points to obtain supplies and shared the remaining twelve million points among Long Ao and his subordinates.
• Chu Qingyun told Long Ao that he still needed to find rare spiritual herbs in the Dragon Tomb and refine pills before continuing his plans.

Chu Qingyun cultivated with the Dragon Soul Illustrated Manual inside the Dragon Bone Token and broke through to the sixth-grade Martial King. When Long Ao turned against him and attacked, Chu Qingyun fought back and unleashed the Celestial Demon Disintegration Technique, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Chu Qingyun learned from Long Ao about the Dragon Clan and received the Dragon Soul Illustrated Manual before entering the Dragon Bone Token to cultivate.
• Chu Qingyun studied the manual, learned more about the Dragon Clan and its Dragon Soul Power, and spent another year cultivating.
• Chu Qingyun awoke having reached the sixth-grade Martial King, then rushed underground after a blast and found Long Ao's yellow-robed subordinate confronting him.
• Long Ao revealed himself as a sixth-grade Martial King and attacked Chu Qingyun with Dragon Soul Power, blasting him into rocks.
• Chu Qingyun used his Dragon Seal Martial Soul to seal Long Ao's Dragon Soul Power, but Long Ao broke free and destroyed the attack.
• Chu Qingyun activated the Celestial Demon Disintegration Technique and faced Long Ao with a surge of power.

Chu Qingyun defeated and killed Long Ao with the Dragon God Transformation and Purple Flame Divine Thunder, but Long Ao's father, Long Teng, confronted him at the Dragon God Hall. Long Haoran and another Long Ao attacked Chu Qingyun, and he met their assault with Sword Breaks the Firmament.

• Long Ao and Chu Qingyun fought, and Chu Qingyun used the Dragon God Transformation to badly injure Long Ao.
• Chu Qingyun pressed his attack and killed Long Ao with Purple Flame Divine Thunder, shocking the watching family patriarchs.
• Long Teng emerged from the Dragon God Hall and challenged Chu Qingyun, while Long Haoran threatened him.
• Long Haoran and Long Ao charged Chu Qingyun, and Long Ao unleashed Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens.
• Chu Qingyun answered with Sword Breaks the Firmament as sword energy spread through the air.