Chapter Summaries

Xu Changqing learned that Xu Ping'an had advanced to the Late Golden Core Stage and traveled with Pei Mo to find him near the Fallen Immortal Sky Pit. After Xu Changqing saved Xu Ping'an and his companions from the pit’s deadly pull, Xu Ping'an recognized his father.

• Pei Mo told Xu Changqing that Xu Ping'an had reached the Late Golden Core Stage, while Li Yueyao remained in the Foundation Establishment Realm, and introduced Su Qinghan as another woman accompanying his son.
• Xu Changqing and Pei Mo flew toward the Fallen Immortal Sky Pit, intending to bring the group back from the dangerous forbidden land.
• Xu Ping'an and the five other members of the Demon-Hunting Team emerged from their cave after refining treasures and decided to test the edge of the pit.
• The pit’s pull seized all six companions, but Xu Changqing used six Azure Dragon Cloud-Walking Talismans to draw them safely back.
• Xu Ping'an saw Xu Changqing and excitedly called him Father.

Xu Changqing rescued Xu Ping'an and his companions from the dangerous Fallen Immortal Sky Pit, then fled with his son as a terrifying presence stirred inside it. After scolding and striking Xu Ping'an for his recklessness, Xu Changqing faced the overwhelming pressure of Desolation Queller, which Xu Ping'an identified as his father's ally.

• Xu Changqing assessed the group's cultivation, accepted Li Yueyao's thanks, and gave the young cultivators gifts.
• Pei Mo revealed that Li Lingbi had secretly sent him to protect Li Yueyao and her companions.
• The Fallen Immortal Sky Pit's suction intensified, so Pei Mo evacuated the group toward the Bone-Eroding Forest Sea while Xu Changqing and Xu Ping'an fled on the Grand Unity Azure Lotus Throne.
• A roar shook the sky pit, where black qi formed a vortex and scarlet eyes appeared within it.
• Xu Changqing lashed Xu Ping'an for bringing his companions near the forbidden land, but Desolation Queller released a powerful pressure that made him stop.
• Xu Ping'an shouted to Desolation Queller not to attack because Xu Changqing was his father.

Xu Changqing examined Xu Ping'an’s Pseudo-Immortal Artifact, Desolation Queller, and warned him to conceal it, but Xu Ping'an remained determined to face the dangers ahead. As the group traveled toward the Bone-Eroding Forest Sea, Su Qinghan decided she needed to win Xu Ping'an over and remove Li Yueyao from his side.

• Xu Changqing recognized Desolation Queller as a Pseudo-Immortal Artifact, and Xu Ping'an summoned the halberd for him to inspect.
• Xu Changqing warned Xu Ping'an that his talent and Desolation Queller could attract enemies and endanger the Immortal Sect and their family.
• Xu Ping'an said he would not retreat from being the Immortal Sect’s figurehead and would keep Desolation Queller’s true nature secret unless his life was at stake.
• Aboard the Void-Piercing Boat, Li Yueyao, Jiang Weirui, and Shi Feng admired the resources Xu Changqing had given them while Su Qinghan brooded alone.
• Su Qinghan resolved to build a relationship with Xu Ping'an and find a way to remove Li Yueyao from his side.

After returning to the Bone-Eroding Forest Sea outpost, Xu Ping'an chose to keep training in the Fallen Immortal Abyss despite Xu Changqing’s warning about the Outrealm alien clans. That night, Xu Changqing and Pei Mo discussed Han Xin’s willing marriage to the Ancient Mo Clan and speculated that she and Li Lingbi were partners with their own plans.

• The cultivators arrived at the Bone-Eroding Forest Sea outpost, and Shi Feng warned that exploring the Fallen Immortal Sky Pit at their current cultivation level had been too dangerous.
• Xu Ping'an told Xu Changqing he would stay in the Fallen Immortal Abyss to train with Li Yueyao, Su Qinghan, and the others, and Xu Changqing cautioned him against recklessness.
• Xu Changqing warned Xu Ping'an that Outrealm alien clans had entered the Heavenly Origin Realm, especially advising him to avoid the powerful Three-Eyed Clan.
• Xu Ping'an eagerly viewed the alien clans as a chance to temper himself and explore beyond the realm, while Xu Changqing urged him to grow stronger first.
• That night, Pei Mo told Xu Changqing that Han Xin had willingly married into the Ancient Mo Clan, and they speculated that she and Li Lingbi had their own plans.

Xu Changqing investigated the backgrounds of Ping'an’s companions and grew concerned that Su Qinghan’s family history might put his son at risk. After leaving the outpost for the Central Region Imperial City, he boarded a suspicious Ten Thousand Ghosts Auction Ship in disguise.

• Xu Changqing learned that Su Qinghan was the niece of Su Qingyao, whose past connected her family to his own old grievances.
• Pei Mo agreed to watch Su Qinghan closely and alert Xu Changqing if she acted suspiciously.
• Xu Changqing observed Ping'an at the outpost, then left for the Central Region Imperial City on the Grand Unity Azure Lotus Throne.
• Xu Changqing disguised himself and paid one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to board the Ten Thousand Ghosts Auction Ship.
• Xu Changqing recognized that the ship’s violent, undisciplined guards were not members of the Wan Family.

Xu Changqing attended the Ten Thousand Ghosts Auction Ship’s auction, where he learned that its treasures had been plundered or stolen. He bought rare items for Ruo Qunshuang and Qingyao, while the auction continued with a Scarlet-Flame Flame Tiger Core.

• Xu Changqing entered the auction and learned that the mysterious Nascent Soul Realm host had gathered stolen treasures, including items taken from cultivators near the Fallen Immortal Abyss.
• A bidder won the Violet Lightning Thunder-Pattern Pearl for one hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, while Xu Changqing passed on it despite its suitability for Fenglong.
• Xu Changqing bid one hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and won the Cold Abyss Water-Congealing Marrow for Ruo Qunshuang.
• A towering black-robed cultivator won and donned the Darksteel Mountain-Suppressing Armor for two hundred thirty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xu Changqing won the Nine-Turn Soul-Congealing Orchid Seeds and Azure-Mist Spirit-Gathering Cultivation Formation Plate for Qingyao with a bid of seventy-five thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• A cultivator bought the Remnant of the Inferno Heaven-Burning Art for three hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and the auctioneer then introduced a Scarlet-Flame Flame Tiger Core.

Xu Changqing bought several treasures and cultivation arts at the auction while passing on other lots. The auction ended the chapter with bidders scrambling for the mysterious Ancient Inscription Bone Seal, which had also caught Xu Changqing’s interest.

• A cultivator won the Scarlet-Flame Flame Tiger Core for two hundred and fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and left immediately.
• Xu Changqing bought the Warm Jade Spirit-Nurturing Swaddle and Ice-Soul Spirit Jade Jar for Sun Shangxiang, then watched another cultivator win the Netherworld Bone-Eroding Grass.
• Xu Changqing outbid two rivals to acquire the Azurewater Verdant Nether Ganoderma and bought the Fragment of the Azure Mist Art and Fragment of the Cold River Water-Condensing Art for himself and Ruo Qunshuang.
• A mysterious black-robed figure won the Wind-Splitting Moon-Cleaving Blade, while another black-robed figure purchased the Void-Absorbing Myriad-Treasure Bag.
• The cultivator who had bought the Netherworld Bone-Eroding Grass won the Netherworld Soul-Devouring Jade Tablet despite whispers that he was an Evil Cultivator.
• The auctioneer presented the Ancient Inscription Bone Seal, prompting a bidding scramble as Xu Changqing showed interest in the relic.

Xu Changqing gave up bidding on an Ancient Inscription Bone Seal and an Azuredark Spirit-Gathering Lamp, then bought several treasures for his family and disciples. After leaving the Ten Thousand Ghosts Auction Ship, he discovered three guards following him to rob him and ordered Nine Nether and Thousand Years to kill them and seize the ship.

• Xu Changqing bid against a yin-energy cultivator for the Ancient Inscription Bone Seal but stopped when the rival offered seven hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones; the cultivator won it and said he planned to join the Yellow Springs Alliance.
• Xu Changqing briefly bid on the Azuredark Spirit-Gathering Lamp, then withdrew as its price climbed, and another cultivator bought it for eight hundred and fifty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xu Changqing bought a Cold River Water-Congealing Pendant for Ruoshuang, a Fragment of the Gale Cloud-Treading Steps for Lin Feng, and two small protective artifacts for a total of three hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• After the auction ended, Xu Changqing disembarked and left without investigating the ship's owner.
• Three guards from the Myriad Ghosts Ship followed Xu Changqing, intending to rob him, so he summoned Nine Nether and Thousand Years and ordered them to kill the guards and seize the Ten Thousand Ghosts Auction Ship.

Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui stormed the Ten Thousand Ghosts Auction Ship, slaughtering its guards and cultivators as Wuchang revealed his plan to recruit Mo Yan for a sealed secret realm. After the ship's soul-devouring formation failed to stop the soulless puppets, Wuchang and Mo Yan attacked them directly.

• Xu Qiansui killed one pursuing guard with his golden spear while Xu Jiuyou's branches crushed the other two, and then they flew toward the Ten Thousand Ghosts Auction Ship.
• Wuchang told Mo Yan that a thousand-year-sealed secret realm in Fallen Immortal Abyss was about to open and invited him to seek its inscription inheritance together.
• Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui killed the ship's deck guards and swept through its cabins, leaving the cultivators aboard dead.
• Wuchang activated the Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul-Devouring Formation, but Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui were unaffected and broke it.
• Wuchang attacked Xu Qiansui with Ghost Claw Sky-Rend while Mo Yan sent Yin-Pattern Entangling Threads toward Xu Jiuyou.

Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui overwhelmed Wuchang and Mo Yan with coordinated attacks, forcing Wuchang to summon his Wraith Corpse Ghost Infant. The battle continued as Xu Jiuyou's centipedes attacked the Dharma Aspect while Xu Qiansui targeted Wuchang's true body.

• Xu Qiansui blocked Wuchang's ghost claw, while Xu Jiuyou's centipedes tore through Mo Yan's threads and poisoned his shoulder.
• Xu Jiuyou fought Wuchang's ghost claws with his nine centipedes as Xu Qiansui recovered and joined the attack.
• Xu Qiansui's spear disrupted Wuchang, allowing Xu Jiuyou's centipedes to bind his claws and strike at his vital points.
• Mo Yan collapsed from the poison and could not help Wuchang, who angrily summoned the Wraith Corpse Ghost Infant.
• Xu Jiuyou sent his centipedes against the Dharma Aspect while Xu Qiansui circled behind it to attack Wuchang's true body.

Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui killed Wuchang and Mo Yan, then gathered the Ten Thousand Ghosts Auction Ship and its vast trove of treasures for Xu Changqing. Xu Changqing began inspecting the haul, including powerful cultivation arts, spirit artifacts, and two magic treasures.

• Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui destroyed Wuchang, his Wraith Corpse Ghost Infant, and his remaining wraith phantoms.
• Mo Yan pleaded for his life by invoking the Ancient Mo Clan and offering information about the Carved-Mark Secret Realm, but Xu Jiuyou killed him.
• Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui searched the Ten Thousand Ghosts Auction Ship and brought the ship and its stored treasures to Xu Changqing.
• Xu Jiuyou reported the haul included over a hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, tens of millions of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and numerous higher-grade and yin-attributed spirit stones.
• Xu Qiansui presented forty-six cultivation arts, including the Heaven Grade Abyssal Ten Thousand Ghosts Art, while Xu Jiuyou reported ninety-eight spirit artifacts and two magic treasures.
• Xu Changqing examined the treasure collection, which included the Netherworld Ship Anchor and the Yin Netherworld Boundary-Suppressing Banner.

Xu Changqing inventoried the Ten Thousand Ghosts Auction Ship’s treasures and found a route map to hidden Marauding Cultivator strongholds. The Thunder Dragon Water-Repelling Boat devoured the wreck and fused with the Netherworld Ship Anchor, gaining the ability to cross the Nether River with its sailing ability doubled.

• Xu Qiansui presented Xu Changqing with the inventoried treasures, including rare spirit plants, pills, artifacts, and Dharma treasures.
• Xu Changqing sent Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui to search the ship again, especially its core formation hub.
• Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui found a route map in Wuchang’s secret chamber marking several Marauding Cultivator strongholds along their return journey.
• Xu Changqing summoned the Thunder Dragon Water-Repelling Boat, which devoured the Ten Thousand Ghosts Auction Ship and absorbed its yin energy and formations.
• Xu Changqing fused the Netherworld Ship Anchor with the Thunder Dragon Water-Repelling Boat, enabling it to sail the Nether River and doubling its sailing ability.

Xu Changqing fused the Netherworld Ship Anchor with the Thunder Nether Yin Dragon Ship, raided several Marauding Cultivator strongholds, and continued toward the Black Rust Dynasty. He then discovered a gathering of demons terrified by signs that the Defiled-Earth God might be reincarnating beneath the earth.

• Xu Changqing's Thunder Nether Yin Dragon Ship gained new powers, and he ordered it to raid marked Marauding Cultivator strongholds before heading to the Black Rust Dynasty.
• Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui swept through the strongholds, gathering supplies for the Spirit Melody Sect and Xu Changqing's allies.
• A Demon King-level Rolling Earth Dragon burst from the ground and fled in terror, so Xu Changqing concealed his ship and followed it.
• Xu Changqing sent Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui to infiltrate a Yin Ravine crowded with demons planning to attack nearby human cities.
• The Rolling Earth Dragon told the demons it had seen a giant face within Mysterious Yellow Qi, and the Black Tortoise Demon King suspected the Lord of Binding.
• A demon wrapped in black mud argued that a complete body beneath the face could signal the Defiled-Earth God's reincarnation, terrifying the assembled demons.

Xu Changqing attacked the demons gathered in Yin Ravine, using the Thunder Nether Yin Dragon Ship and a powerful talisman formation to annihilate them. He left no demons alive after rejecting Rolling Earth Dragon’s plea to become his mount.

• Xu Changqing ordered the Thunder Nether Yin Dragon Ship to charge into Yin Ravine, killing many demons with lightning and its crushing hull.
• Xu Changqing unleashed the Yin-Yang Dragon-Tiger Talisman, trapping the remaining Demon Kings and Greater Demons in a slaughter formation.
• The formation and the ship killed nearly all the demons, leaving four wounded Demon Kings, including Rolling Earth Dragon.
• Rolling Earth Dragon begged Xu Changqing to spare it and offered to serve as his mount, but Xu Changqing refused and killed it with a water blade.
• The remaining Demon Kings charged Xu Changqing, and the Thunder Nether Yin Dragon Ship blasted them into oblivion, leaving no demons alive in Yin Ravine.

Xu Changqing collected the Demon Kings’ treasures, cleansed the Yin Ravine, and traveled to the Black Rust Dynasty’s imperial capital to meet Li Lingbi. After accepting resources for the Spirit Melody Sect, he prepared to return to the Immortal Sect, intending to investigate the underground disturbances there.

• Xu Changqing ordered Xu Jiuyou and Xu Qiansui to collect the demon horde’s spoils, including the four Demon Kings’ bloodline treasures.
• Xu Changqing used the Auspicious Grain Record to purify the Yin Ravine and cover it with lush vegetation.
• Xu Changqing set out for the Black Rust Dynasty’s imperial capital while considering whether its underground giant face was connected to disturbances beneath the Dongting Immortal Sect.
• Xu Changqing arrived at the capital and met Li Lingbi, who asked about Yue Yao and Ping'an and gave him Central Region resources for the Spirit Melody Sect.
• Xu Changqing declined Li Lingbi’s offer to stay and planned to return to the Immortal Sect to tend to his affairs.

Xu Changqing returned to the Dongting Immortal Sect, checked his spirit plants, and tried to summon Nü Tu before Ruo Qunshuang arrived with a dilemma about a gifted new disciple. The chapter left Xu Changqing considering whether the Spirit Melody Sect should take in Princess Zhaoyang, Zhao Wanning, despite the political danger.

• Xu Changqing returned to the Dongting Immortal Sect through the Interrealm Teleportation Array and inspected the Grade-Three Spirit Field.
• Xu Changqing praised Qingyao for tending the spirit plants and gave her a Spiritmoon Illusory-Form Defensive Pendant that transformed into a white rabbit.
• Xu Changqing tried to summon Nü Tu through Xu Qiansui, but she was absent from Cangyan Peak, so he postponed his plan to investigate underground.
• Ruo Qunshuang visited Xu Changqing and told him that a highly talented new Spirit Melody Sect disciple used the alias Qingci.
• Ruo Qunshuang revealed that Qingci was Princess Zhaoyang, Zhao Wanning, of the troubled Great Moon Dynasty, and asked Xu Changqing whether the sect should take her in.

Xu Changqing returned to Spirit Melody Sect with Ruo Qunshuang to assess Zhao Wanning’s extraordinary cultivation talent and consider bringing her into the sect. After questioning her and testing her with talismans, he found no sign of possession or demonic influence.

• Xu Changqing told Ruo Qunshuang that the coming upheaval in the Eastern Domain would give Spirit Melody Sect a chance to rise, and that Zhao Wanning could become a pillar of the sect.
• Xu Changqing and Ruo Qunshuang flew to Spirit Melody Sect, where they observed Zhao Wanning cultivating and saw how smoothly her spiritual energy circulated.
• After Zhao Wanning finished cultivating, she greeted Xu Changqing and revealed that her aunt was Zhao Yingli, whom Xu Changqing did not remember.
• Zhao Wanning explained how her water-and-wood roots supported each other and described mastering the sect’s cultivation method and basic spells in only a few days.
• Xu Changqing tested Zhao Wanning with a Spirit-Cleansing Talisman and an Evil-Repelling Talisman, and neither revealed any abnormality.

Xu Changqing sent Nü Tu and Xu Qiansui to investigate the increasingly unstable Earth Vein beneath the Dongting Immortal Sect and determine whether the Lord of Binding or the Defiled-Earth God had awakened. While they secretly infiltrated the depths, Xu Changqing met with Han Su, who described the strain of guarding the Earth Vein and lamented that Xianglin kept him from seeing their children.

• Xu Changqing told Zhao Wanning that she could become a core disciple if she cultivated the Vastwave Waterwood Formula to its third level within a year.
• Xu Changqing found that Qingyao had carefully tended the Three-Eyed Race's spirit plants, then entered his Portable Space and met with the returned Nü Tu.
• Nü Tu told Xu Changqing that she had attended a formation-breaking gathering in an ancient Western Domain ruin and brought back useful formation resources.
• Xu Changqing ordered Nü Tu and Xu Qiansui to investigate the Earth Vein disturbances and check whether a giant human face or a complete body lay beneath the Dongting Immortal Sect.
• Xu Changqing brought Nü Tu and Xu Qiansui out near the Earth Vein's depths, where they secretly moved ahead to investigate.
• Xu Changqing met Han Su at his post, and Han Su complained about the frequent disturbances and said Xianglin would not let him see their children.

Xu Changqing offered Han Su a place in the Spirit Melody Sect, and Han Su eagerly accepted after discussing his uncertain future at the Earth Vein. Xu Changqing then used Xu Qiansui's Shared Vision to check on the investigation, where Nü Tu and Xu Qiansui continued deeper into the Earth Vein without yet finding its source.

• Xu Changqing comforted Han Su about his family troubles and asked what he would do if he had to leave the Earth Vein.
• Han Su admitted he had nowhere else to go, then realized Xu Changqing was inviting him to join the Spirit Melody Sect.
• Han Su accepted the invitation, and Xu Changqing promised him a position overseeing the sect's Earth Vein and spirit mines.
• Xu Changqing switched into Xu Qiansui's Shared Vision and saw Nü Tu and Xu Qiansui exploring the Earth Vein.
• Nü Tu and Xu Qiansui passed rich mineral veins and Spirit Veins, descended into darker depths, and found no Dongting Immortal Sect disciples on patrol.

Nü Tu and Xu Qiansui explored deeper into the Earth Vein and discovered a huge flower bud producing Mysterious Yellow Qi, protected by formations laid by the Dongting Immortal Sect. After avoiding the formations and finding another passage, they discovered a rare Mysterious Yellow Bamboo, leaving Xu Changqing and Nü Tu stunned by the heavenly treasure.

• Nü Tu and Xu Qiansui descended into the Earth Vein, where dense Mysterious Yellow Qi and ancient patterns filled a vast underground space.
• Nü Tu found an enormous closed flower bud producing Mysterious Yellow Qi and reported it to Xu Changqing through Xu Qiansui.
• Nü Tu discovered that formations and restrictions protected the bud, and Xu Changqing ordered her and Xu Qiansui not to break them or alert the Dongting Immortal Sect.
• Nü Tu and Xu Qiansui found a narrow Interstice and passed through it into a deeper part of the Earth Vein.
• Nü Tu and Xu Changqing saw a rare Mysterious Yellow Bamboo, a heavenly treasure used to refine the defensive Profound Yellow Pagoda.