Chapter Summaries

The Abyssal Heavenly Pool opened, and the Spirit Transformation Cultivators confirmed that only Nascent Soul Cultivators could enter safely. Ning Fa entered with the other cultivators and discovered a vast water realm where his Primordial Realm Pearls reacted strongly, before the group reached a colossal mountain made entirely of flowing water.

• Ling Yuqing opened the Abyssal Heavenly Pool, and Yue Long’s golden duplicate was severely injured when it tested the entrance.
• Ning Fa noticed Yuan Gang, Feng Zhao, and Jin Yao among the gathered cultivators, but could not find Ning Daozhen and the others.
• After Nascent Soul scouts entered safely, the cultivators passed through the vortex, and Ning Fa arrived in a vast expanse of water.
• Ning Fa sensed his Primordial Realm Pearls stirring intensely, while Ling Yuqing led the group northwest through the water realm.
• The cultivators encountered a ten-thousand-zhang mountain formed entirely of flowing water, and Ling Yuqing flew toward it.

Ning Fa and the other cultivators reached Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain, where they learned they had ten days to gather ten Vortex Spirit Pearls by passing trials inside its spirit realms. As the others chose realms, Ning Fa stayed behind to search for a route to the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring and watched Yuan Gang and the Sea Race, who appeared to be waiting for him.

• A mysterious voice explained that each vortex was a spirit realm and that trial-takers needed ten Vortex Spirit Pearls within ten days to reach the mountain’s next level.
• The vortices revealed their contents, including Vortex Spirit Pearls and rare treasures, prompting the cultivators to weigh the dangers and discuss alliances.
• Yuan Gang decided the spirit-realm trials offered a chance to trap and kill Ning Fa, while Ying Zhen flew into a vortex with his followers.
• Hermit Xuyuan invited Ning Fa to explore together, but Ning Fa refused, and Xuyuan left with Lin Qingyi as other cultivators chose their own vortices.
• Ning Fa remained to search for the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring, while Yuan Gang, other demons, and the Sea Race also held back; their leader was identified as Freya.

Ning Fa entered a Spirit Realm on Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain, where Mana and spiritual sense were restricted and only body-cultivation methods worked. He climbed toward the summit and fought two Origin Martial Sect cultivators who sought the Nine-Orifice Spirit Heart Lotus, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Freya and the Sea Race cultivators split up to enter different vortex Spirit Realms, while Ning Daozhen, Dan Hongzi, and Xiao Han joined Ning Fa and headed into the mountain trials.
• Ning Fa entered Spirit Realm Number Thirty-Seven, discovered his Mana was unusable, and realized the realm favored body cultivators.
• Ning Fa reached the mountain and began climbing under increasing pressure, passing two Origin Martial Sect cultivators who also sought the Nine-Orifice Spirit Heart Lotus.
• The two cultivators took Blood Burst Pills and transformed into a spear and an axe to attack Ning Fa, who answered by activating his Divine Firmament Thunder Armor Set.
• Ning Fa and the transformed cultivators exchanged more than a thousand blows, and cracks began appearing across their blood-colored weapon forms.

Ning Fa defeated two Origin Martial Sect cultivators and cleared a Vortex Spirit Realm, obtaining a Nine-Orifice Spirit Heart Lotus and two Vortex Spirit Pearls. At the entrance, Fairy Qing Yao warned him that his enemies planned to ambush him at Spirit Realm Number One Hundred Sixty-Eight, one of the destinations he had chosen for its Heavenly Qiong Divine Milk.

• Ning Fa drove off two Origin Martial Sect cultivators with the Divine Firmament Thunder Armor Set, then continued climbing the mountain.
• Ning Fa defeated a group of Fourth-grade demonic bears and reached the summit, where he collected a Nine-Orifice Spirit Heart Lotus and two Vortex Spirit Pearls.
• Ning Fa discovered Fairy Qing Yao waiting in concealment near the Spirit Realm entrance, and she revealed that Yuan Gang, Feng Zhao, and Jin Yao had joined the Sea Race and Tianli Cultivators against him.
• Fairy Qing Yao warned Ning Fa that the Sea Race expected him to visit Spirit Realm Number One Hundred Sixty-Eight and planned to ambush him there.
• Ning Fa realized the Sea Race might have used Aize's Prophecy Talent to predict his plans and regarded Aize as a serious threat.

Ning Fa agreed to help Fairy Qing Yao’s clan refine a treasure in exchange for her warning, then entered Spirit Realm Number Two Hundred Thirty to seek Seven Star Spirit Soul Grass. After defeating the realm’s soul-attacking Black Jellyfish with his Five Elements Thunder Body, he realized the dangerous spirit realm could be a treasure land for him.

• Ning Fa agreed to meet Fairy Qing Yao at Qingqiu Sea in one hundred years and help the Sky Fox Clan refine its treasure using his Innate Divine Thunder.
• Ning Fa discovered that Sea Race water plants were monitoring him, split into lightning threads, and entered Spirit Realm Number Two Hundred Thirty to pursue Seven Star Spirit Soul Grass.
• Ning Fa’s divine sense was distorted by the deep-sea realm, so he advanced cautiously until he found a light and the corpse of Taiqing Sect elder Qin Xiao.
• Ning Fa spotted Black Jellyfish whose tentacles launched divine soul attacks, but his Five-Colored Lightning erased their attacks and drove the creatures away.
• Ning Fa realized the Black Jellyfish posed little danger to his Five Elements Thunder Body and considered using the spirit realm’s creatures to his advantage.

Ning Fa subdued the black jellyfish ruler in Vortex Spirit Realm No. 168 and obtained a Seven Star Spirit Soul Grass, then staged an apparent retreat to lure his pursuers. In Spirit Realm No. 230, Freya's Sea Race group decided to join forces with Tianli to ambush Ning Fa, while keeping the Cloud Break Demon Race uninformed.

• Ning Fa stored Qin Xiao's corpse, collected two other corpses' Storage Rings, and confronted the black jellyfish ruler guarding the spirit realm.
• Ning Fa threatened the ruler with Five-Colored Lightning, and the ruler agreed to serve him because the realm's restrictions prevented it from swearing allegiance.
• Ning Fa collected the Seven Star Spirit Soul Grass but left the five Vortex Spirit Pearls untouched, then returned outside looking gravely injured and flew back in after taking pills.
• In Spirit Realm No. 92, Freya's Sea Race cultivators defeated a giant black python and learned that Ning Fa had gone to Spirit Realm No. 230.
• Freya chose to contact Tianli and exclude the Cloud Break Demon Race, and her Sea Race group and Tianli's cultivators gathered in Spirit Realm No. 230 to pursue Ning Fa.

Ning Fa lured the Sea Race and Tianli cultivators into an ambush using the Black Jellyfish and his Five Elements Calamity Heaven Sword Array. He killed the Tianli Holy Witch Aruoye just as Demon Race reinforcements arrived.

• Ning Fa revealed that he could control the Black Jellyfish and trapped the approaching Sea Race and Tianli cultivators in their midst.
• Freya and Su Rihe used Spirit Crystal Lock Soul and a black bell to defend their groups while Ning Fa’s sword array cut through their defenses.
• The Black Jellyfish and sword array killed several cultivators, while the Sea Race and Tianli fighters found the jellyfish’s hidden eyes and began striking back.
• After learning that more cultivators were approaching, Ning Fa ordered the Black Jellyfish to focus their attacks on Aruoye.
• Ning Fa’s Essence Annihilation Sword destroyed Aruoye’s body and Nascent Soul, and Ning Fa seized his Storage Ring.
• Ning Fa saw Feng Zhao, Jin Yao, and Yuan Gang leading the arriving Demon Cultivators.

Ning Fa withdrew his sword array, used the Black Jellyfish assault to ambush and kill cultivators from the Sea Race, Tianli, and Demon Race, then unleashed the First Transformation of his Divine Firmament Manifestation. As the remaining cultivators transformed and Jin Yao and Feng Zhao pinpointed his location, Ning Fa faced a coordinated counterattack.

• Ning Fa hid from the other cultivators while Feng Zhao, Jin Yao, Yuan Gang, and the Demon Race forces joined the battle and attacked the Black Jellyfish.
• The jellyfish commander unleashed a suicidal assault that killed five cultivators, while Ning Fa ambushed Sea Race cultivators and Liuying helped him kill or capture three of them.
• Freya used a precious protective scale to shield the Sea Race survivors from Ning Fa's attacks.
• Ning Fa activated the First Transformation of his Divine Firmament Manifestation and killed a Tianli Great Cultivator and a Demon Race cultivator, while Su Rihe saved another Tianli Nascent Soul.
• Yuan Gang, Feng Zhao, and Jin Yao assumed their true forms to protect their allies, and Jin Yao and Feng Zhao sent their attacks toward Ning Fa's location.

Ning Fa used the jellyfish’s Divine Soul Attacks to kill seventeen cultivators and escaped to a quiet spirit realm to recover. A mysterious woman and an azure spirit beast discussed Ning Fa’s unusual treasures and strength, with the woman deciding to test him in the next layer of spirit realms.

• Ning Fa killed cultivators from the Sea Race, Tianli, and Demon Race, then escaped the battle after badly wounding Yuan Gang.
• Ning Fa collected the fallen cultivators’ Storage Rings and Nascent Souls, but chose to recover in spirit realm number sixty-two instead of entering the realm containing Heavenly Jade Divine Milk.
• Feng Zhao, Jin Yao, Yuan Gang, Su Rihe, and Mei Danlun confronted Freya, who urged them to pursue Ning Fa into spirit realm number one hundred sixty-eight.
• A mysterious woman gathered the dead cultivators’ remains and wondered whether Ning Fa possessed a Primordial Realm Pearl and the legendary Great Five Elements Thunder Body.
• The mysterious woman gave the essence blood to an azure spirit beast, which demanded to attack the trial-takers, but she warned it that doing so would risk its destruction and told it to wait.

Ning Fa reached the second level of Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain and entered a randomly assigned thunder realm, where he discovered precious Innate Thunder Essence. He began moving toward the heart of the storm, confident it could advance his Innate Divine Thunder.

• Ning Fa gathered eleven Vortex Spirit Pearls and used them to enter the second level of Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain.
• Ning Fa met Shen Cizhou and Ying Zhen before learning that each trial-taker had to clear three randomly assigned spirit realms within fifteen days.
• Ning Fa entered his first assigned realm and found himself in a vast storm filled with heavenly lightning that did not harm him.
• Ning Fa reached the storm's center and discovered Innate Thunder Essence, a fifth-grade divine item that could improve his Innate Divine Thunder.

Ning Fa entered the Starlight Spiritual Realm and followed the Star Roaming Compass to a star-nourished fruit that restored and strengthened it. He discovered its new Anchor Teleportation ability before being transported onward, wondering whether his good fortune would continue.

• Ning Fa arrived in a dark, void-like realm where the Star Roaming Compass reacted strongly to the surrounding starlight.
• Ning Fa followed the starlight to a spiritual tree and watched the Star Roaming Compass enter its starry fruit.
• The fruit released the restored Star Roaming Compass, whose strengthened powers included Anchor Teleportation and the ability to enter Fifth-grade Barriers.
• Ning Fa tested Anchor Teleportation and learned it could reach a thousand miles three times daily, or ten thousand miles at the cost of a month-long cooldown.
• Ning Fa noticed two blurred runes on the compass and speculated that rare, high-grade star-attributed spiritual items could restore it further.
• Ning Fa wondered why he had encountered no danger in either spiritual realm before another ray of starlight enveloped him and carried him away.

Ning Fa reached the source of a mysterious waterfall and discovered a Water Bead that drew both the Primordial Realm Pearl and the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book. The Heavenly Book absorbed the bead despite a mysterious woman's attempt to stop it, leaving Ning Fa wary of whoever had arranged his encounters but richer in Origin Points.

• Ning Fa sensed the Primordial Realm Pearl reacting to the waterfall, transformed into Supreme Water Divine Thunder, and broke through the water curtain to reach the waterfall's source.
• Ning Fa found a strange Water Bead above the spring and realized it was attracting the Primordial Realm Pearl.
• The mysterious woman recognized Ning Fa as a promising candidate and tried to give him the Essence of World Origin, but the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book appeared and seized it.
• The mysterious woman's water mirror shattered, and she was injured as the Heavenly Book absorbed the bead; Ning Fa sensed that someone had arranged his arrival and suspected the absorption had disrupted their plan.
• After three days, the Heavenly Book's light faded, its connection with Ning Fa had strengthened, and its stored points had increased to four Fifth-Tier Origin Points and thirty-seven Fourth-Tier Origin Points.

Ning Fa discovered that the Heavenly Book’s True Form Imprint could restore objects and living beings to their imprinted state, then used it to recover his strength before entering the third level of Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain. There, he learned he needed to pass one of seven spiritual realms to reach the Heavenly Pool and meet Ancestor Yuan, and he recognized one vortex with excitement.

• Ning Fa tested True Form Imprint on a pure-gold sword and restored it after crushing it into fragments.
• Ning Fa imprinted the Great Immortal Extermination Bead and learned that imprinting and restoration consumed Origin Points and that only one item could be imprinted at a time.
• Ning Fa imprinted himself and restored his Mana, vitality, blood energy, and divine soul to their peak without affecting his memories.
• Ning Fa left the second-level spiritual realm and arrived at the third level, where he saw seven spiritual realms and the lake atop the mountain.
• An ethereal voice told Ning Fa that completing any one of the seven spiritual realms would qualify him to meet Ancestor Yuan at the Heavenly Pool.
• Ning Fa examined the seven vortices and fixed his gaze on one of them with excitement.

Ning Fa discovered that the third-tier Spirit Realms held rare treasures and chose the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring, but found every vortex sealed. He hid with a Spirit Transformation Talisman as cultivators gathered, and the story left him waiting for the realms to open among a crowd of powerful rivals.

• Ning Fa identified the treasures offered by the seven Spirit Realms and chose Spirit Realm Number Two for its Soul Nurturing Divine Spring.
• Ning Fa failed to enter the sealed vortex, recorded his Spirit Transformation Talisman with the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book, then used it to hide nearby.
• Lu Caifu arrived, admired the Supreme Taiyi Divine Water, and failed to enter its sealed Spirit Realm; Ying Zhen arrived soon after.
• Around fifty cultivators gathered on the third tier, including Cangyuan, Tianli, Sea Race, Demon Race, and Rakshasa Immortal Realm experts.
• Ning Fa spotted Ning Daozhen, Dan Hongzi, and Xiao Han, and recalled that Ning Daozhen had promised to teach him a secret technique for Zhu Lingyun.

Ning Fa discovered that Ying Zhen and Ning Daozhen’s group had plotted to use him, but he also learned that Ning Daozhen had delayed revealing his Heavenly Puppet to protect him from an earlier attack. After entering the second spirit realm ahead of the others, Ning Fa found himself in a vast golden desert and sensed a distant source of coolness that might be the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring.

• Ning Fa realized Ying Zhen and Ning Daozhen’s group had joined forces against him and suspected Xiao Han had told Ying Zhen about his Heavenly Puppet.
• The seven spirit realms opened, and Ying Zhen angrily confronted Ning Daozhen for withholding the news about Ning Fa’s Heavenly Puppet until they entered the Heavenly Pool.
• Dan Hongzi soothed Ying Zhen by assuring him that Xiao Han could create another Heavenly Puppet, and Ying Zhen led the Tianwu experts into the second vortex.
• Ning Fa overheard that Ning Daozhen had deliberately delayed telling Ying Zhen about him, then followed the group into the second vortex.
• Ning Fa arrived in a scorching golden desert, sensed a faint coolness in the distance, and flew toward it, suspecting it was the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring.

Ning Fa learned that the black desert’s Bay Wind devoured postnatal powers and could only be resisted with Innate Power. Relying on his Five Elements Thunder Body and newly acquired Innate Thunder Essence, he entered the storm after Ning Daozhen’s and Ying Zhen’s groups, intending to exploit his advantage against them.

• Ning Fa crossed the golden desert on foot as its suction drained his mana and physical strength, then reached the boundary of a black desert.
• Ning Daozhen’s and Ying Zhen’s groups entered the black desert, where a Bay Wind swept over them and engulfed both groups despite their protective treasures.
• Ning Fa recognized the Bay Wind from ancient records and recalled that it devoured mana, blood and qi, and Divine Soul Power, while Innate Power could resist it.
• Ning Fa decided to use his two Innate Thunder Sea Divine Treasuries and Innate Thunder Essence to survive the storm and potentially eliminate both groups.
• Ning Fa activated his Supreme Metal Thunder Sea Divine Treasury and entered the Bay Wind, forming a protective barrier from gathered Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.

Ning Fa followed Ning Daozhen's and Ying Zhen's groups through increasingly deadly Bay Winds while waiting for a chance to kill Ying Zhen. After the groups survived the third storm and reached an oasis containing the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring, Ning Fa sensed the Moon God Heart stirring and wondered about the Abyss Ancestor's role in his journey.

• Ning Fa followed the groups through another Bay Wind and watched Ying Zhen sacrifice a female cultivator to protect himself and his followers.
• Xiao Han turned a Black Orb into a scorpion puppet that carried Ning Daozhen and the other two through the next storm, while Ying Zhen abandoned two guards to their deaths.
• Ning Fa approached Ying Zhen during the third Bay Wind but stopped when his instincts warned him of a powerful hidden threat, and Ying Zhen's blood-pupil technique failed to find him.
• The groups endured the storm and emerged exhausted; Ying Zhen and Ning Daozhen's party spotted an oasis and recognized it as the likely location of the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring.
• Ning Fa felt the Moon God Heart stirring in response to the spring and wondered whether the Abyss Ancestor had secretly watched or guided him.

Ning Fa waited for Ying Zhen’s group to exhaust themselves fighting the Void-Gloom Female Demon, then revealed himself and launched a surprise attack as they approached the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring. He struck Ying Zhen with Chinian Divine Thunder while charging a devastating attack, leaving the other cultivators facing his ambush.

• Ying Zhen’s group and Ning Daozhen’s party entered the oasis and found the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring, where a Void-Gloom Female Demon emerged and attacked them.
• Ying Zhen recognized the demon and led the group in using Supreme Yang abilities to burn through its soul-devouring threads.
• The demon repeatedly restored itself with energy from the spring, but after it was shattered for the fifth time, it finally failed to recover.
• Ying Zhen moved toward the spring and dismissed Ning Daozhen’s claim to a share, but the cultivators sensed a powerful presence behind them.
• Ning Fa appeared in his Divine Firmament Manifestation beside Liuying, preparing Thunder Vortex Divine Light and the Five Flames Lamp as the weakened cultivators scrambled to summon their treasures.
• Ning Fa unleashed Chinian Divine Thunder into Ying Zhen’s Sea of Consciousness while his Thunder Vortex Divine Light remained charged.

Ning Fa used the True Form Imprint to restore his strength after unleashing a devastating attack, then renewed his assault on Ying Zhen and the surviving cultivators. The chapter ended with Ying Zhen’s Azure Light Treasure Mirror confronting Ning Fa’s Thunder Vortex Divine Light.

• Ning Fa’s Thunder Vortex Divine Light killed the female cultivator and destroyed or damaged Ying Zhen’s defensive treasures, while the Five-Colored Flames badly injured the brawny twin brothers and the bald cultivator.
• Ying Zhen took a rare Recovery Elixir and regained much of his strength as the injured cultivators turned their attacks on Ning Fa.
• Ning Fa activated the True Form Imprint through the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book, restoring his mana, blood vitality, and Divine Soul Power to their peak.
• Ning Fa used Chinian Divine Thunder to attack Ying Zhen’s Sea of Consciousness again and formed another Thunder Vortex Divine Light, while Liuying reignited the Five Flames Lamp.
• The brawny twin brothers fled their burning bodies as Nascent Souls, but Ning Fa’s lightning killed them and left their Storage Rings behind.
• Ying Zhen activated his Azure Light Treasure Mirror, which lit all eighteen rim runes and moved to block Ning Fa’s incoming Thunder Vortex Divine Light.

Ning Fa survived Ying Zhen’s ultimate treasure and defeated him, killing his four subordinates and capturing his Nascent Soul. He then turned toward Ning Daozhen and the other two survivors, whose fate appeared sealed.

• Ying Zhen unleashed a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure, but Ning Fa escaped its strike using the Star Roaming Compass and returned at full strength.
• Ning Fa used the Chinian Divine Thunder to disable Ying Zhen and his Great Teleportation Talisman, then killed the bald cultivator who tried to protect him.
• Ning Fa cleaved Ying Zhen’s body apart, captured his Nascent Soul in a Golden Lightning Net, and learned that Ying Zhen’s grandfather was Yuanzun, president of the Nine Immortals Association.
• Ning Fa faced Ning Daozhen, Xiao Han, and Dan Hongzi, while Xiao Han looked terrified and Dan Hongzi gave a bitter smile.