Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun protected the Qing Shan Tribe by stopping Feng Sheng and confronted a man in black from the Pu Tian lineage. The man revealed himself as a mid-grade King and donned a glove that amplified his Devouring Power, while Nie Yun prepared to counter him with his own Devouring Dantian.

• Nie Yun stopped Feng Sheng’s attacks with one finger and sent him stumbling away from Guan Ling.
• The man in black recognized Nie Yun’s strength, and Nie Yun declared that the Qing Shan Tribe was under his protection.
• The man in black attacked, and Nie Yun identified him as a mid-grade King before countering with five precise strikes.
• The man in black summoned Feng Sheng’s glove and revealed that he had controlled its Devouring Power all along.
• The man in black put on the glove and threatened Nie Yun, who activated his Devouring Dantian and became an even more powerful black hole.

Nie Yun followed Fei Tong away from the tense standoff, expecting a trap, but Fei Tong instead knelt and mistook him for a prince of the Puntian Great Emperor. Fei Tong explained that Nie Yun’s unusually pure Devouring Power seemed to prove his imperial bloodline, and Nie Yun played along to learn more.

• Fei Tong asked Nie Yun to speak elsewhere, and Nie Yun left the Qing Shan Tribe chief behind to keep watch over the Luoshan Tribe.
• Fei Tong knelt before Nie Yun and addressed him as His Highness the Prince.
• Fei Tong guessed that Nie Yun was a son of His Majesty Puntian who had been cast adrift, and Nie Yun pretended to recognize the Pu Tian Dynasty.
• Fei Tong said a copper coin held by General Zhi Yao could verify Nie Yun’s identity.
• Fei Tong released his own Devouring Power, and Nie Yun found that his power could easily suppress it.
• Fei Tong explained that his power had been bestowed by an Emperor and that a Great Emperor’s close blood relatives could possess purer innate talent.

Nie Yun learned that Fei Tong mistook his pure Devouring talent for the bloodline of a missing prince of the Pu Tian Dynasty, and he delayed any return to the Emperor’s court. After Nie Yun and Fei Tong headed back to the Qing Shan Tribe, they found the tribes waiting anxiously and saw Fei Tong following Nie Yun like a servant.

• Nie Yun questioned Fei Tong and learned that the Pu Tian Dynasty had been searching for Puntian Great Emperor’s missing child, whom Fei Tong believed Nie Yun to be.
• Nie Yun avoided confirming or denying the identity and told Fei Tong they would return to the Qing Shan Tribe first.
• Fei Tong explained that Prince Duobo had sent him to search for Spirit Awakening Flowers near the Luoshan Tribe because they could repair the soul and treat illnesses.
• The Qing Shan Tribe and Luoshan Tribe waited tensely, while Wan’er and her grandfather worried about whether Nie Yun had survived the encounter.
• Nie Yun returned to the tribes unharmed, with Fei Tong following behind him deferentially.

Nie Yun learned that the feud between the Qing Shan Tribe and the Luoshan Tribe began when Diao Yong returned from a dangerous hunt with Feng Zhen gravely wounded. Diao Yong revealed that they had encountered signs of a Sacred Beast, leaving the cause of Feng Zhen’s injury—and the threat in the forest—unresolved.

• Nie Yun sent Fei Tong to handle Feng Sheng, whose Luoshan Tribe had attacked during the Bonfire Festival after Fei Tong’s strength gave him confidence.
• Fei Tong tried to persuade Feng Sheng to reconcile with the Qing Shan Tribe, but Feng Sheng refused and attacked after Wan’er challenged him.
• Fei Tong subdued Feng Sheng, and Diao Yong explained that the tribes’ feud began after Feng Zhen returned from a hunt in a coma ten years earlier.
• Nie Yun pressed Diao Yong to explain what had happened, warning that continued silence could bring more deaths and endanger Wan’er.
• Diao Yong revealed that he and Feng Zhen had followed a strange footprint belonging to a creature he believed was a Sacred Beast, though Fei Tong doubted one could live in the forest.

Diao Yong recounted how he and Feng Zhen found and subdued a young Qiu Long Beast, but Feng Zhen killed it while searching for a Qiu Long Crystal. He then drank the beast’s blood, and Fei Tong suggested Feng Zhen believed the crystal had been inside the beast.

• Diao Yong explained that the tiny footprints belonged to a juvenile Qiu Long Beast, which he and Feng Zhen found asleep in a cave amid many treasures.
• After subduing the young beast, Diao Yong urged Feng Zhen to leave, but Feng Zhen searched for a Qiu Long Crystal that could help a Sovereign advance to King level.
• Feng Zhen forced the young beast to search for the crystal, then stabbed it when it resisted and cut off its head.
• Feng Zhen drank the dead beast’s blood, leaving the group shocked and Feng Sheng furious.
• Feng Sheng accused Diao Yong of lying, but Fei Tong said he believed Diao Yong and suggested Feng Zhen thought the beast had swallowed the crystal.

Diao Yong recounted how Feng Zhen killed a young Qiu Long Beast, tried to force him into keeping the secret, and was knocked unconscious when the beast’s parent attacked. Nie Yun agreed to examine Feng Zhen and try to wake him so the truth could be confirmed and the tribes’ conflict resolved.

• Diao Yong explained that Feng Zhen attacked him after he refused to drink the young Qiu Long Beast’s blood, and Fei Tong revealed Feng Zhen had wanted him bound by a pledge of allegiance.
• Diao Yong recalled that the adult Qiu Long Beast arrived, attacked Feng Zhen, and sent Diao Yong crashing outside the cave, where both men later lay unconscious.
• Feng Sheng rejected Diao Yong’s account until Nie Yun told him the truth could be confirmed by waking Feng Zhen.
• Feng Sheng begged Nie Yun to save his father, and Nie Yun agreed to examine him.
• Fei Tong told Nie Yun that he should be able to wake Feng Zhen easily.

Nie Yun cured Feng Zhen of Qiu Long Poison by drawing it into himself, discovering that his Extreme Poison Dantian could adapt to the toxin. Feng Zhen awakened after ten years, while Fei Tong grew more certain that Nie Yun was a prince of the Pu Tian Dynasty.

• Fei Tong explained that Feng Zhen had been poisoned by a female Qiu Long Beast’s Qiu Long Poison and said Nie Yun’s pure Devouring Power could remove it.
• Nie Yun and Fei Tong concluded that the Qiu Long Beast had spared Diao Yong and Feng Zhen because it had recently given birth and lost much of its Origin Energy.
• Feng Sheng brought his father, Feng Zhen, to Nie Yun and pleaded with him to save him.
• Nie Yun used his Extreme Poison Qi to draw Feng Zhen’s poison into himself, and his Extreme Poison Dantian adapted to the toxin.
• Nie Yun cleared the poison, Fei Tong took this as further proof of Nie Yun’s identity, and Feng Zhen awoke after ten years.

Feng Zhen admitted that he had abandoned Diao Yong, allowing the Qing Shan Tribe and Luoshan Tribe to settle their old grudge. Nie Yun decided to travel with Fei Tong to meet General Zhi Yao under a false identity, and the chapter ended as Guan Ling invited them to a banquet.

• Feng Zhen admitted that Diao Yong’s account was true and confessed that he had pushed his friend aside to escape the Qiu Long Beast.
• Feng Zhen and Feng Sheng apologized to the Qing Shan Tribe and offered compensation, easing the feud between the tribes.
• Fei Tong suspected the Qiu Long Beast had been drawn to the valley by a treasure, but Nie Yun doubted any treasure would remain after the beast left.
• Fei Tong suggested meeting General Zhi Yao, and Nie Yun learned that the general was a lower-grade Emperor and considered the risks of revealing his identity.
• Nie Yun persuaded Fei Tong to introduce him as a distant relative rather than a prince and planned to enter the Star Lord Banner with Nie Tong.
• Guan Ling invited Nie Yun and Fei Tong to a banquet with the clan chiefs.

Nie Yun agreed to investigate the valley where the Qiu Long Beast lived after Diao Yong suspected something there kept it from taking revenge. With Nie Tong out of seclusion, Nie Yun, Nie Tong, and Fei Tong entered the dangerous valley while Diao Yong and Feng Zhen waited outside.

• Nie Yun told Diao Yong he planned to leave, but Diao Yong urged him to inspect the valley where the Qiu Long Beast lived.
• Diao Yong reasoned that something in the valley might be preventing the Qiu Long Beast from leaving to avenge its slain child.
• Nie Tong emerged from seclusion after reaching the upper-stage King realm and learned about Fei Tong mistaking Nie Yun for a prince.
• Nie Yun, Nie Tong, and Fei Tong traveled with Diao Yong and Feng Zhen to the valley, where Nie Yun sensed danger before they entered.
• Nie Yun left Diao Yong and Feng Zhen outside and entered the valley with Nie Tong and Fei Tong, warning them to flee immediately if danger arose.

Nie Yun, Nie Tong, and Fei Tong explored the valley, harvested its medicinal herbs, and followed the Qiu Long Beast's tracks to a cave. Nie Yun entered first and saw something inside that made his expression turn grave.

• Fei Tong identified the valuable herbs in the garden and explained that Xuanji Hall's Xuanji Qi could inscribe Pill Marks that greatly enhanced pills.
• Nie Yun and Nie Tong harvested all the herbs and continued through the strangely quiet valley.
• Nie Yun concluded that the cave was the likeliest source of the valley's abnormal calm and led the others toward it.
• Nie Tong carried Fei Tong to the cave entrance when Fei Tong could not keep pace silently.
• Nie Yun entered the cave and turned grave at what he saw inside.

Nie Yun and his companions escaped a powerful young Qiu Long Beast that would not leave its cave. Fei Tong recognized an old chest scar and suspected it was the beast Feng Zhen had supposedly killed, leaving Nie Yun to reconsider what happened in the past.

• Fei Tong identified several fresh footprints as belonging to adult Qiu Long Beasts, so Nie Yun ordered everyone to retreat.
• A Qiu Long Beast attacked them in the cave, and Nie Yun was injured while buying Nie Tong and Fei Tong time to escape.
• Nie Tong caught Nie Yun outside the cave, and the beast roared but did not pursue them beyond the entrance.
• Nie Yun deduced that something prevented the Qiu Long Beasts from leaving the cave, while Fei Tong said their attacker was not yet an adult.
• Fei Tong described an old scar on the beast's chest, and Nie Yun suspected it was the Qiu Long Beast Feng Zhen had once supposedly killed.

Nie Yun and his companions left the dangerous valley and set out to meet General Zhi Yao, with Nie Yun planning to pose as a prince. During the journey, Fei Tong explained the Universal Divine Realm’s paths to power and revealed that ascenders came from the countless Chaos Oceans surrounding it.

• Nie Yun led Nie Tong and Fei Tong out of the valley, warned Diao Yong and Feng Zhen not to enter, and returned with them to the tribe.
• Nie Yun asked Fei Tong to conceal his identity and introduce him as a friend seeking to join the Star Lord Banner before they went to meet General Zhi Yao.
• Nie Yun, Nie Tong, and Fei Tong left the mountains and began the seven-day journey to Luoji Peak, learning about the Universal Divine Realm along the way.
• Fei Tong explained that creating a personal Great Dao was necessary to reach the Great Emperor level, while inherited bloodline imprints could hinder that path.
• Fei Tong said ordinary people and ascenders had no Great Dao imprints, and that ascenders came from the many Chaos Oceans surrounding the Universal Divine Realm.

Nie Yun learned about the Universal Divine Realm, the value of powerful Chaos Oceans, and its major factions while traveling with Fei Tong. Fei Tong revealed that the Boundless Sea was protected by the Universal Divine Realm’s strongest expert, Xuanyuan the Great Emperor.

• Fei Tong explained that Chaos Oceans varied in strength and that powerful ones attracted experts seeking their origin source.
• Nie Yun realized his own Chaos Ocean was unusually powerful and resolved to keep its connection to the Universal Divine Realm sealed.
• Fei Tong named the Eight Great Dynasties and their corresponding powers when Nie Yun asked about the Nine Great Powers.
• Nie Tong asked about the Boundless Sea, and Fei Tong admitted it had many Great Emperor-level experts and was not easily challenged by the Eight Great Dynasties.
• Fei Tong named Xuanyuan the Great Emperor as the strongest person in the Universal Divine Realm, and Nie Yun memorized his name.

Nie Yun and Nie Tong arrived at Zhi Yao Camp with Fei Tong and learned that his Ninth Squad had dwindled to only three members. After hearing about General Zhi Yao’s gifted daughter Bi’er and her upcoming birthday, Nie Yun offered to help Fei Tong make an impression at the celebration.

• Fei Tong led Nie Yun and Nie Tong into Zhi Yao Camp after identifying himself to its guards as the Ninth Squad commander.
• Fan Zhong, commander of the much larger Third Squad, mocked Fei Tong and reminded him that Bi’er’s birthday was approaching.
• Fei Tong explained that his Ninth Squad had only three members because poor resources, dangerous missions, and casualties had driven the others away.
• Fei Tong told Nie Yun that Bi’er was a talented mid-grade King who studied at the Fire God Sect, and that the camp’s commanders hoped to win her favor at her birthday celebration.
• Nie Yun asked whether Bi’er had a talent for flames, then promised Fei Tong a way to shine at the birthday banquet.

Nie Yun planned to elevate Fei Tong’s status by making him stand out at Miss Bi'er’s birthday celebration. He refined his Blazing Fire into a Spirit of the Blazing Dragon and sealed it in a jade box as her gift.

• Nie Yun told Fei Tong he would provide a gift that would astonish everyone at Miss Bi'er's birthday celebration.
• Nie Yun entered the Storage World and decided to transform his Blazing Fire into a Spirit of the Blazing Dragon.
• Nie Yun shaped the Blazing Fire into a dragon and infused it with his blood to give it dragon aura.
• Nie Yun used Devouring Qi to gather the dragon’s spirituality and give it consciousness.
• Nie Yun sealed the completed Spirit of the Blazing Dragon inside a jade box.

At General Zhi Yao’s birthday banquet, his daughter Bi’er agreed to attend and dance once before leaving, while she dismissed the eager squad leaders and misjudged Nie Yun’s indifferent glance as hypocrisy. Fan Zhong and Yang Shuo competed for her attention, and Fan Zhong presented her with a gift.

• Bi’er agreed to attend her birthday banquet and dance one song, provided she chose her partner.
• General Zhi Yao brought Bi’er into the hall, where the guests praised her beauty and talent.
• Bi’er noticed Nie Yun looking at her once before turning away and assumed he was pretending to be upright.
• Nie Yun attended with Fei Tong, sat in the corner, and showed little interest in Bi’er or the banquet.
• Fan Zhong and Yang Shuo introduced themselves to Bi’er, and Fan Zhong offered her a jade-box gift.

At General Zhi Yao's birthday banquet, Bi'er received gifts from commanders hoping to become her dance partner. Fan Zhong's Tranquility Bead impressed her, but Yang Shuo challenged him by presenting six Youthful Appearance Pills, and the contest remained unsettled.

• General Zhi Yao announced that Bi'er would choose a dance partner based on the value of the gifts she received.
• Bi'er opened Fan Zhong's jade box and found a Still Spirit Pearl, which Fei Tong explained could calm the mind and preserve youthful skin.
• Bi'er said she liked the Tranquility Bead, pleasing Fan Zhong.
• Yang Shuo dismissed the bead's limited effects and presented Bi'er with six Youthful Appearance Pills that could preserve her appearance for a total of thirty years.
• The crowd reacted with astonishment when Yang Shuo explained that the pills' effects could stack.

At Bi'er's gathering, Yang Shuo's rare Youthful Appearance Pills seemed to outshine Fan Zhong's gift until Fan Zhong redirected everyone's attention to Fei Tong. Fei Tong reluctantly presented a jade box, and Bi'er reacted with sudden shock after opening it.

• Yang Shuo presented Bi'er with six Youthful Appearance Pills, which impressed her and left Fan Zhong's Tranquility Bead at a disadvantage.
• Fan Zhong claimed Fei Tong had prepared a gift far better than Yang Shuo's and turned the crowd's attention toward him.
• Fan Zhong taunted Fei Tong about whether he had prepared a gift, while Fei Tong struggled to respond.
• Nie Yun told Fei Tong to present the gift, so Fei Tong took out a jade box and handed it to Bi'er.
• Bi'er opened the jade box, trembled after seeing its contents, and quickly snapped it shut.

At Miss Bi'er's birthday banquet, Yang Shuo and Fan Zhong mocked Fei Tong's gift until Nie Yun defended him and challenged Miss Bi'er to speak. She declared Fei Tong's gift her favorite, leaving the two commanders' gifts overshadowed.

• Bi'er recognized that the object in Fei Tong's jade box, the Spirit of the Blazing Dragon, could improve her fire affinity and cultivation talent.
• Yang Shuo and Fan Zhong ridiculed Fei Tong's gift, while the guests mocked him and discussed how the rivals were using him as a stepping stone.
• Nie Yun rebuked Yang Shuo and Fan Zhong for judging the gift before Miss Bi'er had commented.
• Yang Shuo and Fan Zhong ordered their guards to remove Nie Yun, but Fei Tong stepped in and used his mid-stage King strength to stop them.
• Nie Yun called on Miss Bi'er to speak, and she declared Commander Fei's gift her favorite.

At General Zhi Yao’s banquet, Fei Tong’s gift of a Spirit of the Blazing Dragon won Miss Bi’er’s favor, and she later revealed that Nie Yun had created it but that she could not refine it. Back at his residence, Nie Yun began testing whether he could adapt his Storage World’s teleportation method to the Universal Divine Realm, then paused when someone knocked at the door.

• Miss Bi’er declared that she valued Fei Tong’s gift more than Yang Shuo’s Youthful Appearance Pill, leaving Yang Shuo and Fan Zhong stunned and making Fei Tong the banquet’s focus.
• Nie Yun left the hall, but Miss Bi’er stopped him and correctly guessed that he had produced the Spirit of the Blazing Dragon; she said she could not refine it before turning back to greet the guests.
• Miss Bi’er danced with Fei Tong once, then left the banquet early, while Nie Yun returned to his residence and entered his Storage World.
• Nie Yun tried to merge the Storage World’s spatial laws with those of the Universal Divine Realm, but the pressure overwhelmed him and forced him to stop.
• Nie Yun considered connecting the two worlds instead of merging them, but a knock at the door interrupted his preparations for the experiment.