Chapter Summaries

Qing Chen prepared to enter Immortal-Severing Island by clearing the surrounding waters and tearing open its ancient Forbidden Grand Array. He breached the formation, revealing a hidden island of verdant hills and clear waters.

• Lie Feng reported that all third-tier and stronger Demon Beasts within a hundred thousand li had been cleared, and Qing Chen ordered his people to guard the formation and kill the Formation Masters if anything went wrong.
• Qing Chen used the Jade Talisman and a Holy Son Token to locate the healed breach in the Overturning Heaven and Earth Four Symbols Formation.
• Qing Chen flew through the mist to the formation and gathered his physical strength, Nascent Soul True Essence, demonic apparitions, and Blood River God-Slaying Spear.
• Qing Chen attacked the formation, endured its thunder, fire, wind, and water backlash, and widened cracks in its membrane.
• Qing Chen tore open a ten-zhang breach, exposing the verdant hills and clear waters of Immortal-Severing Island.

Qing Chen entered Immortal-Severing Island and found that its mortals had formed the unified kingdom of Great Shun, then traveled to the Ghost-Crying Mountain Range to investigate a strange discordance in the island’s laws. He tore open the Blood Jiangshi Legacy Mansion’s hidden formation core and exposed the enormous spine of a demon king.

• Qing Chen slipped through a breach in the grand array and watched it close behind him.
• Qing Chen discovered that Great Shun had grown into a sizable mortal kingdom, then found Northern Mang Mountain occupied by soldiers and its old secret chamber emptied.
• Qing Chen sensed that something was wrong with the laws near the Ghost-Crying Mountain Range, though his Divine Sense found no visible cause.
• Qing Chen located the hidden formation network beneath the valley and summoned three Devil Aspects to seize its roots.
• Qing Chen uprooted the formation core, revealing a massive spinal column from a late-stage Transformation demon king.

Qing Chen uprooted the demon king’s spine and collected the blood-colored fruits before entering the Ancient Mansion through the vortex beneath it. After destroying the Corpse Demon Paintings, he received a mysterious jade pendant marked “Zhao” and continued down the passage.

• Qing Chen tore the demon king’s spine from the earth, freeing three thousand blood-colored fruits and storing them in his Storage Ring.
• Qing Chen entered the Ancient Mansion’s dark vortex and walked through its corpse baleful intent, protected by his physical body.
• Qing Chen destroyed the three Corpse Demon Painting phantoms with a burst of devilish intent.
• The white-robed pregnant woman briefly reappeared, told Qing Chen he was not the person she sought, and offered him a jade pendant marked “Zhao.”
• Qing Chen sealed the jade pendant inside the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda and proceeded along the passage.

Qing Chen crossed the Flowing Sand River by enduring its weak-water projection and crushing the vast host of Dao soldiers with his overwhelming presence. The trial ground gathered the river water and baleful qi into a colossal Weak Water Giant, which attacked him with the laws of weak water.

• Qing Chen recognized that the Flowing Sand River was a projection of weak-water power and strode directly into the air above it.
• Qing Chen drew hundreds of thousands of Dao soldiers toward him and destroyed those that entered the range of his pressure.
• The weak-water projection gathered the river water and leftover Yellow Springs baleful qi into a nearly five-hundred-zhang Weak Water Giant.
• The Weak Water Giant struck at Qing Chen with a palm that sealed his escape routes and carried the laws of weak water.

Qing Chen battled the Baleful Water Giant, whose weak water rules suppressed his strength and nearly overwhelmed him. He used the Holy Son Token to disrupt the guardian, pierced its body, and reached the supreme-grade water spirit stone at its core, which he struck with his spear.

• The Baleful Water Giant trapped Qing Chen in a weak water domain and attacked him with its enormous palm.
• Qing Chen resisted with the Blood River God-Slaying Spear but struggled to break through the giant’s stronger rules.
• Qing Chen produced the Twelve Holy Son Token, causing the giant to hesitate and its weak water domain to falter.
• Qing Chen burned much of his essence blood and drove a Rules Thread through the giant’s palm and arm toward its chest.
• Qing Chen reached the giant’s supreme-grade water spirit stone core and thrust his spear at it.

Qing Chen shattered the giant of baleful water at Frost Moon Weak Water Pass and earned excellent marks in the hidden trial, unlocking Holy Son privileges across the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult. He opened the White Bone Path and subdued the Asura White Bone Demon Mara Banner, leaving him with six demon banners and plans to establish another formation.

• Qing Chen shattered the yellow crystal sustaining the giant of baleful water and collected the resulting high-grade Yellow Springs Weak Water Baleful Sha.
• The trial recognized Qing Chen as the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult’s twelfth Holy Son, recorded his excellent performance, and unlocked Holy Son-level privileges throughout the cult.
• Qing Chen used the Holy Son Token to open all six paths of reincarnation and sent its power into the White Bone Path.
• The White Bone Path produced the Asura White Bone Demon Mara Banner, a high-grade demon treasure seized from the Immortal-Locking Cult.
• Qing Chen used the Dijiang Demon Mara Banner and his divine sense to suppress the Asura Banner until it submitted, giving him six demon banners.

Qing Chen used the Holy Son Token to enter the true Cloudfoot Celestial Palace and found a Spirit Eye Spring cave abode ideal for cultivation. He began breaking through the eleventh level of the Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method, tempering his five viscera and preparing to condense Immortality True Blood.

• Qing Chen used the Holy Son Token to pass through the blood-mist barriers and reach the Cloud Sea Immortal Palace.
• Qing Chen arrived at the Cloudfoot Celestial Palace and entered a cave abode filled with exceptionally dense spiritual energy and a Spirit Eye Spring.
• Qing Chen set protective restrictions and entered the Spirit Eye Spring to cultivate the eleventh level of the Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method.
• Qing Chen used his stored fruits, flood dragon materials, baleful crystal, and other resources to batter the breakthrough barrier and temper his bones and five viscera.
• Qing Chen drew the cold essence from the Yellow Springs Weak Water Baleful Crystal to balance his viscera’s yang fire and nourish his immortal true intent.

Qing Chen completed his cultivation of the eleventh layer of the Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method, reaching the Immortal Realm middle stage and greatly increasing his combat strength. Unable to remove the Spirit Eye Spring, he gathered its spiritual liquid and herbs, then followed the Jade Hook Talisman to the Wordless Stele to uncover a hidden passage.

• Qing Chen endured Weak Water killing intent in his five viscera, opened the Five Viscera Divine Storehouses, and refined Immortality True Blood.
• After his cultivation consumed most of his resources, Qing Chen broke through to the Immortal Realm middle stage and tested his greatly enhanced strength.
• Qing Chen failed to uproot the Spirit Eye Spring because it was bound to the Cloudfoot Celestial Palace, so he collected the spiritual liquid and Spirit Herbs instead.
• Qing Chen followed the Holy Son Token through the Ancient Mansion, ignoring lesser resources and enemies on his way to the hall containing the Wordless Stele.
• At the hall, Qing Chen used the Jade Hook Talisman and Blood Jiangshi Holy Son Token to seek the hidden passage before the Wordless Stele.

Qing Chen discovered that the Wordless Stele’s true passage to Moon-Worshipping Island could only be activated with the Blood Jiangshi Orthodox Token, which revealed Spirit Venerable Qu Ba’s warning about the dangers awaiting there. He weighed the chance to gain powerful legacies and treasures against the formidable Immortal-Locking Cult Holy Son candidates, but had not yet decided whether to enter.

• The Heavenly Serpent True Lord’s message revealed an emerald teleportation vortex leading toward the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult’s headquarters and its valuable legacies.
• Qing Chen used the Blood Jiangshi Holy Son Token to suppress the Heavenly Serpent’s message and activate the stele’s deeper restrictions.
• Spirit Venerable Qu Ba’s final message explained the Great Darkness Calamity, identified the route to the Moon-Washing Pool, and warned that the Reincarnation Dead Sea had become an Immortal-Locking Cult trial ground.
• Qing Chen learned that his orthodox token and lack of a demon lotus would make him a target there, and that he should not go without the strength of an upper-grade Great Cultivator.
• Qing Chen considered the tempting legacies and the chance to devour Demon Seed Golden Lotus cultivators, but judged himself unprepared to face the strongest candidates.

Qing Chen chose to delay entering the Reincarnation Dead Sea, then uncovered and destroyed Heavenly Serpent True Lord’s hidden restrictions in the Dust-Returning Hall. He left determined to return once he was stronger, while a colossal flood dragon appeared in a distant battlefield used by the Immortal-Locking Cult to select Holy Sons.

• Qing Chen decided to wait until his cultivation and strength improved before entering the Reincarnation Dead Sea, then withdrew the Blood Jiangshi Holy Son Token from the Wordless Stele.
• Using the Heavenly Serpent Three Treasures, Qing Chen found a hidden restriction beneath a pillar and discovered traces that it had been activated at least three times, possibly by Xuanji True Lord and True Lord Jiyin.
• Qing Chen destroyed the restriction and searched the Dust-Returning Hall for several more days, finding two additional hidden restrictions that also showed signs of activation.
• Over ten days, Qing Chen destroyed all of Heavenly Serpent True Lord’s hidden restrictions and used the Holy Son Token to restore the hall’s defenses and erase their traces.
• Qing Chen left the Dust-Returning Hall, vowing to return to the Reincarnation Dead Sea and confront its dangers when he was ready.
• In a distant battlefield used by the Immortal-Locking Cult to select Holy Sons, a colossal flood dragon emerged from the mist above ruined palace remains.

A fifth-tier flood dragon sensed that someone had destroyed one of its restrictions and suspected a new variable had emerged among the Immortal-Locking Cult's Holy Son candidates. Qing Chen sealed the Dust-Returning Hall, then followed his Holy Son Token to a hidden location beneath Blood Jiangshi Main Peak and reached a concealed stone wall.

• The old flood dragon devoured a corrupted ancient beast, sensed its restriction had been removed, and reflected on the Holy Son candidates and its chance at transcendence.
• Qing Chen sealed the Dust-Returning Hall with blood-colored magic and hidden formations, warning that anyone but him who entered would die.
• Qing Chen used the Holy Son Token to travel safely to Blood Jiangshi Main Peak and enter its caves.
• Qing Chen followed the token's guidance through the fourth-tier medicine garden, ignored its spirit medicines, and pressed the token against a hidden stone wall.

Qing Chen entered a hidden chamber on Blood Jiangshi Peak and chose two treasures from the twelve guarded inheritances. After claiming the Yin Marrow Bone Pearl, he survived the Blood Nightmare True Blood’s soul-seizing attack and received its transformed inheritance.

• Qing Chen found twelve treasures guarded by fifth-tier restrictions and decided to take the Yin Marrow Bone Pearl and Blood Nightmare True Blood.
• Qing Chen claimed the Yin Marrow Bone Pearl, cleansed its corpse qi, and sealed it for Lin Changsheng.
• The Blood Nightmare True Blood awakened Qing Chen’s blood-path essence and attacked him as a blood serpent.
• Qing Chen destroyed the serpent with the Blood River God-Slaying Spear and withstood the Blood Nightmare Soul-Seizing.
• The voice within the blood acknowledged Qing Chen and transformed the drop into purer blood marked with tiny runes.

Three and a half years later, Cangming Island had become the site of a vast city centered on Jade Rock Mountain and Demon Lotus Palace, built for Qing Chen’s upcoming Nascent Soul Ceremony. Lin Changsheng and Chi Xuntian reviewed the completed defenses and the enormous wealth flowing into the Demon Lotus Sect, while Chi Xuntian realized Qing Chen intended to gather the Gouwu Sea’s people and resources and set major events in motion.

• Lin Changsheng and Chi Xuntian surveyed Demon Lotus City, its nine districts, and the defenses designed to withstand a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Chi Xuntian reported that Jade Rock Mountain and Demon Lotus Palace’s main hall and front square were complete, though the auxiliary buildings needed another month.
• Lin Changsheng and Chi Xuntian accounted for the gifts and spoils that had paid for the city and left the Demon Lotus Sect with a net profit of just over a hundred million spirit stones.
• Chi Xuntian noted that the Demon Lotus Sect’s new territories also produced over seven hundred thousand spirit stones each month, apart from vassal tribute.
• Chi Xuntian concluded that Qing Chen was using the city as a central hub to draw together the Gouwu Sea’s resources and people, and intended to stir things up.

Qing Chen comprehended the Blood Path rules in Blood Nightmare True Blood, strengthening his cultivation and gaining two wisps of their power. He emerged from seclusion with his strength increased and turned his thoughts toward Xiao Canglan, Yue Hanshan, the Qing Household, and Great Jin.

• Chi Xuntian worried that the Demon Lotus Sect would absorb or exploit the Condensed Jade Sect, then told Lin Changsheng which sects planned to attend his master's Nascent Soul Ceremony.
• Qing Chen recalled securing the Ancient Mansion and ordering Lie Feng, Hua Tieshou, and others to open and occupy the sea route from the Azure Wave Archipelago to Immortal-Severing Island.
• Qing Chen studied Blood Nightmare True Blood and gained insight into Senior Blood Fiend's refined understanding of the Dao of Blood.
• Qing Chen's blood-colored Nascent Soul formed a second wisp of Blood Path rules, increasing his personal control over the power.
• Qing Chen emerged from seclusion with his Immortal Realm middle stage stabilized and his physical strength improved, then named Xiao Canglan, Yue Hanshan, the Qing Household, and Great Jin as targets on his mind.

Two years later, Xuangu True Person and Gong Shisan arrived at Cangming Island with the Infinite Extremity Devil Palace delegation. They were stunned by the scale of Demon Lotus City and the preparations for Qing Chen’s grand ceremony.

• Xuangu True Person and Gong Shisan sailed toward Cangming Island, where ships from sects across the Gouwu Sea were gathering.
• The delegation saw Cangming Island’s towering walls, powerful defenses, and the supreme sword intent carved above its gate.
• A Demon Lotus Sect envoy welcomed the Infinite Extremity Devil Palace delegation and escorted them into Demon Lotus City.
• Xuangu True Person compared the vast, bustling city with his memories of Earth Pass Island and realized how dramatically Qing Chen’s domain had grown.
• The envoy explained that Demon Lotus City housed the Demon Lotus Sect’s Main Altar and that Jade Rock Mountain would host the grand ceremony.

Xuangu and his companions encountered Penglai Spirit Island cultivators trying to seize a rogue cultivator’s Red Dragon Scale Grass in Demon Lotus City. Qing An intervened on behalf of the city’s rules, confronting Penglai’s representatives as the dispute threatened to escalate.

• Xuangu recognized True Lord Yunmiao, Young Master Lingxu, Chongxu, and other Penglai cultivators gathered outside the Ten Thousand Grasses Pavilion.
• A Penglai disciple demanded the rogue cultivator’s Red Dragon Scale Grass despite the cultivator having already bought it, then threatened him and reached for the jade box.
• The Ten Thousand Grasses Pavilion shopkeeper confirmed the sale and offered a comparable spirit fruit, but the Penglai disciple refused and threatened the cultivator.
• Qing An arrived with two Demon Lotus Sect Punishment Hall Inspectors and ordered the Penglai cultivators to obey Demon Lotus City’s ban on forcible seizure.

Ye Wushang arrived in Demon Lotus City as Penglai Spirit Island’s conflict with the Demon Lotus Sect escalated over a Red Dragon Scale Grass. He asserted Qing Chen’s authority and left Dharma Nascent Soul Chongxu gravely wounded with a single sword strike.

• A Penglai disciple tried to seize a rogue cultivator’s Red Dragon Scale Grass, and Chongxu used his Dharma Nascent Soul pressure to injure the Demon Lotus Inspectors who intervened.
• Jia Daoyi and Zhaoshenzi confronted Chongxu, but True Lord Yunmiao backed Penglai and demanded the spirit herb, bringing the two sides close to a fight.
• Ye Wushang arrived from Jade Rock Mountain, asked the rogue cultivator whether he had bought the herb, and then asked the Penglai disciple whether he wanted it.
• When Chongxu challenged him, Ye Wushang declared Demon Lotus City to be Qing Chen’s territory and struck Chongxu with an azure sword thread, destroying his right arm and piercing his shoulder.

Ye Wushang gravely wounded Chongxu with a casual sword strike as powerful figures gathered in Demon Lotus City, while Qing Chen watched from afar and suspected the disturbance was a probe of his strength. The chapter ended when True Person Budong unleashed a vastly strengthened Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method outside the city, sending a golden pillar into the sky.

• Ye Wushang struck Chongxu with a wisp of Sword Path laws, leaving the Dharma Nascent Soul True Lord embedded in a wall and badly injured.
• Yuan Lingzi arrived with Penglai Spirit Island’s people, while Ye Wushang noticed powerful observers from across Gouwu Sea and prepared to challenge Yuan Lingzi.
• Qing Chen monitored the city with his Demon Seed Divine Sense and concluded that Penglai Spirit Island’s troublemaking was meant to test his strength.
• Qing Chen considered giving the Yin Marrow Bone Pearl to Lin Changsheng, then sensed a powerful eruption three hundred li outside Demon Lotus City.
• True Person Budong’s strengthened Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method produced a golden pillar that scattered the clouds and drove the sea into towering waves.

True Person Budong approached the Immortal Realm by forming a Wisdom King Grotto-Heaven, drawing the attention of powerful cultivators across the region. Qing Chen raced to support him, leaving Budong on the verge of a breakthrough.

• True Person Budong’s grotto-heaven prototype appeared within a golden pillar of light, and the Vajra Mound Treasure Pagoda helped it evolve.
• Qing Chen emerged from Demon Lotus Palace in a Five-Dragon Carriage Talisman pulled by five flood dragons and sped toward Budong’s mountain.
• Budong’s foundation fell short as he struggled to complete the grotto-heaven’s evolution.
• Qing Chen remotely mobilized parts of the Demon Lotus City and Cangming Island mountain-guarding formations, pouring earth-vein killing intent into Budong.
• As Budong’s body began to break under the strain, Qing Chen’s immense immortality Wisdom King true blood descended to protect him.

True Person Budong passed the Immortal Realm trials with Qing Chen’s help, and the Vajra Mound bestowed a supreme treasure that stabilized his new Grotto-Heaven. His breakthrough turned Qing Chen’s Nascent Soul Ceremony into a celebration for master and disciple, while True Lord Yunmiao and Yuan Lingzi reconsidered their plan to test Qing Chen.

• Qing Chen lent Budong his Qi-Blood Power to activate the Vajra Mound, which helped Budong establish his Grotto-Heaven.
• Budong withstood the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Pass and the Three-Colored Thunder Pool Tribulation, attaining the Immortal Realm.
• The Vajra Mound condensed a drop of Grotto-Heaven Golden Body Liquid, which entered Budong and strengthened his Grotto-Heaven.
• Cultivators in Demon Lotus City witnessed Budong rise with the Treasure Pagoda, and Hui'an recognized him as a True Lord.
• True Lord Yunmiao and Yuan Lingzi reconsidered their plan to probe Qing Chen after witnessing the strength of his allies and Budong’s breakthrough.