Chapter Summaries

Zhao Ningyi stood before the newly revealed furnace and revealed that a remnant soul from the Immortal-Locking Cult had shared her body for over two hundred years. After luring cultivators, including Qing Chen, to the Rebirth Tower, the remnant soul entered the furnace to begin its plan.

• The Rebirth Tower collapsed and transformed into a thousand-zhang furnace surrounded by three-colored flames.
• Zhao Ningyi arrived and resisted the remnant soul’s attempts to inflame her hatred toward the man who had abandoned her.
• The remnant soul recalled its defeat forty-seven thousand years earlier, its long sleep, and how Zhao Ningyi’s resentment awakened it.
• The remnant soul revealed that it had spread word of the Rebirth Tower and lured Qing Chen there because it believed he possessed a Holy Son Token.
• Zhao Ningyi entered the furnace, and the remnant soul declared, "Blood Fiend, I'm back again."

Qing Chen explored a scorching, sealed world inside the tower and encountered a confused man who identified himself as Blood Fiend. The inferno then vanished, leaving Qing Chen on a mountain cliff in an unfamiliar place.

• Qing Chen found himself in a scarlet wasteland inside the tower, where overwhelming heat evaporated his water spell and a Spirit Venerable-Grade restriction blocked flight.
• Qing Chen walked across the seemingly endless wasteland until he encountered a mysterious man in a tattered black robe.
• Qing Chen introduced himself as the Holy Son of the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult's Blood Jiangshi Branch Altar, and the man remembered that he was Blood Fiend.
• The inferno faded away, and Qing Chen appeared on a mountain cliff overlooking a green landscape.
• Qing Chen suspected he was not in a simple illusion, then heard footsteps behind him.

Qing Chen witnessed Blood Fiend and Yun Zhao’s past, from their childhood bond to their desperate defense against invading forces. He watched Yun Zhao sacrifice herself to complete the Rebirth Furnace’s transformation, then heard a voice ask what he would do in Blood Fiend’s place.

• Qing Chen watched young Yun Yan and Yun Zhao complete a cliff trial together and promise to face the future side by side.
• Blood Fiend left Yun Zhao at the Cloud Lineage’s Ancestral Grounds to defend the Gouwu Sea against the Immortal-Locking Cult.
• Blood Fiend and Yun Zhao fought the Heavenly Devil Race, the Crystal Mo Tribe, and other invaders as their forces suffered heavy losses.
• Yun Zhao revealed that the Rebirth Furnace needed the Cloud Lineage’s last bloodline as its final fuel, and Blood Fiend refused to let her sacrifice herself.
• Blood Fiend trapped Yun Zhao and burned his body fighting several Spirit Venerables, but she broke free and stepped into the Rebirth Furnace, completing its transformation.
• A voice in Qing Chen’s heart asked what he would do.

Inside the Rebirth Furnace’s Heartfire Blood Prison, Qing Chen answered Blood Fiend’s question by saying he would save his sister rather than sacrifice her. His answer earned him a Fire Seed Fragment and revealed that the furnace entrants would be divided into five teams to hunt the Crystal Mo Tribe, leaving Qing Chen wary of the trial’s purpose.

• Qing Chen considered sacrificing Yun Zhao for the Rebirth Furnace’s transformation, but told Blood Fiend he would stop her and, if necessary, leave the Nanhua Realm with her or die in her place.
• Blood Fiend accepted Qing Chen’s answer, and the Jade Pendant inscribed with “Zhao” began to glow.
• A Fire Seed Fragment appeared before Qing Chen, and information identified the place as the Heartfire Blood Prison, one of the Brahma Five Hells Blood Scripture’s hells.
• Qing Chen learned that the fragment could track Crystal Mo Tribe kills and that the strongest fragment-holder could receive Blood Fiend’s inheritance.
• Qing Chen learned there were twelve human entrants, three Demon Race entrants, and 117 Crystal Mo Tribe members, and that the fragments would divide participants into five hunting teams.
• Qing Chen wondered why Zhao Ningyi was not among the entrants and suspected that the furnace’s rules concealed a deeper purpose.

Qing Chen captured a Fire Seed Fragment and discovered he could not replenish his magic power in the crimson world. A violent teleportation carried him to a blood-red sea, where he found himself aboard a strange sunken-blackwood boat.

• Qing Chen endured the Fire Seed Fragment's scorching heat and contained it inside the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda.
• Qing Chen tried to restore his magic power with pills and a spirit stone, but an unseen force erased their energy.
• Qing Chen was seized by a violent force and teleported away from the crimson world.
• Qing Chen awoke on a sunken-blackwood boat drifting across a motionless sea of blood beneath a dark red dome.

Qing Chen encountered Qing Sanxiao and Five Gu True Lord aboard a drifting boat after they each passed through a hell. The three agreed to cooperate and share the scripture they had obtained, while Qing Chen concealed that he had received a Fire Seed Fragment instead.

• Qing Sanxiao emerged at the stern, and he and Qing Chen eyed each other with suspicion.
• Five Gu True Lord crashed onto the boat, then saw Qing Chen and Qing Sanxiao as the three found themselves stranded together.
• Qing Chen and Five Gu True Lord agreed with Qing Sanxiao that they were teammates until the Five Hells ended and they hunted the Crystal Mo Tribe.
• Qing Sanxiao revealed that he had obtained an incomplete passage of the Brahma Five Hells Blood Scripture, and Five Gu True Lord confirmed he had received scripture too.
• Qing Chen concealed that he had found a Fire Seed Fragment and agreed to Qing Sanxiao's proposal to recite their scripture passages.

Qing Chen fabricated a convincing passage from the Brahma Five Hells Blood Scripture, persuading Qing Sanxiao and Five Gu True Lord that all three had received similar inheritances. Qing Sanxiao then offered his Blood Ginseng Spirit Wine, and Five Gu True Lord recognized its exceptional quality.

• Qing Sanxiao recited part of his scripture, then Five Gu True Lord recited a shorter passage from his own inheritance.
• Qing Chen drew on the Brahma Demon-Refining Art and Blood Fiend's insights to compose and recite a passage that matched their scripture's lineage.
• Qing Sanxiao and Five Gu True Lord praised Qing Chen's passage and relaxed, believing the three had received equivalent inheritances.
• Qing Sanxiao offered Five Gu True Lord a sip of high-grade fourth-tier Blood Ginseng Spirit Wine, which Five Gu True Lord recognized as a rare treasure.

Qing Sanxiao offered Qing Chen Blood Ginseng Spirit Wine as an apology and a gesture of alliance, but Qing Chen distrusted his motives and poured most of the treasured wine into a Spirit-Sealing Box. Qing Sanxiao snatched the bottle back in fury, while Five Gu True Lord watched in shock.

• Qing Sanxiao apologized to Qing Chen for the Qing Household elders’ past actions and presented him with a bottle of Blood Ginseng Spirit Wine.
• Qing Chen inspected the wine, suspected Qing Sanxiao had ulterior motives, and decided not to drink it.
• Qing Chen poured the wine into a Spirit-Sealing Box while Qing Sanxiao initially watched with amusement.
• Qing Sanxiao grew alarmed as Qing Chen poured out most of the bottle and urged him to stop.
• Qing Sanxiao rushed over and snatched back the bottle, leaving only a little wine inside.
• Five Gu True Lord watched Qing Chen’s brazen act, dumbstruck.

Qing Chen took Qing Sanxiao’s wine and secretly secured it inside the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda, while the boat continued through the ominous sea of blood. After Five Gu True Lord nearly succumbed to the sorrow beneath the surface, the three investigated how to steer the vessel and began learning to control its speed.

• Qing Chen claimed Qing Sanxiao’s wine for shared use, then secretly transferred the Spirit-Sealing Box into the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda.
• Qing Sanxiao hid his remaining wine and silently planned to settle accounts with Qing Chen later.
• Qing Chen noticed the boat’s deck caused bitterness to rise through his feet, while Five Gu True Lord saw shadows in the blood beneath the boat.
• Qing Chen pulled Five Gu True Lord away from the sea after it began draining his Divine Sense and stirring sorrow in his heart.
• Qing Chen urged the others to learn how to steer the boat, and Qing Sanxiao used the Dragon-Elephant Heavenly Wave Scripture to make it speed forward.
• After about four hours of practice, the three began to understand how to control the boat.

Qing Chen, Qing Sanxiao, and Five Gu True Lord worked together to drive their boat through the spirit-severing qi and exchanged cultivation insights as they traveled. Just as Qing Sanxiao joked that they should be one family because they shared the surname Qing, a violent shaking struck beneath the boat.

• Qing Chen proposed that he and Qing Sanxiao take turns restoring their magic power and pushing the boat, while Five Gu True Lord helped propel it with his Gu insects.
• Qing Sanxiao and Qing Chen each took turns driving the boat, and they periodically cleared the spirit-severing qi so all three could recover.
• The three exchanged insights on cultivation, and Qing Chen’s explanation helped Qing Sanxiao find a lead on a difficult point in his cultivation.
• Over several days, their cooperation grew and they shared knowledge of their respective cultivation paths.
• Qing Sanxiao joked that the Qing family should have befriended Qing Chen sooner because they shared the surname Qing, then the boat shook violently beneath them.

Qing Chen, Qing Sanxiao, and Five Gu True Lord were attacked by five coordinated Jingmo Centipedes while crossing the blood sea. Qing Sanxiao unleashed the Eight Extremes Dragon-Elephant Seal against three attackers, but the monsters rapidly recovered.

• Five Jingmo Centipedes emerged from the blood sea and surrounded the boat, attacking it in coordinated formation.
• Qing Chen hurled the Blood River God-Slaying Spear into a centipede, then recalled it with the Budong Dark Gold Baleful-Subduing Essence-Augmenting Light.
• The two largest centipedes unleashed shrieks that shook the cultivators’ divine souls, while the others attacked the boat from multiple directions.
• Qing Sanxiao was caught where three centipedes converged and used his Vajra Ring and Eight Extremes Dragon-Elephant Seal to knock them back.
• The largest centipede survived the blow, grew new bone spurs, and recovered within several breaths.

Qing Sanxiao and Five Gu True Lord were pushed to reveal their full strength against the Jingmo Centipedes, while Qing Chen assessed their abilities from the sidelines. After the two men began turning the battle around, Qing Chen stopped holding back and launched an attack on the mid-fourth tier centipede.

• The Jingmo Centipedes coordinated their attacks, forcing Qing Sanxiao and Five Gu True Lord to fight under pressure.
• Five Gu True Lord summoned his five Gu insects and united them into a powerful humanoid Gu beast that poisoned and crippled a large centipede.
• Qing Sanxiao rallied and struck back at the remaining centipedes with his dragon and elephant phantoms and vajra ring.
• Qing Chen assessed the strengths and weaknesses of Qing Sanxiao and Five Gu True Lord while continuing to fight the centipede at the stern.
• Qing Chen launched himself into the air and plunged down toward the mid-fourth tier centipede, declaring that he would kill it.

Qing Chen slaughtered the Crystal Mo Tribe centipedes with his spear and fists before charging into the largest centipede’s mouth. He called for Qing Sanxiao to attack, and Qing Sanxiao began summoning the Eight Extremes Dragon-Elephant Seal.

• Qing Chen killed one centipede with repeated spear strikes and seized its Crystal Mo Tribe Origin Core.
• Qing Chen joined Qing Sanxiao, killed the two smaller centipedes, and took their Origin Cores.
• The largest centipede charged Qing Chen, who plunged into its spinning mouthpart and battered it from within.
• Qing Chen called for Qing Sanxiao to make his move, and Qing Sanxiao enlarged his Vajra Ring and invoked the Eight Extremes Dragon-Elephant Seal.

Qing Chen and Qing Sanxiao killed a giant centipede, while Five Gu True Lord defeated another. As the three men considered their next moves, a fast-moving disturbance approached the boat from afar.

• Qing Chen and Qing Sanxiao attacked the hundred-zhang centipede from inside and outside until it died, and Qing Chen took its crystals.
• Qing Sanxiao apologized for a deliberate attack that had nearly struck Qing Chen, while both men privately assessed each other's strength.
• Five Gu True Lord used his Humanoid Gu Beast to tear apart the last giant centipede.
• Qing Chen felt the deck tremble as something raced toward the boat, and the three men prepared for danger.
• Qing Chen spread his Primal Magnetism Divine Light into the sea and shifted into a triangular formation with Qing Sanxiao and Five Gu True Lord.

Qing Chen and his companions encountered Flying Bear True Lord, Qing Xuansu, and Tuoba Ye on the blood sea after a fierce battle. Flying Bear True Lord found no Rebirth Furnace Fire Seed Fragment among them and hesitated to attack, while Qing Chen mocked his scrutiny.

• Five Gu True Lord asked whether more enemies were approaching, and Qing Sanxiao indicated that the disturbance was not caused by Jingmo Centipedes.
• A yellow light emerged from the blood mist, revealing Flying Bear True Lord, Qing Xuansu, and Tuoba Ye aboard a boat like theirs.
• Flying Bear True Lord scrutinized Qing Chen and his companions while Qing Sanxiao and Five Gu True Lord readied themselves for a possible fight.
• Qing Chen assessed his improved cultivation and combat strength as Flying Bear True Lord searched them for a Rebirth Furnace Fire Seed Fragment.
• Flying Bear True Lord sensed no fragment among the three and considered whether fighting them would be worth the effort.
• Qing Chen grinned and asked Flying Bear True Lord whether he had finished staring at him.

Qing Chen discovered that Flying Bear True Lord possessed a Fire Seed Fragment but hid his strength as a massive disturbance drew them across the blood sea. At its source, Golden Toad Granny and Wei Yixiao had fused two fragments and left Silver Moon Wolf King badly wounded, while he denounced Wei Yixiao as a traitor.

• Qing Chen sensed a Fire Seed Fragment on Flying Bear True Lord and decided to conceal his own strength rather than attack.
• A distant explosion sent a towering blood column into the sky, and Flying Bear True Lord and Qing Chen's group hurried toward it.
• Golden Toad Granny held a pearl containing two fusing Fire Seed Fragments while Silver Moon Wolf King lay grievously wounded aboard another boat.
• Silver Moon Wolf King accused Wei Yixiao of betraying the Demon Race and warned that the Ten Thousand Saints Demon Kingdom would retaliate.

Wei Yixiao reflected on his life as a pawn between the Gu Tribe and the Demon Race while Golden Toad Granny warned him to remain loyal to the Gu Tribe. She killed Silver Moon Wolf King and promised Wei Yixiao White Snake True Lord's remains, leaving his future tied to her trust and rewards.

• Wei Yixiao remembered how the Gu Tribe and Demon Race had used him for over three hundred years, until he cared only about surviving and controlling his own fate.
• Golden Toad Granny offered Wei Yixiao Yinshi Marquis's and Crimson-Chain Serpent Demon's corpses but refused his request for White Snake True Lord's remains, warning him to serve the Gu Tribe.
• Golden Toad Granny attacked Silver Moon Wolf King with her Golden Toad phantom and swallowed him, then took his demon core.
• Golden Toad Granny told Wei Yixiao he belonged to the Gu Tribe and promised him White Snake True Lord's remains if he continued working for them.

Golden Toad Granny and Wei Yixiao fled with the Fire Seed Fragments after Li Hanyi broke through her barrier, but Flying Bear True Lord arrived and accused Li Hanyi of keeping a discovery to himself. The chapter left Li Hanyi and his companions facing Flying Bear’s suspicion.

• Golden Toad Granny explained that Wei Yixiao’s bloody reputation had secured his place in the Ten Thousand Saints Demon Kingdom, while the Southern Borderlands’ Gu Tribe was his only refuge in the Nanhua Realm.
• Li Hanyi appeared outside Golden Toad Granny’s barrier and attacked it with his righteous sword light.
• Golden Toad Granny concealed the boat with Gu Arts and escaped with Wei Yixiao and the two Fire Seed Fragments.
• Li Hanyi shattered the barrier, but he and Linghu Jiu Jian found the sea of blood empty and could not track the escapees.
• Flying Bear True Lord arrived with two Sinking Blackwood Boats and accused Li Hanyi of hiding the phenomenon from him.

Li Hanyi cleared himself of suspicion over the Blood Pillar and revealed that the Rebirth Tower’s Fire Seed Fragments were real, exposing that Flying Bear True Lord had concealed his own fragment. Flying Bear admitted he possessed one, leaving the group aware of his secret.

• Li Hanyi used the White Jade Dharma Sword to protect Linghu Jiu Jian and Tie Shou, then told Flying Bear True Lord that Golden Toad Granny had fled before he arrived.
• Li Hanyi showed the group his Fire Seed Fragment and explained that he had no others, while the lingering Gu Dao aura supported his account of Golden Toad Granny creating the Blood Pillar.
• Tuoba Ye, Qing Sanxiao, and Five Gu True Lord said they had not known about the fragments, making Flying Bear True Lord realize he had exposed his own knowledge of them.
• Tuoba Ye challenged Flying Bear True Lord for hiding the fragments and concealing his reason for rushing to the Blood Pillar.
• Flying Bear True Lord revealed a dark-red Fire Seed Fragment from the Rebirth Furnace and claimed he had thought everyone already knew about it.

Li Hanyi and Flying Bear True Lord learned that the High Priest might be aiding Golden Toad Granny, then joined Qing Sanxiao, Qing Chen, and Tuoba Ye in attacking Five Gu True Lord. The chapter ended as Flying Bear True Lord's enormous Dharma Form brought its paws down on him.

• Li Hanyi questioned Five Gu True Lord about his connection to Golden Toad Granny, and Five Gu revealed that the High Priest had ordered him to follow her.
• Flying Bear True Lord warned that Golden Toad Granny and the High Priest might have fused multiple Fire Seed Fragments and urged everyone to unite against them.
• Li Hanyi and Flying Bear True Lord decided Five Gu True Lord was too dangerous to leave alive, and Qing Sanxiao launched the first attack.
• Qing Chen wounded Five Gu True Lord, and Tuoba Ye struck him with a giant hand while Five Gu summoned a Humanoid Gu Beast to defend himself.
• Flying Bear True Lord attacked with his Flying Bear Dharma Form and brought its enormous paws down toward Five Gu True Lord.