Chapter Summaries

Qing Chen recovered from his injuries aboard the Primordial Magnetism Divine Boat and revealed that he had secretly kept the fifth Fire Seed Fragment, deceiving Huo Lifei and the others. He inventoried the treasures and cultivation techniques he gained at the Rebirth Furnace and prepared for the ongoing struggle beneath the Heavenly Devil Tower.

• Qing Chen finished healing most of his hidden injuries and summoned the Lawless Devil Aspect before it quickly dissipated.
• Qing Chen revealed that the real fifth Fire Seed Fragment had remained in his possession while Wei Yixiao and the Black Pagoda were part of his deception, then sealed the fragment in the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda.
• Qing Chen reflected that he had manipulated Huo Lifei into giving him the Profound Womb Demon Lotus Platform Method and Blood Fiend into sharing his blood path knowledge.
• Qing Chen inspected Blood Fiend's blood path jade slip, Huo Lifei's cultivation technique and jade disc, and over a hundred Crystal Mo Tribe Cores, then stored and sealed the treasures and their information.
• Qing Chen concluded that the Heavenly Devil Tower had not yet teleported everyone out and anticipated that the Heavenly Gang Ranking prodigies were fighting beneath it for an ancient bloodline.

Qing Chen decided not to risk a fight for the Heavenly Devil Tower, choosing instead to escape the Nine Netherworlds Forbidden Grounds and digest his gains. He considered his political plans after leaving, including reconciling with the Iron Household and supporting the Eighth Prince.

• Qing Chen weighed the Heavenly Devil Tower’s promise against his depleted strength and the formidable cultivators gathered there, then resolved not to contend for it yet.
• Qing Chen accepted that survival and time to cultivate mattered more than greed, and vowed to claim the tower someday when he was strong enough.
• Qing Chen turned his attention to escaping the forbidden grounds and kept the bound, unconscious Tie Shou as a potential means to reconcile with the Iron Household.
• Qing Chen considered the consequences of refusing to go to Heavenly Abyss Pass and Xiao Canglan’s ties to factions opposed to the Eighth Prince.
• Qing Chen recalled that Lin Changsheng had met Ding Buxing, who had invited him to build ties with the Iron Household, recruit Origin-Initial Devil Sect forces, and support the Eighth Prince’s bid for power.

Qing Chen weighed the political gains of serving the Eighth Prince and the Iron Household, then spent ten days healing Tie Shou so he could deliver him alive. Tie Shou awoke aboard the Primordial Magnetism Divine Boat and recognized his situation as Qing Chen told him to stay down.

• Qing Chen calculated that supporting the Eighth Prince and securing ties with the Iron Household could bring him wealth, rank, and control over the Gouwu Sea.
• Qing Chen dismissed the conflict between Xiao Canglan and Wu Gui, then confirmed that Tie Shou remained unconscious and would not awaken during the journey.
• Qing Chen treated Tie Shou with fourth-tier pills and carefully restored his damaged meridians and scattered true essence over ten days.
• Tie Shou awoke inside the Primordial Magnetism Divine Boat, remembered the Rebirth Furnace and Golden Toad Granny's self-detonation, and tried to rise.
• Qing Chen told Tie Shou to stay down.

Qing Chen rescued Tie Shou from the Rebirth Furnace and explained how they had escaped its destruction. As the two traveled through the Nine Netherworlds Forbidden Grounds, Tie Shou suggested heading to Bone Claw Plain, where his adoptive father had arranged a meeting point.

• Tie Shou discovered that Qing Chen had healed much of his injuries with several precious pills and thanked him for saving his life.
• Qing Chen told Tie Shou that most of the cultivators trapped in the Rebirth Furnace had died when an old Blood Path devil and the Gu Tribe's High Priest fought inside it, and that he had pulled Tie Shou out during the chaos.
• Qing Chen asked Tie Shou to call him Brother Qing, and the two continued through the forbidden grounds aboard the Primordial Magnetism Divine Boat.
• Tie Shou suggested looking for his adoptive father, Tie Zhan, but Qing Chen explained that the forbidden grounds' conditions made finding him impractical.
• Tie Shou proposed going to Bone Claw Plain, where Tie Zhan had instructed the group to meet, and said it looked dangerous but was actually safe.

Qing Chen and Tie Shou found signs that Tie Ming and Tie Zhan had fought several powerful Transformed Great Demons in the Spirit-Severing Land. Qing Chen raced onward with Tie Shou to find them, hoping Tie Qingyao was still alive.

• Qing Chen studied the twelfth layer of the Brahma Demon-Refining Art and the first revolution of the Profound Womb Demon Lotus Platform Method while Tie Shou healed aboard the Primordial Magnetism Divine Boat.
• On the eighth day, Tie Shou spotted a ravine and found fragments of Tie Ming’s Hetu Nine Palaces Armor, while Qing Chen identified traces left by another fighter.
• Tie Shou found a crater marked by his adoptive father Tie Zhan’s Iron God Golden Palace Armor, and Qing Chen discovered azure hairs carrying the aura of at least two powerful Transformed Great Demons.
• Qing Chen launched the Xiantian Primordial Magnetism Divine Vessel toward the direction Tie Shou indicated, intent on reaching Tie Qingyao and the others.

Tie Qingyao, Tie Zhan, and Tie Ming fought to hold off several powerful demons at Bone Claw Plain as their defenses and strength dwindled. They remained trapped in a desperate battle, with Tie Shou still hoping to reach them in time.

• Tie Shou regretted pursuing the supposed Rebirth Tower Spirit Treasure opportunity and prayed that he would reach Tie Ming, Tie Qingyao, and Tie Zhan in time.
• Tie Qingyao maintained three overlapping formations to shelter Tie Zhan and Tie Ming, despite the severe strain on her divine sense and true essence.
• The Azure-Faced Lion King attacked Tie Zhan, who repelled it with his metal-type power but was forced back.
• A Silverback Azure Ape tore open the water curtain, and Tie Qingyao repaired it while burning her lifespan; a Red-Mane Boar then thrust a tusk through the gap.
• Tie Ming struck the Red-Mane Boar's tusk with his Nine Palaces Saber and dodged its charge, but still suffered internal injuries.
• The Azure-Faced Lion King and Silverback Azure Ape battered Tie Zhan, damaging his armor and wounding him as the defenders' situation grew increasingly dire.

Tie Qingyao, Tie Zhan, and Tie Ming struggled to hold off four great demons on Bone Claw Plain as Qing Chen sent Venerable Sanmu ahead to intervene. As Qing Chen and Tie Shou neared the plain, a Crystal Mo Tribe Giant Scorpion ambushed their boat, forcing Qing Chen to turn aside.

• Tie Zhan saw four powerful demons surrounding the group, while Tie Qingyao used a lifespan-burning secret art to maintain their formations and awaited rescue.
• Qing Chen calculated that he still needed twelve hours to reach Bone Claw Plain and decided to time his arrival for when the clan members were desperate.
• Qing Chen summoned Venerable Sanmu and ordered him to attack from the opposite direction, forbidding him to kill a particular woman.
• Venerable Sanmu flew toward Bone Claw Plain while Tie Shou, unaware of the plan, continued worrying about his clansmen.
• After more than six hours of travel, Qing Chen sensed an approaching danger, and a giant Crystal Mo Tribe scorpion emerged from the mist to block the Divine Boat.
• Tie Shou recognized the creature as a grave threat, and Qing Chen immediately turned the boat aside.

Qing Chen and Tie Shou escaped a Spatial Rift, then Qing Chen killed the Crystal Mo Giant Scorpion after a prolonged battle. At Bone Claw Plain, Tie Zhan and his allies faced defeat until a powerful Buddhist cultivator appeared through the mist.

• A Spatial Rift damaged Qing Chen's Primordial Magnetism Divine Boat, forcing him and Tie Shou to flee onto the wasteland as the scorpion attacked.
• Qing Chen fought the Crystal Mo Giant Scorpion for more than four hours, exploiting its weakness to Magnetic Origin Power before killing it with the Blood River God-Slaying Spear.
• Qing Chen collected the Crystal Demon Core and hurried with the injured Tie Shou toward Bone Claw Plain, concealing his urgency to reach Tie Zhan and the others.
• At Bone Claw Plain, Tie Qingyao, Tie Zhan, and Tie Ming struggled to withstand four great demons, while Tie Zhan prepared to sacrifice himself to help the others escape.
• Tie Qingyao spotted a Buddhist cultivator approaching through the mist, and Tie Zhan recognized him as a powerful human body cultivator rather than a Half-Demon.

Venerable Sanmu ignored Tie Qingyao and Tie Zhan’s pleas and attacked the Iron Household’s formations, using his mastery of wood-aspect laws to tear through their defenses. As the four great demons joined his assault, the formation system began to fail.

• Tie Qingyao and Tie Zhan offered Venerable Sanmu a share of the opportunity beneath Bone Claw Plain and promised to help him advance, but he identified them as his targets.
• Venerable Sanmu attacked the formation barrier with a blue-gold wooden blade, shocking the Iron Household and the four great demons.
• Tie Qingyao realized Venerable Sanmu was exploiting the flaws in the wood-aspect and earth-aspect formations, disrupting the linked formation system.
• Venerable Sanmu formed eight azure dragons and sent them crashing into the water curtain as the Azure-Faced Lion King joined the assault and opened another fissure.

Tie Qingyao burned her lifespan to hold the collapsing formations while urging Tie Zhan and Tie Ming to escape, but Qing Chen arrived with Tie Shou and turned the defenders’ despair into hope. Qing Chen joined the battle and struck at the Red-Mane Boar with the Blood River God-Slaying Spear.

• The three formations began collapsing after only four hours, and Tie Qingyao burned more of her lifespan to keep them standing.
• Tie Qingyao urged Tie Zhan and Tie Ming to leave, while Tie Zhan prepared to escape with Tie Ming using the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron.
• Tie Shou arrived injured and burning his essence blood, then Qing Chen appeared behind him and restored the defenders’ hope.
• Qing Chen assessed the four beasts and Venerable Sanmu, then charged the Red-Mane Boar with his Blood River God-Slaying Spear.
• The Red-Mane Boar thrust its extended tusks at Qing Chen, who met them by smashing down with his spear.

Qing Chen arrived in time to defeat the demons threatening the Iron Household, while Tie Shou reunited with Tie Zhan and explained how he had escaped the Rebirth Furnace. The Azure-Faced Lion King suspected Qing Chen was Blood River True Lord, and the chapter ended with Tie Shou recounting the deaths inside the furnace.

• Qing Chen cracked the Red-Mane Boar's tusks with a spear strike and trapped the Black-Scaled Ghost Python in a pseudo-domain cage.
• Qing Chen struck Venerable Sanmu into the ground, quickly resolving the crisis facing the Iron Household.
• Tie Qingyao thanked Qing Chen for arriving just in time after he apologized for being late.
• The Azure-Faced Lion King and the Silverback Azure Ape stopped attacking Tie Zhan, and the Azure-Faced Lion King suspected Qing Chen was Blood River True Lord.
• Tie Shou reunited with Tie Zhan and explained that Golden Toad Granny had detonated herself inside the Rebirth Furnace, killing Flying Bear True Lord, Qing Sanxiao, and the others before Qing Chen rescued him.

Qing Chen and Tie Zhan turned the battle against the Azure-Faced Lion King and Silverback Azure Ape, preventing the two demons from escaping. Qing Chen revealed a new mastery of his evasion art and trapped the wounded lion king beneath the Immortal-Burying Coffin.

• Tie Zhan thanked Qing Chen for saving the Iron Household, while the Azure-Faced Lion King realized the battle was lost and tried to flee.
• Qing Chen pursued the Azure-Faced Lion King as Tie Zhan attacked the Silverback Azure Ape, forcing it to fight instead of escape.
• Qing Chen reached the fourth level of the Heaven Grade Minor Five Elements One-Origin Evasion Art, Heaven and Earth Without a Trace, and dodged the lion king’s charge.
• Qing Chen struck the Azure-Faced Lion King repeatedly with the Blood River God-Slaying Spear, injuring him and breaking several of his fangs.
• Qing Chen used Primal Magnetism Divine Light and the Six Demon Banner to summon the Immortal-Burying Coffin, whose death-law chains bound the Azure-Faced Lion King.

Qing Chen repelled the Red-Mane Boar and the Silverback Azure Ape’s attempt to save the Azure-Faced Lion King, while Tie Zhan was badly wounded. The Azure Ape escaped into the gray mist, leaving the Lion King trapped beneath the Immortal-Burying Coffin and Qing Chen to finish the remaining fight.

• The Silverback Azure Ape burned its essence blood and used Star-Splitting Divine Palm to shatter Tie Zhan’s shield and wound him.
• The Red-Mane Boar burned its demon-core power and charged Qing Chen as the Azure Ape fled toward the Lion King.
• Qing Chen’s magnetic force field slowed the boar and its stone-spears, and he dodged its charge before striking its head with the Blood River God-Slaying Spear.
• The Silverback Azure Ape escaped into the gray mist, abandoning the enraged Azure-Faced Lion King beneath the Immortal-Burying Coffin.
• Qing Chen ordered Tie Zhan to handle the boar and the others, while Venerable Sanmu fled after Qing Chen let him go.

Qing Chen killed Ghost Python and Red-Mane Boar, then tried to force the Azure-Faced Lion King to submit. The lion revealed his name, Qingliao, shattered his demon core, and unleashed his Devour the Sea divine ability, leaving Qing Chen and the others facing a deadly vortex.

• Qing Chen crushed Ghost Python into bloody pulp and took its demon core and essence soul.
• Qing Chen and Tie Zhan, Tie Ming, and Tie Shou defeated Red-Mane Boar, and Qing Chen finished it with nine spear strikes.
• Qing Chen battered the resisting Azure-Faced Lion King, while Tie Zhan and the others retreated as the lion stopped struggling.
• The lion named himself Qingliao, lord of Azure Lion Ridge, and declared that the lion race would never be slaves.
• Qingliao shattered his demon core and used Devour the Sea to draw in the surrounding mist, rocks, blood, and limbs, collapsing the remaining formations.

Qing Chen met Qingliao’s desperate Sea-Swallowing Divine Ability with his Lawless Demon Seal and gained the upper hand. As the Azure-Faced Lion King’s vortex weakened, Qing Chen used the Immortal-Burying Coffin to pierce its center with a black chain.

• Qingliao shattered his core and unleashed the Sea-Swallowing Divine Ability at its full power against Qing Chen.
• Qing Chen fused two blood path rules threads and formed the enormous Lawless Demon Seal to collide with Qingliao’s vortex.
• Tie Zhan, Tie Shou, Tie Ming, and Tie Qingyao watched Qing Chen’s display of strength with shock and admiration.
• Qing Chen’s seal held against the weakening vortex, and he drew the Immortal-Burying Coffin’s remaining white bone essence into a pitch-black chain.
• Qing Chen sent the chain into the sea-swallowing vortex and pierced its center.

Qing Chen destroyed Qingliao’s Sea-Swallowing Divine Ability and killed the Azure-Faced Lion King after he refused to surrender. He harvested Qingliao’s demon core, heart, and corpse, then turned to Tie Zhan to ask about the forbidden land’s opportunities and the enormous bone claws.

• Qing Chen used the Lawless Blood Seal and deathly energy to break apart Qingliao’s Sea-Swallowing Divine Ability, leaving the Azure-Faced Lion King mortally wounded.
• Qingliao declared that he would rather die, and Qing Chen restrained him with Primal Magnetism Divine Light when he tried to destroy his own heart meridians.
• Qing Chen thrust the Blood River God-Slaying Spear through Qingliao’s brow and killed him before he could finish speaking.
• Qing Chen extracted Qingliao’s shattered demon core and heart, then stored his corpse in the Immortal-Burying Coffin to replenish the Six Demon Banner.
• Qing Chen turned to Tie Zhan and wondered what opportunities the forbidden land held and where the enormous bone claws had come from.

After Qing Chen defeated the great demons, he questioned Tie Zhan about the bone claws and the Iron Household’s hidden opportunity at Bone Claw Plain. Tie Zhan revealed that the claws attack only the plain’s outer ring and that the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron could open a passage to a hall in its depths.

• Qing Chen noticed that no bone claws had surfaced during the great demons’ battle and asked Tie Zhan why they had stayed hidden.
• Tie Zhan accepted Qing Chen as an ally of the Iron Household and showed him a map made from the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron.
• Tie Zhan explained that the bone claws attacked only the outer ring of Bone Claw Plain, leaving its heart safe from their assaults.
• Tie Zhan revealed that the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron could open a passage from the plain’s deepest point to a hall.

Qing Chen and Tie Zhan opened the Iron Household’s hidden passage and found Dust-Departure Hall beneath Bone Claw Plain. Meanwhile, Long Yuan arrived to investigate the battle and learned that Qing Chen and the others might be concealed under a nearby formation.

• Tie Zhan used the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron to open the passage to Dust-Departure Hall while Tie Qingyao set up a defensive formation.
• Qing Chen and the others descended into a vast cavern and saw Dust-Departure Hall floating beneath a dome of primordial magnetism crystals.
• Long Yuan arrived at Bone Claw Plain and questioned the Silverback Azure Ape about Qing Chen’s fight with the demons.
• Long Yuan examined the battlefield, confirmed Qingliao had died fighting, and learned the Iron Household’s secret might lie beneath a nearby formation.

Long Yuan destroyed the Gui Water Black Net Formation and ordered a search for the vanished entrance, while Qing Chen considered killing the injured Tie Zhan but chose to wait. Tie Zhan used the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron to strike the Dust-Departure Hall doors, awakening their magnetic runes and a voice from within.

• Long Yuan shattered the unmanned Gui Water Black Net Formation with one Heaven-Rending Claw strike.
• Long Yuan questioned the Silverback Azure Ape, sensed primordial magnetism beneath the rock, and ordered Greenblood Pool demons to find or seal the entrance.
• Tie Zhan began using the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron to open the Dust-Departure Hall doors while Qing Chen weighed killing him and taking the cauldron.
• Qing Chen decided not to attack Tie Zhan, judging that the Iron Household and the cauldron could help him return to Great Jin.
• Tie Zhan sent a beam of magnetic light into the hall doors, revealing spiral magnetic runes and drawing a voice from inside.

Qing Chen, Tie Qingyao, and Tie Ming entered Dust-Departure Hall to seek opportunities in the Dao of primordial magnetism. Inside, Venerable Xuan of Dust Departure revealed that they would undergo a trial to determine their cultivation areas.

• Venerable Xuan of Dust Departure explained that Dust-Departure Hall was forged from a thrice-transformed law seed and could admit only three people at a time.
• Tie Zhan chose Tie Qingyao, Tie Ming, and Qing Chen to enter, while he and the injured Tie Shou remained outside.
• Tie Zhan used the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron to send the three chosen cultivators through the doors, which closed behind them.
• Qing Chen found that the hall’s interior eased his fatigue and heard Venerable Xuan of Dust Departure describe a Nascent Soul-level trial platform.
• A north pole magnetic jade platform with nine rows of graduations rose from the floor for the trial.