Recaps

Qin Ming emerged from seclusion to protect Wu Kingdom from demonic attacks, then killed the Azure-Faced Poisonous Flood Dragon and helped end the crisis around the Lake Tai Ruins. He returned to the Spirit Rest Archipelago, where the kingdoms began dividing Jin Kingdom and Gu Qingzhao prepared to attempt the Golden Core Stage.

• Qin Ming cultivated in the Lesser Spirit Realm for years, harvested Jade Emperor Spirit Rice, and broke through to the Golden Core Middle Stage.
• Qin Ming rescued Three Immortals City and the Golden Leader Sect from demonic cultivators, then received the Lesser Spirit Realm from Pei Qing.
• Qin Ming captured the Lesser Spirit Realm in the Landscape Painting and killed the Azure-Faced Poisonous Flood Dragon, prompting the demons to retreat.
• Qin Ming declined to lead the effort in Jin Kingdom, returned to Moon Gazing Island, and used the flood dragon’s essence blood to reach the True Core middle stage.
• Qin Ming healed Gu Qingzhao and joined Nalan Xi near the Lake Tai Ruins, where he killed Old Toad Ancestor as the other cultivators battled White Bone True Man.
• Qin Ming pursued White Bone True Man and killed him with the help of the Demon Kings, then returned to Azure Sea Immortal City after the Southern Wilderness conflict ended.
• Qin Ming returned to the Spirit Rest Archipelago, proposed Wu Jiang as the Scattered Alliance’s next leader, and established rules for its development.
• Five years later, Qin Ming sensed Gu Qingzhao attempting to reach the Golden Core Stage as Nalan Xi joined him outside Azure Sea Immortal City.

Qin Ming traveled to Great Jin, acquired a spirit field and rare pill formulas, and reunited with Su Yuqing to exchange knowledge and intelligence. He returned to find a captured silver fox whose clan had been attacked, leaving her fate in his hands.

• Gu Qingzhao completed her Golden Core breakthrough, and Qin Ming left Moon Gazing Island under the identity of Manager Lu to travel to Great Jin.
• After crossing the Black Sea and reaching Kirin Island, Qin Ming learned about the conflict between Li Fire Palace and Divine Path Mountain and established himself at Mirror Snow Pavilion in Spirit Ruins Market District.
• Qin Ming controlled Hua Tianxiong with a Black Talisman, then used him to win the Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower and Divine Wood Pill Formula at the Five Blessings Auction.
• Qin Ming won two hundred mu of spirit fields near Five Elements Mountain, defeated Tian Wugong and Old Demon Yan, and established Mirror Snow Pavilion’s new cultivation base.
• Qin Ming accelerated the Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower’s growth, obtained a Nascent Soul Pill Formula affix, and traveled to Dragon Court Lake to reunite with Su Yuqing.
• Qin Ming and Su Yuqing exchanged pill formulas and cultivation knowledge, and Qin Ming shared evidence of the Yin Demon Sect’s support for Divine Path Mountain before returning to Five Elements Mountain.
• While Qin Ming was away, the Devouring Sky Rat caught a silver fox stealing spirit herbs and learned that her clan had been attacked after the Azure-Faced Poisonous Flood Dragon died.
• Qin Ming returned from the Black Market and found the bound silver fox in the Devouring Sky Rat’s cave, where she feared him.

Qin Ming helped Yue Lingyan become a Demon Saint, strengthened his cultivation and business, and uncovered Divine Path Mountain’s secret realm beneath Five Elements Mountain. He chose to avoid the coming struggle over the realm and received an invitation to Yue Lingyan’s Demon Saint Ceremony.

• Qin Ming healed Yue Lingyan, helped her claim the Yin Infant Fruit, and guarded her through her breakthrough into a Fourth-Order Demon Saint.
• Qin Ming returned to Five Elements Mountain, refined pills and command flags, and learned that caravan raids had heightened tensions between the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance and Divine Path Mountain.
• Qin Ming advanced to the Golden Core late stage, produced Soul Cleansing Incense, and discovered a Demon Flame Wine recipe in a page Jia Heyi obtained.
• Qin Ming rescued Hua Tianxiong from Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang, then killed Wen Yuliang, captured Yun Yangzi, and learned that Divine Path Mountain guarded an ancient secret realm beneath Five Elements Mountain.
• The Devouring Sky Rat discovered the underground chamber and Seven Wonders Treasure Tree, while Qin Ming chose not to raid the realm and learned it might be the Azure Origin Sect’s former mountain gate.
• Qin Ming watched Divine Path Mountain prepare for the secret realm, planted Sky Net Fruit, and received Yue Lingyan’s invitation to her Demon Saint Ceremony at Dusk Cloud Mountain.

Qin Ming gathered rare materials and fought Blood Refinement Demon Sect disciples while the Heavenly Demon Calamity spread into Great Zhou and threatened Great Jin. After killing Jiang Yuan, he strengthened himself and his spirit beasts, relocated Mirror Snow Pavilion’s assets, and learned that conflict over the Five Elements Mountain Range was approaching.

• Qin Ming attended Yue Lingyan’s Demon Saint Ceremony, obtained Transformation Demon Grass, and learned that the demonic invasion of Great Zhou might soon threaten Great Jin.
• As the Blood Refinement Demon Sect invaded Great Zhou, Qin Ming warned the Su Clan and the Defenders of the Dao Alliance, then killed Chou and Meng when they attacked him.
• Qin Ming obtained the Ten Thousand Year Azure Spirit Saliva and traded with Cold Crow Reverend for a Five Elements Spirit Ginseng and Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold.
• Fire Void Adept seized the Starsea Divine Vine at auction, and Jiang Yuan trapped the gathered cultivators in his Blood Refinement World before Qin Ming killed him and took his treasures.
• Qin Ming revived the Starsea Divine Vine, discovered the Blood Abyss Realm’s role in the Heavenly Demon Calamity, and learned that the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s Holy Son had fallen.
• Cold Crow Reverend confronted Qin Ming over the Five Elements Spirit Ginseng but backed down after meeting Yue Lingyan, then gave Qin Ming Fourth-Order Phoenix Blood Spirit Rice.
• Qin Ming refined Biluo Huangquan Pills for his spirit beasts and Yue Lingyan, advanced his Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art to True Core Perfection, and helped his spirit beasts improve at Dusk Cloud Mountain.
• Two years later, Qin Ming harvested Sky Net Fruit and learned that Divine Path Mountain had sided with the Yin Demon Sect, while Su Yuqing became Great Jin’s youngest Pill King and a black-feather-robed man approached his table.