Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming learned that merchant caravans were being plundered and ordered Mirror Snow Pavilion to halt its shipments while he investigated. He also discovered that the Yin Demon Sect was secretly investigating Hua Tianxiong, then revealed that he was Moon Gazing Adept and tasked Hua with finding the caravan raiders.

• Qin Ming thanked Han Yuan, Liu Ye, and Gao Feng for warning him about the caravan attacks and gave each of them a Jade Mystery Pill.
• Qin Ming went to Mirror Snow Pavilion and ordered Jia Heyi to recall its departing caravan and stop all caravans from going out.
• Qin Ming contacted Hua Tianxiong, who said the Yin Demon Sect was secretly investigating him over Old Devil Tian's death.
• Qin Ming told Hua Tianxiong that he had killed the other three Yin Demon Sect Golden Core cultivators and ordered him to investigate the caravan plunderers.
• Hua Tianxiong agreed to investigate and asked whether the Yin Demon Sect was behind the attacks, but Qin Ming said it was unlikely.

Qin Ming learned that Divine Path Sect had raided merchant caravans to conceal traces of Flame Marrow Ore, then watched tensions rise between the sect and the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance. Divine Path Mountain tried to buy Mirror Snow Pavilion’s spirit fields by force, but Jin Han intervened and warned Qin Ming not to sell; Qin Ming suspected the dispute over the spirit ore mine held further secrets.

• Qin Ming completed the Five Elements Command Flags and gave the full set to the Devouring Sky Rat to refine.
• Hua Tianxiong reported that Divine Path Sect had raided caravans carrying Blazing Flame Ore after discovering traces of Flame Marrow Ore, and Qin Ming ordered him to keep investigating.
• Qin Ming learned that Jin Han had returned injured and that tensions between the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance and Divine Path Mountain had intensified, while Li Fire Palace remained cautious.
• Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang arrived at Mirror Snow Pavilion and offered twice the price for Qin Ming’s spirit fields, but Qin Ming refused.
• Wen Yuliang pressured Qin Ming until Jin Han arrived and challenged Divine Path Mountain; Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang then left.
• Jin Han warned Qin Ming not to sell the fields and revealed that Divine Path Mountain had secretly allied with the Yin Demon Sect; Qin Ming suspected Jin Han had withheld more about the ore mine.

Qin Ming prepared for possible conflict over the spirit fields while tracking the growing feud between Divine Path Mountain and the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance. Half a year later, he harvested spirit plants bearing Mana Spring Affixes and hoped they would let him break through to the Golden Core late stage.

• Qin Ming ordered the spirit farmers to report anything unusual, and Jia Heyi strengthened the fields’ guards amid rumors of a spirit mine and rising tensions.
• Jia Heyi identified Wen Yuliang and Yun Yangzi as powerful Divine Path Mountain cultivators, while Qin Ming resolved to sell the fields rather than fight a great power over them.
• Qin Ming visited Five Elements Mountain Market District to follow the conflict, where the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance retaliated against Divine Path Mountain and Hua Tianxiong accepted a risky caravan contract from the alliance.
• Six months later, Qin Ming harvested his spirit plants and collected ten Mana Spring Affixes, which he hoped would help him reach the Golden Core late stage.

Qin Ming used his Mana Spring affixes to break through to golden core late stage, then refined Soul Cleansing Incense and put Jia Heyi in charge of selling it. Li Lan also advanced to Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster, and Qin Ming gave her Tier 3 Jade Emperor Spirit Rice seeds to begin farming for him.

• Qin Ming cultivated with all ten Mana Spring affixes, reached the Azure Emperor Art's ninth layer, and broke through to golden core late stage, greatly increasing his strength and lifespan.
• Qin Ming used all ten Vitality Spring affixes to raise his body cultivation to peak True Core Mid Stage, then crafted more than a thousand sticks of Tier 3 upper-grade Soul Cleansing Incense.
• Qin Ming gave Jia Heyi fifty sticks of Soul Cleansing Incense to send to the Southern Wasteland headquarters and two hundred to sell for Upper-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Lan reported that her Spirit Rest Rice had matured and that she had cultivated several Tier 3 lower-grade Spirit Plants, becoming a Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster.
• Qin Ming gave Li Lan Tier 3 Jade Emperor Spirit Rice seeds and told her to fulfill her promise to farm land for him for thirty years.

After Mirror Snow Pavilion’s Soul Cleansing Incense became a hit, Jia Heyi brought Qin Ming a spirit-wine formula in exchange for two sticks. Qin Ming recognized its Demon Flame Wine recipe, which could aid a breakthrough to golden core completion, and began brewing it with his Azure-Faced Poisonous Flood Dragon Demon Core.

• Mirror Snow Pavilion’s Soul Cleansing Incense gained fame across Great Jin, and Qin Ming experienced its benefits for cultivation firsthand.
• Jia Heyi reported that the incense had sold out for one hundred and eighty Upper-Grade Spirit Stones and gave Qin Ming a yellowed page he had traded for two sticks.
• Qin Ming recognized the page as a continuation of the Divine Brewer's Formula and found the Demon Flame Wine recipe, which called for a third-order late-stage flood dragon Demon Core.
• Qin Ming rewarded Jia Heyi with Jade Mystery Pills, then gathered the remaining ingredients for Demon Flame Wine at Five Elements Mountain Market District.
• Qin Ming began brewing Demon Flame Wine in the Lesser Spirit Realm, using his Azure-Faced Poisonous Flood Dragon Demon Core and water from the Fourth-Order Earthly Spirit Spring.

Qin Ming assigned the Devouring Sky Rat to investigate beneath the Spirit Fields while he considered what to plant next. Li Lan’s success as a Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster drew the attention of powerful factions, and Elder Zou Pinghai approached her at home to recruit her away from Mirror Snow Pavilion.

• Qin Ming told the Devouring Sky Rat to dig beneath the Spirit Fields and report any discoveries without damaging the Spirit Vein.
• Qin Ming stored his Demon Flame Wine, while Li Lan’s Tier 2 Spirit Rest Rice became a hit at Spirit Ruins Market District and her Tier 3 Jade Emperor Spirit Rice seedlings neared full-scale planting.
• Li Lan declined recruitment offers from other factions and returned home with spirit deer meat to celebrate with her wife and children.
• Elder Zou Pinghai visited Li Lan and suggested that working for Mirror Snow Pavilion was wasting her talent.

Zou Pinghai tried to recruit Li Lan and then approached Qin Ming, who refused to let the Spirit Planter leave Mirror Snow Pavilion. After learning Zou had been recruiting Spirit Planters and transporting Rotting Spirit Grass, Qin Ming heard Zou had been killed by Divine Path Mountain and rushed to protect Hua Tianxiong from pursuit.

• Zou Pinghai offered Li Lan double Mirror Snow Pavilion’s terms to become a guest elder of the Zou Family, but Li Lan declined because of his thirty-year contract.
• Zou Pinghai asked Qin Ming to release Li Lan, but Qin Ming refused and later questioned Hua Tianxiong about Zou’s activities.
• Hua Tianxiong said Zou had been recruiting high-grade Spirit Planters and transporting large quantities of Tier 3 Rotting Spirit Grass.
• Hua Tianxiong reported that Divine Path Mountain had ambushed the caravan and killed Zou Pinghai, so Qin Ming hurried to protect him.
• Qin Ming found Hua Tianxiong fleeing near the Five Elements Mountain Range while Yun Yangzi pursued him.

Qin Ming hid Hua Tianxiong in the Lesser Spirit Realm while Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang searched for him and discussed a secret involving the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree. After learning that Hua Tianxiong knew little about it, Qin Ming proposed killing the two elders and searching their souls, then disguised himself as Hua Tianxiong.

• Qin Ming pulled Hua Tianxiong into the Lesser Spirit Realm as Yun Yangzi pursued him.
• Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang searched the area with tracking methods and the Illusion Sky Mirror but found no trace of Hua Tianxiong.
• Wen Yuliang revealed that Zou Pinghai had coveted the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree and entered a secret realm, and worried that Hua Tianxiong might have learned too much.
• Hua Tianxiong told Qin Ming that he knew nothing about the treasure tree or secret realm, though he suspected they were connected to Divine Path Mountain's spirit vein.
• Qin Ming suggested killing Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang to search their souls, then used True Demon Illusion to take Hua Tianxiong's appearance.

Qin Ming disguised himself as Hua Tianxiong and confronted Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang, who had returned to ambush him. After their attacks failed, Yun Yangzi’s Golden Silkworm Soul Gu fought Qin Ming’s Silver-Winged Frost Bee, and a Profound Water Colossal Crocodile joined the battle against Yun Yangzi.

• Qin Ming waited in the Lesser Spirit Realm until Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang left, then emerged disguised as Hua Tianxiong.
• Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang doubled back, but Qin Ming’s powerful divine sense and True Demon Illusion kept them from identifying him.
• Yun Yangzi attacked Qin Ming with a golden needle, but Qin Ming evaded it and wounded Yun Yangzi with his Wood Sovereign Nails.
• Yun Yangzi unleashed his Golden Silkworm Soul Gu, but Qin Ming’s protective aura blocked its poison.
• Qin Ming summoned the Silver-Winged Frost Bee, which clashed with the Golden Silkworm Soul Gu, while a Profound Water Colossal Crocodile attacked Yun Yangzi.

Qin Ming battled Wen Yuliang while his spirit pets overwhelmed Yun Yangzi, forcing Wen Yuliang to use a supreme Essence Burst Talisman and reach the Pseudo-Nascent Soul realm. Qin Ming then attacked with golden divine flame from the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror, and Wen Yuliang sensed imminent danger.

• Qin Ming resisted Wen Yuliang’s Mystic Origin Heavy Water Pearl and countered its devouring black-water streams with the Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame.
• Qin Ming’s Silver-Winged Frost Bee restrained Yun Yangzi’s Golden Silkworm Soul Gu while the Mystic Water Crocodile wounded Yun Yangzi.
• Wen Yuliang used a Tier 3 supreme Essence Burst Talisman and raised his power to the Pseudo-Nascent Soul realm.
• Qin Ming questioned why Wen Yuliang had left Divine Path Mountain instead of pursuing a Nascent Soul breakthrough, then unleashed golden divine flame from the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror.
• Wen Yuliang felt a sense of impending catastrophe as Qin Ming’s attack came toward him.

Qin Ming killed Wen Yuliang and Yun Yangzi, then learned that Divine Path Mountain had discovered an ancient secret realm beneath Five Elements Mountain, guarded by the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree. The discovery could spark a war among Great Jin’s three Nascent Soul-level forces, and Qin Ming was left weighing the danger near his Spirit Field.

• Qin Ming used the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror to kill Wen Yuliang, then collected his belongings and turned his corpse into fertilizer for the Fengyou Ghost Date Tree.
• Qin Ming stopped Yun Yangzi from self-destructing his Golden Core, shattered his Qi Sea Dantian with Wood Sovereign Nails, and searched his soul.
• Qin Ming learned Divine Path Mountain had found an ancient secret realm beneath Five Elements Mountain, whose entrance was controlled by the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree and its Seven Wonders Treasure Flowers.
• Qin Ming discovered Divine Path Mountain suspected Li Fire Palace had manipulated the Flame Marrow Ore dispute to provoke conflict with the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance, while the other forces seemed unaware of the secret realm.
• Qin Ming drained Yun Yangzi's corpse and added it to the Lesser Spirit Realm as fertilizer, while Hua Tianxiong praised Qin Ming and declared his loyalty.

After killing Yun Yangzi and Elder Wen, Qin Ming left the battle site as Divine Path Mountain discovered the deaths and began an investigation. Meanwhile, the Devouring Sky Rat found a guarded underground Seven-Colored Coral Tree and quietly withdrew to report its discovery.

• Qin Ming’s Silver-Winged Frost Bee killed and devoured Yun Yangzi’s Golden Silkworm Soul Gu, while the Mystic Water Crocodile received a Beast Sovereign Pill for its help.
• Qin Ming erased the battle’s traces and vanished, leaving nearby cultivators to find the devastated mountains and flee in fear.
• Divine Path Mountain’s Lord of Myriad Poisons learned that two elders had died, ordered an investigation, and promoted another Nascent Soul seed into Wen Yuliang’s place.
• The Devouring Sky Rat discovered a vast underground chamber containing a Seven-Colored Coral Tree guarded by Divine Path Mountain cultivators, then quietly returned through its tunnel.

Qin Ming rewarded Hua Tianxiong and sent him back under the protection of the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance as news spread that Divine Path Mountain’s cultivators had been killed. After returning to Five Elements Mountain, Qin Ming learned about Divine Path Mountain’s secret realm and Seven Wonders Treasure Tree, but decided to wait rather than risk a confrontation.

• Qin Ming sent Hua Tianxiong back to the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance with rare materials for Su Yuqing and rewarded him with a Divine Wood Pill.
• News spread that Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang had been killed, and Lord of Myriad Poisons threatened the culprit while Divine Path Mountain named Hua Tianxiong its prime suspect.
• The Myriad Paths Trading Alliance protected Hua Tianxiong, who silently accepted the blame, while other factions began to view him as a mysterious expert.
• The Devouring Sky Rat told Qin Ming about the underground secret realm and Seven Wonders Treasure Tree it had found beneath Divine Path Mountain.
• Qin Ming refused to raid the secret realm, warning that Divine Path Mountain might have hidden Nascent Soul cultivators there and that rival factions could soon contest it.
• Qin Ming gave the Devouring Sky Rat a Beast Sovereign Pill, and it went to cultivate.

Qin Ming learned that the secret realm beneath Five Elements Mountain was likely the ruins of the Azure Origin Sect, an ancient sect with a remarkable history and powerful inheritances. Though the discovery brought the sect’s past into focus and stirred his interest, Qin Ming chose to wait rather than risk entering the dangerous ruins.

• Qin Ming fed two Blood Orbs to his Yin-Yang Mystic Vine, raising its three affixes’ maturity levels above halfway.
• Hua Tianxiong broke through to the Golden Core Middle Stage after taking the Divine Wood Pill and improving his preparations for survival.
• Hua Tianxiong reported that the secret realm controlled by Divine Path Mountain was likely the Azure Origin Sect’s former mountain gate.
• Hua Tianxiong described the Azure Origin Sect’s history as a renowned Spirit Plant sect that produced God Transformation Venerables and ascended figures.
• Qin Ming connected the Azure Origin Sect to several inheritances and relics he had encountered, including the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror.
• Qin Ming decided to stay cautious and let the major powers contend over the secret realm before considering its dangers and opportunities.

Qin Ming continued cultivating rare Spirit Plants at Five Elements Mountain while Divine Path Mountain focused on the Azure Origin Sect Secret Realm. He received an invitation from Yue Lingyan to attend her Demon Saint Ceremony at Dusk Cloud Mountain.

• Divine Path Mountain recruited high-level Spirit Planters and planted Third-Order Rot Spirit Grass, but Qin Ming judged that its Seven Wonders Treasure Tree would take a century to bloom.
• Qin Ming planted Sky Net Fruit in his fields and studied the Mystic Origin Heavy Water Pearl while planning to avoid the coming struggles and advance through cultivation.
• Li Lan praised Qin Ming's skill at cultivating Sky Net Fruit, and Qin Ming kept quiet about Zou Pinghai's death and his ties to Divine Path Mountain.
• The Devouring Sky Rat told Qin Ming that Silver Fox had arrived with an invitation to Yue Lingyan's Demon Saint Ceremony.
• Silver Fox gave Qin Ming a Spirit Jade Leaf bearing Yue Lingyan's invitation to the banquet at Dusk Cloud Mountain next month.

Qin Ming prepared to attend Yue Lingyan’s Fourth-Order Demon Saint ceremony, hoping to obtain Transformation Demon Grass, and enlisted Su Yuqing to provide a rare congratulatory gift. After warning Su Yuqing about Divine Path Mountain’s secret alliance and plans for the Azure Origin Sect secret realm, Qin Ming set out for Dusk Cloud Mountain with his Spirit Pets.

• The Silver Fox invited Qin Ming to Yue Lingyan’s ceremony, and Qin Ming accepted while planning to ask for Transformation Demon Grass.
• At Five Elements Mountain Market District, Han Yuan warned Qin Ming that Divine Path Mountain was working with the Yin Demon Sect and targeting the Fourth-Grade Spirit Vein.
• Qin Ming visited Su Yuqing at Dragon Court Lake and asked him to provide a congratulatory gift for Yue Lingyan.
• Su Yuqing obtained the Su Clan’s Fourth-Grade Middle-Rank Thousand Illusion Spirit Pearl for Qin Ming after agreeing to a matchmaking date.
• Qin Ming told Su Yuqing about the Azure Origin Sect secret realm and advised the Su Clan to prepare for conflict without joining the struggle.
• After exchanging Alchemy Insights with Su Yuqing, Qin Ming returned to Five Elements Mountain Market District and later departed for Dusk Cloud Mountain with his three Spirit Pets.

Qin Ming visited Yue Lingyan at Dusk Cloud Mountain, congratulated her on becoming a Demon Saint, and obtained Transformation Demon Grass for his Nascent Soul plans. The chapter ended with Dusk Cloud Mountain holding a grand ceremony attended by demon clans from across the Beast Cry Mountain Range.

• Qin Ming met Yue Lingyan near Dusk Cloud Mountain and gave her a Thousand Illusion Spirit Pearl as a congratulatory gift.
• Yue Lingyan showed Qin Ming how to use her demon qi jade leaf to disguise himself as a Demon Race cultivator, and they entered Dusk Cloud Mountain together.
• Qin Ming asked Yue Lingyan for Transformation Demon Grass, and she brought him to her cave abode, where he found and transplanted more than a dozen plants.
• Qin Ming used an Enhanced Adaptation Affix on the Transformation Demon Grass in his Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Three days later, Dusk Cloud Mountain held Yue Lingyan's Demon Saint Ceremony, attended by the myriad demon clans of the Beast Cry Mountain Range.

Qin Ming attended Yue Lingyan’s Demon Saint ceremony, where he reunited the Devouring Sky Rat with Yang Jiao and met the Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and Peacock Saintess. As the demons began exchanging treasures, Ancient Mountain warned Yue Lingyan and the Peacock Saintess that the Great Zhou Cultivation World might soon be destroyed and began explaining the connection to Great Li’s demonic path.

• Qin Ming followed Yue Lingyan to her ceremony at Dusk Cloud Mountain, where demon clans celebrated her rise to Fourth-Order Demon Saint and presented rare gifts.
• At the banquet, Qin Ming introduced himself as Xuan Tong of the Black Sea Mystic Water Crocodile clan while the Devouring Sky Rat reunited with its old comrade Yang Jiao.
• The Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and Peacock Saintess arrived with gifts, and Qin Ming heard that Yue Lingyan had severely wounded the Wind-Rending Eagle clan’s Great Dark Sky Demon Saint.
• Yang Jiao proposed a resource exchange, and Qin Ming joined the gathered demon kings to trade spiritual materials.
• At the high table, Ancient Mountain Demon Saint privately warned Yue Lingyan and the Peacock Saintess that the Great Zhou Cultivation World might soon be destroyed, then began linking the threat to Great Li’s demonic path.

At the Demon Saint Ceremony, Qin Ming traded for rare materials and gathered many ingredients from Yue Lingyan’s treasure vault before she warned him of the coming Heavenly Demon Calamity. He suspected the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s urgent invasion was connected to the ancient Azure Origin Sect secret realm at Divine Path Mountain, leaving Yue Lingyan stunned.

• Gu Shan Demon Saint warned Yue Lingyan and the Peacock Saintess that the Blood Abyss Realm’s demonic forces would soon threaten the Demon Race.
• Qin Ming traded Beast Sovereign Pills for Crimson Sun Antlers, a Phoenix Marrow Fruit, Mystic Vein Purpurea Gold, and other rare materials from the Demon Kings.
• On the third day of the ceremony, Qin Ming told Yue Lingyan he planned to leave, and she brought him to the Fox Clan’s treasure vault to collect spiritual ingredients.
• Yue Lingyan warned Qin Ming that Great Li’s demonic path was invading Great Zhou as part of the Heavenly Demon Calamity and might target Great Jin next.
• Qin Ming suggested that the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s haste could be linked to the ancient Azure Origin Sect secret realm at Divine Path Mountain, and Yue Lingyan froze in surprise.

Qin Ming learned from Yue Lingyan that the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s descent into the lower realm was limited but dangerous, then discovered the Great Li Demonic Path had begun invading Great Zhou. He returned to Five Elements Mountain, warned Su Yuqing through Hua Tianxiong, and received two Taiyi Bodhi seeds, leaving him with three of the five main Infant Condensation Pill ingredients.

• Yue Lingyan explained the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s descent restrictions and warned Qin Ming that its Golden Core disciples could threaten Nascent Soul sects; she offered him refuge with the fox clan if Great Jin became unsafe.
• In the Blood Abyss Realm, Jiang Yuan and Lan Bing prepared to descend with other Blood Refinement Demon Sect disciples, whose mission would last up to ten years.
• Qin Ming found refugees fleeing to Cloudveil Immortal City and learned that the Great Li Demonic Path was slaughtering people and destroying Great Zhou’s cultivator families.
• Qin Ming returned to Five Elements Mountain and confirmed that news of the invasion had not yet reached the local market, though prices had begun to rise.
• Qin Ming told Hua Tianxiong to warn Su Yuqing about the invasion and send him Transformation Demon Grass and other pill materials; Hua Tianxiong gave Qin Ming two Taiyi Bodhi seeds sent by Alchemist Su.