Chapter Summaries

Hua Tianxiong delivered Qin Ming’s warning and rare alchemy materials to Su Yuqing as the Great Li Demonic Path invaded Great Zhou and devastated its sects. With Great Zhou nearing collapse and the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree still far from blooming, Qin Ming planned to gather the remaining materials for the Infant Condensation Pill and leave for the Southern Wasteland.

• Hua Tianxiong met Su Yuqing at the Su Family and delivered Qin Ming’s intelligence about the Heavenly Demon Calamity and materials for the Infant Condensation Pill.
• Su Yuqing recognized the danger to Great Zhou, thanked Qin Ming through Hua Tianxiong, and hurried to inform his father, Su Tiannan.
• Three Blood Refinement Demon Sect disciples arrived at Vatican Sacred Mountain, where Chou killed Zen Master Tianyin and the invaders slaughtered the defenders of Heavenly Sound Zen Temple.
• Old Jia told Qin Ming that Great Zhou was nearing collapse, and Qin Ming reassured him that Great Jin would remain safe for decades.
• Hua Tianxiong reported that Cold Crow Reverend had fled Mystic Clarity Temple and that the planned Defenders of the Dao Alliance had lost its chance to unite Great Zhou.
• Qin Ming checked the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree and, seeing that it had not yet bloomed, resolved to finish gathering pill materials and return to the Southern Wasteland.

After three years of secluded cultivation, Qin Ming neared Golden Core completion and learned that Cold Crow Reverend had been defeated by powerful Blood Refinement Demon Sect disciples before escaping. On his way back from the market, he encountered three disguised Golden Core demon cultivators who were searching for Cold Crow Reverend and had come to obtain a rare spirit item.

• Qin Ming harvested mature Affixes from the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine, increased his lifespan and mana purity, and checked the growth of his medicinal plants and Sky Net Fruit.
• Qin Ming inspected Li Lan's Jade Emperor Spirit Rice fields and identified a hidden insect blight, impressing Li Lan with his ability to detect diseased plants.
• At a gathering with Han Yuan, Liu Ye, and Gao Feng, Qin Ming learned that Cold Crow Reverend had lost a battle to the Blood Refinement Demon Sect's Holy Son and Saintess before fleeing with Mystic Clarity Temple's treasures.
• Gao Feng told Qin Ming that Li Haoran had slain a late-stage Golden Core Yin Demon Sect elder and earned the Li Clan an invitation to join the Defenders of the Dao Alliance.
• Qin Ming recognized three disguised Golden Core demon cultivators in a dark-gold carriage and quietly left after directing them toward the Five Elements Mountain Market District.
• After Qin Ming departed, the cultivators discussed their mission to find Cold Crow Reverend in Great Jin, the Ten Thousand Year Azure Spirit Saliva, and Senior Sister Lan Bing's defeat of Cold Crow Reverend.

Qin Ming reported three Blood Refinement Demon Sect cultivators hiding in the Five Elements Mountain Market District to the Defenders of the Dao Alliance, who killed one and uncovered dozens more. He then took the Devouring Sky Rat to Dusk Cloud Mountain, where it survived its tribulation and advanced to the late third stage.

• Qin Ming had Hua Tianxiong deliver intelligence about three powerful Blood Refinement Demon Sect cultivators to the Defenders of the Dao Alliance.
• The Defenders of the Dao Alliance raided the Five Elements Mountain Market District, killed one of the three infiltrators, and captured dozens of hidden demonic cultivators while two sect disciples escaped.
• Hua Tianxiong reported the raid to Qin Ming and gave him spirit materials he had received as a reward for the intelligence.
• Qin Ming learned that the Devouring Sky Rat was nearing a breakthrough and took it to Dusk Cloud Mountain to undergo its tribulation.
• The Devouring Sky Rat used its Five Elements Flag treasures to withstand the nine layers of lightning and advanced to the late third stage as a half-transformed Demon King.

The Devouring Sky Rat advanced to a late-stage third-order Demon King, and Qin Ming learned from Yue Lingyan about the Immortal Cultivation World’s shifting powers and a rumored way to open the Azure Origin Sect Secret Realm. As Qin Ming headed back toward Five Elements Mountain, two Blood Refinement Demon Sect disciples flew toward him, with one intending to attack.

• The Devouring Sky Rat broke through using the Five Elements Command Flags, and Qin Ming celebrated with it in the Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Qin Ming and Yue Lingyan discussed Nascent Soul cultivation, Cold Crow Reverend, and reports that a Demonic Path treasure and ritual could hasten the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree’s flowering.
• Qin Ming left Dusk Cloud Mountain after finding the spirit beasts drunk, then reprimanded the Devouring Sky Rat and learned it could now better wield the Five Elements Flags.
• Qin Ming disguised himself as Manager Lu and traveled alone toward Five Elements Mountain while the Devouring Sky Rat complained that he was playing favorites.
• Two Blood Refinement Demon Sect disciples abandoned their search for Cold Crow Reverend after hearing the Azure Origin Sect Secret Realm might soon be accessible, then spotted Qin Ming and one of them offered to take his essence blood.

Qin Ming confronted the two Blood Refinement Demon Sect cultivators who had attacked him before, revealing his strength as a Golden Core cultivator. As Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat battled Cultivator Chou and Cultivator Meng, Qin Ming’s Crimson Demonic Ape overwhelmed Chou’s demonic dragon and sent it crashing into the forest.

• Cultivator Meng and Senior Brother Chou blocked Qin Ming’s path and attacked, but Qin Ming trapped Meng’s Blood Spirit Diamond with black vines and revealed his concealed cultivation.
• Cultivator Meng recognized Qin Ming and accused him of leaking the three martial brothers’ whereabouts, then summoned blood bats to attack him.
• The Devouring Sky Rat emerged from the void, drove back Meng’s blood bats, and fought him with its steel fork and Five Elements Flag.
• Qin Ming’s Wood Sovereign Nails pierced Chou’s Demonic Beasts, but Chou protected himself with a cauldron-shaped barrier before transforming through Demonic Empowerment into a huge black dragon.
• Qin Ming summoned the Crimson Demonic Ape with the Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art, and the two monstrous forms collided in a devastating clash that sent Chou’s dragon crashing into the forest.

Qin Ming defeated and killed the Blood Refinement Demon Sect cultivators Chou and Meng, though sect soul restrictions prevented him from extracting their intelligence. Their deaths drew the attention of Jiang Yuan and Lan Bing, who suspected a Nascent Soul cultivator and ordered the other disciples to watch for the Blood Ring Curse Mark.

• Qin Ming’s crimson Eight-Armed Demonic Ape overwhelmed Fiend Cultivator Chou’s demonic flood-dragon form and tore off its head.
• Chou’s fleeing soul collided with Qin Ming’s materialized divine sense, then exploded when Qin Ming tried to search it because of a sect Soul Restriction.
• The Devouring Sky Rat trapped Fiend Cultivator Meng in the Four Symbols Calamity Formation and killed him with its black astral winds.
• Qin Ming collected the cultivators’ Storage Bags and Blood Orbs, fed the orbs to his Yin-Yang Mystic Vine, and left with the Devouring Sky Rat.
• Jiang Yuan and Lan Bing learned that Chou and Meng had died; Lan Bing said the killer would bear an invisible Blood Ring Curse Mark and told the others to watch for it.

Qin Ming found Ten Thousand Year Azure Spirit Saliva among the spoils from two Blood Refinement Demon Sect cultivators, leaving only Five Elements Spirit Ginseng to gather for the main ingredients he needed. Later, Hua Tianxiong arranged for him to meet Great Zhou Luo Family elder Luo Xi and the injured young master Luo Chen, but Luo Xi objected when he saw Qin Ming in the supposedly secret meeting.

• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and Great Dark Sky Demon Saint inspected the site of Qin Ming’s battle, discussed the ancient Azure Origin Sect secret realm, and departed without agreeing to cooperate.
• Qin Ming returned to Five Elements Mountain, tended his Spirit Fields, and found abundant treasures in the Storage Bags of the two slain fiend cultivators.
• The Devouring Sky Rat broke the seal on an azure jade bottle, and Qin Ming discovered it contained Ten Thousand Year Azure Spirit Saliva, leaving only Five Elements Spirit Ginseng among his four main ingredients for the Infant Condensation Pill.
• Months later, Hua Tianxiong told Qin Ming that Great Zhou Luo Family elder Luo Xi wanted Alchemist Su to refine a Nine Yang Soul Renewal Pill for his injured son, Luo Chen.
• Qin Ming agreed to meet the Luo Family, and Hua Tianxiong brought Luo Xi and Luo Chen into the courtyard where Qin Ming was waiting.
• Luo Xi saw Qin Ming inside and sternly challenged Hua Tianxiong for bringing an outsider to their supposedly secret meeting.

Qin Ming saw through Luo Chen’s disguise and demanded a fourth-rank spirit material before he would arrange for Su Yuqing to refine the Nine Yang Soul Renewal Pill, suspecting the Luo family had another motive. After ordering Hua Tianxiong to turn away other requests for the pill, Qin Ming continued cultivating, while Jiang Yuan and Lan Bing discussed the wounded Cold Crow Reverend’s search for a way to heal his divine soul.

• Qin Ming used his divine abilities to discover that Luo Chen was young, had concealed his Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation and appearance, and had only slightly injured his divine soul.
• Qin Ming demanded a fourth-rank spirit material to arrange the Nine Yang Soul Renewal Pill, but Luo Xi and Luo Chen left without agreeing to the condition.
• Qin Ming told Hua Tianxiong that Luo Chen was hiding his identity and instructed him to ask Su Yuqing to ignore anyone seeking the pill.
• Qin Ming considered obtaining the Five Elements Spirit Ginseng from the Luo family and stayed in Hua Tianxiong’s courtyard to cultivate.
• Jiang Yuan asked Lan Bing where Cold Crow Reverend had gone, and Lan Bing said he was likely seeking a way to heal his divine soul.

Luo Chen and Luo Xi failed to obtain a Nine Yang Soul Renewal Pill from either Hua Tianxiong or Su Yuqing, while Qin Ming arranged to refine one himself. After hearing about an upcoming auction of Starsea Divine Vine, Qin Ming grew suspicious that it might be bait for the Luo Family; he then successfully refined three high-grade pills.

• Luo Chen and Luo Xi arrived at the Su Clan seeking pill refinement, but Su Yuqing refused to meet them because his appointments were full, so they left empty-handed.
• Luo Xi suggested searching for other spirit objects that could treat the divine soul, and Luo Chen agreed to look through Immortal City market districts.
• Hua Tianxiong told Qin Ming that the Luo Family was searching for spirit materials, and Qin Ming asked him to gather ingredients for a Nine Yang Soul Renewal Pill.
• At Mirror Snow Pavilion, Old Jia told Qin Ming that the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance would auction a section of Starsea Divine Vine, prompting Qin Ming to suspect it might be bait for the Luo Family.
• Hua Tianxiong delivered the ingredients, and Qin Ming refined three five-colored Nine Yang Soul Renewal Pills in three days.

Qin Ming arranged a Nine Yang Soul Renewal Pill for Bai Yuhan in exchange for Mystic Clarity Temple’s Five Elements Spirit Ginseng. Bai Yuhan brought him to meet Cold Crow Reverend, and Qin Ming realized he had walked into the presence of a Nascent Soul True Lord.

• Cold Crow Reverend learned that the Blood Refinement Demon Sect likely planned to use the Starsea Divine Vine auction as bait, and ordered Luo Chen and Luo Xi to obtain the pill from Qin Ming instead.
• Qin Ming monitored the auction while Luo Chen visited Mirror Snow Pavilion in disguise, but Qin Ming saw through him and made him reveal that he was Bai Yuhan of Mystic Clarity Temple.
• Qin Ming produced a finished Nine Yang Soul Renewal Pill and demanded a Five Elements Spirit Ginseng in exchange.
• Bai Yuhan consulted his superiors, then invited Qin Ming to meet them and trade face-to-face.
• Bai Yuhan led Qin Ming to a hidden cavern, where Qin Ming recognized the green-robed youth as a Nascent Soul True Lord.

Qin Ming traded two Nine Yang Soul Renewal Pills with Cold Crow Reverend for Five Elements Spirit Ginseng and Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold, then returned to the Five Elements Mountain Market District. The Five Blessings Auction began offering the Starsea Divine Vine, but Fire Void Adept disrupted the bidding and claimed the item.

• Qin Ming met the injured Cold Crow Reverend and swore a Dao Heart oath to keep their meeting secret.
• Cold Crow Reverend traded Qin Ming a Five Elements Spirit Ginseng for a Nine Yang Soul Renewal Pill, and Qin Ming exchanged another pill for Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold.
• Qin Ming left the cave with both treasures while Cold Crow Reverend took the pill to heal his Nascent Soul and spirit.
• Hua Tianxiong watched the Five Blessings Auction as the auctioneer presented a segment of Starsea Divine Vine with an opening bid of eighty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Fire Void Adept announced that he would take the Starsea Divine Vine and released a suffocating Spiritual Pressure over the auction hall.

Fire Void Adept seized the Starsea Divine Vine and fought Elder Jin Han, while Hua Tianxiong escaped his grasp with a Void Shift Talisman and reached Qin Ming. As Fire Void Adept and Elder Jin Han clashed again, a Blood Refinement World suddenly engulfed them all.

• Fire Void Adept stole the Starsea Divine Vine at the auction, and Elder Jin Han confronted him as the cultivators fled the hall.
• Fire Void Adept attacked Elder Jin Han and tried to take Hua Tianxiong hostage, but Hua Tianxiong escaped with a supreme Void Shift Talisman.
• Jiang Yuan accepted the Starsea Divine Vine after Lan Bing left, while Hua Tianxiong warned Qin Ming that the market district was under attack.
• Qin Ming used his divine sense to survey the area, summoned Hua Tianxiong to him, and hid him inside the Lesser Spirit Realm as Fire Void Adept closed in.
• Elder Jin Han caught up with Fire Void Adept and attacked, but a Blood Refinement World suddenly pulled both cultivators and those nearby inside.

Jiang Yuan trapped the cultivators inside his Blood Floating Pagoda and overwhelmed Fire Void Adept and Elder Jin Han. After Fire Void Adept destroyed his Golden Core and damaged the pagoda, Jiang Yuan discovered Qin Ming’s presence through a Blood Ring Curse Mark and called him out.

• Jiang Yuan used the Blood Floating Pagoda to suppress the cultivators, forcing Fire Void Adept and Elder Jin Han to join forces against him.
• Jiang Yuan’s Netherworld Yellow Springs swallowed their attacks and swept away the weaker cultivators, while Qin Ming and Hua Tianxiong watched from the Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Jiang Yuan gravely wounded Fire Void Adept, and Qin Ming stole Fire Void Adept’s Storage Bag through the Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Fire Void Adept self-destructed his Golden Core to avoid being captured, damaging the Blood Floating Pagoda and allowing Elder Jin Han to escape.
• Jiang Yuan searched for Fire Void Adept’s missing Storage Bag, then detected a Blood Ring Curse Mark that revealed the killer of Disciple Meng and Disciple Chou was nearby.
• A matching curse mark appeared above Qin Ming, and Jiang Yuan called on the hidden expert to reveal himself.

Jiang Yuan tracked Qin Ming’s hidden Lesser Spirit Realm and forced him into a battle, but Qin Ming killed the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s Holy Son with the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror. He left with Jiang Yuan’s corpse and the Demon Luo Sky Curtain, while the battlefield’s survivors cautiously emerged.

• Jiang Yuan used the Blood Ring Curse Mark to locate the hidden Lesser Spirit Realm, and Qin Ming transformed into Hua Tianxiong to confront him.
• Qin Ming’s Wood Sovereign Nails and Solar Essence Flame wounded Jiang Yuan’s demonic heads, and the two fought with their powerful transformations and divine abilities.
• Qin Ming recognized Jiang Yuan’s Source Demon Pearl and Yin Underworld Heavenly Corpse Art, then used the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror to expose his lifespan and kill him despite the Blood Refinement Demon Sect ancestor’s warning projection.
• Qin Ming collected Jiang Yuan’s corpse and the fallen Demon Luo Sky Curtain, then left as low-level cultivators cautiously emerged from hiding.

After Qin Ming killed Jiang Yuan, Lan Bing ordered the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s disciples to investigate discreetly and retreat from Great Jin. Qin Ming examined Jiang Yuan’s Source Demon Pearl, uncovered the Blood Abyss Realm’s role in the Heavenly Demon Calamity, and added a revived Starsea Divine Vine to his growing collection of treasures.

• Lan Bing learned that Jiang Yuan had died, explained that her divination had warned her of danger, and ordered the disciples to investigate quietly and return from Great Jin.
• Qin Ming returned to the Five Elements Mountain Market District with Hua Tianxiong, rewarded him, and told him to gather more spiritual materials and information.
• Qin Ming revived the Starsea Divine Vine with Rebirth Spirit Seed Affixes and accelerated its growth, causing it to benefit the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine.
• Qin Ming examined Fire Void Adept’s Storage Bag and Jiang Yuan’s corpse, then discovered that the Source Demon Pearl contained Jiang Yuan’s treasures, demonic artifacts, demon crystals, and Source Demon Qi.
• Qin Ming had the Devouring Sky Rat remove seals from Jiang Yuan’s jade slips and found demonic cultivation techniques, the Blood Refinement Pill Scripture, and instructions for repairing the Blood Floating Pagoda.
• Qin Ming read that the Blood Abyss Realm was a small world governed by powerful sects and that the Heavenly Demon Calamity tested their disciples while harvesting resources from lower realms.

Qin Ming secured Jiang Yuan’s cultivation records and treasures, then planned to move Mirror Snow Pavilion’s focus to Central Province amid turmoil in the Five Elements Mountain region. Cold Crow Reverend recovered much of his strength and began preparing to rebuild Mystic Clarity Temple, while Qin Ming remained at his spirit field as someone arrived to see him.

• Qin Ming found high-level demon-beast essence blood and other resources among Jiang Yuan’s treasures, then promised his three beasts he would refine Biluo Huangquan Pills from the Holy Son’s Golden Core.
• After learning that the Holy Son had fallen and the Five Elements Mountain region was unstable, Qin Ming told Old Jia to prepare to shift Mirror Snow Pavilion’s development toward Central Province.
• Cold Crow Reverend recovered about seventy percent of his Nascent Soul cultivation, rewarded Bai Yuhan and Luo Xi, and ordered them to recall the sect’s core disciples.
• Bai Yuhan told Cold Crow Reverend that Jiang Yuan had died, and Cold Crow Reverend decided to join the Defenders of the Dao Alliance while planning to avenge his humiliation.
• Cold Crow Reverend learned that Manager Lu was at a Five Elements Mountain Spirit Field and vowed to confront him over the Five Elements Spirit Ginseng.
• Qin Ming inspected the spirit plants and advised Li Lan before the Devouring Sky Rat returned to announce that someone wanted to see him.

Yue Lingyan visited Qin Ming to ask about the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s dead Holy Son, while Qin Ming concealed his role in the death and planned to move to Great Jin’s Central Province. Cold Crow Reverend arrived intending to confront Qin Ming, but after discovering Yue Lingyan’s identity, he changed course and left Qin Ming a gift of Phoenix Blood Spirit Rice.

• The Devouring Sky Rat told Qin Ming that Yue Lingyan had arrived with the Silver Fox, and Yue Lingyan entered the spirit fields to visit him.
• Yue Lingyan asked Qin Ming about the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s Holy Son, and Qin Ming concealed that he had killed Jiang Yuan while sharing news about the Southern Domain.
• Cold Crow Reverend burst into the spirit fields to confront Qin Ming, but he recognized Yue Lingyan as a Fourth-Order Transformation Demon Saint and accepted Qin Ming’s invitation inside.
• Cold Crow Reverend apologized for his supposed intentions and gave Qin Ming Fourth-Order low-grade Phoenix Blood Spirit Rice, which Qin Ming accepted.
• After spending the day drinking with Qin Ming and Yue Lingyan, Cold Crow Reverend departed and cursed his bad luck on the way home.

Qin Ming repaired the Blood Floating Pagoda, refined Biluo Huangquan Pills for his spirit pets, and used Crimson-Eyed Celestial Qilin blood essence to advance his Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art to True Core Perfection. He sent his pets to visit Yue Lingyan at Dusk Cloud Mountain while he reached a level at which he could contend with early Nascent Soul cultivators.

• Qin Ming reassured Old Jia that Cold Crow Reverend and Yue Lingyan had visited Five Elements Mountain to reserve Jade Emperor Spirit Rice, and warned him against relying on powerful backers.
• Qin Ming repaired and refined the Blood Floating Pagoda and Demon Luo Sky Curtain, then began refining Biluo Huangquan Pills from Jiang Yuan's Golden Core.
• After forty-nine days, Qin Ming completed nine supreme third-rank Biluo Huangquan Pills and gave pills to the Devouring Sky Rat for itself, the Mystic Water Crocodile, the Silver-Winged Frost Bee, and Yue Lingyan.
• The Devouring Sky Rat left with its companions for Dusk Cloud Mountain so they could use the Fox Clan's treasured land to break through.
• Qin Ming swallowed the Crimson-Eyed Celestial Qilin Blood Essence and advanced his Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art to True Core Perfection, gaining the strength to contend with early Nascent Soul cultivators.

Qin Ming reached True Core Perfection, while his spirit beasts advanced after delivering Biluo Huangquan Pills to Yue Lingyan. He transformed the Fengyou Ghost Date Tree into a Thunder Origin Demon Jujube and, two years later, harvested Sky Net Fruit and refined it into Sky Net Powder as trouble gathered around the Azure Origin Sect’s secret realm.

• Qin Ming celebrated his breakthrough to True Core Perfection and reflected on his growing strength.
• The Devouring Sky Rat delivered two Biluo Huangquan Pills from Qin Ming to Yue Lingyan, who arranged for it and the other spirit beasts to cultivate at Dusk Cloud Mountain.
• Qin Ming’s Fengyou Ghost Date Tree transformed into a Thunder Origin Demon Jujube, and he had the Mystic Water Crocodile feed it lightning.
• Qin Ming investigated the guarded secret realm entrance beneath Five Elements Mountain and learned that the Yin Demon Sect and Divine Path Mountain’s ritual was approaching, though the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree had not bloomed.
• The Devouring Sky Rat, Mystic Water Crocodile, and Silver-Winged Frost Bee returned with improved cultivation, and the Mystic Water Crocodile began feeding lightning to the demon jujube.
• Two years later, Qin Ming harvested the ripe Sky Net Fruit from ten mu of Spirit Fields and refined the fruit into Sky Net Powder.

As war threatened to erupt over the ancient Azure Origin Sect Secret Realm, Qin Ming learned that the Defenders of the Dao Alliance had uncovered alarming information and confirmed he had already moved Mirror Snow Pavilion’s assets to Central Province. As he listened to news of Su Yuqing’s rise to Pill King, a mysterious man approached his table.

• Qin Ming learned that Sky Net Powder had become scarce and highly prized, and he gave Han Yuan a bottle in gratitude for his help.
• Han Yuan told Qin Ming that Divine Path Mountain had sided with Great Li’s Yin Demon Sect and that a major conflict might soon break out over the Five Elements Mountain Range.
• Qin Ming confirmed that Cold Crow Reverend had visited his Spirit Fields and revealed that he had already relocated Mirror Snow Pavilion’s assets to Central Province.
• Qin Ming heard that Su Yuqing had refined a Tier 4 Primal Spirit Pill and become Great Jin’s youngest Pill King.
• A black-feather-robed man approached Qin Ming’s table and asked to take the empty seat.