Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming drew on his preparations and the Tier 4 Spirit Vein on Moon Gazing Island to break through from Golden Core completion to the Nascent Soul Realm. His breakthrough produced a ten-thousand-mile phenomenon that alarmed the Southern Wasteland and Li Fire Palace, and the chapter ended with him declaring that he had finally achieved Nascent Soul.

• Qin Ming gathered spiritual qi with the Azure Emperor Art and his Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Physique, creating a vast phenomenon over Moon Gazing Island.
• Jing Qing inspected Fang Han, who had an innate Pill Dao Spirit Body, and Mo Lingwei, who had a Phoenix Song Physique, while dismissing concerns about their connection to Qin Ming.
• The ten-thousand-mile Nascent Soul phenomenon shocked Jing Qing and the cultivators of the Southern Wasteland, including Nalan Xi, Gu Qingzhao, and the Golden Core Ancestors.
• Qin Ming absorbed Upper-Grade Spirit Stones, used his Yin-Yang Mystic Vine and Infant Condensation Pill, and shattered his Flawless Golden Core to form a Primordial Spirit infant.
• Qin Ming’s Primordial Spirit ascended to his Purple Palace, and he announced that he had achieved the Nascent Soul Realm after two hundred and sixty years of cultivation.

Qin Ming endured the Eight-Nine Di Sha Tribulation as his treasures and strength were pushed to their limits. With the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine briefly concealing him from Heaven, he refined Source Demon Qi into True Demon Qi and transformed his body just as the final tribulation resumed.

• Qin Ming began his Nascent Soul tribulation, and Jing Qing identified it as the seventy-two-strike Eight-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.
• Old Demon Qingyang used the Blood Floating Pagoda to help Qin Ming withstand more than half the tribulations before the treasure's power was exhausted.
• Qin Ming absorbed the Soul-Burning Tribulation Fire with the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror and endured further lightning with his magic treasures and physical body.
• After Qin Ming survived sixty-nine tribulations, the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine concealed him from the final three, and Old Demon Qingyang urged him to refine Source Demon Qi.
• Qin Ming combined the Source Demon Qi from the Source Demon Pearl and his Affix into True Demon Qi, then used it and Great Dark Sky Demon Saint's Lifeblood Essence to form the Primal Fiend True Demon Body.
• The Yin-Yang Mystic Vine withdrew, and the heavenly tribulation found Qin Ming again and struck at him.

Qin Ming survived the final heavenly lightning bolts and faced the Nascent Soul Inner Demon Tribulation, overcoming illusions that tested his deepest fears and desires. He successfully reached the Nascent Soul Realm and reflected on the powers it granted him.

• Qin Ming’s demonic ape form endured the last three bolts of heavenly tribulation, and the watching cultivators realized he had succeeded.
• Jing Qing ordered Li Fire Palace’s captured prisoners to be released and treated well, recognizing Qin Ming as a senior after his breakthrough.
• Qin Ming recovered from his injuries, then used Soul-Cleansing Spirit Incense and an Ice Heart Jade Soul Pill as the Inner Demon Tribulation began.
• Qin Ming saw through illusions involving Gu Qingzhao, Elder Jiang, and an immortal offering to become his master, but later nearly succumbed to an illusion of losing his cultivation.
• Qin Ming shattered the final illusion, passed the Inner Demon Tribulation, and reached the Nascent Soul Realm as auspicious signs appeared.

Qin Ming survived the heavenly tribulation and became the Moon Gazing True Monarch, gaining extraordinary strength through his dual Nascent Souls. He summoned cultivators to Moon Gazing Island, where the Li Fire Palace delegation and Southern Wasteland adepts arrived to congratulate him.

• Cultivators outside Moon Gazing Island witnessed Qin Ming's Nascent Soul breakthrough and hailed him as the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm's new True Lord.
• Qin Ming assessed his dual Nascent Souls, immense physical strength, long lifespan, and treasures, then summoned his spirit pets.
• Qin Ming's Divine Sense reached the Li Fire Palace warship, and he ordered all cultivators above the Golden Core Stage to gather at Greenwood Pavilion.
• The Devouring Sky Rat warned Jing Qing and the Li Fire Palace cultivators to show proper respect before they entered Moon Gazing Island.
• Wei Wuyai, Ancestor Xuan Yu, Gu Qingzhao, Pei Qing, Lu Xiao, Nalan Xi, and other Southern Wasteland Golden Core Adepts arrived and were guided inside by the Devouring Sky Rat.
• The assembled cultivators bowed to Qin Ming and congratulated him on attaining the Nascent Soul Realm.

After ascending to Nascent Soul, Qin Ming punished Li Fire Palace for its actions in the Southern Wasteland and arranged a Four Nations Alliance under his protection. He summoned Mo Lingwei privately to confirm whether she possessed the Phoenix Song Physique, leaving her future in his hands.

• Qin Ming used his Nascent Soul pressure to force Jing Qing and another Li Fire Palace cultivator to kneel, then ordered them to bring Mo Lingwei and Fang Han before him.
• Qin Ming sent Fang Han back to Profound Stream Valley with Xuan Yu and kept Mo Lingwei behind for a later audience.
• Qin Ming injured Jing Qing and his companion, then ordered the surviving cultivator to tell Li Huo Shangren to come collect Jing Qing in person.
• Xuan Yu and leaders from the Southern Wasteland's other nations pledged to Qin Ming, who established a Four Nations Alliance led by Wei Wuyai and assigned Gu Qingzhao's Mirror Snow Pavilion to manage Jin Kingdom.
• Qin Ming summoned Mo Lingwei and asked whether she possessed the Phoenix Song Physique, then said he would inspect it personally.

Qin Ming revealed Mo Lingwei’s Phoenix Song Physique, offered to protect her family in exchange for her future support, and arranged for them to return to Azure Radiance Island. After news of his Nascent Soul breakthrough reshaped the Southern Wasteland’s standing, he reluctantly agreed to let Wei Wuyai and Gu Qingzhao organize a Nascent Soul ceremony.

• Qin Ming exposed Mo Lingwei’s Phoenix Song Physique and offered to take her primordial yin after his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, promising resources and protection in the meantime.
• Mo Lingwei accepted Qin Ming’s proposal, and he gave her spirit pills and permission to bring her clansmen back to Azure Radiance Island.
• News spread that Qin Ming had become a Nascent Soul True Lord and unified the four nations of the Southern Wasteland into the Four Nations Alliance, prompting celebrations and affecting the war in Central Continent.
• Wei Wuyai visited Qin Ming to ask when he would hold a Nascent Soul ceremony, and Qin Ming initially refused because he disliked ceremony and extravagance.
• After Wei Wuyai and the Devouring Sky Rat persuaded him, Qin Ming agreed to let Wei Wuyai and Gu Qingzhao organize the ceremony and set its date.

As Qin Ming prepared for his Nascent Soul ceremony, Li Huo Shangren visited Moon Gazing Island, apologized for Li Fire Palace’s past actions, and warned him about the worsening Blood Abyss Realm invasion. Qin Ming then welcomed Dragonwood True Monarch of the Eastern Sea, whose unexpected arrival left the gathering with another powerful guest.

• Wu Jiang oversaw preparations for Qin Ming’s Nascent Soul ceremony on Moon Gazing Island.
• Li Huo Shangren arrived, and Qin Ming’s spiritual pressure overwhelmed him before Qin invited him to the island.
• Li Huo Shangren gave Qin a fourth-rank defensive formation, explained the Blood Abyss Realm’s abnormal passage into the Mortal Realm, and retrieved the injured Jing Qing.
• Qin Ming detected another Nascent Soul cultivator approaching before Li Huo Shangren could sense her.
• Dragonwood True Monarch arrived from the Eastern Sea, and Li Huo Shangren introduced her to Qin Ming.

Qin Ming hosted Dragonwood True Monarch and Li Huo Shangren before holding his Nascent Soul Ceremony, where powerful cultivators from several realms gathered to congratulate him. As the celebration began, Yue Lingyan traveled toward the island with Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and a nervous Cold Crow Reverend.

• Dragonwood True Monarch visited Qin Ming, admired his spirit plants, and gave him three rare Clarity Pills as a congratulatory gift.
• Dragonwood True Monarch and Li Huo Shangren offered to share their Nascent Soul insights with Qin Ming, while Qin Ming declined Li Huo Shangren's invitation to join the Defenders of the Dao Alliance.
• Three days later, Qin Ming opened his Nascent Soul Ceremony, and cultivators from many factions and realms gathered across the Spirit Rest Archipelago.
• Myriad Treasures True Monarch and Secluded Sand True Monarch arrived and joined the other Nascent Soul cultivators at the ceremony.
• Yue Lingyan traveled toward the ceremony with Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and Cold Crow Reverend, who regretted trusting Manager Lu.

Qin Ming’s Nascent Soul ceremony was interrupted by the arrival of Silver Moon Demon Saint and Ancient Mountain Demon Saint, who proposed an alliance between the human and demon races against the Blood Abyss Realm. The chapter left the gathered cultivators considering the threat of invading Nascent Soul Devil Lords and Qin Ming’s ties to Silver Moon.

• Qin Ming hosted cultivators at Moon Gazing Island with rare Spirit Rice, Spirit Wine, and other delicacies, while the guests ate and some Foundation Establishment cultivators broke through bottlenecks.
• Myriad Treasures True Monarch learned that Qin Ming’s Demon Flame Wine could help a late-stage Golden Core cultivator reach Golden Core completion, prompting the Nascent Soul True Lords to save their wine for their disciples.
• Three Azure-Plumed Flying Luans brought Silver Moon Demon Saint and Ancient Mountain Demon Saint to the ceremony, while Cold Crow Reverend followed and offered congratulations.
• Qin Ming welcomed the visitors as the human cultivators reacted with alarm to the Demon Saints’ presence.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint said Nascent Soul Devil Lords had descended into the Beast Cry Mountain Range and proposed an alliance to resist the expanding Blood Abyss Realm threat.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint explained that Qin Ming’s connection to Silver Moon had made the alliance negotiations possible, drawing the gathered cultivators’ attention to Qin Ming.

At Qin Ming’s Nascent Soul ceremony, the human cultivators and Demon Race reached a preliminary hundred-year non-aggression agreement and began planning how to face the Blood Abyss Realm’s descent. Qin Ming received several rare gifts, and Old Demon Qingyang revealed that Cold Crow Reverend’s supposed Void Essence Stone was actually a high-grade Voidstone that could help Nascent Soul cultivators comprehend Void divine abilities.

• Yue Lingyan clarified that her relationship with Qin Ming was not what the gathered cultivators imagined, while Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and the human Nascent Soul True Lords began negotiating cooperation.
• The Devouring Sky Rat took the Silver Fox away from the banquet and gave her a box of colorful pearls.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and the human cultivators reached a preliminary agreement not to invade each other for a hundred years and set a time to plan against the Blood Abyss Realm’s descent.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint gave Qin Ming a fourth-rank Netherwater Serpent Demon Core, and Yue Lingyan presented him with fourth-rank Bloodscale Dragon Rice.
• Cold Crow Reverend gave Qin Ming a piece of fourth-rank Void Essence Stone, which Old Demon Qingyang identified as high-grade Voidstone capable of aiding comprehension of Void divine abilities.

As the guests departed from Qin Ming's Nascent Soul ceremony, he traded Bloodscale Dragon Rice to Dragonwood True Monarch for a cultivation method and a Penglai Immortal Token, and learned that a Blood Ring Curse Mark clung to him. He then caught up with Cold Crow Reverend outside the Spirit Rest Archipelago to thank him with a gift, leaving Cold Crow Reverend worried Qin Ming had discovered a flaw in his congratulatory offering.

• Li Huo Shangren and Secluded Sand True Monarch unsuccessfully tried to trade for Qin Ming's Netherwater Serpent Demon Core.
• Dragonwood True Monarch explained Bloodscale Dragon Rice's value and exchanged its cultivation method and a Penglai Immortal Token for nine grains from Qin Ming.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint revealed Qin Ming's Blood Ring Curse Mark and warned him about powerful Nascent Soul Devil Lords from the Blood Abyss Realm.
• Qin Ming gave Demon Flame Wine to Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and Yue Lingyan, then learned Cold Crow Reverend had not gone far.
• Qin Ming intercepted Cold Crow Reverend outside the Spirit Rest Archipelago and presented him with Jade Emperor Spirit Rice in thanks, while Cold Crow Reverend feared Qin Ming had uncovered a flaw in his gift.

After Qin Ming’s Nascent Soul ceremony, Star Moon Market flourished while he cultivated his new abilities and sought rare materials for fourth-tier Spirit Rice. A plot to steal his treasures began to take shape, and half a year later Su Yuqing and Hua Tianxiong arrived at the Spirit Rest Archipelago.

• Qin Ming gave Cold Crow Reverend Jade Emperor Spirit Rice, and Cold Crow Reverend departed while privately hoping Qin Ming would not discover that the Void Essence Stone was flawed.
• The Four Nations Alliance and Seventy-Two Island Alliance established Star Moon Market, which attracted settlers and grew into the region’s largest market.
• Qin Ming tested his Four Seasons Divine Light on Old Demon Qingyang, then read the Bloodscale Dragon Rice cultivation method and asked Wei Wuyai to search for its rare materials.
• Secluded Sand True Monarch tried to recruit Li Huo Shangren to attack Qin Ming for his Netherwater Serpent Demon Core, but Li Huo refused and warned him of the danger.
• Half a year later, Qin Ming detected Su Yuqing and Hua Tianxiong approaching and sent the Devouring Sky Rat to welcome them.

Su Yuqing and Hua Tianxiong visited Qin Ming on Moon Gazing Spirit Island to congratulate him on becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord. Hua Tianxiong presented Qin Ming with a mysterious remnant transformed from the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree, leaving everyone astonished.

• The Devouring Sky Rat escorted Su Yuqing and Hua Tianxiong to Moon Gazing Spirit Island, where Qin Ming welcomed them.
• Su Yuqing revealed that he had refined an Infant Condensation Pill but planned to strengthen his cultivation and defenses before attempting a Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Su Yuqing gave Qin Ming a bottle of fourth-rank Primal Chaos Pills as a congratulatory gift.
• Hua Tianxiong presented Qin Ming with a charred remnant of the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree that he had obtained from Elder Qian.
• Qin Ming sensed an astonishing spiritual aura from the remnant, and the Devouring Sky Rat, Su Yuqing, and Old Demon Qingyang reacted with shock.

Qin Ming received the remains of the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree from Hua Tianxiong and learned more about the worsening war in Great Jin. In the Lesser Spirit Realm, he revived the fragment and began accelerating its growth, though it remained a tiny sapling.

• Hua Tianxiong gave Qin Ming a fragment of the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree, and Qin Ming discovered a faint trace of life within it.
• Old Demon Qingyang described the ancient Azure Origin Sect’s fifth-grade spirit plants, while Qin Ming gave Hua Tianxiong Demon Flame Wine to help him break through.
• Hua Tianxiong and Su Yuqing told Qin Ming about the turmoil in Great Jin and praised the peaceful Southern Wasteland; Qin Ming revealed that humans might ally with the Demon Race.
• Qin Ming rejected Hua Tianxiong’s offer to stay on Moon Gazing Island and told him to remain in Great Jin, while Su Yuqing declined to relocate his clan.
• Qin Ming used five Rebirth Spirit Seed Affixes and the Four Seasons Divine Light to revive the treasure tree fragment, then used five Leaf of Spacetime Affixes to grow it to two inches tall.

Qin Ming used the Voidstone to comprehend Void Power and, after three months, mastered Nascent Soul Teleportation and the Nascent Soul Domain. He tested his new abilities on the Devouring Sky Rat and emerged confident that he could overpower early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

• Qin Ming chose to consume the Voidstone’s Origin Power to comprehend void abilities rather than enhance his Wood Sovereign Nails.
• After three months of cultivation, Qin Ming formed a five-li Nascent Soul Domain and mastered Nascent Soul Teleportation.
• Qin Ming ordered the Devouring Sky Rat to attack him, then used Space Warp to divert its full-strength strike.
• Qin Ming used Void Shuttle to appear behind the Devouring Sky Rat and explained that Space Warp and Void Shuttle worked within his Nascent Soul Domain.
• Qin Ming concluded that his Nascent Soul Domain combined with the Blood Floating Pagoda could suppress even stronger opponents and make him formidable among early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

After five years of cultivation, Qin Ming brewed Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar, entrusted Moon Gazing Island to Mo Lingwei, and set out for Great Jin. In the Beast Cry Mountain Range, he rescued Han Yuan and Liu Ye from Blood Refinement Demon Sect disciples and learned that the method to break his Blood Ring Curse Mark was held by the sect’s Golden Core true disciples.

• Qin Ming harvested supreme Royal Jelly and brewed Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar, using the Four Seasons Divine Light to speed its fermentation.
• Qin Ming planned to investigate his Blood Ring Curse Mark, seek materials for Bloodscale Dragon Rice, and learn more about the descent into this realm; he also noted that Wu Jiang had died four years earlier.
• Qin Ming appointed Mo Lingwei to manage Moon Gazing Island while he traveled, then flew toward Great Jin through the Beast Cry Mountain Range.
• Qin Ming found Han Yuan and Liu Ye fleeing Blood Refinement Demon Sect disciples who had appeared near a Void Anomaly, and his Mystic Water Crocodile killed their pursuers.
• Qin Ming used Soul Searching on the surviving bearded disciple and learned that the Blood Ring Curse Mark could be broken by a method held by the sect’s Golden Core true disciples.
• Qin Ming asked Han Yuan and Liu Ye to take him to the Void Anomaly.

Qin Ming investigated a Void Anomaly, killed the Blood Refinement Demon Sect cultivators guarding it, and destroyed their receiving platform to hinder further descents. He reached Weiyuan City, where Elder Qian summoned the Defenders of the Dao Alliance, and Li Huo Shangren arrived the next day.

• Han Yuan and Liu Ye led Qin Ming to the Void Anomaly, where he found demon cultivators building a receiving platform beneath several Void Rifts.
• Qin Ming killed the demon cultivators, searched the Golden Core demon envoy’s soul, and learned that Blood Refinement Demon Sect Devil Lords had descended into the Mortal Realm.
• Qin Ming destroyed the receiving platform, disrupting the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s ability to descend through the Void Passage and enraging Lord Seven Sorrows.
• Qin Ming learned that the demon threat could last for decades or longer, then traveled with Han Yuan and Liu Ye to Weiyuan City.
• Elder Qian greeted Qin Ming and agreed to summon the Defenders of the Dao Alliance’s patriarchs; the next day, Li Huo Shangren arrived.

Qin Ming informed Li Huo Shangren of a major Void Anomaly, traded for Profound Yellow Essence, and left Great Jin after declining to join the alliance. Li Huo Shangren’s forces sealed the Void Rifts, but Elder Qian suddenly attacked him and used a Soul Transfer Grand Art.

• Qin Ming showed Li Huo Shangren the recording of a large Void Anomaly and learned that the Blood Abyss Realm’s invasion threatened Great Jin and the Demon Race.
• Li Huo Shangren explained that Riftstones could sever the Void Rifts, invited Qin Ming to join the Defenders of the Dao Alliance, and exchanged Profound Yellow Essence for Demon Flame Wine and Jade Emperor Spirit Rice.
• Qin Ming declined to join the alliance, asked after Hannya, learned of the Eastern Sea Immortal Abode Convention, and departed Weiyuan City after asking Li Huo Shangren to reward Han Yuan and Liu Ye.
• Li Huo Shangren promoted Han Yuan and Liu Ye to stewards, then led Elder Qian and others to destroy the three Void Rifts with Riftstones.
• Elder Qian suddenly tried to stab Li Huo Shangren, then triggered a Golden Core self-explosion before Li Huo Shangren recognized the Soul Transfer Grand Art and named the Bloodthirst Demon Lord.

Bloodthirst Demon Lord and Secluded Sand True Monarch ambushed and defeated Li Huo Shangren, sealing his Nascent Soul with a demonic secret art. They pursued Qin Ming by tracking his Blood Ring Curse Mark, but Qin Ming stopped fleeing and prepared to fight them.

• Bloodthirst Demon Lord revealed that he had possessed Elder Qian and used him to ambush Li Huo Shangren, while Secluded Sand True Monarch blocked Li Huo's escape.
• Bloodthirst Demon Lord, Secluded Sand True Monarch, and a fourth-rank Bloodscale Demon Python overwhelmed Li Huo Shangren, who managed to escape only as a Nascent Soul.
• Bloodthirst Demon Lord used his Nascent Soul Demonic Seal to capture Li Huo Shangren's Nascent Soul, then agreed to pursue Qin Ming with Secluded Sand True Monarch.
• Qin Ming witnessed Li Huo Shangren's defeat and fled, but Bloodthirst Demon Lord repeatedly tracked him through his Blood Ring Curse Mark.
• After half a day of pursuit, Qin Ming stopped at a chosen location and prepared to fight Bloodthirst Demon Lord and Secluded Sand True Monarch.

Qin Ming defeated Bloodthirst Demon Lord and Secluded Sand True Monarch, devouring the former’s Nascent Soul and capturing the latter’s. He obtained the method to undo the Blood Ring Curse Mark and left with the Bloodscale Demon Python’s corpse, planning to prepare for the Devouring Sky Rat’s breakthrough.

• Qin Ming used his Nascent Soul Domain and Blood Floating Pagoda to suppress Bloodthirst Demon Lord and Secluded Sand True Monarch, then killed Bloodthirst Demon Lord by devouring his Nascent Soul with his Demon Nascent Soul.
• Qin Ming obtained the Blood Ring Curse Mark’s undoing method from Bloodthirst Demon Lord’s memories and drained his corpse into a Blood Orb.
• Qin Ming killed Secluded Sand True Monarch, captured his Nascent Soul in the Soul-Fixing Treasure Bottle, and made another Blood Orb from his corpse.
• Qin Ming sent the Bloodscale Demon Python’s corpse to the Lesser Spirit Realm and told the Devouring Sky Rat he would seek treasures for its tribulation at the Immortal Abode Convention.
• Qin Ming erased the traces of the battle and vanished from the scene.