Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming erased the Blood Ring Curse Mark, took stock of his gains, and strengthened his Yin-Yang Mystic Vine after defeating three Nascent Soul cultivators. As Great Jin descended into turmoil, Hua Tianxiong chose to follow Qin Ming to the Eastern Sea, while Qin Ming sent him to gather scarce spirit materials first.

• Qin Ming used Bloodthirst Demon Lord’s blood token to remove the Blood Ring Curse Mark and reviewed the treasures he had obtained from the fallen cultivators.
• Qin Ming fed two Blood Orbs to the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine, which grew stronger but still needed more Blood Orbs to advance.
• Qin Ming harvested the fourth-grade Bloodscale Demon Python and feasted with his spirit beasts while Old Demon Qingyang watched from the Blood Floating Pagoda.
• The deaths of Li Huo Shangren, Elder Qian, and Bloodthirst Demon Lord threw Great Jin’s factions into disorder, and Lan Bing ordered an investigation into Bloodthirst Demon Lord’s death.
• Qin Ming met Hua Tianxiong near Li Tian Immortal City and learned that Su Yuqing had survived a failed Nascent Soul breakthrough but planned to try again after ten years of seclusion.
• Hua Tianxiong chose to accompany Qin Ming to the Eastern Sea, and Qin Ming tasked him with arranging the return of Old Jia, Li Lan, and the others while gathering requested spirit materials.

After cultivating with the Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar, Qin Ming left Great Jin with Hua Tianxiong to seek treasures in the Eastern Sea and summoned Shi Jin to guide them. Shi Jin arrived at Little Turtle Island and cautiously asked how the two cultivators knew Senior Lu.

• Qin Ming tended the Lesser Spirit Realm, sampled the Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar, and cultivated for several months, strengthening his Nascent Soul mana.
• Qin Ming emerged from seclusion, contacted Hua Tianxiong, and ordered him to leave Great Jin for the Eastern Sea.
• Qin Ming and Hua Tianxiong traveled to Little Turtle Island and summoned Shi Jin with the black spirit conch.
• Shi Jin arrived aboard the Black Sail Ship with Shi Tianming and cautiously asked the two visitors about their connection to Senior Lu.

Qin Ming traveled aboard Shi Jin’s Black Sail Ship to the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm, learned about its powerful factions, and chose Skywave Immortal City as his first destination. After arriving, he was welcomed by a resident Nascent Soul True Lord, who recognized him as Moon Gazing True Monarch.

• Qin Ming revealed his identity to Shi Jin and arranged to travel with Shi Jin and Hua Tianxiong to the Eastern Sea.
• Shi Jin described the Eastern Sea’s Star Palace, the Skysea Alliance, and the coming Immortal Abode Convention, and Qin Ming chose to visit Skywave Immortal City.
• After six months at sea, Qin Ming’s group reached Skywave Immortal City, and Shi Jin used his Skywave Token to enter despite being a notorious pirate.
• At the city gate, Skysea Alliance guards mistook Qin Ming for an attendant until a white-robed Nascent Soul True Lord arrived and greeted him as Moon Gazing True Monarch.

Qin Ming met Xia Yuangong, traded for rare fourth-grade ingredients, and learned about the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm. After leaving Skywave Immortal City for Penglai Sect, Qin Ming left Hua Tianxiong to build a base in the city, and Hua recruited Shi Jin to join him.

• Xia Yuangong welcomed Qin Ming into Skywave Immortal City and told him about the city and the Eastern Sea’s major powers.
• Qin Ming traded a damaged fourth-grade Blood Python Demon Core and Jade Emperor Spirit Rice for Withered Heart Grass and a Soul Fusion Fruit, and Xia gave him a Tianlan Ring and a map of the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm.
• Qin Ming revealed that he was a fourth-grade Pill King, and Xia recognized his value as a fourth-grade Spirit Planter as well.
• After meeting Xia, Qin Ming went to an inn and instructed Hua Tianxiong to gather resources and develop in Skywave Immortal City.
• Qin Ming flew southeast toward Penglai Sect, and Hua Tianxiong persuaded Shi Jin to join his enterprise.

Shi Jin agreed to explore Skywave Immortal City with Hua Tianxiong, while Qin Ming reached Penglai Sect and reunited with Dragonwood True Monarch. At her secluded residence, he discovered that her young attendant Tian Ling'er was a spirit plant transformed into human form.

• Shi Jin accepted Hua Tianxiong's proposal to spend several days exploring Skywave Immortal City, with Hua covering their expenses.
• Long Yangzi learned that Qin Ming had left Skywave Immortal City after trading Xia Yuangong a Fourth-Grade Demon Core and hurried after him upon hearing Qin was a Fourth-Grade Pill King.
• Qin Ming arrived at Penglai Island, marveled at the Fifth-Grade Penglai Immortal Tree, and met Dragonwood True Monarch at the sect's entrance.
• Dragonwood True Monarch brought Qin Ming to her private residence, where he saw her extensive spirit herb garden and learned about Penglai Sect's ancient legacy.
• Qin Ming recognized that Dragonwood True Monarch's attendant, Tian Ling'er, was a spirit plant transformed into human form, while the Devouring Sky Rat smelled a Heaven and Earth Treasure Medicine around her.

Qin Ming visited Dragonwood True Monarch at the Penglai Sect, learned about Tian Ling'er’s origins and the limits of his Immortal Token, then set off for Black Abyss Island to seek high-grade extraterrestrial metal. He arrived at the island’s black market and confronted its operator, Black Xuan Senior, after the market lacked the material he sought.

• Qin Ming and Dragonwood True Monarch shared Spirit Mulberry Bitter Tea and discussed their efforts to gather materials for Bloodscale Dragon Rice.
• Dragonwood True Monarch revealed that Tian Ling'er was a Divine Infant Mushroom transformed into human form, and explained the restrictions and uncertain rewards of using the Penglai Immortal Token to comprehend the Penglai Immortal Tree.
• Qin Ming chose to wait for access to the Immortal Tree, declined Dragonwood True Monarch’s invitation to stay or join the Penglai Sect, and learned that the Devouring Sky Rat’s black fork was made from lightning-resistant Black Essence Meteoric Iron.
• After Qin Ming left the Penglai Sect, Long Yangzi arrived seeking Moon Gazing True Monarch and learned that Qin Ming had already departed.
• Qin Ming traveled to Black Abyss Island seeking fourth-rank or higher extraterrestrial metal, but the purple-robed cultivator could not provide it.
• Black Xuan Senior appeared to calm Qin Ming, but Qin Ming’s overwhelming Spiritual Pressure forced the black-robed market operator to plead for mercy.

Qin Ming sought Tier 4 Extraterrestrial Metal at Black Abyss Island and received information about a meteorite on Ao Turtle Island, where he found a Mystic Turtle undergoing its transformation tribulation. He discovered a strange tea tree absorbing lightning, then faced Black Rock Demon Saint Ao Feng, who agreed to discuss a trade after his son’s tribulation.

• Qin Ming offered an Ice Heart Jade Soul Pill to Black Xuan Senior in exchange for help finding Tier 4 Extraterrestrial Metal and received information about the meteorite on Ao Turtle Island.
• Qin Ming traveled to Ao Turtle Island despite Black Xuan Senior’s warning about its powerful transformed demon.
• Qin Ming saw a black Mystic Turtle undergoing its transformation tribulation and noticed a small Spirit Tea Tree absorbing the lightning and growing.
• Black Rock Demon Saint Ao Feng attacked Qin Ming, but Qin Ming held his ground and said he had come to trade.
• Ao Feng revealed that the Mystic Turtle was his son and asked Qin Ming to wait until the tribulation ended; Qin Ming agreed.

Qin Ming watched Ao Tian pass his Transformation Tribulation, then stopped the Azure Lizard King from escaping with Ao Tian’s shed shell and healed the young turtle’s grievous injuries. Grateful, Blackrock invited Qin Ming to Ao Turtle Island’s cave abode to name his request, while Qin Ming remained interested in the Spirit Tea Tree and the shell.

• Qin Ming observed Blackrock’s immense lifespan and watched Ao Tian endure the Transformation Tribulation, advancing to fourth rank.
• The Azure Lizard King ambushed Ao Tian, knocked away his Demon Core, and stole his shed turtle shell.
• Qin Ming trapped the Azure Lizard King with his Divine Sense and wounded his soul, but the intruder escaped into the sea after a jade token restored his clarity.
• Qin Ming used a Li Yun Pill and six strands of Four Seasons Divine Light to heal Ao Tian’s damaged Demon Core and origin.
• Blackrock and Ao Tian thanked Qin Ming, and Blackrock welcomed him as a Distinguished Guest and invited him to discuss his request.
• As Qin Ming followed Blackrock into the cave abode, he noticed the Spirit Tea Tree and recalled that the Azure Lizard King had targeted the turtle shell.

Qin Ming traded wine and Yin Infant Fruits for the Ao Turtle Clan’s Mystic Spirit Armor and transplanted an unusual spirit tea tree, then acquired more heavenly foreign gold from Black Xuan Senior. He returned to the Lesser Spirit Realm to upgrade the Devouring Sky Rat’s Black Steel Fork and investigate the tea tree.

• Blackrock Demon Saint gave Qin Ming Dark Demon Gold Essence, and Qin Ming exchanged spirit wine and Yin Infant Fruits for the Mystic Spirit Armor and permission to take the spirit tea tree.
• Qin Ming revealed his identity and summoned the Devouring Sky Rat, which received the Mystic Spirit Armor for its coming transformation tribulation.
• Qin Ming transplanted the spirit tea tree into the Lesser Spirit Realm and learned that the Immortal Abode Convention would be held on Dragon Abyss Island in two years.
• Qin Ming returned to Black Abyss Island, collected two more pieces of heavenly foreign gold from Black Xuan Senior, and sold unused treasures for spirit stones and materials.
• Qin Ming entered the Lesser Spirit Realm and prepared to refine the Black Steel Fork with the foreign gold while considering accelerating the spirit tea tree’s growth.

Qin Ming cultivated Great Dao Tribulation Tea and forged a fourth-rank spirit treasure for the Devouring Sky Rat while two Netherworld Palace cultivators disguised themselves as sea creatures to infiltrate Dragon Abyss Island. After tracking their plans toward the Immortal Abode Convention, Qin Ming returned to Skywave Immortal City, where its City Lord Long Yangzi invited him to talk.

• Qin Ming used ten Leaf of Spacetime affixes to grow the Spirit Tea Tree, whose tea gained Nascent Soul Mana, Leaf of Spacetime, and Great Dao Enlightenment affixes; Old Demon Qingyang identified it as rare fourth-rank Great Dao Tribulation Tea.
• Qin Ming spent three months refining extraterrestrial exotic gold into the Devouring Sky Rat’s black steel fork, elevating it to a fourth-rank low-grade spirit treasure, which the rat named the Demon Slayer Halberd.
• Qin Ming told the Devouring Sky Rat to prepare for its transformation tribulation, then learned that Hua Tianxiong should have gathered nearly all the spiritual ingredients for alchemy.
• Two Netherworld Palace cultivators used Demonic Spirit Talismans and Water Aversion Pearls to disguise themselves as a Shrimp Soldier and a Crab General and infiltrate Dragon Abyss Island; Qin Ming secretly placed divine soul marks on them and let them go.
• Qin Ming returned to Skywave Immortal City after half a month, where Xia Yuangong and City Lord Long Yangzi, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Star Palace elder, came to meet him and invited him to talk.

Qin Ming warned the Skysea Alliance that the Netherworld Palace planned to act at the Immortal Abode Convention, then settled in Skywave Immortal City and refined three batches of Primal Chaos Pills with remarkable success. Long Yangzi and Xia Yuangong witnessed his pill-refining talent and began to reassess his potential.

• Qin Ming told Long Yangzi and Xia Yuangong that Netherworld Palace spies had infiltrated Dragon Abyss Island and might target the Immortal Abode Convention, prompting the two city lords to report the threat and purge their ranks.
• Qin Ming declined Long Yangzi's invitation to join Star Palace, accepted a jade plaque for the Nascent Soul exchange gathering, and visited Hua Tianxiong at Thousand Machines Pavilion.
• Hua Tianxiong gave Qin Ming the spiritual ingredients he had gathered, and Qin Ming moved into a cave abode on a Fourth-Grade Spirit Vein to cultivate and refine Primal Chaos Pills.
• Three months later, Xia Yuangong and Long Yangzi discussed the demonic calamity when a purple-cloud phenomenon appeared above Qin Ming's cave, revealing that he had successfully refined a batch of Primal Chaos Pills.
• Qin Ming refined three batches of Primal Chaos Pills with almost no waste, keeping three bottles of high-quality pills for himself before emerging to meet the astonished Long Yangzi and Xia Yuangong.

Qin Ming harvested and brewed supreme fourth-rank Great Dao Tribulation Tea, then absorbed its Nascent Soul Mana Affix and advanced his cultivation. As the Immortal Abode Convention approached, he arranged to visit Penglai Sect before meeting Xia Yuangong and Long Yangzi at Dragon Abyss Island.

• Qin Ming harvested fifty jin of Great Dao Tribulation Tea leaves with the Devouring Sky Rat and processed them into fifteen jin of tea.
• Qin Ming brewed and tasted the tea, then stored the rest and consumed its Nascent Soul Mana Affix, gaining mana comparable to ten years of cultivation.
• Qin Ming received messages from Xia Yuangong and Long Yangzi inviting him to travel with them to the Immortal Abode Convention.
• Qin Ming told Xia Yuangong and Long Yangzi that he planned to use his Penglai Immortal Token to visit Penglai Sect before meeting them at Dragon Abyss Island.
• Qin Ming bade Xia Yuangong and Long Yangzi farewell and flew out of Skywave Immortal City.

Qin Ming entered the Penglai Immortal Tree to contemplate its inheritances and, guided by his Yin-Yang Mystic Vine, discovered a hidden treasure. He quickly obtained the fifth-rank Transformation Wood Spirit Classic and the ancient Spirit King Cauldron, then concealed the inheritance’s true rank from the Penglai elders.

• Qin Ming followed Dragonwood True Monarch into the Penglai Immortal Tree after Chen Muzhi emerged with a Jade Evolution Talisman Brush.
• Qin Ming used the Penglai Immortal Token to enter the tree’s starry inner space and learned from Old Demon Qingyang that its stars contained inheritances and treasures.
• Qin Ming’s Yin-Yang Mystic Vine guided him to an inconspicuous meteor containing a moss-covered three-legged cauldron, and he used his Great Dao Enlightenment Affix to decipher its inscriptions.
• Qin Ming obtained the fifth-rank Transformation Wood Spirit Classic and the cauldron, which Old Demon Qingyang identified as the legendary Spirit King Cauldron.
• The Penglai Immortal Tree erupted with golden light, and Qin Ming returned to Dragonwood True Monarch and Chen Muzhi, telling them he had obtained a Fourth-Grade Spirit Plant inheritance.

Qin Ming’s Spirit King Cauldron nearly killed the Devouring Sky Rat, but he discovered it could refine living vitality into Yi Wood Essence. Feeding that essence to his Natal Spirit Plant transformed it into the Ageless Immortal Vine and helped Qin Ming advance his spirit body to greater mastery and his Azure Emperor Art to its twelfth layer.

• The Spirit King Cauldron swallowed the Devouring Sky Rat, and Qin Ming later found it drained and near death inside the cauldron before releasing it and giving it a restorative pill.
• Qin Ming discovered that the cauldron had refined the Devouring Sky Rat’s vitality into Yi Wood Essence and fed the essence to his Natal Spirit Plant, the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine.
• The Yin-Yang Mystic Vine transformed into the Ageless Immortal Vine, gaining new affixes including Fleeting Time and Abundant Lifespan.
• The transformed vine’s Great Dao providence nourished Qin Ming, and after three days his Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Physique reached greater mastery.
• Qin Ming’s Azure Emperor Art broke through to the twelfth layer, which he expected would let him unlock the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror to fourth-rank spirit treasure level.

Qin Ming awakened the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror and fused its Soul-Burning Tribulation Fire with his other flames to create the Primordial Poison Flame. After setting out with the Penglai Sect for the Immortal Abode Convention, he arrived near Dragon Abyss Island and encountered a delegation from the Profound Darkness Sect.

• Old Demon Qingyang praised Qin Ming for reaching major completion in the Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Physique and told him he could wield the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror.
• Qin Ming refined the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror with the Azure Emperor Art, awakening its Soul-Burning Tribulation Fire and raising it to a fourth-rank spirit treasure.
• Qin Ming fused the Soul-Burning Tribulation Fire, Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame, and Natal infant flame into the Primordial Poison Flame, then used the Four Seasons Divine Light to heal the Devouring Sky Rat.
• After receiving Dragonwood True Monarch's message, Qin Ming joined the Penglai Sect's spirit ships bound for Dragon Abyss Island and discussed the convention and sea clans with her and Chen Muzhi.
• The Penglai ships entered sea clan territory and encountered the Profound Darkness Sect's Crystal Palace, where Dragonwood True Monarch exchanged barbed words with Guang Lingzi.
• Qin Ming's delegation approached Dragon Abyss Island, whose defenses included a fourth-rank upper-grade Protective Grand Array and a high-rank detection array.

Qin Ming explored Dragon Abyss Island’s Immortal Abode Convention, bought a rare spirit seed bargain, and met Xuan Xiao, the East Sea Dragon Palace’s Third Prince. He then reached the Golden Core trading area and spotted a long-lost acquaintance haggling over a Dragon Elephant Horn.

• Qin Ming entered Dragon Abyss Island with the Penglai Sect and discovered that Netherworld Palace cultivators had infiltrated the island in disguise.
• Qin Ming told Dragonwood True Monarch he would browse alone, then contacted Hua Tianxiong and asked him to watch for Azure Sky Spirit Soil.
• Qin Ming bought every bag of Spirit Seeds from a Foundation Establishment stallholder after recognizing several Submerged Sea Purple Dew Grass seeds among them.
• Xuan Xiao recognized Qin Ming as the newly ascended Moon Gazing True Monarch and invited him to his residence, but Qin Ming politely declined.
• Qin Ming reached the island’s core trading area and saw a blue-robed acquaintance arguing with a shopkeeper over a fourth-order Dragon Elephant Horn.

At the Immortal Abode Convention, Qin Ming reunited with Cold Crow Reverend and traded Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar for Azure Sky Spirit Soil held in a Spirit Accumulation Gourd. The convention then opened on Dragon Abyss Island, where Qin Ming entered a hall filled with Nascent Soul cultivators.

• Qin Ming caught Cold Crow Reverend trying to slip away and invited him to browse the convention and share a meal.
• While following Cold Crow Reverend through the stalls, Qin Ming obtained several rare spirit materials and later offered him fourth-grade Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar.
• Cold Crow Reverend traded Qin Ming a gourd of Azure Sky Spirit Soil for half a jar of Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar, and Qin Ming discovered the gourd was a fourth-grade upper-grade Spirit Accumulation Gourd.
• Cold Crow Reverend rented a room to refine the wine's medicinal power, and two days later he and Qin Ming attended the Immortal Abode Convention's opening.
• Qin Ming entered a hall with more than twenty Nascent Soul Realm cultivators and stood out as the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm's sole representative.

Qin Ming attended the Immortal Abode Convention, where Supreme Yang Reverend revealed that the Blood Abyss Realm’s invasion was tied to the ancient Demon Realm and conflicts in the Spirit Realm. The gathering ended with the Nascent Soul cultivators recognizing that the war between realms was part of a larger struggle among the upper realms.

• Qin Ming greeted Dragonwood True Monarch, Chen Muzhi, Xia Yuangong, and Long Yangzi at the convention, while Cold Crow Reverend was astonished by his connections.
• Prince Xuan Xiao arrived with other sea-race cultivators and greeted Qin Ming, prompting the nearby cultivators to marvel at his ties to the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• Supreme Yang Reverend arrived and announced that the Blood Abyss Realm’s invasion threatened to contaminate the Mortal Realm, urging the cultivators to join forces against it.
• Qin Ming questioned Old Demon Qingyang about his True Demon Qi, and Old Demon Qingyang reassured him that his small amount posed little cause for concern.
• Nan Mengli questioned whether the Blood Abyss Realm’s invasion could be reconciled, and Supreme Yang Reverend explained that it was connected to the Spirit Tide Realm and the wider conflicts in the Spirit Realm.

Supreme Yang Reverend formed an alliance of Nascent Soul forces to fight the demonic invasion and assigned Qin Ming responsibility for the Southern Wilderness. After learning Qin Ming had killed Bloodthirst Demon Lord, Supreme Yang Reverend rewarded him and began the Immortal Abode Convention’s exchange meeting.

• Supreme Yang Reverend used his authority and power to make the Nascent Soul forces agree to an alliance and accept assignments against the demonic invasion.
• Supreme Yang Reverend assigned Qin Ming to gather the Southern Wilderness forces and oversee logistics, with Cold Crow Reverend and Old Man of Heavenly Secrets agreeing to cooperate.
• Supreme Yang Reverend privately asked Qin Ming whether he had killed Bloodthirst Demon Lord, and Qin Ming admitted it after learning Old Man of Heavenly Secrets had divined the truth.
• Supreme Yang Reverend praised Qin Ming, offered him a fourth-rank treasure from the alliance treasury, and continued assigning tasks to the other factions.
• Supreme Yang Reverend declared the discussions finished and opened the exchange meeting, where the Nascent Soul cultivators began trading treasures.

During the exchange meeting, Qin Ming learned that two East Sea Dragon Palace infiltrators had been left without orders while a hidden pawn remained on Dragon Abyss Island. He traded a Primal Chaos Pill for a powerful talisman, then exchanged more pills for a healing formula and Sun Godstone to strengthen his magic treasures.

• Celestial Foreseer apologized to Qin Ming for revealing his killing of the Bloodthirst Demon Lord, but Qin Ming remained cold toward him.
• Qin Ming sensed two Foundation Establishment cultivators, Junior Brother Ling and Senior Brother Yan, discussing the purge of their fellow infiltrators and an unknown hidden pawn on Dragon Abyss Island.
• Guang Lingzi offered a fourth-rank Iceburst Talisman Treasure, and Qin Ming traded a Primal Chaos Pill for it before giving the talisman to Cold Crow Reverend in exchange for two pieces of Void Essence Stone.
• Qin Ming offered six Primal Chaos Pills for rare materials or information and traded one pill for a Sweet Rain Pill formula.
• Qin Ming traded another Primal Chaos Pill with the old fisherman for Sun Godstone, which he planned to use with the Void Essence Stone to upgrade his Wood Sovereign Nails.