Chapter Summaries

Mo Lingwei and Wei Wuyai escaped the demonic path and warned Qin Ming that Lord Skywrath was attacking Accumulating Thunder Mountain. Qin Ming set out to aid Yue Lingyan, learning that the invasion force included a powerful Golem Demonic Avatar that his lifespan-draining ability could not affect.

• Yue Lingyan broke Lan Bing's array to let Mo Lingwei and Wei Wuyai flee, then battled Lan Bing as the two cultivators headed for the Southern Wilderness.
• Lord Skywrath attacked Accumulating Thunder Mountain with a destructive black orb, and the Ancient Mountain Demon Saint charged to meet him.
• Mo Lingwei and Wei Wuyai reached Moon Gazing Island and told Qin Ming about the invasion and Yue Lingyan's fight.
• Qin Ming ordered the Four Nations Alliance to prepare and flew toward the Beast Cry Mountain Range with the Devouring Sky Rat and Silver Fox.
• Qin Ming killed a group of demonic cultivators near the Wei Kingdom border and learned through Soul Searching about the 72 Heavenly Stars Celestial Array and the Golem Demonic Avatar.

Qin Ming arrived at Accumulating Thunder Mountain as the demonic path overwhelmed the Mountain Giant Ape Tribe, rescued Yue Lingyan, and defeated a Golem Demonic Avatar. As Lord Skywrath and Lan Bing activated a devastating grand formation, Qin Ming escaped its attack using a talisman and Abyssal Obsidian.

• Qin Ming found Ancient Mountain Demon Saint dead and Yue Lingyan fleeing Lan Bing, then rescued the wounded Yue Lingyan and sent her to the Lesser Spirit Realm.
• The Devouring Sky Rat attacked Lan Bing while Qin Ming confronted Lord Skywrath, who sensed danger and fled, abandoning Ancient Mountain Demon Saint's Demon Core.
• Two Nascent Soul Devil Lords activated a Golem Demonic Avatar, and Qin Ming transformed into a Vajra Demon Aspect and destroyed it with a powerful punch.
• Lan Bing and Lord Skywrath activated the Seventy-Two Constellation Grand Formation, which fired a beam of annihilating energy at Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming took Ancient Mountain Demon Saint's Demon Core, sent the Devouring Sky Rat into the Lesser Spirit Realm, and vanished by activating an ancient talisman and Abyssal Obsidian.

Qin Ming escaped Lord Skywrath’s array attack and healed Yue Lingyan, who returned to the Fox Clan while leaving the Silver Fox with him. Ancient Mountain Demon Saint’s remnant soul revealed that Heavenly Demon Qi lay beneath Accumulating Thunder Mountain’s Demon Ruins, but Qin Ming decided to wait for a safer chance to retrieve it.

• Lord Skywrath’s array attack missed Qin Ming, and he and Lan Bing learned that Lord Seven Sorrows had fallen.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island and healed Yue Lingyan, who then departed for the Fox Clan and left the Silver Fox with him.
• Qin Ming drew Ancient Mountain Demon Saint’s remnant soul from his Demon Core and promised to look after any surviving members of his clan.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint told Qin Ming that Heavenly Demon Qi lay in the Demon Ruins beneath Accumulating Thunder Mountain and asked him to avenge the Mountain Giant Ape Tribe if he advanced to Spirit Transformation.
• Qin Ming chose to postpone entering the occupied Demon Ruins and continue cultivating on Moon Gazing Island.

The Blood Abyss Realm launched a renewed invasion, overwhelming defenses across several cultivation realms while Qin Ming assessed the danger from Moon Gazing Island. He helped the Southern Wilderness prepare by backing a merit-reward system, as demon-hunting squads mobilized and he stayed behind to guard the island.

• A thousand-zhang Golem Demonic Avatar shattered Weiyuan City's protective array, and Cold Crow Reverend ordered the city's cultivators to flee.
• The demonic army reached the Bitter Bamboo Sect, where Celestial Foreseer ordered a retreat and called for aid.
• Lord Skywrath and Lan Bing invaded the Northern Frost Cultivation Realm, while Ice Xuanzi sought help from his Patriarch and then rushed to confront the attack.
• Qin Ming reviewed reports of the invasion and approved plans for four defensive lines in the Southern Wilderness.
• Qin Ming sent Wei Wuyai a proposal to reward battle merits with cultivation resources, and the resulting Demon Slaying List inspired cultivators to form hunting squads.
• Qin Ming remained on Moon Gazing Island to guard it.

Over five years of demonic-path warfare, Qin Ming strengthened Moon Gazing Island and cultivated his spirit plants and beasts, while the Southern Wilderness remained unusually secure under his leadership. Yue Lingyan later visited and reported that the Demon Race was struggling after Ancient Mountain Demon Saint’s fall, leaving the wider conflict dependent on the Mortal Realm’s major sects.

• The demonic path invaded the Southern Wilderness, but Qin Ming focused on defending his territory as Great Jin and the Defenders of the Dao Alliance grew stronger.
• Hua Tianxiong obtained Azure Sky Spirit Soil, and Qin Ming used it to expand his Bloodscale Dragon Rice crop and tend his other spirit plants.
• Qin Ming and his spirit beasts ate Azure Scale Gloom Fish, strengthening his cultivation and expanding his understanding of void abilities.
• The Silver Fox, Mystic Water Crocodile, and Silver-Winged Frost Bee advanced to the third-order perfected realm, and Yue Lingyan later reunited with the Silver Fox.
• Yue Lingyan told Qin Ming that the Demon Race had suffered from Ancient Mountain Demon Saint’s fall, while Penglai Sect, Star Palace, and the Skysea Alliance were reinforcing the war effort.

Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat infiltrated Accumulating Thunder Mountain to find the Demon Ruins beneath it. After Ancient Mountain Demon Saint’s remnant soul opened the ruins, Qin Ming discovered Heavenly Demon Qi beside an ancient corpse.

• Yue Lingyan told Qin Ming that four Nascent Soul demonic cultivators guarded Accumulating Thunder Mountain and confirmed the Demon Ruins likely existed beneath it.
• Qin Ming declined Yue Lingyan’s offer to accompany him and brought the Silver Fox along to temper her.
• Half a month later, Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat used a hidden Void Passage to bypass the mountain’s defenders and reach the Demon Ruins entrance.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint’s remnant soul entered the stone door, activating it and transporting Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat to an independent space.
• Qin Ming found an ancient corpse beneath a stone stele and recognized the flame-like substance at its chest as Heavenly Demon Qi.

Qin Ming claimed the Mountain Giant Ape ancestor’s Heavenly Demon Qi and Fifth-Order Demon Lord blood essence, then was teleported to the demonic camp near Accumulating Thunder Mountain. Mistaken for Moon Gazing True Monarch, he faced the demonic leaders as the Devouring Sky Rat and Silver Fox attacked the camp.

• Qin Ming recognized the remains as those of the Mountain Giant Ape ancestor and sealed its Heavenly Demon Qi inside the Source Demon Pearl.
• The ancestor’s Fifth-Order Demon Lord blood essence appeared behind a golden barrier, which Qin Ming broke with repeated punches before storing the blood essence away.
• Old Demon Qingyang warned Qin Ming against refining the blood essence prematurely and hinted that he knew a safe method.
• Qin Ming was teleported to the demonic camp, where Profound Yin Old Demon and Lord of Myriad Poisons had been discussing their plans to conquer the Central Province and attack the Southern Wasteland.
• Qin Ming appeared before the two old devils, who mistook him for Moon Gazing True Monarch, while the Devouring Sky Rat and Silver Fox launched attacks on the camp.
• Six Desires Demon Lord and Devil Master Yan Shu appeared, and Qin Ming unleashed his Nascent Soul Domain over the battlefield.

Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat fought the Blood Abyss Realm’s demonic cultivators at Accumulating Thunder Mountain, overwhelming them with their domains and divine abilities. The Devouring Sky Rat killed two old demons, while Qin Ming defeated the Six Desires Demon Lord and began searching his Nascent Soul; Devil Master Yan Shu escaped.

• Qin Ming spread his Nascent Soul Domain, suppressing the demonic cultivators, while Devil Master Yan Shu fled through a painted opening in the void.
• The Devouring Sky Rat blocked Lord of Myriad Poisons’s Natal Soul Gu with its Mystic Spirit Armor, then killed and swallowed Lord of Myriad Poisons and the Profound Yin Old Demon.
• Qin Ming trapped the Six Desires Demon Lord inside the Blood Floating Pagoda, where Old Demon Qingyang helped suppress him.
• The Six Desires Demon Lord burned his lifespan and unleashed the Six Desires Demonfire, but Qin Ming’s Primordial Poison Flame broke the attack and destroyed the six demon heads.
• Qin Ming seized the Six Desires Demon Lord’s Nascent Soul, prevented its self-destruction, and began searching it for information.

Qin Ming exterminated the demonic cultivators at Accumulating Thunder Mountain, destroyed the Void Anomaly, and returned to Moon Gazing Island with valuable spoils. His victory shook the Immortal Cultivation World, while he turned his attention to finding materials to safely refine fifth-order essence blood.

• Qin Ming harvested the corpses of Six Desires Demon Lord and two other Nascent Soul Devil Lords, then used Thorn Art to wipe out the remaining demonic cultivators at Accumulating Thunder Mountain.
• Qin Ming fulfilled his promise to Fellow Daoist Gu Shan by destroying the Void Anomaly, ending the Blood Abyss Realm's demonic pollution.
• News of Qin Ming's victory spread, prompting the Defenders of the Dao Alliance to discuss exploiting the demonic path's losses and shocking cultivators across the Eastern Sea and Northern Frost realms.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island with Abyssal Obsidian, Heavenly Demon Qi, Mountain Giant Ape essence blood, and the wealth of the defeated Devil Lords.
• Old Demon Qingyang told Qin Ming that Spirit Origin Pure Essence Water or Purified Flame Glaze could safely help refine the fifth-order essence blood.

Qin Ming strengthened the Lesser Spirit Realm and cultivated the second layer of the Demon True Force Art, advancing his body-refining cultivation close to the Nascent Soul Late Stage. Five years later, Cloud Fishing Old Man arrived at Moon Gazing Island to visit Qin Ming, who remained in secluded cultivation.

• Qin Ming fed Blood Orbs to the Ageless Immortal Vine and Upper-Grade Spirit Stones to the Spirit Marrow Tai Sui, raising the Lesser Spirit Realm's Spirit Vein to fourth-rank supreme.
• Qin Ming harvested fifteen matured Source Demon Jujubes and used their Affixes to strengthen himself and cultivate with Heavenly Demon Qi and True Demon Qi.
• Qin Ming spent five years cultivating the second layer of the Demon True Force Art, transforming into an eight-hundred-zhang Vajra Demon Aspect and nearing a body-refining breakthrough.
• Cloud Fishing Old Man arrived outside Moon Gazing Island and asked to visit Qin Ming, but the Devouring Sky Rat told him that Qin Ming was in secluded cultivation.

Cloud Fishing Old Man traded rare treasures with Qin Ming for Bloodscale Dragon Rice to raise his Bloodspirit Spider, and Qin Ming used a Sun Godstone to upgrade his Wood Sovereign Nails. Qin Ming attended Star Moon Market’s centennial celebration, where old acquaintances gathered; Su Yuqing began revealing that the rumors concerned Mount Yuanji.

• Cloud Fishing Old Man visited Qin Ming on Moon Gazing Island and exchanged three fourth-rank Spirit Materials, including a Sun Godstone, for ten jin of Bloodscale Dragon Rice.
• Old Demon Qingyang identified the Bloodspirit Spider’s rare abilities and inferred that Cloud Fishing Old Man planned to use it to retrieve a treasure.
• Qin Ming refined the Sun Godstone into his Wood Sovereign Nails, raising the Spirit Treasure to the mid-fourth rank.
• Qin Ming traveled with the Devouring Sky Rat and Silver Fox to Star Moon Market’s centennial celebration, where tens of thousands of cultivators welcomed him.
• Cold Crow Reverend, Yue Lingyan, Su Yuqing, Dragonwood True Monarch, and other Nascent Soul cultivators met with Qin Ming, and Su Yuqing revealed that their news involved Mount Yuanji.

Qin Ming declined an invitation to explore Mount Yuanji, preferring to cultivate safely while other powerful cultivators pursued its rumored opportunities. Ten years later, his lifespan reached five thousand years and his cultivation advanced, but he concluded that he would need to accelerate the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree to reach the sixteenth layer of the Azure Emperor Art.

• Cold Crow Reverend told Qin Ming that Mount Yuanji might hold Spirit Transformation opportunities and Sentient Treasures, and invited him to join the search.
• Qin Ming declined, warned the others of the dangers, and promised to share any information he found; Dragonwood True Monarch and the others chose to pursue the opportunity anyway.
• Qin Ming attended Star Moon Market's centennial celebration, then returned to Moon Gazing Island as the cultivation world grew increasingly focused on Mount Yuanji.
• Mu Qingzi persuaded White-Scaled Demon Lord to consider joining him on the Mount Yuanji expedition after revealing secret information.
• Over the next ten years, Qin Ming gained cultivation and lifespan through farming and affixes, reaching five thousand years of lifespan.
• Qin Ming decided he would need to use Accelerated Growth on the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree to advance his Azure Emperor Art to the sixteenth layer.

Mo Lingwei reached the Golden Core Middle Stage, and Qin Ming sent her, Hua Tianxiong, and Shi Jin to investigate Flame Marrow Ore linked to possible Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones. They confirmed the ore came from a Sha Family mine, where the Sha Family had planned to trade it to the Ancient Sword Sect for Infant Condensation Pills.

• Mo Lingwei broke through to the Golden Core Middle Stage, and Qin Ming rewarded her with Divine Wood Pills and Jade Emperor Spirit Rice.
• Shi Jin presented Qin Ming with Flame Marrow Ore taken from a merchant ship his crew had robbed, and said it came from the Sha Family in the Western Gloom Cultivation Realm.
• Qin Ming rewarded Shi Jin and sent him, Mo Lingwei, and Hua Tianxiong to secretly investigate the Sha Family’s ore and report any news of Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Several months later, Mo Lingwei and the others reported that a Sha Family mine held a spirit vein rich in Flame Marrow Ore and was highly likely to contain Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.
• The Sha Family had planned to trade the ore to the Ancient Sword Sect for Infant Condensation Pills, using its connection to a family member married to one of the sect’s core disciples.

Qin Ming sent the Devouring Sky Rat to protect Mo Lingwei, Hua Tianxiong, and Shi Jin as they negotiated for the Sha Family’s mine vein, suspected to contain Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones. They confronted the Thousand Illusions Demon Lord, who had disguised himself as True Monarch Pure Dust, and Qin Ming arrived to kill him; Sha Kang begged for his life as Qin Ming’s group took control of the situation.

• Qin Ming brought the Devouring Sky Rat to the Western Gloom Cultivation Realm after learning that Mo Lingwei and the others were negotiating for the Sha Family’s mine vein.
• Sha Kang stalled Mo Lingwei, Hua Tianxiong, and Shi Jin, then True Monarch Pure Dust appeared and attacked them, revealing Mo Lingwei’s Phoenix Song Physique.
• The Devouring Sky Rat intervened and discovered that the supposed True Monarch Pure Dust was actually the Thousand Illusions Demon Lord, who had slaughtered the Sha Family and his own companions.
• The Devouring Sky Rat battled Thousand Illusions Demon Lord until Qin Ming arrived and suppressed him with his Nascent Soul Domain.
• Qin Ming killed Thousand Illusions Demon Lord with the Wood Sovereign Nails, and the Devouring Sky Rat swallowed his Nascent Soul.
• Qin Ming’s Yinchill Rain killed the demonic cultivators at Sha Family Fort, while Sha Kang tried to flee and then begged Qin Ming to spare him in exchange for the spirit mine vein.

Qin Ming killed Sha Kang and the Thousand Illusions Demon Lord, then uncovered an ancient teleportation formation and found three Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones in the Sha Family mine. After returning to Moon Gazing Island, he used two stones to raise the Lesser Spirit Realm’s Spirit Vein to Grade Five Lower-Rank, leaving its plants and creatures thriving and his own cultivation prospects improved.

• Qin Ming soul-searched Sha Kang, collected the two slain cultivators’ Blood Orbs and Storage Bags, and took Mo Lingwei and the others to inspect the Sha Family mine.
• Qin Ming sent the Devouring Sky Rat through the black profound ironstone, where they found an ancient cultivation abode and three Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Qin Ming discovered a jade slip describing the abode as an outpost of the ancient Great Sky Dao Palace and warning that Mount Yuanji had once been a perilous battlefield called the Demonfall Land.
• Qin Ming recorded the ancient formation, resealed the entrance, and left the mine with Mo Lingwei and the others before Celestial Foreseer arrived at the bloodied Sha Family Fort.
• Qin Ming rewarded Mo Lingwei’s group and found a strange blackwood token among the Thousand Illusions Demon Lord’s possessions.
• Qin Ming fed two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones to the Spirit Marrow Tai Sui, raising the Lesser Spirit Realm’s Spirit Vein to Grade Five Lower-Rank and invigorating its inhabitants.

Qin Ming emerged from years of cultivation and met Cloud Fishing Old Man to discuss a trade for Bloodscale Dragon Rice and Great Dao Tribulation Tea. Cloud Fishing Old Man revealed that he knew where Qin Ming could find the Spirit Radiance Purified Water and Purified Flame Glaze in Mount Yuanji, and offered a secret route there, leaving Qin Ming intrigued by the journey.

• Qin Ming finished refining his Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone and learned that Cloud Fishing Old Man had waited five years to request more Bloodscale Dragon Rice and Great Dao Tribulation Tea.
• Qin Ming traveled to Star Moon Market and met Cloud Fishing Old Man, who asked to trade for the Spirit Rice and tea to strengthen his Bloodspirit Spider.
• Qin Ming demanded that Cloud Fishing Old Man explain his connection to Mount Yuanji, and Cloud Fishing Old Man admitted the two items Qin Ming needed were inside it.
• Cloud Fishing Old Man revealed that an ancient cultivator who survived Mount Yuanji had left him an inheritance and a secret route into and out of the site.
• Cloud Fishing Old Man showed Qin Ming an ancient Beast Hide fragment map and said he possessed another important item to help ensure their journey went smoothly.

Qin Ming declined Cloud Fishing Old Man’s invitation to seek a Sentient Treasure on Mount Yuanji, but traded him supplies for two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones and kept the Yuanji Token. Months later, Mu Qingzi discussed Qin Ming with White-Scaled Demon Lord, while powerful Nascent Soul cultivators began visiting Moon Gazing Island to recruit Qin for their Mount Yuanji expeditions; Qin declined them as well.

• Cloud Fishing Old Man offered Qin Ming a Yuanji Token and a share of a Mount Yuanji treasure hunt, but Old Demon Qingyang warned Qin that Mu Qingzi might be involved.
• Qin Ming refused to join the expedition and instead agreed to exchange Bloodscale Dragon Rice and Great Dao Tribulation Tea for two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones as collateral.
• Cloud Fishing Old Man completed the trade, asked Qin Ming to keep their discussion secret, and left; Qin later recognized that the Yuanji Token he already owned had come from Thousand Illusions Demon Lord’s Storage Bag.
• Mu Qingzi told White-Scaled Demon Lord that Cloud Fishing Old Man could assist their Mount Yuanji trip and remarked that he had wanted to deal with Qin Ming, whom he now wished to meet.
• Nascent Soul cultivators visited Moon Gazing Island to trade or recruit Qin Ming, including Azure Crane True Lord, but Qin declined their invitations to join the treasure hunt.

Qin Ming traded the Yuanji Token to Cold Crow Reverend for a share of any treasure he brought back, while refusing to enter Mount Yuanji himself. He then investigated an ancient formation and used five thousand years of temporal power to advance the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree into a fifth-rank spirit plant.

• Qin Ming gave Cold Crow Reverend the Yuanji Token in exchange for choosing one treasure from his gains if he returned safely from Mount Yuanji.
• Months later, Qin Ming learned that many Nascent Soul cultivators had entered Mount Yuanji and that two had already died fighting outside it, but he decided to stay away.
• Qin Ming examined an Image Recording Jade Slip of the ancient formation beneath Sha Family Fort’s mine and sought texts or experts who could explain it.
• Old Demon Qingyang said the formation likely led to a location within Mount Yuanji and that fourth-rank Formation Masters could not repair it.
• Qin Ming consumed five Fleeting Time affixes to accelerate the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree’s growth, and the tree became a fifth-rank spirit plant that astonished Old Demon Qingyang.

Qin Ming cultivated the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree into a fifth-order Spirit Plant and harvested seven Mystic Spirit Soldier Fruits. He used its Affix and the fruits to upgrade his Wood Sovereign Nails, which gained a powerful new formation ability and void-shifting power.

• Qin Ming watched the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree mature, bloom, and produce seven Mystic Spirit Soldier Fruits.
• Qin Ming harvested the fruits, received new Affix leaves, and saw the tree's seven-colored essence benefit the Ageless Immortal Vine.
• Qin Ming used the Enhanced Spirit Refinement Affix to raise his eighty-one Wood Sovereign Nails from mid-grade to high-grade fourth-order Spirit Treasures.
• Qin Ming spent more than half a year refining the Mystic Spirit Soldier Fruits into the Wood Sovereign Nails.
• Qin Ming's Wood Sovereign Nails gained severalfold power, the ability to shift through the void, and a formation divine ability.

Qin Ming strengthened his Wood Sovereign Nails, advanced his cultivation, and learned that Mount Yuanji had trapped many powerful cultivators as demonic forces pressed their advantage. He sought out formation master Qi Xiaoyu in Immortal Seclusion Valley, broke through the valley’s defenses, and discovered that Qi had only five years of life remaining.

• Qin Ming demonstrated the power of his top-grade fourth-rank Wood Sovereign Nails and continued cultivating until his Nascent Soul mana was halfway to the Late Stage.
• Hua Tianxiong and Mo Lingwei reported that Nascent Soul cultivators had gone missing or died in Mount Yuanji while demonic forces attacked Xiyou, the Eastern Sea, and the Northern Frost regions.
• Qin Ming discussed the worsening situation with Su Yuqing and Yue Lingyan, who warned that even Spirit Transformation cultivators might be trapped in Mount Yuanji.
• Hua Tianxiong located the reclusive formation master Qi Xiaoyu, and Qin Ming traveled to Immortal Seclusion Valley to meet him.
• The Devouring Sky Rat broke through Qi Xiaoyu’s defensive formation, allowing Qin Ming to enter the valley and find Qi injured beside his servant girl.
• Qin Ming used the Yin-Yang Mystic Mirror to examine Qi Xiaoyu and discovered that he had only five years of lifespan remaining.