Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming traded a bottle of Life Extension Pills to Penglai Sect for the dying Divine Infant Mushroom and met the Outer Sea cultivator Li Qianjie, who had come seeking the same treasure. As Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu traveled toward Skywave Immortal City, a powerful aura locked onto their carriage and ordered them to stop.

• Qin Ming asked Penglai Sect for Tian Ling'er's essence blood, while Qi Xiaoyu sought Deep Sea Black Iron and late fourth-order flood dragon essence blood.
• Chen Muzhi revealed that Tian Ling'er had reverted to her dying Divine Infant Mushroom form, and Qin Ming exchanged five Life Extension Pills for the Spirit Plant.
• Chen Muzhi introduced Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu to Li Qianjie, a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator from the Outer Sea who had come for the Divine Infant Mushroom.
• Qin Ming refused Li Qianjie's offer to buy the Divine Infant Mushroom, and the group later parted after spending half a day exchanging conversation and insights.
• Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu rode the Azure Sky Treasure Carriage toward Skywave Immortal City, but a powerful aura locked onto them and someone called for them to stop.

Qin Ming repelled Li Qianjie's attempt to seize the Divine Infant Mushroom, then negotiated for information about rare spiritual materials in the Outer Sea. Back in Skywave Immortal City, Qin Ming revived the mushroom with his Azure Emperor Dharma Eye, helping it transform into Tian Ling'er, and prepared to refine fifth-rank Ape Ancestor Lifeblood Essence.

• Li Qianjie demanded Qin Ming trade the Divine Infant Mushroom for two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, then attacked when Qin refused.
• Qin Ming crushed Li Qianjie's Divine Sense and made him offer information about a Heart-Questioning Fruit, Deep Sea Black Iron, and late fourth-rank flood dragon Lifeblood Essence.
• Qin Ming agreed to consider traveling to the Outer Sea with Li Qianjie within three years, before the Spirit-Devouring Tide blocked passage, and then departed for Skywave Immortal City with Qi Xiaoyu.
• Xia Yuangong arranged cave residences for Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu, and Qin Ming sent Shi Jin to help Qi Xiaoyu search trading houses for spiritual materials.
• Qin Ming used the Azure Emperor Dharma Eye to restore the Divine Infant Mushroom, which transformed into Tian Ling'er; he comforted her and took her in.
• Qin Ming took out fifth-rank Ape Ancestor Lifeblood Essence and prepared to refine it to advance his body-refining cultivation.

Qin Ming refined half of the Fifth-Order Demon Lord Ape Ancestor’s lifeblood essence, advancing his body-refinement cultivation to Nascent Soul Perfection and gaining the Ape-Demon Sky-Shaking Hand. After learning that key materials were unavailable in the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm, he agreed to travel to the Outer Sea with Li Qianjie.

• Qin Ming used the Nine Nether Blood Refinement Formation and Spirit Radiance Purified Water to begin refining the Ape Ancestor’s lifeblood essence beneath the Ageless Immortal Vine.
• Qin Ming endured the Blood Boil, Blood-Pattern Devouring the Body, and Soul Howl stages, completing the third level of the Demon True Force Art and advancing to late-stage body refinement.
• Qin Ming spent a year refining half the lifeblood essence, reaching Nascent Soul Perfection, forming a fourth black treasure wheel, and learning the Ape-Demon Sky-Shaking Hand.
• Qin Ming stopped refining when his body reached its limit, then celebrated his breakthrough with the Devouring Sky Rat, Silver Fox, Tian Ling'er, Mystic Water Crocodile, and Silver-Winged Frost Bee.
• Qin Ming learned from Qi Xiaoyu that the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm lacked Deep Sea Black Iron and Heart-Questioning Fruit, and said he would search the Outer Sea for materials needed for Qi Xiaoyu’s Array Crafting.
• Li Qianjie visited Qin Ming, and Qin Ming agreed to accompany him on the journey to the Outer Sea.

Qin Ming traveled with Li Qianjie to the Outer Sea, where they arrived at the End of the World Ocean Pavilion and learned about the region’s history and dangers. Li Qianjie revealed that the founder of Li Fire Palace may have secretly reached Spirit Transformation, leaving Qin Ming poised to explore the Outer Sea and seek the Heart-Questioning Fruit.

• Li Qianjie explained the barriers and dangers separating the Outer Sea from the five great Immortal Cultivation Worlds, then gave Qin Ming a Vast Sea Teleportation Token.
• Qin Ming and Li Qianjie paid to use the Long-Distance Teleportation Array and arrived on a storm-wracked island in the Outer Sea.
• Li Qianjie took Qin Ming to the End of the World Ocean Pavilion’s headquarters and proposed planning a journey to Dragon Bone Reef for the Heart-Questioning Fruit.
• Li Qianjie explained that the Outer Sea retained abundant spiritual energy because it had escaped the ancient Demon Realm’s pollution, though the Demon Race had occupied it for millennia.
• Li Qianjie told Qin Ming that the founding ancestor of Li Fire Palace had traveled to the Outer Sea and might have secretly succeeded in breaking through to Spirit Transformation.

Qin Ming learned that the Heart-Questioning Fruit was in the dangerous Dragon Bone Reef and agreed to prepare for an expedition with Li Qianjie. While Li Qianjie secretly sought Pavilion Master Xiao’s help and plotted to deceive Qin Ming, Qin Ming explored the Outer Sea and planned to return to Moon Gazing Island as soon as he obtained the treasures he wanted.

• Li Qianjie told Qin Ming that Dragon Bone Reef was occupied by the Merfolk Clan and a mutated Blood Flood Dragon, and described the dangers of its Profound Nether Yin Mist.
• Li Qianjie gave Qin Ming a Merfolk Pearl and proposed using it to infiltrate Dragon Bone Reef and provoke conflict between the two demon factions to obtain the Heart-Questioning Fruit.
• Qin Ming and Li Qianjie parted after discussing their plans, and Qin Ming explored the demon-hunting city on End of the World Cape.
• Li Qianjie offered Pavilion Master Xiao five Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones in exchange for her Azure Jade Scepter, while concealing from Qin Ming that the Heart-Questioning Fruit could not be stored conventionally.
• Pavilion Master Xiao asked Elder Tong to investigate Qin Ming, and Qin Ming spent two days exploring the island while keeping his spirit pets hidden and planning to return to Moon Gazing Island after securing the treasures.

Qin Ming refined the fifth-order Yaoming Pill after four failures, extending his lifespan and earning the rank of fifth-order Pill Saint. He then prepared to join Li Qianjie on the trip to Dragon Bone Reef, where Pavilion Master Xiao Xun joined them as well.

• Qin Ming used part of the Spring Autumn Gu to satisfy the Silver-Winged Frost Bee before beginning to refine the Yaoming Pill.
• Pavilion Master Xiao reviewed intelligence about Qin Ming and agreed to accompany Li Qianjie and him to Dragon Bone Reef.
• Qin Ming failed four attempts at refining the Yaoming Pill, then succeeded on his fifth attempt and produced five pills.
• Qin Ming swallowed one Yaoming Pill, increasing his lifespan from five thousand six hundred years to six thousand one hundred years and making him a fifth-order Pill Saint.
• Qin Ming contacted Li Qianjie after leaving seclusion, and Li told him Pavilion Master Xiao would join their trip.
• Xiao Xun arrived and greeted Qin Ming before the three prepared to depart for Dragon Bone Reef.

Qin Ming, Xiao Xun, and Li Qianjie infiltrated Dragon Bone Reef in disguise to seek the Heart-Questioning Fruit, but learned that a human cultivator’s discovery of an ascension secret had heightened tensions and defenses. Qin Ming proposed taking the fruit by force, then agreed to follow Li Qianjie’s plan to enter the reef and wait for an opportunity.

• Qin Ming met Pavilion Master Xiao Xun, and the three cultivators departed for the Lightless Sea to search for the Heart-Questioning Fruit.
• Li Qianjie and his companions used Merfolk Pearls to disguise themselves as merfolk and approached Dragon Bone Reef.
• Li Qianjie’s merfolk agent Yu Jiao reported that a human cultivator had infiltrated the Dragon Burial Abyss, found half a Reversed Scale Tablet, and escaped, stirring conflict between the Merfolk and Blood Flood Dragon clans.
• Yu Jiao revealed that the Heart-Questioning Fruit Tree could be in one of three forbidden locations and that Dragon Lady held authority while Sea-Cleaving Ancestor remained in seclusion.
• Qin Ming suggested seizing the fruit tree by force, but accepted Li Qianjie’s decision to infiltrate the reef and wait for an opportunity.

Qin Ming, Xiao Xun, and Li Qianjie exploited a war between the Merfolk and Blood Dragon Clans to infiltrate the Tidal Sound Grotto-Heaven and find the Heart-Questioning Fruit Tree. As Xiao Xun prepared to collect its four fruits, a heavenly tribulation suddenly gathered overhead.

• Qin Ming identified the Tidal Sound Grotto-Heaven as the Heart-Questioning Fruit Tree's location and joined Li Qianjie and Xiao Xun in planning to exploit the clan conflict.
• Li Qianjie killed the Blood Dragon Clan's crown prince, prompting Blood Chi Old Ancestor to send his army against the Merfolk Clan.
• Dragon Lady rallied the Merfolk warriors as the clans entered a fierce battle, while Qin Ming and Xiao Xun slipped away and Li Qianjie rejoined them.
• Qin Ming, Xiao Xun, and Li Qianjie secretly entered the Tidal Sound Grotto-Heaven and discovered the Heart-Questioning Fruit Tree bearing four fruits.
• Li Qianjie agreed that Xiao Xun and Qin Ming would each receive one fruit while he took two, but a heavenly tribulation began gathering as Xiao Xun prepared to collect them.

Qin Ming and his companions were caught in the Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint’s tribulation as a possessed Old Immortal Lingtao stole the Heart-Questioning Fruits and fled. After escaping the grotto-heaven, they pursued Lingtao but were intercepted by the Blood Flood Dragon and Merfolk clans, leaving Qin Ming to confront Lingtao while his companions held off the demons.

• Qin Ming sensed danger near the Heart-Questioning Fruit Tree and warned Xiao Xun to retreat, but Li Qianjie advanced and was pierced by the Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint’s poisoned bone spike.
• A concealed figure revealed himself as Old Immortal Lingtao, seized all four Heart-Questioning Fruits, and fled; Qin Ming recognized that a powerful divine soul controlled Lingtao’s body.
• The Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint’s lightning tribulation struck the Tidal Sound Grotto-Heaven, forcing Qin Ming, Xiao Xun, and Li Qianjie to escape as the Demon Saint braced for the storm.
• Nine-Chi Old Ancestor and Dragon Lady learned that Human Race cultivators had taken the Sacred Fruit, joined forces, and pursued them; Qin Ming and his companions continued after Lingtao.
• Nine-Chi Old Ancestor transformed into a blood-colored flood dragon and blocked the fleeing group, so Qin Ming assigned Xiao Xun and Li Qianjie to face the pursuers and sent the Devouring Sky Rat to help while he pursued Lingtao.

Qin Ming pursued the possessed Old Immortal Lingtao over the Lightless Sea and fought him after demanding the Heart-Questioning Fruit and the Reversed Scale Tablet. The chapter left Qin Ming facing Old Immortal Lingtao’s blazing formation after Old Demon Qingyang warned him about the banner’s power.

• Li Qianjie and Xiao Xun wounded Nine-Chi Old Ancestor with their combined attacks, while Dragon Lady moved to support him.
• Dragon Lady blocked the Devouring Sky Rat’s sneak attack, revealed its hidden form with her Demonic Celestial Lyre, and fought it.
• Qin Ming rejected Old Immortal Lingtao’s offer of a Heart-Questioning Fruit and demanded the Reversed Scale Tablet as well.
• Old Immortal Lingtao attacked Qin Ming with the Great Sun Golden Flame Art, but Qin Ming’s Primordial Poison Flame devoured the golden flames.
• Qin Ming sent his Wood Sovereign Nails against Old Immortal Lingtao, who countered with a crimson banner and unleashed the Separation Fire Sky Burning Formation.
• Old Demon Qingyang identified the banner as an imitation of the Earth Flame Sundering Light Banner and urged Qin Ming not to face it head-on.

Qin Ming defeated Old Immortal Lingtao, whose body was possessed by a God Transformation divided soul, and captured the soul after interrupting its attempt to summon its true body. He recognized the captive as Old Ancestor Nanming of Li Fire Palace, who pleaded for his life.

• Old Immortal Lingtao used the Earth Flame Sundering Light Banner, but Old Demon Qingyang broke the Li Fire Heaven-Burning Formation with the Blood Floating Pagoda.
• Qin Ming trapped Old Immortal Lingtao in his Nascent Soul Domain and repeatedly suppressed him, then bound him with poisonous Black Vines.
• Old Immortal Lingtao used the Lifeblood Blood Talisman to summon a projection of his God Transformation true body, but Qin Ming's vines disrupted the summoning and drained his body.
• Qin Ming destroyed Old Immortal Lingtao's body, captured his Nascent Soul and the possessing divided soul, and took his Storage Bag.
• Qin Ming recognized the Flame Mark and identified the divided soul as Old Ancestor Nanming, the vanished founding patriarch of Li Fire Palace, who asked Qin to spare him.

The Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint completed his breakthrough to fourth-rank Great Perfection and trapped the cultivators in his Nether Abyss Demon Domain. After he killed Li Qianjie and clashed with Xiao Xun’s starfall attack, Qin Ming and the survivors escaped Dragon Bone Reef.

• Qin Ming concluded that Old Ancestor Nanming could not descend in person and kept the old ancestor’s divine-soul wisp in his possession.
• The Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint finished his tribulation, revealed his fourth-rank Great Perfection aura, and trapped the group in his Nether Abyss Demon Domain.
• The Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint injured Li Qianjie, split his body with a tail blade, and devoured his fleeing Nascent Soul.
• Xiao Xun evaded the Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint with Starfall Substitute Fate and summoned a meteor, which the demon saint shattered with lightning from his Demon Core.
• The Nine-Chi Old Ancestor and Xiao Xun escaped during the clash, and Qin Ming left with Xiao Xun.

Qin Ming defeated the Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint with his Primordial Demon Ape transformation and captured the Nine-Chi Old Ancestor after the wounded dragon arrived. As Qin Ming and Xiao Xun secured the Old Ancestor’s body, a concealed Demon Core exploded and engulfed them both.

• Qin Ming transformed into the Vajra Demon Aspect and overpowered the Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint, then revealed his Primordial Demon Ape form and killed him with the Ape-Demon Sky-Shaking Hand.
• Qin Ming captured the Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint’s Demon Core and stored his remains in the Lesser Spirit Realm before preparing to leave with Xiao Xun.
• The wounded Nine-Chi Old Ancestor crashed before Qin Ming and Xiao Xun, who joined forces to defeat him and stop his apparent Demon Core self-detonation.
• Qin Ming took the Nine-Chi Old Ancestor’s Demon Core, but a second, concealed Demon Core emerged from beneath the corpse and exploded, engulfing Qin Ming and Xiao Xun.

Qin Ming escaped the Outer Sea after a Fifth-Order Demon Lord appeared, then returned to Moon Gazing Island with the wounded Xiao Xun. After treating her, he and Xiao Xun recovered from the chi-jiao poison and divided their spoils, leaving their relationship awkward but changed.

• Xiao Xun used an Astral Jade Pendant to shield Qin Ming and herself from the Nine-Chi Blood Jiao's Demon Core explosion, but she fainted from her injuries and the poisonous mist.
• Qin Ming encountered the wounded Dragon Lady, then sensed a Fifth-Order Demon Lord near Dragon Bone Reef and used the Nine Heavens Azure Essence Mystic Response True Talisman to teleport away.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island and used his Azure Emperor Dharma Eye to heal Xiao Xun, but the chi-jiao poison affected them both and they became intimate.
• Several days later, Xiao Xun's injuries and the poison had healed, and Qin Ming found that his cultivation had advanced closer to Nascent Soul Great Perfection.
• Qin Ming gave Xiao Xun two Heart-Questioning Fruits, and she gave him a Storage Ring containing more than ten pieces of Deep Sea Blackstone as repayment for saving her.

Qin Ming traded a Yaoming Pill with Xiao Xun, learned about her Star Palace inheritance, and agreed to refine God Transformation Balm for her if she gathered the ingredients. After she returned to the Outer Sea, Qin Ming reviewed his gains and questioned Old Ancestor Nanming, while Old Demon Qingyang revealed that Nanming was lying and had been corrupted by Heavenly Demon Qi.

• Qin Ming exchanged a freshly refined fifth-grade Yaoming Pill for Xiao Xun's Deep Sea Black Iron and learned that she had inherited the Star Palace's legacy.
• Xiao Xun offered Qin Ming Mystic Abyss Cold Marrow and asked him to refine God Transformation Balm once she gathered the remaining materials; Qin Ming agreed.
• Xiao Xun left Moon Gazing Island for the Outer Sea, and the Devouring Sky Rat remarked that he sensed something unusual between her and Qin Ming.
• After returning to his cave abode, Qin Ming assessed his ingredients, artifacts, and other gains from the Outer Sea, including a Reversed Scale Tablet that marked an Ascension Platform leading to the Demon Realm.
• Qin Ming questioned Old Ancestor Nanming about his return to the five great immortal cultivation realms, and Nanming claimed his main body was trapped in a Demon Race secret realm.
• Old Demon Qingyang secretly told Qin Ming that Nanming was lying, had consumed Heavenly Demon Qi to reach Spirit Transformation, and had become mentally corrupted.

Old Ancestor Nanming revealed that Heavenly Demon Qi had left him half-human and half-demon, while Qin Ming secured the remaining ingredients needed for God Transformation Balm from Cloud Fishing Old Man. Cloud Fishing Old Man then began explaining how the Mortal Realm’s declining spiritual energy had made cultivation and ascension increasingly difficult.

• Old Ancestor Nanming explained that he had devoured Heavenly Demon Qi to break through, became half-human and half-demon, and stayed in the Demon Ruins to avoid endangering Li Fire Palace and the five great Immortal Cultivation Worlds.
• Qin Ming resealed Nanming after demonic aura overtook him, then learned from Old Demon Qingyang why Qin Ming had safely cultivated demonic powers.
• Qin Ming planted one Heart-Questioning Fruit in the Lesser Spirit Realm, tended his Spirit Plants, and left Moon Gazing Island to visit Cloud Fishing Old Man.
• Qin Ming gave Cloud Fishing Old Man two Yaoming Pills and received the Moonflower Spirit Fungus and Wish-Fulfilling Creation Clay, completing his five main ingredients for God Transformation Balm.
• Cloud Fishing Old Man shared how declining spiritual energy had hindered God Transformation cultivators and made reaching the Spirit Realm more difficult.

Qin Ming learned about Spirit Transformation from Cloud Fishing Old Man and prepared for the coming Final Battle against the Blood Abyss Realm. He discovered the Reversed Scale Tablet could help repair the Celestial Hall’s Ascension Platform, while White-Scaled Demon Lord considered an invitation to join forces.

• Cloud Fishing Old Man explained Spirit Transformation’s requirements and dangers, then told Qin Ming that the Mortal Realm’s cultivators were preparing to fight the Blood Abyss Realm’s demonic path.
• Qin Ming brought flood dragon essence blood and Deep Sea Black Iron to Qi Xiaoyu, who said he needed three to five years to refine the Grand Azure Sun Nine Luminaries Immortal Severing Formation; Qin Ming gave him the promised Yaoming Pill.
• Qi Xiaoyu determined that the Reversed Scale Tablet could restore the Ascension Platform if they found its other half, and Old Ancestor Nanming revealed that half was with his true body in the Outer Sea’s Demon Ruins.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, prepared the Four Nations Alliance for war, and accepted Supreme Yang Reverend’s invitation to a gathering in Great Jin about the Final Battle.
• Mu Qingzi told White-Scaled Demon Lord that Cloud Fishing Old Man and the others had invited them to join forces against the Mortal Realm’s coming battle with the Blood Abyss Realm.

White-Scaled Demon Lord and Mu Qingzi prepared to join the coming war against the Blood Abyss Realm, while Qin Ming strengthened his plans for the battle and traveled to Great Jin for the alliance meeting. He arrived at Sky Abyss Immortal City with Yue Lingyan and Kong Xuan, where the gathered cultivators began discussing the final battle.

• Mu Qingzi urged White-Scaled Demon Lord to join the war, and White-Scaled Demon Lord agreed before ordering Kong Xuan and Yue Lingyan to prepare their tribes.
• Qin Ming saw that his Ageless Immortal Vine and Source Demon Jujube had gained new affixes, including Spell Replication, and planned to use them to prepare for battle.
• Two years later, Qin Ming traveled toward Great Jin and picked up Yue Lingyan and Kong Xuan in the Beast Cry Mountain Range.
• Qin Ming congratulated Yue Lingyan on her breakthrough and gave her a defensive spirit treasure, while Devouring Sky Rat introduced Tian Ling'er.
• Qin Ming and his companions reached Sky Abyss Immortal City, where Supreme Yang Reverend and the allied Nascent Soul cultivators had gathered.
• Cold Crow Reverend remarked on Qin Ming's companions, and Qin Ming teased him about his breakthrough and his gains from Mount Yuanji.

At the five Immortal Cultivation Worlds alliance meeting, Azurewood True Monarch revealed that Qin Ming had reached Nascent Soul Late Stage, and both accepted dangerous missions for the coming war against the Blood Abyss Realm. After the seven-day meeting, Qin Ming’s friends pledged to accompany him on the mission to close the Void Eyes, and he promised to bring them back safely.

• Azurewood True Monarch arrived at the alliance meeting and recognized Qin Ming as a Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Cultivator, surprising the assembled Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Supreme Yang Reverend outlined the war plan and explained that the alliance needed to destroy demonic formations and close the Blood Abyss Realm’s Void Eyes.
• Qin Ming volunteered to close the Void Eyes, while Azurewood True Monarch agreed to lead the assault on the demonic formations.
• Supreme Yang Reverend promised Qin Ming and Azurewood True Monarch each a treasure from the alliance treasury as a merit reward.
• After the seven-day meeting, Su Yuqing, Cold Crow Reverend, Celestial Foreseer, Yue Lingyan, and the others pledged to accompany Qin Ming, who promised to lead them back safely.

Qin Ming traded a Yaoming Pill to Cold Crow Reverend for a ten-thousand-year God Crystal Fruit and the Crystal Mind Pill formula, then chose a mysterious ancient lamp from the alliance treasure vault. Meanwhile, demons discussed their losses at Mount Yuanji and suspected Qin Ming of interfering with their plans.

• Cold Crow Reverend asked Qin Ming about their dangerous assignment, then traded him a Yaoming Pill for a ten-thousand-year God Crystal Fruit and the Crystal Mind Pill formula.
• Qin Ming followed Azurewood True Monarch to the alliance treasure vault and chose a rusty ancient lamp that the Devouring Sky Rat identified as a valuable treasure.
• Supreme Yang Reverend said the ancient lamp had come from another survivor of Mount Yuanji and might require further study.
• Blood Prison Demon Lord questioned Rock Demon about the deaths of the Yin Demon Sect's Holy Son, Saintess, and Sky Hatred Elder at Mount Yuanji.
• Rock Demon recalled that two human Nascent Soul cultivators had entered Celestial Hall and suspected one of them had found the core inheritance and removed the Blood Ring Curse Mark.
• The Longevity Temple patriarch urged Blood Prison Demon Lord to focus on the coming war and asked Rock Demon how to release the Holy Ancestor from Mount Yuanji.