Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming returned from the Outer Sea after killing Demon Lord Cangming, then learned that the Rock Demon was again wreaking havoc in the Southern Wilderness and decided to head home. Along the way, he reunited with Old Ancestor Nanming and heard that Cangwu of Penglai Sect had begun attempting to break through to God Transformation.

• Qin Ming killed Fifth-Order Demon Lord Cangming, causing the Outer Sea demon cultivators to flee and news of the demon's death to spread.
• Qin Ming returned to End of the World Ocean Pavilion, where Xiao Xun and Old Ancestor Nanming celebrated his safe return and the defeat of Cangming.
• Qin Ming found a trace of life in the True Spirit Egg, ordered the Devouring Sky Rat and Mystic Water Crocodile to incubate it, and later failed to find a way to hatch it.
• Xiao Xun gave Qin Ming a report from Hua Tianxiong about the Rock Demon's renewed attacks and Wei Wuyai and Mo Lingwei's seclusion, so Qin Ming decided to return to the Southern Wasteland.
• Qin Ming and Old Ancestor Nanming traveled home and met Supreme Yang Reverend at Skywave Immortal City, where Nanming's return revealed Li Fire Palace's founding ancestor was alive.
• Supreme Yang Reverend told Qin Ming and Old Ancestor Nanming that Cangwu of Penglai Sect had entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to God Transformation.

Old Ancestor Nanming returned to Li Fire Palace, while Qin Ming learned that the seal at Mount Yuanji was weakening. Within the sealed Demonfall Land, the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths blasted the formation and had Rock Demon seize the treasures guarding it, leaving the seal closer to breaking.

• Old Ancestor Nanming parted ways with Qin Ming and returned to Li Fire Palace, where the elders and disciples welcomed their founder back.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, checked on Mo Lingwei’s cultivation, and rewarded Hua Tianxiong.
• Qi Xiaoyu told Qin Ming that the main formation at Mount Yuanji was weakening, and Qin Ming gave him the other half of the Reversed Scale Tablet.
• The Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths took control of another head of the three-headed serpent and prepared to attack the sealing formation.
• The Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths unleashed the Black Lotus Demon Flame against the formation, and Rock Demon risked his life to retrieve the Great Evolution Star Chart and Imperial Brush.

The Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths received the two Sentient Treasures and began weakening the seal, prompting Qi Xiaoyu to warn Qin Ming that she might soon escape. Qin Ming entered seclusion and successfully refined God Transformation Spirit Balm, leaving him with a powerful aid for his planned breakthrough.

• The Rock Demon recovered the two Sentient Treasures and received their Treasure Refinement Arts from the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths, while she promised Lan Bing a new body and a path to Spirit Transformation.
• Qi Xiaoyu discovered that the formation disk for the Yuanhe Five Elements Demon Subduing Formation had cracked and told Qin Ming that the seal on the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths was weakening.
• Qin Ming asked Qi Xiaoyu to alert the Human Realm's Spirit Transformation cultivators, then announced his seclusion to prepare for the coming threat.
• Qin Ming entered the Lesser Spirit Realm, stopped the Devouring Sky Rat from incubating the True Spirit Egg, and took two drops of Tian Ling'er's essence blood for alchemy.
• After several months and multiple failures, Qin Ming successfully refined the God Transformation Spirit Balm and recognized it as a chance to transform his Nascent Soul and divine soul into a Primordial Spirit.

After refining the God Transformation Spirit Balm, Qin Ming learned of Wei Wuyai’s death and Azurewood True Monarch’s failed breakthrough, then attended Wei Wuyai’s funeral and appointed Nalan Xi acting alliance leader. Half a year later, Mo Lingwei successfully reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and Qin Ming asked what she planned to do next.

• Qin Ming celebrated his successful alchemy, then learned from Hua Tianxiong that the Rock Demon had disappeared and Wei Wuyai had died attempting to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Supreme Yang Reverend reported that Azurewood True Monarch had failed to reach Spirit Transformation and could no longer attempt the breakthrough.
• Qin Ming paid respects at Wei Wuyai’s spirit tablet and appointed Nalan Xi temporary alliance leader before returning to Moon Gazing Island.
• Mo Lingwei shattered her Golden Core, endured the inner demon and heavenly lightning tribulations, and successfully condensed a Nascent Soul.
• After stabilizing her cultivation, Mo Lingwei visited Qin Ming, who asked what she intended to do now that she had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

Mo Lingwei became Azure Haze True Monarch and took charge of Moon Gazing Island while Qin Ming considered Old Demon Qingyang’s offer to complete his Five Elements Spirit Roots with a vicious demonic art. His Black Vine then began a dramatic advancement in the Lesser Spirit Realm, producing three golden Affixes.

• Mo Lingwei accepted a fourth-rank cave dwelling, received cultivation guidance from Qin Ming, and held a Nascent Soul ceremony as Azure Haze True Monarch.
• Two years later, Old Demon Qingyang offered Qin Ming the Foundation-Seizing Great Art, which could complete his earth spirit root but required slaughter and invited severe karmic backlash.
• Qin Ming studied the Myriad Forms, Selfless Heavenly Demon Freedom Art but judged its bloody methods unsuitable and postponed deciding whether to use it.
• Qin Ming sensed that the Black Vine was advancing and entered the Lesser Spirit Realm to witness it grow and form golden runes among its silver Spirit Marks.
• The Black Vine’s advancement spread plant essence and the power of time through the Lesser Spirit Realm, helping Tian Ling'er reach the middle stage of the fourth rank.
• Qin Ming noticed three dazzling golden Affixes appear before him as the Black Vine’s transformation continued.

Qin Ming used the Withering Flourishing Mystic Vine’s Grand Dao Sky Mend affix to complete his Five Elements Spirit Roots, then quickly cultivated Old Demon Qingyang’s demonic art to the Nascent Soul stage. He brought the Silver Fox to Qi Xiaoyu’s Hidden Immortal Valley for her fourth-order breakthrough, which she successfully completed.

• The Withering Flourishing Mystic Vine matured, and Qin Ming harvested its affixes and used Grand Dao Sky Mend to make up for his missing earth spirit root.
• Qin Ming cultivated the Myriad Forms, Selfless Heavenly Demon Freedom Art with Source Demon Jujubes and reached the Nascent Soul stage, convincing Old Demon Qingyang that he had seized an earth spirit root.
• Qin Ming decided to prepare for his God Transformation breakthrough at Mount Yuanji and took the Silver Fox to Qi Xiaoyu’s Hidden Immortal Valley to break through.
• The Devouring Sky Rat gave the Silver Fox its fourth-order Mystic Spirit Armor to protect her during the transformation tribulation.
• The Silver Fox withstood the tribulation and emerged as a fourth-order Transformation Demon Saint with four tails.

Qin Ming attempted to break through to Spirit Transformation at Mount Yuanji and succeeded, then combined the five elements with Heavenly Demon Qi and True Demon Qi, alarming the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths and the Mortal Realm’s cultivators. The Sage Ancestor resolved to kill him and hastened to escape her seal, while the gathered cultivators wondered whether Qin Ming or a greater threat had caused the upheaval.

• Silver Fox celebrated her breakthrough with Qin Ming, Qi Xiaoyu, and the Devouring Sky Rat.
• Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu entered Mount Yuanji, where Qin Ming set up a protective formation and told Qi Xiaoyu he would attempt Spirit Transformation.
• Qin Ming swallowed the God Transformation Spirit Balm, fused the five elements with his Nascent Soul, and successfully formed a Primordial Spirit.
• Qin Ming’s demonic infant absorbed Heavenly Demon Qi and True Demon Qi, expanding the heavenly phenomenon across six thousand miles.
• The Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths sensed Qin Ming’s combined powers, vowed he could not be allowed to live, and accelerated her efforts to escape the seal.
• Ancestor Bingyi, Fu Yaozi, Cloud Fishing Old Man, and other God Transformation cultivators gathered and speculated about the cause of the upheaval.

Qin Ming faced the three tribulations of the God Transformation Stage after both his mana and body-refinement cultivation broke through. He survived the heart-questioning and Five Elements tribulations, but the chapter ended as eighty-one layers of tribulation clouds gathered for the final lightning tribulation.

• Qin Ming used the Severing Red Dust Affix to pass through a hundred lifetimes of Red Dust illusions, while his Demonic Infant and Old Demon Qingyang devoured an extraterrestrial heavenly demon that invaded his Purple Mansion.
• Qin Ming endured the Five Elements tribulation, absorbing the Red Lotus Karma Fire into his spirit flame and overcoming the wood, earth, water, and metal trials.
• The Rock Demon watched as Qin Ming confronted the combined demon-qi and devil-qi backlash, then shattered its enormous palm and giant face in his Primordial Demon Ape form.
• Qin Ming passed the Five Elements and demon-devil tribulations and gained strength from the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi.
• Eighty-one layers of tribulation clouds gathered above Mount Yuanji as Qin Ming faced the final heavenly lightning tribulation.

Qin Ming survived the God Transformation Heavenly Tribulation, reached Spirit Transformation, and rapidly strengthened his cultivation. After Qi Xiaoyu restored the Ascension Platform and found three Reception Tokens, Qin Ming realized there were too few tokens for all the Human Realm cultivators seeking to ascend.

• Qin Ming used his treasures and demonic transformations to withstand the heavenly tribulation and successfully broke through to Spirit Transformation.
• Qin Ming tested his powers, stabilized his new realm, and used his Mana Affixes to advance his cultivation further.
• The Rock Demon witnessed Qin Ming's breakthrough and accelerated his refinement of a Sentient Treasure, viewing Qin Ming as a threat to the Devil Race.
• Qin Ming celebrated with the Devouring Sky Rat, Tian Ling'er, and the Silver Fox before visiting Qi Xiaoyu.
• Qi Xiaoyu told Qin Ming that he had repaired the Ascension Platform and gave him the three Reception Tokens he had located.
• Qin Ming realized that the three tokens could not serve all five God Transformation cultivators seeking to ascend and left their dispute for them to settle.

After breaking through to Spirit Transformation, Qin Ming set out to fulfill his promise to Emperor Qing and killed the Rock Demon, taking his two Sentient Treasures. He then entered the gray fog space where the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths was sealed.

• Qin Ming sent Qi Xiaoyu back to Hidden Immortal Valley and said he would settle matters in Mount Yuanji before meeting him again.
• The Rock Demon completed his refinement of the Great Evolution Star Chart and Imperial Brush and tested the treasures’ power.
• Qin Ming appeared before the Rock Demon and killed him with the Eight Gates Golden Light Mirror, then collected his Blood Orb, corpse, Storage Bag, and treasures.
• The Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths realized the Rock Demon’s death had ruined her escape plan and feared the Demon-Slaying Gourd Qin Ming possessed.
• Qin Ming silently entered the gray fog space where the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths was sealed.

Qin Ming confronted the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths in Mount Yuanji and killed her soul fragment with the Demon-Slaying Gourd. After the battle, he spared Lan Bing and made her submit to a restriction on her divine soul.

• The Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths tried to recruit Qin Ming, but he attacked after Old Demon Qingyang revealed that her power was limited by the three souls sharing her demon body.
• The Sage Ancestor used a demonic talisman to strengthen the three-headed snake and tried to escape, but Old Demon Qingyang possessed its central head and held her in place.
• Qin Ming bound the Sage Ancestor's soul fragment with Soul Capture and destroyed it with the Demon-Slaying Gourd's innate sword qi.
• Old Demon Qingyang returned to the Blood Floating Pagoda and advised Qin Ming to spare Lan Bing because she possessed an ancient Ice Phoenix True Spirit Bloodline.
• Qin Ming broke the formation restriction, extracted Lan Bing's Nascent Soul, and made her submit to a restriction on her divine soul.

Qin Ming returned from Mount Yuanji after breaking through to Spirit Transformation, defeating the Rock Demon and the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths' soul fragment, and restoring the Ascension Platform. He shared the platform and its three Reception Tokens with the Human Realm’s God Transformation ancestors, then returned to Moon Gazing Island, where Mo Lingwei realized he had advanced.

• Qin Ming bound Lan Bing with a divine-soul restriction, accepted her as his master, and stored her in the Lesser Spirit Realm before collecting the three-headed giant serpent’s corpse.
• Qin Ming failed to find the other Saint Ancestor soul fragment in Demonfall Land, then left Mount Yuanji and summoned the Human Realm’s God Transformation ancestors to Celestial Hall.
• Qin Ming revealed that he had repaired the Ascension Platform and slain the Rock Demon and the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths' soul fragment, and the ancestors confirmed his claims at Demonfall Land.
• Qin Ming let the ancestors discuss the three Reception Tokens, warned them not to fight or enter Mount Yuanji without permission, and left Qi Xiaoyu in charge of the tokens.
• Qin Ming invited Qi Xiaoyu to Moon Gazing Island to learn the Way of Formations, and several days later they returned to the island.
• Mo Lingwei and Hua Tianxiong welcomed Qin Ming back, and Mo Lingwei sensed his changed aura and asked whether he had reached Spirit Transformation.

Qin Ming settled into life on Moon Gazing Island after reaching Spirit Transformation, while news of his breakthrough and his defeat of the ancient devil made him the Human Realm’s foremost cultivator. As preparations for his celebration continued, he discovered that True Spirit blood could revive the gray egg and welcomed Xiao Xun to the island.

• Mo Lingwei and Hua Tianxiong congratulated Qin Ming, who assigned them to prepare his Spirit Transformation ceremony for a year later and sent Hua Tianxiong to invite Xiao Xun.
• News spread that Qin Ming had advanced to Spirit Transformation and slain the ancient devil in Mount Yuanji; in the Demon Realm, an enraged Sacred Ancestor ordered devils to watch for cultivators ascending from the Human Realm.
• Qin Ming studied formations with Qi Xiaoyu, received the Myriad Forms Formation Exposition, and hosted Cloud Fishing Old Man and Old Ancestor Nanming, who stayed to play chess.
• In the Lesser Spirit Realm, Qin Ming fed the Withering Flourishing Mystic Vine a Blood Orb, then discovered that Three-Headed Giant Snake blood revived a trace of life in the True Spirit Egg and tasked the Devouring Sky Rat with feeding it.
• As Mo Lingwei and Hua Tianxiong organized the ceremony, Xiao Xun arrived, congratulated Qin Ming, and learned from him that the Outer Sea had largely stabilized; other powers worried over what gifts to bring.

Qin Ming’s God Transformation Ceremony drew the Human Realm’s major powers, whose leaders offered priceless treasures to honor him. As the guests bowed to him, Qin Ming reflected on his journey from a humble Spirit Farmer to the pinnacle of the Human Realm.

• Ancestor Bingyi chose Ice God Hall’s inherited Void Mystic Stone as a gift, hoping Qin Ming would treat the sect kindly after the elders ascended.
• Azurewood True Monarch and Chen Muzhi decided to present Penglai Immortal Sect’s Three Lights Divine Water, while Mu Qingzi prepared a Nine Aperture Exquisite Fruit for Qin Ming.
• More than half a year later, guests and sects from across the Human Realm arrived at Moon Gazing Island for Qin Ming’s ceremony, bringing rare treasures and spirit resources.
• Mo Lingwei, Hua Tianxiong, and Qin Ming’s companions welcomed the guests and received gifts, including Three Lights Divine Water, Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Vein Spirit Milk, and Bodhi Golden Body Marrow.
• The Human Realm’s God Transformation figures gathered above the banquet, and Qin Ming appeared as tens of thousands of cultivators bowed to congratulate him.

After Qin Ming’s Spirit Transformation celebration, he settled his companions’ plans and examined the gifts, including a pill formula from Cold Crow Reverend and Three Lights Divine Water for Lan Bing. The chapter ended with Qin Ming deciding to search for a suitable body for Lan Bing while Moon Gazing Island returned to tranquility.

• Qin Ming preached the Dao for seven days after his celebration, and several cultivators broke through during the lecture.
• Ancestor Bingyi and Ancestor Fu Yaozi asked Qin Ming to protect their disciples after they ascended, and he promised not to interfere in the cultivation worlds’ affairs.
• Qin Ming learned that Cold Crow Reverend had hurried back to Mystic Clarity Temple and resolved to visit him there.
• Yue Lingyan and the Silver Fox agreed that the Silver Fox would stay with Qin Ming to cultivate, while Xiao Xun planned to enter seclusion and pursue Spirit Transformation.
• Qin Ming discovered that Cold Crow Reverend’s gift contained a Crimson Spirit Pill formula and gave Lan Bing Three Lights Divine Water, but learned she needed a rare, suitable body to restore her full potential.
• The Devouring Sky Rat, Tian Ling'er, and the others returned from the Beast Cry Mountain Range with bulging Storage Bags.

Qin Ming watched several Human Realm cultivators use the Ascension Platform, but the deaths of most of them warned him that ascending to the Spirit Realm was perilous. After decades of cultivation and preparation, he entered the Lesser Spirit World and discovered that the Source Demon Jujube tree was close to advancing again.

• Qin Ming welcomed Cloud Fishing Old Man and other Spirit Transformation ancestors, then helped them reach Mount Yuanji and inspect the Ascension Platform.
• White-Scaled Demon Lord and Mu Qingzi ascended first, followed by Cloud Fishing Old Man, Ancestor Bingyi, and Fu Yaozi; Cloud Fishing Old Man's Soul Lamp remained lit, while Ancestor Bingyi's and Fu Yaozi's went out.
• Qin Ming watched Old Ancestor Nanming ascend after Li Fire Palace raised a new Nascent Soul successor, but Nanming's Soul Lamp went out a month later.
• Qin Ming discussed the ascension deaths with Old Demon Qingyang and Xiao Xun, and gave Xiao Xun copies of the inscriptions on the Reception Tokens.
• Qin Ming continued cultivating, advanced his formation skills, and supported Qi Xiaoyu and Su Yuqing; Su Yuqing later reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Qin Ming entered the Lesser Spirit World and found the Source Demon Jujube tree nearing another advancement.

Qin Ming’s Demon Date Tree absorbed a Rock Demon corpse and transformed into a Vajra-Demon Holy Tree, while Old Demon Qingyang explained its powers and the Soul-Slaying Demonic Sword. After learning that Lan Bing’s desired Netherworld Sparrow was kept in the Blood Abyss Realm, Qin Ming used an ancient talisman to take her there.

• The Demon Date Tree advanced into a Vajra-Demon Holy Tree, and Old Demon Qingyang identified its origins, benefits, and connection to the Soul-Slaying Demonic Sword.
• Qin Ming accelerated the tree’s growth, and spirit bees from the Withering Flourishing Mystic Vine drank its nectar as he cultivated beneath it.
• Xiao Xun reported that the Ascension Platforms linked to Ancestor Bingyi and Ancestor Fu Yaozi might have been destroyed or occupied, prompting Qin Ming to plan to investigate after ascending.
• Lan Bing told Qin Ming that she needed a body with a True Spirit bloodline, and she revealed that Boundless Mountain kept a Netherworld Sparrow in the Endless Demon Abyss.
• Qin Ming activated the Nine Heavens Azure Essence Mystic Response True Talisman and vanished from Moon Gazing Island to take Lan Bing to the Blood Abyss Realm.

Qin Ming reached the Blood Abyss Realm and found the demonic bird Boundless Mountain was raising in the Endless Abyss. He confronted Paradise Demon Lord, who transformed into a giant demon elephant to fight him.

• Qin Ming arrived in the Blood Abyss Realm, used his Divine Sense to survey Boundless Mountain, and traveled to the Endless Abyss following Lan Bing's directions.
• Qin Ming discovered Boundless Mountain's Abyssal Nether Sparrow being fed cultivators in a sealed nest, and Paradise Demon Lord arrived to inspect it.
• Paradise Demon Lord revealed that the sparrow carried the bloodline of the Netherworld Sparrow and vowed to settle his old score with Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming appeared and crushed the two Nascent Soul Devil Lords with his Divine Sense before striking at Paradise Demon Lord.
• Paradise Demon Lord recognized Qin Ming and transformed into his Demon Elephant Hell-Suppressing Avatar, cutting off Qin Ming's access to Heaven and Earth Origin Qi.

Qin Ming defeated Paradise Demon Lord and helped Lan Bing seize the Profound Abyss Demon Bird’s body and Netherworld Sparrow bloodline. After a three-day nirvana and surviving her tribulations, Lan Bing emerged in human form as a fifth-order Demon Lord.

• Qin Ming overwhelmed Paradise Demon Lord’s attacks, restrained him with poisonous vines, and devoured his Primordial Spirit with the Primordial Poison Flame.
• Qin Ming sealed Paradise Demon Lord’s Primordial Spirit, collected his remains, and told Lan Bing that her chance to claim the Profound Abyss Demon Bird depended on her own fortune.
• Lan Bing entered the Profound Abyss Demon Bird’s Sea of Consciousness and eventually devoured its Demonic Soul, absorbing the Netherworld Sparrow bloodline.
• The bird burned to ashes and underwent nirvana rebirth as a dark ice-crystal phoenix, drawing in demonic qi and triggering a fifth-order breakthrough.
• Lan Bing endured the inner demon, Five Elements, and lightning tribulations, then took human form as a cold woman with ink-black hair and a Netherworld Sparrow mark.

Lan Bing advanced to Spirit Transformation and used her Netherworld Sparrow abilities to carry Qin Ming and his companions from the Blood Abyss Realm back to the Human Realm. Years later, Qin Ming cultivated with the Brahma Demon Holy Tree’s ripened fruit and affixes, bringing his Demonic Infant body refinement to the middle stage of Spirit Transformation and preparing to consider ascending to the Spirit Realm.

• Lan Bing thanked Qin Ming for helping her advance, explained her ability to cross smaller realms, and carried him and three beasts through the void back to Moon Gazing Island.
• Old Demon Qingyang praised Lan Bing’s spatial abilities as the Blood Abyss Realm fell into chaos after Boundless Mountain’s Spirit Transformation Demon Lord died.
• Qin Ming buried Paradise Demon Lord’s charred corpse beneath the Brahma Demon Holy Tree, whose growth advanced until it produced Blood Jade Demonic Dates and valuable affixes.
• Ten years later, Qin Ming harvested the ripened dates, gave more than ten to Lan Bing, and asked her to keep their pits.
• Qin Ming consumed Spirit Transformation Vital Energy affixes and over a hundred Blood Jade Demonic Dates, then used a True Demon Qi affix to break through to the middle stage of Spirit Transformation in body refinement.