Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming killed Xuan Jiuyin and the Left Alliance Master, then learned through soul searching that the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss concealed Mogu Palace, a dangerous secret realm connected to the Immortal Abode Treasure. He left Thousand Machine City with Bai Li Hui and headed toward the abyss, while the Yellow Springs Ancestor set out to avenge his grandson.

• Xuan Jiuyin unleashed his Myriad Soul Sword Chest against Qin Ming, but Qin Ming's Soul-Slaying Demonic Sword overcame it and severed Xuan Jiuyin's head.
• The Yellow Springs Ancestor's fragment soul emerged from Xuan Jiuyin's jade pendant to protect him, but Qin Ming drove it away and soul-searched Xuan Jiuyin before killing him.
• Qin Ming reassured the cultivators on Obsidian Peak, gathered his belongings, and took Bai Li Hui with him; the Yellow Springs Ancestor headed toward Thousand Machine City in fury.
• Netherbone Venerable and the bald old man arrived in Thousand Machine City, learned that Qin Ming had killed Xuan Jiuyin and the Left Alliance Master, and moved to reclaim the city.
• Qin Ming placed a soul restriction on Bai Li Hui and told him they would travel to the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss.
• Qin Ming learned that Mogu Palace lay within the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss, that the Yellow Springs Ancestor had gained his breakthrough there, and that the secret realm was tied to the Immortal Abode Treasure and the Nine Dragon Tribulation Seal.

Qin Ming traveled to Baowu Market District to investigate the Demonic Ancient Temple and gathered intelligence about the forces guarding it. While dining on Soul-Devouring Spirit Fish, he attracted the attention of a powerful Profound Heaven Sword Sect disciple.

• Qin Ming used Lan Bing Fairy's Icy Netherworld Sparrow to travel with Bai Li Hui from the Thousand Machine Poisonous Swamp to the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss.
• Qin Ming and Bai Li Hui disguised themselves as independent cultivators and stayed at Wu Jian Inn, where Qin Ming sent Bai Li Hui to gather information.
• Bai Li Hui reported that the Yellow Springs Sect heavily guarded the Demonic Ancient Temple and that the Profound Heaven Sword Sect had also sent disciples to investigate.
• Qin Ming rewarded Bai Li Hui, then took him, Lan Bing Fairy, and the Devouring Sky Rat to Forgetful River Pavilion to eat Soul-Devouring Spirit Fish.
• A group of Profound Heaven Sword Sect disciples arrived at the restaurant, and their Late God Transformation Stage leader noticed Qin Ming's table and approached it.

Qin Ming evaded the Profound Heaven Sword Sect disciples pursuing him and entered the hidden Demonic Ancient Temple, where its architecture seemed familiar. Meanwhile, Ye Lingxiao prepared to investigate the abyss as other factions moved toward the Demonic Ancient Holy Land Secret Realm.

• Ye Lingxiao offered Qin Ming a God Transformation opportunity for the Devouring Sky Rat, but Qin Ming refused and overheard Ye Lingxiao order his disciples to watch him and capture him if he had no backing.
• Qin Ming lured the pursuing Profound Heaven Sword Sect disciples into a World-Devouring Dragon Viper’s path, and two disciples died while the cultivator surnamed Li escaped badly injured.
• Old Demon Qingyang explained that World-Devouring Dragon Vipers were calamity beasts whose fangs could be used to craft a World Piercing Shuttle, a spatial treasure said to open passages between three realms.
• Qin Ming traveled to the Demonic Ancient Temple and had the Devouring Sky Rat dig a Void Passage into its outer perimeter, where he recognized something familiar in the carved patterns.
• Ye Lingxiao told the injured cultivator surnamed Li to conceal the circumstances of the deaths, then led the remaining disciples into the Devouring Abyss.
• Disguised groups from the Corpse Yin Sect and other factions left Baowu Market District to pursue the Demonic Ancient Holy Land Secret Realm.

Qin Ming entered the core of the Demonic Ancient Temple after Old Demon Qingyang identified and opened the Azure Nether Divine Restriction, discovering Fire God Child's abandoned artifact-forging grounds. As Qin Ming and his allies fought the Black-Winged Yakshas inside, Ye Lingxiao arrived with Profound Heaven Sword Sect cultivators and compelled the Yellow Springs Sect to let them investigate.

• Qin Ming and Old Demon Qingyang recognized Fire God Child's markings and suspected Emperor Qing had left the restriction guarding the temple's core.
• Qin Ming used the Devouring Sky Rat to uncover a hidden chamber and learned that the renegade Spirit Realm Inspector Envoy was named Yu Xuanzi.
• Old Demon Qingyang recognized the azure light curtain as a restriction left by Emperor Qing and taught Qin Ming how to open it.
• Qin Ming entered the core area, found Fire God Child's artifact-forging grounds and faced several powerful Black-Winged Yaksha ghosts alongside Old Demon Qingyang and Lan Bing Fairy.
• Ye Lingxiao, posing as Qingweizi, arrived with Profound Heaven Sword Sect cultivators and ordered the Yellow Springs Sect to admit them into the secret realm.

Qin Ming and his companions fought their way through the Earth Abyss, where a powerful Rakshasa Ghost Aspect guarded Fire God Child’s hidden workshop. As rival factions entered the secret realm and confronted the ghost, Qin Ming escaped into the workshop and discovered a half-finished shuttle carved from a World-Devouring Dragon King’s fang, just as a greater presence stirred below.

• Qin Ming, Lan Bing Fairy, and Old Demon Qingyang defeated the yaksha ghosts, then faced a Rakshasa Ghost Aspect that could regenerate from Netherworld qi.
• Ye Lingxiao and cultivators from the Hundred Bones Merchant Guild, Corpse Yin Sect, and Yin Talisman Sect arrived at the Demonic Ancient Temple and struggled to enter the restricted secret realm.
• A shock from the abyss opened a fissure in the barrier, allowing Ye Lingxiao and the others to descend, where the Rakshasa Ghost Aspect attacked them.
• Qin Ming sensed the newcomers, rode Lan Bing Fairy into the Fire God Artisan cave dwelling, and left Old Demon Qingyang behind.
• Qin Ming found a half-finished flying shuttle carved from a World-Devouring Dragon King’s fang, while a vast presence awakened beneath the Earth Abyss.

Qin Ming discovered that the artifact-refining abode concealed the trapped World-Devouring Dragon King and encountered Fire God Child, whose divided thought resided in an Azurefire Qilin. After confirming Qin Ming’s connection to Azure Emperor and learning why he sought the Immortal Abode Treasure, Fire God Child offered to teach him how to control it in exchange for a deal.

• Qin Ming triggered a restriction while reaching for the half-finished World-Devouring Dragon King's Fang and was transported beneath the furnace into a vast hall.
• Qin Ming discovered the trapped World-Devouring Dragon King beneath the hall and fought an Azurefire Qilin that attacked him with Sixth Order spirit fire.
• The Azurefire Qilin recognized Qin Ming’s Primordial Poison Flame and Azure Emperor Art, then revealed that it was Fire God Child’s divided thought.
• Qin Ming proved his connection to Azure Emperor with the Demon-Slaying Gourd, and Fire God Child explained that Azure Emperor had commissioned him to forge the World Piercing Shuttle.
• Fire God Child revealed that a traitorous disciple had stolen the Immortal Abode Treasure and fled with it to the Human Realm in an inspector’s body.
• After Qin Ming admitted he had come seeking the treasure, Fire God Child offered to teach him its secret method of complete control if he agreed to a deal.

Qin Ming agreed to help Fire God Child eliminate Mo Jizi in exchange for the Immortal Abode Treasure and received the Fire God Artisan Secret Manual and a nearly completed World Piercing Shuttle. After the Rakshasa Ghost Aspect transformed into a Refining Void ghost and slaughtered the other cultivators, Qin Ming waited outside the Demonic Ancient Temple and ambushed the wounded Ye Lingxiao, who prepared to fight back.

• Qin Ming agreed to kill Fire God Child's traitorous disciple Mo Jizi and accepted a future task to be discussed after his cultivation advanced.
• Fire God Child passed Qin Ming half of the Fire God Artisan Secret Manual, explained how it could finish the World Piercing Shuttle, and warned him about the Rakshasa Ghost outside.
• Qin Ming took the World-Eroding Dragon King's Fang into the Lesser Spirit Realm while the Rakshasa Ghost Aspect regenerated, advanced to Refining Void, and killed the other cultivators; Ye Lingxiao escaped after sacrificing an arm.
• Qin Ming concealed himself outside the Demonic Ancient Temple and attacked the gravely wounded Ye Lingxiao with the Soul-Slaying Demonic Sword.
• Ye Lingxiao recognized Qin Ming, swallowed a blood-red pill to restore his strength, and summoned a golden sword talisman as Qin Ming confronted him over the earlier plot against his life.

Qin Ming killed Ye Lingxiao, gained his treasures, and returned to Baowu Market District as the surrounding powers reacted to the deaths in the Demonic Ancient Temple. After years of seclusion and studying Fire God Child’s artifact-refining manual, Qin Ming mastered multiple spatial restrictions and went to complete the half-finished World Piercing Shuttle.

• Ye Lingxiao unleashed his Qingwei Sword Intent, but Qin Ming used the Great Evolution Star Chart and Imperial Brush to destroy him and devour his Primordial Spirit.
• Qin Ming returned to Baowu Market District, where Bai Li Hui reported that major powers were preparing to investigate the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss.
• Qin Ming fed Ye Lingxiao’s Blood Orb to the Withering Flourishing Mystic Vine, reviewed his gains, and entered seclusion to study spatial restrictions and refine the World Piercing Shuttle.
• Cultivators flocked to Baowu Market District, but the ghosts in the Demonic Ancient Temple drove most explorers away, and several powers sealed the site as forbidden ground.
• Qin Ming sold surplus treasures, raised the Lesser Spirit Realm’s Spirit Vein to peak fifth order, and learned that immortal jade could be needed to improve it further.
• After five years of studying spatial restrictions, Qin Ming formed more than ten spatial runes and headed to finish the World Piercing Shuttle.

Qin Ming completed the World Piercing Shuttle, caught several Supreme-Grade Soul-Devouring Spirit Fish with Tian Ling'er's lotus seeds, and used the shuttle to travel from the Spirit Realm toward the Mortal Realm. The journey brought him through the Netherworld Underworld, where he learned the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror had come from that realm and drew the attention of a figure in Revolving Wheel Palace.

• Qin Ming finished the World Piercing Shuttle after more than half a year of refinement and bound the spatial treasure to himself.
• Qin Ming sent Bai Li Hui to Heavenly Star City, then searched the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss with his spirit pets for Soul-Devouring Spirit Fish.
• Tian Ling'er gave the Devouring Sky Rat green lotus seeds, which lured in several Supreme-Grade Soul-Devouring Spirit Fish containing a Rebirth Pearl.
• Qin Ming loaded Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones into the World Piercing Shuttle and departed for the Mortal Realm with his spirit pets.
• Qin Ming arrived in the Netherworld Underworld, where Old Demon Qingyang revealed that Emperor Qing had taken the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror from that realm.
• A figure in Revolving Wheel Palace sensed the World Piercing Shuttle and wondered whether a human cultivator had returned.

Qin Ming returned to the Human Realm after crossing the Netherworld Underworld and reunited with Mo Lingwei and Hua Tianxiong on Moon Gazing Island. After learning that Xiao Xun and Su Yuqing had ascended without reaching him, he set out to find Qi Xiaoyu at Mount Yuanji.

• Qin Ming and his companions escaped the Netherworld Underworld aboard the World Piercing Shuttle and returned to the Human Realm.
• Mo Lingwei and Hua Tianxiong welcomed Qin Ming back to Moon Gazing Island, where he learned that Xiao Xun and Su Yuqing had ascended to the Spirit Realm thirty years earlier but had not met him.
• Qin Ming gave Mo Lingwei God Transformation Spirit Balm and Hua Tianxiong lifespan-extending Yaoming Pills.
• Qin Ming reunited the Silver Fox with Yue Lingyan at Dusk Cloud Mountain, then learned that Qi Xiaoyu had gone to Mount Yuanji.
• Qin Ming found Qi Xiaoyu studying a jade slip near Li Tian Hall, and Qi Xiaoyu recognized him in shock.

Qin Ming reunited with Qi Xiaoyu at Mount Yuanji, then returned to Moon Gazing Island to prepare for the Void Abyss and investigate reports of ancient spiritual treasures. The trail led him to his Qin Family’s ancestral grounds, where he revealed himself and left two cultivation arts for his descendants before departing.

• Qin Ming met Qi Xiaoyu at Mount Yuanji, learned that Qi was studying the loosened restrictions of Li Tian Hall and preparing for Spirit Transformation, and gave him defensive spirit treasures.
• Qin Ming considered moving Mount Yuanji to help refine the True Spirit Five Peaks Mountain, then returned to Moon Gazing Island and upgraded the Grand Azure Sun Nine Luminaries Immortal Severing Formation to Fifth-Grade Upper-Rank.
• Hua Tianxiong reported that suspected natural spiritual treasures had been found in an ancient cultivator’s cave beneath a mausoleum, so Qin Ming set out with him on Lan Bing Fairy’s Icy Netherworld Sparrow.
• Qin Ming discovered that the mausoleum lay within the Qin Family’s jurisdiction in Five Immortals City and visited the family’s ancestral shrine during its worship ceremony.
• Qin Ming revealed himself to the Qin Family descendants, then sealed the Ancient Wood Longevity Art and Azure Emperor Art into his portrait as an inheritance opportunity.
• Three Golden Core elders arrived at the shrine, recognized Qin Ming’s presence, and bowed in excitement.

Qin Ming broke into Grand Blaze Honored One’s cave abode, obtained the Essence of Innate Blaze and an Azure Sun Divine Stone, and used the stone to upgrade his grand formation. With his preparations complete, he entered the inner region of the Immortal Abode Treasure in the Void Abyss.

• Hua Tianxiong led Qin Ming to the ancient cave abode at Mount Fuli, where the Devouring Sky Rat broke through its fifth-grade restriction and released a Spirit Transformation human puppet.
• Lan Bing Fairy subdued the puppet, and Qin Ming destroyed the remnant soul inside it and extracted the Essence of Innate Blaze.
• Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat found a hidden underground chamber containing an Azure Sun Divine Stone and Grand Blaze Honored One’s puppet-refinement notes.
• Qin Ming incorporated the Azure Sun Divine Stone into the Grand Azure Sun Nine Luminaries Immortal Severing Formation, advancing it to fifth-grade upper rank.
• Qin Ming and Lan Bing Fairy entered the Void Abyss and opened the inner Protective Grand Array of the Immortal Abode Treasure.

Qin Ming entered Flame Ruins Spirit Mountain and confronted Mo Jizi, the surviving former Refining Void cultivator who had been trapped there for millennia. After a fierce battle left Mo Jizi badly injured, Qin Ming brought out an ancient bronze mirror, and Mo Jizi sensed imminent danger.

• Qin Ming explored the inner region of the Immortal Abode Treasure and encountered Mo Jizi, who had been freed when the restrictions opened.
• Mo Jizi attacked Qin Ming with fire dragons and Wind Thunder Spirit Cones, but Qin Ming countered with Primordial Poison Flame and the Grand Azure Sun Nine Luminaries Immortal Severing Formation.
• Mo Jizi used the Wind-Thunder Twin Wings to evade the formation and struck Qin Ming, while Lan Bing Fairy slowed him with Ice Soul Demonic Light.
• Qin Ming transformed into a Primordial Demon Ape and struck Mo Jizi, whose Four Souls Sacred Armor absorbed the blow.
• Mo Jizi activated a secret technique that briefly restored his Refining Void-level power and attacked with the Wind Thunder Mystic Staff; Qin Ming answered with his Thousand-Hand Demon Form and Myriad Forms Heavenly Demon Blood Marks.
• Qin Ming's demon horn clashed with the Wind Thunder Mystic Staff, injuring Mo Jizi, and Qin Ming revealed an ancient bronze mirror that made Mo Jizi sense a life-threatening calamity.

Qin Ming killed Mo Jizi, refined the Immortal Abode Treasure, and fused it with his Lesser Spirit Realm, greatly expanding and revitalizing it. After returning to Moon Gazing Island, he witnessed Mo Lingwei survive her Spirit Transformation tribulation and become a God Transformation Venerable.

• Qin Ming used the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror to drain Mo Jizi's lifespan, then collected his Wind Thunder Mystic Staff, blood orb, and Storage Ring.
• Qin Ming entered the artifact-refining Great Hall, refined Fire God Child's Artifact Spirit, and consumed the Sixth-Order Azure-Scaled Strange Flame to raise his Primordial Poison Flame to the Sixth Order.
• Qin Ming gained control of the Immortal Abode Treasure and fused it with his Lesser Spirit Realm, expanding the realm and restoring the Immortal Abode's vitality.
• Qin Ming returned toward Moon Gazing Island and discovered that Mo Lingwei was undergoing her Spirit Transformation tribulation.
• Mo Lingwei endured the lightning tribulation, underwent a phoenix-like nirvanic rebirth, and successfully advanced to the God Transformation Stage.

Qin Ming discovered rare treasures in Mo Jizi’s Storage Ring, strengthened his cultivation, and began refining Thunder-Magnet Mountain into the Five Extremes True Spirit Mountain. After Mo Lingwei stabilized her God Transformation cultivation and agreed to accompany him to the Spirit Realm, Qin Ming learned that the restriction at Mount Yuanji’s Li Tian Dao Palace had been broken.

• Qin Ming cracked Mo Jizi’s Storage Ring and found five pieces of immortal jade and numerous rare Spirit Plants and Spirit Seeds.
• Qin Ming and his spirit pets feasted on Soul-Devouring Spirit Fish, and Qin Ming’s cultivation advanced as he refined the fish’s spiritual qi.
• Mo Lingwei visited Qin Ming after stabilizing her God Transformation cultivation, accepted his guidance, and agreed to travel with him to the Spirit Realm.
• Qin Ming tended his Spirit Plants, failed to open the restricted cave abode in the Lesser Spirit Realm, and began inscribing restrictions on Thunder-Magnet Mountain.
• Qi Xiaoyu informed Qin Ming that the restriction on Li Tian Hall had been broken, then handed him a jade slip about entering Li Tian Dao Palace.

Qin Ming, Qi Xiaoyu, and Lan Bing Fairy entered Li Tian Dao Palace, where they defeated a demonized Li Tian Honored One and discovered that the palace’s inner halls were empty. They broke into the protected main hall and found a trove of inherited treasures, with Lan Bing Fairy and Qi Xiaoyu each claiming an item.

• Qi Xiaoyu used runes from the stone steles to break the restriction on Li Tian Dao Palace, and Qin Ming entered with him.
• A Spirit-Severing Grand Formation sealed Qi Xiaoyu’s spiritual power as Demonic Beasts attacked, but Lan Bing Fairy froze the beasts and Qin Ming defeated their leader, the demonized Li Tian Honored One.
• Qin Ming learned that Li Tian Honored One had died while trying to seal a divided soul of a Demon Realm Saint Ancestor, though no such presence remained in the palace.
• Qin Ming, Lan Bing Fairy, and Qi Xiaoyu explored the empty buildings and used Qi Xiaoyu’s formation plate to break the restriction around the mountaintop palace.
• The group found a Violet Gold Gourd furnace surrounded by treasures and an inscription allowing each person to take one item.
• Lan Bing Fairy claimed a Celestial Demon Origin Fruit, and Qi Xiaoyu selected a pitch-black spirit umbrella.

Qin Ming and his companions were caught in the awakening of the Soul Weeping Sage Ancestor, whose blood-red eye tore Mount Yuanji from the earth and threatened to possess Qin Ming. The Withering Flourishing Mystic Vine wounded the ancestor, and Old Demon Qingyang sacrificed himself to drag its split soul into the Purple-Gold Soul Refinement Furnace; Qin Ming survived, collected Mount Yuanji, and the mountain’s former site became Demonfall Abyss.

• Qi Xiaoyu received the Spirit Luo Umbrella, while Qin Ming grew suspicious of how perfectly the treasures suited their recipients.
• The Soul Weeping Sage Ancestor awakened, drained Lan Bing Fairy and Qi Xiaoyu, and opened a blood-red eye that lifted Mount Yuanji into the sky.
• The ancestor invaded Qin Ming’s spirit platform, but Qin Ming’s Demonic Infant struck it with Six-Colored Primordial Poison Flame.
• The Withering Flourishing Mystic Vine pierced the giant eye and devoured its demonic qi, weakening the ancestor and prompting it to attempt a self-destruction.
• Old Demon Qingyang used a demon mark to drag the ancestor’s split soul from Qin Ming and into the Purple-Gold Soul Refinement Furnace, which vanished into the Void Turbulence with Qingyang.
• Qin Ming failed to find the furnace but sensed that Qingyang had not perished completely, then refined Mount Yuanji into the Spirit King Cauldron as the mountain’s former site became Demonfall Abyss.

Qin Ming sealed Demonfall Abyss, rescued Lan Bing Fairy and Qi Xiaoyu, and prepared to leave the Mortal Realm for the Spirit Realm. Yue Lingyan and Qi Xiaoyu chose to remain behind for now, with plans to ascend later through the Ascension Platform at Demonfall Abyss.

• Qin Ming sealed Demonfall Abyss with a Grade Five Array and returned to Moon Gazing Island as news of Mount Yuanji's disappearance spread across the Human Realm.
• Qin Ming restored Lan Bing Fairy and Qi Xiaoyu's missing souls, and the two awoke after several days of recovery.
• Qin Ming mourned Old Demon Qingyang's sacrifice, then continued refining Thunder-Magnet Mountain and checked the growth of his Withering Flourishing Mystic Vine and Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice.
• After two months, Qin Ming invited Yue Lingyan and Qi Xiaoyu to ascend with him to the Spirit Realm, but both chose to remain in the Human Realm for now.
• Qin Ming told Yue Lingyan and Qi Xiaoyu to use the Ascension Platform at Demonfall Abyss to reach Heavenly Star City, and gave them World-Transmitting Stones and instructions for opening the array.

Qin Ming brought Mo Lingwei and the Devouring Sky Rat through the realm barrier to the Kunlun Domain, then headed toward Heavenly Star City. Along the way, he encountered a merchant caravan under attack and was called on to intervene as the marauders launched an attack toward him.

• Qin Ming entrusted Moon Gazing Island to Mo Lingwei and his descendants, then departed for the Spirit Realm aboard the World Piercing Shuttle with Mo Lingwei and the Devouring Sky Rat.
• During the journey, Qin Ming gave Mo Lingwei a World-Transformation Pill and told her she would work with Bai Li Hui in the Spirit Realm.
• After more than half a year, the shuttle reached the Kunlun Domain, where Qin Ming landed in a remote mountain range and disguised himself and Mo Lingwei.
• Qin Ming and Mo Lingwei traveled toward Heavenly Star City, but on the way he spotted the Blood Butcher Triad attacking a caravan belonging to the Heavenly Jade Treasure Pavilion.
• An elderly man from the caravan called out to Qin Ming for help, and three attacks shot toward him from different directions.

Qin Ming and Mo Lingwei traveled toward Heavenly Star City, where Qin Ming helped save a Heavenly Jade Treasure Pavilion caravan and met the Star Guards. They arrived at the city’s immense defensive wall, where Yao Tiannan explained that entry normally required teleportation formations rather than gates.

• Qin Ming revealed his God Transformation cultivation and subdued the Blood Butcher Triad, then agreed to leave the surviving bandit for Cao He to interrogate.
• Yao Tiannan and the Star Guards arrived, killed the marauders, and invited Qin Ming and Mo Lingwei to travel with them after verifying their identities with the Sky Inspection Mirror.
• Qin Ming declined Yao Tiannan’s offer to join the Star Guards, accepted a Violet Gold Token from Cao He, and boarded the Star Guards’ dharma boat with Mo Lingwei.
• The Star Guards used teleportation formations to carry Qin Ming and Mo Lingwei to the vast plain outside Heavenly Star City.
• Yao Tiannan explained that Heavenly Star City had no city gates and that entry and exit normally relied on formations.