Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming refined Primal Pole Mountain with the Devouring Sky Rat’s True Spirit Essence Blood and later discovered a new longevity-and-fortune Affix on his Mystic Spirit Immortal Peach. When the sun and moon shone together, the Devouring Sky Rat deciphered the golden-script page, revealing a dangerous Immortal Abode Secret Realm and giving Qin Ming a golden talisman to enter it; Qin Ming warned against going there recklessly.

• Qin Ming used three drops of the Devouring Sky Rat’s True Spirit Essence Blood to refine Primal Pole Mountain, then healed the weakened rat.
• Qin Ming completed the refinement of Primal Pole Mountain and nurtured it alongside Thunder-Magnet Mountain in his Purple Mansion Spirit Platform.
• Qin Ming discovered the Mystic Spirit Immortal Peach’s Longevity and Good Fortune Affix, which granted a thousand years of lifespan and a small amount of fortune.
• When the sun and moon shone together, the Devouring Sky Rat used its blood to decipher the golden-script page and recorded information about the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode and its golden entry talisman.
• Qin Ming read the deciphered account of the Immortal Abode Secret Realm, learned of the Demon Race traitor who had reached Integrated Body Late Stage, and examined the rat’s rough map.
• The Devouring Sky Rat urged Qin Ming to visit the secret realm, but Qin Ming called it too dangerous and told the rat not to consider going.

Qin Ming learned about the Demon Race’s Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm and practiced a new pill-refining art while tending to his people and spirit plants. Tian Ling'er broke through to Sixth Order with help from the Yanfu Immortal Vine, but Qin Ming later learned that Bai Li Hui had gone missing in the Crimson Water Wasteland and asked Mo Lingwei for details.

• Qin Ming learned that the Demon Race was searching for the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm and considered keeping the intelligence and golden talisman for a future trade.
• Qin Ming opened a Void Alchemy Domain to practice Su Yuqing’s pill-refining art, and Mo Lingwei later brought him materials for the Nine Transformation Tribulation Pill and reported that Bai Li Hui had gone to the Crimson Water Wasteland.
• Tian Ling'er absorbed a Sixth-Order Crimson Essence Cloud Mushroom and began her breakthrough, triggering a heavenly tribulation that the Yanfu Immortal Vine absorbed after Thunder-Magnet Mountain failed to divert it.
• Tian Ling'er successfully transformed into a Sixth-Order spirit plant and began producing purple Spiritual Essence that could aid Qin Ming’s high-grade plants.
• After more than half a year, Mo Lingwei reported that she had found no trace of Bai Li Hui in the Crimson Water Wasteland, and Qin Ming asked her to describe the place he had left behind.

Qin Ming traveled to the Crimson Water Wasteland to retrieve Bai Li Hui and investigate the Ancient Insect Valley, where the Ten Thousand Tribulation Sympathetic Worm might be found. After rescuing Bai Li Hui from Moonshadow Gate cultivators, Qin Ming received his map and headed for the valley, arriving at a gorge filled with poisonous mist.

• Qin Ming set out for the Thunderfire Mountain Range after Mo Lingwei revealed Bai Li Hui's last known location and said he would search for the Ten Thousand Tribulation Sympathetic Worm.
• Qin Ming found Bai Li Hui cornered by Luo Chenzi and Moonshadow Gate disciples in Cloudwater Market District and used his spiritual pressure to stop them.
• Lady Qingfu intervened, learned Qin Ming was the Moon Gazing Divine Lord, and invited him to join the Moonshadow Gate's expedition, but Qin Ming refused and departed with Bai Li Hui.
• Bai Li Hui gave Qin Ming a Map Jade Slip containing information about the Ancient Insect Valley and returned to Little Turtle Peak with his reward.
• Qin Ming studied the jade slip, learned the valley had recently emerged from underground amid shifting earth veins and Space Rifts, and flew toward the poisonous-mist gorge marking its location.

Qin Ming entered the Ancient Insect Valley seeking the Ten Thousand Tribulation Sympathetic Worm and reached a massive Void Insect Nest after passing through dangerous insect territory. Behind him, the Refining Void cultivators confronted the Iron-Devouring Fire Ants, and a gigantic fire ant split Old Monster Lei in two.

• Qin Ming entered the Ancient Insect Valley through its poisonous miasma, while the four great sect ancestors and Yinlingzi arrived and followed him inside.
• Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat encountered Iron-Devouring Fire Ants feeding on Crimson Vein Gold Essence Ore, and the Silver-Winged Frost Bee’s aura subdued the swarm long enough for them to pass.
• Qin Ming flew deeper into the valley, found a vast Void Rift surrounded by countless insect eggs, and recognized it as a massive Void Insect Nest.
• Lady Qingfu and the other Refining Void cultivators reached the ore deposit, where Old Monster Lei attacked the Iron-Devouring Fire Ants with his Water Control Mystic Banner.
• A gigantic flaming insect emerged, pierced Old Monster Lei’s defenses with a thread of flame, and split him in two.

Qin Ming entered the Void Insect Nest, where his Silver-Winged Frost Bee and Spirit Bees devoured ancient insect eggs and transformed. He captured three Ten Thousand Tribulation Sympathetic Worms, then escaped as a dangerous fluctuation stirred, leaving Yin Lingzi and the others to find the nest stripped bare.

• Lady Qingfu, Yuanyangzi, and the Sloppy Daoist fled the Iron-Devouring Fire Ant Queen until Yin Lingzi arrived with a swarm of Blood Mosquitoes and forced them to help him fight.
• Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat entered the Void Insect Nest and found ancient eggs marked with Blood Erosion Script, along with signs of a connection to the Demon Spirit Domain.
• The Silver-Winged Frost Bee and Qin Ming's Spirit Bees devoured the eggs, transforming as many of them died from the overwhelming energy.
• Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat trapped and captured three Ten Thousand Tribulation Sympathetic Worms from a lightning-filled pool.
• After the surviving bees finished feeding, Qin Ming collected them, erased the evidence, and escaped into the starry sky with Lan Bing Fairy.
• Yin Lingzi, Lady Qingfu, and the other two reached the nest after surviving the battle, but found it completely empty.

Qin Ming returned from the Void Insect Nest, where his Spirit Bee Swarm began a powerful mutation, and successfully planted a Nine Transformation Tribulation Pill seed. After learning that the mutated insects had caused a spreading Insect Tide, he hurried to Heavenly Star City to report the crisis to Divine Lord Purple Chen.

• Yin Lingzi and the other Refining Void ancestors fled the Void Insect Nest after a terrifying presence emerged and attacked them with soundwaves.
• Qin Ming returned to Little Turtle Peak, found the Spirit Bee Swarm asleep and marked by strange runes, and confirmed that Bai Li Hui had secured the Ten Thousand Tribulation Sympathetic Worm.
• Qin Ming used the Void-Spirit Pill Cultivation Art to form a Nine Transformation Tribulation Pill seed and plant it in his Purple Mansion Spirit Platform.
• The Spirit Bee Swarm rapidly matured, while the Silver-Winged Frost Bee Queen reached the peak of Grade Five and began advancing toward the Sixth Order.
• Bai Li Hui reported that a Seventh-Order Fierce Insect had emerged and an expanding Insect Tide was devastating the Crimson Water Wasteland, so Qin Ming went to Heavenly Star City.
• Divine Lord Purple Chen paused the council meeting to meet Qin Ming, who asked to speak with him in a side hall.

Qin Ming traded intelligence about the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm and its golden talisman to Divine Lord Zichen for a million Contribution Points and a favor, then returned to Little Turtle Peak. There, Yinlingzi of the Sky River Sect confronted him about the insect valley, but Qin Ming denied gaining anything and sent him away, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Qin Ming told Divine Lord Zichen about the Immortal Abode Secret Realm in Demon Race territory and the insect valley, then traded him the golden talisman for a million Contribution Points and a favor.
• Qin Ming spent the Contribution Points on high-grade materials and returned to Little Turtle Peak, where he resumed cultivation and farming.
• Bai Li Hui reported that the Human Race had confirmed Qin Ming's intelligence, that the Immortal Abode would open in a hundred years, and that Yinlingzi had been driven from the sealed insect valley by a powerful presence.
• Yinlingzi arrived at Little Turtle Peak with a swarm of insects and pressed Qin Ming to reveal what he had gained in the insect valley.
• Qin Ming denied obtaining anything, told Yinlingzi to leave, and relied on Divine Lord Zichen's protection as Yinlingzi departed with a threat.

Thirty years after Yin Lingzi’s threat emerged, Qin Ming remained focused on cultivation and farming while friends warned him that Yin Lingzi had taken charge of developing the Ancient Insect Valley. After ripening spirit fruits and advancing his beasts, Qin Ming was summoned by Bai Li Hui, who had returned with an urgent matter.

• Daoist Xuan Guan and Master Kongzhi visited Qin Ming, warned him that Yin Lingzi had become Great Elder and would lead the Sky River Sect’s development of the Ancient Insect Valley, and offered to help mediate.
• Qin Ming accelerated the Spirit Summoning Demon Fruit’s growth, harvested eight fruits, and distributed them among the Devouring Sky Rat, Lan Bing Fairy, Little Qing, the Mystic Water Crocodile, the Silver Fox, and himself.
• Qin Ming tended his spirit plants and wine while his cultivation advanced toward the Mid-stage Refining Void.
• The Silver Fox and the Mystic Water Crocodile consumed demon fruits and advanced to the Late Fifth-Grade Stage, with their True Spirit Bloodlines rising above eighty percent.
• Bai Li Hui returned to Little Turtle Peak with an urgent matter, and Qin Ming left the Lesser Spirit Realm to meet him.

Qin Ming learned that fierce insects had opened a dangerous route into the Human Spirit Domain, then watched the Silver-Winged Frost Bee advance into a powerful Sixth Order primordial insect. After surviving its heavenly tribulation, Silver Wing took human form and left to handle an urgent matter, promising to return.

• Bai Li Hui reported that two Integrated Body Level fierce insects had emerged through a Void Insect Hole in the Ancient Insect Valley, grievously wounding Ren Water Ancestor and prompting the Human Race to prepare for war.
• Two years later, the Devouring Sky Rat advanced to Fifth Order Great Perfection, and Qin Ming told it to focus on farming rather than fighting.
• Qin Ming discovered that the Ghost-Faced Spirit Bee Swarm had mutated and grown powerful enough to devour Sixth Order ore.
• The Silver-Winged Frost Bee’s giant hive transformed, and Silver Wing emerged as a Sixth Order primordial fierce insect that absorbed the heavenly tribulation lightning.
• Silver Wing took human form, thanked Qin Ming, and left to settle an urgent matter, promising to return and entrusting her offspring to his care.
• The Devouring Sky Rat worried that Silver Wing might betray Qin Ming, but Qin Ming rebuked it and said she likely had her own reasons.

The Calamity Doomworm appeared on the Spirit Realm’s rankings, alarming the major races, while Qin Ming sent Bai Li Hui to find Mao Yuanzi’s descendants and continued cultivating. A silver-haired woman slaughtered two Demon Race commanders, and a hundred years later Qi Xiaoyu, Yue Lingyan, and Cold Crow Reverend ascended to the Spirit Realm to reunite with Qin Ming.

• The Creation Mystery Mirror ranked the Calamity Doomworm as the Mother of Cinder, prompting the human Sacred Emperor and Demon Commander Ao Yu to discuss the threat and prepare for trouble.
• Qin Ming raised the Lesser Spirit Realm’s Spirit Vein to the Sixth Order and sent Bai Li Hui to seek Mao Yuanzi’s descendants, giving him Dao Soldier Spirit Beans for protection.
• The Devouring Sky Rat and Mystic Water Crocodile discussed their absent Third Brother, while Qin Ming returned to his cave abode to cultivate.
• A silver-haired woman emerged in the Demon Spirit Domain, killed two Mid-stage Refining Void Demon Cultivators, took their Demon Cores, and vanished.
• A hundred years later, Qi Xiaoyu, Yue Lingyan, and Cold Crow Reverend used the Ascension Platform to travel from the Mortal Realm to the Spirit Realm, intending to contact Qin Ming.

After a century on Little Turtle Peak, Qin Ming rescued Qi Xiaoyu, Yue Lingyan, and Cold Crow Reverend from danger during their ascension to the Spirit Realm. He reunited Yue Lingyan with the Silver Fox and welcomed the three newcomers to Little Turtle Peak, where old friends gathered again.

• Qin Ming learned that Qi Xiaoyu, Yue Lingyan, and Cold Crow Reverend were ascending, then took the World Piercing Shuttle to meet them.
• Two Outer Realm Devils attacked the exhausted trio, but Qin Ming arrived and destroyed them with a single palm.
• Qin Ming brought the trio aboard the shuttle, where Yue Lingyan reunited with the Silver Fox, and he revealed that he had reached the Refining Void Stage.
• Qin Ming took the three ascenders to Little Turtle Peak, gave each a World-Transformation Pill, and introduced them to Mo Lingwei and Bai Li Hui.
• Qin Ming gathered Cloud Fishing Old Man and the other old acquaintances, and they traded stories about their lives in the Spirit Realm.

Qin Ming helped his Mortal Realm companions settle into the Spirit Realm, while the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm opened and drew cultivators into a struggle for its treasures. Back on Little Turtle Peak, Lan Bing Fairy broke through to the Sixth Order and revealed her powerful Ice Phoenix form.

• Qin Ming arranged identities and cave abodes for Cold Crow Reverend, Qi Xiaoyu, and Yue Lingyan, who adapted to the Spirit Realm and learned that Su Yuqing had been taken to Star Palace.
• Demon Commander Ao Yu and a Devil Race devil commander sent cultivators with Golden Talisman Keys into the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm, while a silver-haired woman entered without a key and human cultivators followed in disguise.
• Cold Crow Reverend told Qin Ming that he, Qi Xiaoyu, and Cloud Fishing Old Man planned to open a shop in Heavenly Star City, and Qin Ming arranged a storefront for them.
• Lan Bing Fairy absorbed surging Origin Qi, reached the Sixth Order, and transformed into an Ice Phoenix with powerful space and ice abilities.
• Qin Ming praised Lan Bing Fairy and teased the still-Fifth-Order Devouring Sky Rat, which recovered its spirits at the celebratory banquet.

Qin Ming hosted the Sky River Sect delegation, which sought Azure Sky Tree Core Sap to heal Ren Water Ancestor’s damaged divine soul. After refusing to give it up, Qin Ming heard Hall Master Ye’s offer of a large payment and a chance to hear an Integrated Body Great Talent expound the Dao.

• Qin Ming celebrated Lan Bing Fairy’s breakthrough with his spirit pets and later returned to his peaceful cultivation life on Little Turtle Peak.
• Qin Ming saw a massive Sky River Sect Cross-Domain Spirit Ship arrive and received Hall Master Ye, Yinlingzi, Elder Lin, Daoist Xuan Guan, and Master Kongzhi.
• Yinlingzi apologized to Qin Ming for their past disagreements, but Qin Ming barely acknowledged him.
• Master Kongzhi explained that Hall Master Ye wanted Azure Sky Tree Core Sap to help Ren Water Ancestor recover from divine-soul damage.
• Qin Ming refused, warning that extracting the sap could kill the Azure Sky Tree, and Hall Master Ye offered five hundred thousand Contribution Points and a chance to hear an Integrated Body Great Talent expound the Dao.

Qin Ming traded three drops of Azure Sky Tree core sap to Sky River Sect for entry to the Little Sumeru Dharma Assembly and other rewards, then secretly sent Lan Bing Fairy and the Devouring Sky Rat after their spirit ship. He learned that Kuchanzi and Yinlingzi sought the sap to put an ancient ferocious insect to sleep and claim a Golden Talisman Key leading to the Immortal Abode Secret Realm.

• Master Kongzhi and Kuchanzi offered Qin Ming a place at Divine Seal Zen Master's Little Sumeru Dharma Assembly in exchange for Azure Sky Tree core sap.
• Qin Ming demanded three drops of sap, a place at the assembly, and one million Contribution Points; Kuchanzi agreed and transferred eight hundred thousand Merit Points, along with an entry token and Buddhist scripture.
• Qin Ming extracted three drops of core sap, used Four Seasons Divine Light to begin restoring the weakened Azure Sky Tree, and handed the sap to Kuchanzi.
• After Sky River Sect's spirit ship departed, Qin Ming ordered Lan Bing Fairy and the Devouring Sky Rat to follow it and investigate the elders' plans.
• Lan Bing Fairy and the Devouring Sky Rat caught up with the ship and followed it through a concealed Void Passage.
• Kuchanzi told Yinlingzi that they needed the sap to lull an ancient ferocious insect guarding a Golden Talisman Key in Insect Valley, which would qualify them to enter the Immortal Abode Secret Realm.

The Devouring Sky Rat and Lan Bing Fairy discovered that Sky River Sect cultivators Kuchanzi and Yinlingzi had obtained Golden Talisman Keys from the insect valley, then reported it to Qin Ming. After escaping a powerful ancient insect, the two Sky River Sect elders set out for the Immortal Abode Secret Realm, while Yinlingzi secretly headed toward the Kunlun Domain to pursue his own plans.

• The Devouring Sky Rat and Lan Bing Fairy watched Kuchanzi and Yinlingzi subdue a grade-six fierce insect with Azure Sky Tree Core Sap and take two Golden Talisman Keys.
• Yinlingzi sensed a presence nearby, and powerful auras surged toward the two elders, forcing them to flee the insect valley.
• The Devouring Sky Rat reported the events to Qin Ming, who showed little interest in the keys and sent it and Lan Bing Fairy back to cultivate.
• Tian Ling'er restored the Azure Sky Tree while Qin Ming returned to his cave abode to cultivate the Eternal Azure Emperor Art.
• Kuchanzi and Yinlingzi escaped the valley and agreed to travel separately toward the Immortal Abode Secret Realm, but Yinlingzi secretly headed for the Kunlun Domain to investigate the tree core sap's usefulness.

Qin Ming learned that the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm had become a deadly battleground and that an expanding Insect Tide threatened the Crimson Water Wasteland. As he traveled to Heavenly Star City to investigate, Insect Demon Yin Lingzi ambushed him in the Southern Domain Wasteland, seeking the Azure Sky Tree and Qin Ming’s past discovery.

• Bai Li Hui reported that cultivators of the Demon and Devil Races had attacked other races inside the Immortal Abode, and the Grand Commander in Violet Gold Saint Armor was the only Human Race cultivator with a Golden Talisman Key to escape.
• Bai Li Hui also reported that the gray mist and Insect Tide in the Ancient Insect Valley were expanding, overwhelming the Crimson Water Wasteland and prompting the Sky River Sect to request aid.
• Qin Ming suspected the Immortal Abode’s opening had accelerated the Insect Tide and decided to visit Heavenly Star City, bringing the Devouring Sky Rat and Silver Fox with him.
• Insect Demon Yin Lingzi secretly followed Qin Ming, who detected him and diverted into the Southern Domain Wasteland.
• Yin Lingzi confronted Qin Ming and demanded the Azure Sky Tree and the opportunity Qin Ming had found in the Void Insect Nest, then unleashed his Late Void Refinement Spiritual Pressure.

Qin Ming battled Insect Demon Yin Lingzi, overpowering his insect swarms with his Ghost Face Bees, Lan Bing Fairy, and Thunder-Magnet Mountain. After destroying Yin Lingzi’s defensive treasure, Qin Ming restrained him and used the Heavenly Demon Soul-Seizing Art to take over his body, leaving Yin Lingzi’s memories flowing into Qin Ming’s mind.

• Yin Lingzi unleashed his Blood Mosquitoes and attacked Qin Ming, but Qin Ming’s Ghost Face Bees devoured most of the swarm.
• Qin Ming summoned Lan Bing Fairy, whose Ice Phoenix bloodline suppressed Yin Lingzi’s Iron-Devouring Fire Ant Queen and froze many of his insects.
• Yin Lingzi used his insect dharma manifestation to attack, but Qin Ming neutralized his blood mist with Primal Zenith Divine Light and revealed Thunder-Magnet Mountain.
• Qin Ming’s Thunder-Magnet Mountain destroyed Yin Lingzi’s Spirit Guarding Bell, and Qin Ming restrained Yin Lingzi with poisonous Black Vines.
• Qin Ming sent his Demonic Infant Nascent Soul into Yin Lingzi’s Sea of Consciousness and used the Heavenly Demon Soul-Seizing Art to seize his body and inherit his memories.

After possessing Yinlingzi, Qin Ming used his new identity to gather intelligence about the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm and learned that Silver-Winged Frost Bee had entered it. He then visited the Gathering Fate Pavilion, where Cold Crow Reverend introduced him to a mysterious Mystic Turtle Divine Lord.

• Qin Ming's Demonic Infant Nascent Soul possessed Yinlingzi, subdued the Iron-Devouring Fire Ant Queen, collected surviving Blood Mosquitoes, and concealed the traces of their battle before leaving with Lan Bing Fairy.
• Qin Ming sent the Demonic Infant Nascent Soul toward Heavenly Star City to investigate the Demon Spirit Domain and search for Silver-Winged Frost Bee, while he continued on his own.
• Qin Ming met Divine Lord Purple Chen, who explained that Golden Talisman Keys let their bearers sense one another and described a powerful silver-haired woman who had helped him escape an ambush.
• Qin Ming visited the Gathering Fate Pavilion and learned that Qi Xiaoyu and Cloud Fishing Old Man were busy fulfilling a large order for Grade Five arrays.
• Cold Crow Reverend returned with the Early Void Refinement cultivator Mystic Turtle Divine Lord, whose mount concealed the strength of its mid-grade six bloodline, and introduced him to Qin Ming.

Qin Ming, disguised as Yinlingzi, joined Ye Kuchan and three other cultivators to enter the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode, while Demon Commander Ao Yu guarded the realm’s entrance. The group set out under a one-month disguise limit, and Old Demon Qingyang sensed Qin Ming’s arrival from inside Ao Yu’s Violet-Gold Alchemy Furnace.

• Qin Ming met Mystic Turtle Divine Lord Gu Chang'an in Heavenly Star City and discovered that Gu carried the faint aura of a Golden Talisman Key while commissioning Sky-Splitting Arrays.
• After half a year, Qin Ming reached Demon Race territory disguised as Yinlingzi and learned from Ye Kuchan that Demon and Devil Race marshals were watching the Immortal Abode.
• Gu Chang'an joined Qin Ming and Ye Kuchan, followed by Tong Shan of the Ancient Golem Clan and Xi Yan of the Moonshadow Clan, forming a five-person group.
• Ye Kuchan gave the group Mirage Demon Pills that disguised them as Demon Race cultivators, then revealed that the pills lasted only one month and secured the right to choose one treasure first.
• The five cultivators flew toward the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode, where Demon Commander Ao Yu guarded the entrance and Old Demon Qingyang sensed Qin Ming’s aura from within the Violet-Gold Alchemy Furnace.

Qin Ming and his companions waited outside the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm until Old Demon Qingyang used the Violet-Gold Alchemy Furnace to draw Demon Commander Ao Yu away. They entered the realm and discovered that their Golden Talisman Keys had become marks that revealed their locations to other cultivators.

• Qin Ming sensed Old Demon Qingyang above the clouds and learned that he was being held by Demon Commander Ao Yu, while the immortal abode might be connected to the ancient Primordial Insect Calamity.
• Old Demon Qingyang agreed to create a disturbance to lure Ao Yu away so Qin Ming could enter the realm and search for the Silver-Winged Frost Bee.
• Qin Ming told his companions that divination indicated Ao Yu would leave soon, and Ao Yu departed after the Violet-Gold Alchemy Furnace erupted in flames.
• Qin Ming and the others flew into the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm while Ao Yu was gone.
• The Golden Talisman Keys became marks on their arms, and Ye Kuchan realized the marks exposed their locations but said their Demon Race disguises could help them travel deeper into the realm.