Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming was conscripted into the Human Race’s campaign at the Heaven Spine Mountains, where he served as a pill-refining logistics officer in Town Abyss Heavenly City while seeking a way to escape the war. Five years later, he encountered Jiang Tian at the Affairs Hall, where Jiang’s Star Guard squad was being denied urgently needed pills, and the other cultivators greeted Qin Ming as Senior Li.

• Master Yuanjue brought Qin Ming aboard the Sky-Patrol Warship and explained that the Human Race would repel the Insect Tide and seize Demon Race territory in the Heaven Spine Mountains.
• Qin Ming sorted the Devil Race cultivators’ Storage Bags, gained valuable treasures and resources, and learned that the dead devils had served Old Demon Sikong.
• The Human Race army reached the Heaven Spine Mountains, where Qin Ming was assigned to logistics and later became Deputy Hall Master of the Pill Hall in Town Abyss Heavenly City.
• Qin Ming spent five years refining pills and supporting the front lines while the Insect Calamity continued to inflict heavy casualties.
• Jiang Tian brought his Star Guard squad to the Affairs Hall for supplies, but Zhu Qiuchen and the steward said the Dewdrop Pills had already been reserved.
• Qin Ming entered the Affairs Great Hall, and Jiang Tian, Zhu Qiuchen, and the steward all bowed to greet him as Senior Li.

Qin Ming learned that Jiang Tian’s scouts had found an insect-race nest and planned to destroy it for military merit, recruiting Gu Chang'an to join the dangerous mission. Gu Chang'an arrived at Town Abyss Heavenly City and began negotiating Qin Ming’s offer.

• Qin Ming used his spiritual pressure to stop Commander Cao’s subordinates from mistreating Jiang Tian and his Star Guards, then gave them recovery pills.
• Jiang Tian told Qin Ming that his scouts had discovered an insect-race nesting ground after losing two squads, and Qin Ming decided to act on the intelligence himself.
• Qin Ming sent Jiang Tian to deliver a letter to Clear Wind Valley and promised to secure his reassignment from the front line.
• Old Demon Qingyang taught Qin Ming a devil-path secret method for obtaining the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths’ Incense and Fire Prayer Power.
• Cold Crow Reverend delivered Qin Ming’s letter to Gu Chang'an, who reluctantly traveled to Town Abyss Heavenly City after reading that a great opportunity had appeared.
• Qin Ming explained the insect-nest mission to Gu Chang'an, who asked what conditions would make the dangerous journey worthwhile.

Qin Ming persuaded Gu Chang'an to join him in infiltrating the Golden-Backed Mantis Mother Nest and destroying its eggs, while Old Demon Sikong and Demon Commander Ao Yu prepared a joint campaign against the Human Army. Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an reached the nest, but a colossal Golden-Backed Mantis arrived just as they were preparing to attack.

• Qin Ming offered Gu Chang'an a ten-thousand-year-old Mystic Spirit Immortal Peach to secure his help in destroying the Mother Nest, and they accepted an external scouting mission from Master Yuanjue.
• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an traveled through the Insect Tide, and the Devouring Sky Rat used its Void ability to take them into the Golden-Backed Mantis egg-laying grounds.
• Old Demon Sikong announced that the Devil Race would cooperate with Demon Commander Ao Yu to stop the Human Army and reclaim the Demon Race's territory, and the two leaders mobilized their forces.
• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an found seven Broodmothers and countless insect eggs in the valley, then discussed using Sixth Order talismans to destroy them.
• A huge Golden-Backed Mantis emerged from a rift in the void, and the insects throughout the valley bowed in reverence.

Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an hid near the Golden-Backed Mantis Mother Nest as a transformed insect king battled Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong. After secretly killing the egg-laying Broodmothers, they were caught in the resulting spatial turbulence and swept into a short-range Void Insect Hole.

• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an discovered that the Golden-Backed Mantis Queen was using a Void Insect Hole, which Silver Wing identified as a passage leading somewhere nearby in the Demon Spirit Domain.
• A vast demon and devil army led by Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong attacked the Mother Nest, prompting the Queen to reveal her power and fight them.
• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an watched the fierce battle while its aftermath destroyed most of the insect eggs and severely wounded the Broodmothers.
• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an secretly killed the remaining Broodmothers and recorded their actions on their mission tokens.
• The furious Queen struck toward Qin Ming's hiding place, and the resulting spatial turbulence swept Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an into the Void Insect Hole.

Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an were swept through a void insect hole back into the insect-infested Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm, where Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong pursued them. Silver-Winged Frost Bee revealed her Calamity Doomworm form and used Mother of Cinder's origin will to command the insect armies, giving Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an a chance to escape while the two old monsters were overwhelmed.

• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an survived the chaotic insect hole with protection from Gu Chang'an's Sixth Order Mystic Turtle and landed in the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm.
• Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong recognized Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an and pursued them as the insect tides surged toward everyone in the realm.
• Silver-Winged Frost Bee told Qin Ming she could control some insects using the Origin Power she had absorbed from Mother of Cinder, and he summoned her.
• Silver-Winged Frost Bee transformed into a massive Calamity Doomworm and spread Mother of Cinder's origin will, causing the insect armies and two Seventh-Order fierce insects to submit.
• Silver-Winged Frost Bee ordered the insect army to attack Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong, allowing Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an to flee toward the realm's outskirts.
• The three ancient fierce insects and the insect tides badly wounded Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong, who struggled to withstand the assault.

Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an recorded the coordinates of seven Void Insect Holes, but the awakening of the Calamity Doomworm's Origin Power triggered the collapse of the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm. As they faced certain death, Little Qing rescued them, seized three treasure spheres, and sent Old Demon Sikong and Demon Commander Ao Yu flying into the Spatial Turbulence.

• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an recorded the coordinates of the seven Void Insect Holes to report to the human race.
• Nine black lightning pillars appeared, and Silver Wing's Calamity Doomworm Origin Power manifested the Doomworm phantom, which confronted a white figure in the ruins.
• The Immortal Abode Realm began collapsing before the white figure and Doomworm could clash, and three colored treasure spheres flew out from an underground abyss.
• Silver Wing lost control of her body and nearly died, while Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an chose to escape instead of pursuing the treasures.
• As Space Storms overwhelmed them and the Devouring Sky Rat failed to open a passage, Qin Ming summoned Little Qing, which swallowed him and Gu Chang'an.
• Little Qing took all three treasure spheres, struck Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong into the Spatial Turbulence, then transformed into a Golden-Winged Great Peng and left.

The collapse of the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode destroyed the Insect Realm’s invasion route, ending the Insect Calamity and shifting the balance among the Spirit Realm’s races. Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an survived the spatial turbulence but woke in the Ancient Demon Realm, where Gu Chang'an faced lethal corruption from Heavenly Demon Qi.

• The Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm collapsed, destroying the Void Insect Hole and throwing the insects in Insect Valley into disarray.
• The Insect Calamity was suppressed, and the human race seized the Demon Race’s territory in the Heaven Spine Mountains.
• Golden Turtle realized that his External Incarnation in the Demon Spirit Domain had vanished and left to search for it.
• Qin Ming awakened on a Nameless Island beside Gu Chang'an and discovered his magic power had fallen to the Qi Refining Stage, though his body-refining cultivation remained intact.
• Old Demon Qingyang identified their location as the Ancient Demon Realm and warned that Gu Chang'an could not withstand its Heavenly Demon Qi.
• Gu Chang'an summoned his True Spirit Xuanwu-bloodline turtle and told Qin Ming he would use a symbiosis secret art to preserve his soul by abandoning his human body.

Qin Ming recovered in the Ancient Demon Realm while protecting his identity on Nameless Island, and Little Qing’s treasures yielded a rare Celestial Phoenix Feather. After ten years of cultivation, Qin Ming reached the God Transformation Stage and the Mystic Water Crocodile advanced to the Sixth Order; the chapter ended as three demons approached the island to confront its white ape cultivator.

• Gu Chang'an merged his Primordial Spirit with a Mystic Turtle after Qin Ming promised to take him along if he found a way out of the Ancient Demon Realm.
• Little Qing gave Qin Ming three Immortal Abode treasures, and Qin Ming opened one jade case to find a Celestial Phoenix Feather containing essence blood.
• Qin Ming spent ten years recovering his cultivation to the God Transformation Stage while keeping a low profile on Nameless Island and learning about the surrounding region.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile suppressed the Golden-Winged Great Peng and True Dragon essence blood in its body, broke through to the Sixth Order, and celebrated with Qin Ming and the other spirit pets.
• A Pig Demon, Snake Demon, and Tiger Demon flew toward Nameless Island, intending to subdue the white ape they believed might possess a hidden opportunity.
• Gu Chang'an noticed the approaching demons from within the Mystic Turtle.

Qin Ming defeated the Three Sages of Ox Demon Mountain and learned about the Golden Scale Clan’s rule over the region and the rare Tai Jin Stone it demands as tribute. He forced the three demons to secretly bring him the ore in exchange for cultivation resources, leaving them bound by his restrictions as well as the Golden Scale Clan’s.

• Qin Ming stopped Gu Chang'an from attacking the three approaching demons, then let the tiger demon strike Nameless Island first.
• Qin Ming transformed into a giant white ape and defeated the tiger, pig, and snake demons with one powerful blow.
• The Three Sages begged for mercy, and Qin Ming demanded to know who had sent them and where they came from.
• The Pig Demon explained that the trio’s clans lived under the Golden Scale Clan’s rule and had been collecting Tai Jin Stone as tribute for Lord Golden Scale.
• Old Demon Qingyang identified the ore as material that could be refined into Tai Jin Profound Essence, and Qin Ming took the demons’ stones.
• Qin Ming planted restrictions in the three demons and ordered them to bring him Tai Jin Stone for cultivation resources while keeping his affairs secret.

Qin Ming purified Tai Jin Ore into Tai Jin Profound Gold and traded with the Three Sages of Ox Demon Mountain until the Golden Scale Demon King moved against them. The Mystic Water Crocodile confronted the king and crushed his attack, leaving the Golden Scale Clan reeling.

• Qin Ming refined Tai Jin Ore into Tai Jin Profound Gold and strengthened his body cultivation by consuming a drop.
• Qin Ming traded Fifth Order spirit pills for Tai Jin Ore from the Three Sages of Ox Demon Mountain over several years.
• The Golden Scale Demon King learned of the secret trade and ordered the Three Sages and their clans captured.
• The Three Sages warned Qin Ming that the Golden Scale Clan was watching them, and Qin Ming sent the Mystic Water Crocodile to intervene.
• The Golden Scale Demon King attacked the Mystic Water Crocodile with the Jade Scale Mysterious Banner, but the Mystic Water Crocodile shattered the banner and blasted the king from the sky.

Qin Ming used the Mystic Water Crocodile to defeat the Golden Scale Clan, take control of its territory, and rename it Lei Ze Water Mansion while keeping his own role hidden. At Ox Demon Mountain, Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat searched for Tai Jin Ore until the rat encountered an unnaturally cold, impenetrable rock layer deep underground.

• The Mystic Water Crocodile killed the Golden Scale Clan Chief, defeated the clan elders, and made them submit after Qin Ming ordered him to spare their lives.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile took control of Golden Scale Water Mansion, while nearby forces investigated his unknown origins and gathered in Cang Yuan Water Mansion to discuss resisting him.
• Qin Ming learned about the surrounding water mansions and the Myriad Marsh Demon Kingdom, then had Golden Scale Water Mansion renamed Lei Ze Water Mansion.
• Qin Ming visited Ox Demon Mountain with the Three Sages of Ox Demon Mountain and learned that the area contained difficult-to-mine Tai Jin Ore.
• Qin Ming sent the Devouring Sky Rat to search underground, where it found Tai Jin Ore but retreated after encountering extreme cold and rock it could not dig through.
• Qin Ming followed the tunnel and found that the deep rock resisted his divine sense, water, fire, and weapons, while the chill coated his body in frost.

Qin Ming refined Tai Jin Profound Essence and broke through to the eighth layer of the Demon True Force Art and the Late Void Refinement Body Comprehending Profound realm. After he endured the resulting tribulation, the Devouring Sky Rat uncovered a Tai Yin Demonic Mountain and the remains of an ancient battlefield beneath Ox Demon Mountain, leaving Qin Ming eager to claim the treasure.

• Qin Ming refined Tai Jin ore into Tai Jin Profound Essence and used it to strengthen his body, advancing his Demon True Force Art to the eighth layer and his Body Refining cultivation to the Late Void Refinement realm.
• Qin Ming drew a Refining Void Tribulation, left the Lesser Spirit Realm for Ox Demon Mountain, and endured the thunder-fire strikes with his newly strengthened physical body.
• The Devouring Sky Rat saw the tribulation crack the rock below Ox Demon Mountain, exposing treasure light and a hidden treasure beneath the mountain.
• Qin Ming finished enduring the tribulation and went to the Devouring Sky Rat, whose discovery led him to a vast ice mountain condensed from Tai Yin power.
• Qin Ming and Old Demon Qingyang saw a sealed bull demon and many demon and devil remains beneath the Tai Yin Demonic Mountain, and Qin Ming considered how to claim the mountain.

Qin Ming failed to take Tai Yin Demonic Mountain because its ancient restriction resisted him, then began studying its runes as forces gathered around Ox Demon Mountain. The chapter ended with the Mystic Water Crocodile confronting the leaders of three rival water mansions as their battle began.

• Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat tried to break Tai Yin Demonic Mountain’s restriction, but the rat managed only to remove one rune before the mountain’s cold forced it to retreat.
• The leaders of Cang Yuan Water Mansion, Bibo Water Mansion, and Tong Ming Water Mansion agreed to investigate Ox Demon Mountain, while Saint Son Di Chen redirected his vessel there.
• Demon Commander Ao Yu returned to the Ancient Demon Realm, heard reports of Ox Demon Mountain, and disguised himself to join the forces heading there.
• Qin Ming returned to Nameless Island and used a Great Dao Enlightenment affix to study the rune restriction as the Mystic Water Crocodile learned that rival armies were approaching.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile confronted the three water mansion leaders at Ox Demon Mountain, and the Vertical-Pupiled man attacked it with four ink-black flood dragons.

The Mystic Water Crocodile defeated three Late Grade Six demons at Ox Demon Mountain, where the Tai Yin Demonic Mountain then emerged and killed them. Saint Son Di Chen and Demon Commander Ao Yu fought over the mountain while Qin Ming prepared to seize it, but Di Chen pursued the retreating Mystic Water Crocodile.

• The Mystic Turtle blocked the combined attack of the three Water Mansion clan chiefs, but the Mystic Water Crocodile sent it away and revealed his True Spirit Bloodline.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile struck the Jade Flood Dragon, black ray, and Dark Water Leopard with Eight Desolations of Thunder, badly wounding them.
• The Tai Yin Demonic Mountain emerged beneath Ox Demon Mountain, and its gray-green qi froze and killed the three wounded demons, absorbing their Demonic Souls.
• Saint Son Di Chen and Demon Commander Ao Yu rushed to seize the mountain, but its restrictions repelled them and they began fighting.
• Qin Ming found a way to break the restrictions and told the Mystic Water Crocodile to wait while he planned to take the mountain during the battle.
• Saint Son Di Chen pursued the Mystic Water Crocodile after it retreated from the two Body Integration Realm fighters.

The Mystic Water Crocodile and Devouring Sky Rat wounded Saint Son Di Chen, helping drive off the Night Owl Clan’s Gray-robed old man and draw the Body Integration Realm fighters away from Ox Demon Mountain. Qin Ming broke the mountain’s restriction and began claiming the Tai Yin Demonic Mountain, but Demon Commander Ao Yu returned and confronted him.

• Saint Son Di Chen attacked the Mystic Water Crocodile, who transformed and struck him with Heavenly Divine Thunder.
• The Devouring Sky Rat weakened Di Chen with Destiny Devouring Divine Ability, and Qin Ming stabbed him with a Black Steel Fork; Di Chen fled while Qin Ming sent his companions after him.
• The Gray-robed old man sensed Di Chen was in danger and abandoned his fight with Demon Commander Ao Yu to pursue him; Ao Yu also left the area.
• Qin Ming broke the ancient restriction around Ox Demon Mountain and began using a sacrificial refinement Secret Method to claim the Tai Yin Demonic Mountain.
• Demon Commander Ao Yu returned, recognized Qin Ming as his son’s killer, and attacked him with spatial suppression.

Qin Ming faced Demon Commander Ao Yu at Ox Demon Mountain when the awakened remnant soul of the Howling Soul Rhinoceros Ox intervened. With the ox restraining Ao Yu, Qin Ming uprooted and stored Tai Yin Demonic Mountain, then used the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror to attack Ao Yu, leaving the demon commander rapidly withering.

• The Howling Soul Rhinoceros Ox's remnant soul awakened, broke Ao Yu's divine ability, and began devouring the souls of demons across Ox Demon Mountain.
• The ox recognized Qin Ming's powers and his connection to the Azure Emperor, then restrained Ao Yu and offered Qin Ming a chance to take Tai Yin Demonic Mountain.
• After Old Demon Qingyang's refining method failed, Qin Ming transformed into a Giant White Ape and used Profound Divine Power to uproot the eighty-thousand-foot mountain and store it in the Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Qin Ming revealed the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror and activated Eternal Embers against the restrained Ao Yu, rapidly draining his vitality and lifespan.

Qin Ming killed Demon Commander Ao Yu, escaped the Night Owl Clan’s pursuit with his allies, and became a feared power in the Myriad Marsh Demon Kingdom. As forces from the Four Great Water Mansions offered to submit, Qin Ming prepared to consolidate their influence and strengthen the Mystic Water Crocodile’s weapon.

• Qin Ming used his Natal Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror to kill Demon Commander Ao Yu, collected the Howling Soul Rhinoceros Ox’s essence bone, and left Ox Demon Mountain.
• Lan Bing Fairy rescued the Mystic Water Crocodile and Devouring Sky Rat from the Night Owl Clan’s gray-robed old man, who abandoned his pursuit after learning Ao Yu had died.
• Qin Ming emerged from the Lesser Spirit Realm, called his allies back, and decided to build influence in the Myriad Marsh Demon Kingdom while seeking a route to the Spirit Realm.
• Rumors of the White Ape’s strength spread after Ao Yu’s death, and demon forces began visiting Nameless Island to form ties.
• Qin Ming told the Mystic Water Crocodile to handle the submitting forces and offered to refine its Black Wolf Tooth Greatclub with a segment of the Howling Soul Rhinoceros Ox’s Natal Demon Bone.

Qin Ming consolidated Lei Ze Water Mansion’s power, harvested Demon Commander Ao Yu’s remains, and refined three divine mountains into a Dao Integration Treasure. As the Longevity Army expanded, the Myriad Marsh Demon Kingdom’s rulers debated whether to destroy Lei Ze Water Mansion or absorb it.

• Qin Ming planted restrictions in the leaders of the Three Great Water Mansions and assigned his subordinates to govern them, uniting the Four Great Water Mansions under Lei Ze Water Mansion.
• Qin Ming collected Demon Commander Ao Yu’s Seventh-Rank Demon Core, materials, and Soul Pearl, then used Affixes to restore his cultivation to the Mid-stage Refining Void realm.
• Qin Ming spent ten years refining the Tai Yin Demonic Mountain and joined it with Thunder-Magnet Mountain and Primal Pole Mountain to create a Seventh-Rank Dao Integration Treasure.
• Qin Ming learned that the cross-realm passage to the Spirit Realm was controlled by an overlord-level power, while the Longevity Army continued conquering nearby waters.
• The Myriad Marsh Demon Kingdom’s ruler and ministers discussed whether to eliminate Lei Ze Water Mansion or grant it amnesty and absorb it into the Demon Court.

The Demon Court decided to recruit the Lei Ze Water Mansion, and Yu Mu Zi went to negotiate with White Ape and Mystic Water Crocodile after foreseeing his army’s defeat. Qin Ming enhanced Mystic Water Crocodile’s club, and the chapter ended with White Ape calmly agreeing to join the Demon Court.

• The White Marsh Demon Emperor ordered Yu Mu Zi to recruit the Lei Ze Water Mansion, allowing force only if White Ape and Mystic Water Crocodile refused to submit.
• Qin Ming fused Howling Soul Rhinoceros Ox bone into the Black Wolf Tooth Greatclub, strengthening it for Mystic Water Crocodile.
• The Demon Court’s recruitment plans unsettled the leaders of the Four Great Water Mansions, but Qin Ming told them to continue as usual.
• Yu Mu Zi used his Mystic Mechanism Heavenly Eye to show his generals a vision of the Longevity Army and Mystic Water Crocodile destroying the Demon Court forces, then went alone to White Ape Island.
• Yu Mu Zi met Qin Ming, Mystic Water Crocodile, and the others and announced the Demon Court’s demand to incorporate the Longevity Army.
• Qin Ming calmly agreed to the Demon Court’s recruitment offer.

Yu Mu Zi recruited Qin Ming and the Four Great Water Mansions into the Myriad Marsh Demon Court, where Qin Ming became White Ape Demon Commander and gained a vast territory. As Qin Ming planned to use the Demon Court’s cross-realm passage to return to the Spirit Realm, he received visits from two powerful demon commanders, while news of his rise enraged Saint Son Di Chen.

• Yu Mu Zi returned safely with Old Ancestor White Ape’s signed surrender document and announced that the Four Great Water Mansions had agreed to join the Demon Court.
• White Marsh Demon Emperor enfeoffed Qin Ming as White Ape Demon Commander, Mystic Water Crocodile as a demon general, and Devouring Sky Rat and Lan Bing Fairy as demon generals.
• Qin Ming learned that the cross-realm passage to the Spirit Realm lay in Tian Hai Gui Xu and hoped to be sent there to replace Demon Commander Ao Yu.
• Chi Lin Zi and Long Li Zi visited Qin Ming on White Ape Island and confirmed that he had killed Demon Commander Ao Yu after he showed them Ao Yu’s Seventh Rank Demon Core.
• Saint Son Di Chen received news of Qin Ming and Mystic Water Crocodile’s enfeoffment and grew furious.