Recaps

Qin Ming revealed Mo Lingwei’s Phoenix Song Physique, offered to protect her family in exchange for her future support, and arranged for them to return to Azure Radiance Island. After news of his Nascent Soul breakthrough reshaped the Southern Wasteland’s standing, he reluctantly agreed to let Wei Wuyai and Gu Qingzhao organize a Nascent Soul ceremony.

• Qin Ming exposed Mo Lingwei’s Phoenix Song Physique and offered to take her primordial yin after his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, promising resources and protection in the meantime.
• Mo Lingwei accepted Qin Ming’s proposal, and he gave her spirit pills and permission to bring her clansmen back to Azure Radiance Island.
• News spread that Qin Ming had become a Nascent Soul True Lord and unified the four nations of the Southern Wasteland into the Four Nations Alliance, prompting celebrations and affecting the war in Central Continent.
• Wei Wuyai visited Qin Ming to ask when he would hold a Nascent Soul ceremony, and Qin Ming initially refused because he disliked ceremony and extravagance.
• After Wei Wuyai and the Devouring Sky Rat persuaded him, Qin Ming agreed to let Wei Wuyai and Gu Qingzhao organize the ceremony and set its date.

As Qin Ming prepared for his Nascent Soul ceremony, Li Huo Shangren visited Moon Gazing Island, apologized for Li Fire Palace’s past actions, and warned him about the worsening Blood Abyss Realm invasion. Qin Ming then welcomed Dragonwood True Monarch of the Eastern Sea, whose unexpected arrival left the gathering with another powerful guest.

• Wu Jiang oversaw preparations for Qin Ming’s Nascent Soul ceremony on Moon Gazing Island.
• Li Huo Shangren arrived, and Qin Ming’s spiritual pressure overwhelmed him before Qin invited him to the island.
• Li Huo Shangren gave Qin a fourth-rank defensive formation, explained the Blood Abyss Realm’s abnormal passage into the Mortal Realm, and retrieved the injured Jing Qing.
• Qin Ming detected another Nascent Soul cultivator approaching before Li Huo Shangren could sense her.
• Dragonwood True Monarch arrived from the Eastern Sea, and Li Huo Shangren introduced her to Qin Ming.

Qin Ming hosted Dragonwood True Monarch and Li Huo Shangren before holding his Nascent Soul Ceremony, where powerful cultivators from several realms gathered to congratulate him. As the celebration began, Yue Lingyan traveled toward the island with Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and a nervous Cold Crow Reverend.

• Dragonwood True Monarch visited Qin Ming, admired his spirit plants, and gave him three rare Clarity Pills as a congratulatory gift.
• Dragonwood True Monarch and Li Huo Shangren offered to share their Nascent Soul insights with Qin Ming, while Qin Ming declined Li Huo Shangren's invitation to join the Defenders of the Dao Alliance.
• Three days later, Qin Ming opened his Nascent Soul Ceremony, and cultivators from many factions and realms gathered across the Spirit Rest Archipelago.
• Myriad Treasures True Monarch and Secluded Sand True Monarch arrived and joined the other Nascent Soul cultivators at the ceremony.
• Yue Lingyan traveled toward the ceremony with Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and Cold Crow Reverend, who regretted trusting Manager Lu.

Qin Ming’s Nascent Soul ceremony was interrupted by the arrival of Silver Moon Demon Saint and Ancient Mountain Demon Saint, who proposed an alliance between the human and demon races against the Blood Abyss Realm. The chapter left the gathered cultivators considering the threat of invading Nascent Soul Devil Lords and Qin Ming’s ties to Silver Moon.

• Qin Ming hosted cultivators at Moon Gazing Island with rare Spirit Rice, Spirit Wine, and other delicacies, while the guests ate and some Foundation Establishment cultivators broke through bottlenecks.
• Myriad Treasures True Monarch learned that Qin Ming’s Demon Flame Wine could help a late-stage Golden Core cultivator reach Golden Core completion, prompting the Nascent Soul True Lords to save their wine for their disciples.
• Three Azure-Plumed Flying Luans brought Silver Moon Demon Saint and Ancient Mountain Demon Saint to the ceremony, while Cold Crow Reverend followed and offered congratulations.
• Qin Ming welcomed the visitors as the human cultivators reacted with alarm to the Demon Saints’ presence.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint said Nascent Soul Devil Lords had descended into the Beast Cry Mountain Range and proposed an alliance to resist the expanding Blood Abyss Realm threat.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint explained that Qin Ming’s connection to Silver Moon had made the alliance negotiations possible, drawing the gathered cultivators’ attention to Qin Ming.

At Qin Ming’s Nascent Soul ceremony, the human cultivators and Demon Race reached a preliminary hundred-year non-aggression agreement and began planning how to face the Blood Abyss Realm’s descent. Qin Ming received several rare gifts, and Old Demon Qingyang revealed that Cold Crow Reverend’s supposed Void Essence Stone was actually a high-grade Voidstone that could help Nascent Soul cultivators comprehend Void divine abilities.

• Yue Lingyan clarified that her relationship with Qin Ming was not what the gathered cultivators imagined, while Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and the human Nascent Soul True Lords began negotiating cooperation.
• The Devouring Sky Rat took the Silver Fox away from the banquet and gave her a box of colorful pearls.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and the human cultivators reached a preliminary agreement not to invade each other for a hundred years and set a time to plan against the Blood Abyss Realm’s descent.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint gave Qin Ming a fourth-rank Netherwater Serpent Demon Core, and Yue Lingyan presented him with fourth-rank Bloodscale Dragon Rice.
• Cold Crow Reverend gave Qin Ming a piece of fourth-rank Void Essence Stone, which Old Demon Qingyang identified as high-grade Voidstone capable of aiding comprehension of Void divine abilities.

As the guests departed from Qin Ming's Nascent Soul ceremony, he traded Bloodscale Dragon Rice to Dragonwood True Monarch for a cultivation method and a Penglai Immortal Token, and learned that a Blood Ring Curse Mark clung to him. He then caught up with Cold Crow Reverend outside the Spirit Rest Archipelago to thank him with a gift, leaving Cold Crow Reverend worried Qin Ming had discovered a flaw in his congratulatory offering.

• Li Huo Shangren and Secluded Sand True Monarch unsuccessfully tried to trade for Qin Ming's Netherwater Serpent Demon Core.
• Dragonwood True Monarch explained Bloodscale Dragon Rice's value and exchanged its cultivation method and a Penglai Immortal Token for nine grains from Qin Ming.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint revealed Qin Ming's Blood Ring Curse Mark and warned him about powerful Nascent Soul Devil Lords from the Blood Abyss Realm.
• Qin Ming gave Demon Flame Wine to Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and Yue Lingyan, then learned Cold Crow Reverend had not gone far.
• Qin Ming intercepted Cold Crow Reverend outside the Spirit Rest Archipelago and presented him with Jade Emperor Spirit Rice in thanks, while Cold Crow Reverend feared Qin Ming had uncovered a flaw in his gift.

After Qin Ming’s Nascent Soul ceremony, Star Moon Market flourished while he cultivated his new abilities and sought rare materials for fourth-tier Spirit Rice. A plot to steal his treasures began to take shape, and half a year later Su Yuqing and Hua Tianxiong arrived at the Spirit Rest Archipelago.

• Qin Ming gave Cold Crow Reverend Jade Emperor Spirit Rice, and Cold Crow Reverend departed while privately hoping Qin Ming would not discover that the Void Essence Stone was flawed.
• The Four Nations Alliance and Seventy-Two Island Alliance established Star Moon Market, which attracted settlers and grew into the region’s largest market.
• Qin Ming tested his Four Seasons Divine Light on Old Demon Qingyang, then read the Bloodscale Dragon Rice cultivation method and asked Wei Wuyai to search for its rare materials.
• Secluded Sand True Monarch tried to recruit Li Huo Shangren to attack Qin Ming for his Netherwater Serpent Demon Core, but Li Huo refused and warned him of the danger.
• Half a year later, Qin Ming detected Su Yuqing and Hua Tianxiong approaching and sent the Devouring Sky Rat to welcome them.

Su Yuqing and Hua Tianxiong visited Qin Ming on Moon Gazing Spirit Island to congratulate him on becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord. Hua Tianxiong presented Qin Ming with a mysterious remnant transformed from the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree, leaving everyone astonished.

• The Devouring Sky Rat escorted Su Yuqing and Hua Tianxiong to Moon Gazing Spirit Island, where Qin Ming welcomed them.
• Su Yuqing revealed that he had refined an Infant Condensation Pill but planned to strengthen his cultivation and defenses before attempting a Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Su Yuqing gave Qin Ming a bottle of fourth-rank Primal Chaos Pills as a congratulatory gift.
• Hua Tianxiong presented Qin Ming with a charred remnant of the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree that he had obtained from Elder Qian.
• Qin Ming sensed an astonishing spiritual aura from the remnant, and the Devouring Sky Rat, Su Yuqing, and Old Demon Qingyang reacted with shock.

Qin Ming received the remains of the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree from Hua Tianxiong and learned more about the worsening war in Great Jin. In the Lesser Spirit Realm, he revived the fragment and began accelerating its growth, though it remained a tiny sapling.

• Hua Tianxiong gave Qin Ming a fragment of the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree, and Qin Ming discovered a faint trace of life within it.
• Old Demon Qingyang described the ancient Azure Origin Sect’s fifth-grade spirit plants, while Qin Ming gave Hua Tianxiong Demon Flame Wine to help him break through.
• Hua Tianxiong and Su Yuqing told Qin Ming about the turmoil in Great Jin and praised the peaceful Southern Wasteland; Qin Ming revealed that humans might ally with the Demon Race.
• Qin Ming rejected Hua Tianxiong’s offer to stay on Moon Gazing Island and told him to remain in Great Jin, while Su Yuqing declined to relocate his clan.
• Qin Ming used five Rebirth Spirit Seed Affixes and the Four Seasons Divine Light to revive the treasure tree fragment, then used five Leaf of Spacetime Affixes to grow it to two inches tall.

Qin Ming used the Voidstone to comprehend Void Power and, after three months, mastered Nascent Soul Teleportation and the Nascent Soul Domain. He tested his new abilities on the Devouring Sky Rat and emerged confident that he could overpower early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

• Qin Ming chose to consume the Voidstone’s Origin Power to comprehend void abilities rather than enhance his Wood Sovereign Nails.
• After three months of cultivation, Qin Ming formed a five-li Nascent Soul Domain and mastered Nascent Soul Teleportation.
• Qin Ming ordered the Devouring Sky Rat to attack him, then used Space Warp to divert its full-strength strike.
• Qin Ming used Void Shuttle to appear behind the Devouring Sky Rat and explained that Space Warp and Void Shuttle worked within his Nascent Soul Domain.
• Qin Ming concluded that his Nascent Soul Domain combined with the Blood Floating Pagoda could suppress even stronger opponents and make him formidable among early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

After five years of cultivation, Qin Ming brewed Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar, entrusted Moon Gazing Island to Mo Lingwei, and set out for Great Jin. In the Beast Cry Mountain Range, he rescued Han Yuan and Liu Ye from Blood Refinement Demon Sect disciples and learned that the method to break his Blood Ring Curse Mark was held by the sect’s Golden Core true disciples.

• Qin Ming harvested supreme Royal Jelly and brewed Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar, using the Four Seasons Divine Light to speed its fermentation.
• Qin Ming planned to investigate his Blood Ring Curse Mark, seek materials for Bloodscale Dragon Rice, and learn more about the descent into this realm; he also noted that Wu Jiang had died four years earlier.
• Qin Ming appointed Mo Lingwei to manage Moon Gazing Island while he traveled, then flew toward Great Jin through the Beast Cry Mountain Range.
• Qin Ming found Han Yuan and Liu Ye fleeing Blood Refinement Demon Sect disciples who had appeared near a Void Anomaly, and his Mystic Water Crocodile killed their pursuers.
• Qin Ming used Soul Searching on the surviving bearded disciple and learned that the Blood Ring Curse Mark could be broken by a method held by the sect’s Golden Core true disciples.
• Qin Ming asked Han Yuan and Liu Ye to take him to the Void Anomaly.

Qin Ming investigated a Void Anomaly, killed the Blood Refinement Demon Sect cultivators guarding it, and destroyed their receiving platform to hinder further descents. He reached Weiyuan City, where Elder Qian summoned the Defenders of the Dao Alliance, and Li Huo Shangren arrived the next day.

• Han Yuan and Liu Ye led Qin Ming to the Void Anomaly, where he found demon cultivators building a receiving platform beneath several Void Rifts.
• Qin Ming killed the demon cultivators, searched the Golden Core demon envoy’s soul, and learned that Blood Refinement Demon Sect Devil Lords had descended into the Mortal Realm.
• Qin Ming destroyed the receiving platform, disrupting the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s ability to descend through the Void Passage and enraging Lord Seven Sorrows.
• Qin Ming learned that the demon threat could last for decades or longer, then traveled with Han Yuan and Liu Ye to Weiyuan City.
• Elder Qian greeted Qin Ming and agreed to summon the Defenders of the Dao Alliance’s patriarchs; the next day, Li Huo Shangren arrived.

Qin Ming informed Li Huo Shangren of a major Void Anomaly, traded for Profound Yellow Essence, and left Great Jin after declining to join the alliance. Li Huo Shangren’s forces sealed the Void Rifts, but Elder Qian suddenly attacked him and used a Soul Transfer Grand Art.

• Qin Ming showed Li Huo Shangren the recording of a large Void Anomaly and learned that the Blood Abyss Realm’s invasion threatened Great Jin and the Demon Race.
• Li Huo Shangren explained that Riftstones could sever the Void Rifts, invited Qin Ming to join the Defenders of the Dao Alliance, and exchanged Profound Yellow Essence for Demon Flame Wine and Jade Emperor Spirit Rice.
• Qin Ming declined to join the alliance, asked after Hannya, learned of the Eastern Sea Immortal Abode Convention, and departed Weiyuan City after asking Li Huo Shangren to reward Han Yuan and Liu Ye.
• Li Huo Shangren promoted Han Yuan and Liu Ye to stewards, then led Elder Qian and others to destroy the three Void Rifts with Riftstones.
• Elder Qian suddenly tried to stab Li Huo Shangren, then triggered a Golden Core self-explosion before Li Huo Shangren recognized the Soul Transfer Grand Art and named the Bloodthirst Demon Lord.

Bloodthirst Demon Lord and Secluded Sand True Monarch ambushed and defeated Li Huo Shangren, sealing his Nascent Soul with a demonic secret art. They pursued Qin Ming by tracking his Blood Ring Curse Mark, but Qin Ming stopped fleeing and prepared to fight them.

• Bloodthirst Demon Lord revealed that he had possessed Elder Qian and used him to ambush Li Huo Shangren, while Secluded Sand True Monarch blocked Li Huo's escape.
• Bloodthirst Demon Lord, Secluded Sand True Monarch, and a fourth-rank Bloodscale Demon Python overwhelmed Li Huo Shangren, who managed to escape only as a Nascent Soul.
• Bloodthirst Demon Lord used his Nascent Soul Demonic Seal to capture Li Huo Shangren's Nascent Soul, then agreed to pursue Qin Ming with Secluded Sand True Monarch.
• Qin Ming witnessed Li Huo Shangren's defeat and fled, but Bloodthirst Demon Lord repeatedly tracked him through his Blood Ring Curse Mark.
• After half a day of pursuit, Qin Ming stopped at a chosen location and prepared to fight Bloodthirst Demon Lord and Secluded Sand True Monarch.

Qin Ming defeated Bloodthirst Demon Lord and Secluded Sand True Monarch, devouring the former’s Nascent Soul and capturing the latter’s. He obtained the method to undo the Blood Ring Curse Mark and left with the Bloodscale Demon Python’s corpse, planning to prepare for the Devouring Sky Rat’s breakthrough.

• Qin Ming used his Nascent Soul Domain and Blood Floating Pagoda to suppress Bloodthirst Demon Lord and Secluded Sand True Monarch, then killed Bloodthirst Demon Lord by devouring his Nascent Soul with his Demon Nascent Soul.
• Qin Ming obtained the Blood Ring Curse Mark’s undoing method from Bloodthirst Demon Lord’s memories and drained his corpse into a Blood Orb.
• Qin Ming killed Secluded Sand True Monarch, captured his Nascent Soul in the Soul-Fixing Treasure Bottle, and made another Blood Orb from his corpse.
• Qin Ming sent the Bloodscale Demon Python’s corpse to the Lesser Spirit Realm and told the Devouring Sky Rat he would seek treasures for its tribulation at the Immortal Abode Convention.
• Qin Ming erased the traces of the battle and vanished from the scene.

Qin Ming erased the Blood Ring Curse Mark, took stock of his gains, and strengthened his Yin-Yang Mystic Vine after defeating three Nascent Soul cultivators. As Great Jin descended into turmoil, Hua Tianxiong chose to follow Qin Ming to the Eastern Sea, while Qin Ming sent him to gather scarce spirit materials first.

• Qin Ming used Bloodthirst Demon Lord’s blood token to remove the Blood Ring Curse Mark and reviewed the treasures he had obtained from the fallen cultivators.
• Qin Ming fed two Blood Orbs to the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine, which grew stronger but still needed more Blood Orbs to advance.
• Qin Ming harvested the fourth-grade Bloodscale Demon Python and feasted with his spirit beasts while Old Demon Qingyang watched from the Blood Floating Pagoda.
• The deaths of Li Huo Shangren, Elder Qian, and Bloodthirst Demon Lord threw Great Jin’s factions into disorder, and Lan Bing ordered an investigation into Bloodthirst Demon Lord’s death.
• Qin Ming met Hua Tianxiong near Li Tian Immortal City and learned that Su Yuqing had survived a failed Nascent Soul breakthrough but planned to try again after ten years of seclusion.
• Hua Tianxiong chose to accompany Qin Ming to the Eastern Sea, and Qin Ming tasked him with arranging the return of Old Jia, Li Lan, and the others while gathering requested spirit materials.

After cultivating with the Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar, Qin Ming left Great Jin with Hua Tianxiong to seek treasures in the Eastern Sea and summoned Shi Jin to guide them. Shi Jin arrived at Little Turtle Island and cautiously asked how the two cultivators knew Senior Lu.

• Qin Ming tended the Lesser Spirit Realm, sampled the Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar, and cultivated for several months, strengthening his Nascent Soul mana.
• Qin Ming emerged from seclusion, contacted Hua Tianxiong, and ordered him to leave Great Jin for the Eastern Sea.
• Qin Ming and Hua Tianxiong traveled to Little Turtle Island and summoned Shi Jin with the black spirit conch.
• Shi Jin arrived aboard the Black Sail Ship with Shi Tianming and cautiously asked the two visitors about their connection to Senior Lu.

Qin Ming traveled aboard Shi Jin’s Black Sail Ship to the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm, learned about its powerful factions, and chose Skywave Immortal City as his first destination. After arriving, he was welcomed by a resident Nascent Soul True Lord, who recognized him as Moon Gazing True Monarch.

• Qin Ming revealed his identity to Shi Jin and arranged to travel with Shi Jin and Hua Tianxiong to the Eastern Sea.
• Shi Jin described the Eastern Sea’s Star Palace, the Skysea Alliance, and the coming Immortal Abode Convention, and Qin Ming chose to visit Skywave Immortal City.
• After six months at sea, Qin Ming’s group reached Skywave Immortal City, and Shi Jin used his Skywave Token to enter despite being a notorious pirate.
• At the city gate, Skysea Alliance guards mistook Qin Ming for an attendant until a white-robed Nascent Soul True Lord arrived and greeted him as Moon Gazing True Monarch.

Qin Ming met Xia Yuangong, traded for rare fourth-grade ingredients, and learned about the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm. After leaving Skywave Immortal City for Penglai Sect, Qin Ming left Hua Tianxiong to build a base in the city, and Hua recruited Shi Jin to join him.

• Xia Yuangong welcomed Qin Ming into Skywave Immortal City and told him about the city and the Eastern Sea’s major powers.
• Qin Ming traded a damaged fourth-grade Blood Python Demon Core and Jade Emperor Spirit Rice for Withered Heart Grass and a Soul Fusion Fruit, and Xia gave him a Tianlan Ring and a map of the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm.
• Qin Ming revealed that he was a fourth-grade Pill King, and Xia recognized his value as a fourth-grade Spirit Planter as well.
• After meeting Xia, Qin Ming went to an inn and instructed Hua Tianxiong to gather resources and develop in Skywave Immortal City.
• Qin Ming flew southeast toward Penglai Sect, and Hua Tianxiong persuaded Shi Jin to join his enterprise.

Shi Jin agreed to explore Skywave Immortal City with Hua Tianxiong, while Qin Ming reached Penglai Sect and reunited with Dragonwood True Monarch. At her secluded residence, he discovered that her young attendant Tian Ling'er was a spirit plant transformed into human form.

• Shi Jin accepted Hua Tianxiong's proposal to spend several days exploring Skywave Immortal City, with Hua covering their expenses.
• Long Yangzi learned that Qin Ming had left Skywave Immortal City after trading Xia Yuangong a Fourth-Grade Demon Core and hurried after him upon hearing Qin was a Fourth-Grade Pill King.
• Qin Ming arrived at Penglai Island, marveled at the Fifth-Grade Penglai Immortal Tree, and met Dragonwood True Monarch at the sect's entrance.
• Dragonwood True Monarch brought Qin Ming to her private residence, where he saw her extensive spirit herb garden and learned about Penglai Sect's ancient legacy.
• Qin Ming recognized that Dragonwood True Monarch's attendant, Tian Ling'er, was a spirit plant transformed into human form, while the Devouring Sky Rat smelled a Heaven and Earth Treasure Medicine around her.

Qin Ming visited Dragonwood True Monarch at the Penglai Sect, learned about Tian Ling'er’s origins and the limits of his Immortal Token, then set off for Black Abyss Island to seek high-grade extraterrestrial metal. He arrived at the island’s black market and confronted its operator, Black Xuan Senior, after the market lacked the material he sought.

• Qin Ming and Dragonwood True Monarch shared Spirit Mulberry Bitter Tea and discussed their efforts to gather materials for Bloodscale Dragon Rice.
• Dragonwood True Monarch revealed that Tian Ling'er was a Divine Infant Mushroom transformed into human form, and explained the restrictions and uncertain rewards of using the Penglai Immortal Token to comprehend the Penglai Immortal Tree.
• Qin Ming chose to wait for access to the Immortal Tree, declined Dragonwood True Monarch’s invitation to stay or join the Penglai Sect, and learned that the Devouring Sky Rat’s black fork was made from lightning-resistant Black Essence Meteoric Iron.
• After Qin Ming left the Penglai Sect, Long Yangzi arrived seeking Moon Gazing True Monarch and learned that Qin Ming had already departed.
• Qin Ming traveled to Black Abyss Island seeking fourth-rank or higher extraterrestrial metal, but the purple-robed cultivator could not provide it.
• Black Xuan Senior appeared to calm Qin Ming, but Qin Ming’s overwhelming Spiritual Pressure forced the black-robed market operator to plead for mercy.

Qin Ming sought Tier 4 Extraterrestrial Metal at Black Abyss Island and received information about a meteorite on Ao Turtle Island, where he found a Mystic Turtle undergoing its transformation tribulation. He discovered a strange tea tree absorbing lightning, then faced Black Rock Demon Saint Ao Feng, who agreed to discuss a trade after his son’s tribulation.

• Qin Ming offered an Ice Heart Jade Soul Pill to Black Xuan Senior in exchange for help finding Tier 4 Extraterrestrial Metal and received information about the meteorite on Ao Turtle Island.
• Qin Ming traveled to Ao Turtle Island despite Black Xuan Senior’s warning about its powerful transformed demon.
• Qin Ming saw a black Mystic Turtle undergoing its transformation tribulation and noticed a small Spirit Tea Tree absorbing the lightning and growing.
• Black Rock Demon Saint Ao Feng attacked Qin Ming, but Qin Ming held his ground and said he had come to trade.
• Ao Feng revealed that the Mystic Turtle was his son and asked Qin Ming to wait until the tribulation ended; Qin Ming agreed.

Qin Ming watched Ao Tian pass his Transformation Tribulation, then stopped the Azure Lizard King from escaping with Ao Tian’s shed shell and healed the young turtle’s grievous injuries. Grateful, Blackrock invited Qin Ming to Ao Turtle Island’s cave abode to name his request, while Qin Ming remained interested in the Spirit Tea Tree and the shell.

• Qin Ming observed Blackrock’s immense lifespan and watched Ao Tian endure the Transformation Tribulation, advancing to fourth rank.
• The Azure Lizard King ambushed Ao Tian, knocked away his Demon Core, and stole his shed turtle shell.
• Qin Ming trapped the Azure Lizard King with his Divine Sense and wounded his soul, but the intruder escaped into the sea after a jade token restored his clarity.
• Qin Ming used a Li Yun Pill and six strands of Four Seasons Divine Light to heal Ao Tian’s damaged Demon Core and origin.
• Blackrock and Ao Tian thanked Qin Ming, and Blackrock welcomed him as a Distinguished Guest and invited him to discuss his request.
• As Qin Ming followed Blackrock into the cave abode, he noticed the Spirit Tea Tree and recalled that the Azure Lizard King had targeted the turtle shell.

Qin Ming traded wine and Yin Infant Fruits for the Ao Turtle Clan’s Mystic Spirit Armor and transplanted an unusual spirit tea tree, then acquired more heavenly foreign gold from Black Xuan Senior. He returned to the Lesser Spirit Realm to upgrade the Devouring Sky Rat’s Black Steel Fork and investigate the tea tree.

• Blackrock Demon Saint gave Qin Ming Dark Demon Gold Essence, and Qin Ming exchanged spirit wine and Yin Infant Fruits for the Mystic Spirit Armor and permission to take the spirit tea tree.
• Qin Ming revealed his identity and summoned the Devouring Sky Rat, which received the Mystic Spirit Armor for its coming transformation tribulation.
• Qin Ming transplanted the spirit tea tree into the Lesser Spirit Realm and learned that the Immortal Abode Convention would be held on Dragon Abyss Island in two years.
• Qin Ming returned to Black Abyss Island, collected two more pieces of heavenly foreign gold from Black Xuan Senior, and sold unused treasures for spirit stones and materials.
• Qin Ming entered the Lesser Spirit Realm and prepared to refine the Black Steel Fork with the foreign gold while considering accelerating the spirit tea tree’s growth.

Qin Ming cultivated Great Dao Tribulation Tea and forged a fourth-rank spirit treasure for the Devouring Sky Rat while two Netherworld Palace cultivators disguised themselves as sea creatures to infiltrate Dragon Abyss Island. After tracking their plans toward the Immortal Abode Convention, Qin Ming returned to Skywave Immortal City, where its City Lord Long Yangzi invited him to talk.

• Qin Ming used ten Leaf of Spacetime affixes to grow the Spirit Tea Tree, whose tea gained Nascent Soul Mana, Leaf of Spacetime, and Great Dao Enlightenment affixes; Old Demon Qingyang identified it as rare fourth-rank Great Dao Tribulation Tea.
• Qin Ming spent three months refining extraterrestrial exotic gold into the Devouring Sky Rat’s black steel fork, elevating it to a fourth-rank low-grade spirit treasure, which the rat named the Demon Slayer Halberd.
• Qin Ming told the Devouring Sky Rat to prepare for its transformation tribulation, then learned that Hua Tianxiong should have gathered nearly all the spiritual ingredients for alchemy.
• Two Netherworld Palace cultivators used Demonic Spirit Talismans and Water Aversion Pearls to disguise themselves as a Shrimp Soldier and a Crab General and infiltrate Dragon Abyss Island; Qin Ming secretly placed divine soul marks on them and let them go.
• Qin Ming returned to Skywave Immortal City after half a month, where Xia Yuangong and City Lord Long Yangzi, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Star Palace elder, came to meet him and invited him to talk.