Recaps

At Qin Ming’s celebration, Black Wind Demon Saint challenged his claim over the Devouring Sky Rat, but Qin Ming stood his ground and the dispute was set aside. After impressing the guests with his Fourth-Order Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar, Qin Ming learned that the White-Scaled Spirit Lord was a Fifth-Order Venerable, though Yue Lingyan said the Spirit Lord would not interfere.

• The Nascent Soul cultivators and four great demons congratulated Qin Ming and presented gifts intended for the Devouring Sky Rat.
• Black Wind Demon Saint argued that the Fourth-Order Demon Saint should leave Qin Ming’s service, but Yue Lingyan defended Qin Ming’s investment in the rat.
• Qin Ming told Black Wind Demon Saint that the expired contract left the Devouring Sky Rat free to choose and dared him to fight; Ancient Mountain Demon Saint and Cold Crow Reverend helped calm the dispute.
• Qin Ming served the guests Fourth-Order Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar, then deliberately gave Black Wind Demon Saint Foundation Establishment Wine when the jade nectar ran out.
• After the guests departed, Qin Ming gave Yue Lingyan a jar of jade nectar and asked about the Spirit Lord; she identified him as the White-Scaled Spirit Lord, a Fifth-Order Venerable who would not interfere.

Qin Ming received congratulations after the Devouring Sky Rat became a fourth-rank Demon Saint, while Ancient Mountain Demon Saint warned Black Wind Demon Saint against undermining cooperation between the races. After the Devouring Sky Rat emerged from seclusion and chose to remain with Qin Ming, Qin Ming used him to test an ancient talisman’s long-distance teleportation ability.

• Qin Ming warned Cold Crow Reverend that Lord Seven Sorrows had targeted the Southern Wasteland, prompting Cold Crow Reverend to leave in a hurry.
• Cultivators flocked to Moon Gazing Island to congratulate Qin Ming, and the Skysea Alliance presented him with rare treasures and an Ascension Dragon Pill formula.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint threatened Black Wind Demon Saint with the destruction of his clan if he betrayed the cooperation between the races, then had him monitored after he left.
• The Devouring Sky Rat emerged from seclusion, rejected the Demon Saints’ invitation to return to the Demon Race, and chose the title Devouring Sky Demon Saint.
• Qin Ming gave the Devouring Sky Rat the restored Nine Heavens Azure Essence Mystic Response True Talisman and sent him to test a teleportation to the demon infant near Demon Abyss Island.
• The Devouring Sky Rat activated the talisman and vanished in a flash of light.

Qin Ming tested an ancient talisman that could transport people across great distances, then learned that Lord Skywrath planned an attack on the Eastern Sea and a cross-realm invasion of the Southern Wasteland. He warned Wei Wuyai and began preparing the Four Nations Alliance for war.

• The Devouring Sky Rat used the Nine Heavens Azure Essence Mystic Response True Talisman to travel between the Eastern Sea and Moon Gazing Island, consuming Abyssal Obsidian with each use.
• Qin Ming let the newly advanced Devouring Sky Rat visit the Silver Moon Sky Fox clan and told him to keep a low profile while investigating what he had eaten.
• At the Blood Demon Palace, Lord Skywrath introduced Prince Xuan Ce of the East Sea Dragon Palace, who had defected and agreed to cooperate with the devil forces.
• Lord Skywrath revealed plans to attack East Peak Island and the Crystal Palace and ordered a large-scale invasion of the Southern Wasteland, assigning Lord Seven Sorrows two Nascent Soul Devil Lords to assist him.
• Qin Ming summoned Wei Wuyai, gave him a jade slip detailing the invasion, and told him to prepare the Four Nations Alliance while Qin contacted other allies.

Qin Ming’s intelligence enabled the Four Nations Alliance and its allies to ambush demonic forces across the Southern Wilderness, while Lord Seven Sorrows descended directly on Moon Gazing Island. Qin Ming went out to face him after telling Mo Lingwei and Celestial Foreseer to hide.

• Wei Wuyai and the Demon Race, Western Gloom Cultivation Realm, and Defenders of the Dao Alliance mobilized to reinforce the Southern Wilderness after Qin Ming warned them of the invasion.
• Celestial Foreseer and Cold Crow Reverend reported that the Blood Abyss demonic path had seized two Eastern Sea sects and that Lord Skywrath had defeated Azure Crane True Lord.
• Wei Wuyai led an ambush that trapped and killed demonic cultivators who descended near the border of Wei Kingdom and the Beast Cry Mountain Range.
• Reports reached Qin Ming that forces across the four kingdoms had repelled the invasions, and he allowed Mo Lingwei to pursue the remaining demonic stragglers.
• Lord Seven Sorrows emerged from a massive Void rift near Moon Gazing Island and demanded that Wang Yue surrender; Qin Ming rose to meet him.

Qin Ming staged a battle with Lord Seven Sorrows to conceal that they were allies, but Ancient Mountain Demon Saint arrived and forced the two into a real clash. The demons withdrew after fighting to a near draw, leaving Qin Ming to treat Ancient Mountain and reflect on his devil nascent soul’s strength.

• Qin Ming blocked Lord Seven Sorrows’ punch with the Spirit King Cauldron, then secretly coordinated with him to stage an even battle and satisfy the watching Netherworld Palace cultivator.
• Qin Ming and Lord Seven Sorrows sensed a powerful Demon Cultivator approaching, and Ancient Mountain Demon Saint arrived to challenge Lord Seven Sorrows.
• Ancient Mountain transformed into a Mountain Giant Ape and attacked, prompting Lord Seven Sorrows to reveal his Primal Fiend True Demon Body and Qin Ming’s devil nascent soul to join the fight.
• The giants battled fiercely, destroying the devil warship and killing nearby cultivators before Lord Seven Sorrows and Demon Lord Guiming escaped.
• Ancient Mountain returned to Moon Gazing Island, where Qin Ming gave him a Sweet Rain Pill and considered the strength of his devil nascent soul.

After Southern Wasteland repelled the demonic invasion, Qin Ming tended his Spirit Plants and considered how to advance his cultivation while the wider Immortal Cultivation Worlds remained in danger. The Devouring Sky Rat’s devouring ability produced a larger piece of Abyssal Obsidian, and Qin Ming decided to stay on Moon Gazing Island and resume farming while he watched events unfold.

• Qin Ming thanked the Nascent Soul cultivators who had helped defeat Lord Seven Sorrows, then assigned Wei Wuyai, Mo Lingwei, and the others to handle postwar matters.
• The Devouring Sky Rat told Qin Ming that he and Old Daoist Hannya had killed a demonic Nascent Soul in the Wu Kingdom and handed over its body and Nascent Soul.
• Qin Ming used Thorn Art to turn the corpse into a Blood Orb, then fed it to the Ageless Immortal Vine and buried the remains beneath the Thunder Origin Demon Jujube Tree.
• Qin Ming inspected his Seven Wonders Treasure Tree and Bloodscale Dragon Rice, and discussed the Starsea Divine Flower and the Netherworld Underworld with Old Demon Qingyang.
• The Devouring Sky Rat returned with a larger piece of Abyssal Obsidian produced by devouring the Nascent Soul, and Qin Ming praised him and promised to keep the matter in mind.
• Qin Ming decided to keep farming on Moon Gazing Island while monitoring the turmoil in other worlds, and gave the Devouring Sky Rat the Shennong Hoe.

Qin Ming resumed farming and cultivation after stabilizing the Southern Wilderness, while the demonic factions and Star Palace prepared their next moves. The chapter ended with Qin Ming’s demonic Nascent Soul sending Prince Xuan Ce and his followers through the Eye of the Void toward the Blood Abyss Realm.

• The Devouring Sky Rat and Qin Ming planted spirit fields as Qin Ming returned to his routine after the Southern Wilderness settled.
• Qin Ming ordered Wei Wuyai to admit only suitable cultivators seeking refuge in the Southern Wilderness.
• Lord Seven Sorrows reported his defeat at Moon Gazing Island to Lord Skywrath, who redirected the Blood Abyss Realm’s campaign and assigned him to escort Prince Xuan Ce to the Demon Flood Dragon Clan.
• Azure Crane True Lord met Star Palace’s Jade Robe Middle-aged Ancestor, who gave him an imitation Star Compass and sent him to lead an expedition into the Blood Abyss Realm.
• Qin Ming’s demonic Nascent Soul welcomed Prince Xuan Ce and his followers at the Eye of the Void, then sent them through it using a black Jade Talisman.

Lord Seven Sorrows and Xuan Ce arrived in the Blood Abyss Realm as forces from the Eastern Sea and Northern Frost realms pursued plans to find an ascension route and counter the demonic invasion. Qin Ming refined Ascension Dragon Pills, advanced his cultivation, and attended Nalan Xi’s celebration before Lord Seven Sorrows led the East Sea Dragon Palace toward Dragon Spine Mountain.

• Lord Seven Sorrows and Prince Xuan Ce arrived in the Blood Abyss Realm and received a formal welcome from the Blood Refinement Demon Sect.
• Azure Crane True Lord’s forces eliminated a demonic advance force and continued north to rendezvous with the Ice God Hall while seeking an ascension route for their ancestors.
• Qin Ming refined three Ascension Dragon Pills, consumed one, and advanced the Azure Emperor Art to its thirteenth layer after a year of cultivation.
• Qin Ming learned from Mo Lingwei that demonic invasions had worsened elsewhere, rewarded her with Divine Wood Pills, and heard that Su Yuqing had entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough.
• Qin Ming attended Nalan Xi’s celebration in Azure Sea Immortal City and gave her Demon Flame Wine to help with a future breakthrough.
• Lord Seven Sorrows led Xuan Ce and the East Sea Dragon Palace to the Flame Mountain Range near Dragon Spine Mountain.

Qin Ming traveled with Xuan Ce and his companions to Dragon Spine Mountain, where the Demonic Flood Dragon Clan agreed to let them enter the Dragon Transformation Pool. As Xuan Ce and the others began transforming, Azure Crane True Lord attacked the mountain with a fleet of spirit warships, leaving Geng Chi Flood Dragon alarmed.

• Qin Ming learned why Xuan Ce had betrayed the East Sea Dragon Palace and led the group toward Dragon Spine Mountain.
• Geng Chi Flood Dragon welcomed Xuan Ce’s return to the clan and agreed to let him and the other demon saints undergo the ancestral rite in the Dragon Transformation Pool.
• Qin Ming secretly surveyed Dragon Spine Mountain’s spirit plants and formations while plotting to eliminate its inhabitants.
• Xuan Ce and the others entered the Dragon Transformation Pool, and Geng Chi said their transformation would take at least half a month.
• Azure Crane True Lord launched a fierce assault on Dragon Spine Mountain and denounced Xuan Ce as a traitor, shocking Geng Chi Flood Dragon.

Qin Ming used Lord Seven Sorrows’s identity to draw human cultivators to the Demonic Flood Dragon Clan, then betrayed Prince Xuan Ce and the other demons while they were vulnerable in the Dragon Transformation Pool. Ice Xuanzi shattered the clan’s defenses, and Geng Chi realized Xuan Ce and Lord Seven Sorrows had vanished as the human assault began.

• Qin Ming arranged for Skysea Alliance and Ice God Hall cultivators to find the Demonic Flood Dragon Clan so he could seize dragon blood amid the fighting.
• Lord Seven Sorrows sent Geng Chi outside to face the attackers, promising Demon Alliance reinforcements while he stayed behind to guard Prince Xuan Ce and the other demons in the pool.
• After Geng Chi left, Lord Seven Sorrows knocked the pool’s guards unconscious and revealed his intent to kill the helpless demons undergoing blood replacement.
• Geng Chi ordered his clan to resist the human army and dispatched two fourth-rank flood dragons to help defend the territory.
• Ice Xuanzi unleashed Ice River World, freezing and shattering the clan’s great formation as human cultivators surged into the territory.
• Geng Chi transformed to resist the attack, then sensed that Xuan Ce and the other demons’ auras had disappeared and wondered where Lord Seven Sorrows had gone.

Qin Ming used his demonic nascent soul to ambush the Dragon Transformation Pool, kill Xuan Ce and two other dragons, then lure Geng Chi into the Blood Floating Pagoda and kill him with the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror. He escaped between realms with the Nine Heavens Azure Essence Mystic Response True Talisman, left Lord Seven Sorrows to continue undercover work, and returned to Azure Sea Immortal City with four demonic dragon corpses.

• Qin Ming's demonic nascent soul killed Xuan Ce and two other dragons during their blood infusion, then collected their corpses and Demon Cores.
• Lord Seven Sorrows drew Geng Chi into Qin Ming's Blood Floating Pagoda, where Qin Ming used the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror to exhaust Geng Chi's lifespan and kill him.
• Qin Ming collected Geng Chi's corpse and escaped the Blood Abyss Realm with the Nine Heavens Azure Essence Mystic Response True Talisman before Ice Xuanzi and Azure Crane True Lord could find him.
• Ice Xuanzi and Azure Crane True Lord found the Dragon Transformation Pool empty and suspected Lord Seven Sorrows had taken the dragons' spoils.
• Qin Ming gave Geng Chi's essence blood to Lord Seven Sorrows and sent him back to the Blood Refinement Demon Sect as an undercover agent.
• Back at Azure Sea Immortal City, Qin Ming learned from Old Demon Qingyang that the talisman could travel only between minor realms, not to major planes such as the Spirit Realm.

Qin Ming tended the flood dragon remains and strengthened his Bloodscale Dragon Rice before leaving Azure Sea Immortal City for Moon Gazing Island. Along the way he learned that old acquaintances Lu Wan-jun and Feng Sihai had died, aided Lu Cuier’s family, and sent a gift to Fang Han after hearing of his breakthroughs.

• Qin Ming gave two fourth-rank Demon Cores to the Devouring Sky Rat to refine and collected the flood dragons’ remaining essence blood.
• Qin Ming used fourth-rank flood dragon blood to nourish his Bloodscale Dragon Rice, bringing it close to maturity, then left the Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Qin Ming visited the Lu Family estate, learned that Lu Wan-jun and Lu Liang’s descendant Lu Cuier had lost her parents in the demonic calamity, and offered to take her children as Spirit Farmers on Moon Gazing Island.
• Qin Ming left Lu Cuier a Foundation Establishment Pill and learned at the Feng Family talisman shop that Feng Sihai had died decades earlier.
• Qin Ming heard that Fang Han had become a Tier 3 Pill Dao Grandmaster and Golden Core cultivator, then sent him Pill Dao notes and asked Mo Lingwei to attend his ceremony.

Qin Ming maintained his quiet life on Moon Gazing Island while his demonic Nascent Soul plundered the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s vault and strengthened itself. After learning the Demon Race had been betrayed and attacked, Qin Ming was invited to join a new alliance meeting at Accumulating Thunder Mountain, and the Devouring Sky Rat demanded revenge against Black Wind Demon Saint.

• Qin Ming found that advancing the Azure Emperor Art had become extremely slow, though Old Demon Qingyang reminded him that reaching the thirteenth layer was already exceptional.
• Qin Ming’s demonic Nascent Soul used Lord Seven Sorrows’ identity to enter the Blood Refinement Demon Sect’s treasure vault, take rare treasures, and cultivate with the Gengchi Demonic Flood Dragon’s essence blood.
• Over five years, the Blood Abyss Realm’s war with the Mortal Realm continued, while Lord Seven Sorrows’ interference kept the Southern Wasteland largely free of fighting.
• Cold Crow Reverend and Celestial Foreseer visited Qin Ming seeking aid and told him that Black Wind Demon Saint had allied with the Devil Dao after blaming Silver Moon Demon Saint for Great Dark Sky Demon Saint’s death.
• Cold Crow Reverend explained that Ancient Mountain Demon Saint planned a second alliance meeting at Accumulating Thunder Mountain to strike the Yin Demon Sect, Divine Path Mountain, and Wind-Rending Eagle clan, and Qin Ming agreed to attend.
• The Devouring Sky Rat heard that the Silver Moon Clan had been attacked and vowed to wipe out Black Wind Demon Saint.

Qin Ming traveled to Dusk Cloud Mountain to meet Yue Lingyan and the Silver Fox before heading to a gathering at Accumulating Thunder Mountain. There, Old Demon Qingyang revealed that the White-Scaled Demon Lord was descended from a sacred beast of the Azure Origin Sect and had once been a destructive young beast named Little White.

• Qin Ming agreed to meet Cold Crow Reverend at Accumulating Thunder Mountain in a month and set out with the Devouring Sky Rat half a month later.
• Qin Ming cleared out several Blood Refinement Demon Sect cultivators while traveling through the Beast Cry Mountain Range toward Dusk Cloud Mountain.
• Qin Ming reunited with Yue Lingyan and the Silver Fox, and the Devouring Sky Rat eagerly led the Silver Fox away to discuss cultivation and transformation.
• Yue Lingyan told Qin Ming that White-Scaled Venerable had given her and Kong Xuan cultivation-boosting opportunities and that he carried the bloodline of the Blazing Sky-Qilin clan.
• Old Demon Qingyang told Qin Ming that the White-Scaled Demon Lord was descended from a mountain-guardian sacred beast of the Azure Origin Sect and had once been the troublesome young beast Little White.

Qin Ming and the Demon Race joined forces with human cultivators to strike the demonic forces, then ambushed and killed Black Wind Demon Saint after he tried to flee. Qin Ming claimed Black Wind’s essence blood to nourish his Ageless Immortal Vine, while Cold Crow Reverend took the demon core.

• Qin Ming and Yue Lingyan traveled to Accumulating Thunder Mountain and found the demonic path had massacred Demon Race tribes across the Beast Cry Mountain Range.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint led a war council at Accumulating Thunder Mountain, and the allied armies later launched a surprise attack on Divine Path Mountain and the Wind-Rending Eagle Tribe.
• After Black Wind Demon Saint lost an arm and argued with the other demonic leaders, he tried to abandon the war but was trapped by Cold Crow Reverend’s Profound Sky Spirit Trap Array.
• Qin Ming, Yue Lingyan, Ancient Mountain Demon Saint, Cold Crow Reverend, and the Devouring Sky Rat surrounded Black Wind and killed him in a coordinated assault.
• Ancient Mountain Demon Saint let Qin Ming choose a prize first, and Qin collected Black Wind’s essence blood before Cold Crow Reverend claimed the Demon Core.

After Qin Ming’s intelligence helped the human and Demon Race forces devastate the demonic path and capture Divine Path Mountain, he returned to Moon Gazing Island to cultivate. There, he matured and harvested his Ageless Immortal Vine and Bloodscale Dragon Rice, then began cultivating with the legendary rice.

• Cold Crow Reverend, Ancient Mountain Demon Saint, and Yue Lingyan asked Qin Ming how he knew so much, and he said he had high-ranking informants within the demon sects.
• Black Wind Demon Saint’s death was discovered at Divine Path Mountain, while his head was displayed at Weiyuan City and the allied forces gained morale.
• Over the next several years, Qin Ming’s intelligence helped the human and Demon Race armies seize Divine Path Mountain and the Five Elements Mountain Range, severely damaging the demonic path.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, fed his collected Blood Orbs to the Ageless Immortal Vine, and harvested its mature silver Spirit Fruits.
• Qin Ming harvested the mature Bloodscale Dragon Rice, replanted several dozen grains with Fourth Grade dragon essence blood, and gave the Devouring Sky Rat a bowl to cook.
• Qin Ming ate the Bloodscale Dragon Rice and began cultivating with the Azure Emperor Art as spiritual energy surged through him.

Qin Ming used Bloodscale Dragon Rice, pills, and Affixes to break through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, greatly strengthening his abilities and lifespan. After emerging from seclusion, he welcomed visiting cultivators and demons, and Dragonwood True Monarch asked whether he had successfully cultivated Bloodscale Dragon Rice.

• Qin Ming refined Bloodscale Dragon Rice and other resources while the spiritual energy gathering above Moon Gazing Island drew cultivators and onlookers.
• Qin Ming consumed an Ascension Dragon Pill and Nascent Soul magical power Affixes, then broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage at age three hundred and twenty-five.
• Qin Ming stabilized his new realm, increased his lifespan, and discovered that his Nascent Soul Domain and Four Seasons Divine Light had grown stronger.
• Qin Ming emerged from seclusion and invited the visiting Nascent Soul cultivators and demons onto Moon Gazing Island.
• At Greenwood Pavilion, Dragonwood True Monarch asked Qin Ming whether he had successfully cultivated Bloodscale Dragon Rice.

After revealing that he had cultivated Bloodscale Dragon Rice and Great Dao Tribulation Tea, Qin Ming earned greater respect from the visiting Nascent Soul cultivators. In the Lesser Spirit Realm, he accelerated the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree until it bloomed with a rare cultivation-art flower and gained the golden affix Dao Derives Myriad Arts.

• Qin Ming admitted that he had cultivated Bloodscale Dragon Rice but said his current crop would take sixty years to mature, disappointing Cold Crow Reverend and the other cultivators seeking it.
• Qin Ming served the guests Great Dao Tribulation Tea, and Dragonwood True Monarch recognized him as a fourth-order high-grade Spirit Planter.
• Qin Ming secretly gave Yue Lingyan Great Dao Tribulation Tea and Bloodscale Dragon Rice, then sent more Bloodscale Dragon Rice to his demonic infant in the Blood Abyss Realm.
• News of Qin Ming's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and his advancement as a fourth-order high-grade Spirit Planter spread through the Southern Wasteland.
• Old Demon Qingyang explained that Qin Ming's fourteenth layer of the Azure Emperor Art had improved his control of the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror and reduced the lifespan cost of his divine ability.
• Qin Ming spent eight Fleeting Time affixes accelerating the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree, which bloomed and gained the golden affix Dao Derives Myriad Arts; Old Demon Qingyang woke briefly in disbelief before deciding he was dreaming.

After Qin Ming advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, cultivators across the Immortal Cultivation World reacted to his growing influence, while Mu Qingzi sought White-Scaled Demon Lord’s help in exchange for the location of an Ascension Platform. Qin Ming enjoyed a peaceful stretch on Moon Gazing Island as the Blood Abyss Realm invasion receded, but he reflected that the long descent into the realm might not be over.

• Old Demon Qingyang examined the flowering Seven Wonders Treasure Tree and praised Qin Ming’s spirit-plant cultivation and the tree’s potential.
• Qin Ming celebrated his breakthrough, received congratulations from Wei Wuyai, Gu Qingzhao, Nalan Xi, and Fang Han, and encouraged Fang Han to keep cultivating.
• Heavenly Weep Old Demon, Lord of Myriad Poisons, and Lan Bing discussed the Human and Monster Races’ alliance and the threat posed by Qin Ming’s advancement.
• Mu Qingzi offered to reveal an Ascension Platform’s location if White-Scaled Demon Lord helped find Tier 5 items to restore his body and divine soul, and White-Scaled Demon Lord agreed to consider the deal.
• Qin Ming tended Moon Gazing Island’s spirit fields while the Devouring Sky Rat and Silver-Winged Frost Bee helped; he reflected on the weakened Divine Path Mountain and the retreat of invading forces.

Qin Ming used the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree’s harvest to create the Demon True Force Art, but his Demon Infant discovered that cultivating it required rare Heavenly Demon Qi. After Qin Ming arranged to search for sources of it, Yue Lingyan and Silver Fox arrived at Moon Gazing Island to ask him for a favor.

• Qin Ming used three Fleeting Time affixes to make the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree bloom and harvest seven Mystic Spirit Fruits and the Dao Derives Myriad Arts affix.
• Qin Ming used the affix to fuse his body-refining techniques into the Demon True Force Art and sent the Devouring Sky Rat to deliver Bloodscale Dragon Rice and Mystic Spirit Fruits to his Demon Infant.
• Lord Seven Sorrows began cultivating the Demon True Force Art, but after half a month he found that he lacked something needed to advance.
• Qin Ming realized the art required Heavenly Demon Qi, reasoned that certain Spirit Plants might produce it, and ordered Hua Tianxiong to search for information.
• Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat welcomed Yue Lingyan and Silver Fox when they arrived at Moon Gazing Island, and Yue Lingyan said she had come to ask him for a favor.

Qin Ming traded three jars of Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar to White-Scaled Demon Lord for a promised treasure and hosted Silver Fox while Yue Lingyan reported back. After cultivating with Mystic Spirit Fruits and advancing the Azure Emperor Art, Qin Ming received three Azure Scale Gloom Fish as payment.

• Qin Ming offered Yue Lingyan three jars of Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar in exchange for Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, Heavenly Demon Qi, or demon-qi-infused Spirit Plants and Spirit Seeds, and Yue Lingyan left Silver Fox with him.
• The Devouring Sky Rat showed Silver Fox the spirit island and its Demonic Plants while Qin Ming used Mystic Spirit Fruits to cultivate the Azure Emperor Art to its fifteenth layer.
• Qin Ming shared Bloodscale Dragon Rice with the beasts, and Silver Fox, the Mystic Water Crocodile, and the Silver-Winged Frost Bee gained substantial benefits from the meal.
• Yue Lingyan returned a month later, saw Silver Fox nearing the third-order Perfection Realm, and thanked Qin Ming for caring for her.
• Yue Lingyan gave Qin Ming three Azure Scale Gloom Fish from White-Scaled Demon Lord in payment for the wine, and the Devouring Sky Rat hurried over to inspect them.

Qin Ming accepted three rare Azure Scale Gloom Fish from Yue Lingyan and agreed to let the Silver Fox cultivate on Moon Gazing Island. After Yue Lingyan departed, Qin Ming tried to place the fish in his spirit spring, but Old Demon Qingyang warned him that they could not survive there and explained their mysterious origins.

• Yue Lingyan gave Qin Ming three Azure Scale Gloom Fish and explained their rarity and benefits to Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Qin Ming and Yue Lingyan discussed the demonic cultivators' retreat and agreed the apparent calm might hide another plan.
• Yue Lingyan asked Qin Ming to let the Silver Fox cultivate by his side, and he agreed to have her learn Spirit Plant cultivation with the Devouring Sky Rat.
• After Yue Lingyan departed, the Silver Fox settled into life on Moon Gazing Island and began tending Spirit Plants with the Devouring Sky Rat.
• Qin Ming brought the Azure Scale Gloom Fish to the Earthly Spirit Spring, but Old Demon Qingyang stopped him and said they could not be raised there, explaining that they fed on Heaven and Earth Origin Qi in the Void Abyss.

Qin Ming advanced his demonic infant to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, then learned that Su Yuqing had successfully formed his Nascent Soul. He traveled to Great Jin with companions to attend Su Yuqing’s ceremony, where the guests celebrated amid signs of renewed Void Anomalies.

• Qin Ming released three Azure Scale Gloom Fish into his Lesser Spirit Realm and found that they eagerly ate Bloodscale Dragon Rice, so he assigned the Silver Fox to feed them and sent the Devouring Sky Rat to dig.
• Qin Ming’s demonic infant consumed two Mystic Spirit Fruits, mastered the first level of the Demon True Force Art, and advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage of body refinement.
• Qin Ming questioned Devil Master Yan Shu about events during his seclusion and learned that Lord Skywrath had entered the Mortal Realm with Elder Lan Bing.
• Hua Tianxiong told Qin Ming that Su Yuqing had formed his Nascent Soul and invited him to the ceremony; he also delivered reports of several small Void Anomalies near the Wei Kingdom and Beast Cry Mountain Range.
• Qin Ming traveled with the Devouring Sky Rat, the Silver Fox, and Hua Tianxiong to Great Jin, where he congratulated Su Yuqing and presented Bloodscale Dragon Rice and Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Nectar.
• Cold Crow Reverend recognized Qin Ming’s gift and complained that Qin had previously claimed to have no Bloodscale Dragon Rice, while Qin promised to notify him when the next harvest matured.

At Su Yuqing’s Nascent Soul celebration, he gave Qin Ming a rare pill formula and Soul Crystal Fruit pits before Qin set out for the Southern Wasteland. Near the Azure Origin Sect ruins, Qin sensed Mu Qingzi’s presence and learned how the ancient sect fell, leaving Old Demon Qingyang accused of steering Qin toward a similar fate.

• Su Yuqing celebrated forming his Nascent Soul, accepted congratulations from the gathered cultivators, and discussed joining the Defenders of the Dao Alliance.
• Su Yuqing gave Qin Ming a fourth-grade Transformation Crystal Pill formula and two Soul Crystal Fruit pits, and they exchanged insights on alchemy and cultivation for several days.
• Qin Ming left Dragon Court Lake and traveled through Great Jin, planning to cross the Beast Cry Mountain Range and take Silver Fox to visit her clan.
• Near the former Five Elements Mountain spirit fields, Qin Ming sensed the Azure Origin Sect Secret Realm and noticed a fleeting gaze from within it.
• Mu Qingzi cultivated in hiding, while Old Demon Qingyang identified him as the ancient sect master’s second Nascent Soul and explained the Azure Origin Sect’s division and decline.
• The Devouring Sky Rat accused Old Demon Qingyang of deliberately making Qin Ming form a demon Nascent Soul like Emperor Qing’s, and Qin waited for his explanation.

Qin Ming retrieved his demonic infant from Lord Seven Sorrows, then used the dead devil master’s remains to strengthen his spirit plants. After Qin Ming headed for Moon Gazing Island, Yue Lingyan discovered Mo Lingwei and Wei Wuyai ambushed by demonic cultivators, just as Elder Lan Bing arrived.

• Old Demon Qingyang explained the risks of a separate Nascent Soul, so Qin Ming sent him back into the Blood Floating Pagoda and recalled his demonic infant from Lord Seven Sorrows.
• Qin Ming turned Lord Seven Sorrows’s corpse into a blood orb, buried it beneath the Thunder Origin Demon Jujube Tree, and fed another blood orb to his Ageless Immortal Vine, advancing both spirit plants.
• The Blood Refinement Demon Sect discovered Lord Seven Sorrows’s soul lamp had gone out, and its patriarch ordered Devil Master Yan Shu to investigate.
• Qin Ming learned Yue Lingyan was away from Dusk Cloud Mountain and took the Silver Fox toward Moon Gazing Island; Yue Lingyan later left Accumulating Thunder Mountain to meet him there.
• Yue Lingyan sensed a battle and found Mo Lingwei and Wei Wuyai trapped by demonic cultivators while investigating abnormal Void Anomalies.
• Elder Lan Bing emerged from the void, freezing nearby cultivators, and the demonic attackers welcomed her arrival.