Recaps

As the Demonic Path intensified its raids and the Blood Abyss Realm’s convergence neared its end, Qin Ming traveled to Skywave Immortal City to join a gathering of the human realm’s remaining Nascent Soul cultivators. The assembly unanimously chose him as the leading candidate for alliance leader, but Qin Ming declined the position while promising to help fight.

• Qin Ming tended his Spirit Plants as the Ageless Immortal Vine gained new Nascent Soul Mana, Nascent Soul Spirit Power, and Abundant Lifespan affixes.
• Xia Yuangong invited Qin Ming to an alliance assembly in Skywave Immortal City, and Qin Ming agreed to attend with his spirit beasts.
• Qin Ming and the other cultivators traveled through Demonic Cultivator attacks to Skywave Immortal City, where representatives from across the human realm, Demon Race, and East Sea Dragon Palace gathered.
• Supreme Yang Reverend revealed that the God Transformation ancestors and other leading cultivators had vanished inside Mount Yuanji, leaving the alliance to prepare for the coming battle and seek a way to stop Lord Skywrath.
• The assembly overwhelmingly nominated Qin Ming as alliance leader, but he declined the responsibility and pledged to contribute to the fight.

Qin Ming declined leadership of the human alliance, traded demonic treasures at the Nascent Soul gathering, and returned to the Southern Wilderness. There, he reunited with Qi Xiaoyu, whose visit might bring progress on the ancient formation.

• Qin Ming refused the alliance leader position, and Supreme Yang Reverend was elected acting leader while the Nascent Soul cultivators planned their war against the demonic path.
• Qin Ming exchanged several fourth-grade demonic treasures at the gathering for over a hundred thousand Upper-Grade Spirit Stones and rare spirit materials.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, where Mo Lingwei told him Qi Xiaoyu had been waiting to discuss an important matter.
• Qin Ming greeted Qi Xiaoyu and invited him to share tea, asking whether there had been progress regarding the ancient formation.

Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu restored all five Yuanhe Five Elements Demon Subduing Formations, which were connected to Mount Yuanji and an ancient demon. As they prepared to test the formations, Qin Ming tasked the Devouring Sky Rat with taking the risk.

• Qi Xiaoyu identified the ancient formation as part of the Yuanhe Five Elements Demon Subduing Formation and explained that Abyssal Profound Crystal could power it.
• Qin Ming took Qi Xiaoyu to the Western Gloom Cultivation Realm, where Qi Xiaoyu repaired the first formation and calculated the locations of the other four.
• Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu located the remaining formations across several cultivation realms and restored all five in the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm.
• Cloud Fishing Old Man escaped Mount Yuanji through a secret Void Rift route and freed Cold Crow Reverend, Celestial Foreseer, and Myriad Treasures True Monarch from a demonic trap.
• The three Nascent Soul cultivators tried to follow Cloud Fishing Old Man but lost his trail, while Qin Ming decided to use the Devouring Sky Rat to test the restored formations.

The Devouring Sky Rat scouted the Great Sky Dao Palace, and Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu entered Mount Yuanji after confirming the route was safe. Their arrival restored the ancient sealing formation, while a powerful stranger approached them and a dormant Green Gourd awakened.

• The Devouring Sky Rat used the ancient formation to scout the Great Sky Dao Palace, found an unpolluted spiritual land, and returned safely to report to Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu.
• Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu traveled with the Devouring Sky Rat through the formation into Mount Yuanji to investigate the abandoned palace.
• Lord Skywrath and Lan Bing questioned the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths, who revealed that destroying five subsidiary arrays could free her and identified two Sentient Treasures suppressing her.
• As Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu repaired the formation, its restored power strengthened the seal around the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths, cutting off her communication with Lord Skywrath.
• The Green Gourd in the Great Sky Dao Palace awakened when Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu arrived, while Qin Ming sensed a connection to it and then detected an immensely powerful presence approaching.
• Qi Xiaoyu used his formation disk to conceal himself, Qin Ming, and the Devouring Sky Rat from the approaching stranger.

Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu reached the Great Sky Dao Palace, where Cloud Fishing Old Man had been trapped by a stone beast. Meanwhile, Rock Demon slaughtered a group of cultivators at Li Tian Hall and joined Lord Skywrath, while the Immortal Cultivation World learned of the deaths of several powerful elders.

• Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu concealed themselves as Cloud Fishing Old Man fled from Rock Demon, who searched for humans to restore his strength before returning through a blood-colored gate.
• Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu deduced that Lord Skywrath had released Ancient Demons and headed toward the Great Sky Dao Palace.
• At Li Tian Hall, Lord Skywrath and Lan Bing confronted cultivators from several sects, and Rock Demon killed Azure Crane True Lord, Ice Xuanzi, Myoling True Monarch, Dragonwood True Monarch, and others to harvest their Nascent Souls.
• Rock Demon told Lord Skywrath that he could not force open Li Tian Hall and ordered him to take him to the Sacred Ancestor; the deaths extinguished Soul Lamps and stirred turmoil across the Immortal Cultivation World.
• At the Celestial Hall, Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu found Cloud Fishing Old Man pinned beneath a stone beast, and Qin Ming assessed the old man's remaining lifespan before deciding he could kill him at a steep cost.

Qin Ming, Qi Xiaoyu, and Cloud Fishing Old Man entered the Celestial Hall through an ancient Summoning Gate, each arriving in a different place. Cloud Fishing Old Man found the damaged Ascension Platform, while a newly awakened Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths ordered the Rock Demon to stop the three intruders.

• Qi Xiaoyu and the Devouring Sky Rat opened the Celestial Hall’s stone door and revealed an ancient Summoning Gate.
• Qi Xiaoyu identified the gate as a teleportation restriction, and Qin Ming and Cloud Fishing Old Man entered after the Devouring Sky Rat.
• Cloud Fishing Old Man arrived before the Ascension Platform and discovered that it was cracked and damaged.
• Qi Xiaoyu was transported to the Spirit Array Pavilion, while Qin Ming arrived at an ancient ancestral hall in a verdant mountain land.
• The Rock Demon awakened the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths, who sensed the three intruders and ordered him to stop them before they reached the Sentient Treasure left by Emperor Qing.

Cloud Fishing Old Man and Qi Xiaoyu discovered that the Celestial Hall contained a damaged Ascension Platform, while Qin Ming found an ancestral hall tied to Emperor Qing’s legacy. The Rock Demon was expelled with Cloud Fishing Old Man, leaving Qin Ming to face Lord Skywrath and Lan Bing as they attacked him.

• The Rock Demon gave Lord Skywrath an ancient talisman and ordered him to retrieve the Demon-Slaying Gourd from the Celestial Hall.
• Mu Qingzi told White-Scaled Demon Lord that the Celestial Hall held the Mortal Realm’s final Ascension Platform and predicted they would escape within half a month.
• Cloud Fishing Old Man showed Qi Xiaoyu the damaged Ascension Platform and asked him to investigate repairing it, then they searched for Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming reached an ancestral hall that Old Demon Qingyang identified as the likely repository of Emperor Qing’s legacy, but the Rock Demon, Lord Skywrath, and Lan Bing arrived.
• The Celestial Hall expelled the Rock Demon and Cloud Fishing Old Man when they prepared to fight, while Lord Skywrath and Lan Bing attacked Qin Ming at the ancestral hall.
• Qin Ming summoned his Vajra Demon Aspect and struck at Lord Skywrath’s Soul Weeping Pagoda and Lan Bing’s Ice Soul Demonic Light.

Qin Ming defeated and killed Lord Skywrath, then joined Old Demon Qingyang against Lan Bing. Lan Bing escaped after Qin Ming and Qingyang shattered her Ice Phoenix body, leaving her fate unresolved.

• Qin Ming blocked Lord Skywrath and Lan Bing’s combined attacks, then used the Primordial Poison Flame to devastate Lord Skywrath.
• Qin Ming crushed Lord Skywrath’s Nascent Soul, stopped it from self-destructing, and collected it and his Storage Bag.
• The Devouring Sky Rat fought Lan Bing while Qin Ming turned to face the Ice Phoenix.
• Old Demon Qingyang trapped Lan Bing in the Blood Floating Pagoda and attacked her, but she froze his blood spears and waves.
• Qin Ming’s Wood Sovereign Nails pierced and shattered Lan Bing’s Ice Phoenix body, but Lan Bing used her Ice Phoenix Nirvana divine ability to escape through a Void Rift.

Qin Ming searched Lord Skywrath’s soul, discovered the Demon-Slaying Gourd in the ancestral hall, and began using its innate qi to strengthen his cultivation. Lan Bing agreed to help the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths gain control of the three-headed serpent, while Qin Ming advanced toward the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Qin Ming looted Lord Skywrath’s Storage Bag, searched his nascent soul, and gave it to the Devouring Sky Rat to devour.
• Lan Bing escaped near Mount Yuanji, learned the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths could rebuild her body if she helped seize a serpent head, and agreed to the plan.
• Qin Ming found the Demon-Slaying Gourd in the ancestral hall and heard Emperor Qing’s phantom say that a cultivator with the sixteenth layer of the Azure Emperor Art could take it without disrupting Mount Yuanji’s formation.
• Old Demon Qingyang taught Qin Ming how to refine the gourd’s innate qi, which strengthened Qin Ming’s nascent soul and accelerated the Ageless Immortal Vine’s growth.
• Qin Ming fed Lord Skywrath’s Blood Orb to the Ageless Immortal Vine, harvested fifteen purple Affix leaves, and used five Nascent Soul Magical Power Affixes to break through toward the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Qin Ming broke through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage and advanced the Azure Emperor Art to its sixteenth layer, awakening the Azure Emperor Dharma Eye. He reunited the Artifact Spirit of the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror, claimed the Demon-Slaying Gourd, and left Mount Yuanji with a new void escape ability.

• After five years of refining the Green Gourd’s innate qi, Qin Ming advanced to the sixteenth layer of the Azure Emperor Art and reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Qin Ming reunited the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror’s Artifact Spirit with its other half, transforming it into the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror.
• The treasure’s advancement astonished the cultivators trapped on Mount Yuanji, while Lan Bing and the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths sensed its aura from the gray space.
• Qin Ming learned the mirror’s origin from Old Demon Qingyang, claimed the Demon-Slaying Gourd, and promised the Azure Emperor phantom he would resolve Mount Yuanji’s hidden danger when strong enough.
• Qin Ming increased his lifespan and spiritual power with his affixes, then bowed to the ancestral tablets and departed using a newly comprehended void escape divine ability.

Qin Ming emerged from Mount Yuanji and learned from Qi Xiaoyu about the losses in the human realm, the ancient demon’s attack, and a damaged Ascension Platform that might require World-Transmitting Stone to repair. After parting with Qi Xiaoyu, Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, where Hua Tianxiong and Mo Lingwei welcomed him.

• Qin Ming reunited with Qi Xiaoyu, confirmed that he had killed Lord Skywrath, and said Lan Bing had escaped using a secret art of nirvana.
• Qi Xiaoyu told Qin Ming that the Rock Demon had ravaged the Three Kingdoms of Central Province before Cloud Fishing Old Man and two other God Transformation cultivators drove it back, and that many human cultivators had died at Mount Yuanji.
• Qi Xiaoyu revealed that he had secretly rescued Cold Crow Reverend, Celestial Foreseer, and another cultivator, while Qin Ming reported that the formation inside Mount Yuanji had been reinforced and resealed.
• Qi Xiaoyu showed Qin Ming an image of the damaged Ascension Platform, and Old Demon Qingyang explained that its construction required World-Transmitting Stone from the Spirit Realm.
• Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu resealed the cavern, agreed to investigate repairing the Ascension Platform, and parted ways after Qin Ming invited Qi Xiaoyu to Moon Gazing Island.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, where Hua Tianxiong and Mo Lingwei flew out to welcome him.

After returning to Moon Gazing Island, Qin Ming settled back into cultivation and investigated his newly awakened Azure Emperor Dharma Eye and the Demon-Slaying Gourd. He learned the gourd’s terrifying abilities and the secrets of its Burial Immortal Sea, then left it to be nurtured by his Ageless Immortal Vine.

• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, reassured Hua Tianxiong and Mo Lingwei that the island was well managed, and rewarded them with Golden Core pills.
• Qin Ming checked on the sleeping Devouring Sky Rat and the nearly breakthrough-ready Silver Fox in the Lesser Spirit Realm, rewarding the Silver Fox for tending his spirit plants.
• Qin Ming studied the Azure Emperor Dharma Eye and learned that it combined Four Seasons Divine Light and Law-Breaking Eyes into a powerful ability that could perceive truth, intimidate foes, and transfer life force.
• Old Demon Qingyang explained the Demon-Slaying Gourd’s dangerous activation costs and its three divine abilities, including Soul Capture and Mystic Fissure Spirit Severance.
• Qin Ming explored the gourd’s inner world, the Burial Immortal Sea, and learned about its remnant souls, nine bone altars, and Annihilation Void.
• Qin Ming learned that the Demon-Slaying Gourd evolved by devouring the souls of powerful cultivators, then returned it to his Ageless Immortal Vine, whose nourishment made its Artifact Spirit acknowledge him slightly more.

Qin Ming studied his newly advanced Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror and received the God Transformation Balm Formula from Old Demon Qingyang, giving him a potential path toward Spirit Transformation. After two years of cultivation, he emerged to welcome Cloud Fishing Old Man, whose visit revealed that Qin Ming’s strength and hidden methods had become difficult even for a God Transformation cultivator to judge.

• Qin Ming examined the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror and noted that its Golden Light Divine Flame could threaten God Transformation cultivators by reducing their lifespans.
• Old Demon Qingyang gave Qin Ming the God Transformation Balm Formula, and Qin Ming recognized that its rare fifth-tier ingredients and demanding refinement would make it difficult to use.
• Qin Ming entered seclusion to consolidate his Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation, while the Devouring Sky Rat remained at the initial fourth tier and gave him two Abyssal Obsidian stones.
• After two years, Qin Ming sensed a formidable presence approaching Moon Gazing Island and brought the Devouring Sky Rat and Silver Fox out to meet it.
• Cloud Fishing Old Man arrived through the void and congratulated Qin Ming on reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage; Hua Tianxiong and Mo Lingwei realized their Island Master had ties to a God Transformation Venerable.
• Qin Ming hosted Cloud Fishing Old Man at Greenwood Pavilion, where the visitor enjoyed his spirit fish and wine and sensed that Qin Ming might possess methods capable of challenging a God Transformation cultivator.

Qin Ming agreed to attempt refining the Yaoming Pill for Cloud Fishing Old Man, who had little lifespan left and sought one final chance to survive. In exchange, Cloud Fishing Old Man promised to obtain two rare ingredients Qin Ming needed for God Transformation Balm, and Qin later set out to consult Pill King Su Yuqing before attempting the ancient pill.

• Cloud Fishing Old Man told Qin Ming that the ancient Rock Demon could not be killed easily and revealed that his battle against it had reduced his remaining lifespan to about two hundred years.
• Cloud Fishing Old Man offered Qin Ming the Yaoming Pill formula and its gathered ingredients, hoping to extend his life after learning that he had already taken a Life Extension Pill.
• Qin Ming agreed to refine the Yaoming Pill and asked Cloud Fishing Old Man to trade for two of the rare ingredients needed for God Transformation Balm; Cloud Fishing Old Man accepted.
• Cloud Fishing Old Man left Moon Gazing Island, believing Qin Ming had strong prospects of reaching Spirit Transformation.
• Qin Ming studied the formula, then planned to consult Pill King Su Yuqing and visit Penglai Sect to seek Tian Ling'er; less than half a month later, he set off with Qi Xiaoyu.

Qin Ming visited Su Yuqing and discussed refining the fifth-tier Yaoming Pill formula recovered from Mount Yuanji, then traveled with Qi Xiaoyu to the Eastern Sea to gather materials for a powerful formation. At the Penglai Sect, they learned that Myoling True Monarch and Dragonwood True Monarch had died, and Qin Ming paid his respects to Dragonwood True Monarch.

• Su Yuqing welcomed Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu, and Qin Ming revealed that he had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Qin Ming told Su Yuqing how he and Qi Xiaoyu had entered Mount Yuanji, where Qin Ming killed Lord Skywrath and obtained a fifth-tier Yaoming Pill formula from Cloud Fishing Old Man.
• Qin Ming and Su Yuqing worked out three possible methods for refining the Yaoming Pill, while Qi Xiaoyu asked for a surplus pill in exchange for helping with formation research.
• Qi Xiaoyu agreed to travel with Qin Ming to the Eastern Sea to gather materials for the Grand Azure Sun Nine Luminaries Immortal Severing Formation.
• Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu arrived at the Penglai Sect, where Chen Muzhi received them and they learned the sect was mourning Myoling True Monarch and Dragonwood True Monarch.
• Qin Ming paid his respects to Dragonwood True Monarch at the Penglai Sect's ancestral hall.

Qin Ming traded a bottle of Life Extension Pills to Penglai Sect for the dying Divine Infant Mushroom and met the Outer Sea cultivator Li Qianjie, who had come seeking the same treasure. As Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu traveled toward Skywave Immortal City, a powerful aura locked onto their carriage and ordered them to stop.

• Qin Ming asked Penglai Sect for Tian Ling'er's essence blood, while Qi Xiaoyu sought Deep Sea Black Iron and late fourth-order flood dragon essence blood.
• Chen Muzhi revealed that Tian Ling'er had reverted to her dying Divine Infant Mushroom form, and Qin Ming exchanged five Life Extension Pills for the Spirit Plant.
• Chen Muzhi introduced Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu to Li Qianjie, a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator from the Outer Sea who had come for the Divine Infant Mushroom.
• Qin Ming refused Li Qianjie's offer to buy the Divine Infant Mushroom, and the group later parted after spending half a day exchanging conversation and insights.
• Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu rode the Azure Sky Treasure Carriage toward Skywave Immortal City, but a powerful aura locked onto them and someone called for them to stop.

Qin Ming repelled Li Qianjie's attempt to seize the Divine Infant Mushroom, then negotiated for information about rare spiritual materials in the Outer Sea. Back in Skywave Immortal City, Qin Ming revived the mushroom with his Azure Emperor Dharma Eye, helping it transform into Tian Ling'er, and prepared to refine fifth-rank Ape Ancestor Lifeblood Essence.

• Li Qianjie demanded Qin Ming trade the Divine Infant Mushroom for two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, then attacked when Qin refused.
• Qin Ming crushed Li Qianjie's Divine Sense and made him offer information about a Heart-Questioning Fruit, Deep Sea Black Iron, and late fourth-rank flood dragon Lifeblood Essence.
• Qin Ming agreed to consider traveling to the Outer Sea with Li Qianjie within three years, before the Spirit-Devouring Tide blocked passage, and then departed for Skywave Immortal City with Qi Xiaoyu.
• Xia Yuangong arranged cave residences for Qin Ming and Qi Xiaoyu, and Qin Ming sent Shi Jin to help Qi Xiaoyu search trading houses for spiritual materials.
• Qin Ming used the Azure Emperor Dharma Eye to restore the Divine Infant Mushroom, which transformed into Tian Ling'er; he comforted her and took her in.
• Qin Ming took out fifth-rank Ape Ancestor Lifeblood Essence and prepared to refine it to advance his body-refining cultivation.

Qin Ming refined half of the Fifth-Order Demon Lord Ape Ancestor’s lifeblood essence, advancing his body-refinement cultivation to Nascent Soul Perfection and gaining the Ape-Demon Sky-Shaking Hand. After learning that key materials were unavailable in the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm, he agreed to travel to the Outer Sea with Li Qianjie.

• Qin Ming used the Nine Nether Blood Refinement Formation and Spirit Radiance Purified Water to begin refining the Ape Ancestor’s lifeblood essence beneath the Ageless Immortal Vine.
• Qin Ming endured the Blood Boil, Blood-Pattern Devouring the Body, and Soul Howl stages, completing the third level of the Demon True Force Art and advancing to late-stage body refinement.
• Qin Ming spent a year refining half the lifeblood essence, reaching Nascent Soul Perfection, forming a fourth black treasure wheel, and learning the Ape-Demon Sky-Shaking Hand.
• Qin Ming stopped refining when his body reached its limit, then celebrated his breakthrough with the Devouring Sky Rat, Silver Fox, Tian Ling'er, Mystic Water Crocodile, and Silver-Winged Frost Bee.
• Qin Ming learned from Qi Xiaoyu that the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm lacked Deep Sea Black Iron and Heart-Questioning Fruit, and said he would search the Outer Sea for materials needed for Qi Xiaoyu’s Array Crafting.
• Li Qianjie visited Qin Ming, and Qin Ming agreed to accompany him on the journey to the Outer Sea.

Qin Ming traveled with Li Qianjie to the Outer Sea, where they arrived at the End of the World Ocean Pavilion and learned about the region’s history and dangers. Li Qianjie revealed that the founder of Li Fire Palace may have secretly reached Spirit Transformation, leaving Qin Ming poised to explore the Outer Sea and seek the Heart-Questioning Fruit.

• Li Qianjie explained the barriers and dangers separating the Outer Sea from the five great Immortal Cultivation Worlds, then gave Qin Ming a Vast Sea Teleportation Token.
• Qin Ming and Li Qianjie paid to use the Long-Distance Teleportation Array and arrived on a storm-wracked island in the Outer Sea.
• Li Qianjie took Qin Ming to the End of the World Ocean Pavilion’s headquarters and proposed planning a journey to Dragon Bone Reef for the Heart-Questioning Fruit.
• Li Qianjie explained that the Outer Sea retained abundant spiritual energy because it had escaped the ancient Demon Realm’s pollution, though the Demon Race had occupied it for millennia.
• Li Qianjie told Qin Ming that the founding ancestor of Li Fire Palace had traveled to the Outer Sea and might have secretly succeeded in breaking through to Spirit Transformation.

Qin Ming learned that the Heart-Questioning Fruit was in the dangerous Dragon Bone Reef and agreed to prepare for an expedition with Li Qianjie. While Li Qianjie secretly sought Pavilion Master Xiao’s help and plotted to deceive Qin Ming, Qin Ming explored the Outer Sea and planned to return to Moon Gazing Island as soon as he obtained the treasures he wanted.

• Li Qianjie told Qin Ming that Dragon Bone Reef was occupied by the Merfolk Clan and a mutated Blood Flood Dragon, and described the dangers of its Profound Nether Yin Mist.
• Li Qianjie gave Qin Ming a Merfolk Pearl and proposed using it to infiltrate Dragon Bone Reef and provoke conflict between the two demon factions to obtain the Heart-Questioning Fruit.
• Qin Ming and Li Qianjie parted after discussing their plans, and Qin Ming explored the demon-hunting city on End of the World Cape.
• Li Qianjie offered Pavilion Master Xiao five Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones in exchange for her Azure Jade Scepter, while concealing from Qin Ming that the Heart-Questioning Fruit could not be stored conventionally.
• Pavilion Master Xiao asked Elder Tong to investigate Qin Ming, and Qin Ming spent two days exploring the island while keeping his spirit pets hidden and planning to return to Moon Gazing Island after securing the treasures.

Qin Ming refined the fifth-order Yaoming Pill after four failures, extending his lifespan and earning the rank of fifth-order Pill Saint. He then prepared to join Li Qianjie on the trip to Dragon Bone Reef, where Pavilion Master Xiao Xun joined them as well.

• Qin Ming used part of the Spring Autumn Gu to satisfy the Silver-Winged Frost Bee before beginning to refine the Yaoming Pill.
• Pavilion Master Xiao reviewed intelligence about Qin Ming and agreed to accompany Li Qianjie and him to Dragon Bone Reef.
• Qin Ming failed four attempts at refining the Yaoming Pill, then succeeded on his fifth attempt and produced five pills.
• Qin Ming swallowed one Yaoming Pill, increasing his lifespan from five thousand six hundred years to six thousand one hundred years and making him a fifth-order Pill Saint.
• Qin Ming contacted Li Qianjie after leaving seclusion, and Li told him Pavilion Master Xiao would join their trip.
• Xiao Xun arrived and greeted Qin Ming before the three prepared to depart for Dragon Bone Reef.

Qin Ming, Xiao Xun, and Li Qianjie infiltrated Dragon Bone Reef in disguise to seek the Heart-Questioning Fruit, but learned that a human cultivator’s discovery of an ascension secret had heightened tensions and defenses. Qin Ming proposed taking the fruit by force, then agreed to follow Li Qianjie’s plan to enter the reef and wait for an opportunity.

• Qin Ming met Pavilion Master Xiao Xun, and the three cultivators departed for the Lightless Sea to search for the Heart-Questioning Fruit.
• Li Qianjie and his companions used Merfolk Pearls to disguise themselves as merfolk and approached Dragon Bone Reef.
• Li Qianjie’s merfolk agent Yu Jiao reported that a human cultivator had infiltrated the Dragon Burial Abyss, found half a Reversed Scale Tablet, and escaped, stirring conflict between the Merfolk and Blood Flood Dragon clans.
• Yu Jiao revealed that the Heart-Questioning Fruit Tree could be in one of three forbidden locations and that Dragon Lady held authority while Sea-Cleaving Ancestor remained in seclusion.
• Qin Ming suggested seizing the fruit tree by force, but accepted Li Qianjie’s decision to infiltrate the reef and wait for an opportunity.

Qin Ming, Xiao Xun, and Li Qianjie exploited a war between the Merfolk and Blood Dragon Clans to infiltrate the Tidal Sound Grotto-Heaven and find the Heart-Questioning Fruit Tree. As Xiao Xun prepared to collect its four fruits, a heavenly tribulation suddenly gathered overhead.

• Qin Ming identified the Tidal Sound Grotto-Heaven as the Heart-Questioning Fruit Tree's location and joined Li Qianjie and Xiao Xun in planning to exploit the clan conflict.
• Li Qianjie killed the Blood Dragon Clan's crown prince, prompting Blood Chi Old Ancestor to send his army against the Merfolk Clan.
• Dragon Lady rallied the Merfolk warriors as the clans entered a fierce battle, while Qin Ming and Xiao Xun slipped away and Li Qianjie rejoined them.
• Qin Ming, Xiao Xun, and Li Qianjie secretly entered the Tidal Sound Grotto-Heaven and discovered the Heart-Questioning Fruit Tree bearing four fruits.
• Li Qianjie agreed that Xiao Xun and Qin Ming would each receive one fruit while he took two, but a heavenly tribulation began gathering as Xiao Xun prepared to collect them.

Qin Ming and his companions were caught in the Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint’s tribulation as a possessed Old Immortal Lingtao stole the Heart-Questioning Fruits and fled. After escaping the grotto-heaven, they pursued Lingtao but were intercepted by the Blood Flood Dragon and Merfolk clans, leaving Qin Ming to confront Lingtao while his companions held off the demons.

• Qin Ming sensed danger near the Heart-Questioning Fruit Tree and warned Xiao Xun to retreat, but Li Qianjie advanced and was pierced by the Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint’s poisoned bone spike.
• A concealed figure revealed himself as Old Immortal Lingtao, seized all four Heart-Questioning Fruits, and fled; Qin Ming recognized that a powerful divine soul controlled Lingtao’s body.
• The Sea-Cleaving Demon Saint’s lightning tribulation struck the Tidal Sound Grotto-Heaven, forcing Qin Ming, Xiao Xun, and Li Qianjie to escape as the Demon Saint braced for the storm.
• Nine-Chi Old Ancestor and Dragon Lady learned that Human Race cultivators had taken the Sacred Fruit, joined forces, and pursued them; Qin Ming and his companions continued after Lingtao.
• Nine-Chi Old Ancestor transformed into a blood-colored flood dragon and blocked the fleeing group, so Qin Ming assigned Xiao Xun and Li Qianjie to face the pursuers and sent the Devouring Sky Rat to help while he pursued Lingtao.

Qin Ming pursued the possessed Old Immortal Lingtao over the Lightless Sea and fought him after demanding the Heart-Questioning Fruit and the Reversed Scale Tablet. The chapter left Qin Ming facing Old Immortal Lingtao’s blazing formation after Old Demon Qingyang warned him about the banner’s power.

• Li Qianjie and Xiao Xun wounded Nine-Chi Old Ancestor with their combined attacks, while Dragon Lady moved to support him.
• Dragon Lady blocked the Devouring Sky Rat’s sneak attack, revealed its hidden form with her Demonic Celestial Lyre, and fought it.
• Qin Ming rejected Old Immortal Lingtao’s offer of a Heart-Questioning Fruit and demanded the Reversed Scale Tablet as well.
• Old Immortal Lingtao attacked Qin Ming with the Great Sun Golden Flame Art, but Qin Ming’s Primordial Poison Flame devoured the golden flames.
• Qin Ming sent his Wood Sovereign Nails against Old Immortal Lingtao, who countered with a crimson banner and unleashed the Separation Fire Sky Burning Formation.
• Old Demon Qingyang identified the banner as an imitation of the Earth Flame Sundering Light Banner and urged Qin Ming not to face it head-on.