Recaps

After killing a Fifth-Order Demon Lord, Qin Ming hid his identity, continued cultivating Fifth-Order Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice, and asked Bai Li Hui to seek the World-Transformation Pill formula. He joined his neighbors to hear Yao Chenzi propose a dangerous Netherworld Sect expedition to clear demon beasts from a newly discovered mineral region, and the group weighed the risks and rewards.

• The Left Vice-Alliance Master learned that a mysterious black-mist cultivator had instantly killed a Fifth-Order Demon Lord and suspected a Late God Transformation Stage cultivator from the Netherworld Sect.
• Qin Ming processed the vicious centipede's corpse, gave its essence blood to the Devouring Sky Rat, and fertilized the Brahma Demon Holy Tree with its remains.
• Bai Li Hui told Qin Ming that the World-Transformation Pill formula was tightly controlled but might be obtainable through black-market channels; he then noticed Qin Ming's thriving Fifth-Order Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice and left impressed.
• Yao Chenzi invited Qin Ming and their neighbors to meet Ninefold Xuan Reverend and Ling Yang, then revealed that the Netherworld Sect wanted cultivators to clear demon beasts from a mineral-rich area of the Thousand Machine Poisonous Swamp.
• Yao Chenzi offered the group a chance to keep their hunting gains and earn resources, including a possible aid to breaking through the Nascent Soul Late Stage, while the cultivators considered the danger of the expedition.

Qin Ming declined to join Yao Chenzi and the others in clearing demon beasts from the Crimsonblaze Wasteland, choosing to trade with them for their spoils instead. When Yao Chenzi later visited, he discovered Qin Ming had cultivated fifth-order Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice, then told him that a sixth-order Nether Crystal Stone had been found in the wasteland and would likely draw the Yellow Springs Sect's attention.

• Yao Chenzi invited Qin Ming and other cultivators to join the Netherworld Sect's demon-clearing mission, but Qin Ming declined and offered to exchange spirit plants and alchemy services for their finds.
• Luo Jinghong and the other cultivators agreed to the mission, and Yao Chenzi showed them a map of their destination in the ring-shaped mountains of the Crimsonblaze Wasteland.
• After the Netherworld Sect began recruiting in Thousand Machine City, Qin Ming continued cultivating while his rare spirit plants flourished and his companions improved in the Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Yao Chenzi returned from the wasteland and visited Qin Ming, where he was astonished to see fifth-order Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice growing in Qin Ming's fields.
• Yao Chenzi exchanged demon cores and other materials for spirit medicines, then told Qin Ming that a sixth-order Nether Crystal Stone had been discovered in the wasteland and that the Yellow Springs Sect would likely claim it.

Qin Ming obtained the complete World-Transformation Pill formula and gathered the ingredients needed to refine it. Netherbone Venerable visited to recruit him into the Netherworld Sect and buy his Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice, but Qin Ming remained independent and began refining pills.

• Qin Ming discovered that Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice needed corpse-derived nether yin aura and used demon beast corpses to help the plants grow.
• After news of Five-Pattern Nether Crystal Stone spread, cultivators flooded into Thousand Machine City, and Qin Ming avoided joining the rush for profit.
• Bai Li Hui brought Qin Ming the two halves of the World-Transformation Pill formula, and Qin Ming paid for the missing half and acquired the remaining ingredients.
• Netherbone Venerable visited Qin Ming, invited him to join the Netherworld Sect, and asked to buy some of his rice when it matured; Qin Ming declined the invitation but agreed to sell rice.
• Qin Ming returned to the Lesser Spirit Realm, took out the Spirit King Cauldron, and began refining World-Transformation Pills.

After refining World-Transformation Pills to remove the otherworldly aura from himself and his Spirit Pets, Qin Ming learned that the Yellow Springs Sect had entered a conflict over rare ores in the Crimsonblaze Wasteland. Suspecting a greater treasure lay beneath the mine, he sent the Devouring Sky Rat and Lan Bing Fairy to investigate.

• Qin Ming refined World-Transformation Pills, took one himself, and gave one to each of his Spirit Pets so they could move around the Spirit Realm without revealing their origins.
• Xuan Jiuyin of the Yellow Springs Sect arrived in Thousand Machine City, where Qin Ming learned the Netherworld Sect had angered the superior sect by withholding a sixth-order Nether Crystal Stone.
• Bai Li Hui reported that Xuan Jiuyin's negotiations with the Netherworld Sect failed, and the Yellow Springs Sect group departed for the Crimsonblaze Wasteland.
• Yao Chenzi and his companions returned injured and told Qin Ming that Yellow Springs Sect cultivators had seized their mining site after discovering abundant lightning-attributed ore beneath the Nether Crystal Stone vein.
• Qin Ming sent the Devouring Sky Rat and Lan Bing Fairy to secretly investigate the ring-shaped mountain range in the Crimsonblaze Wasteland.

The Devouring Sky Rat and Lan Bing Fairy secretly infiltrated the ring-shaped mountain range in the Crimsonblaze Wasteland and dug beneath the Netherworld Sect’s mine. They uncovered a vast lightning abyss and a floating Thunder-Magnet Mountain, leaving them stunned by the immense power below.

• Lan Bing Fairy carried the Devouring Sky Rat to the Crimsonblaze Wasteland, where they concealed themselves and entered a hidden Void Passage.
• The pair overheard Netherbone Venerable order the Netherworld Sect to mine through the Ink Crystal Wall Rock Layer in search of Thunder Marrow Crystal for the Nine Dragon Tribulation Seal.
• The Devouring Sky Rat dug through the rock, collecting Nether Crystal Stones and following the scent of an unknown treasure despite the growing lightning danger.
• Lan Bing Fairy shielded them with the Power of Space as they dug through lightning-filled layers toward the source of the underground thunder.
• The Devouring Sky Rat and Lan Bing Fairy broke into a vast azure lightning abyss and saw a ten-thousand-zhang Thunder-Magnet Mountain floating at its center.

Qin Ming learned of a ten-thousand-zhang Thunder-Magnet Mountain beneath the Crimsonblaze Wasteland and traded for a rare reference that revealed how to capture it. After preparing a Spirit-Absorbing Formation, he descended into the abyss and reached the mountain, where Old Demon Qingyang awoke in astonishment.

• Qin Ming heard from the Devouring Sky Rat and Lan Bing Fairy about the Thunder-Magnet Mountain and Netherworld Ancestor’s plans to refine a Calamity-Quelling Treasure.
• Qin Ming met the Scattered Alliance’s Left Vice-Alliance Master, exchanged Spirit Plant Dao insights, and traded a stalk of Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice plus ten Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones for the Record of Rare Treasures of the Spirit Realm.
• Qin Ming used the record to learn how to capture Thunder-Magnet Divine Stones and refined a Spirit-Absorbing Formation into the Spirit King Cauldron with help from the Mystic Water Crocodile.
• Qin Ming, Lan Bing Fairy, and the Devouring Sky Rat secretly traveled to the abyss and passed the Netherworld Sect’s slow, dangerous excavation.
• Qin Ming reached the thunder world and saw the enormous Thunder-Magnet Mountain, waking Old Demon Qingyang, who recognized it and marveled at Qin Ming’s good fortune.

Qin Ming spent more than half a year collecting the Thunder-Magnet Mountain, discovering and capturing the Primordial Thunder Essence with Old Demon Qingyang’s help. After Qin Ming returned to Obsidian Peak, a Netherworld Sect disciple uncovered a strange azure ore beneath the Crimsonblaze Wasteland, and Netherbone Venerable arrived to inspect it.

• Qin Ming used the Spirit King Cauldron and an eighteen-flag formation to refine the Thunder-Magnet Mountain, but it began resisting his control.
• The Devouring Sky Rat detected a hidden lightning creature, and Qin Ming identified it as Primordial Thunder Essence after his attempts to seize it failed.
• Old Demon Qingyang bound the Primordial Thunder Essence with demonic chains, allowing Qin Ming to collect it in the Spirit King Cauldron and then shrink the Thunder-Magnet Mountain into the cauldron.
• Qin Ming left the Thunder Abyss with the Devouring Sky Rat and Lan Bing Fairy, returned to Obsidian Peak, and visited his neighbors after reading their messages.
• A Netherworld Sect disciple mining beneath the Crimsonblaze Wasteland uncovered an enormous azure-glowing ore stone and sent word to the sect.
• Netherbone Venerable appeared at the mine, saw the ore stone, and declared that Heaven favored the Netherworld Sect.

Netherbone Venerable discovered a Thunder Marrow Crystal, while Qin Ming decided to cultivate his Thunder-Magnet Mountain into a powerful treasure. Ninefold Xuan Reverend asked Qin Ming to grow rare Ghoulface Silver Hemp, and five years later the hemp and Qin Ming’s Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice had matured.

• Netherbone Venerable rewarded Lu Yu for uncovering a Thunder Marrow Crystal, then secretly left the Crimsonblaze Wasteland with it.
• Xuan Jiuyin questioned why the Netherworld Sect had gone quiet and threatened his subordinates with his late-stage Spirit Transformation pressure.
• Qin Ming and Old Demon Qingyang agreed that the Thunder-Magnet Mountain should become a mountain-type magic treasure, while Qin Ming reserved the Essence of Innate Thunder Origin for cultivation.
• Ninefold Xuan Reverend visited Qin Ming after advancing to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and paid him ten Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones to grow Ghoulface Silver Hemp for a talisman.
• Qin Ming planted and tended the Ghoulface Silver Hemp, whose Affix revealed Leaf of Spacetime, and five years later its harvest and his Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice had ripened.

Qin Ming harvested fifth-tier Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice, greatly strengthening his cultivation and helping several Spirit Pets break through. He fulfilled his agreement with the Left Alliance Master and delivered Ghoulface Silver Hemp to Ninefold Xuan Reverend, then left Mist Immortal Pavilion with thirty Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.

• Qin Ming harvested the mature Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice and used its affixes and spiritual energy to improve his physique, Divine Sense, and mana cultivation.
• Qin Ming replanted Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice beneath the Brahma Demon Holy Tree and discovered that the Silver Fox, Mystic Water Crocodile, and Silver-Winged Frost Bee were nearing breakthroughs.
• Qin Ming took his Spirit Pets to the Thousand Machine Poisonous Swamp, where the Silver Fox, Mystic Water Crocodile, and Silver-Winged Frost Bee reached the middle fourth tier and Tian Ling'er advanced to the late fourth tier.
• Qin Ming visited Mist Immortal Pavilion, where he delivered the Ghoulface Silver Hemp to Ninefold Xuan Reverend and encountered the Left Vice-Alliance Master.
• Qin Ming gave the Left Vice-Alliance Master a complete mature stalk of Demonic Spiked Spirit Rice, declined another invitation to join the Hidden Mist Alliance, and accepted thirty Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.

Qin Ming learned that the Netherworld Sect had raised Poison Cleansing Pill prices amid renewed mining in the Crimsonblaze Wasteland, then discovered the Scattered Alliance was recruiting him through Ninefold Xuan Reverend. The chapter ended with Ninefold Xuan explaining the benefits the Left Vice-Alliance Master had given him, including a fifth-grade Talisman Dao inheritance and a Spirit Source Talisman Seed.

• Qin Ming saw the Netherworld Sect selling overpriced Poison Cleansing Pills in White Jade Plaza and gave Bai Li Hui a bottle of pills he had refined himself.
• Bai Li Hui told Qin Ming that the Netherworld Sect had reportedly excavated something valuable in the Crimsonblaze Wasteland and that the Yellow Springs Sect was recruiting miners too.
• The Left Vice-Alliance Master told Ninefold Xuan Reverend to persuade Qin Ming to join the Scattered Alliance, warning that the alliance's coming operation would leave Thousand Machine City no more.
• Ninefold Xuan intercepted Qin Ming near Obsidian Peak and asked him to keep their conversation confidential before inviting him to join the Scattered Alliance.
• Ninefold Xuan told Qin Ming that the Left Vice-Alliance Master had helped him advance by providing a fifth-grade Talisman Dao inheritance and a Spirit Source Talisman Seed.

Qin Ming refused the Scattered Alliance’s offer, exposed a false breakthrough to Nascent Soul Late Stage to protect his peace, and spent thirty years cultivating in Thousand Machine City. When the Hidden Mist Loose Alliance attacked the city on the Yellow Springs Sect’s orders, he discovered Xuan Jiuyin and Ninefold Xuan Reverend preparing to use a Fifth-Grade Barrier Breaking Talisman.

• Old Demon Qingyang recognized the Spirit Source Talisman Seed draining Ninefold Xuan Reverend’s life, but Qin Ming refused to join the Scattered Alliance and kept the secret.
• Qin Ming staged a breakthrough to Nascent Soul Late Stage, earning the respect of nearby cultivators and driving away those coveting Obsidian Peak.
• Over the next thirty years, Qin Ming farmed and cultivated as cultivators flooded into Thousand Machine City after the Netherworld Sect withdrew from the Crimsonblaze Wasteland.
• The Hidden Mist Loose Alliance and allied forces attacked Thousand Machine City, claiming the Yellow Springs Sect had ordered them to eradicate the Netherworld Sect.
• Qin Ming spotted the Scattered Alliance’s Left Vice-Alliance Master, Xuan Jiuyin, and Ninefold Xuan Reverend preparing a Fifth-Grade Barrier Breaking Talisman, which Old Demon Qingyang linked to the Ghoulface Silver Hemp Qin Ming had planted.

The Hidden Mist Loose Alliance and Yellow Springs Sect broke Thousand Machine City's protective array with a supreme Barrier Breaking Talisman, and the city fell into chaos. Qin Ming rescued Bai Li Hui and returned to Obsidian Peak, where he sensed a Refining Void great tribulation gathering over the Netherworld Sect's main altar.

• Ninefold Xuan Reverend and the other talisman masters sacrificed their vitality to raise the Barrier Breaking Talisman to Fifth-Grade supreme.
• Alliance Master Zuo used the talisman to shatter Thousand Machine City's protective array, and the Netherworld Sect's bald elder fled after sensing Xuan Jiuyin.
• Independent cultivators began looting Thousand Machine City as the Netherworld Sect's disciples suffered heavy losses.
• Qin Ming rescued Bai Li Hui from the chaos and flew with him to Obsidian Peak.
• Xuan Jiuyin and the Left Vice-Alliance Master noticed Heaven and Earth Origin Qi gathering over the Netherworld Sect's main altar, where a golden Refining Void tribulation cloud formed.
• Qin Ming sensed the golden tribulation lightning and recognized it as the great heavenly tribulation of the Refining Void Stage.

The Netherworld Ancestor survived the Refining Void tribulation with the Nine Dragon Tribulation Seal, forcing the Yellow Springs Sect’s allies to flee and leaving the Yellow Springs Sect facing a possible war. Before the two sects could clash, the Profound Heaven Sword Sect issued a decree forbidding hostilities, while Qin Ming weighed how to protect himself and his neighbors.

• The Yellow Springs Sect’s Xuan Jiuyin realized the Netherworld Ancestor had prepared to break through, then hurried toward the Netherworld Sect as Alliance Master Yang and the Left Vice-Alliance Master considered the danger.
• The Nine Dragon Tribulation Seal blocked the tribulation lightning, and the Netherworld Ancestor successfully reached the Refining Void Stage; Xuan Jiuyin and the alliance leaders fled, abandoning the talisman masters.
• The Netherworld Sect declared that everyone involved in the chaos would be killed and issued wanted orders for the Scattered Alliance’s leaders.
• Yao Chenzi and the other cultivators sought Qin Ming’s protection, while Qin Ming agreed to wait and see before deciding whether to flee.
• The Yellow Springs Ancestor prepared to confront the Netherworld Ancestor, but the Profound Heaven Sword Sect issued a Cease War Edict forbidding the two sects from fighting, and both sects obeyed.

Ninefold Xuan Reverend warned Qin Ming that the Scattered Alliance’s Left Vice-Alliance Master coveted his Spirit Plants, but the warning came too late. When the Left Vice-Alliance Master and Xuan Jiuyin attacked Obsidian Peak, Qin Ming revealed his God Transformation-level strength and turned the assault around, then faced Xuan Jiuyin directly.

• The Left Vice-Alliance Master and Xuan Jiuyin agreed to plunder Thousand Machine Immortal City while the Netherworld Ancestor recovered from his breakthrough.
• Ninefold Xuan Reverend visited Qin Ming on Obsidian Peak, confessed his role in the city’s chaos, and warned that the Left Vice-Alliance Master might come for Qin Ming’s Spirit Plants.
• Qin Ming sensed the two God Transformation cultivators approaching, and the Left Vice-Alliance Master shattered his cave abode’s formation and attacked.
• Qin Ming revealed cultivation strength far beyond the Nascent Soul Realm, crushed the Left Vice-Alliance Master’s attack, and trapped him with black vine thorns.
• Xuan Jiuyin severed the Left Vice-Alliance Master’s legs, allowing his Primordial Spirit to escape, as Qin Ming transformed into a thousand-zhang Vajra Demon Aspect and struck at Xuan Jiuyin.

Qin Ming revealed his formidable body-cultivation power in Thousand Machine City, killing Alliance Leader Zuo and overpowering Xuan Jiuyin’s Yellow Springs Sword Domain. Xuan Jiuyin survived by reincarnating through his bound Spirit Sword, then produced a fifth-grade Sentient Treasure sword case as the battle continued.

• Qin Ming’s Vajra Demon Aspect struck Xuan Jiuyin and killed Alliance Leader Zuo with one blow, gaining another Myriad Forms Heavenly Demon Mark.
• Xuan Jiuyin summoned his Yellow Springs Sword Domain and attacked Qin Ming, while Netherbone Venerable and the bald elder halted outside Thousand Machine City and reported the battle to the Netherworld Ancestor.
• Qin Ming transformed the Vajra Demon Aspect into a Mountain Giant Ape and used the Heaven-Dropping Strike to shatter the Sword Domain and blast Xuan Jiuyin apart.
• Xuan Jiuyin re-formed himself through the Yellow Springs Nirvana Reincarnation Art, spending part of his lifespan to survive Qin Ming’s attack.
• Xuan Jiuyin put away his yellow longsword and brought out an ancient sword case that Qin Ming recognized as a fifth-grade Sentient Treasure.

Qin Ming killed Xuan Jiuyin and the Left Alliance Master, then learned through soul searching that the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss concealed Mogu Palace, a dangerous secret realm connected to the Immortal Abode Treasure. He left Thousand Machine City with Bai Li Hui and headed toward the abyss, while the Yellow Springs Ancestor set out to avenge his grandson.

• Xuan Jiuyin unleashed his Myriad Soul Sword Chest against Qin Ming, but Qin Ming's Soul-Slaying Demonic Sword overcame it and severed Xuan Jiuyin's head.
• The Yellow Springs Ancestor's fragment soul emerged from Xuan Jiuyin's jade pendant to protect him, but Qin Ming drove it away and soul-searched Xuan Jiuyin before killing him.
• Qin Ming reassured the cultivators on Obsidian Peak, gathered his belongings, and took Bai Li Hui with him; the Yellow Springs Ancestor headed toward Thousand Machine City in fury.
• Netherbone Venerable and the bald old man arrived in Thousand Machine City, learned that Qin Ming had killed Xuan Jiuyin and the Left Alliance Master, and moved to reclaim the city.
• Qin Ming placed a soul restriction on Bai Li Hui and told him they would travel to the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss.
• Qin Ming learned that Mogu Palace lay within the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss, that the Yellow Springs Ancestor had gained his breakthrough there, and that the secret realm was tied to the Immortal Abode Treasure and the Nine Dragon Tribulation Seal.

Qin Ming traveled to Baowu Market District to investigate the Demonic Ancient Temple and gathered intelligence about the forces guarding it. While dining on Soul-Devouring Spirit Fish, he attracted the attention of a powerful Profound Heaven Sword Sect disciple.

• Qin Ming used Lan Bing Fairy's Icy Netherworld Sparrow to travel with Bai Li Hui from the Thousand Machine Poisonous Swamp to the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss.
• Qin Ming and Bai Li Hui disguised themselves as independent cultivators and stayed at Wu Jian Inn, where Qin Ming sent Bai Li Hui to gather information.
• Bai Li Hui reported that the Yellow Springs Sect heavily guarded the Demonic Ancient Temple and that the Profound Heaven Sword Sect had also sent disciples to investigate.
• Qin Ming rewarded Bai Li Hui, then took him, Lan Bing Fairy, and the Devouring Sky Rat to Forgetful River Pavilion to eat Soul-Devouring Spirit Fish.
• A group of Profound Heaven Sword Sect disciples arrived at the restaurant, and their Late God Transformation Stage leader noticed Qin Ming's table and approached it.

Qin Ming evaded the Profound Heaven Sword Sect disciples pursuing him and entered the hidden Demonic Ancient Temple, where its architecture seemed familiar. Meanwhile, Ye Lingxiao prepared to investigate the abyss as other factions moved toward the Demonic Ancient Holy Land Secret Realm.

• Ye Lingxiao offered Qin Ming a God Transformation opportunity for the Devouring Sky Rat, but Qin Ming refused and overheard Ye Lingxiao order his disciples to watch him and capture him if he had no backing.
• Qin Ming lured the pursuing Profound Heaven Sword Sect disciples into a World-Devouring Dragon Viper’s path, and two disciples died while the cultivator surnamed Li escaped badly injured.
• Old Demon Qingyang explained that World-Devouring Dragon Vipers were calamity beasts whose fangs could be used to craft a World Piercing Shuttle, a spatial treasure said to open passages between three realms.
• Qin Ming traveled to the Demonic Ancient Temple and had the Devouring Sky Rat dig a Void Passage into its outer perimeter, where he recognized something familiar in the carved patterns.
• Ye Lingxiao told the injured cultivator surnamed Li to conceal the circumstances of the deaths, then led the remaining disciples into the Devouring Abyss.
• Disguised groups from the Corpse Yin Sect and other factions left Baowu Market District to pursue the Demonic Ancient Holy Land Secret Realm.

Qin Ming entered the core of the Demonic Ancient Temple after Old Demon Qingyang identified and opened the Azure Nether Divine Restriction, discovering Fire God Child's abandoned artifact-forging grounds. As Qin Ming and his allies fought the Black-Winged Yakshas inside, Ye Lingxiao arrived with Profound Heaven Sword Sect cultivators and compelled the Yellow Springs Sect to let them investigate.

• Qin Ming and Old Demon Qingyang recognized Fire God Child's markings and suspected Emperor Qing had left the restriction guarding the temple's core.
• Qin Ming used the Devouring Sky Rat to uncover a hidden chamber and learned that the renegade Spirit Realm Inspector Envoy was named Yu Xuanzi.
• Old Demon Qingyang recognized the azure light curtain as a restriction left by Emperor Qing and taught Qin Ming how to open it.
• Qin Ming entered the core area, found Fire God Child's artifact-forging grounds and faced several powerful Black-Winged Yaksha ghosts alongside Old Demon Qingyang and Lan Bing Fairy.
• Ye Lingxiao, posing as Qingweizi, arrived with Profound Heaven Sword Sect cultivators and ordered the Yellow Springs Sect to admit them into the secret realm.

Qin Ming and his companions fought their way through the Earth Abyss, where a powerful Rakshasa Ghost Aspect guarded Fire God Child’s hidden workshop. As rival factions entered the secret realm and confronted the ghost, Qin Ming escaped into the workshop and discovered a half-finished shuttle carved from a World-Devouring Dragon King’s fang, just as a greater presence stirred below.

• Qin Ming, Lan Bing Fairy, and Old Demon Qingyang defeated the yaksha ghosts, then faced a Rakshasa Ghost Aspect that could regenerate from Netherworld qi.
• Ye Lingxiao and cultivators from the Hundred Bones Merchant Guild, Corpse Yin Sect, and Yin Talisman Sect arrived at the Demonic Ancient Temple and struggled to enter the restricted secret realm.
• A shock from the abyss opened a fissure in the barrier, allowing Ye Lingxiao and the others to descend, where the Rakshasa Ghost Aspect attacked them.
• Qin Ming sensed the newcomers, rode Lan Bing Fairy into the Fire God Artisan cave dwelling, and left Old Demon Qingyang behind.
• Qin Ming found a half-finished flying shuttle carved from a World-Devouring Dragon King’s fang, while a vast presence awakened beneath the Earth Abyss.

Qin Ming discovered that the artifact-refining abode concealed the trapped World-Devouring Dragon King and encountered Fire God Child, whose divided thought resided in an Azurefire Qilin. After confirming Qin Ming’s connection to Azure Emperor and learning why he sought the Immortal Abode Treasure, Fire God Child offered to teach him how to control it in exchange for a deal.

• Qin Ming triggered a restriction while reaching for the half-finished World-Devouring Dragon King's Fang and was transported beneath the furnace into a vast hall.
• Qin Ming discovered the trapped World-Devouring Dragon King beneath the hall and fought an Azurefire Qilin that attacked him with Sixth Order spirit fire.
• The Azurefire Qilin recognized Qin Ming’s Primordial Poison Flame and Azure Emperor Art, then revealed that it was Fire God Child’s divided thought.
• Qin Ming proved his connection to Azure Emperor with the Demon-Slaying Gourd, and Fire God Child explained that Azure Emperor had commissioned him to forge the World Piercing Shuttle.
• Fire God Child revealed that a traitorous disciple had stolen the Immortal Abode Treasure and fled with it to the Human Realm in an inspector’s body.
• After Qin Ming admitted he had come seeking the treasure, Fire God Child offered to teach him its secret method of complete control if he agreed to a deal.

Qin Ming agreed to help Fire God Child eliminate Mo Jizi in exchange for the Immortal Abode Treasure and received the Fire God Artisan Secret Manual and a nearly completed World Piercing Shuttle. After the Rakshasa Ghost Aspect transformed into a Refining Void ghost and slaughtered the other cultivators, Qin Ming waited outside the Demonic Ancient Temple and ambushed the wounded Ye Lingxiao, who prepared to fight back.

• Qin Ming agreed to kill Fire God Child's traitorous disciple Mo Jizi and accepted a future task to be discussed after his cultivation advanced.
• Fire God Child passed Qin Ming half of the Fire God Artisan Secret Manual, explained how it could finish the World Piercing Shuttle, and warned him about the Rakshasa Ghost outside.
• Qin Ming took the World-Eroding Dragon King's Fang into the Lesser Spirit Realm while the Rakshasa Ghost Aspect regenerated, advanced to Refining Void, and killed the other cultivators; Ye Lingxiao escaped after sacrificing an arm.
• Qin Ming concealed himself outside the Demonic Ancient Temple and attacked the gravely wounded Ye Lingxiao with the Soul-Slaying Demonic Sword.
• Ye Lingxiao recognized Qin Ming, swallowed a blood-red pill to restore his strength, and summoned a golden sword talisman as Qin Ming confronted him over the earlier plot against his life.

Qin Ming killed Ye Lingxiao, gained his treasures, and returned to Baowu Market District as the surrounding powers reacted to the deaths in the Demonic Ancient Temple. After years of seclusion and studying Fire God Child’s artifact-refining manual, Qin Ming mastered multiple spatial restrictions and went to complete the half-finished World Piercing Shuttle.

• Ye Lingxiao unleashed his Qingwei Sword Intent, but Qin Ming used the Great Evolution Star Chart and Imperial Brush to destroy him and devour his Primordial Spirit.
• Qin Ming returned to Baowu Market District, where Bai Li Hui reported that major powers were preparing to investigate the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss.
• Qin Ming fed Ye Lingxiao’s Blood Orb to the Withering Flourishing Mystic Vine, reviewed his gains, and entered seclusion to study spatial restrictions and refine the World Piercing Shuttle.
• Cultivators flocked to Baowu Market District, but the ghosts in the Demonic Ancient Temple drove most explorers away, and several powers sealed the site as forbidden ground.
• Qin Ming sold surplus treasures, raised the Lesser Spirit Realm’s Spirit Vein to peak fifth order, and learned that immortal jade could be needed to improve it further.
• After five years of studying spatial restrictions, Qin Ming formed more than ten spatial runes and headed to finish the World Piercing Shuttle.

Qin Ming completed the World Piercing Shuttle, caught several Supreme-Grade Soul-Devouring Spirit Fish with Tian Ling'er's lotus seeds, and used the shuttle to travel from the Spirit Realm toward the Mortal Realm. The journey brought him through the Netherworld Underworld, where he learned the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror had come from that realm and drew the attention of a figure in Revolving Wheel Palace.

• Qin Ming finished the World Piercing Shuttle after more than half a year of refinement and bound the spatial treasure to himself.
• Qin Ming sent Bai Li Hui to Heavenly Star City, then searched the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss with his spirit pets for Soul-Devouring Spirit Fish.
• Tian Ling'er gave the Devouring Sky Rat green lotus seeds, which lured in several Supreme-Grade Soul-Devouring Spirit Fish containing a Rebirth Pearl.
• Qin Ming loaded Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones into the World Piercing Shuttle and departed for the Mortal Realm with his spirit pets.
• Qin Ming arrived in the Netherworld Underworld, where Old Demon Qingyang revealed that Emperor Qing had taken the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror from that realm.
• A figure in Revolving Wheel Palace sensed the World Piercing Shuttle and wondered whether a human cultivator had returned.

Qin Ming returned to the Human Realm after crossing the Netherworld Underworld and reunited with Mo Lingwei and Hua Tianxiong on Moon Gazing Island. After learning that Xiao Xun and Su Yuqing had ascended without reaching him, he set out to find Qi Xiaoyu at Mount Yuanji.

• Qin Ming and his companions escaped the Netherworld Underworld aboard the World Piercing Shuttle and returned to the Human Realm.
• Mo Lingwei and Hua Tianxiong welcomed Qin Ming back to Moon Gazing Island, where he learned that Xiao Xun and Su Yuqing had ascended to the Spirit Realm thirty years earlier but had not met him.
• Qin Ming gave Mo Lingwei God Transformation Spirit Balm and Hua Tianxiong lifespan-extending Yaoming Pills.
• Qin Ming reunited the Silver Fox with Yue Lingyan at Dusk Cloud Mountain, then learned that Qi Xiaoyu had gone to Mount Yuanji.
• Qin Ming found Qi Xiaoyu studying a jade slip near Li Tian Hall, and Qi Xiaoyu recognized him in shock.