Recaps

Qin Ming broke through to the Mid-stage Refining Void and endured a prolonged, exceptionally powerful heavenly tribulation. After he survived, the Myriad Flower Holy Lord invited him to visit her clan.

• The Myriad Flower Holy Lord and cultivators across Heavenly Star City noticed Qin Ming's breakthrough and watched the phenomenon.
• Qin Ming's Primordial Spirit merged further into the void, drawing Five-Colored Ephemeral Qi toward his cave before his mana advanced to the Mid-stage Refining Void.
• Qin Ming used the tribulation to temper the Nine Transformation Tribulation Pill seed and consumed two spiritual treasures, advancing his body-tempering cultivation to the Mid-stage Refining Void as well.
• Qin Ming endured the Five Elements Heavenly Punishment, Thunder-Fire Tribulation, and Inner Demon Tribulation, while his divine mountains blocked the lightning and his pill seed gained another tribulation pattern.
• After Qin Ming survived the nearly half-month tribulation, the Myriad Flower Holy Lord ordered Elder Tu E to invite him to meet her personally.

Qin Ming stabilized his breakthrough to Mid-stage Refining Void, celebrated with allies, and learned that the Devil Race had infiltrated the Human Spirit Domain amid the worsening Insect Calamity. He then accepted the Myriad Flower Holy Lord’s invitation and set out for the Flower Spirit Clan’s Spirit Land.

• Qin Ming tested his new Hornwood Azure Dragon divine ability and found that his strengthened cultivation and divine sense greatly increased his power.
• Qin Ming celebrated his breakthrough with his followers and guests, granting allied families and factions a hundred-year tax exemption.
• Qin Ming shared Void Heaven Moon Invitation Nectar with Daoist Xuan Guan and Master Kongzhi, while Divine Lord Zichen and others reported that the Insect Calamity was worsening.
• Qin Ming warned Divine Lord Zichen that Yinlingzi had uncovered a Devil Race plot to exploit the insect tides and attack the Human Race’s defenses in the Heaven Spine Mountains.
• Elder Tu E invited Qin Ming to meet the Myriad Flower Holy Lord, and Qin Ming agreed before departing for the Flower Spirit Clan’s Spirit Land.

Qin Ming traded two Mystic Spirit Immortal Peaches to the Myriad Flower Holy Lord for Pure World Treasure Lotus Seeds and secured her promise of friendship. After learning Master Kongzhi had gone to the Crimson Water Wasteland to combat demonic infiltration, Qin Ming left Heavenly Star City as the battle there began.

• Qin Ming visited the Flower Spirit Clan and met the Myriad Flower Holy Lord, who praised his cultivation and asked about his alchemy and spirit plant inheritances.
• Qin Ming exchanged two Mystic Spirit Immortal Peaches for more than ten Pure World Treasure Lotus Seeds, and the Myriad Flower Holy Lord promised to maintain friendship with Little Turtle Peak and assist him once if needed.
• The Myriad Flower Holy Lord instructed Elder Tu E to preserve the relationship with Qin Ming, hoping his peaches might help her restore her cultivation.
• Qin Ming went to Heavenly Star City seeking Master Kongzhi’s guidance about the Little Sumeru Dharma Assembly, but Daoist Xuan Guan told him Kongzhi had joined a mission in the Crimson Water Wasteland.
• In the Crimson Water Wasteland, an insect swarm devoured a small sect’s Spirit Land until a Buddhist chant sounded and a massive Buddha Seal palm crushed the swarm.

Master Kongzhi and Divine Lord Purple Chen confronted powerful Blood Nightmare Devil Race cultivators at the Crimson Water Wasteland, while Qin Ming continued preparing for his journey to the Heavenly Brahma Domain. Daoist Xuan Guan later told Qin Ming that several elders had died and Kongzhi and Purple Chen were near death.

• Master Kongzhi destroyed most of the insect swarm, and Divine Lord Purple Chen used the Sky Inspection Mirror to confirm Devil Race traces in the Human Spirit Domain.
• Divine Lord Purple Chen exposed two concealed Blood Nightmare cultivators, then fought the burly perfected body-refinement devil while Master Kongzhi and the others battled the purple-haired talisman master.
• Mo Ju Luo arrived and attacked Purple Chen with an imitation Demon Emperor Banner and six Desires Chaos Demons, while Purple Chen countered with an ancient seal.
• Qin Ming tended his spirit plants, examined the Pure World Treasure Lotus Seeds, and learned from Silver Wing that the Devouring Sky Rat and Mystic Water Crocodile had entered seclusion.
• Daoist Xuan Guan told Qin Ming that several elders' Soul Lamps had gone out after the Crimson Water Wasteland confrontation, while Kongzhi and Purple Chen's lamps were still lit but dangerously faint.

Qin Ming learned that Divine Lord Zichen and Master Kongzhi had been ambushed by Devil Race cultivators and went to aid them in the Crimson Water Wasteland. He overwhelmed the pursuing Demon Shark and faced Mo Ju Luo’s Six Desires Chaos Demons, while Old Demon Qingyang revealed that Qin Ming could subdue them with a secret method.

• Daoist Xuan Guan told Qin Ming that Divine Lord Zichen’s team had been ambushed and warned that the Devils might launch another attack.
• Qin Ming ordered 'Yinlingzi' to investigate battle disturbances in the Crimson Water Wasteland, then detected Divine Lord Zichen and Master Kongzhi fleeing toward the Immortal City with Devils pursuing them.
• Qin Ming rode his insect swarm to intercept the pursuers and told Divine Lord Zichen and Master Kongzhi to escape while he held off the Devils.
• Qin Ming defeated the brawny Devil Race cultivator in a clash of bodily strength, tore apart his Demon Shark form, and captured his Primordial Spirit.
• Mo Ju Luo used a replica Demon Emperor Banner to send the Six Desires Chaos Demons against Qin Ming, and Old Demon Qingyang told him to use a secret method to subdue them.

Qin Ming used Old Demon Qingyang’s secret art to seize Mo Ju Luo’s Six Desires Chaos Demons, then defeated Mo Ju Luo with his Crystalline Mind Sword and Soul-Slaying Demonic Sword. He killed Mo Ju Luo before the reinforcements arrived, though the purple-haired Devil Race cultivator escaped, and he was left acclaimed by the human cultivators.

• Qin Ming summoned a twin-horned Devil King phantom and used its secret art to take control of the Six Desires Chaos Demons, then shattered Mo Ju Luo’s Divine Sense attack with his Crystalline Mind Sword.
• Qin Ming claimed the Six Desires Chaos Demons and sent them against the Devil Race cultivators, while they drew out and devoured their enemies’ Seven Emotions and Six Desires.
• Mo Ju Luo ordered a retreat after sensing human reinforcements, but Qin Ming struck him with the Soul-Slaying Demonic Sword as he tried to escape through a spatial gateway.
• Qin Ming stopped the sword from devouring Mo Ju Luo’s Primordial Spirit and stored Mo Ju Luo’s corpse, while the purple-haired Devil Race cultivator escaped with the surviving demons.
• The reinforcements arrived after Mo Ju Luo’s death, and Divine Lord Purple Chen and Master Kongzhi thanked Qin Ming for saving them.

After Yin Lingzi killed Mo Ju Luo and the Blood Nightmare cultivators, his name spread across the Kunlun Domain, while the Devil Race placed a bounty on him and questioned his origins. Summoned by the Ren Water Ancestor, Qin Ming deflected scrutiny with a fabricated ancient inheritance, leaving the Ancestor examining a cultivation art prepared by Old Demon Qingyang.

• News of Yin Lingzi’s victory swept through the Immortal Cities, and the Demon and Devil Races blacklisted him and offered a vast bounty for information about him.
• Demon Commander Li You questioned Ziling about Yin Lingzi’s abilities and ordered her to explain how he summoned a Heavenly Demon phantom and took the Six Desires Chaos Demons.
• Qin Ming returned to the Sky River Sect, where disciples celebrated him, then followed the Ren Water Ancestor into his cave abode to report on the battle.
• The Ren Water Ancestor challenged Qin Ming about entering the fight personally and probed him with a Clear Spirit Insight Technique, but Qin Ming’s prepared Heavenly Illusory Demon Voice Technique concealed his deception.
• When the Ren Water Ancestor asked about Yin Lingzi’s rapid cultivation, Qin Ming presented a jade slip and claimed it contained an Ancient Demon Realm inheritance.
• The Ren Water Ancestor examined the jade slip and found the Yuan Sha Limitless True Devil Art, while Qin Ming relaxed on Little Turtle Peak as Old Demon Qingyang revealed that he had altered the art to conceal its true nature.

Qin Ming welcomed the Myriad Flower Holy Lord to Little Turtle Peak, then had his Demonic Infant Nascent Soul search Mo Ju Luo’s belongings and return with a rich haul. The chapter ended with the Mystic Water Crocodile asking Qin Ming to give it the wolf-tooth club that he had promised the Devouring Sky Rat.

• Bai Li Hui and Mo Lingwei reported Yin Lingzi’s fame after he slew Mo Ju Luo, and Qin Ming told them to focus on cultivation.
• The Myriad Flower Holy Lord visited Little Turtle Peak to thank Qin Ming for the Mystic Spirit Immortal Peaches and ask about Yin Lingzi and Mystic Turtle; she offered to take Tian Ling'er as her disciple, but Tian Ling'er refused.
• Qin Ming’s Demonic Infant Nascent Soul searched Mo Ju Luo’s Primordial Spirit, learned he was Old Demon Sikong’s inheritor, and turned Mo Ju Luo and the Demon Shark into Soul Pearls.
• Qin Ming found a top-grade Sixth Order wolf-tooth club among the Devil Race cultivators’ treasures and promised it to the Devouring Sky Rat, which eagerly accepted.
• Qin Ming’s Demonic Infant Nascent Soul returned to Little Turtle Peak with the harvest, but the Mystic Water Crocodile asked Qin Ming to give it the club.

Qin Ming cultivated after his spirit plant advanced, then approved trade between Little Turtle Peak and the Flower Spirit Clan. At the Sky River Sect, Ren Water Ancestor coveted Qin Ming’s True Demon Qi and ordered him to enter Insect Valley, but Qin Ming planned to abandon his Yinlingzi alias rather than risk his life for Ren Water Ancestor.

• The Mystic Water Crocodile asked for the Black Wolf Tooth Greatclub, and the Devouring Sky Rat yielded it after Old Demon Qingyang explained its potential.
• Qin Ming fed two Perfected Void Refinement soul pearls to the Yanfu Immortal Vine, gained new affixes, and advanced the Mayfly Chapter of the Eternal Azure Emperor Art.
• Mo Lingwei reported that the Flower Spirit Clan wanted to trade with Little Turtle Peak, and Qin Ming approved the arrangement.
• Ren Water Ancestor cultivated the Yuan Sha Limitless True Devil Art and asked Qin Ming whether he had any True Demon Qi left; Qin Ming denied having any.
• Ren Water Ancestor ordered Qin Ming to join the operation in Insect Valley and secure the remaining Insect Spirit Grass while the Body Integration ancestors dealt with the Void Insect Hole.
• Qin Ming recognized Ren Water Ancestor’s schemes and decided to abandon his Yinlingzi alias instead of entering Insect Valley at his command.

Qin Ming secretly stole rare treasures from Insect Valley and staged Yinlingzi’s death so he could escape the battle. The coalition destroyed two wormholes at great cost, while Yinlingzi’s reported death drew people to Little Turtle Peak.

• Qin Ming warned Lady Qingfu, Hanyuanzi, and the other leaders to preserve their sects’ strength, then joined the expedition toward Insect Valley.
• Qin Ming entered Insect Valley during the fighting, stole three Insect Spirit Grass plants and a mass of Void Star Marrow, and fled when the insects pursued him.
• Qin Ming staged Yinlingzi’s death before Lady Qingfu and the others, then escaped by abandoning Yinlingzi’s body and sending his Demonic Infant Nascent Soul away.
• Ren Water Ancestor sensed Yinlingzi’s death but continued battling the Seventh-Order Fierce Insects with the other great cultivators.
• Qin Ming returned to Little Turtle Peak with the stolen treasures, while the coalition destroyed two wormholes, contained the Insect Tide, and reported Yinlingzi dead.
• News of Yinlingzi’s death spread, and people began arriving at Qin Ming’s Little Turtle Peak.

After Yinlingzi’s reported death shook his allies and the Sky River Sect, Qin Ming refined the imitation Demon Emperor Banner and learned more about the Demon-Slaying Gourd’s immense potential. He tasked Bai Li Hui and Mo Lingwei with seeking Feathered True Spirit Natal Feathers, the materials needed to unlock the gourd’s Annihilation Wind divine ability.

• Elder Tu E, Divine Lord Purple Chen, and Master Kongzhi visited Qin Ming and mourned Yinlingzi’s reported death, while Purple Chen revealed that the Demon Race planned to negotiate an alliance against the Insect Calamity.
• The Mystic Turtle Divine Lord doubted that Yinlingzi had truly fallen, while the Sky River Sect grieved his death and Ren Water Ancestor vowed to master the Yuan Sha Limitless True Devil Art without the True Demon Qi.
• Qin Ming used Old Demon Qingyang’s refinement art to absorb the Six Desires Chaos Demons into the imitation Demon Emperor Banner and learned they could combine their attacks with the force of a Body Integration cultivator.
• The Demon-Slaying Gourd’s Artifact Spirit explained that five or more Feathered True Spirit Natal Feathers and Late Void Refinement cultivation would allow Qin Ming to refine the Annihilation Wind Layer into a law-based divine ability.
• Qin Ming asked Bai Li Hui and Mo Lingwei to seek information about True Spirit Natal Feathers, and Mo Lingwei said she could discreetly inquire through the Flower Spirit Clan’s trade with neighboring races.

Qin Ming prepared to leave Little Turtle Peak for the Little Sumeru Dharma Assembly in the Heavenly Brahma Domain, learning about the Human Race’s Seven Prodigies and the gathering’s importance. After entrusting his Spirit Land to Mo Lingwei and Bai Li Hui, he joined Master Kongzhi and Divine Lord Purple Chen in Heavenly Star City, where they prepared to travel as news emerged of Demon Race peace talks.

• Qin Ming planted the rare Insect Spirit Grass in the Immortal’s Abandoned Field, tended his other spirit plants, and checked on his companions’ cultivation.
• Master Kongzhi visited Qin Ming to discuss traveling together to the Little Sumeru Dharma Assembly and explained the Heavenly Brahma Domain’s Three Great Sects and the Seven Prodigies of the Human Race.
• Qin Ming learned that Fire God Child was one of the Seven Prodigies and looked forward to attending the assembly and seeking materials for his plans.
• Qin Ming left Mo Lingwei and Bai Li Hui in charge of Little Turtle Peak, gave them Elder Tu E’s Jade Talisman, and departed with Master Kongzhi and Lan Bing Fairy.
• In Heavenly Star City, Divine Lord Purple Chen joined Qin Ming and Master Kongzhi, explaining that Senior Yun Xi Zi would take over his duties while a True Spirit Clan delegation arrived for peace talks.
• Qin Ming asked Divine Lord Purple Chen which True Spirit Clan would negotiate with the Human Race as they approached the Cross-Domain Teleportation Array.

Qin Ming traveled to the Heavenly Brahma Domain for the Little Sumeru Dharma Assembly while a Qingqiu Fox Clan powerhouse discovered Yue Lingyan’s awakened Nine-Tailed Bloodline Talent and tried to take her away. The Myriad Flower Holy Lord protected Little Turtle Peak, and Qin Ming’s unease about Yue Lingyan prompted him to consider returning, though Divine Lord Purple Chen and Master Kongzhi urged him to wait for news.

• Qin Ming arrived with Master Kongzhi and Divine Lord Purple Chen in Brahma City, then traveled to Mount Sumeru to await the Little Sumeru Dharma Assembly.
• Yue Lingyan emerged from seclusion, and Mo Lingwei told her that Qin Ming had gone to the Heavenly Brahma Domain.
• Bai Li Hui activated Little Turtle Peak’s protective formation as the Qingqiu Fox Clan delegation passed nearby, but the Phoenix Crown Woman located Yue Lingyan and awakened her Nine-Tailed Bloodline Talent.
• The Phoenix Crown Woman attacked Little Turtle Peak and demanded that Yue Lingyan return with her, but Yue Lingyan refused and said she remained with humans of her own free will.
• The Myriad Flower Holy Lord shattered the Phoenix Crown Woman’s attack, protected Little Turtle Peak, and allowed Yun Xi Zi to escort the Qingqiu Fox Clan woman toward Heavenly Star City.
• Qin Ming sensed that something might have happened at home and considered returning, but Divine Lord Purple Chen and Master Kongzhi advised him to wait for a visitor from Heavenly Star City.

Qin Ming learned that the Flower Spirit Clan had protected his spirit pet from a Qingqiu Fox Clan expert and heard how the worsening Insect Calamity was prompting cooperation between humans and demons. At a gathering of powerful cultivators in Brahma City, Master Yuanjue offered Extreme Fiend Yin Soil for trade, and Qin Ming resolved to try to obtain it for himself and Old Demon Qingyang.

• Qin Shujian told Qin Ming that a Qingqiu Fox Clan expert had tried to take his spirit pet, but a Flower Spirit Clan senior intervened and prevented harm to Little Turtle Peak.
• Qin Shujian described how the Insect Tide had become a catastrophe, and Master Kongzhi invited the group to a trade fair and an exchange gathering hosted by Master Yuanjue.
• Qin Ming attended the crowded trade fair in Brahma City, collected several spiritual items, and joined more than ten high-level cultivators at Master Yuanjue's gathering.
• Master Yuanjue presented Extreme Fiend Yin Soil and sought pills or treasures useful to Mid to Late Refining Void cultivators.
• Old Demon Qingyang urged Qin Ming to acquire the soil, which could also help cultivate Qin Ming's Mystic Yellow Myriad Qi Blood Mother Vine, and Qin Ming agreed to compete for it.

Qin Ming traded Supreme Mystery Rice to Master Yuanjue for Extreme Fiend Yin Soil and arranged to exchange more rice with Old Daoist Lu for a Mind Enlightenment Treasure Flower. After the gathering, Qin Shujian challenged Master Yuanjue to a sword duel and won, while Qin Ming collected his wager and resolved to discuss sword Dao with Qin Shujian.

• Cultivator Fang offered Master Yuanjue a Heart-Rectifying Demon-Suppressing Talisman for the Yin soil, but refused the additional terms Master Yuanjue demanded.
• Qin Ming exchanged Supreme Mystery Rice for Master Yuanjue's Extreme Fiend Yin Soil, revealing that he had cultivated the rare Grade Six Upper-Rank rice himself.
• Qin Ming agreed to trade his remaining Supreme Mystery Rice with Old Daoist Lu for a seven-leaf Mind Enlightenment Treasure Flower after the gathering.
• Qin Shujian challenged Master Yuanjue to a sword duel, and the two agreed to settle it with one move in the hall.
• Qin Shujian defeated Master Yuanjue, and Qin Ming collected Immortal Jade from Divine Lord Purple Chen and Master Kongzhi after winning their wager.

Qin Ming learned that Old Daoist Lu was recruiting cultivators to seize Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grass in the Demon Spirit Domain, but declined and traded Supreme Mystery Rice for a Mind Enlightenment Treasure Flower. He reunited with the Mystic Turtle Divine Lord and Cold Crow Reverend, who questioned whether Yinlingzi had truly died.

• Qin Shujian defeated Master Yuanjue in a Sword Dao duel, and the cultivators at the gathering praised his Clear Sword Heart.
• Old Daoist Lu revealed that Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grass could sever the False Self, then recruited a group to seek it in the Demon Spirit Domain; Qin Ming and Master Kongzhi declined.
• Qin Ming met Old Daoist Lu privately and traded six grains of Supreme Mystery Rice for the Mind Enlightenment Treasure Flower, completing his collection of the Nine Revolutions Enlightenment Pill's two principal ingredients.
• Qin Ming encountered the Mystic Turtle Divine Lord and Cold Crow Reverend at an inn, and they reunited over food and wine.
• The Mystic Turtle Divine Lord asked whether Yinlingzi had faked his death, but Qin Ming insisted that Yinlingzi had fallen after his Natal Primordial Spirit lamp went out.

Qin Ming agreed to accompany Gu Chang'an to Demon Race territory to find the Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grass after Gu Chang'an offered him a Five-Colored Peacock's Natal Feather. As Qin Ming prepared for Mount Sumeru's Dharma Assembly, he traded Supreme Mystery Rice for a sword manual fragment and watched the Devouring Sky Rat break through to Sixth Order.

• Gu Chang'an gave Qin Ming a Pure Light Glazed Treasure Bottle for the coming Dharma Assembly and asked him to help find the Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grass.
• Qin Ming agreed to join Gu Chang'an's expedition to Demon Race territory after receiving a True Grade Six Perfection Five-Colored Peacock's Natal Feather.
• Qin Ming introduced Gu Chang'an and his companion to the others, and Master Kongzhi and several powerful cultivators joined Old Daoist Lu's group.
• Qin Ming traded Supreme Mystery Rice to Qin Shujian for a fragmentary sword manual and gave Old Demon Qingyang some Extreme Fiend Yin Soil.
• Qin Ming buried the remaining Extreme Fiend Yin Soil beneath the Mystic Yellow Myriad Qi Blood Mother Vine.
• The Devouring Sky Rat absorbed Heaven and Earth Origin Qi for several days, then broke through to the Sixth Order realm.

The Devouring Sky Rat completed its breakthrough to the sixth order, awakening abilities to sense and devour fortune, while Qin Ming reunited two pieces of a Nameless Sword Scripture. The Little Sumeru Dharma Assembly began at Mount Sumeru with the arrival of the Integrated Body Great Talent Divine Seal Zen Master.

• The Devouring Sky Rat emerged from seclusion as a sixth-order beast and discovered it could see the fortune above others, including Qin Ming's dazzling Primordial Violet Qi.
• The Devouring Sky Rat explained its new abilities, and Old Demon Qingyang warned that its fortune-devouring power could overcome even the protection of great fortune; Qin Ming cautioned it against seeking treasures at Mount Sumeru.
• Cold Crow Reverend gave Qin Ming a second sword fragment, which joined the first to reveal most of the Nameless Sword Scripture, and Qin Ming rewarded him with spirit pills.
• The Little Sumeru Dharma Assembly began as Mount Sumeru's bells rang and cultivators gathered at the White Jade Plaza.
• Divine Seal Zen Master appeared on the Dharma altar, and Qin Ming could not discern his cultivation.

At the Little Sumeru Dharma Assembly, Divine Seal Zen Master taught the cultivators about the Spirit Realm and the path from Void Refinement to Body Integration. Qin Ming and his companions collected most of the rare Dao Sound Afterglow, and as the assembly recessed, Gu Chang'an received a pointed summons from someone on Mount Sumeru.

• Divine Seal Zen Master began a three-month Dharma exposition, and Qin Ming listened while sharing the teachings with the companions in his Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Divine Lord Purple Chen asked how to approach the Body Integration Realm, and Divine Seal Zen Master explained the need to transform between void and reality and prepare for unity with the Dao.
• At the exposition’s end, Dao Sound Afterglow appeared, and Gu Chang'an, Cold Crow Reverend, and Qin Ming collected it in special bottles until a thunderous snort prompted them to stop.
• Qin Ming put away his filled bottle, and the cultivators dispersed during the assembly’s recess while awaiting invitations to hear Elder Mituozi.
• As Gu Chang'an prepared to leave with Qin Ming, a voice in his heart called him Golden Turtle and demanded that he come for a visit.

Gu Chang'an met Mituozi and arranged for Qin Ming to attend the next Dharma Assembly, where he might find the True Spirit Feather he needed. Qin Ming received a place in the Bodhi Profound Realm and arrived before Mituozi beneath the Seventh Rank Bodhi Treasure Tree.

• Gu Chang'an met Mituozi on Mount Sumeru, admitted that his incarnation had collected Dao Sound Afterglow, and asked for Treasure Bright Subtle Qi.
• Gu Chang'an asked Mituozi to invite Qin Ming to the Dharma Assembly and mentioned that he would later accompany him to the Demon Spirit Domain.
• Qin Ming studied the Nameless Sword Scripture fragments, then received a Buddhist Mark that qualified him for the Bodhi Profound Realm.
• Gu Chang'an told Qin Ming that the realm held many opportunities, including the True Spirit Feather, and that visitors could choose a treasure after the Dharma Assembly.
• A monk led Qin Ming, Divine Lord Zichen, and the other selected cultivators into the Bodhi Profound Realm, where Qin Ming saw Mituozi beneath the Seventh Rank Bodhi Treasure Tree.

Qin Ming attended Mituozi’s sermon beneath the Bodhi Treasure Tree, where the Dharma tested the cultivators’ will and deepened Qin Ming’s understanding of the Sword Dao. When Mituozi’s Mind Projection challenged him, Qin Ming destroyed it with the Demon-Slaying Gourd’s innate sword qi, leaving the result of the trial unresolved.

• Mituozi summoned Qin Ming and roughly a hundred cultivators to the Bodhi grove and began a three-month sermon beneath the Bodhi Treasure Tree.
• As the sermon granted cultivators insights and breakthroughs, Qin Ming cultivated the Nameless Sword Scripture while weaker listeners were teleported out by the trial.
• After a month, only thirty cultivators remained, including Qin Ming and Divine Lord Purple Chen, and Mituozi’s Mind Projection challenged Qin Ming to make it take one step back.
• Qin Ming summoned the Demon-Slaying Gourd and released innate sword qi, which split Mituozi’s Mind Projection and made it dissipate.

Qin Ming passed Mituozi’s test, gained a Bodhi blessing, and advanced his sword cultivation before the surviving cultivators claimed treasures from the Bodhi Treasure Tree. With the Devouring Sky Rat’s help, Qin Ming uncovered a hidden space containing the true Bodhi Immortal Tree, where an Ancient True Spirit Golden Crow awakened.

• Qin Ming broke free of Mituozi’s Sanskrit Sound Illusion and received a Bodhi leaf’s empowerment, awakening a nascent Sword Heart and entering a profound state of sword unity.
• Mituozi ended the Dharma Assembly, and the remaining cultivators each entered a Bodhi leaf to claim an opportunity from the treasure tree.
• Divine Lord Zichen obtained Upper-Grade Immortal Jade and Innate Prime Geng Metal, then left Qin Ming alone beneath the tree.
• Qin Ming summoned the Devouring Sky Rat, which used its bloodline ability to locate the greatest opportunity near the roots where Mituozi had sat.
• The Devouring Sky Rat recited a Buddhist verse, revealing a hidden space with the true Bodhi Immortal Tree and an enormous nest.
• An Ancient True Spirit Golden Crow emerged from the nest and awakened after sensing Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat.

Qin Ming and his companions entered the Bodhi Immortal Tree’s Tree Realm and met Fire Spirit, a Golden Crow Divine Flame spirit who offered him the nest’s treasures if he freed her. After the Devouring Sky Rat’s blood opened the barrier, Fire Spirit asked Qin Ming to merge her with his Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, and Qin Ming sought Old Demon Qingyang’s advice.

• Qin Ming, the Devouring Sky Rat, and Old Demon Qingyang saw the Golden Crow Phantom and discovered the Golden Crow and Golden-Winged Great Peng feathers in its nest.
• Fire Spirit transformed into a Golden-robed Maiden, recognized Qin Ming as the Fated Person, and offered him the treasures in exchange for taking her out.
• Old Demon Qingyang identified her as a Fire Spirit of Golden Crow Divine Flame, and Fire Spirit explained her history with Ancestor Changmei and the Great War against the Golden-Winged Great Peng.
• Fire Spirit said the barrier required Ancient True Spirit blood from the Soul-Devouring Race and a secret incantation, so Qin Ming ordered the Devouring Sky Rat to provide its blood.
• The Devouring Sky Rat’s blood and incantation opened the barrier, and Fire Spirit asked Qin Ming to summon his Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire so she could merge with it.
• Qin Ming asked Old Demon Qingyang whether the merging was safe, and Old Demon Qingyang said it could be tried.

Qin Ming began fusing his Primordial Poison Flame with the Golden Crow Divine Flame while collecting the True Spirit Natal Feathers in the Bodhi Tree Realm. As the new flame neared a Seventh Rank breakthrough, Qin Ming awakened a remnant of the Golden-Winged Great Peng Ming King, who turned his attention toward the Golden Crow.

• Qin Ming summoned his Spirit Pets to guard the Golden Crow Giant Nest while the Devouring Sky Rat strained to keep its barrier open.
• Qin Ming’s Primordial Poison Flame merged with the Golden Crow Divine Flame, producing a vast nine-colored fire ring as the flame advanced toward Seventh Rank.
• Qin Ming entered the nest and collected the Golden Crow’s Natal Feather before approaching the Golden-Winged Great Peng Ming King’s feather.
• The Great Peng feather’s Sharp Gold power cut Qin Ming despite his defenses, and he noticed golden blood concealed at its base.
• A golden-robed remnant of the Golden-Winged Great Peng Ming King manifested from the blood and looked toward the Golden Crow Divine Bird.

Qin Ming and his Spirit Pets fought the weakened Golden-Winged Great Peng Ming King in the Tree Realm while Ancestor Changmei’s intervention helped turn the battle. After the Ming King’s essence blood entered the Mystic Water Crocodile, Qin Ming’s Primordial Poison Flame completed its advancement to a low-grade Seventh Rank spirit fire and suppressed the threat within the Crocodile.

• The Golden-Winged Great Peng Ming King attacked Qin Ming, but Little Qing and Lan Bing Fairy disrupted his sword formation, and Ancestor Changmei’s Buddha Thought Incarnation shattered his true form.
• Ancestor Changmei revealed that he had weakened the Ming King and left the remaining Tree Realm matters to Qin Ming before his incarnation disappeared.
• Qin Ming and his Spirit Pets overwhelmed the Ming King, but the Ming King merged his remaining will into his essence blood and sent a drop into the Mystic Water Crocodile’s mouth.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile suffered as the essence blood swelled inside it, while Old Demon Qingyang admitted he could not remove it.
• The Fire Spirit completed its fusion with the Primordial Poison Flame, advancing it to a low-grade Seventh Rank spirit fire, then suppressed the Ming King within the Mystic Water Crocodile.