Recaps

Qin Ming defeated the Golden-Winged Great Peng Ming King's remnant soul, secured its Natal Feather, and saw the Primordial Poison Flame advance to the Seventh Rank with the Golden Crow Fire Spirit. After returning to the Zen Monastery, he prepared to join Gu Chang'an and a powerful group of cultivators on a journey into the Demon Spirit Domain.

• The Golden Crow Fire Spirit sealed the Golden-Winged Great Peng's essence blood inside the unconscious Mystic Water Crocodile, and Qin Ming accepted Old Demon Qingyang's sealed Natal Feather.
• Qin Ming returned his injured Spirit Pets to the Lesser Spirit Realm, treated them, and learned that the advanced Primordial Poison Flame could refine high-rank immortal pills and threaten Integrated Body Early Stage cultivators.
• Qin Ming left the Bodhi Tree Realm without taking its Immortal Tree and returned to the Zen Monastery, where he sensed Mount Sumeru was on alert.
• Gu Chang'an asked Qin Ming about his gains and reminded him to honor their agreement to seek the Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grass; Qin Ming agreed to go with him.
• Divine Lord Zichen, Master Kongzhi, Qin Shujian, Old Daoist Lu, Cultivator Fang, and others gathered with Qin Ming and decided to travel toward the Demon Race border.

Qin Ming joined Old Daoist Lu and the others on a covert journey to the Great Yan Demon Domain to seek Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grass. As their Dharma Boat crossed the Heaven Spine Mountains, Qin Ming began refining a Nine Revolutions Enlightenment Pill in the Lesser Spirit Realm and felt that his first attempt might succeed.

• Qin Ming questioned Old Daoist Lu about how he knew where the Withering Heart Meteor Grass grew, and Lu explained that he had found the location while gathering intelligence in the Great Yan Demon Domain.
• Old Daoist Lu gave the group Demon Race identity tokens and arranged for them to travel disguised among the Heavenly Fan Army sent to support the Demon Race against the Insect Calamity.
• Qin Ming and the group left Brahma City aboard a Dharma Boat, crossed the Heaven Spine Mountains without obstruction, and continued toward Demon Race territory.
• In the Lesser Spirit Realm, Qin Ming rewarded the recovering Devouring Sky Rat with a Mystic Spirit Immortal Peach and Void Demon Moon-Inviting Nectar.
• Qin Ming enlisted the Golden Crow Fire Spirit to help him refine a Nine Revolutions Enlightenment Pill, and her control of the fire made the process unusually smooth.

Qin Ming refined three Nine Revolutions Enlightenment Pills and used one to strengthen his cultivation and deepen his insights. As the Heavenly Brahma Army entered Demon Race territory, he and the other cultivators split up to pursue their mission, while Demon Commander Ao Yu secretly followed them, suspecting their intentions.

• Qin Ming used Dao Sound Afterglow and the Golden Crow Fire Spirit’s flames to refine three exceptional Nine Revolutions Enlightenment Pills on his first attempt.
• Qin Ming swallowed one pill and cultivated for several days, advancing his cultivation and sword insights while his Spirit Pets absorbed the surrounding vegetation essence.
• Qin Ming left the Lesser Spirit Realm and joined Old Daoist Lu, Gu Chang'an, and the others to hear their plan to enter Demon Race territory in pairs and meet at the Lei Sea Demon Ruins.
• The Heavenly Brahma Army crossed into Demon Race territory, and Demon Commander Ao Yu sensed a familiar aura among the humans and secretly pursued them.
• Qin Ming paired with Gu Chang'an, while the other cultivators split up and slipped away from the army; Ao Yu emerged from hiding and decided to discover their purpose.

Demon Commander Ao Yu discovered the group’s plan to enter the Lei Sea Demon Ruins, controlled Old Daoist Lu and Fang, and recognized Qin Ming as the one who killed his son. The group reached the hidden Thunder Sea World and prepared to face its Void Yuan Beasts for the Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grass.

• Demon Commander Ao Yu secretly marked the departing cultivators while Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an flew through territory devastated by Insect Realm swarms.
• Ao Yu ambushed Old Daoist Lu and Fang, searched Lu’s memories for the Lei Sea Demon Ruins, and controlled them to guide the other cultivators there.
• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an noticed traces of demon aura on Lu and Fang, while Ao Yu identified Qin Ming and marked the group for death.
• Old Daoist Lu led the group through a concealed canyon into the Thunder Sea World, where they found Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grass guarded by four Void Yuan Beasts.
• Qin Ming explained that the herbs would wither if removed from the site and said he had a way to harvest them, while privately eyeing the lightning pool for his Lesser Spirit Realm.

Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an gathered Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grass while the others fought the Void Yuan Beasts, but Old Daoist Lu and Cultivator Fang betrayed the group and triggered devastating Primordial Spirit explosions. A Silver-haired Demonic Man appeared and began killing the survivors, leaving Qin Ming, Gu Chang'an, and Divine Lord Purple Chen facing a powerful enemy.

• Old Daoist Lu and the others attacked the Void Yuan Beasts, while Gu Chang'an sent his Mystic Turtle and Qin Ming sent the Mystic Water Crocodile to gather the Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grass.
• Old Daoist Lu and Cultivator Fang suddenly attacked their companions, killing several cultivators and leaving others badly wounded.
• Gu Chang'an's talismans forced demon qi and Demon Ice Talismans out of the two traitors, revealing that a powerful Demon Cultivator had controlled them.
• Old Daoist Lu and Cultivator Fang self-destructed their Primordial Spirits, killing or injuring more than half of the twelve cultivators; Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an survived beneath the Mystic Turtle's shield.
• A Silver-haired Demonic Man appeared, annihilated Master Kongzhi and two other survivors, and turned his terrifying demon power toward Qin Ming, Gu Chang'an, and Divine Lord Purple Chen.

Demon Commander Ao Yu attacked Qin Ming, Gu Chang'an, and the Human Race envoys, but a hidden force dragged them beneath the Lei Sea Demon Ruins, where a Demonized True Dragon tried to seize the Mystic Water Crocodile’s body. Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an fought back, and the chapter ended as the crocodile’s sealed Golden-Winged Great Peng Essence Blood awakened.

• Demon Commander Ao Yu confronted Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an over the death of Ao Qing and killed Master Kongzhi before attacking the group.
• The Lei Sea Demon Ruins erupted with black lightning, shattered Ao Yu’s attack, and dragged everyone underground along with the Mystic Water Crocodile.
• Qin Ming discovered that an Azure-Black Dragon had trapped the crocodile and was performing a Body Seizure Ritual to escape its imprisonment.
• Gu Chang'an used a Grade Seven Dao Integration Spirit Descent Talisman to battle Ao Yu while Qin Shujian and Divine Lord Purple Chen fought the Void Yuan Beasts.
• Qin Ming unleashed the Demon Emperor Banner’s Six Desires Chaos Demons against the Demonized True Dragon, draining its demonic qi as it thrashed between the pillars.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile’s two sealed drops of Golden-Winged Great Peng Essence Blood erupted with Fierce Spirit Pressure.

Qin Ming and the Mystic Water Crocodile defeated the Demonized True Dragon, but the collapse of the Earth Abyss scattered the survivors and left Qin Shujian and Divine Lord Purple Cloud's fates unknown. Qin Ming reunited with the injured Gu Chang'an, gave him two Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grasses, and planned to help him return to human territory before continuing to the Heavenly Brahma Domain.

• Qin Ming used the Demon Emperor Banner and the Golden-Winged Great Peng bloodline to weaken the Demonized True Dragon, allowing the Mystic Water Crocodile to devour its soul and seize control of its body.
• The four Sea Suppressing Mystic Spirit Pillars collapsed, and the resulting Space Storm scattered the fighters; Qin Ming escaped with Lan Bing Fairy while Qin Shujian and Divine Lord Purple Cloud remained missing.
• Qin Ming moved the Mystic Water Crocodile and the Lightning Pool into the Lesser Spirit Realm, where the crocodile's True Spirit bloodlines clashed and its scales began changing into dragon scales.
• Demon Commander Ao Yu escaped the Space Storm and searched for Qin Ming, while Qin Ming later recovered in a hidden mountain cave in the Great Yan Demon Domain.
• Gu Chang'an arrived badly injured, and Qin Ming gave him a healing pill and two Withering Heart Meteor Demon Grasses, promising to divide two more among Qin Shujian and the Grand Commander if they survived.
• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an agreed to seek a route back to human territory, while Qin Ming planned to travel to the Heavenly Brahma Domain afterward.

Qin Ming reached Crossing Dust Dock and settled there to cultivate the Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree using the marketplace’s accumulated wish power. After discovering that Incense Pills and Incense Copper Coins could nourish the sapling, he set out to investigate how to refine better Incense Pills.

• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an returned to Human Race territory, where they learned that Ao Yu's attack had ended cooperation between the Human and Demon Races.
• Qin Ming parted from Gu Chang'an and traveled to Crossing Dust Dock, a marketplace where Buddhist and Daoist factions gathered incense offerings.
• Qin Ming rented a secluded shop for sixty years and planted the Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree sapling in an underground chamber.
• Qin Ming tested an Incense Pill and Incense Copper Coins beneath the sapling and found that it absorbed the wish power they contained.
• Qin Ming decided he might improve Incense Pills to accelerate the tree’s growth, left the shop, and went to investigate their refinement.

Qin Ming secretly diverted the Wish Power gathered by Golden Lotus Temple and Cold Mountain Monastery to nourish his Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree. After ten years, the tree rapidly blossomed during Golden Lotus Master’s latest Dharma Assembly, leaving him furious and unable to discover why his harvest was vanishing.

• Qin Ming infiltrated Golden Lotus Temple, learned Golden Lotus Master’s incense-refining secrets, and had the Devouring Sky Rat connect the temple’s incense cauldron to his courtyard.
• Qin Ming repeated the scheme at Cold Mountain Monastery, routing Wish Power from Master Wuxin’s pill furnace to the Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree.
• Over ten years, Qin Ming’s tree grew to more than two feet tall as Golden Lotus Temple and Cold Mountain Monastery lost much of their Wish Power; he also refined three Fifth Order Spirit Pills.
• Liu Guangyuan told Qin Ming that Golden Lotus Master was holding another Dharma Assembly, and Qin Ming stayed behind to tend his shop while the gathering began.
• As Golden Lotus Master preached, the tree absorbed the assembly’s Wish Power, grew over a zhang tall, and produced a Seven-Colored Flower Bud.
• Golden Lotus Master sensed that his Wish Power was being stolen, ended the Dharma Assembly early, and heard a mocking voice taunt him.

Golden Lotus Master and Daoist Wuxin used Spirit Rhinoceros Connection Incense to trace the theft of their Incense and Fire Prayer Power, while the Black Flame Cult recruited Liu Guangyuan and tried to bring Qin Ming into its ranks. The incense revealed the cult’s secret altar just as Golden Lotus Master and Daoist Wuxin attacked it, exposing the chamber and confronting the cultists.

• Daoist Wuxin brought Golden Lotus Master Spirit Rhinoceros Connection Incense, and the two planned to use it to trace whoever was stealing their Incense and Fire Prayer Power.
• Liu Guangyuan secretly delivered stolen prayer power to a Black Flame Emissary, who ordered him to recruit cultivators and spread the Black Flame Cult throughout Crossing Dust Dock.
• The Black Flame Cult began gaining mortal followers by promising that people without Spirit Roots could cultivate immortality.
• Golden Lotus Master and Daoist Wuxin lit the incense at their ritual grounds, and its gray aura guided them toward the cult’s altar.
• Liu Guangyuan brought Qin Ming to the secret altar, where Steward Liu offered him a Foundation Establishment Pill to join the Black Flame Cult; Qin Ming recognized the cult’s Divine Statue as resembling the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths.
• The Spirit Rhinoceros Connection Incense linked to the beads at the altar, and Golden Lotus Master and Daoist Wuxin exposed the chamber with a thunderous attack, accusing the cultists and Steward Liu of theft and betrayal.

Qin Ming exposed his concealed strength to stop the Black Flame Cult Master and learned that the cult served the Devil Race’s Candle Flame Dao. After studying two incense cultivation techniques, he demanded that Golden Lotus Master and Daoist Wuxin hand over their sects’ incense offerings for the next ten years.

• Golden Lotus Master and Daoist Wuxin confronted Liu Guangyuan, Steward Liu, and Qin Ming over the Black Flame Cult’s hidden stronghold, but Steward Liu’s Black Divine Statue blocked Daoist Wuxin’s attack before breaking apart.
• The Black Flame Cult Master descended through a blood-colored gate, seized Golden Lotus Master and Daoist Wuxin, and revealed his God Transformation Stage cultivation.
• Qin Ming unleashed his spatial suppression, Soul Searched the Black Flame Cult Master, learned about the Devil Race’s Candle Flame Dao, and threw the man into the Lesser Spirit Realm as fertilizer for the Brahma Demon Holy Tree.
• Qin Ming erased Liu Guangyuan and Steward Liu’s memories of the incident, then questioned Golden Lotus Master and Daoist Wuxin and examined their Myriad Thoughts Incense Return Flow Art.
• Qin Ming ordered Golden Lotus Master and Daoist Wuxin to give him all incense offerings from their two sects for the next ten years, and they agreed.

Qin Ming used the Black Flame Cult’s defeat to gather Crossing Dust Dock’s incense and fire power, advancing his Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree toward the Seventh Rank. As the tree began to form a flower bud, Devil Race forces prepared to retaliate against Crossing Dust Dock and continued searching for the human Ascended Cultivator.

• Golden Lotus Master and Daoist Wuxin gave Qin Ming their collected Incense Pills and Incense Copper Coins, and he provided them with the Black Flame Cult’s hidden pawns and strongholds to eliminate.
• Qin Ming erased Liu Guangyuan and Steward Liu’s memories, sent Steward Liu away with Daoist Wuxin, and kept Liu Guangyuan for his own purposes.
• Qin Ming fed the Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree incense offerings and Wish Power, using five Fleeting Time affixes to raise it to Grade Six Upper-Rank as believers experienced a cleansing sensation and saw a rainbow phenomenon over the Forget Dust River.
• Old Freak Sikong learned that the Black Flame Cult in Crossing Dust Dock had been wiped out and ordered Devil Race cultivators to retaliate while continuing to seek the human Ascended Cultivator.
• Several months later, Qin Ming refined a Grade Six Incense Divine Pill and fed it to the now top-grade Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree, causing a flower bud to form as Tian Ling'er and the Silver Fox watched.

The Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree absorbed the incense offerings at Crossing Dust Dock and advanced to a Seventh Rank Immortal Tree, creating a vast heavenly phenomenon. Devil Race cultivators led by General Jintian attacked the dock, but the Devouring Sky Rat, Lan Bing Fairy, and Silver Wing confronted them as the battle began.

• The Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree transformed into a Seventh Rank Immortal Tree, drawing worshippers’ Wish Power and cleansing the people of Crossing Dust Dock.
• General Jintian and his Devil Race group saw the phenomenon and headed for Crossing Dust Dock, where they intended to retaliate for the destruction of the Black Flame Cult.
• Qin Ming sensed the Devils approaching, moved the immortal tree into the Lesser Spirit Realm, and decided to stop the attack himself.
• General Jintian’s group revealed their true forms and struck Crossing Dust Dock with a thousand-zhang demonic hand, but the Devouring Sky Rat deflected it.
• Lan Bing Fairy and Silver Wing joined the Devouring Sky Rat; Silver Wing killed one Refining Void Devil, while the two Sixth Order demons suppressed the others.
• General Jintian recognized Silver Wing’s aura from the Insect Calamity and attacked her as the fighting escalated.

Qin Ming joined the battle at Crossing Dust Dock and overwhelmed General Jintian with powerful treasures and the Seventh-Rank Primordial Poison Flame. The chapter ended as Qin Ming’s flame swallowed General Jintian’s World-Ending Demonic Flame and the surrounding battlefield.

• The Devouring Sky Rat and Silver Wing defeated Devil Race cultivators, while Lan Bing Fairy and the Ziling devil woman were dragged into Void Turbulence.
• General Jintian attacked the Devouring Sky Rat, but it vanished; Qin Ming then appeared and wounded Jintian with his Wood Sovereign Nails.
• Qin Ming crushed General Jintian with the Thunder-Magnet Mountain and Primal Pole Mountain, breaking his Ancient Heavenly Demon blood armor and forcing him to flee briefly.
• General Jintian summoned his World-Ending Demonic Flame and attacked Qin Ming with nine flame dragons.
• Qin Ming summoned the Golden Crow Fire Spirit and forcefully unleashed the Seventh-Rank Primordial Poison Flame, whose Halo of the Sun overwhelmed the battlefield.

Qin Ming defeated General Jintian and the Devil Race forces at Crossing Dust Dock, then fled before arriving Body Integration experts could investigate. He later encountered Master Yuanjue near Brahma Immortal City and learned that a Conscription Order had been issued to Refining Void cultivators.

• Qin Ming used the Primordial Poison Flame to overwhelm General Jintian, whose Candle Flame Dao statue summoned the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths to shield him.
• Qin Ming unleashed the Demon Emperor Banner’s Six Desires Chaos Demons, killing General Jintian, Ziling, and the other Devil Race cultivators.
• Qin Ming erased Golden Lotus Master and Daoist Wuxin’s memories of him, left them Fifth-rank Great Incense Pills, and escaped Crossing Dust Dock with Ice Fairy.
• Divine Seal Zen Master and Mituozi arrived at the devastated dock, but Mituozi’s attempt to uncover what happened was blocked; he detected the Primordial Poison Flame’s aura.
• Qin Ming changed course toward Brahma Immortal City after studying the Candle Flame Dao statue and encountered Master Yuanjue leading a vast army of cultivators.
• Master Yuanjue showed Qin Ming a golden token and revealed that the upper ranks had issued a Conscription Order covering Refining Void cultivators.

Qin Ming was conscripted into the Human Race’s campaign at the Heaven Spine Mountains, where he served as a pill-refining logistics officer in Town Abyss Heavenly City while seeking a way to escape the war. Five years later, he encountered Jiang Tian at the Affairs Hall, where Jiang’s Star Guard squad was being denied urgently needed pills, and the other cultivators greeted Qin Ming as Senior Li.

• Master Yuanjue brought Qin Ming aboard the Sky-Patrol Warship and explained that the Human Race would repel the Insect Tide and seize Demon Race territory in the Heaven Spine Mountains.
• Qin Ming sorted the Devil Race cultivators’ Storage Bags, gained valuable treasures and resources, and learned that the dead devils had served Old Demon Sikong.
• The Human Race army reached the Heaven Spine Mountains, where Qin Ming was assigned to logistics and later became Deputy Hall Master of the Pill Hall in Town Abyss Heavenly City.
• Qin Ming spent five years refining pills and supporting the front lines while the Insect Calamity continued to inflict heavy casualties.
• Jiang Tian brought his Star Guard squad to the Affairs Hall for supplies, but Zhu Qiuchen and the steward said the Dewdrop Pills had already been reserved.
• Qin Ming entered the Affairs Great Hall, and Jiang Tian, Zhu Qiuchen, and the steward all bowed to greet him as Senior Li.

Qin Ming learned that Jiang Tian’s scouts had found an insect-race nest and planned to destroy it for military merit, recruiting Gu Chang'an to join the dangerous mission. Gu Chang'an arrived at Town Abyss Heavenly City and began negotiating Qin Ming’s offer.

• Qin Ming used his spiritual pressure to stop Commander Cao’s subordinates from mistreating Jiang Tian and his Star Guards, then gave them recovery pills.
• Jiang Tian told Qin Ming that his scouts had discovered an insect-race nesting ground after losing two squads, and Qin Ming decided to act on the intelligence himself.
• Qin Ming sent Jiang Tian to deliver a letter to Clear Wind Valley and promised to secure his reassignment from the front line.
• Old Demon Qingyang taught Qin Ming a devil-path secret method for obtaining the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths’ Incense and Fire Prayer Power.
• Cold Crow Reverend delivered Qin Ming’s letter to Gu Chang'an, who reluctantly traveled to Town Abyss Heavenly City after reading that a great opportunity had appeared.
• Qin Ming explained the insect-nest mission to Gu Chang'an, who asked what conditions would make the dangerous journey worthwhile.

Qin Ming persuaded Gu Chang'an to join him in infiltrating the Golden-Backed Mantis Mother Nest and destroying its eggs, while Old Demon Sikong and Demon Commander Ao Yu prepared a joint campaign against the Human Army. Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an reached the nest, but a colossal Golden-Backed Mantis arrived just as they were preparing to attack.

• Qin Ming offered Gu Chang'an a ten-thousand-year-old Mystic Spirit Immortal Peach to secure his help in destroying the Mother Nest, and they accepted an external scouting mission from Master Yuanjue.
• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an traveled through the Insect Tide, and the Devouring Sky Rat used its Void ability to take them into the Golden-Backed Mantis egg-laying grounds.
• Old Demon Sikong announced that the Devil Race would cooperate with Demon Commander Ao Yu to stop the Human Army and reclaim the Demon Race's territory, and the two leaders mobilized their forces.
• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an found seven Broodmothers and countless insect eggs in the valley, then discussed using Sixth Order talismans to destroy them.
• A huge Golden-Backed Mantis emerged from a rift in the void, and the insects throughout the valley bowed in reverence.

Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an hid near the Golden-Backed Mantis Mother Nest as a transformed insect king battled Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong. After secretly killing the egg-laying Broodmothers, they were caught in the resulting spatial turbulence and swept into a short-range Void Insect Hole.

• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an discovered that the Golden-Backed Mantis Queen was using a Void Insect Hole, which Silver Wing identified as a passage leading somewhere nearby in the Demon Spirit Domain.
• A vast demon and devil army led by Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong attacked the Mother Nest, prompting the Queen to reveal her power and fight them.
• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an watched the fierce battle while its aftermath destroyed most of the insect eggs and severely wounded the Broodmothers.
• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an secretly killed the remaining Broodmothers and recorded their actions on their mission tokens.
• The furious Queen struck toward Qin Ming's hiding place, and the resulting spatial turbulence swept Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an into the Void Insect Hole.

Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an were swept through a void insect hole back into the insect-infested Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm, where Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong pursued them. Silver-Winged Frost Bee revealed her Calamity Doomworm form and used Mother of Cinder's origin will to command the insect armies, giving Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an a chance to escape while the two old monsters were overwhelmed.

• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an survived the chaotic insect hole with protection from Gu Chang'an's Sixth Order Mystic Turtle and landed in the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm.
• Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong recognized Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an and pursued them as the insect tides surged toward everyone in the realm.
• Silver-Winged Frost Bee told Qin Ming she could control some insects using the Origin Power she had absorbed from Mother of Cinder, and he summoned her.
• Silver-Winged Frost Bee transformed into a massive Calamity Doomworm and spread Mother of Cinder's origin will, causing the insect armies and two Seventh-Order fierce insects to submit.
• Silver-Winged Frost Bee ordered the insect army to attack Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong, allowing Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an to flee toward the realm's outskirts.
• The three ancient fierce insects and the insect tides badly wounded Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong, who struggled to withstand the assault.

Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an recorded the coordinates of seven Void Insect Holes, but the awakening of the Calamity Doomworm's Origin Power triggered the collapse of the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm. As they faced certain death, Little Qing rescued them, seized three treasure spheres, and sent Old Demon Sikong and Demon Commander Ao Yu flying into the Spatial Turbulence.

• Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an recorded the coordinates of the seven Void Insect Holes to report to the human race.
• Nine black lightning pillars appeared, and Silver Wing's Calamity Doomworm Origin Power manifested the Doomworm phantom, which confronted a white figure in the ruins.
• The Immortal Abode Realm began collapsing before the white figure and Doomworm could clash, and three colored treasure spheres flew out from an underground abyss.
• Silver Wing lost control of her body and nearly died, while Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an chose to escape instead of pursuing the treasures.
• As Space Storms overwhelmed them and the Devouring Sky Rat failed to open a passage, Qin Ming summoned Little Qing, which swallowed him and Gu Chang'an.
• Little Qing took all three treasure spheres, struck Demon Commander Ao Yu and Old Demon Sikong into the Spatial Turbulence, then transformed into a Golden-Winged Great Peng and left.

The collapse of the Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode destroyed the Insect Realm’s invasion route, ending the Insect Calamity and shifting the balance among the Spirit Realm’s races. Qin Ming and Gu Chang'an survived the spatial turbulence but woke in the Ancient Demon Realm, where Gu Chang'an faced lethal corruption from Heavenly Demon Qi.

• The Spirit Exquisite Immortal Abode Realm collapsed, destroying the Void Insect Hole and throwing the insects in Insect Valley into disarray.
• The Insect Calamity was suppressed, and the human race seized the Demon Race’s territory in the Heaven Spine Mountains.
• Golden Turtle realized that his External Incarnation in the Demon Spirit Domain had vanished and left to search for it.
• Qin Ming awakened on a Nameless Island beside Gu Chang'an and discovered his magic power had fallen to the Qi Refining Stage, though his body-refining cultivation remained intact.
• Old Demon Qingyang identified their location as the Ancient Demon Realm and warned that Gu Chang'an could not withstand its Heavenly Demon Qi.
• Gu Chang'an summoned his True Spirit Xuanwu-bloodline turtle and told Qin Ming he would use a symbiosis secret art to preserve his soul by abandoning his human body.

Qin Ming recovered in the Ancient Demon Realm while protecting his identity on Nameless Island, and Little Qing’s treasures yielded a rare Celestial Phoenix Feather. After ten years of cultivation, Qin Ming reached the God Transformation Stage and the Mystic Water Crocodile advanced to the Sixth Order; the chapter ended as three demons approached the island to confront its white ape cultivator.

• Gu Chang'an merged his Primordial Spirit with a Mystic Turtle after Qin Ming promised to take him along if he found a way out of the Ancient Demon Realm.
• Little Qing gave Qin Ming three Immortal Abode treasures, and Qin Ming opened one jade case to find a Celestial Phoenix Feather containing essence blood.
• Qin Ming spent ten years recovering his cultivation to the God Transformation Stage while keeping a low profile on Nameless Island and learning about the surrounding region.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile suppressed the Golden-Winged Great Peng and True Dragon essence blood in its body, broke through to the Sixth Order, and celebrated with Qin Ming and the other spirit pets.
• A Pig Demon, Snake Demon, and Tiger Demon flew toward Nameless Island, intending to subdue the white ape they believed might possess a hidden opportunity.
• Gu Chang'an noticed the approaching demons from within the Mystic Turtle.

Qin Ming defeated the Three Sages of Ox Demon Mountain and learned about the Golden Scale Clan’s rule over the region and the rare Tai Jin Stone it demands as tribute. He forced the three demons to secretly bring him the ore in exchange for cultivation resources, leaving them bound by his restrictions as well as the Golden Scale Clan’s.

• Qin Ming stopped Gu Chang'an from attacking the three approaching demons, then let the tiger demon strike Nameless Island first.
• Qin Ming transformed into a giant white ape and defeated the tiger, pig, and snake demons with one powerful blow.
• The Three Sages begged for mercy, and Qin Ming demanded to know who had sent them and where they came from.
• The Pig Demon explained that the trio’s clans lived under the Golden Scale Clan’s rule and had been collecting Tai Jin Stone as tribute for Lord Golden Scale.
• Old Demon Qingyang identified the ore as material that could be refined into Tai Jin Profound Essence, and Qin Ming took the demons’ stones.
• Qin Ming planted restrictions in the three demons and ordered them to bring him Tai Jin Stone for cultivation resources while keeping his affairs secret.

Qin Ming purified Tai Jin Ore into Tai Jin Profound Gold and traded with the Three Sages of Ox Demon Mountain until the Golden Scale Demon King moved against them. The Mystic Water Crocodile confronted the king and crushed his attack, leaving the Golden Scale Clan reeling.

• Qin Ming refined Tai Jin Ore into Tai Jin Profound Gold and strengthened his body cultivation by consuming a drop.
• Qin Ming traded Fifth Order spirit pills for Tai Jin Ore from the Three Sages of Ox Demon Mountain over several years.
• The Golden Scale Demon King learned of the secret trade and ordered the Three Sages and their clans captured.
• The Three Sages warned Qin Ming that the Golden Scale Clan was watching them, and Qin Ming sent the Mystic Water Crocodile to intervene.
• The Golden Scale Demon King attacked the Mystic Water Crocodile with the Jade Scale Mysterious Banner, but the Mystic Water Crocodile shattered the banner and blasted the king from the sky.