Recaps

Qin Ming used the Mystic Water Crocodile to defeat the Golden Scale Clan, take control of its territory, and rename it Lei Ze Water Mansion while keeping his own role hidden. At Ox Demon Mountain, Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat searched for Tai Jin Ore until the rat encountered an unnaturally cold, impenetrable rock layer deep underground.

• The Mystic Water Crocodile killed the Golden Scale Clan Chief, defeated the clan elders, and made them submit after Qin Ming ordered him to spare their lives.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile took control of Golden Scale Water Mansion, while nearby forces investigated his unknown origins and gathered in Cang Yuan Water Mansion to discuss resisting him.
• Qin Ming learned about the surrounding water mansions and the Myriad Marsh Demon Kingdom, then had Golden Scale Water Mansion renamed Lei Ze Water Mansion.
• Qin Ming visited Ox Demon Mountain with the Three Sages of Ox Demon Mountain and learned that the area contained difficult-to-mine Tai Jin Ore.
• Qin Ming sent the Devouring Sky Rat to search underground, where it found Tai Jin Ore but retreated after encountering extreme cold and rock it could not dig through.
• Qin Ming followed the tunnel and found that the deep rock resisted his divine sense, water, fire, and weapons, while the chill coated his body in frost.

Qin Ming refined Tai Jin Profound Essence and broke through to the eighth layer of the Demon True Force Art and the Late Void Refinement Body Comprehending Profound realm. After he endured the resulting tribulation, the Devouring Sky Rat uncovered a Tai Yin Demonic Mountain and the remains of an ancient battlefield beneath Ox Demon Mountain, leaving Qin Ming eager to claim the treasure.

• Qin Ming refined Tai Jin ore into Tai Jin Profound Essence and used it to strengthen his body, advancing his Demon True Force Art to the eighth layer and his Body Refining cultivation to the Late Void Refinement realm.
• Qin Ming drew a Refining Void Tribulation, left the Lesser Spirit Realm for Ox Demon Mountain, and endured the thunder-fire strikes with his newly strengthened physical body.
• The Devouring Sky Rat saw the tribulation crack the rock below Ox Demon Mountain, exposing treasure light and a hidden treasure beneath the mountain.
• Qin Ming finished enduring the tribulation and went to the Devouring Sky Rat, whose discovery led him to a vast ice mountain condensed from Tai Yin power.
• Qin Ming and Old Demon Qingyang saw a sealed bull demon and many demon and devil remains beneath the Tai Yin Demonic Mountain, and Qin Ming considered how to claim the mountain.

Qin Ming failed to take Tai Yin Demonic Mountain because its ancient restriction resisted him, then began studying its runes as forces gathered around Ox Demon Mountain. The chapter ended with the Mystic Water Crocodile confronting the leaders of three rival water mansions as their battle began.

• Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat tried to break Tai Yin Demonic Mountain’s restriction, but the rat managed only to remove one rune before the mountain’s cold forced it to retreat.
• The leaders of Cang Yuan Water Mansion, Bibo Water Mansion, and Tong Ming Water Mansion agreed to investigate Ox Demon Mountain, while Saint Son Di Chen redirected his vessel there.
• Demon Commander Ao Yu returned to the Ancient Demon Realm, heard reports of Ox Demon Mountain, and disguised himself to join the forces heading there.
• Qin Ming returned to Nameless Island and used a Great Dao Enlightenment affix to study the rune restriction as the Mystic Water Crocodile learned that rival armies were approaching.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile confronted the three water mansion leaders at Ox Demon Mountain, and the Vertical-Pupiled man attacked it with four ink-black flood dragons.

The Mystic Water Crocodile defeated three Late Grade Six demons at Ox Demon Mountain, where the Tai Yin Demonic Mountain then emerged and killed them. Saint Son Di Chen and Demon Commander Ao Yu fought over the mountain while Qin Ming prepared to seize it, but Di Chen pursued the retreating Mystic Water Crocodile.

• The Mystic Turtle blocked the combined attack of the three Water Mansion clan chiefs, but the Mystic Water Crocodile sent it away and revealed his True Spirit Bloodline.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile struck the Jade Flood Dragon, black ray, and Dark Water Leopard with Eight Desolations of Thunder, badly wounding them.
• The Tai Yin Demonic Mountain emerged beneath Ox Demon Mountain, and its gray-green qi froze and killed the three wounded demons, absorbing their Demonic Souls.
• Saint Son Di Chen and Demon Commander Ao Yu rushed to seize the mountain, but its restrictions repelled them and they began fighting.
• Qin Ming found a way to break the restrictions and told the Mystic Water Crocodile to wait while he planned to take the mountain during the battle.
• Saint Son Di Chen pursued the Mystic Water Crocodile after it retreated from the two Body Integration Realm fighters.

The Mystic Water Crocodile and Devouring Sky Rat wounded Saint Son Di Chen, helping drive off the Night Owl Clan’s Gray-robed old man and draw the Body Integration Realm fighters away from Ox Demon Mountain. Qin Ming broke the mountain’s restriction and began claiming the Tai Yin Demonic Mountain, but Demon Commander Ao Yu returned and confronted him.

• Saint Son Di Chen attacked the Mystic Water Crocodile, who transformed and struck him with Heavenly Divine Thunder.
• The Devouring Sky Rat weakened Di Chen with Destiny Devouring Divine Ability, and Qin Ming stabbed him with a Black Steel Fork; Di Chen fled while Qin Ming sent his companions after him.
• The Gray-robed old man sensed Di Chen was in danger and abandoned his fight with Demon Commander Ao Yu to pursue him; Ao Yu also left the area.
• Qin Ming broke the ancient restriction around Ox Demon Mountain and began using a sacrificial refinement Secret Method to claim the Tai Yin Demonic Mountain.
• Demon Commander Ao Yu returned, recognized Qin Ming as his son’s killer, and attacked him with spatial suppression.

Qin Ming faced Demon Commander Ao Yu at Ox Demon Mountain when the awakened remnant soul of the Howling Soul Rhinoceros Ox intervened. With the ox restraining Ao Yu, Qin Ming uprooted and stored Tai Yin Demonic Mountain, then used the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror to attack Ao Yu, leaving the demon commander rapidly withering.

• The Howling Soul Rhinoceros Ox's remnant soul awakened, broke Ao Yu's divine ability, and began devouring the souls of demons across Ox Demon Mountain.
• The ox recognized Qin Ming's powers and his connection to the Azure Emperor, then restrained Ao Yu and offered Qin Ming a chance to take Tai Yin Demonic Mountain.
• After Old Demon Qingyang's refining method failed, Qin Ming transformed into a Giant White Ape and used Profound Divine Power to uproot the eighty-thousand-foot mountain and store it in the Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Qin Ming revealed the Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror and activated Eternal Embers against the restrained Ao Yu, rapidly draining his vitality and lifespan.

Qin Ming killed Demon Commander Ao Yu, escaped the Night Owl Clan’s pursuit with his allies, and became a feared power in the Myriad Marsh Demon Kingdom. As forces from the Four Great Water Mansions offered to submit, Qin Ming prepared to consolidate their influence and strengthen the Mystic Water Crocodile’s weapon.

• Qin Ming used his Natal Eight Gates Reincarnation Mirror to kill Demon Commander Ao Yu, collected the Howling Soul Rhinoceros Ox’s essence bone, and left Ox Demon Mountain.
• Lan Bing Fairy rescued the Mystic Water Crocodile and Devouring Sky Rat from the Night Owl Clan’s gray-robed old man, who abandoned his pursuit after learning Ao Yu had died.
• Qin Ming emerged from the Lesser Spirit Realm, called his allies back, and decided to build influence in the Myriad Marsh Demon Kingdom while seeking a route to the Spirit Realm.
• Rumors of the White Ape’s strength spread after Ao Yu’s death, and demon forces began visiting Nameless Island to form ties.
• Qin Ming told the Mystic Water Crocodile to handle the submitting forces and offered to refine its Black Wolf Tooth Greatclub with a segment of the Howling Soul Rhinoceros Ox’s Natal Demon Bone.

Qin Ming consolidated Lei Ze Water Mansion’s power, harvested Demon Commander Ao Yu’s remains, and refined three divine mountains into a Dao Integration Treasure. As the Longevity Army expanded, the Myriad Marsh Demon Kingdom’s rulers debated whether to destroy Lei Ze Water Mansion or absorb it.

• Qin Ming planted restrictions in the leaders of the Three Great Water Mansions and assigned his subordinates to govern them, uniting the Four Great Water Mansions under Lei Ze Water Mansion.
• Qin Ming collected Demon Commander Ao Yu’s Seventh-Rank Demon Core, materials, and Soul Pearl, then used Affixes to restore his cultivation to the Mid-stage Refining Void realm.
• Qin Ming spent ten years refining the Tai Yin Demonic Mountain and joined it with Thunder-Magnet Mountain and Primal Pole Mountain to create a Seventh-Rank Dao Integration Treasure.
• Qin Ming learned that the cross-realm passage to the Spirit Realm was controlled by an overlord-level power, while the Longevity Army continued conquering nearby waters.
• The Myriad Marsh Demon Kingdom’s ruler and ministers discussed whether to eliminate Lei Ze Water Mansion or grant it amnesty and absorb it into the Demon Court.

The Demon Court decided to recruit the Lei Ze Water Mansion, and Yu Mu Zi went to negotiate with White Ape and Mystic Water Crocodile after foreseeing his army’s defeat. Qin Ming enhanced Mystic Water Crocodile’s club, and the chapter ended with White Ape calmly agreeing to join the Demon Court.

• The White Marsh Demon Emperor ordered Yu Mu Zi to recruit the Lei Ze Water Mansion, allowing force only if White Ape and Mystic Water Crocodile refused to submit.
• Qin Ming fused Howling Soul Rhinoceros Ox bone into the Black Wolf Tooth Greatclub, strengthening it for Mystic Water Crocodile.
• The Demon Court’s recruitment plans unsettled the leaders of the Four Great Water Mansions, but Qin Ming told them to continue as usual.
• Yu Mu Zi used his Mystic Mechanism Heavenly Eye to show his generals a vision of the Longevity Army and Mystic Water Crocodile destroying the Demon Court forces, then went alone to White Ape Island.
• Yu Mu Zi met Qin Ming, Mystic Water Crocodile, and the others and announced the Demon Court’s demand to incorporate the Longevity Army.
• Qin Ming calmly agreed to the Demon Court’s recruitment offer.

Yu Mu Zi recruited Qin Ming and the Four Great Water Mansions into the Myriad Marsh Demon Court, where Qin Ming became White Ape Demon Commander and gained a vast territory. As Qin Ming planned to use the Demon Court’s cross-realm passage to return to the Spirit Realm, he received visits from two powerful demon commanders, while news of his rise enraged Saint Son Di Chen.

• Yu Mu Zi returned safely with Old Ancestor White Ape’s signed surrender document and announced that the Four Great Water Mansions had agreed to join the Demon Court.
• White Marsh Demon Emperor enfeoffed Qin Ming as White Ape Demon Commander, Mystic Water Crocodile as a demon general, and Devouring Sky Rat and Lan Bing Fairy as demon generals.
• Qin Ming learned that the cross-realm passage to the Spirit Realm lay in Tian Hai Gui Xu and hoped to be sent there to replace Demon Commander Ao Yu.
• Chi Lin Zi and Long Li Zi visited Qin Ming on White Ape Island and confirmed that he had killed Demon Commander Ao Yu after he showed them Ao Yu’s Seventh Rank Demon Core.
• Saint Son Di Chen received news of Qin Ming and Mystic Water Crocodile’s enfeoffment and grew furious.

Qin Ming refused to trade Demon Commander Ao Yu’s Demon Core but hosted Chi Lin Zi and Long Li Zi with Void Heaven Moon Invitation Nectar, exchanging the wine for valuable treasures. After identifying Chi Lin Zi’s black jade as Demonic Devouring Nether Jade, Qin Ming learned it could be used to refine a Demon Refining Bottle and agreed to trade for it.

• Qin Ming declined Chi Lin Zi and Long Li Zi’s offers for Ao Yu’s Demon Core and served them Void Heaven Moon Invitation Nectar.
• Long Li Zi traded five pieces of Upper-Grade Immortal Jade for a gourd of Qin Ming’s wine, while the Devouring Sky Rat impressed the Demon Commanders by breaking his restriction.
• Chi Lin Zi offered Qin Ming a Seventh Rank Cinnabar Fruit, Demonic Devouring Nether Jade, and a Demon Race cultivation technique in exchange for wine.
• Old Demon Qingyang identified the jade as Demonic Devouring Nether Jade and explained that it was the main material for refining a Demon Refining Bottle.
• Old Demon Qingyang told Qin Ming the bottle could capture Demon Race souls and help nourish the Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree, and Qin Ming accepted Chi Lin Zi’s offer for the jade.

Qin Ming traded a gourd of immortal brew for strange black jade while posing as a descendant of the Mountain Giant Ape clan, earning the trust of two Demon Race commanders and learning their secrets. Meanwhile, Golden Turtle arrived at Heavenly Star City and questioned Yun Xi Zi about Qin Ming before leaving with Cold Crow Reverend to search for him.

• Qin Ming accepted Long Li Zi's black jade and gave him a gourd of Void Heaven Moon Invitation Nectar in exchange.
• Qin Ming claimed Mountain Giant Ape ancestry, and Chi Lin Zi and Long Li Zi shared Demon Race secrets with him.
• Golden Turtle and Cold Crow Reverend appeared in Heavenly Star City's Teleportation Great Hall through a powerful spatial disturbance.
• Yun Xi Zi recognized Golden Turtle and saluted him as the Human Race's legendary peak Body Integration cultivator.
• Golden Turtle questioned Yun Xi Zi about Qin Ming, then departed with Cold Crow Reverend toward the Eastern Huang Mountain Range.

Devouring Sky Rat failed to capture the Golden Turtle Clan leaders after they vanished during his campaign, so he sought Mystic Water Crocodile’s help. The fugitives hid with the Night Owl Clan, where One-Eyed Owl killed a Golden Turtle youth who accused them of betraying his clan.

• Qin Ming assigned Devouring Sky Rat to suppress the rebellious Golden Turtle Clan within seven days, and Devouring Sky Rat led the Demon Court army to Golden Ao Water Mansion.
• Devouring Sky Rat’s army slaughtered the Golden Turtle Clan, but several leaders escaped toward the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom and disappeared despite his pursuit and a two-day search.
• Devouring Sky Rat asked Mystic Water Crocodile for help, and the two traveled through a Void Passage to investigate the escapees’ disappearance.
• The Golden Turtle Clan Chief and several clansmen met Saint Son Di Chen and the Night Owl Clan inside a concealed cave abode, where the Golden Turtle youth blamed the Night Owl Clan for their plan’s exposure.
• One-Eyed Owl killed the Golden Turtle youth with a flying feather, seized his Demon Core, and crushed it.

The Mystic Water Crocodile exposed the Night Owl Clan’s hiding place and joined the Devouring Sky Rat in confronting the Golden Turtle Clan traitors, the One-Eyed Owl, and Saint Son Di Chen. After the rival armies clashed and the One-Eyed Owl fought the Mystic Water Crocodile to a draw, the Devouring Sky Rat alerted Qin Ming, who left his artifact refinement to head to the battle.

• The One-Eyed Owl killed Golden Turtle Clan members and planned to use the survivors as bait to lure the Demon Court army into his trap.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile found the Mountain Sea Pearl with a lightning strike, shattering it and exposing the Golden Turtle Clan Chief and his surviving clansmen.
• The One-Eyed Owl and Saint Son Di Chen emerged, and a large Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom army arrived to confront the Longevity Army.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile and the One-Eyed Owl fought to a draw, while the Devouring Sky Rat battled Saint Son Di Chen.
• The Devouring Sky Rat sent Qin Ming a warning, and Qin Ming stopped refining the Demon Refining Bottle and set out for the battle.

Qin Ming crushed the Golden Turtle Clan rebellion, uncovered the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom’s plan to invade, and learned that the conflict was tied to a struggle over command in the Spirit Realm. The White Marsh Demon Emperor ordered him to defend the western border, while Qin Ming saw the assignment as a chance to earn a return to the Spirit Realm; within half a year, war began.

• Qin Ming arrived at the Golden Turtle Water Mansion battlefield, causing Saint Son Di Chen and One-Eyed Owl to flee, then ordered the Devouring Sky Rat to capture and interrogate the rebels.
• The Devouring Sky Rat learned that the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom planned to use the Golden Turtle Water Mansion to invade the Myriad Marsh Demon Kingdom and seize its water mansions.
• Qin Ming traveled to the Imperial Capital, where the Crimson Scale Demon Commander told him that Demon Emperor Di Hao was resisting a transfer of power and that three Demon Commander slots to the Spirit Realm would be awarded for merit and strength.
• Qin Ming reported the invasion plan to the White Marsh Demon Emperor, who ordered him to defend the western border and promised to grant him one condition if he succeeded.
• Qin Ming returned to White Ape Island, mobilized his forces, and continued refining the Demon Refining Bottle; half a year later, the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom launched its war.

Qin Ming refined a Seventh Rank Demon Refining Bottle, sacrificed demonic souls to the Candle Flame Dao for Incense and Fire Prayer Power, and used it to accelerate the Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree’s growth. He gave the bottle to the Devouring Sky Rat for use against the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom, leaving its battlefield role about to begin.

• Qin Ming completed the Seventh Rank Demon Refining Bottle, which could draw out and refine demonic souls.
• Qin Ming collected lingering souls at Ox Demon Mountain and sacrificed them to the Candle Flame Dao, receiving three spirit incense sticks in exchange.
• Qin Ming burned the incense before the Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree, enlarging its fruits and increasing its height.
• Old Demon Qingyang explained that Emperor Qing had mastered the sacrificial method and could travel through time using the power of the Time Law.
• Qin Ming summoned the Devouring Sky Rat from the fierce border war and handed it the Demon Refining Bottle to use against the Demon Race.

The Devouring Sky Rat used Qin Ming’s Demon Refining Bottle to devastate the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom’s forces, though One-Eyed Owl and Saint Son Di Chen escaped. After returning the captured souls to Qin Ming, the exhausted rat collapsed, and Qin Ming went to sacrifice the souls to the Sage Ancestor of the Six Paths.

• Qin Ming taught the Devouring Sky Rat how to activate the Demon Refining Bottle and gave it supplies to restore its demonic power.
• At the Golden Turtle Water Mansion border, the Devouring Sky Rat revealed the bottle and used its gray light to capture tens of thousands of demon souls, while One-Eyed Owl and Saint Son Di Chen escaped.
• The Devouring Sky Rat returned to White Ape Island and handed Qin Ming the more than half-full bottle before collapsing from exhaustion.
• At the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom’s Imperial Capital, Saint Son Di Chen, One-Eyed Owl, and the Gray-robed old man discussed the bottle and feared the threat it posed to their forces.
• Qin Ming had Lan Bing Fairy take the Devouring Sky Rat to recover, then entered the Lesser Spirit Realm and began a ritual sacrifice with the captured souls.

Qin Ming traded demon souls for spirit incense, strengthened the Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree, and agreed to join the Fire Qilin Demon Commander and Dragon Fish Demon Commander on a dangerous expedition to a Phoenix Perching Wutong in the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom. As the group secretly crossed the border, the story also returned to the Spirit Realm, where Golden Turtle was guiding Yue Lingyan’s cultivation after the Myriad Flower Holy Lord had stopped him from taking her away.

• Qin Ming exchanged a large haul of demon souls for six sticks of spirit incense and used them to nourish the Seven Emotions Six Desires Tree.
• The White Marsh Demon Emperor rewarded Qin Ming for defending the western border, and the Fire Qilin Demon Commander and Dragon Fish Demon Commander invited him to seek a withered Phoenix Perching Wutong in enemy territory.
• Qin Ming checked his spirit plant inheritance, learned the wutong might hold True Phoenix blood or Natal Feathers, and agreed to join the expedition after hearing Lan Bing Fairy’s inherited knowledge.
• The Devouring Sky Rat reported that the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom had begun avoiding battle, leaving Qin Ming with fewer souls to gather; Qin Ming then secretly crossed the border with the two Demon Commanders in disguise.
• In the Spirit Realm, Golden Turtle guided Yue Lingyan’s cultivation, recalling that the Myriad Flower Holy Lord had stopped him from taking her away.

Golden Turtle discovered that his missing External Incarnation and Mystic Turtle Spirit Pet were in the Ancient Demon Realm, and prepared to send another incarnation to retrieve them. Meanwhile, Qin Ming and the two Demon Commanders reached the Burning Heaven Mountain Range to investigate a Void Rift before the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom could respond.

• The Myriad Flower Holy Lord reunited with Golden Turtle, learned why he sought his missing incarnation and Mystic Turtle, and left after sharing what she knew.
• After waiting decades for Qin Ming to return, Golden Turtle summoned Yin Yang Zi, who divined that the incarnation and Mystic Turtle were in the Ancient Demon Realm and had merged into one.
• Yin Yang Zi found that Qin Ming was alive and with the Spirit Pet, but could not divine his exact circumstances; he gave Golden Turtle a Spirit Reversal Pearl that could protect an incarnation for up to three months.
• Golden Turtle decided to send another incarnation to retrieve them, offered Yue Lingyan a place at his side, and left her cultivation art and pills when she declined.
• Yin Yang Zi privately suspected that Qin Ming was a Lower Realm Ascended Cultivator wanted by two Great Holy Ancestors and chose not to involve himself further.
• In the Ancient Demon Realm, Qin Ming, Fire God Child, and Dragon Fish Son met their agents in the Burning Heaven Mountain Range and learned that Void Yuan Beasts and Spatial Turbulence had drawn the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom's attention.

Qin Ming, Huo Linzi, and Dragon Fish Son found the Phoenix Perching Wutong Divine Wood beneath Phoenix Flame Mountain, but a True Phoenix feather turned black and unleashed an Evil Phoenix Phantom. As the group faced the sealed, deadly threat, Golden Turtle arrived in the Ancient Demon Realm.

• Huo Linzi led Qin Ming and the others to the Void Rift, where they fought off the guarding Void Yuan Beasts and entered the space beneath Phoenix Flame Mountain.
• The three discovered the towering Wutong Divine Wood and its sealed nest, then encountered Saint Son Di Chen, the One-Eyed Owl, and the Gray-robed old man with a Night Owl Clan army.
• Lan Bing Fairy sensed an evil presence in the nest, and Qin Ming warned Huo Linzi and Dragon Fish Son to prepare for danger.
• Night Owl Clan cultivators found a True Phoenix Natal Feather in the nest, but greed and violence broke out among them as the feather absorbed their Demon Core essence.
• The feather turned black and released black flames; an enormous Evil Phoenix Phantom appeared, killed many Night Owl Clan cultivators, and sealed the area with Power of Space.
• Golden Turtle gathered from starlight and arrived in the Ancient Demon Realm after suffering heavy losses.

Golden Turtle’s incarnation revealed his identity to Qin Ming and headed toward the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom, while Qin Ming’s group faced an awakened, demon-corrupted True Phoenix soul. The Evil Phoenix targeted Qin Ming because it sensed Lan Bing Fairy, and the ensuing battle left Qin Ming moving to stop the Night Owl Clan from seizing the True Phoenix feather.

• Golden Turtle sensed his other incarnation’s location and flew toward the Sacred Feather Demon Kingdom to retrieve it.
• Gu Chang'an told Qin Ming that his true body was Golden Turtle, one of the Seven Prodigies of the Spirit Realm Human Race, but said he could not take Qin Ming back with him.
• The Evil Phoenix manifested as a Phoenix Crown Woman, and Old Demon Qingyang identified the True Phoenix soul as corrupted by True Demon Qi.
• The Evil Phoenix sensed Lan Bing Fairy inside the Lesser Spirit Realm and shifted its killing intent toward Qin Ming, prompting Qin Ming to summon his spirit pets as Huo Linzi and Dragon Fish Son fought the Phoenix.
• Saint Son Di Chen and the One-Eyed Owl tried to seize the opportunity atop the canopy, so Qin Ming went after them while the Mystic Water Crocodile blocked the Gray-robed old man’s sneak attack.
• Qin Ming reached the One-Eyed Owl and launched a punch at him.

Qin Ming fought One-Eyed Owl and came under attack from Evil Phoenix, whose Phoenix Flame Mountain threatened everyone in the area. Golden Turtle arrived and broke the spatial barrier, but Qin Ming confronted the falling mountain by summoning the True Spirit Five Peaks Mountain.

• Qin Ming transformed into a Giant White Ape, overcame One-Eyed Owl's attacks, and battered him with the power of Body Comprehending Profound.
• The Gray-robed old man protected Saint Son Di Chen and One-Eyed Owl, while Evil Phoenix severely injured Dragon Fish Son and Huo Linzi.
• Evil Phoenix summoned a ten-thousand-zhang Flame Divine Mountain and sent it crashing down on Qin Ming and the others.
• Golden Turtle arrived and used a Seventh Rank Barrier Breaking Talisman to destroy Evil Phoenix's spatial restriction; Dragon Fish Son and Huo Linzi fled, while the Gray-robed old man was sealed in place.
• Qin Ming sent his spirit pets into the Lesser Spirit Realm and summoned the True Spirit Five Peaks Mountain, which he hurled at Phoenix Flame Mountain.

Qin Ming used the True Spirit Five Peaks Mountain to repel the Evil Phoenix and defeat the Night Owl Clan’s forces while Golden Turtle held the Phoenix Crown Woman back. Devouring Sky Rat and Mystic Water Crocodile captured the gray-robed old man’s Demon Core, and Qin Ming prepared to deal with the defeated Saint Son Di Chen as One-Eyed Owl faced the Crocodile.

• Qin Ming’s True Spirit Five Peaks Mountain overpowered the Phoenix Flame Divine Mountain, while Golden Turtle and the Evil Phoenix began a fierce battle.
• The Phoenix Crown Woman crushed the gray-robed old man’s body and absorbed his blood, but his Demon Core fled as Saint Son Di Chen escaped another fatal blow with a life-saving treasure.
• Golden Turtle told Qin Ming to handle the Night Owl Clan members, and Devouring Sky Rat and Mystic Water Crocodile went after the gray-robed old man’s fleeing Demon Core.
• Devouring Sky Rat used the Demon Refining Bottle to capture the gray-robed old man’s Demon Core and Demonic Soul, then returned with Mystic Water Crocodile to the battlefield.
• Qin Ming smashed Saint Son Di Chen into the ground and forced One-Eyed Owl to retreat; Mystic Water Crocodile blocked One-Eyed Owl while Devouring Sky Rat reported the capture.
• Qin Ming lifted the badly wounded Saint Son Di Chen, who threatened him and then begged for his life.

Qin Ming and his allies fought the Dragon Tree Sage Ancestor’s lingering will, which had possessed the Phoenix Crown Woman and threatened the Golden Turtle. As Qin Ming drew True Demon Qi from the Wutong Divine Wood, its tree spirit entered his body and unexpectedly advanced his Eternal Azure Emperor Art.

• Qin Ming imprisoned Saint Son Di Chen in the Lesser Spirit Realm while the Mystic Water Crocodile fought the One-Eyed Owl.
• The Dragon Tree Sage Ancestor emerged through the Phoenix Crown Woman, broke the Golden Turtle’s defenses, and drained his blood essence.
• Old Demon Qingyang recognized the Dragon Tree Sage Ancestor’s lingering will and attacked it, buying Qin Ming time to remove the True Demon Qi sustaining it.
• Qin Ming transformed into a Thousand-Hand Demon Form and began drawing True Demon Qi from the dead Phoenix Perching Wutong Divine Wood.
• The Dragon Tree Sage Ancestor awakened the Wutong Divine Wood’s tree spirit, but its cultivation essence and undying divinity flowed into Qin Ming’s Undying Immortal Body.
• Qin Ming’s Spirit Plant phantom grew, his Mayfly Chapter reached major completion, and multicolored mayflies gathered around him.

Qin Ming broke through to Late Void Refinement and used his Nine Transformation Tribulation Pill to survive the Five Elements Heavenly Punishment. After defeating Dragon Tree Sage Ancestor, he turned to claim the ancient true phoenix’s Natal Feather, and the recovered Phoenix Crown Woman confronted him.

• Qin Ming reached Late Void Refinement, triggering a powerful Void Return Tribulation that struck the Phoenix Perching Wutong Divine Wood.
• Dragon Tree Sage Ancestor tried to recruit the One-Eyed Owl, but the Owl refused, while the Mystic Water Crocodile defeated him and returned to the Lesser Spirit Realm to cultivate.
• Qin Ming’s Nine Transformation Tribulation Pill absorbed most of the heavenly punishment, gaining six tribulation scars, and he blocked the final bolts with the True Spirit Five Peaks Mountain.
• Qin Ming survived the tribulation, then destroyed Dragon Tree Sage Ancestor’s lingering will after giving the false name Li Qianjie.
• Qin Ming turned toward the ancient true phoenix’s Natal Feather, and the recovered Phoenix Crown Woman asked whether he wanted it.