Chapter Summaries

Li Qiang reunited with Wu Chen and learned about the Chongxuan Sect’s lineages, disciples, and his duty to find a successor. After Old Immortal Tianshi revealed that Li Qiang was the Azure Emperor’s disciple, Li Qiang headed to the Chongxuan Sect to study how to refine a Foundation Establishment Law Treasure, while Mei'er stayed in Sleepless City for the competition.

• Wu Chen teased Li Qiang for neglecting the Chongxuan Sect, then introduced him to Misila and Fu Shan’s eldest disciple, Liu Dayue.
• Qian Chi'ou resisted Misila’s attempt to recruit Zhao Hao and the other promising disciples, and Li Qiang agreed to send two newer disciples to serve at the Chongxuan Sect instead.
• At the Chongxuan Sect compound, Li Qiang provoked Old Immortal Tianshi about Heavenly Lord Lijin and learned that Tianshi wanted the Suppressing Tranquility Intent Origin and the Heavenly Lion Divine Beast’s power.
• Wu Chen explained that Li Qiang had to seek the Chongxuan Sect’s next-generation brother and could consult the sect’s texts on refining Foundation Establishment Law Treasures.
• Old Immortal Tianshi revealed that Li Qiang was the Azure Emperor’s disciple, shocking Wu Chen and Misila.
• Li Qiang asked Mei'er to remain in Sleepless City for the Dao Technique and Law Technique Grand Competition, then left with Misila for the Chongxuan Sect to study the refining texts.

Li Qiang returned to the Chongxuan Sect and toured the Heart Refining Pavilion, where he studied the sect’s collected cultivation methods and treasures. After completing his review of all thirty-six halls, he considered using the Fire Origin Crystal to refine a Foundation Establishment Law Treasure, but worried that his Divine Yi Power might make it unusable by ordinary mortals.

• Misila welcomed Li Qiang to the Chongxuan Sect, where Li Qiang met Chen Zhifeng and was introduced to the sect’s disciples.
• Misila and Chen Zhifeng guided Li Qiang through the Seal-Forming Pavilion, the Soul-Luring Stone Grand Formation, and the Complex Spectrum Star Chart to reach the Heart Refining Pavilion.
• Li Qiang chose to remain in the Heart Refining Pavilion and asked Misila to notify him when the Dao Technique and Law Technique Grand Competition began.
• Li Qiang studied Jade Pupil Slips in all thirty-six seclusion halls, deepening his knowledge of cultivation, formations, and artifact refining.
• Li Qiang examined the Fire Origin Crystal and considered refining a Foundation Establishment Law Treasure, but wondered whether mortals could use one made with Divine Yi Power.

Li Qiang and Fu Shan refined the Foundation Establishment Law Treasure Flower of Heart Reflection and shared their cultivation insights before Fu Shan departed. Grieving the farewell, Li Qiang entered a great nirvana pass and advanced to the initial realm of Five-Pillar Heaven, while Mei'er and others waited for him to emerge from seclusion.

• Li Qiang refined a peony-shaped Foundation Establishment Law Treasure, and Fu Shan helped add formations so a mortal might withstand its power.
• Li Qiang named the completed treasure the Flower of Heart Reflection and drew it into his body to nurture it.
• Li Qiang and Fu Shan discussed cultivation, and Fu Shan gave Li Qiang a star marker leading to Earth and Illusory Cloud Star, where Hua Meiniang cultivated.
• Fu Shan said farewell and vanished, leaving Li Qiang overwhelmed by loss and unconscious in the Heart Refining Pavilion.
• Li Qiang entered a great nirvana pass, awakened through his divine war soul, and advanced to the initial realm of Five-Pillar Heaven before choosing to consolidate his cultivation.
• Misila, Old Immortal Tianshi, Chen Zhifeng, Mei'er, and Ling Baihui waited for Li Qiang to leave seclusion, and Misila returned in alarm as the old immortal threatened to break into the pavilion.

Li Qiang emerged from seclusion, learned that Chi Wuyu was coming to reclaim Old Immortal Tianshi’s Suppressing Tranquility Intent Origin, and agreed to help explain the matter. After receiving a cryptic warning from Qi Junsha, Li Qiang returned to the Ancient Sword Academy, where his Heart of Slaughter began to stir.

• Qian Shanyong and Dainan Fengyu arrived seeking Li Qiang and ordered Old Immortal Tianshi to return with them to the Sacred City.
• Li Qiang learned that Chi Wuyu was coming from the Immortal Realm and agreed to explain why Little White would not return to its owner, while Qian Shanyong and Tianshi concealed their plans to rely on his help.
• After Qian Shanyong, Dainan Fengyu, and Tianshi left, Li Qiang read Qi Junsha’s Jade Pupil Slip and found the warning, “Be careful!”
• Li Qiang told Qian Chi'ou and Misila to notify him when Chiming arrived, then went with his companions to the Ancient Sword Academy and distributed Law Treasures and Immortal Stones.
• At the Ancient Sword Academy, Li Qiang grew agitated as his Heart of Slaughter stirred, and he hugged Mei'er while struggling to restrain himself.

Li Qiang strengthened the foundations of Zhao Qi, Luan Ling, Liu Jing, and Ying Luo before setting out for Heavenly Court Star with Nashan and Zhao Zhi. In Hanlin City, he entered a banquet hosted by Prefect Jiang Weiguang and recognized the man seated at its head.

• Li Qiang recognized Zhao Qi among Zhao Hao's disciples, gave all four disciples flying swords, and used Divine Yi Power to stabilize and strengthen their foundations.
• Li Qiang arranged for Mei'er and Ling Baihui to remain at the Ancient Sword Academy and chose Nashan and Zhao Zhi to accompany him to Heavenly Court Star.
• Li Qiang and his companions disguised themselves and entered Hanlin City, where he noticed the city had become dilapidated and found that Zhao Hao's former home was now a restaurant.
• Li Qiang's group went upstairs to a banquet hosted by Prefect Jiang Weiguang, and Jiang mistook their badges for proof that they were important officials from the capital.
• Li Qiang saw the man seated at the banquet and greeted him as an old acquaintance.

Li Qiang stopped Lei Tianxiao from taking laborers from Gusong Kingdom to Qianjie Star and learned that the Purple Immortal King was gathering mortals to build a Sealed Fate Planet. After visiting the Sacred King's Residence and deciding not to seek Hou Pijing, Li Qiang set out with Nashan and Zhao Zhi, but a commotion in the street ended with him recognizing someone on the ground.

• Li Qiang subdued Lei Tianxiao and his companions, then learned that they had taken laborers from Gusong Kingdom for Qianjie Star.
• Li Qiang ordered Prefect Jiang to return the laborers’ unpaid family allowances, sealed Lei Tianxiao’s powers, and warned him to tell the Purple Immortal King not to harm anyone.
• Li Qiang learned that Hou Pijing had gone to seek spirit medicine and received the message that he should not search for him deliberately.
• Li Qiang left the Sacred King’s Residence the next morning with Nashan and Zhao Zhi, then recognized the person lying on the ground amid a street commotion.

Li Qiang rescued Hua Meiniang from Situ Yong, then joined her in confronting Situ Yong’s forces at Shadow Castle. As Li Qiang played the Sound of Heavenly Melody, his Heart of Slaughter intensified, and Hua Meiniang could not get him to stop.

• Li Qiang and Zhao Zhi used a Death-Averting Pill to stabilize Hua Meiniang while Li Qiang helped her circulate her power, and Situ Yong fled when Li Qiang’s saber immobilized him.
• After Hua Meiniang healed, she told Li Qiang that Situ Yong’s faction was seizing mortals and that she had fallen into his formation while trying to stop them; Li Qiang agreed to go with her to Qianjie Star.
• Li Qiang, Hua Meiniang, Nashan, and Zhao Zhi approached Shadow Castle, where Hua Meiniang warned Li Qiang to control his growing killing intent.
• Hua Meiniang attacked the cultivators who surrounded them, and Nashan and Zhao Zhi joined the fight before she withdrew with them to let Li Qiang face the reinforcements led by Situ Yong.
• Li Qiang transformed the War Soul Saber into five strings and played the Sound of Heavenly Melody, battering the formations and severely injuring the cultivators as Situ Yong ordered a retreat.
• Li Qiang became absorbed in the melody as his Heart of Slaughter surged, and Hua Meiniang shouted for him to stop without reaching him.

Li Qiang’s rampage against Shadow Castle was stopped after he clashed with Qian Shanyong, and the immortals then took him to Ancient Meteor Star to seek an audience with High Person Yuangu. The chapter ended as Xian Rong and Xian Xi escorted the group to meet the mysterious Primordial Hermit.

• Li Qiang unleashed the Sound of Heavenly Melody and fought Qian Shanyong with the War Soul Saber, while Dainan Fengyu drove Shadow Castle’s cultivators away.
• The clash exhausted Li Qiang, and Qian Shanyong, Dainan Fengyu, and Old Immortal Tianshi learned that Li Qiang had found the War Soul Saber on Purple Soul Star.
• A report revealed that many immortals had entered the Cultivation Realm through the Reverse Passage, leaving Qian Shanyong and the others uncertain about their purpose.
• Qian Shanyong gave Hua Meiniang a Sacred Edict and took Li Qiang, Dainan Fengyu, and Old Immortal Tianshi to Ancient Meteor Star to meet High Person Yuangu.
• Xian Rong and Xian Xi welcomed the group, accepted Li Qiang’s toys, and used a spiritual instruction to take them to the High Person.

Li Qiang and his companions visited High Person Yuangu in Ringed Jade Heaven, where they discovered she was the legendary Heavenly Aunt. After Li Qiang challenged her and nearly suffered cultivation deviation, Heavenly Aunt subdued and healed him before offering the guests rare spirit fruits.

• Xian Rong and Xian Xi guided Li Qiang, Qian Shanyong, Old Immortal Tianshi, and Dainan Fengyu through the Primordial Domain Separation and Union Great Formation to High Person Yuangu's dwelling.
• High Person Yuangu revealed her true form and told the visitors they could call her Heavenly Aunt, then asked Qian Shanyong why he had come.
• Qian Shanyong brought up Gu Xing's plan to travel to Xinbo Cape in West Ji, and Heavenly Aunt judged that he could go there but would accomplish nothing.
• Li Qiang challenged Heavenly Aunt, who teleported him away and trapped him as he tried to fight back.
• Li Qiang triggered the Divine War Soul and began an Immortal Spirit Instruction, but Heavenly Aunt restrained him; the backlash nearly caused him to explode before her petals healed him and put him to sleep.
• After Li Qiang awoke unharmed, Heavenly Aunt welcomed the guests to taste the rare spirit fruits Xian Xi had gathered.

Heavenly Aunt gave Li Qiang the Beiye Pill Cauldron, divine pill instructions, and Soul Crossing Liquid while warning Qian Shanyong to protect him, then sent the visitors away. Li Qiang returned to Heavenly Court Star and, after reaching a riverside tea shelter, encountered a young man carrying the Crystal Origin Bow as horsemen approached.

• Heavenly Aunt gave Li Qiang the Beiye Pill Cauldron and taught him how to understand the Beiye Heavenly Scripture through Divine Sense.
• Heavenly Aunt warned Qian Shanyong not to fight Gu Xing and told him to protect Li Qiang until the Azure Emperor broke through the final realm.
• Heavenly Aunt gave Li Qiang Soul Crossing Liquid for his master, Qi Junsha, and Brother Mo, but Li Qiang failed to convince her he sincerely wanted to be her friend.
• Xian Xi secretly gave Li Qiang a sphere for use in great danger, and Heavenly Aunt sent Li Qiang, Qian Shanyong, Old Immortal Tianshi, and Dainan Fengyu back to Heavenly Court Star.
• Li Qiang parted from Qian Shanyong and went to a tea shelter by the Qingwei River, where he recognized the Crystal Origin Bow carried by a hurried young man as the weapon he had given Lin Fenghe.
• The young man tried to find a ferry across the river, then went to the landing with the Crystal Origin Bow as hoofbeats approached.

Li Qiang stopped Yuchi Kang from stealing the Crystal Origin Bow and helped resolve the conflict between Lin Jizu and Lin Jibing. He taught Lin Jibing and Yezi cultivation before leaving the Green Basin, where he headed toward a distant roar.

• Lin Jizu pursued Lin Jibing to reclaim the Crystal Origin Bow, while Yuchi Kang arrived and attacked the Gusong soldiers.
• Li Qiang secretly wounded Yuchi Kang, then revealed himself, sealed Yuchi Kang’s cultivation, and helped Lin Jizu capture him and recover the bow.
• Li Qiang gave Lin Jizu spirit pills for Lin Fenghe and freed Lin Jibing, then offered to teach him cultivation.
• Li Qiang taught Lin Jibing a cultivation formula and gave him Immortal Stones; Yezi recited the formula and received Immortal Stones as well.
• Li Qiang walked across the Qingwei River and left the Green Basin, then turned toward a distant roar.

Li Qiang killed Old Man Baihuang after he began transforming into a devil, then discovered a hidden Chu Witch Clan and met its Witch Elder, who claimed a Seizing Circle had predicted Li Qiang’s arrival. The Witch Elder explained the danger facing his clan and began divining what would happen next.

• Li Qiang recognized Old Man Baihuang, who asked him to end his suffering, and destroyed Baihuang’s body and newborn devil with the War Soul Saber and Demon-Extinguishing Divine Thunder.
• The little Sea Demon swept away the devil’s scattered soul, reunited briefly with Li Qiang, and then flew off on its own.
• Li Qiang searched Baihuang’s underground cave, collected his Law Treasures and bracelet, and continued across Heavenly Court Star until he found a hidden formation in a canyon.
• Li Qiang entered the Chu Witch Clan’s underground refuge and met the paralyzed Witch Elder, who said the Seizing Circle had predicted Li Qiang would come and could resolve the clan’s calamity.
• The Witch Elder revealed that a Chu Witch Clan member had injured a cultivator’s disciple during a dispute over a Primordial Yang Pill, and that the clan’s chief and the disciple were both sealed in witch ice.
• At Li Qiang’s request, the Witch Elder began a new divination, chanted over the Seizing Circle, and sprayed his blood onto it.

Elder Wu used the Seizing Circle to predict the arrival of Feng Dakai, and Li Qiang negotiated between him and the Chu Witch Clan. Li Qiang saved the chief and Feng Dakai’s disciple Qi’er with Death-Averting Pills, but both had lost their cultivation, leaving Feng Dakai bent on revenge until Li Qiang offered another method.

• Elder Wu used the Seizing Circle to foresee a man’s arrival, then told Li Qiang that the prediction had exhausted him and warned that it concerned Li Qiang’s fate.
• Feng Dakai arrived seeking his disciple, and Li Qiang identified himself, learned of Feng Dakai’s connection to Hou Pijing, and agreed to mediate.
• Li Qiang learned Feng Dakai would spare the Chu Witch Clan if his disciple survived, then arranged to release the chief and the disciple from witch ice.
• Li Qiang and Feng Dakai revived the chief with a Death-Averting Pill, but the chief awoke with his Nascent Soul gone and his cultivation foundation destroyed.
• Feng Dakai treated Qi’er with another Death-Averting Pill, saving his life but not his cultivation, and Li Qiang offered Feng Dakai another method as he threatened revenge.

Li Qiang opened the Beiye Pill Cauldron and began learning to refine spirit pills with Mei Youbing’s guidance, hoping to restore Feng Dakai’s disciples’ cultivation. After the cauldron’s first flare nearly burned the settlement, Li Qiang stabilized it and prepared to refine Primordial Yang Pills.

• Li Qiang built a permanent Flag Gate Formation around the Chu Witch Clan settlement and gave Nuosuo the instructions for opening and closing it.
• Li Qiang gave Nuosuo Mystic Ice Essence to help him cultivate a Spirit Body, then Feng Dakai returned with Mei Youbing.
• Mei Youbing recognized the Beiye Pill Cauldron and agreed to help Li Qiang refine spirit pills for Feng Dakai’s injured disciples.
• Li Qiang activated the cauldron, and its Pill Source Divine Fire set the settlement’s wooden buildings ablaze before he switched it to Gentle Pill Fire.
• Li Qiang purified Thin Root Leaves in the cauldron, impressing Mei Youbing with how much their medicinal potency improved.
• Mei Youbing examined the injured disciples, judged that Primordial Yang Pills could help restore their cultivation, and gave Li Qiang ingredients and instructions to begin refining them.

Li Qiang and Mei Youbing refined nine miraculous Reverse-Going Pills, which restored Feng Dakai’s disciple and the Chu Witch Clan chief. Elder Wu gave Li Qiang a jade that would guide his future actions and warned him not to return to Sealed Fate Planet because one of his brothers was about to fight someone.

• Li Qiang and Mei Youbing completed nine Reverse-Going Pills in the Beiye Pill Cauldron, and Mei Youbing explained that their power could make cultivation easier but bring greater danger during tribulation.
• Feng Dakai and Mei Youbing used the pills to restore their disciple and the Chu Witch Clan chief, while Li Qiang warned Feng Dakai’s disciple not to rush his cultivation.
• Feng Dakai thanked Li Qiang and Mei Youbing, gave Li Qiang rare spirit medicines, and left with his recovering disciple.
• Li Qiang, Mei Youbing, and Nuosuo met Elder Wu, who gave Li Qiang a jade containing instructions for critical moments and said the Seizing Circle’s predictions depended on his following them from the first opportunity.
• Elder Wu warned Li Qiang not to return to Sealed Fate Planet because one of his brothers was going to fight someone, and Li Qiang asked which brother he meant.

Li Qiang used Elder Wu’s fatal prediction to learn that Hou Pijing’s trail led to Illusory Tree Planet, then rushed there to find him. He arrived with Gan Ling’er, who returned to his homeland and led Li Qiang toward the Azure Wood Sect, while the prediction’s danger remained ahead.

• Li Qiang asked Elder Wu to divine Hou Pijing’s route, and Elder Wu used the Seizing Circle to reveal Illusory Tree Planet before dying from the prediction.
• Li Qiang left for Illusory Tree Planet using Greater Teleportation, while Mei Youbing agreed to gather medicines and wait for him on Sealed Fate Planet.
• Mei Youbing met Zhao Hao, who reported that Ling’er was fighting the cultivators of Wise Heng Palace and that Mei’er had released a divine beast; Mei Youbing agreed to return with him.
• Li Qiang reached Illusory Tree Planet, brought Gan Ling’er out, and learned about the planet’s tree people, cultivation sects, and Divine Wood Liquid.
• Li Qiang took Gan Ling’er to Divine Wood Gorge, where he believed the danger foretold for Hou Pijing would occur, and Gan Ling’er recognized the Azure Wood Sect ahead.

Gan Ling'er returned to the Azure Wood Sect and learned that the Divine Wood Sect had taken over its residence and forced its members to leave. Li Qiang and Hou Pijing helped restore the sect’s position, but the conflict escalated when Mu Jue summoned the Luo Heaven High Immortal Chi Wuyu.

• Gan Ling'er confronted Divine Wood Sect cultivators at his former home, and Li Qiang drove them away after Mu Jue provoked him and attacked with his followers.
• Mu Jue claimed the Azure Wood Sect’s members were dead, but Li Qiang restrained Gan Ling'er, forced Mu Jue to admit he had harmed none of them, and let the Divine Wood Sect retreat.
• Gan Ling'er found the sect residence empty and its Divine Wood Well drained, then welcomed back his junior fellow disciple Gan Lingqi and disciple Gan Muyu with several returning Azure Wood Sect cultivators.
• Hou Pijing arrived with Li Qiang and learned that the Divine Wood Sect had driven out the Azure Wood Sect to collect divine wood liquid for a Luo Heaven High Immortal.
• Mu Jue returned with dozens of cultivators and summoned an immortal; Li Qiang recognized him as Chi Wuyu, who demanded to know how Li Qiang knew his name.

Li Qiang negotiated terms for a fight with Chi Wuyu, a Luo Heaven High Immortal, then used the War Soul Saber to surprise him. The battle escalated as Chi Wuyu brought out the Fine Water-Caltrop Pearl to meet Li Qiang’s second strike.

• Chi Wuyu recognized Li Qiang and insisted on testing his cultivation, while Li Qiang demanded that the Divine Wood Sect surrender the Azure Wood Sect’s territory and that the fight end after one attack each.
• Chi Wuyu agreed to Li Qiang’s conditions, and they flew into the sky as Hou Pijing, Mu Jue, and the watching cultivators followed at a distance.
• Li Qiang concealed the War Soul Saber’s power behind the Star-Absorbing Sword’s fiery attack, then struck Chi Wuyu with the divine artifact after Chi Wuyu dismissed the flames.
• Chi Wuyu unleashed the Yi Crow Hook’s Immortal Hook Howl, but Li Qiang endured the attack and hit him with the War Soul Saber, leaving him stunned and furious.
• Li Qiang launched a second, stronger War Soul Saber strike, and Chi Wuyu used the Fine Water-Caltrop Pearl to collide with it as spectators fled the shock waves.

Li Qiang and Chi Wuyu’s battle devastated Illusory Tree Planet and left both fighters wounded, while Hou Pijing was gravely injured trying to protect Li Qiang. After Chi Wuyu departed, Gan Ling’er searched the deep crater for Li Qiang but found no trace of him.

• Chi Wuyu dodged Li Qiang’s War Soul Saber, which struck Illusory Tree Planet and carved a gorge while the Yi Crow Hook battered Li Qiang.
• Hou Pijing attacked Chi Wuyu to protect Li Qiang, but Chi Wuyu struck him down; Li Qiang then charged Chi Wuyu with the War Soul Saber and a Supreme Radiance Shuttle.
• Li Qiang secretly unleashed his Heavenly Slip during their clash, and the impact damaged Chi Wuyu’s Fine Water-Caltrop Pearl and sent Li Qiang crashing into Illusory Tree Planet’s deepest layer.
• Chi Wuyu left to repair the pearl, while Gan Ling’er’s disciples treated Hou Pijing with diluted Divine Wood Liquid.
• Gan Ling’er, Gan Lingqi, and Gan Muyu searched the crater for Li Qiang but found only a human-shaped pit and no sign of him.

Li Qiang escaped Chi Wuyu, encountered a Swift Tree Person child underground, and brought him back to the Azure Wood Sect. There, Li Qiang discovered Hou Pijing’s cultivation had regressed, sealed his power to stabilize him, and began forging him a sword as visitors arrived.

• Li Qiang recovered with a Sacred Fruit Olive, then watched Swift Tree People hunt giant insects and accidentally frightened them when he saved a boy from a rebound strike.
• The little tree person followed Li Qiang, who eventually agreed to take him along and brought him to the surface after treating his eyes with water of lightness and spirituality.
• Li Qiang met Gan Ling'er, Gan Lingqi, and Gan Muyu, rejected the idea of treating the child as an object, and flew with them to the Azure Wood Sect.
• Li Qiang examined Hou Pijing and realized his cultivation had regressed, then used a technique from the Beiye Heavenly Scripture to seal his power while he waited for a Return to Origin Divine Pill.
• Li Qiang promised Hou Pijing a sword and began forging one from heavenly gold sand with Heavenly Fire as the Azure Wood Sect disciples watched.
• Li Qiang sensed that visitors had arrived and told Gan Lingqi to check outside.