Chapter Summaries

Li Qiang finished forging Hou Pijing a powerful sword, reconciled with Mu Ye, and arranged for the little tree person to begin cultivating with the Divine Wood Sect. After trading for Divine Wood Liquid and saying goodbye to Gan Ling'er, Li Qiang and Hou Pijing prepared to leave Illusory Tree Planet, but Mu Ye returned unexpectedly.

• Li Qiang completed Hou Pijing's black, walking-stick-shaped sword, and Mu Ye arrived to apologize for the Divine Wood Sect's actions.
• Hou Pijing explained that a cultivator needed attainment as well as power to survive a heavenly tribulation, prompting Li Qiang to realize how he could advance his cultivation.
• Li Qiang agreed to let Mu Ye take the orphaned little tree person to the Divine Wood Sect and gave him a Cultivation Method and a Heavenly Spirit Seed.
• Gan Ling'er gave Li Qiang Divine Wood Liquid and wood crystal in exchange for crystals, while Gan Lingqi arranged a qilie wood scabbard for Hou Pijing's sword.
• Li Qiang sent Gan Ling'er back to the Illusory Devil Pearl and prepared to leave with Hou Pijing, then sensed that Mu Ye had returned.

After leaving the Azure Wood Sect, Li Qiang’s companions were caught up in the chaos on Sealed Fate Planet when Chiming arrived at Orange Roaming Hall and fought the Sacred City’s cultivators. Chiming and Ling Baihui clashed, then parted with Mei’er and Nashan as Chiming headed for the Ancient Sword Academy and Qian Shanyong learned of his arrival.

• Mu Ye told Li Qiang that Chi Wuyu planned to seek him out again, and Li Qiang said he would meet him anytime before leaving the Azure Wood Sect with Hou Pijing.
• Ling Baihui and Mei’er went shopping at Orange Roaming Hall with Nashan, where an explosion and Little White’s sudden flight plunged the west hall into chaos.
• Chiming appeared, knocked down Sacred City cultivators with his All-Heaven Divine Staff, and reunited with Mei’er and Li Qiang’s disciples Xuanyuan Yiqing and Bai Shengzhen.
• Chiming and Ling Baihui fought beneath the Heavenly Pearls; Chiming restrained and kissed her before Mei’er intervened and the pair separated.
• Mei’er and Ling Baihui left, while Nashan escorted Chiming, Xuanyuan Yiqing, and Bai Shengzhen toward the Ancient Sword Academy; Qian Shanyong learned that Chiming had arrived.

Li Qiang rescued the gravely injured Xuan Long from seven azure shadows and learned that his master and Brother Mo were trapped in Xinbo Cape. After promising to heal Xuan Long with divine pills, Li Qiang fled with him and Hou Pijing toward Sealed Fate Planet as their pursuers closed in.

• Li Qiang used Greater Teleportation to bring Hou Pijing to an icebound planet, where they spotted a golden meteor-like streak during cultivation.
• Li Qiang found Xuan Long under attack by seven azure shadows and destroyed them with a powerful War Soul Saber strike, though the blast buried Xuan Long and Hou Pijing in shattered ice.
• Xuan Long awakened and explained that the Seven Sacred Envoys of Boyu had driven him from Xinbo Cape, where Li Qiang's master and Brother Mo remained trapped in the Extremely Profound Ice Eye.
• Li Qiang offered to restore Xuan Long with divine pills, and Xuan Long agreed to refine them with him using the Beiye Pill Cauldron and available spirit medicines.
• Li Qiang listed powerful allies he hoped to recruit and learned from Xuan Long that Old Xian had reincarnated safely.
• When Li Qiang sensed pursuers approaching, he flew with Xuan Long and Hou Pijing to a teleportation array and activated it as three azure streaks appeared on the horizon.

Li Qiang returned to Sealed Fate Planet with the badly wounded Xuan Long and gathered powerful allies to prepare for a rescue mission into Xinbo Cape. After learning that Xinbo Cape’s forces had also attacked the Sacred City, Qian Shanyong agreed to confront them, while Li Qiang planned to refine divine pills first.

• Li Qiang arrived at the Ancient Sword Academy with Hou Pijing and Xuan Long, arranged quiet rooms for them, and learned that Mei'er, Ling Baihui, Chiming, and the others were there.
• Chiming reunited with Li Qiang, and Li Qiang gathered the academy’s leaders and friends to discuss recent events and summon Qian Shanyong and other immortals.
• Li Qiang told Qian Shanyong that Xuan Long had returned from Xinbo Cape near the point of losing his cultivation and that Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha remained trapped there.
• Qian Shanyong, Dainan Fengyu, Tianshi, Hen Buyi, and Chiming agreed to join Li Qiang in refining divine pills before going to Xinbo Cape.
• After a Sacred City disciple reported that Xinbo Cape’s forces had hurt one of Qian Shanyong’s people, Qian Shanyong set out to confront them, and Chiming eagerly followed.

Three Sacred Envoys of Boyu attacked the Sacred City, and Qian Shanyong fought them off after they merged and detonated a pearl that released Great Slaughter-Chasing Needles. With the envoys returning to Xinbo Cape and Sealed Fate Planet threatened, Qian Shanyong agreed to go there; Li Qiang returned to the Ancient Sword Academy to prepare divine pills and learned that Xuan Long was nicknamed Wooden Dragon.

• The three Sacred Envoys of Boyu found the Sacred City's base and attacked its defenses, injuring several cultivators before Qian Shanyong and Li Qiang arrived.
• Qian Shanyong trapped the envoys with Fierce Condemnation, but they linked together, escaped the ripples, and detonated a glowing pearl that shattered the outer defenses and released Great Slaughter-Chasing Needles.
• Li Qiang, Qian Shanyong, Tianshi, and the others cleared away the needles, and Qian Shanyong explained that the envoys had returned to Xinbo Cape and would be unable to fight for a long time.
• Li Qiang urged Qian Shanyong to visit Xinbo Cape to protect Sealed Fate Planet, and Qian Shanyong agreed; Li Qiang also offered to heal Hen Buyi and told him that Bai Huang had died during his tribulation.
• At the Ancient Sword Academy, Li Qiang entrusted Xuanyuan Yiqing and Bai Shengzhen to Liu Dayue and invited Chongxuan Sect experts to observe his divine pill refinement.
• Qian Shanyong asked to see Xuan Long, and Dainan Fengyu told Li Qiang that Xuan Long's Immortal Realm nickname was Wooden Dragon.

Li Qiang gathered cultivators at the Ancient Sword Academy to refine the Seven Assemblies Pill, hoping to heal Xuan Long and help others. The refinement began before a huge audience, and Li Qiang entered the Beiye Pill Cauldron, where he discovered a black hole and glimpsed a bluish-white shadow below.

• Li Qiang invited cultivators to observe the divine pill refinement, and Qian Chi'ou reached a breakthrough after Li Qiang's teasing question prompted him to reflect on what he feared.
• Hua Meiniang, Mei Jingjing, and Qiao Yuhong arrived at the Ancient Sword Academy, where Li Qiang invited them to stay and watch the refinement.
• Li Qiang and Mei Youbing spent about ten days preparing medicines for the Seven Assemblies Pill, while Xuan Long and other immortals exchanged pill-refining knowledge with them.
• Li Qiang began the refinement on the Pill Platform, activated the Beiye Pill Cauldron, and opened its seven pearl lids with the War Soul Saber as Qian Shanyong and Tianshi held them up.
• Li Qiang entered the cauldron to arrange the medicines, navigated its divine formation, and found a black hole at its core with a bluish-white shadow below.

Li Qiang placed medicines in the Beiye Pill Cauldron and rescued an immortal trapped in its divine formation just as the cauldron sealed itself. He emerged with High Person Tianzhen, whose identity shocked Qian Shanyong.

• Li Qiang entered the cauldron’s Azure-White Heart, calmed it by abandoning resistance, and reached the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart.
• Li Qiang placed spirit medicines in each of the seven apertures, then heard someone calling for help and returned to search the divine formation.
• Qian Shanyong, Tianshi, and Dainan Fengyu struggled to hold back the pearl lids as the Beiye Pill Cauldron activated without Li Qiang emerging.
• Li Qiang found High Person Tianzhen in the formation and carried him toward the cauldron’s mouth.
• The Beiye Pill Cauldron sealed itself after Li Qiang and High Person Tianzhen escaped, and Qian Shanyong recognized Tianzhen in shock.

Li Qiang refined the Seven Assemblies Pill in the Beiye Pill Cauldron, advanced his cultivation, and led a gathering where experts shared their knowledge. As the final assembly began to emerge, it triggered a powerful heavenly tribulation that threatened the pills and Li Qiang.

• High Person Tianzhen emerged from the Beiye Pill Cauldron, and Qian Shanyong warned Li Qiang that the ancient immortal was extraordinarily powerful.
• Li Qiang spent over sixty days controlling the pill fire, then entered meditation and advanced to the Heart of Madness stage.
• High Person Tianzhen offered to help Li Qiang, but Li Qiang let him leave; Tianzhen escaped the restrictions and vanished.
• Li Qiang's pill-refining site became a gathering where Qian Shanyong, Tianshi, Dainan Fengyu, Chiming, and others answered cultivators' questions.
• The Beiye Pill Cauldron released six assemblies of pills, including thousands of Xiuxian Pills, while the fifth and sixth assemblies also yielded pills.
• As Li Qiang began collecting the seventh assembly, scarlet clouds formed a vortex overhead and a heavenly tribulation threatened the pill and its refiner.

Li Qiang refined the Seven Assemblies Pills as the Great Heavenly Tribulation battered the Pill Platform and forced Qian Shanyong, Dainan Fengyu, Tianshi, and Chiming to defend it. By the end, Li Qiang had collected four divine pills, while Qian Shanyong and Dainan Fengyu charged into the weakened tribulation and the fifth, golden pill appeared.

• Qian Shanyong opened the restrictions so Ling'er and Mei'er could escape, then joined Dainan Fengyu and Tianshi in defending the Pill Platform from the Great Heavenly Tribulation.
• Li Qiang collected the first three Seven Assemblies Pills as the thunderbolts, Heavenly Frontier Black Gang, and Shaking Xun Wind shattered the restrictions and strained the immortals' defenses.
• Chiming protected Mei Youbing with Desert Light, and Mei Youbing helped Li Qiang remember to release the colored pearl lids so he could collect the fourth, green pill.
• The Star Chain exploded under the combined assault, so Tianshi used the Dazzling Swift Fire Cloud Shield and Chiming reinforced it while Li Qiang collected the green pill.
• Qian Shanyong unleashed Extreme Yang Thunder Stirring, destroying Tianshi's shield as Chiming took the remaining pressure and Qian Shanyong and Dainan Fengyu charged the weakened tribulation.
• The fifth, golden divine pill appeared, and Mei Youbing urged Li Qiang to collect it.

After the Great Heavenly Tribulation, Li Qiang used the newly refined divine pills to help Xuan Long, Hou Pijing, and Hen Buyi recover, while the Beiye Pill Cauldron flew away before the final two pills formed. Qian Shanyong then brought Li Qiang and Chiming to examine a divine artifact needed to reach Xinbo Cape, and Li Qiang recognized a familiar feeling in it.

• The Great Heavenly Tribulation dispersed after Li Qiang collected a divine pill, but the Beiye Pill Cauldron flew away before the final two pills could form, leaving five Treasure Flame Assembling and Pillaring Divine Pills.
• Li Qiang distributed the pills and Xiuxian Pills, then gave the Adversity-Crossing Divine Pill to Xuan Long and dissolved the Withered Green Divine Pill for Hou Pijing.
• Hen Buyi arrived, swallowed a Jiaye Divine Pill, and cultivated alongside Xuan Long and Hou Pijing until all three had stabilized.
• Qian Shanyong told Li Qiang that Xuan Long's gratitude might hinder his cultivation, then invited Li Qiang and Chiming to study a divine artifact that could open a route to Xinbo Cape.
• Qian Shanyong showed them an ancient rod-shaped divine artifact, and Li Qiang said it felt familiar.

Li Qiang used the Beiye Divine Spirit Instruction to refine the War Soul Saber's scabbard and discovered that it was actually divine armor, while Qian Shanyong refined the Wrath of the Heavenly God after it merged with his Divine Stick. The chapter ended with Li Qiang studying Qian Shanyong's teachings and preparing to refine the War Soul Saber's main body.

• Li Qiang revealed the Wrath of the Heavenly God, and it merged with Qian Shanyong's Divine Stick, which Qian Shanyong began refining.
• Li Qiang gave Dainan Fengyu and Tianshi Wuyun Divine Pills, and they began cultivating while Chiming refined the All-Heaven Divine Staff.
• Li Qiang studied Qian Shanyong's refining techniques, then used the Beiye Divine Spirit Instruction to refine the War Soul Saber's scabbard.
• Li Qiang completed the refining and realized the scabbard was divine armor that, together with the War Soul Saber, formed a divine artifact.
• Qian Shanyong gave Li Qiang and Chiming Jade Pupil Slips containing Divine Spirit Instructions, and Li Qiang began preparing to refine the War Soul Saber's main body.

Li Qiang mastered the War Soul Saber and developed an External Avatar technique with Chiming’s help, then returned to the Ancient Sword Academy as preparations began for the perilous journey to Xinbo Cape. There, he learned the Immortal Realm was mobilizing powerful forces for an undisclosed crisis, and a visitor arrived while he spoke with Xuan Long.

• Li Qiang gave the fire essence his purple bracer, and it attached itself to his divine armor while preserving the Heaven-Pillaring Divine Armor.
• Li Qiang and Chiming used Seven-Aperture Exquisite Insects and a Black Devil Realm technique to create sentient Gold Puppets and Soul Puppets, letting Li Qiang use the External Avatar Divine Ability.
• Qian Shanyong, Dainan Fengyu, and Tianshi prepared to return to Sealed Fate Planet, while Li Qiang and Chiming went back to the Ancient Sword Academy.
• Zhao Hao told Li Qiang that Chi Wuyu had visited Xuan Long and then hurried to the Reverse Passage, while Hou Pijing and Hen had already left.
• Xuan Long warned Li Qiang that two of the Immortal Realm’s Seven Lords and four Luo Heaven High Immortals would soon go to Xinbo Cape, but said he could not explain the crisis there.
• An Ancient Sword Academy disciple arrived to announce that a guest had come to see Li Qiang and Xuan Long.

Li Qiang negotiated with Heavenly Lord Lijin over Suppressing Tranquility Intent Origin, keeping it with Mei'er’s Heavenly Lion Divine Beast in exchange for the Midao Ruler and receiving Lijin’s protection for Ling Baihui. After giving Lijin a divine pill and offering De Liuheng a Wuyun Divine Pill, Li Qiang began considering the powerful immortal as a sparring partner.

• Heavenly Lord Lijin and De Liuheng met Li Qiang, and Lijin revealed he had come to reclaim the Midao Ruler, the underlying artifact of Suppressing Tranquility Intent Origin.
• Li Qiang explained that he had given Suppressing Tranquility Intent Origin to Little White, while Lijin assured Ling Baihui that his token would protect her from immortals who might target her as a Yao Immortal.
• Lijin extracted the Primordial Spirits from the Midao Ruler, replaced it with a newly refined Suppressing Tranquility Intent Origin, and gave it to Little White at Mei'er's insistence.
• Li Qiang gave Lijin a Treasure Flame Assembling and Pillaring Divine Pill after asking him not to make things difficult for Tianshi.
• Li Qiang offered De Liuheng a Wuyun Divine Pill, then considered fighting the second-ranked Luo Heaven High Immortal to advance his cultivation.

Li Qiang arranged a spar with De Liuheng in exchange for the Wuyun Divine Pill, using the chance to test his newly refined divine artifacts. After revealing the Ninefold Evolving Gilt and driving De Liuheng to use the Slaughter-Pursuing Axe, Li Qiang continued attacking with a sonic technique.

• Li Qiang made De Liuheng agree to let him attack without striking back or dodging, then asked Heavenly Lord Lijin about the groups heading to Xinbo Cape.
• Li Qiang learned that releasing High Person Tianzhen had made him the enemy of High Person Boju, Tianzhen’s ancestral master.
• Heavenly Lord Lijin teleported Li Qiang, De Liuheng, and Xuan Long to Qianjie Star for their spar.
• Li Qiang revealed the Evolving Incantation Divine Armor and Ninefold Evolving Gilt, whose attacks overwhelmed De Liuheng’s defenses and forced him to draw the Slaughter-Pursuing Axe.
• Li Qiang struck De Liuheng with Mad Dragon Slash, blasting him underground, then launched Sound Wave Form Manifestation before De Liuheng could end the spar.

Li Qiang discovered how to concentrate the Ninefold Evolving Gilt’s power after his battle with De Liuheng, then prepared to leave for Xinbo Cape to rescue his elder brother and master. After bidding farewell to his companions and arranging matters at the Ancient Sword Academy and Chongxuan Sect, he reunited with Xuan Long and Qian Shanyong’s group as Heavenly Lord Lijin’s message was about to be delivered.

• Li Qiang’s music summoned tribulation clouds, but they dispersed before he could sustain his attack; after the storm cleared, he realized he had spread his power too thin and needed to concentrate it.
• Heavenly Lord Lijin, De Liuheng, and Xuan Long discussed Li Qiang’s potential and Xinbo Cape before Lijin and Xuan Long vanished to speak privately; Lijin later returned, bid Li Qiang farewell, and departed with De Liuheng.
• De Liuheng told Li Qiang that Gu Xing had sent a distress signal from Xinbo Cape and that the Azure Emperor had insisted on going there, then explained that gods had appeared before immortals and that Li Qiang might follow the ancient path to godhood.
• Li Qiang returned to the Ancient Sword Academy, settled affairs and gave supplies to his disciples, instructed Xuanyuan Yiqing to care for the Chongxuan Sect, and sent Mei'er and Ling Baihui into the Spirit Ghost Realm through the Illusory Devil Pearl.
• Qian Shanyong, Dainan Fengyu, Tianshi, and Xuan Long gathered as Li Qiang prepared to leave; Xuan Long revealed that Heavenly Lord Lijin and De Liuheng had visited, and Li Qiang confirmed they had gone to Xinbo Cape.
• Xuan Long announced that Heavenly Lord Lijin had left a message for Qian Shanyong, whose smile froze as he asked what it was.

Li Qiang and his companions set out for Xinbo Cape aboard Qian Shanyong's Crimson Light Star Radiance, learning that a dangerous journey through remote space lay ahead. After Tianshi left the group, they traveled for years and arrived near the Flame Galaxy, where they planned to find an Ancient Immortal Formation to reach Xinbo Cape.

• Xuan Long and Qian Shanyong returned, and the group discussed taking a dangerous shortcut to Xinbo Cape using Qian Shanyong's newly acquired divine artifact.
• Tianshi refused to go to Xinbo Cape and teleported away, while Li Qiang defended his choice to leave.
• Qian Shanyong launched his Crimson Light Star Radiance, and Xuan Long taught Li Qiang and Chiming the basic seals for controlling one.
• Qian Shanyong, Xuan Long, and Dainan Fengyu explained that Xinbo Cape was guarded by a perilous environment, including the Swift Boiling Current and the Warm Wind Belt, and that even powerful immortals faced danger there.
• Li Qiang and the others cultivated during the years-long journey aboard the Crimson Light Star Radiance.
• The group reached a star region near the Flame Galaxy, where Qian Shanyong put away the Star Radiance and Xuan Long said they needed to find an Ancient Immortal Formation to reach Xinbo Cape.

Li Qiang and his companions used an ancient teleportation formation to reach the Warm Wind Belt, where Qian Shanyong led them into the dangerous crossing. Li Qiang was separated, became lost while pursuing a silver beast, and the others prepared to search for him after he failed to emerge.

• Xuan Long led Li Qiang, Qian Shanyong, Chiming, and Dainan Fengyu through an ancient teleportation formation toward Tanshao Planet, and updated Li Qiang’s Star-Fixing Disc with a broader star chart.
• Xuan Long gave each companion refined star sand so they could find one another, and Qian Shanyong used the Wrath of the Heavenly God to lead the group into the Warm Wind Belt.
• When Chiming tried to help Xuan Long, the group’s line broke and Li Qiang was swept away into the Warm Wind Belt without the others noticing.
• Li Qiang followed a grain of star sand, then became lost; he learned to control the Ninefold Evolving Gilt while fighting through the warm wind and avoided strange creatures until silver threads from their bodies attracted a silver beast.
• Li Qiang pursued the silver beast in anger, while Qian Shanyong, Xuan Long, Chiming, and Dainan Fengyu emerged from the Warm Wind Belt without him.
• Xuan Long found Li Qiang’s star sand and urged the others to go back for him, but Qian Shanyong refused.

Li Qiang escaped the Warm Wind Belt after recovering on a resource-rich planet and rejoined Qian Shanyong and the others. As the group headed for Tanshao Planet to visit an ancient immortal Lineage, Chiming’s Golden Venerable Divine Heart fell into chaos, forcing Li Qiang to rush him down to the planet for treatment.

• Li Qiang discovered a hidden planet inside the Warm Wind Belt, recovered his strength there, and summoned the Spirit and Ghost Venerables and their followers to gather its abundant materials.
• Li Qiang reunited with Mei'er and Ling'er, sent them back to the Spirit Ghost Realm, and used the Star-Fixing Disc to find a route out of the Warm Wind Belt.
• Qian Shanyong, Chiming, Xuan Long, and Dainan Fengyu met Li Qiang outside the belt, and Qian Shanyong lamented that Li Qiang had missed the ancient god cultivation stone at the planet’s center.
• The group formed a sword formation and traveled toward Tanshao Planet, where Qian Shanyong and Xuan Long planned to visit an ancient immortal Lineage.
• Li Qiang discovered that Chiming’s Golden Venerable Divine Heart was in chaos, and he supported Chiming toward the planet while Qian Shanyong urged him to use a Jiaye Divine Pill.

Li Qiang and his companions visited High Person Bobeisi on Tanshao Planet, where Bobeisi explained the origins of immortals, the Bona People, and the dangers surrounding Xinbo Cape. Li Qiang realized the Xinbo Ancient God Repository might hold a way to save the Bona People, and Bobeisi was astonished by his insight.

• Li Qiang used a Jiaye Divine Pill to stabilize Chiming, whose power advanced to the initial stage of Six Nether Heaven, and warned him to stop rushing his cultivation.
• Qian Shanyong led Li Qiang, Chiming, Xuan Long, and Dainan Fengyu to High Person Bobeisi's residence, where Boertie escorted them through its elaborate illusions.
• Bobeisi questioned Li Qiang about being the Azure Emperor's disciple, then discussed the origins of cultivation methods and High Person Yuangu's role in shaping the Immortal Realm.
• Li Qiang learned that the Bona People had lost the ability to cultivate and that High Person Yuangu and others had sealed Xinbo Cape to contain them.
• When Chiming questioned Bobeisi about the Xinbo Ancient God Repository, Li Qiang guessed it contained a way to save the Bona People, leaving Bobeisi astonished.

Li Qiang and his companions learned about the Bona People’s crisis and waited in the Immortal Abode for the Xin-Breaking Path to open. The Bona People launched a massive attack on the Immortal Abode, and High Person Bobeisi called for their leaders to appear as the battle escalated.

• Bobeisi explained that opening the Xinbo Ancient God Repository could save the Bona People, while Qian Shanyong secured permission to use the sealed Xin-Breaking Path.
• Li Qiang saw a divination jade show his own face and the shining Divine War Soul on his forehead before the jade crumbled.
• Bona People attacked the Immortal Abode, and Chiming joined the defense while Bobeisi summoned the group to his tower.
• Bobeisi sent the Immortal Abode’s disciples into the Illusory Sea as flying vessels delivered waves of Bona People who sacrificed themselves against the protective ward.
• Li Qiang realized the Bona People were being made to explode to force Bobeisi to drop the ward, and Bobeisi eventually dispersed it.
• The Seven Sacred Envoys of Boyu appeared, Xuan Long claimed them as his opponents, and Bobeisi called on Geluhe to come out.