Chapter Summaries

Xuan Long and Li Qiang confronted Luo Duyu over Luo Jiping’s behavior, but Luo Duyu recognized their identities and apologized. After leaving the Ying Household, they explored Snow Dragon City and demonstrated extraordinary talisman-making skills to Gong Yifu.

• Luo Duyu recognized Li Qiang as Muzi and realized Xuan Long was an immortal, then apologized and invited them to Extreme Chasm Cliff.
• Luo Duyu sent Luo Jiping home and left to respond to news that the Loose Immortal was breaking the ice at Heaven-Sealed Lake.
• Li Qiang and Xuan Long declined to stay at the Ying Household and teleported into Snow Dragon City’s inner city.
• At Gong Household Spirit Talismans, Xuan Long made a Five Thunder Talisman and Li Qiang made one as well, which Gong Yifu eagerly kept.
• Xuan Long criticized Gong Yifu’s jade talismans, then showed him a remarkable jade talisman that moved Gong Yifu to tears.
• Li Qiang encouraged Xuan Long to refine a real talisman, and Xuan Long prepared to demonstrate his technique.

Li Qiang learned the Five Immortal Thunders from Xuan Long and tried to use them against the Floating Goblet Helm protecting the Loose Immortal at Heaven-Sealed Lake. His uncontrolled attack transformed through five kinds of immortal thunder and struck the barrier with overwhelming force.

• Xuan Long refined a powerful jade talisman, then he and Li Qiang made and enchanted all the jade talismans Gong Yifu had brought.
• The Water-Gathering Immortal Formation beneath Heaven-Sealed Lake began affecting Snow Dragon City, and Luo Duqi rallied the city's cultivators against the Loose Immortal threatening its Spirit Vein.
• After recognizing Xuan Long as a Luo Heaven High Immortal descended from Luo Xian, Luo Duqi asked him to help, but Xuan Long said he could not act without the Azure Emperor's decree.
• Li Qiang persuaded Xuan Long to help without directly intervening, and Xuan Long taught him the Five Immortal Thunders as Snow Dragon City's cultivators attacked the Floating Goblet Helm.
• Li Qiang's first attempt at the Five Immortal Thunders went out of control, transforming into a series of powerful attacks that slammed into the Floating Goblet Helm's barrier.

Li Qiang destroyed Old Xian’s Floating Goblet Helm with the Five Immortal Thunders, but persuaded Old Xian to withdraw from Heaven-Sealed Lake and learned he had sought a water spirit as a gift for him. At Extreme Chasm Cliff, Li Qiang reunited with Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha, while Xuan Long revealed the limits of the Heaven-Defying Treasure Mirror and identified a Great Luo High Immortal Decree ordering Li Qiang’s detention.

• Li Qiang’s Five Immortal Thunders shattered the Floating Goblet Helm and sent the cultivators into Heaven-Sealed Lake, prompting Old Xian to confront him and Xuan Long.
• Li Qiang apologized to Old Xian and asked him to spare Snow Dragon City, and Old Xian agreed to abandon the treasure in the Water-Gathering Immortal Formation.
• Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha arrived, and Li Qiang joyfully reunited with them before the group accepted Luo Duqi’s invitation to Extreme Chasm Cliff.
• Old Xian explained that he had sought a water spirit as a gift for Li Qiang, while Mo Huaiyuan recounted how he and Qi Junsha had met Old Xian during their search for Li Qiang.
• Xuan Long told Mo Huaiyuan, Qi Junsha, and Old Xian that only Luo Heaven High Immortals could use the Heaven-Defying Treasure Mirror fully, then hinted that Li Qiang held the key to reincarnation.
• Feng Qianbao presented the Great Luo High Immortal Decree, and Xuan Long confirmed that the Azure Emperor had ordered Li Qiang to be detained.

Li Qiang and Xuan Long learned that Lord Gu Xing was waiting in Lesser Lin Heaven, so they set out with Mo Huaiyuan, Qi Junsha, and Old Xian. The group reached the dangerous region behind the Illusory Star Divine Formation and flew toward the Reverse Passage, where Xuan Long noticed something ahead.

• Xuan Long contacted Lord Gu Xing and learned that he was in Lesser Lin Heaven and wanted them to come to him.
• Li Qiang promised to help Old Xian seek reincarnation, and Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha offered to protect him from his next heavenly tribulation.
• Feng Qianbao identified Li Qiang’s treasure as a rare pair of Earth Spirit Jellyfish, and Qi Junsha kept them for himself.
• Xuan Long, Li Qiang, Mo Huaiyuan, Qi Junsha, and Old Xian traveled to Lesser Lin Heaven in a Radiant Star Radiance, then began flying through the dangerous space near the Illusory Star Divine Formation.
• Xuan Long led the group toward the Reverse Passage while warning them to avoid Swift Boiling Currents, then spotted something ahead.

Li Qiang summoned the Spirit King Grand Venerable and Ghost King Grand Venerable to help contain devil blood baleful intent mist escaping from the Reverse Passage. As their forces formed a Great Devil-Sealing Formation, devils burst from the mist and swarmed toward Li Qiang.

• Xuan Long identified the rising substance as devil blood baleful intent mist, and the group decided to help stop it from spreading.
• Li Qiang revealed his ties to the Spirit Ghost Realm and summoned the Spirit King Grand Venerable and Ghost King Grand Venerable, along with Mei'er and their spirit forces.
• The two grand venerables gathered hundreds of Spirit Marshals and Spirit Generals and directed them to create a Great Devil-Sealing Formation above the mist.
• Li Qiang, Mo Huaiyuan, and Qi Junsha moved to keep the mist contained while Old Xian went ahead to scout.
• Three devils emerged from the mist, and Li Qiang destroyed them with Demon-Extinguishing Divine Thunder.
• Countless more devils poured out of the mist and surged toward Li Qiang.

Li Qiang and his companions faced a Great God and Devil emerging from the Black Devil Realm, but the Devil-Slaying Bow they recovered gave them a chance to resist. As the Great God and Devil advanced, the group attacked, and Old Xian warned them about the enemy’s Blood Devil Halberd.

• Li Qiang used Hundred Tribulations Divine Thunder and Heavenly Fire to scatter and burn the Devil Blood Baleful Intent Mist, while Mei'er joined the fight and then took shelter inside his armor when a God and Devil appeared.
• Li Qiang recognized Mei'er's imitation bow as resembling a Demon-Slaying Bow he had bought, and the Spirit and Ghost Venerables identified his bow as the lost original and restored its power.
• The Great God and Devil formed a huge Devil Beast from the mist, and Li Qiang and the others waited for immortals who did not arrive before the enemy began moving toward them.
• The Great God and Devil ordered the group to become his servants, but Li Qiang and Qi Junsha attacked, while Spirit King Grand Venerable prepared the Demon-Slaying Bow.
• The Great God and Devil hurled rings that transformed into devils and summoned a scarlet halberd, prompting Old Xian to warn everyone that it was the Blood Devil Halberd.

Li Qiang and his companions destroyed Devil Venerable Chiming’s Devil Beast, but its remains filled space with devil-blood baleful mist and left them trapped. After Li Qiang’s bracer unleashed a blast that dispersed much of the mist, the group confronted Chiming above the Swift Boiling Current and rescued Qi Junsha, but Chiming began a desperate attack as they tried to escape.

• Li Qiang, Qi Junsha, Mo Huaiyuan, Old Xian, and the others attacked the Great Divine Devil together, destroying his Devil Beast and badly damaging him.
• The Devil Beast exploded into devil-blood baleful mist, which Chiming used to ambush the group and lure Qi Junsha toward the Swift Boiling Current.
• Li Qiang unleashed the power of his purple bracer, blasting apart much of the mist and scattering everyone; Old Xian fled toward the Reverse Passage.
• Mo Huaiyuan and the Twin Spirit and Ghost Venerables found Chiming and Qi Junsha caught in the current’s suction, while Mei'er helped Li Qiang recover.
• Li Qiang distracted Chiming by asking his name and learning he was Devil Venerable Chiming, ranked third in the Black Devil Realm, while Qi Junsha quietly moved aside and Mei'er pulled him clear.
• Mo Huaiyuan, the Demon-Slaying Bow, and Li Qiang’s immortal talismans attacked Chiming, who expanded his body and stretched blood-red arms toward the group as Li Qiang shouted for everyone to retreat.

Li Qiang and the others defeated Devil Venerable Chiming’s incarnation, but Gu Xing trapped Chiming’s true body with a Devil-Eroding Shark and promised to send him back to the Black Devil Realm later. Gu Xing revealed Mo Huaiyuan’s connection to the Great Illusion Star Sword Sect, then led the group into the Illusory God Hall, where Li Qiang saw through its illusions and spotted the hall ahead.

• Mo Huaiyuan freed the group from Devil Venerable Chiming’s blood-colored bindings, and Qi Junsha drove Chiming’s apparent body into the Swift Boiling Current, only for the real Chiming to reappear nearby.
• Xuan Long and Old Xian joined the group, and Gu Xing arrived and trapped Chiming’s true body inside a golden sphere.
• Gu Xing used a Devil-Eroding Shark to restrain Chiming and said he would arrange to return him to the Black Devil Realm after the current matter was settled.
• Mo Huaiyuan revealed that he was Yan Xing’s Registered Disciple, and Gu Xing examined his star token before turning to Li Qiang and postponing their discussion.
• Gu Xing gave Mei’er a Heavenly Soul Flower and led everyone toward the Illusory God Hall, leaving Devil Venerable Chiming behind when the hall’s grounds harmed him.
• Li Qiang saw through the Illusory God Hall’s illusions with Divine Yi Power, followed Gu Xing along a safe path, and spotted the hall and Xuan Long ahead.

Li Qiang and his companions reached the Illusory God Hall, where Gu Xing explained his history and the Azure Emperor’s interest in Li Qiang’s cultivation. The Azure Emperor offered to take Li Qiang as a disciple if he continued cultivating without Qi Deviation, and Gu Xing gave him the true Heavenly Recommendation Scripture while asking for the Heaven-Defying Treasure Mirror back.

• Gu Xing guided Li Qiang, Mo Huaiyuan, Qi Junsha, and the others through the Illusory God Hall’s illusions to its safe central square, where they met Xuan Long.
• The Spirit King and Ghost King returned to the Spirit Ghost Realm, leaving Mei'er with Li Qiang, and Xuan Long said the side hall was about to open and its divine treasures could be collected.
• Gu Xing questioned Li Qiang about his cultivation of the Heavenly Recommendation Scripture, then explained that the Azure Emperor had learned of Li Qiang after his cultivation triggered a heavenly omen.
• Gu Xing recounted how Qian Shanyong pursued him, forcing him to reincarnate and cultivate anew, and revealed that the Azure Emperor had ordered him to retrieve the scripture and the Heaven-Defying Treasure Mirror.
• After Li Qiang’s defiance and Mei'er’s Yin Thunder knocked Gu Xing over, Gu Xing disclosed that the Azure Emperor would take Li Qiang as a disciple if he avoided Qi Deviation.
• Gu Xing handed Li Qiang the true Heavenly Recommendation Scripture for him to memorize and asked him to return the Heaven-Defying Treasure Mirror.

Li Qiang secured Gu Xing’s help to reincarnate Mo Huaiyuan, Qi Junsha, and Old Xian, then studied the Heavenly Recommendation Scripture for God Cultivation and gained a new form of immortal armor. He and Xuan Long entered the Illusory God Hall’s side hall to collect divine-grade items while Gu Xing and the others held off its guardian beasts, and they reached Emerald Lake.

• Li Qiang persuaded Gu Xing to help Mo Huaiyuan, Qi Junsha, and Old Xian reincarnate, and Gu Xing agreed after identifying items that could strengthen their Immortal Spirit Qi.
• Li Qiang studied the Heavenly Recommendation Scripture for God Cultivation, cultivated the Desire Heaven Armor, and received the Azure Emperor’s warning to practice moderation.
• Gu Xing reclaimed and refined the Heaven-Defying Treasure Mirror, while Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha destroyed their Jade Pupil Slips.
• Gu Xing led the group to the side hall, where he and Mo Huaiyuan, Qi Junsha, and Old Xian entered the guardian towers to engage the divine beasts.
• Xuan Long guided Li Qiang through the guardian tower and the side hall’s moving restrictions, and Li Qiang used his divine eyes to find Emerald Lake.
• Li Qiang entered Emerald Lake with Xuan Long to collect Sweet Divine Dew and Sacred Fruit Olives before the others could no longer hold off the divine beast.

Li Qiang and Xuan Long gathered divine treasures on Divine Miracle Island before rescuing Li Qiang’s teachers from a guardian divine beast. Gu Xing agreed to help Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha reincarnate in exchange for Li Qiang watching Devil Venerable Chiming, then began addressing Li Qiang’s problems with three hostile immortals.

• Li Qiang and Xuan Long entered Emerald Lake, reached Divine Miracle Island, and collected Sacred Fruit Olives and Sweet Divine Dew with Mei’er.
• Li Qiang and Xuan Long found Old Xian, Mo Huaiyuan, and Qi Junsha struggling against a divine beast inside the Guardian Pagoda; Li Qiang was struck down before Xuan Long drove the others out and fought the beast.
• Gu Xing distributed the gathered divine treasures and arranged to help Mo Huaiyuan and Qi Junsha reincarnate if Li Qiang took charge of Devil Venerable Chiming.
• Mo Huaiyuan gave Li Qiang the Heavenly Mirror Treasure Aspect Wheel, and Gu Xing supplied him with its immortal incantation and instructions for controlling Devil Venerable Chiming.
• Li Qiang warned Gu Xing that Qian Shanyong, Dainan Fengyu, and Tianshi were hostile to him; Gu Xing proposed giving the first two an earlier Heavenly Recommendation Scripture and pondered what to do about Tianshi.

Li Qiang left the Illusory God Hall with new immortal instructions and two Heavenly Slips, but Gu Xing warned him to avoid Tianshi. As Li Qiang traveled toward Linming Planet with Devil Venerable Chiming under his control, Mei'er’s charm captivated the devil venerable, who ended the chapter sulking after she teased him.

• Gu Xing and Xuan Long examined Li Qiang’s stolen treasures, advised him to cultivate and conceal his whereabouts, and gave him basic immortal instructions while Old Xian gifted him two Heavenly Slips.
• Xuan Long marked a route to Linming Planet on Li Qiang’s Star-Fixing Disc, and Gu Xing used the Soft Character Instruction to make Devil Venerable Chiming obey Li Qiang and retrieve any dispersed Devil Blood Baleful Intent Mist.
• Li Qiang left the Illusory God Hall with Devil Venerable Chiming, whom he controlled with the Seven-Character Immortal Instruction, and ordered him to repair a teleportation formation on a desolate planet.
• Mei'er emerged from Li Qiang’s Desire Heaven Armor, and Devil Venerable Chiming became infatuated with her spirit-body charm while she mocked his appearance and rejected his advances.
• Devil Venerable Chiming attacked Li Qiang with his Blood Devil Halberd, but Mei'er and Li Qiang retaliated until he surrendered; Mei'er then teased him by leaving to cultivate, leaving him distressed.

Li Qiang discovered blue horn glass and a hidden cave in the fissure, where he condensed the Golden Venerable Divine Heart and refined the Supreme Radiance Shuttle into a new form. Devil Venerable Chiming endured the Devil Restraint, devoured the giant insects, and wandered deeper into the fissure; Li Qiang later found him returning with a huge snakelike monster coiled around him.

• Li Qiang descended into the fissure, fought off a swarm of giant insects, and collected blue horn glass from their remains.
• Li Qiang entered a small cave and used three Sacred Fruit Olives to condense the Golden Venerable Divine Heart, entering the Undying Heart realm.
• Li Qiang refined the Supreme Radiance Shuttle with Divine Yi Power and Heavenly Fire, reshaping it into two joined golden crescent blades.
• Devil Venerable Chiming triggered the Devil Restraint, fell into the fissure, and endured its punishment until he devoured the giant insects and gathered their blue horn glass.
• Li Qiang returned to the clifftop, activated the repaired teleportation formation, and waited for Devil Venerable Chiming to come back.
• Devil Venerable Chiming hurtled toward Li Qiang with a huge snakelike monster coiled around him, and Li Qiang asked what he was doing.

Li Qiang restrained Devil Venerable Chiming as they reached Wild Frost Tower’s crystal-mining district, where Chiming’s attempt to seize a cultivator nearly started a fight. After following Shuang Wanyu’s group to a battle in a great fissure, Li Qiang stopped Chiming from preying on the fighters and recognized that one side belonged to the Buddha Sect; the cultivators below noticed them overhead.

• Devil Venerable Chiming refined the Whip Oyster into a bracelet, which Li Qiang accepted while teasing him about his name.
• At Wild Frost Tower’s mining district, Chiming seized a cultivator and fought off flying swords until Li Qiang forced him to release the man and return the swords.
• Li Qiang repaired the damaged swords by making Chiming remove the devil power within them, then met Shuang Wanyu and learned she belonged to Wild Frost Tower.
• When Shuang Wanyu hurried away with her companions, Chiming pursued them, and Li Qiang followed in disguise after discovering Chiming had turned invisible.
• At the fissure crystal mine, Li Qiang stopped Chiming from attacking a Nascent Soul and recognized the bald combatants below as members of the Buddha Sect.
• Chiming summoned his devil souls, but Li Qiang threatened him with the Devil Restraint, and the fighting cultivators spotted them overhead.

Li Qiang stopped the fighting among the Buddha Sect, Mo'an Mountain, and Wild Frost Tower over Crimson Planet’s crystal mines, then summoned spirit sword bodies to prospect for new deposits. When Shuang Wanyu reported that devil blood baleful intent mist had plunged Linming Planet into chaos and sealed its outbound teleportation arrays, Li Qiang ordered the prospectors to hurry and gathered the others for guidance.

• Li Qiang used the Buddha Finger to establish his authority with the Buddha Sect, halted the battle, and had the sect leaders explain their dispute over the crystal mines.
• Devil Venerable Chiming seized Qian Feng and Yao Xueweng, but Li Qiang struck him down and secured their agreement to cooperate.
• Li Qiang wagered that he could summon friends to prospect; Devil Venerable Chiming swore an oath to obey him if he lost, and Li Qiang summoned Spirit Marshal Xianmu, Spirit General Panshi, and five hundred spirit sword bodies.
• Li Qiang revealed that he was Muzi, and Spirit General Panshi led the spirit sword bodies to search Crimson Planet’s valley for crystal deposits.
• Shuang Wanyu reported that devil mist had spread across Linming Planet, demonized people were causing deadly confusion, and the outbound teleportation arrays had been shut down.
• Li Qiang ordered Xianmu to accelerate prospecting and gather crystals, while Qingjing, Yao Xueweng, and Qian Feng asked what they should do.

Li Qiang and his companions secured a teleportation route to Linming Planet while Devil Venerable Chiming caused trouble and demonstrated his artifact-refining skills. They arrived in Jinyang City, where the devil-tainted crisis had thrown the region into chaos, and faced a tense inspection by rival sect experts.

• Li Qiang restrained Devil Venerable Chiming after Qian Feng recognized him, then kept him from harassing Shuang Wanyu and starting more trouble.
• Elder Qingjing reported delays in activating the Buddha Sect’s teleportation formation, while Spirit Marshal Xianmu and Spirit General Panshi returned with Immortal Stones that Li Qiang shared among the spirit bodies and sects.
• Devil Venerable Chiming refined devil ornaments from rare materials as Li Qiang watched, then Li Qiang confiscated his finest necklace.
• Elder Qingjing told Li Qiang that only four people could use the formation first, so Li Qiang, Qingjing, Yao Xueweng, and Devil Venerable Chiming teleported to Jinyang City.
• The group arrived amid the city’s panic and strict anti-devil measures, where Guo Lihuang and other sect experts demanded to examine them.
• Li Qiang intimidated the inspectors by revealing himself as Senior Muzi, but Devil Venerable Chiming drew their attention, and they asked him to state his name.

Li Qiang stopped Port Gate and the Hundred Multitudes Alliance from attacking Devil Venerable Chiming, then earned the Buddha Sect’s trust by revealing his connection to its sacred land and giving Bo Ruoye valuable scriptures and treasures. As Li Qiang confronted the sects gathered outside, Jinyang City’s defensive formation broke and crimson mist filled the sky.

• Li Qiang seized Guo Lihuang’s Devil Detection Needle and drove Port Gate and the Hundred Multitudes Alliance’s cultivators from the inner hall.
• Bo Ruoye recognized Li Qiang’s Buddha Finger, welcomed him as a representative of the Western Continent’s Buddha Sect, and accepted the Purple Condensation Canon and other Buddhist treasures.
• Elder Qingjing reported that Port Gate and the Hundred Multitudes Alliance had surrounded the Buddha Sect, accusing it of sheltering a devil.
• Li Qiang and Bo Ruoye went outside to face Yan Zao and Ku Zhaohan, while Li Qiang warned Bo Ruoye not to let the Buddha Sect get drawn into a fight.
• Li Qiang released his power to intimidate the assembled cultivators, but Jinyang City’s defensive formation suddenly broke and crimson mist spread over the city.

Li Qiang forced Devil Venerable Chiming to gather the Devil Blood Baleful Intent Mist, but Chiming’s whistles drew hordes of devilized people into a siege and he began devouring them. As Li Qiang prepared a possible solution, word arrived that Qian Shanyong and Dainan Fengyu were coming to help, and he announced he would set up a bewildering formation.

• Li Qiang used the Oath Heart Devil Pearl to stop Devil Venerable Chiming’s attack, then forced him to gather the mist while repelling devils threatening Yan Zao’s sword formation.
• Devil Venerable Chiming gathered the mist but summoned the devilized people, so Li Qiang, Bo Ruoye, and Yan Zao drew them away from Jinyang City.
• Chiming began devouring the pursuing devilized cultivators, and Li Qiang ordered him to gather them in one place while Yan Zao cleared a field below.
• Li Qiang studied an Immortal Method as Chiming circled with the gathered crowd, while Jinyang City restored its defenses and Ku Zhaohan reported several hundred casualties.
• Guo Lihuang reported that Qian Shanyong and Dainan Fengyu were in Snow Dragon City and would soon arrive to help the devilized people.
• Li Qiang announced he would set up a large bewildering formation, and Yan Zao questioned how he could do so on open ground.

Li Qiang completed a great maze formation to contain the demonized people and cultivators, then drove off Long Hanyin with the Hundred Tribulations Divine Thunder. After returning to Jinyang City, he arranged aid for the injured and began preparing to refine the Suppressing Tranquility Intent Origin, hoping to gain a weapon capable of facing powerful immortals.

• Li Qiang raised mountains and valleys with immortal arts and completed the great maze formation using Heavenly Fire as its power source.
• Long Hanyin arrived to prey on the demonized crowd, but Li Qiang battered him with the Hundred Tribulations Divine Thunder until he fled.
• Li Qiang led Devil Venerable Chiming and the demonized people into the maze, then told Yan Zao to guard the formation and direct others there.
• Li Qiang returned to the damaged Jinyang City, gave spirit pills to Bo Ruoye for treating the injured, and ordered Devil Venerable Chiming confined.
• Li Qiang entered the Buddha Sect's restriction grounds, memorized Mei'er's translated Jade Pupil Slip, and began trying to refine the Suppressing Tranquility Intent Origin.

Li Qiang tested the Suppressing Tranquility Intent Origin, released several dangerous creatures, and kept a silver puppy he named Little White. After repairing the Golden Lotus Jade Throne, he met Qian Shanyong and Dainan Fengyu, who demanded the Heavenly Recommendation Scripture for God Cultivation and argued over who could possess or cultivate it.

• Li Qiang studied the Immortal Spirit Instructions and discovered that the Suppressing Tranquility Intent Origin imprisoned the Primordial Spirits of powerful beasts.
• Li Qiang released a silver puppy, a Water Soul Fin that flooded his restriction field, and a swarm of insects whose impacts overwhelmed him; he named the puppy Little White and decided not to release more creatures recklessly.
• Li Qiang restored the Golden Lotus Jade Throne and left the restriction circle, where Qian Shanyong and Dainan Fengyu confronted him alongside Jinyang City's cultivation experts.
• Li Qiang blocked Qian Shanyong's casual strike with his bracer and claimed that the Azure Emperor wanted to take him as a disciple.
• Li Qiang said he would hand over the Heavenly Recommendation Scripture for God Cultivation but had returned the Heaven-Defying Treasure Mirror to Gu Xing.
• Dainan Fengyu demanded the scripture, while Qian Shanyong insisted that neither she nor Li Qiang could cultivate it.