Chapter Summaries

Qi Yun learned from Ning Feng that Chang Qing was a ruthless, powerful Inner Mansion disciple, while Li Chong reported to his master that Qi Yun had not accepted the offer to kill him. Li Hanyan then appeared in Qi Yun’s courtyard and ordered him to kill Chang Qing, leaving Qi Yun startled because Chang Qing was his senior brother.

• Ning Feng warned Qi Yun that Chang Qing was a vicious Qi Refining Eighth Layer cultivator, but Qi Yun remained interested in the job Li Chong had offered him.
• Li Chong reported to Li Hanyan that Qi Yun had not agreed to kill Chang Qing, and Li Hanyan decided to approach Qi Yun himself.
• Li Hanyan appeared in Qi Yun’s courtyard despite its restrictions and assessed Qi Yun’s cultivation and abilities.
• Li Hanyan ordered Qi Yun to kill Chang Qing, and Qi Yun protested that Chang Qing was his senior brother.

Li Hanyan offered Qi Yun precious treasures to kill Chang Qing, and Qi Yun accepted after learning the assassination was tied to a struggle over the Great Dao. He received Chang Qing’s combat details and learned the target would travel to Cauldron Yang Cave in three days.

• Li Hanyan offered Qi Yun a Three Lives Glazed Treasure Mirror and a jar of Soul-Cleansing Elixir to kill Chang Qing, while insisting Black Baleful Intent Mountain would have no connection to the deed.
• Qi Yun consulted the old True Person, who explained that Chang Qing and Li Hanyan’s gifted disciple sought the same Dao Foundation, making Chang Qing a threat to the disciple’s future.
• The old True Person encouraged Qi Yun to accept the job, affirmed his confidence in Qi Yun’s ability to defeat Chang Qing, and promised to protect him from Chang Qing’s backer.
• Qi Yun agreed to kill Chang Qing and sent word to Li Hanyan through Li Chong.
• A steward disciple delivered a Jade Slip detailing Chang Qing’s techniques, artifacts, combat habits, and planned trip in three days to Cauldron Yang Cave on Emerald Mountain.

Qi Yun trapped Chang Qing in the ruins of the Divine Silkworm Sect and attacked him with three Law Techniques. Chang Qing fought back with his Asura Battle Body and Military Sha Arsenal, while Qi Yun prepared to intensify his assault.

• Chang Qing reached the ruined Divine Silkworm Sect to search for a hidden cache, but his vertical eye spotted a paper crane near a broken stele.
• Chang Qing called for the concealed intruder to reveal himself, and Qi Yun's wooden cangue struck the ground as a formation darkened the sky around the ruins.
• Qi Yun unleashed two hundred vengeful souls, a hundred and eight exploding bone skulls, and Mystic Nether Erosion against Chang Qing.
• Chang Qing activated his Asura Battle Body and used the Military Sha Arsenal to smash through the attacks and withstand their damage.
• Qi Yun controlled his three Law Techniques from outside the battle and began gathering greater killing intent in the Mystic Nether One Qi Bottle.

Qi Yun overwhelmed Chang Qing with the Mystic Nether Erosion, demonic techniques, and four tiger-walking chandana, but Chang Qing’s Asura Dao grew stronger under pressure. Chang Qing awakened his Six-Armed Asura form and held up Qi Yun’s falling iron-sand meteor, only for Qi Yun to reveal that a second one was coming.

• Chang Qing unleashed Great Annihilation Wind Calamity against Qi Yun’s Mystic Nether Erosion, and Qi Yun summoned four tiger-walking chandana to attack him.
• Qi Yun’s souls, skeletal figures, and erosion Qi joined the tiger-walking chandana, but Chang Qing fought them to a standstill and grew stronger through battle.
• Qi Yun sent a meteor of sunken abyss iron sand crashing down toward Chang Qing, whose escape was blocked by the encircling attackers.
• Chang Qing awakened his Six-Armed Asura form and caught the meteor with all six arms, halting its descent.
• Qi Yun raised his hand and asked Chang Qing what he would do about the second meteor.

Qi Yun and the mortally wounded Chang Qing were pulled beneath the Divine Silkworm Sect ruins by an ancient formation, where they discovered an immense sea of Hundred Essence Pills. After pretending to agree to divide the treasure, they attacked each other and resumed their battle.

• Chang Qing unleashed the Asura Method-All Living Beings Perish, but ancient blue-gold power erased the curse and swept him and Qi Yun underground.
• Qi Yun awoke in an endless sea of Hundred Essence Pills and realized the hidden Divine Silkworm Sect treasure held hundreds of millions or billions of pills.
• Chang Qing recognized the pill sea as the product of the sect's Treasure Furnace and rejoiced at finding it.
• Qi Yun and Chang Qing pretended to agree to share the pills, but each secretly prepared to kill the other.
• Qi Yun's iron-sand spike intercepted Chang Qing's Asura Sha Qi saber, and the two resumed fighting.

Qi Yun defeated Chang Qing’s desperate Asura Eight Weapons with a talisman sword forged by combining Nameless Swordsmanship and Talisman Art. Chang Qing’s attempt to survive by swallowing Hundred Essence Pills ignited the entire pill sea in black flames, leaving Qi Yun braced behind layers of defenses as the fire engulfed them.

• Chang Qing used the Asura Eight Weapons to launch a final assault, but Qi Yun formed the Expel Evil Break Baleful Intent Sword from countless talismans and shattered the attack, badly wounding Chang Qing.
• Qi Yun explained that Nameless Swordsmanship could combine with a Law Technique to create a Law Sword, then approached Chang Qing to kill him.
• Chang Qing swallowed a large quantity of Hundred Essence Pills to regain strength, but Qi Yun divined extreme misfortune and urged him to spit them out.
• Black flames erupted across the pill sea and rapidly consumed the Hundred Essence Pills, engulfing Chang Qing and rushing toward Qi Yun.
• Qi Yun dispersed the talisman sword and surrounded himself with the Soul Refining Banner, iron-sand barriers, and protective formations as Chang Qing disappeared into the flames.

Qi Yun was trapped in a sealed chamber where countless humanoid monsters hatched from cocoons and adapted to his attacks. After strengthening his white bone skulls by feeding them the monsters, he broke through the chamber’s barriers and escaped through a tiny opening just before it sealed.

• Qi Yun arrived in an underground chamber covered in cocoons, and thousands of humanoid monsters hatched and attacked him.
• Qi Yun fought the monsters with his Soul Refining Banner and Mystic Nether One Qi Bottle, then used the Nether Spring White Bone Method to let his skulls devour their bodies and grow stronger.
• Qi Yun suspected the Divine Silkworm Sect had created the monsters and searched for an exit, but found the chamber sealed.
• Qi Yun detonated all one hundred and eight white bone skulls to break through the outer rock wall, exposing a stronger barrier marked with divine silkworm images.
• Qi Yun struck a weak point in the barrier with his sword, opened a finger-width hole, and escaped through it using Gather Form and Disperse Qi before the opening healed.

Qi Yun followed Chang Qing to the Divine Silkworm Sect’s hidden inheritance platform, where Chang Qing was restored and transformed by a mysterious Daoist phantom. Qi Yun exposed the inheritance as a scheme and accused the sect of creating a new living being in defiance of heaven, leaving the phantom’s faint reaction to his accusation as the only answer.

• Qi Yun followed Chang Qing’s bloody footprints up the heavenly staircase and found him broken and near death beneath a Daoist phantom.
• The phantom placed a golden mote in Chang Qing’s brow, restoring him and granting him the Divine Silkworm Transformation.
• Chang Qing celebrated his new power and challenged Qi Yun, who mocked him for believing he had received a genuine fortune.
• Qi Yun’s words made Chang Qing reconsider the suspiciously convenient trials and realize he might have been manipulated.
• Qi Yun accused the Divine Silkworm Sect of using Creation Art to create a new life and being destroyed by the northwestern powers for deceiving heaven.
• The Daoist phantom remained silent, but its surrounding radiance appeared to ripple at Qi Yun’s accusation.

Qi Yun learned that the Wuji Sacred Sect had led the Northwest Devil Domain in forcing the Divine Silkworm Sect to attempt the ancient Creation Art, then helped destroy it when the risks grew too great. When the Daoist apparition tried to possess Chang Qing and infiltrate the Holy Sect, Qi Yun killed Chang Qing and revealed that he had crushed a blood jade to summon someone powerful.

• The Daoist apparition accused the Wuji Sacred Sect and the Northwest Devil Domain alliance of coercing the Divine Silkworm Sect into pursuing the Creation Art, then betraying and destroying it.
• The Daoist apparition vowed to possess Qi Yun and Chang Qing and take revenge on the Holy Sect.
• Golden threads burst from Chang Qing and began turning him into a silkworm cocoon as the Daoist apparition tried to consume his consciousness.
• Qi Yun unleashed the Southern Ming Sword Devil-Sword Offering and severed Chang Qing's head, stopping the possession.
• Qi Yun crushed an ancient blood jade, declared that others were coming, and an overwhelming gaze fell upon the platform.

Qi Yun summoned Deng Yin and Qianxin to confront the Divine Silkworm Sect Daoist, who sacrificed the ruins to unleash a realm-destroying attack. A True Lord effortlessly extinguished the threat and ordered the survivors to behave.

• Qi Yun activated the crimson blood jade fragments, opening a passage through which Deng Yin and Qianxin arrived.
• Deng Yin and Qianxin confronted the Divine Silkworm Sect Daoist phantom and revealed that a True Lord had once erased the sect.
• The cornered Daoist ignited his phantom and triggered the ruins’ stored power, filling the realm with divine silkworm phantoms and destructive force.
• Deng Yin shielded Qi Yun from the attack but admitted he could not block its power, which had reached the threshold of a True Lord.
• A boundless hand descended, smothered the destruction, and a True Lord commanded everyone to behave.

After the Divine Silkworm Sect ruins were subdued, Qi Yun returned to the Wuji Sacred Sect with Deng Yin, who warned him to forget the matter and arranged an exchange with Black Baleful Intent Peak. Li Hanyan delayed handing over the Soul-Cleansing Elixir and planned to keep Qi Yun waiting while he secretly pursued his own scheme.

• A True Lord’s hand suppressed the Divine Silkworm Daoist’s attempt to destroy the ruins, and Qianxin noticed Chang Qing’s headless corpse; Qi Yun called Chang Qing’s death an accident.
• Deng Yin said he would handle Hantao if he objected to Chang Qing’s death, then took Qi Yun and Qianxin back to the Wuji Sacred Sect.
• At Green Mountain Daoist Temple, Deng Yin told Qi Yun to keep the Divine Silkworm matter secret and contact Li Chong to complete the agreed exchange there.
• Li Hanyan offered to deliver the Three Lives Glazed Treasure Mirror immediately but said Qi Yun would have to collect the Soul-Cleansing Elixir at Black Baleful Intent Peak in ten days.
• Deng Yin accepted the delay, but Li Hanyan then ordered Li Chong to make Qi Yun wait while he entered seclusion to conceal the karma of Chang Qing’s death.

Qi Yun accepted the Three Lives Glazed Treasure Mirror from Li Chong, then used a lifelike double to escape the quiet room and infiltrate Black Baleful Intent Peak. Guided by Deng Yin’s Treasure-Gathering Bronze Mirror, he found a hidden spatial entrance inside a dead tree and slipped through it.

• Qi Yun arrived at Black Baleful Intent Peak, where Li Chong handed him the Three Lives Glazed Treasure Mirror and said the Soul-Cleansing Elixir would be delayed until his master emerged from seclusion.
• Qi Yun agreed to wait in a quiet room, then used Gather Form and Disperse Qi to leave a convincing double behind and slip away.
• Deng Yin told Qi Yun about Li Hanyan’s private treasure collection and gave him the Treasure-Gathering Bronze Mirror, along with stealth treasures including the Formless Divine Talisman.
• Qi Yun used the mirror to follow the strongest trail of treasure light through Black Baleful Intent Peak, evading patrols and bypassing its restrictions.
• Qi Yun traced the treasure light to a withered tree in a dead grove, detected hidden restrictions and a spatial boundary, and entered the tree.

Qi Yun reached Li Hanyan’s heavily guarded private treasure vault and used the [Formless Divine Talisman] to summon True Person Deng Yin’s clone, which bypassed the palace’s restrictions. Inside, Qi Yun was overwhelmed by the brilliance of the treasures displayed.

• Qi Yun slipped past a blue-furred, golden-eyed giant ape guarding the hidden space and followed a gray-earth road to a pitch-black palace.
• He recognized the palace as Li Hanyan’s private treasure vault and realized its Foundation Establishment restrictions made entering alone impossible.
• Qi Yun poured his True Essence into the [Formless Divine Talisman], summoning the clone of the old True Person Deng Yin.
• Deng Yin saw through the palace’s defenses and formed a bridge of formlessness that passed through the restrictions and closed doors.
• Qi Yun followed Deng Yin into the vault, shielded himself from the treasure light with iron sand, and stared in shock at the riches inside.

Qi Yun and the old True Person slipped into Black Baleful Intent’s treasury and took two treasures to aid Qi Yun’s Foundation Establishment. Qi Yun later left Black Baleful Intent Peak after waiting patiently for Li Hanyan, pleased with his haul and confident he had escaped notice.

• Qi Yun offered to empty the treasury, but the old True Person warned that angering Black Baleful Intent could bring deadly consequences and led him to seek Foundation Establishment supplies instead.
• The old True Person took the Great White Molt and the Gold-Patterned Fire-Warding Mantle from their cases and gave them to Qi Yun.
• Qi Yun and the old True Person left the treasury under the protection of the Formless Divine Talisman and returned to the secluded side hall without being detected.
• Qi Yun resumed his false body and waited more than half a month while Li Chong repeatedly told him that Li Hanyan remained in seclusion.
• Qi Yun told Li Chong he had pressing matters and left Black Baleful Intent Peak, then smiled once he was safely beyond its territory.

After six months of strengthening his three hun souls, Qi Yun attempted to break through to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer and form a Divine Soul. Just as the souls were about to unite, a hidden figure used a ritual tied to Qi Yun’s birth characters to unleash inner demons and threaten his breakthrough.

• Qi Yun used the Three Lives Glazed Treasure Mirror and white-gold prayer beads to cultivate his three hun souls, then delayed his breakthrough to strengthen them safely.
• After three more months, Qi Yun stopped feeding the hun souls spiritual essence and prepared to attempt the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
• Qi Yun released the Sea of Consciousness’s pull, drawing his three hun souls into the Ancestral Aperture, where they began merging into a Divine Soul.
• Inner demons suddenly overwhelmed Qi Yun, disrupting the hun souls’ union and pushing his nascent Divine Soul toward collapse.
• A black-robed figure performed a ritual with Qi Yun’s birth characters and a crimson command flag, sending Black Qi through a mysterious connection to provoke Qi Yun’s inner demons.

Qi Yun’s teacher, Deng Yin, helped him overcome a distant attack and unite his three hun souls into a divine soul. Deng Yin then confronted Black Mountain True Person, and their clash escalated toward a direct battle.

• Qi Yun realized an unseen enemy was disrupting his breakthrough and prepared to use the White Bone Regeneration Method.
• Deng Yin steadied Qi Yun and sent his Blood God Sons to devour the inner demons afflicting Qi Yun’s sea of consciousness.
• Qi Yun successfully fused his three hun souls, reached the Qi Refining ninth layer, and began stabilizing his divine soul.
• Deng Yin appeared in his true body before Black Mountain True Person and demanded to know why he was targeting Qi Yun.
• Black Mountain True Person restrained Deng Yin’s blood sea with stone pillars, but Deng Yin shattered them, leaving both True Persons poised to fight.

Deng Yin and Black Mountain True Person nearly fought to the death over Black Mountain’s alleged attempt to ruin a junior’s Dao Path, but True Person Southern Dipper intervened and revealed his own killing realm. A mysterious True Lord stopped all three with a pair of bamboo chopsticks, and they immediately begged forgiveness.

• Deng Yin and Black Mountain True Person unleashed their Foundation Establishment Realm Heavens, but True Person Southern Dipper appeared and halted their clash with snowflakes.
• Deng Yin accused Black Mountain of plotting against a junior, and Black Mountain denied wrongdoing while challenging Deng Yin’s evidence.
• Deng Yin insulted Black Mountain’s past, prompting the two to renew their threats and prepare to fight again.
• True Person Southern Dipper revealed his Southern Dipper Sect Killing Realm and challenged both men when they refused to see reason.
• A pair of bamboo chopsticks struck True Person Southern Dipper, Deng Yin, and Black Mountain, and their realms vanished as a True Lord’s voice demanded they fight him instead.
• The three True Persons bowed and begged the True Lord to forgive their disturbance.

After reaching the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, Qi Yun assessed the materials and methods he needed to forge his Primordial Heaven Ultimate Law Dao Foundation. He decided to seek leads through the Holy Sect’s Remnant Realms and asked Ning Feng to investigate Yang- and fire-element materials.

• Qi Yun reflected on reaching the peak of Qi Refining and concluded that he still needed four Foundation Establishment materials to complete his planned Dao Foundation.
• Qi Yun considered searching the Holy Sect’s Remnant Realms for materials and began planning how to learn about them and qualify for entry.
• Ning Feng visited Qi Yun and was shocked to discover that Qi Yun had reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
• Qi Yun asked Ning Feng to find Remnant Realms containing Yang- and fire-element Foundation Establishment materials or reliable leads about them.
• Ning Feng agreed to use his network to investigate, and Qi Yun hoped for good news.

Ning Feng brought Qi Yun a promising lead on a fire-element Foundation Establishment item in the dangerous Buddhist remnant realm of Miluoluo Mountain. After secretly cross-checking the risks and reports of the item’s possible location, Qi Yun decided to go and began planning his preparations.

• Ning Feng gave Qi Yun a lead identifying Miluoluo Mountain as a remnant realm that might contain a fire-element Foundation Establishment item, and warned him that it was extremely dangerous.
• Qi Yun thanked Ning Feng and assured him that he understood the risks and valued his life.
• Qi Yun used his own discreet Inner Mansion information network to gather and cross-check reports about Miluoluo Mountain.
• Qi Yun learned that Buddhist suppression, hostile guardians, unstable terrain, and dangerous Buddhist light storms threatened intruders, while a suspected Foundation Establishment item might lie in Karma-Burning Valley.
• Qi Yun decided to enter Miluoluo Mountain and began considering how to prepare.

Qi Yun visited Ascending Stairs Hall to enter Miluoluo Mountain and learned that Karma-Burning Valley had grown more dangerous after an unexplained eruption, while more senior disciples sought entry. He arranged for the hall attendant to delay other powerful entrants, then entered Miluoluo Mountain himself.

• A duty attendant used a bronze mirror to identify Qi Yun as a Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivator and hurriedly apologized for his initial disrespect.
• Qi Yun recognized that the attendant and his double practiced the dangerous Two Hearts Method, and the attendant explained why he had risked cultivating it.
• The attendant warned Qi Yun that Karma-Burning Valley in Miluoluo Mountain had become unstable and dangerous, though applications to enter the mountain had increased.
• Qi Yun gave the attendant a precious artifact-refining material and asked him to discourage or delay other powerful disciples seeking entry.
• Qi Yun secretly placed a Thousand Cranes Talisman by the doorway to monitor events, then entered Ascending Stairs Hall and departed for Miluoluo Mountain.