Recaps

Qin Yan battled Xiahou Jun, the ancient patriarch of the Thunderclap Immortal Sect, and deliberately endured Destruction Divine Thunder to test how it affected his body. After healing and growing stronger, Qin Yan charged back into the fight, leaving their clash raging in the sky.

• Xiahou Dun intercepted Qin Yan’s enormous palm attack, and the collision’s explosion killed the younger generation caught in the battle.
• Qin Yan challenged Xiahou Jun, who unleashed Destruction Divine Thunder and fought him across the sky as Heavenly Star Lord watched.
• Xiahou Jun struck Qin Yan with a devastating punch that crushed his chest and sent him crashing through a mountain peak.
• Qin Yan healed from his injuries, gained strength from the thunder tempering, and revealed his Infinite Physique’s ability to grow stronger after recovery.
• Xiahou Jun realized Qin Yan had deliberately tested the Destruction Divine Thunder, and Qin Yan charged back at him as their battle resumed.

Qin Yan survived Xiahou Jun’s devastating lightning attack, learned the rudiments of his movement technique, and fought him at extreme speed. With the enemy’s strongest fighter occupied, Han Chen ordered the Yunzhou Army to bombard the opposing forces and finish them off.

• Xiahou Jun unleashed the Thunder Stars Transforming Sea Art, but Qin Yan survived the attack and emerged with a stronger presence.
• Qin Yan used his Magnetic Field to imitate the Lightning Transformation Art, dodged Xiahou Jun’s strike, and wounded him with a sudden counterattack.
• Qin Yan and Xiahou Jun clashed at extreme speed, with neither able to secure a decisive victory.
• Heavenly Star Lord lost sight of the fighters as their battle ranged across the land and storms filled the sky.
• Han Chen ordered the Yunzhou Army’s artillery to fire all its shells within a quarter of an hour, then directed the cavalry and infantry to leave no one alive.

The Yunzhou Army used artillery and firearms to devastate the Chu Army, while Qin Yan fought Xiahou Jun until his opponent fled. Half a month later, Qin Yan had grown stronger but still struggled to contain the Destruction Divine Thunder, and the King of Chu collapsed after learning of his army’s defeat.

• The Yunzhou Army bombarded the Chu camp, killing or wounding at least half its forces before advancing under Han Chen’s command.
• The Chu soldiers tried to form ranks and charge, but the Yunzhou Army’s firearms and Supreme Grandmaster experts overwhelmed them.
• After days of fighting, Qin Yan forced Xiahou Jun to flee, then suffered as the Destruction Divine Thunder continued ravaging his body.
• Qin Yan endured half a month of pain, repeatedly breaking through his limits and increasing his strength, speed, and spirit.
• The Yunzhou Army wiped out nearly half the Chu Army, leaving fewer than one in ten Chu soldiers at the Yun-Chu border alive.
• The King of Chu fainted from rage when he learned that the army he had built up had lost half its forces.

After Qin Yan wounded Xiahou Jun and withdrew to recover, Han Chen and Huang Chao launched a joint counterattack into Chu Province. The King of Chu faced defeat on the battlefield and humiliation from Zhao Chuanzhang, whose newfound Spirit Travel Realm power let him dominate the royal court.

• Qin Yan returned to Qinghe Town, ordered his forces to exploit Xiahou Jun’s absence, and secluded himself to recover from the Destruction Divine Thunder’s damage.
• Han Chen received Qin Yan’s order by radio and advanced into Chu Province with all three armies.
• Han Chen invited Huang Chao to join the counterattack, and Huang Chao sent the Heaven-Soaring Army toward Chu Province’s border.
• Xia Fengxi learned that Qin Yan and Huang Chao were attacking from opposite directions and angrily blamed Zhao Chuanzhang for the losses.
• Zhao Chuanzhang revealed his Spirit Travel Realm strength, forced the court officials and Xia Fengxi to the ground, and ordered them to organize their army before leaving.

After Qin Yan and Huang Chao defeated the King of Chu’s forces, Xiahou Jun sought a compromise while recovering from his battle with Qin Yan. They agreed on a ceasefire that left conquered territory with Qin Yan and Huang Chao and barred them from sending troops into Chu Province for two years; Xiahou Jun also warned them about Yun Chen’s growing strength and ambition.

• News spread that Qin Yan had become a Martial Arts Myth at eighteen and had defeated Xiahou Jun in direct combat.
• Xiahou Jun, still weakened by his fight with Qin Yan, decided to replace the King of Chu and sent Qin Yan and Huang Chao a proposal to make peace.
• Qin Yan met Xiahou Jun at Cloud Realm Mountain, where Huang Chao joined them and proposed killing Xiahou Jun.
• Xiahou Jun warned that losing Chu Province would leave him free to retaliate, so Qin Yan and Huang Chao negotiated a ceasefire with him.
• The three agreed that Qin Yan and Huang Chao would keep the territory they had taken, receive no compensation, and send no troops against Chu Province for two years.
• Xiahou Jun revealed that he had agreed with the Dao One Immortal Sect to stop Huang Chao from taking all of Youzhou, then warned Qin Yan and Huang Chao that Yun Chen was recovering and had great ambitions.

After Qin Yan returned from his victory in Chu Province, Heavenly Star Lord revealed that the Immortal Palace would descend near Great Li in thirteen years and offered to ally with him. Heavenly Star Lord left Qin Yan with memories of the palace, while his own deductions convinced him Qin Yan was likely a native of the current era with a remarkable future.

• Qin Yan parted ways with Huang Chao and headed back after taking two prefectural capitals in Chu Province.
• Qin Yan confronted Heavenly Star Lord, who said he had secretly watched him because he wanted a powerful ally.
• Heavenly Star Lord explained that the Immortal Palace appeared every 33,333 years and that its Immortal-Inviting Token had once opened a path to the Immortal Realm.
• Heavenly Star Lord said the palace would probably appear within ten thousand li of Great Li in thirteen years and offered Qin Yan information and help in exchange for an alliance.
• Qin Yan viewed Heavenly Star Lord's memories and saw the Immortal Palace and Thunder Heavenly King Xiahou Jun.
• Heavenly Star Lord concluded that Qin Yan was likely a native of the current era and would become a major figure in civilization's future.

Qin Yan studied records of the ancient Immortal Palace and the fall of past cultivation civilizations, concluding that something was wrong with the world. As Spiritual Qi recovered, he expanded martial training and education, where students learned new techniques and pursued science.

• Qin Yan reviewed the Tai Xuan Immortal Sect's histories and found that ancient Mahayana experts had lived for centuries of thousands of years but died in conflicts rather than old age.
• Qin Yan suspected the world itself was preventing experts from advancing and considered the abrupt appearance of the Immortal Palace and the collapse of the Great Yong Immortal Dynasty.
• By November, Qin Yan had stabilized two prefectures in Chu Province, established land reform in Qingzhou, and expanded martial training and academies as Spiritual Qi recovered.
• An instructor at Secluded Mountain Academy taught children Qin Yan's revised Qi Circulation General Compendium and Six Harmonies Eight Desolations Palm while urging them to learn, think, and innovate.
• Yun Qiji diligently practiced and exchanged Martial Dao insights, while other gifted children pursued science.

Qin Yan created the Heaven-Ploughing Sword Finger and used it to cut a passage through the Youshan Mountain Range, connecting Jiu'an Prefecture and advancing plans for roads across Yunzhou. The people revered him and offered wish power, while news of his feat made rival powers wary.

• Qin Yan developed the Heaven-Ploughing Sword Finger, a force-field attack that could slash or penetrate at long range.
• Qin Yan told Zhang Xin he would cut a passage through Youshan, and Zhang Xin arranged for officials and geological scholars to plan three routes.
• Qin Yan spent less than two days cleaving a passage through the range, while Yunzhou soldiers and He Qiao watched in awe.
• The Youshan Straight Road connected Jiu'an Prefecture, and people gathered to admire the cut mountains and worship Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan had the Little Jade Turtle absorb the incense-fire wish power offered by the people.
• Xiahou Jun and other powers heard of Qin Yan's feat and grew wary or furious.

Merchants benefited from the new road through Secluded Mountain, while Qin Yan grew stronger and refined his ultimate move. Heavenly Star Lord traded him an ancient Primordial Magnetism treasure for ten cubic units of Spirit Crystal, with Qin Yan paying in installments and still owing nine.

• Merchants discovered that the road through Secluded Mountain cut travel between Jiu'an Prefecture and Youshan Prefecture to a fraction of the original time, improving business in Youshan Prefecture.
• Over ten days, Qin Yan became more skilled with his ultimate move and reduced its consumption by at least thirty percent.
• Heavenly Star Lord visited Qinghe Town, recognized Qin Yan's growing strength, and proposed a trade for a Primordial Magnetism treasure.
• Qin Yan and Heavenly Star Lord haggled over the treasure's price, eventually agreeing on ten cubic units of Spirit Crystal to be paid in installments.
• Qin Yan gave Heavenly Star Lord one cubic unit of Spirit Crystal, obtained the unusual crystal stone, and owed nine more.

Qin Yan used the black Primordial Crystal Stone to awaken and master the Primordial Magnetism Domain, gaining powerful control over gravity, matter, and energy. He left Secluded Mountain with his abilities vastly improved and continued testing their destructive power.

• Qin Yan matched his magnetic field to the black crystal's, strengthening his own field more than tenfold before the crystal passed through his body and unleashed a new force field.
• Qin Yan escaped to an uninhabited area of Secluded Mountain, where his uncontrolled field tore apart the mountain and let him manipulate its fragments.
• Qin Yan extended his domain ten thousand meters, controlled gravity, formed a massive floating stone sphere, and demonstrated how he could break down and reassemble matter.
• Qin Yan used repulsion to drive Spiritual Qi and other matter from his domain, then realized he could draw on energy beyond Spiritual Qi.
• Qin Yan comprehended the Primordial Magnetism Domain and used his enhanced control to unleash a precise Heaven-Ploughing Sword Finger strike that cleaved a distant mountain in two.

Qin Yan drained the Spiritual Qi from a wilderness mountain range to refine Spirit Crystals, drawing the fury of the Windwing Jiao, the forest’s powerful guardian. Qin Yan trapped the jiao in a series of stone cages and challenged it to escape, while the creature continued to fight for its life.

• Qin Yan used his Magnetic Field to compress Spiritual Qi from the mountain range into a massive, nearly Supreme-Grade Spirit Crystal.
• The Windwing Jiao sensed the Spiritual Qi vanishing, flew toward Qin Yan, and demanded to know whether he had caused it.
• Qin Yan used gravity to pin the Windwing Jiao to the ground, then nullified its wind-based bloodline power.
• Qin Yan trapped the Windwing Jiao in a stone cage and tested Magnetic Field Strangulation on it.
• The Windwing Jiao smashed through one wall, but the opening sealed itself as it entered the next stone cage.

Qin Yan defeated the Windwing Jiao, refined its soul into the Ink Dragon Banner, and took its corpse to the Underworld to make a Lunar Yin Corpse Puppet. He left the body in the Yinwind Nest to absorb Yin Qi and realized the dangerous place could also serve as a training ground.

• The Windwing Jiao exhausted itself trying to escape Qin Yan’s shifting stone prison, and Qin Yan opened the prison once it could no longer move.
• The Windwing Jiao launched a final attack, but Qin Yan deflected it and used the Ink Dragon Banner to tear out and refine its soul.
• Qin Yan strengthened the Ink Dragon Banner with the Windwing Jiao’s soul, then stored the jiao’s corpse and entered the Underworld through the Copper Pot.
• Qin Yan found the Yinwind Nest and inscribed a million Restrictions on the corpse over seven days to prepare it as a Lunar Yin Corpse Puppet.
• Qin Yan pushed the corpse into the nest’s core, where dense Yin Qi began transforming its body, and blocked the Yin Qi from invading himself with his blazing blood Qi.

Qin Yan tempered his soul in the Yinwind Nest while governing Yun and Qingzhou, where abundant harvests and refugee resettlement brought prosperity. He completed the Windwing Jiao’s transformation into an enhanced Lunar Yin Corpse Puppet and equipped it with magnetic-field cores for speed, defense, and restraint.

• Qin Yan endured the Yinwind Nest’s soul-sound and studied its magnetic field, seeking to develop a soul attack technique.
• Qin Yan stockpiled grain, kept merchants from manipulating prices, and punished those who colluded with officials to exploit people.
• Qin Yan’s officials settled the influx of refugees by providing food and shelter and granting them reclaimed land with five years of tax exemption.
• Qin Yan completed the Lunar Yin Corpse Puppet, which retained and slightly increased the Windwing Jiao’s strength while gaining command of wind and yin power.
• Qin Yan installed three magnetic-field cores in the puppet, giving it layered defenses and the potential for greater speed and restraint.

Qin Yan cleared the Yin Souls near the passage at the Mass Grave Mound and used his copper pot to refine Soul Liquid. After testing it on a Yin Soul, he found that it rapidly strengthened souls and managed to purify the liquid to 99.5%, though a stubborn trace of negative energy remained.

• Qin Yan rode the Windwing Jiao to the Mass Grave Mound and cleared nearby Yin Souls with the Ink Dragon Banner and the jiao’s Spirit-Shaking Strike.
• Qin Yan used the copper pot to refine a defeated Yin Soul into Soul Liquid and examined the Soul-Refining Array Pattern.
• Qin Yan fed Soul Liquid to a weak Yin Soul, which quickly absorbed it and rose from the Vengeful Ghost level to the Evil Ghost level.
• Qin Yan used his Qi and blood to neutralize impurities in the Soul Liquid, raising its purity to 99.5%, but could not remove the remaining negative-energy particles.

Qin Yan perfected his Soul Liquid refining process and used it to strengthen Zheshen Ghost, then discovered that absorbing Fourth Realm Soul Liquid could raise his own limits. He left the chapter excited by the gains and with a new way to improve his mental power and strength.

• Qin Yan refined Soul Liquid to 99.99% purity and let Zheshen Ghost absorb some, though he warned that producing enough for large-scale growth would be difficult.
• Qin Yan hunted solitary Third Realm and Fourth Realm Yin Souls in the Underworld, killing hundreds over half a month and refining them into Soul Liquid.
• Qin Yan gave Zheshen Ghost ten portions of Fourth Realm Soul Liquid, raising him from the Third Realm Mid Stage to the Fourth Realm Early Stage before he returned to consolidate his strength.
• Qin Yan absorbed Fourth Realm Soul Liquid and received increases of 3,000 to his mental upper limit and 500 to his strength upper limit.

Qin Yan gave Soul Liquid to Research Institute director Qian Ying to test whether it could strengthen souls, improve Qi perception, or increase intelligence. Initial animal trials showed no adverse effects and suggested the liquid strengthened life force and stimulated intellectual development, leaving Qian Ying’s team to conduct further tests.

• After consuming several bottles of Soul Liquid, Qin Yan gained more than ten thousand spiritual power but resolved to rely on it only as an aid and keep tempering his will.
• Qin Yan gave Soul Liquid to Qian Ying and asked him to test its effects on people and other living creatures.
• Qian Ying quickly began animal trials, and Qin Yan watched as a mouse absorbed the solution without adverse effects while its life force rose.
• Qian Ying tested the Soul Liquid on cats, dogs, rabbits, and other animals, whose biological magnetic fields strengthened and whose behavior suggested greater thought.
• Qian Ying ordered intelligence tests after recording that Soul Liquid might develop the brain and awaken intelligence, while Qin Yan concluded that spiritual power could improve mental abilities.

Qian Ying tested Soul Liquid and Spirit Liquid on animals and volunteer soldiers, finding that the combined treatment improved intelligence, awakened Spiritual Qi sensing, and strengthened the body. Qin Yan agreed to provide more low-grade Soul Liquid, while ordering Qian Ying to keep the experiments secret.

• Qian Ying reported that Soul Liquid increased the animals’ intelligence, and Qin Yan observed Big Yellow’s near-human thoughts.
• Qian Ying injected a mouse with Spirit Liquid; it awakened, escaped its enclosure, and Qin Yan immobilized and destroyed it.
• Qian Ying treated other animals with Spirit Liquid, awakening special genes and turning nineteen subjects into low-level spirits.
• Qian Ying proposed secret human trials, and Qin Yan approved experiments with volunteer soldiers who had not developed Qi Sensation.
• All ten soldiers developed Qi Sensation and gained strength beyond that of some seasoned Qi-Blood martial artists.
• Qian Ying requested more low-grade Soul Liquid, and Qin Yan agreed to refine some while insisting the experiments remain confidential.

Qin Yan gave Big Yellow a protective, Qi-gathering amulet, then stopped the jealous Xiaoxuan from attacking the newly adopted dog. At the City God Temple, Qin Yan discovered that Soul Liquid greatly strengthened Daoist Chen and considered how it could help Yin Gods in the future.

• Qin Yan crafted Big Yellow a Spirit Crystal amulet that protected him and gathered Spiritual Qi.
• Xiaoxuan returned to the marquis's residence and tried to attack Big Yellow, but Qin Yan held him back.
• Qin Yan took Xiaoxuan to visit Daoist Chen at the City God Temple and noticed that the City God's incense power had grown stronger.
• Qin Yan gave Daoist Chen Soul Liquid refined from evil creatures, and Daoist Chen drank it and felt his spirit body grow much stronger.
• Daoist Chen asked whether Soul Liquid could be refined from any soul, and Qin Yan said he would keep the method secret.

Qin Yan equipped Daoist Chen and ten Underworld Officials with powerful soul-binding treasures to combat the growing evil entities. After they swept Yunzhou clean of strong threats, Qin Yan and Daoist Chen planned to send five Underworld Officials to help stabilize Qingzhou.

• Qin Yan and Daoist Chen discussed the rising threat of evil entities and the shortage of capable Demon-Suppressing Bureau personnel.
• Qin Yan refined ten Soul-Refining Gourds and gave them to ten Underworld Officials, telling them to adapt to their new strength.
• Qin Yan gave Daoist Chen a soul-controlling banner he called the Human Emperor Banner, and Daoist Chen bound it to himself.
• Daoist Chen and the ten Underworld Officials swept Yunzhou, using Qin Yan’s treasures to defeat evil entities before they could grow stronger.
• After Yunzhou was cleared of especially powerful evil entities, Daoist Chen proposed sending five Underworld Officials to assist in Qingzhou, and Qin Yan agreed the plan was feasible.

After Di Feng died under mysterious circumstances, Qin Yan discovered that his soul was missing and uncovered the lower part of the Great Five-Viscera Immortal Abode in Di Feng’s home. Suspecting someone had left the manual to lure him into cultivation or use him as a vessel, Qin Yan learned it anyway and manifested five elemental gods.

• Qin Yan learned that Di Feng had died suddenly, but his soul did not answer Qin Yan’s summoning.
• Qin Yan examined Di Feng’s body and determined that his soul was missing, then ordered an investigation into the culprit.
• Chen Ergou reported that Di Feng may have been a secret agent for a mysterious faction, but investigators found few leads.
• Qin Xiaoyi brought Qin Yan the lower part of the Great Five-Viscera Immortal Abode, which had been found in Di Feng’s residence.
• Qin Yan suspected someone had arranged for him to cultivate the manual and might intend to possess his body, but chose to learn it.
• Qin Yan cultivated the lower part and manifested five gods corresponding to the five phases.

After perfecting the Great Five-Viscera Immortal Abode, Qin Yan gained five powerful divine abilities and five incarnations with seventy percent of his combat strength. Suspecting that someone might target his body, he decided to prepare for soul attacks by learning defensive and offensive spirit techniques.

• Qin Yan perfected the Great Five-Viscera Immortal Abode and comprehended the Five Elements Incarnations and Five Elements Qi.
• Qin Yan discovered that his five deity incarnations possessed about seventy percent of his combat power and had gained five divine abilities.
• Qin Yan reflected on how ancient methods for slaying Primordial Spirits had once threatened Body Cultivators and how soul defenses had helped protect them.
• Qin Yan concluded that anyone targeting his body would likely attack his soul and chose to strengthen his soul defenses.
• Qin Yan decided to learn the Nine-Aspect Realm of Origin Gold, the Origin Soul Counter-Technique, and the Heart-Soul God-Slaying Technique.

Qin Yan cultivated layered soul defenses before learning that Huang Chao had vanished after fighting a mysterious expert in Cangzhou City. He followed Huang Chao’s trail to a mountain village, found an unconscious man in a hut, and carried him away.

• Qin Yan mastered the Golden Origin Nine-Aspect Realm and developed the Golden Sun Soul-Defense Method, building up strong protection against soul attacks and Body Snatching.
• Qin Xiaoyi told Qin Yan that Huang Chao had requested help after a mysterious expert attacked him and that Huang Chao had disappeared following a battle in Cangzhou City.
• Qin Yan prepared for a possible trap, stocked the Cloud Luo Pearl with Spirit Crystals, and left Qinghe Town for Cangzhou City.
• Qin Yan examined the lingering battle presences and concluded that Huang Chao and his opponent had cultivated extremely similar techniques.
• Qin Yan followed a mark Huang Chao had left to a mountain village, found an unconscious man in a dilapidated hut, and carried him away.

Qin Yan healed Huang Chao on a deserted island, where Huang Chao revealed that a mysterious opponent had nearly killed him and consumed his Flesh-and-Blood Clones. After comparing their techniques and suspicions, they concluded that someone was cultivating them for a later harvest.

• Qin Yan used the Life Divine Tree and Magnetic Field Healing to restore Huang Chao from near-fatal injuries.
• Huang Chao told Qin Yan that a mysterious, seemingly lifeless expert had countered his abilities and devoured both of his Flesh-and-Blood Clones.
• Qin Yan shared his own suspicions that someone had set their sights on him, and Huang Chao asked to read his techniques.
• Huang Chao studied the Great Five-Viscera Immortal Abode and concluded that it shared a source with his Flesh and Blood Dao inheritance.
• Huang Chao gave Qin Yan a jade slip containing the Boundless Sea of Blood Scripture, and Qin Yan found that the two techniques complemented each other.
• Qin Yan and Huang Chao concluded that someone was raising them like gu worms to harvest them once they matured.

Qin Yan helped Huang Chao restore his cultivation by hunting sea beasts, then led him to an island where a powerful flood-dragon-like beast was receiving a human sacrifice. The chapter ended as the beast appeared before the islanders.

• Qin Yan warned Huang Chao that someone might target him and suggested he recover his strength by hunting sea beasts.
• Qin Yan used his Magnetic Field to capture a massive sea beast, and Huang Chao drained its blood essence to recover to the peak of the Second Realm.
• With Qin Yan guiding him, Huang Chao hunted sea beasts and tempered his body, raising his combat strength beyond what it had been in the Third Realm.
• Qin Yan sensed a powerful presence on a distant island and brought Huang Chao there, where they found a primitive tribe preparing a sacrifice.
• Qin Yan and Huang Chao watched as a giant flood-dragon-like demonic beast emerged from the lake and the islanders prostrated themselves before it.

Qin Yan and Huang Chao watched a sea monster devour a tribe, then gave it a Spirit Crystal to push it toward becoming a flood dragon. After Qin Yan wounded it when it turned its hunger toward them, they waited by the lake as signs of its breakthrough gathered.

• The sea monster swallowed the tribe members who had offered sacrifices, and Huang Chao and Qin Yan chose not to intervene.
• Qin Yan gave the sea monster a Spirit Crystal so it could grow strong enough to transform, hoping to obtain its flood dragon soul.
• The sea monster eyed Qin Yan and Huang Chao as potential prey, so Qin Yan struck it with a gigantic palm and drove it into the lake.
• Qin Yan and Huang Chao waited for the sea monster to transform as mist gathered around the lake and dark clouds covered the island.
• Qin Yan explained that the sea monster's breakthrough would disrupt the magnetic field and make it a target for lightning.