Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan faced an assassination attempt by six revenge-seeking fighters and Blood Knife, a Supreme Grandmaster assassin. After defeating the attackers, Qin Yan let Blood Knife flee briefly before catching him and taking him captive.

• Qin Yan dismissed Qin Xiaoyi’s alarm and chose to face the approaching assassins himself.
• Blood Knife failed to kill a personal guard, and a Supreme Grandmaster emerged to crush three attackers and gravely wound the survivors.
• Blood Knife attacked Qin Yan at close range, but Qin Yan dodged every strike and offered him ten breaths to escape.
• Blood Knife fled into the darkness, convinced he could get away and vowing to kill Qin Yan someday.
• Qin Yan caught Blood Knife with a massive palm strike, then dragged the unconscious assassin away.

Qin Yan forced Blood Knife to abandon his suicide attempt and serve him, then placed a Restriction on him and assigned him to stay at his side before going to the Hidden Dragon Platform. After more than half a month in Qingzhou, Qin Yan continued pursuing land reform to curb powerful Lineages and shift the people toward technology and the Martial Dao.

• Qin Yan revealed that he had removed Blood Knife's poison capsule and threatened to turn him into a Corpse Puppet if he died.
• Blood Knife agreed to serve Qin Yan rather than die, and Qin Yan placed a Restriction on him that erased any thoughts of rebellion.
• Qin Yan healed Blood Knife's injuries and told him to stay at his side before later going to the Hidden Dragon Platform.
• Ba Wei asked Qin Yan why he had not placed a Restriction on him, and Qin Yan said it was because Ba Wei was his brother.
• After more than half a month in Qingzhou, Qin Yan pursued land reform to limit local Lineages and encourage progress in technology and the Martial Dao.

After learning that the three major assassin organizations were targeting his allies, Qin Yan traced the Assassin Alliance to a restaurant in Longtai City. He forced the location of its headquarters from the proprietor’s memories and killed him, leaving the Alliance’s fate unresolved.

• Blood Knife warned Qin Yan that the Blood Rain Tower and possibly the Blood Edge Association and Assassin Alliance were preparing to target Zong Xiaoshan, Han Chen, and other allies.
• Qin Yan ordered Blood Knife to warn the Blood Rain Tower’s master and declared that he would deal with the other assassin organizations.
• Using secrets from Blood Knife, the Hidden Dragon Platform located Assassin Alliance contact points in Qingzhou.
• Qin Yan and Ba Wei entered Fufeng Pavilion in Longtai City, where Qin Yan’s presence alarmed the Assassin Alliance members inside.
• Qin Yan immobilized the proprietor with his Slaughter Realm, read his memories to learn the Alliance headquarters’ location, and killed him.

Qin Yan crushed the Assassin Alliance assassins who had targeted his people and threatened to destroy the families of anyone who harmed them. As news spread, the Blood Rain Tower canceled its commissions against Qin Yan, while the Blood Edge Association chose to hide and wait; Qin Yan continued toward the Assassin Alliance’s lair, taking down its establishments along the way.

• Qin Yan killed the Assassin Alliance members in a restaurant and warned the survivors that he would wipe out the family of anyone who harmed his people.
• A surviving assassin sold news of the incident to the Listening Wind Tower, whose manager recognized the feud as a major event in the jianghu.
• The chapter described how Qin Yan’s academies and army offered people paths to learn martial arts and advance, drawing both commoners and jianghu families.
• The Blood Rain Tower canceled all commissions concerning Qin Yan and his forces, including those it had already accepted.
• The Blood Edge Association leader and Elder Chen suspected Qin Yan had captured Blood Knife and ordered the organization to freeze its commissions and conceal its members.
• Qin Yan headed for the Assassin Alliance’s lair and took down its establishments along the way.

Qin Yan discovered the Assassin Alliance’s headquarters in Silent Valley and sent Zheshen Ghost to destroy everything living there. Zheshen Ghost began slaughtering the valley’s demon wolves and other creatures.

• Qin Yan traced over eighty percent of the Assassin Alliance’s strongholds and brought Blood Knife and Ba Wei to its headquarters in Silent Valley.
• Blood Knife identified the demon wolves guarding the valley and explained that they carried the deadly poison Heavenly Red Snow.
• Zheshen Ghost appeared beside Qin Yan, revealed that he had reached Ghost Abyss Level, and offered to kill the valley’s inhabitants.
• Qin Yan ordered Zheshen Ghost to kill every living thing in the valley.
• Zheshen Ghost killed three demon wolves with Fold-Life Hell and began slaughtering the rest of the valley’s creatures.

Qin Yan led Ba Wei, Blood Knife, and the Zheshen Ghost in a raid on the Assassin Alliance’s underground headquarters, slaughtering its members as they advanced. The attack ended with Assassin Alliance leader He Xiao facing Qin Yan and his companions.

• Qin Yan discovered the Assassin Alliance’s cavern headquarters and used the Ink Sun Bow to collapse several tunnels, sealing escape routes.
• Qin Yan ordered the Zheshen Ghost, Ba Wei, and Blood Knife to kill everyone inside while leaving the bodies intact.
• The Zheshen Ghost, Ba Wei, and Blood Knife cut through the assembled assassins, killing them as they fought through the underground complex.
• He Xiao sensed the intruders, emerged from his secret chamber, and confronted the Zheshen Ghost, Blood Knife, and Ba Wei.
• The three attackers stepped aside as an exceptionally tall figure’s oppressive presence swept over He Xiao.

Qin Yan defeated He Xiao, destroyed the Assassin Alliance, and forced the other major assassination organizations to stop taking contracts against him and his forces. His growing power alarmed the martial world’s sects, while Heavenly Star Lord remained unable to divine Qin Yan’s origins.

• Qin Yan crippled He Xiao in a fight and ordered Blood Knife and his companion to hang him beside the gates of Cloud Allure City.
• Blood Knife and his companion returned with He Xiao as news spread that Qin Yan had destroyed the Assassin Alliance’s lair.
• The Blood Edge Association canceled and rejected all assignments targeting Qin Yan and his forces, while the Blood Rain Tower’s master was relieved he had heeded Blood Knife’s warning.
• The major assassination organizations announced they would no longer accept contracts against Qin Yan or his forces, shocking the martial world.
• The Dao One Immortal Sect ordered the Hongwen Emperor and its intelligence department to place Qin Yan under the highest surveillance, and the Thundering Firmament and Azure Origin Immortal Sects also reconsidered him.
• Heavenly Star Lord called Qin Yan an old man pretending to be young but could not divine his identity.

Heavenly Star Lord questioned Qin Yan’s identity while the Heavenly Heart Dao Master praised Qin Yan’s rule, and Qin Yan prepared for growing espionage and conflict among the Great Li’s powers. On the Youzhou battlefield, Huang Chao refined fallen enemies into Blood Pills that rapidly strengthened his generals.

• Heavenly Star Lord asked the Heavenly Heart Dao Master about Qin Yan, then ordered disciples to monitor developments in Yunzhou.
• Chen Ergou reported that spies from various factions had become more active, and Qin Yan ordered heightened security, especially at the arms factory.
• Qin Yan assessed his industrial and agricultural advantages and the growing rivalry among the Great Li’s five dominant powers.
• Huang Chao crushed imperial generals with his blood arts and condensed their essence into Blood Pills.
• Huang Chao gave four Blood Pills to his generals, who absorbed them and each advanced by a minor realm.

Huang Chao bribed Yue Ce into bringing the Quchang Army over to his side, helping the Heaven-Soaring Army rout the Great Li Army in Youzhou. Xia Chengqian exposed Xue Qingzhong’s embezzlement at court, but Huang Chao’s advance was checked when the King of Chu’s army entered Youzhou.

• Huang Chao gave Yue Ce five hundred thousand taels to win over the thirty thousand soldiers of the Quchang Army.
• Yue Ce switched sides during battle and led the Quchang Army in a surprise attack that defeated a hundred thousand Great Li soldiers.
• Xia Chengqian presented secret letters accusing Xue Qingzhong of stealing soldiers’ pay, rations, and fallen soldiers’ compensation.
• The Hongwen Emperor imprisoned and executed Xue Qingzhong, and officials seized six million seven hundred thousand taels from his residence.
• The King of Chu sent a hundred and fifty thousand soldiers into Youzhou, forcing Huang Chao to send reinforcements and giving the court time to establish a new defensive line.

Qin Yan learned that Xiahou Jun of the Thundering Firmament Immortal Sect planned to seize Yunzhou, so he mobilized troops and prepared for war. At the border, the Chu Army and the sect’s young cultivators invaded, only to be met by a sky-shading palm.

• Prince Xiang invaded Haizhou with two hundred thousand troops and pushed the Zheng Family’s forces toward defeat at Ya Mountain.
• Qin Yan ordered Han Chen, Han Cui, Jin Shizhong, and Guo Hai to defend the Chu Province border, while the Red Shadow Army and Divine Machine Battalion advanced.
• The Heavenly Star Lord visited Qin Yan and warned him that Xiahou Jun intended to claim Yunzhou.
• Xiahou Jun ordered the Thundering Firmament Immortal Sect’s young cultivators to follow the Chu Army and distinguish themselves by conquering Yunzhou.
• The Chu Army and immortal cultivators crossed into Yunzhou, and a palm that blotted out the sky struck down toward them.

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.