Chapter Summaries

After awakening in Lord Conqueror’s body, Wang Ming learned that Lord Godless remained a threat because the original plot had changed. He chose to flee and lie low rather than pursue the realm’s treasures and martial arts, leaving his next move undecided.

• The chapter explained how Lord Conqueror’s fate depended on Wind and Cloud, and how Wang Ming entered his body when Cloud killed You Ruo.
• Wang Ming’s prolonged madness prevented him from plotting against Lord Godless, allowing Lord Godless to survive and remain a danger.
• Heart Severance’s attack awakened Wang Ming early, and Qin Shuang reported that Lord Godless’s World Extermination Shrine would soon cause trouble.
• Wang Ming considered the realm’s divine beasts, weapons, and martial arts, including techniques he already knew from Lord Conqueror’s memories.
• Wang Ming decided to escape to a sparsely populated place and hide until the powerful figures of the realm had died.

Wang Ming considered whether to cultivate Lord Conqueror’s Trinity Origin Qi or lie low and outlive the powerful martial artists of the Wind and Cloud world. As he prepared to leave with Qin Shuang, Qin Shuang asked to be released from serving him.

• Wang Ming reviewed Lord Conqueror’s past, including You Ruo’s death, his madness, and the recovery and growth of his cultivation through Trinity Origin Qi.
• Wang Ming weighed Trinity Origin Qi against North Darkness Divine Skill and decided to avoid drawing attention by staying out of the world’s conflicts.
• Qin Shuang arrived with a bundle, and Wang Ming told him they would leave before people from World Extermination Shrine could block them.
• Qin Shuang handed Wang Ming the bundle, then knelt and asked permission to stop serving him because Wang Ming had recovered his sanity and no longer needed his care.

Wang Ming took Qin Shuang to a secluded forest and revealed that Lord Conqueror had withheld much of Heavenly Frost Fist from him. He demonstrated the four hidden forms of Frosty Peak and began teaching Qin Shuang the complete art.

• Wang Ming persuaded Qin Shuang to leave with him temporarily, then led him a thousand meters into a secluded forest.
• Wang Ming told Qin Shuang he would not stop him from leaving but wanted to repay the debt he owed for Qin Shuang's care.
• Wang Ming revealed that he had withheld six moves of Heavenly Frost Fist, while Cloud Dispensing Palm and Wind God Leg each had one final move withheld.
• Wang Ming explained that Frosty Peak contained four forms he had never taught Qin Shuang and demonstrated their power.
• Wang Ming named the forms Lone Peak Stand, Snowridge Bloom, Cloudtop Crush, and Frostriver Reflection, then began teaching Qin Shuang the complete Heavenly Frost Fist.

Wang Ming left Qin Shuang and headed for Lingyun Grotto to gather martial arts manuals, hoping to avoid unnecessary confrontations. On the way, a crystal-masked stranger ambushed him, revealed extraordinary speed and regeneration, and left Wang Ming facing a powerful opponent.

• Wang Ming parted ways with Qin Shuang, gave him the complete Heavenly Frost Fist, and expected him to seek out Wind and Cloud despite the danger.
• Wang Ming set out for Lingyun Grotto, planning to obtain several martial arts manuals there and later ask Luo Xian for the Saint Heart Formula.
• A crystal-masked person ambushed Wang Ming with a palm strike, but Wang Ming dodged and blocked the attack with a barrier.
• Wang Ming countered with the Trinity Divine Finger, piercing the masked person's shoulder after breaking through their protective vital energy.
• The masked person's wound healed immediately, and Wang Ming realized he had encountered a formidable opponent soon after leaving the Newbie Village.

Wang Ming avoided fighting Emperor Shitian, who asked him to kill Lord Godless after the latter acquired the Dragon Vein. Emperor Shitian later delivered the unconscious but living You Ruo to pressure Wang Ming into accepting the task, leaving Wang Ming to wonder what the immortal schemer intended.

• Wang Ming recognized the crystal-masked stranger as Emperor Shitian and decided he could not afford to fight him directly.
• Emperor Shitian asked Wang Ming to eliminate Lord Godless, claiming that Lord Godless had acquired the Dragon Vein and threatened the Central Plains.
• Wang Ming pretended to have abandoned ambition after You Ruo's death, and Emperor Shitian left without an answer.
• Emperor Shitian returned the next day and sent a coffin that burst open to reveal the unconscious, living You Ruo.
• Emperor Shitian warned Wang Ming to complete the task or he would take You Ruo's life again, then vanished.

Lord Godless learned that Nameless, Wind, and Cloud had breached World Extermination Shrine and went out to face them. He confronted the three after they beat his son Heart Severance, and the two sides prepared to fight.

• Lord Godless cultivated his Imperishable Golden Body in a medicinal bath while Yan Ying served him.
• Guichaluo guards reported that Nameless, Wind, and Cloud were attacking World Extermination Shrine and that Heart Severance had led men against them.
• Lord Godless recalled the trio’s repeated escapes and growing strength, which had driven him to train harder over the past several years.
• Lord Godless left the bath and saw Nameless, Wind, and Cloud beating Heart Severance.
• Lord Godless vowed to kill the trio and their families, while Nameless declared that they would stop his invasion of the Central Plains martial arts world.

Nameless and Cloud fought Lord Godless while Wind prepared a surprise attack with the Demonic Saber. Wind's demonic nature remained only partly suppressed, and he intended to kill Lord Godless before losing control and then take his own life.

• Nameless unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin as Cloud attacked Lord Godless with Sword Twenty-One, but Lord Godless's Imperishable Golden Body repelled their strikes.
• Nameless sent a torrent of nearly a thousand weapons at Lord Godless, whose qi wall shattered most of them before he broke the one sword that pierced it.
• Cloud feigned another attempt to strike Lord Godless's underarm weakness, then withdrew when Lord Godless counterattacked.
• Wind descended with the Demonic Saber and a terrifying blade strike as Cloud and Nameless drew Lord Godless's attention.
• Wind's Ice Heart Sutra had only partly suppressed his demonic nature, and he had resolved to kill Lord Godless before madness overtook him.

Wind’s demonic blade and Cloud’s attack pushed Lord Godless into a dangerous fight, but Lord Godless countered with his hidden Killing Fist. Cloud was knocked back, and Lord Godless revealed the trump card he had cultivated to make up for his Imperishable Golden Body’s weakness.

• Wind entered demonic possession and attacked Lord Godless with his tyrannical blade, forcing Lord Godless to rely on his Imperishable Golden Body.
• Cloud approached from behind and thrust the Peerless Sword toward the weakness beneath Lord Godless’s armpit.
• Heart Severance ordered the Guichaluo to attack Wind and Cloud as Cloud’s sword appeared poised to break Lord Godless’s defense.
• Lord Godless dispelled his golden barrier, knocked Wind’s Blood Drinking Sabre aside, and struck Cloud’s Peerless Sword with a powerful punch.
• Lord Godless’s Killing Fist sent Cloud flying, and the chapter explained how Lord Godless had learned its techniques from Quan Chi’s father, Quan Daoshen.

Cloud, Nameless, and Wind fought Lord Godless, but Wind’s demonic frenzy turned him against his allies, allowing Lord Godless to injure Cloud and defeat Wind and Nameless. As Heart Severance moved to finish off the fallen fighters, a powerful burst of qi descended on him and Lord Godless.

• Cloud survived Lord Godless’s punch, and he and Nameless attacked Lord Godless together while Wind’s demonic saber frenzy kept him occupied.
• Wind unexpectedly turned his blade on Nameless and Cloud, letting Lord Godless strike Wind; Cloud took the blow meant for his junior brother and was badly injured.
• Heart Severance and the Guichaluo surrounded Cloud, while Wind continued attacking Nameless and Lord Godless.
• Lord Godless tricked Nameless with a feint, wounded him, and then used his body to endure Wind’s attacks before knocking Wind unconscious.
• Heart Severance prepared to finish off Cloud, Nameless, and Wind after Lord Godless ordered him to act.
• A crushing burst of qi descended on Heart Severance and Lord Godless, startling Heart Severance with its power.

Qin Shuang arrived at the World Extermination Shrine to protect his junior martial brothers and confront Lord Godless. He used the Heavenly Frost Fist to spread and gather freezing energy across the arena, but Lord Godless resisted it and charged in to force close combat.

• Qin Shuang revealed himself as Lord Conqueror's eldest disciple and said he had come to protect his junior martial brothers and settle the score with Heart Severance.
• Lord Godless challenged Qin Shuang's Heavenly Frost Fist, and Qin Shuang countered his opening attack with Wind Frost Assault.
• Qin Shuang repeatedly used Wind Frost Assault from a distance, spreading Heavenly Frost Chill that slowed Lord Godless and chilled the shrine's subordinates.
• Lord Godless activated Imperishable Golden Body to expel the chill, but Qin Shuang unleashed Frostchill Embrace and froze the Threefold Training Grounds across a wide area.
• Lord Godless inferred that the Heavenly Frost Fist favored ranged attacks and charged straight at Qin Shuang, aiming to reach him and strike at close range.

Qin Shuang used the Heavenly Frost Fist to trap Lord Godless in ice, but Lord Godless broke free and kept attacking from a distance. As the two exchanged blows, Lord Godless realized Qin Shuang had drawn him into a crafty scheme.

• The Guichaluo retreated from Qin Shuang’s freezing Heavenly Frost Qi, freeing Nameless to carry Wind to the injured Cloud.
• Qin Shuang evaded Lord Godless with Treading Thin Ice and hid in the frosted mist using Frostbind Zenith.
• Qin Shuang transformed the surrounding Heavenly Frost Qi into an ice prison with Frostchill River, but Lord Godless shattered it and survived.
• Lord Godless resumed attacking from afar, and Qin Shuang met each burst of fist qi with a counterattack.
• Lord Godless suddenly realized Qin Shuang had lured him into a crafty scheme.

Qin Shuang used the Heavenly Frost Fist to freeze Lord Godless and then fought him in a prolonged close-quarters clash. Lord Godless withdrew to send the Guichaluo against Qin Shuang, while hidden cold poison began damaging his body.

• Lord Godless realized Qin Shuang had turned half of his own true qi against him, as the Heavenly Frost Qi penetrated his defenses and froze his body.
• Nameless and Cloud approached the battle but retreated from the intense cold, and Cloud shouted that Lord Godless's vulnerability lay beneath his armpit.
• Qin Shuang used Frost Reveal to freeze Lord Godless from within, but Lord Godless expelled the foreign qi at the cost of damage to his body.
• Qin Shuang fought Lord Godless at close range, and the two exchanged nearly a hundred punches before Lord Godless retreated toward the Guichaluo.
• Lord Godless ordered the Guichaluo to swarm Qin Shuang, then coughed up blood mixed with ice shards and realized the Heavenly Frost Fist had poisoned him.

Qin Shuang used Heavenly Frost Fist’s accumulated ice and cold qi to overwhelm Lord Godless, leaving him near defeat. Lord Godsky arrived with the Divine Land Dragon Vein and helped Lord Godless escape Qin Shuang’s finishing attack, prompting Nameless to warn everyone to flee.

• Qin Shuang cleared out Lord Godless’s Guichaluo retainers and continued attacking Lord Godless.
• Lord Godless unleashed Absolute Kill, but Qin Shuang’s Heavenly Frost Fist absorbed and reused the surrounding cold qi, steadily turning the fight in his favor.
• Qin Shuang trapped Lord Godless behind his five-foot aura wall and eroded him with heavenly frost Qi until Lord Godless could barely stand.
• Lord Godsky arrived carrying the Divine Land Dragon Vein, and Yan Ying called out to stop him from approaching the battle.
• Lord Godsky unleashed sword qi with the Dragon Vein, forcing Qin Shuang to retreat, while Lord Godless ran to his son.
• Nameless recognized the Dragon Vein and urged Qin Shuang and the others to flee as Lord Godless prepared to retaliate.

Lord Godless used the dragon vein to pursue Cloud and his injured companions, but Qin Shuang held him off with Heavenly Frost Fist and escaped after severely injuring him. Lord Godless ordered a pursuit, concealing that his ferocious expression came from the pain of his wounds.

• Lord Godless used the dragon vein to boost his strength and pursued Qin Shuang, Cloud, Wind, and Nameless as World Extermination Shrine's forces attacked the others.
• Qin Shuang stayed behind to cover Cloud and Wind's retreat, countering Lord Godless's sword qi while Cloud carried the injured Wind away.
• Qin Shuang unleashed Frosty Peak and struck Lord Godless with Cloudtop Crush, driving him into the ground and breaking his Imperishable Golden Body.
• Qin Shuang used Icy River Reflection to scatter ice shards among World Extermination Shrine's fighters, then fled as the attack exhausted his strength.
• Lord Godless ordered Heart Severance to pursue the escaping group, while his distorted expression concealed the pain caused by Qin Shuang's blow.

Wang Ming struggled to keep Luo Xian and You Ruo from complicating his plans to find treasure at Lingyun Grotto. Meanwhile, Qin Shuang, Cloud, and Nameless fled with the unconscious Wind, and Qin Shuang revealed that Lord Conqueror had restored his sanity and taught him more of the Heavenly Frost Fist.

• Wang Ming complained that Luo Xian was following him despite his plans to visit Lingyun Grotto, and recalled that she had defeated him in a fight.
• You Ruo urged Wang Ming to take her to find Wind, but Wang Ming ordered her to stay put because Wind brought calamity to women around him.
• Cloud and Nameless carried the unconscious Wind through the forest with Qin Shuang, who had arrived with minor injuries.
• Qin Shuang explained that Lord Conqueror had recently regained his sanity and martial arts, then taught him the six Heavenly Frost Fist moves he had previously withheld.
• Cloud sympathized with Qin Shuang over Lord Conqueror’s past treatment, while Qin Shuang insisted he still regarded Lord Conqueror as his master.
• Nameless silently compared Qin Shuang’s loyalty to his own disciple Jian Chen and wondered how Lord Conqueror had gained such a good disciple.

Lord Godless returned to World Extermination Shrine injured by Qin Shuang’s Heavenly Frost Qi and discovered that his lower body had been badly damaged. As Lord Godless led the Shrine’s experts out to pursue Qin Shuang, Yan Ying feared she had lost his favor and went to seek someone waiting for her.

• Lord Godless soaked in a medicinal pool while Yan Ying attended him, then drove her away in anger.
• Lord Godless realized Qin Shuang’s Heavenly Frost Qi had frozen and necrotized the nerves and blood vessels in his lower body.
• Lord Godless ordered the experts of World Extermination Shrine to pursue Qin Shuang and left with the Dragon Vein.
• Yan Ying worried that Lord Godless would no longer protect her and that Lord Godsky would be vulnerable to Heart Severance.
• Yan Ying dressed and went to meet someone who had been waiting for her.

Qin Shuang and the others continued fleeing Lord Godless, whose pursuit had driven him to alter the weakness in his Imperishable Golden Body. Meanwhile, Emperor Shitian revealed that he was using Wind and Cloud’s fortune to advance his plan before the coming dragon-slaying.

• Qin Shuang recalled Wang Ming’s advice to use frost Qi against Lord Godless’s Imperishable Golden Body, but struggled to stop Lord Godless’s relentless attacks.
• Lord Godless moved the fatal weakness of his Imperishable Golden Body to his groin, where his Qi destroyed its nerves and blood vessels and eliminated the weakness.
• Heart Severance reported that someone had fled after spotting their procession, and Lord Godless ordered his men to pursue them.
• Luo Xian told Emperor Shitian that Lord Godless and Wind and Cloud had been lured to Lord Conqueror, then questioned why they did not kill their enemies directly.
• Emperor Shitian explained that fate and destiny protected Lord Godless and that he intended to use Wind and Cloud’s fortune to graft the mandate of heaven onto himself before the dragon-slaying.

Wang Ming and You Ruo faced Lord Godless and his sons in the stone forest, where You Ruo defeated Lord Godsky and Wang Ming effortlessly repelled Lord Godless’s attacks. Wang Ming revealed that he had fused Trinity Origin Qi with Innate World-Qi into a new defensive technique, Trinity World-Qi.

• Wang Ming recognized Lord Godless’s group, and You Ruo taunted Lord Godsky about his father’s rise to power.
• Wang Ming provoked Lord Godsky and Lord Godless by claiming he had been with Yan Ying before she followed Lord Godless.
• Lord Godsky attacked Wang Ming, but You Ruo blocked him, knocked away his blade, and sent him flying with a punch.
• Lord Godless attacked Wang Ming with Heart Strike and then five more Killing Fist strikes, but an invisible Qi wall stopped every blow.
• Wang Ming explained that he had fused Trinity Origin Qi with Innate World-Qi and named the resulting technique Trinity World-Qi.

Wang Ming overwhelmed Lord Godless with a domain of stored qi and exploited a newly discovered weakness in his defense to defeat him. Cloud, Nameless, and Qin Shuang watched from hiding, while Cloud recognized You Ruo and suspected Lord Conqueror had deceived them.

• Wang Ming absorbed Lord Godless’s attacks, then transformed the qi around him into a ten-meter domain that cut him off from ambient essence qi and struck him with the Three Ultimates Divine Skill.
• Cloud, Qin Shuang, and Nameless watched from a tree, and Cloud recognized Lord Conqueror despite believing he had crippled his martial arts.
• Cloud saw You Ruo fighting beside Heart Severance and believed Lord Conqueror had deceived them, while Nameless and Qin Shuang urged him to set aside his hatred.
• Wang Ming’s stored qi shattered Lord Godless’s defensive qi wall, but Lord Godless claimed he had removed the weakness in his Imperishable Golden Body.
• Wang Ming sent Trinity Gang Qi up from beneath Lord Godless’s feet, striking his vulnerable spot and launching him into the air.
• Lord Godless cursed Wang Ming after landing, while Cloud, Nameless, and Qin Shuang reacted to the attack with embarrassment and disbelief.

Emperor Shitian planned to manipulate Wind and Cloud into killing for Tianmen, while Wang Ming let Lord Godless escape to protect the dragon vein. After Wind and Cloud arrived, You Ruo asked Wang Ming to help the unconscious Wind, and Wang Ming offered saber manuals that would send him down the demonic path.

• Emperor Shitian told Luo Xian to spread Wang Ming’s method for defeating hard-qi defenses and explained his plan to use Wind and Cloud to conquer the world for Tianmen.
• Emperor Shitian ordered Luo Xian to frame Lord Conqueror for atrocities so Wind and Cloud would oppose him.
• Lord Godless charged Wang Ming with the dragon vein, but Wang Ming urged him to leave and warned that he would die if they continued fighting.
• Cloud and the others appeared, and Lord Godless retreated; Wang Ming said he had spared him because he was no match for the dragon vein.
• Wang Ming found You Ruo beside the unconscious Wind, who had been sealed after going berserk, and offered Hegemon Under Heaven and Three Apocalyptic Slashes as a way to help him fight Lord Godless.