Chapter Summaries

Qin Wang drove off Yu Daowu, who rescued Xiao Chunan after his attack was interrupted by the Ten Thousand Zhang Blood Crocodile. Later, Helian Xianyun revealed that her ancestor, Helian Dapan, had raised her as a future furnace, and Qin Wang questioned how long it would take her to reach Nascent Soul.

• Yu Daowu caught Wang Donghe after he abandoned Xiao Chunan and killed him before heading to the Nanzhan Tribe.
• Yu Daowu attacked Qin Wang, but the Barbarian God Shield blocked the blow and shattered; Yu Daowu then tried to recruit Qin Wang for the treasure.
• The Ten Thousand Zhang Blood Crocodile ambushed Yu Daowu, who escaped with a powerful talisman and fled with Xiao Chunan after warning Qin Wang that the Wuji Sect would retaliate.
• Yu Daowu told Xiao Chunan that the Ten Thousand Zhang Blood Crocodile and a sword-path Spirit Transformation expert accompanied Qin Wang, then took him back toward the Wuji Sect.
• Helian Xianyun told Qin Wang that Helian Dapan had chosen her as a furnace and explained that her cultivation technique could bring her to Nascent Soul in a hundred years; Qin Wang said he could not wait that long.

Qin Wang learned that his pure white False Core could lead to a Chaos Golden Core and that the Witch Clan Holy Land held a Chaos Stone that could help him form one. After setting out with Helian Xianyun to deal with the Ancient Demonic Thought in the Nanzhan Tribe, he interrupted Atair and the Venerable Lord discussing the Golden Core Condensing Purple Qi.

• Helian Xianyun agreed to dual cultivate with Qin Wang to help him form a core, despite fearing the risks.
• Qin Wang read the daily intel, which revealed his pure white False Core’s exceptional purity, a chance to form a Chaos Golden Core with Helian Xianyun, and a Chaos Stone in the Witch Clan Holy Land.
• Qin Wang learned that Spirit Transformation experts from the Wuji Sect were being arranged to kill him and that the Ten Thousand Zhang Blood Crocodile would need five years to recover.
• Qin Wang decided to visit the Nanzhan Tribe before the Witch Clan and asked Helian Xianyun to accompany him.
• Atair told the Venerable Lord that Qin Tiedan had taken most of the Golden Core Condensing Purple Qi, and the Venerable Lord warned him not to let anything else go wrong.
• Qin Wang entered the tent and asked what else the Golden Core Condensing Purple Qi could be used for.

Qin Wang captured Rahu in the Soul Gathering Bowl after Rahu tried to possess him, then learned Rahu wanted the Golden Core Condensing Purple Qi. After Rahu was sealed away, Atair pledged loyalty to Qin Wang, who ordered the tribe to search the Purple Qi Space for more of the rare qi.

• Atair tried to intimidate Qin Wang with the Wuji Sect and Nascent Soul pressure, but Qin Wang’s Five Ghosts overpowered him.
• The Venerable Lord recognized that Qin Wang knew his identity, decided to possess him, and rushed into Qin Wang’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Qin Wang used the Soul Gathering Bowl to seal the Venerable Lord, whom he identified as Rahu, though the bowl could not yet refine him into soul power.
• Rahu offered to help Qin Wang enter the Void Refining Realm in exchange for the Golden Core Condensing Purple Qi, but Qin Wang silenced and put him away.
• Atair mistook Qin Wang for the Venerable Lord and knelt in allegiance, and Qin Wang ordered the tribe’s Foundation Establishment cultivators to search the Purple Qi Space for Golden Core Condensing Purple Qi.

Qin Wang forced Atair to agree to restrict access to the Golden Core Condensing Purple Qi, then learned that Wanyan Meng was in danger and the Central Continent would track him down within two weeks. He decided to collect the Purple Qi once before leaving and began questioning Rahu about working together.

• Qin Wang threatened to destroy the Nanzhan Tribe unless Atair barred Central Continent cultivators from the Purple Qi Space, and Atair agreed.
• Qin Wang ordered Atair to announce the restriction only when the Purple Qi Space next opened.
• Qin Wang learned that the Purple Qi Space was a fragment of the Primordial Chaos Space, that the Central Continent would find him in two weeks, and that someone in the Witch Clan wanted to sacrifice Wanyan Meng to revive the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Qin Wang decided to collect the Golden Core Condensing Purple Qi once and then leave, and he entered the Soul Gathering Bowl to speak with Rahu.
• Qin Wang suggested that Rahu cooperate to devour other demonic thoughts, and Rahu admitted he wanted to do so but was too weak.

Qin Wang struck a bargain with Luohu for the method to take the Primordial Chaos Space, then tested the Central Continent cultivators’ strength at the Purple Qi Space. After collecting the tribe’s Golden Core Condensing Purple Qi and destroying the Teleportation Array, he left with Zhang Fujiang and the others for the Witch Clan.

• Luohu agreed to teach Qin Wang the incantation for taking the Primordial Space Fragment after Qin Wang swore to help him devour other demonic thoughts, and both bound their promises by the rules of heaven and earth.
• Qin Wang learned the incantation but could not take the fragment until he reached Spirit Transformation Stage, so he planned to wait until after the fourth opening to collect the Golden Core Condensing Purple Qi and destroy the Teleportation Array.
• When Central Continent cultivators threatened the tribe’s Foundation Establishment cultivators at the plaza, Atair confronted them, and Qin Wang used the standoff to confirm that Elder Niu was the only Nascent Soul cultivator present.
• The Five Ghosts attacked and devoured Elder Niu, causing the Central Continent cultivators to flee, while Atair sent the tribe’s cultivators into the Purple Qi Space.
• The tribe’s cultivators returned with their gains and handed all their Golden Core Condensing Purple Qi to Qin Wang, who counted 263 wisps, removed the array core, destroyed the Teleportation Array, and left for the Witch Clan with Zhang Fujiang and the others.

At the Red Dragon Tribe, Qin Wang accompanied Helian Xianyun through the marketplace while his companions asked about using the long-distance Teleportation Array. After his second-stage Star Body Tempering Method let him withstand a shove from an early Golden Core cultivator, the man angrily confronted him.

• At the Witch Clan's forbidden ground, the Grand Elder assured Jiu Zi that the formation would remove Wanyan Meng's curse despite the pain she endured.
• Qin Wang arrived at the Red Dragon Tribe with Zhang Fujiang and the others to use its ultra-long-distance Teleportation Array to reach the Witch Domain.
• Helian Xianyun delighted in the marketplace, and Zhang Fujiang suggested they look around while he, Yan Cangwu, and Jiang Haotian made inquiries.
• Qin Wang recalled Wanyan Meng and resolved to reach the Witch Clan safely and obtain Chaos Stone.
• Qin Wang used the second stage of the Star Body Tempering Method to resist a shove, causing the early Golden Core cultivator to stagger and demand that he move.

Qin Wang and Helian Xianyun crossed paths with Xia Changhao, a domineering young master of the Xia Family who tried to claim her. Qin Wang killed Xia Changhao’s servants when they blocked their way, and Xia Changhao recognized him as the wanted Qin Tiedan.

• Xia Changhao tried to make Helian Xianyun his acquaintance, but she refused and linked arms with Qin Wang, calling him her husband.
• Xia Changhao’s lackeys surrounded Qin Wang and Helian Xianyun after they tried to leave, and Xia Changhao demanded that Qin Wang hand her over for ten thousand spirit stones.
• Qin Wang summoned twelve Azure Nether Small Swords and killed the lackeys, shattering the Golden Cores of the Golden Core Cultivators among them.
• Xia Changhao panicked and pleaded for his life, but Qin Wang mocked him for having no Nascent Soul Protector.
• Xia Changhao recognized Qin Wang as Qin Tiedan, the cultivator wanted by the Wuji Sect.

After Qin Wang killed Xia Changhao, the Xia Family put the Red Dragon Tribe under lockdown and tightened security at the teleportation array. As the group prepared to travel to the Witch Domain, Qin Wang released the Five Ghosts to draw the guards away.

• Qin Wang killed Xia Changhao after Xia Changhao revealed his identity, then left the marketplace with Helian Xianyun.
• Xia Zhongming learned of his son’s death, crushed the messenger in a fit of rage, and declared a lockdown and a massive bounty for information about Qin Tiedan.
• Qin Wang and his companions found the teleportation array heavily guarded, and Helian Xianyun offered to draw the Xia Family’s attention so the others could escape.
• Qin Wang refused Helian Xianyun’s offer and waited for the array to activate.
• Qin Wang released the Five Ghosts, whose Nascent Soul pressure forced the five guards to turn away from the array and confront them.

Qin Wang tried to escape through the Teleportation Array, but Yun Tao True Monarch ambushed him and revealed the Xia Family’s plan. Helian Xianyun saved Qin Wang from a fatal strike, and the chapter ended with Qin Wang provoking Yun Tao True Monarch to buy time for his companions.

• The Five Nascent Soul True Persons struggled against the Five Ghosts while Qin Wang and his companions rushed toward the Teleportation Array.
• A disguised guard shattered Qin Wang’s Barbarian God Shield with a Flying Sword, but Helian Xianyun shielded Qin Wang with her life-saving treasure and fainted from exhaustion.
• The disguised man revealed himself as Yun Tao True Monarch, one of the Xia Family’s three Deity Transformation True Monarchs, and demanded that Qin Wang surrender Helian Xianyun.
• Qin Wang stored the Five Ghosts in the Soul Gathering Bowl and silently signaled Zhang Fujiang, Yan Cangwu, and Jiang Haotian to prepare to activate the Teleportation Array.
• Qin Wang insulted Yun Tao True Monarch as a dead eunuch, enraging him.

Qin Wang escaped Yun Tao True Monarch’s attack by forming the Qingping Sword, but the collision knocked his group off course and stranded them in the Witch Domain. The Intelligence Panel revealed the sword’s origin and pointed Qin Wang toward a nearby Barbarian God Shield fragment, while Helian Xianyun remained confined and believed him dead.

• Helian Xianyun traded her freedom for Qin Wang’s chance to escape, but Yun Tao True Monarch secretly sent a sword strike after him through the Teleportation Array.
• Qin Wang repeatedly tried to combine the twelve Azure Nether Small Swords, then formed the Qingping Sword and clashed with Yun Tao True Monarch’s attack.
• The collision knocked Qin Wang and his companions unconscious and sent their array disk drifting off its route into the void.
• Yun Tao True Monarch told Helian Xianrui that Qin Wang had died, while Helian Xianyun was taken back to the Helian Family and placed under confinement.
• Qin Wang woke in the Witch Domain, where the Intelligence Panel revealed the Qingping Sword’s Heavenly Dao Saint origin and the location of a Barbarian God Shield fragment near the Zhu Yin Tribe.

Qin Wang went to the Zhu Yin Witch Tribe to claim a Skyfire Pagoda fragment and borrow its Teleportation Array, but the tribe refused to surrender its sacred relic. When the tribe unleashed its thunder magic, Qin Wang destroyed the dark clouds with the Qingping Sword Art, and Zhu Heng prayed to the Candle Dragon effigy as it began to tremble.

• Qin Wang learned that Wuji Sect planned to attack the Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect if it could not find him within a month, and that the Zhu Yin Witch Tribe possessed information about the Skyfire Pagoda.
• Qin Wang led Zhang Fujiang and the others to the Zhu Yin Witch Tribe and told High Priest Zhu Heng that he wanted the Skyfire Pagoda fragment from the altar and to borrow the tribe's Teleportation Array.
• Zhu Heng refused to give up the fragment, so Qin Wang summoned the Five Ghosts and the tribe began chanting to call down thunder.
• The tribe's lightning struck Qin Wang's Barbarian God Shield while Zhang Fujiang and the others failed to break through the tribe's protective barrier.
• Qin Wang used the Qingping Sword Art to pierce the lightning and destroy the dark clouds, causing the chanting tribe members to suffer a backlash.
• Zhu Heng fell to his knees before the Candle Dragon effigy and prayed for help, and the altar's massive log began to tremble.

Candle Dragon entered Qin Wang’s Sea of Consciousness and negotiated for the Zhu Yin Witch Tribe’s survival until the next Myriad Spirits War. It granted Qin Wang the Candle Dragon Mark, leaving him uncertain about its powers and the timing of the war.

• Candle Dragon emerged from the totem, passed through Qin Wang’s defenses, and entered his Sea of Consciousness.
• While Qin Wang stood motionless, Zhu Heng’s tribesmen tried to attack him and his companions, but the Five Ghosts drove them back.
• Candle Dragon asked Qin Wang where he had obtained the Barbarian God’s Left Hand, then proposed a bargain to protect the Zhu Yin Witch Tribe until the next Myriad Spirits War.
• Qin Wang asked what he would receive, and Candle Dragon promised him the Candle Dragon Mark.
• Candle Dragon placed the mark on the back of Qin Wang’s right hand, and Qin Wang wondered what it could do and whether the next Myriad Spirits War was near.

Qin Wang used the Candle Dragon Mark to take command of the Zhu Yin Witch Tribe and spent four hundred million spirit stones to relocate them to the Witch Clan Ancestral Land. After learning he could enter the Twelve Ancestral Witches Tower, he prepared to challenge it and reach Wanyan Meng, while the refreshed intelligence revealed she would be sacrificed in seven days.

• Qin Wang revealed his Candle Dragon Mark, and Zhu Heng and the Zhu Yin Witch Tribe bowed to him as their ancestor's chosen master.
• Qin Wang provided four hundred million spirit stones for the Zhu Yin Witch Tribe to teleport to the Witch Clan Ancestral Land, where Zhu Heng arranged their settlement.
• Qin Wang failed to get an audience with Jiu Zi, then learned the Zhu Yin Witch Tribe could enter the Twelve Ancestral Witches Tower and chose to undertake its trials.
• Jiu Zi remained imprisoned in the Saintess Mansion while the Grand Elder prepared to sacrifice Wanyan Meng at the Witch Clan Holy Land altar.
• Qin Wang's Intelligence Panel revealed that Wanyan Meng would be sacrificed in seven days and that each Ancestral Witch's soul essence was hidden in the tower.

Qin Wang entered the Candle Dragon Tower trial to gain access to the Witch Clan’s upper ranks and advance his plans to save Wanyan Meng. He cleared the first nine stages with ease, but the tenth stage confronted him with a Peak Nascent Soul Candle Dragon.

• Qin Wang considered the intelligence about Jiu Zi, Wanyan Meng, and the Medicine Sect, then decided to enter the Twelve Ancestral Witches Tower trial.
• Zhu Heng guided Qin Wang to the Candle Dragon Tower, where the guards issued him a challenge token and dismissed his chances.
• Qin Wang defeated the first stage’s Sabertooth Giant Tiger, then quickly cleared the second through fifth stages as the tower’s lights drew a crowd outside.
• Qin Wang defeated a Peak Golden Core Blazing Stone Golem in the sixth stage, then cleared the seventh, eighth, and ninth stages against increasing numbers of golems.
• Qin Wang reached the tenth stage, where a Peak Nascent Soul Candle Dragon appeared before him.

Qin Wang defeated the juvenile Candle Dragon in the tenth trial with the Qingping Sword and received the complete Candle Dragon Mark. As the Witch Clan gathered to welcome him, he entered the eleventh trial and found a person contemplating a chess move.

• Qin Wang failed to damage the juvenile Candle Dragon with his Azure Nether Small Swords, and its attacks shattered his Barbarian God Shield and forced him to dodge.
• Qin Wang summoned the Qingping Sword and used it to pierce the juvenile Candle Dragon's head, killing it.
• Energy torrents formed the complete Candle Dragon Mark on Qin Wang's right arm, granting him the ability to transform into the juvenile Candle Dragon.
• The Witch Clan's Grand Elder learned that someone had passed ten trials, while the Witch God Guard gathered at the tower and Zhu Heng met a Ten Commander.
• Qin Wang reached the eleventh trial, entered a pavilion on a small island, and saw a person studying a chessboard where black could capture the white dragon with one move.

Qin Wang passed the eleventh trial by arguing that strength could break the Witch Clan’s predicament, then faced the Five-Colored Divine Wood’s twelfth trial and grew stronger while fighting a duplicate of himself. He defeated the duplicate, but the chapter left him in darkness as the crowd waited to learn whether he had cleared the final floor.

• Qin Wang destroyed the black chess pieces to pass the eleventh trial, and the middle-aged man sent him to meet the Five-Colored Divine Wood.
• The eleventh-floor lamp lit, and the Ten Commander offered to become an honored guest of Zhu Heng’s tribe; Zhu Heng welcomed him but worried Qin Ba’s identity might be exposed.
• Jiu Zi heard that Qin Ba had passed the eleventh trial and ordered her maidservant to gather more information and watch the resurrection ritual.
• Qin Wang chose to test his combat strength against a duplicate, learned to use the Barbarian God Shield in nine parts, and mastered spells and techniques through their clashes.
• Qin Wang used the Qingping Sword to defeat the duplicate, then found himself surrounded by darkness while people outside the tower wondered whether he was challenging the twelfth floor.

Qin Wang passed the twelfth trial, received Five-colored Divine Wood Water, and emerged as the Witch Clan’s Holy Son after the Twelve Ancestral Witches Tower transformed the clan. The chapter ended with Jiu Zi preparing to visit him and Qin Wang learning that the Five Elements Divine Light Pot held clues to the Five Elements Immortal Venerable’s inheritance.

• The Five-Colored Divine Wood told Qin Wang that the Myriad Spirits War was approaching, concealed his heavenly secrets, and asked him to protect the Witch Clan.
• Qin Wang received Five-colored Divine Wood Water and used it to repair the Five Elements Divine Light Pot, which the Five-Colored Divine Wood recognized but did not explain.
• The twelfth-floor lamp ignited as Qin Wang returned, and all twelve towers lit up, strengthening the Witch Clan’s spiritual energy, beasts, and cultivators.
• Zhu Heng and Tuoba Shoushan hailed Qin Wang as the Witch Clan’s Holy Son, and the gathered crowd knelt before him.
• The Elder Council discussed claims that Qin Ba was the Witch God reincarnated, and Jiu Zi decided to visit him.
• Qin Wang’s Intelligence Panel revealed that the Five Elements Divine Light Pot’s Thousand Jun Imperial Water was in the Wu Family Sword Domain and that repairing the pot would provide clues to the Five Elements Immortal Venerable’s inheritance.

After learning that Wanyan Meng could gain greater power from the Houtu Seal and that the Five-Colored Divine Wood might reclaim his Candle Dragon Mark, Qin Wang decided to wait for Jiu Zi and focus on cultivation. Meanwhile, the Zhu Yin Witch Tribe prospered under Qin Ba’s reputation, and Jiu Zi arrived there in person.

• Qin Wang considered traveling to the Wu Family Sword Domain after rescuing Wanyan Meng, seeking Thousand Jun Imperial Water and hoping to bring Wu Su back with him.
• Qin Wang worried that the Five-Colored Divine Wood could reclaim his Candle Dragon Mark, then decided to wait for Jiu Zi and cultivate.
• The Zhu Yin Witch Tribe received gifts and attention from other tribes because Qin Ba had become the Holy Son, while Zhu Heng refused offers from several Spirit Transformation Stage Experts to become honored retainers.
• Zhu Heng told Tuoba Shoushan that Qin Ba had asked them to prepare for the Holy Maiden’s visit, and a guard soon confirmed that Jiu Zi was on her way.
• Zhu Heng and Tuoba Shoushan led the Zhu Yin Witch Tribe members in welcoming Jiu Zi as her procession arrived, and she stepped out of her gauze-covered tent.

Qin Wang reunited with Jiu Zi and learned her plan to rescue Wanyan Meng during the ritual to revive the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Since they lacked someone to hold off the Grand Elder, Qin Wang agreed to test the Candle Dragon Mark’s power against Elder Gou Mang.

• Jiu Zi met Qin Wang in the Witch Clan and recognized him after he removed his disguise, learning that his real name was Qin Wang.
• Jiu Zi told Qin Wang that Wanyan Meng was in danger and proposed rescuing her when the revival ritual drew the Witch God Guards and twelve elders to the sacred ground.
• Jiu Zi explained that three Spirit Transformation elders supported them, but they still needed someone to hold off the peak Spirit Transformation Grand Elder.
• Qin Wang revealed his Candle Dragon Mark and agreed with Jiu Zi to test its strength against Elder Gou Mang in a distant mountain valley.
• Qin Wang unleashed his aura, revealed the Candle Dragon totem on his arm, and summoned a Candle Dragon that roared toward the heavens.

Qin Wang tested his Candle Dragon phantom against Elder Gou Mang, learning that it possessed Mid Spirit Transformation strength but had not displayed the Power of Time. After discussing how collecting all Twelve Ancestral Witch marks could make someone a Witch God, Qin Wang and Jiu Zi agreed to seek the Houtu Seal for Wanyan Meng before pursuing more marks.

• Candle Dragon fought Elder Gou Mang, but Demon Cloud Vines restrained it until it admitted defeat.
• Qin Wang secretly sensed he could make Candle Dragon use the Power of Time, but chose not to reveal that ability to Elder Gou Mang.
• Elder Gou Mang judged Candle Dragon to be at Mid Spirit Transformation and left after their probing battle.
• Jiu Zi explained that gathering all Twelve Ancestral Witch marks could turn Qin Wang into a Witch God.
• Qin Wang asked Jiu Zi to find the Houtu Seal for Wanyan Meng, then said they could seek other Ancestral Witch marks after rescuing her.