Chapter Summaries

Wanyan Meng defeated Sacred Candle, but Zhu Jingtian took over the dragon’s body and offered her his loyalty. Qin Wang realized that the inheritance land was an illusion or dream, and Wu Su began to grasp the truth.

• Wanyan Meng broke Sacred Candle’s Time Stop, overpowered him, and prepared to kill him for betraying her.
• Zhu Jingtian seized control of Sacred Candle’s body, then knelt and pledged eternal loyalty to Wanyan Meng.
• Qin Wang advised Wanyan Meng to kill Zhu Jingtian, despite the power he could offer in the Immortal Realm.
• Qin Wang explained that clues about the missing Star Grass and Immortal Emperor Qingshui’s love for Wanyan Meng had led him to suspect the inheritance land was unreal.
• Wu Su realized what Qin Wang meant and asked whether everything that had happened there was fake.

Qin Wang learned that Xuandu City and its inhabitants were sealed within Mirror Flower Water Moon, and that Wanyan Meng was an ancient divine-soul remnant rather than an illusion. After the trial ended, he entered Xuandu City with Wanyan Meng and Wu Su, where he discovered Star Grass growing everywhere.

• Wanyan Meng explained that Mirror Flower Water Moon contained real people and places, and that she was an ancient wisp of divine soul.
• Wanyan Meng ended the trial, and Qin Wang returned to the gates of Xuandu City with his cultivation intact.
• Qin Wang awakened Wanyan Meng and Wu Su, then entered Xuandu City with them.
• Gongsun Zhengyang and the other Integration Stage Experts left, while Zhu Jingtian hid nearby to seek the Candle Dragon Body and Feng Jiutian headed into the city.
• The city's residents saluted Wanyan Meng, and Qin Wang spotted Star Grass growing like weeds along the roadside.

Qin Wang confirmed that Xuandu City was real, gathered its Star Grass, and began cultivating while Sacred Candle welcomed Wanyan Meng. Feng Jiutian tried to sneak into the City Lord's Mansion to rescue his companions, but a servant slapped him senseless.

• Qin Wang recognized the Star Grass as proof that Xuandu City was real and entered the City Lord's Mansion with Wanyan Meng and the others.
• Sacred Candle knelt before Wanyan Meng, then led the group inside after Qin Wang helped her respond.
• Qin Wang had Sacred Candle gather Star Grass and began training with it in the mansion's cultivation chamber.
• Feng Jiutian learned that Qin Wang and the women were at the City Lord's Mansion and assumed they had been captured, so he decided to rescue them.
• Feng Jiutian sneaked into the mansion and tried to attack a passing servant, who struck him with a slap that sent him flying.

Feng Jiutian was caught spying on Qin Wang cultivating with weeds and discovered that Qin Wang had reached Integrated Body Peak Stage strength. Qin Wang attacked him, and Feng Jiutian was blasted away despite using his Phoenix bloodline and techniques.

• A servant slapped Feng Jiutian away, called his impure Phoenix Bloodline mongrel, and ordered him to leave the City Lord's Mansion.
• Feng Jiutian spotted a maid carrying weeds to a cultivation chamber and secretly entered to investigate.
• Feng Jiutian saw Qin Wang absorb energy from the weeds, accidentally leaked his aura, and alerted Qin Wang.
• Qin Wang charged out and punched Feng Jiutian, sending him flying and revealing his Integrated Body Peak Stage strength.
• Feng Jiutian used Shifting Form and Shadow and unleashed Phoenix Feather, but Qin Wang shattered the feathers with a punch.
• Feng Jiutian transformed into a phoenix to shield himself, but Qin Wang's force blasted him backward.

Qin Wang battled Feng Jiutian to test his strength, evaded the phoenix’s rule-infused flames, and captured him after he tried to flee. The fight ended at the City Lord’s Mansion, where Qin Wang descended exhausted and weak.

• Qin Wang fought Feng Jiutian in the sky and gained the upper hand, while residents watched and discussed his powerful body.
• Sacred Candle asked Wanyan Meng whether he should intervene, but Wu Su said Qin Wang was testing his strength and they should let him continue.
• Feng Jiutian unleashed flames infused with the Power of Rules, but Qin Wang recognized the gaps in their technique and stepped through without being touched.
• Feng Jiutian fled, but a translucent giant hand seized him and dragged him to the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Wu Su called Feng Jiutian a hybrid, and Qin Wang arrived exhausted from the battle and his use of Magic Power.

Qin Wang revealed that his power came from Immortal Emperor Qingshui’s inheritance, then cultivated the Star Body Tempering Method to its tenth and final tier. The updated intelligence revealed threats to Qin Xuemei and opportunities for Qin Wang to increase his cultivation.

• Feng Jiutian asked how Qin Wang could wield laws, and Qin Wang explained that he had inherited Immortal Emperor Qingshui’s power.
• Feng Jiutian mistook Sacred Candle for Immortal Emperor Qingshui and knelt, while Sacred Candle knelt to Wanyan Meng and denied impersonating anyone.
• Wanyan Meng reassured Sacred Candle, and Qin Wang explained the recent events to the confused Feng Jiutian.
• Qin Wang returned to his room and realized the Star Body Tempering Method had reached its tenth-tier limit, granting him Great Ascension Peak strength but not the ability to catch fleeing opponents.
• Qin Wang checked the updated intelligence, which revealed that the Medicine Clan planned to forcibly take Qin Xuemei in one month and listed other threats and cultivation opportunities.

Qin Wang comprehended the Heaven and Earth Dao Script for “Stillness” in Immortal Emperor Qingshui’s former residence and used its shattered power to strengthen his cultivation. He emerged planning to test the character’s remaining effect, while the revelation that the Medicine Clan had taken Qin Xuemei left him determined to return to the Nine Provinces.

• Qin Wang learned that Wanyan Meng’s Undead Monarch power could contaminate the Nine Provinces’ spiritual energy and that the Medicine Clan had taken Qin Xuemei, so he resolved to return and save her.
• Qin Wang, Wu Su, Wanyan Meng, and Feng Jiutian visited Immortal Emperor Qingshui’s old residence, where Wanyan Meng suggested her other self’s aura helped Qin Wang perceive the Heaven and Earth Dao Script.
• Qin Wang meditated in Immortal Emperor Qingshui’s former chamber and comprehended the character “Stillness,” causing Xuandu City and Zhu Jingtian outside its walls to grow quiet.
• Qin Wang crushed the character “Stillness” when he could not supply enough Magic Power to sustain it, then absorbed the released heavenly spiritual energy and improved his cultivation.
• Qin Wang emerged from the chamber and told Feng Jiutian that he had comprehended another Heaven and Earth Dao Script, then considered testing the remaining effect of “Stillness.”

Qin Wang discovered that his newly comprehended “Stillness” character dulled Feng Jiutian’s perception of danger, making it useful for calming the mind and enabling assassination. While searching the kitchen for another Dao Script, he found that the firewood was extraordinarily tough, and Feng Jiutian identified it as Phoenix Divine Wood.

• Feng Jiutian speculated that Qin Wang might be an Ancient Great Power’s reincarnation and imagined him becoming Bai Fenghuan’s husband.
• Qin Wang tested the “Stillness” character on Feng Jiutian, and Wu Su revealed its effect by nearly striking him with an Ancient Sword before he sensed the danger.
• Qin Wang realized the character could calm his mind and help him comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, then went to search the kitchen for another Dao Script.
• After failing to find insight in the cold kitchen, Qin Wang tried chopping its firewood and discovered the logs resisted his axe.
• Feng Jiutian appeared and recognized the wood as Phoenix Divine Wood.

Qin Wang ignored Feng Jiutian’s pleas and kept chopping the Phoenix Divine Wood, seeking insight into the Heaven and Earth Dao Script. After repeated strikes taught him how to wield force, he split the wood and comprehended the fourth Heaven and Earth Dao Script.

• Feng Jiutian recognized Qin Wang’s wood as Phoenix Divine Wood and offered a Five Elements Fruit and other treasures in exchange for it.
• Qin Wang refused to give up the wood, explaining that he sensed it would help him comprehend the Heaven and Earth Dao Script.
• Wanyan Meng recognized the Phoenix Divine Wood as the cooking wood Immortal Emperor Qingshui had used, and Feng Jiutian found traces of it in the kitchen.
• Qin Wang repeatedly struck the Phoenix Divine Wood with his axe, enduring powerful recoil as he learned to wield force more effectively.
• Qin Wang comprehended the Dao Script for “force” and split the Phoenix Divine Wood with his final strike.

Qin Wang crushed the Heaven and Earth Dao Script character "Strength" to advance his cultivation, shocking Feng Jiutian, who then gave him a Storage Ring and took half the Phoenix Divine Wood. Qin Wang discovered he needed flint to light the remaining wood, and its sparks proved powerful enough to burn through his arm.

• Qin Wang crushed the character "Strength" and absorbed its Spiritual Energy, advancing to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Feng Jiutian learned Qin Wang had traced four Heaven and Earth Dao Scripts and crushed three of them, then gave him his Storage Ring.
• Qin Wang gave Feng Jiutian half of the Phoenix Divine Wood and chopped the rest into firewood.
• Qin Wang found the Phoenix Divine Wood would not ignite with ordinary flames or fire spells, so he asked Wanyan Meng how to light it.
• Wanyan Meng told Qin Wang to use the flint beside the stove, and a spark from the stones burned straight through his arm.

Qin Wang used Solar Gold to ignite Phoenix Divine Wood, and he and Feng Jiutian comprehended the Flame Dao from its fire. Feng Jiutian completed a Fire Heaven and Earth Dao Script, but Qin Wang’s first stroke unleashed overwhelming heat.

• Feng Jiutian recognized Qin Wang’s flint as Solar Gold, and Qin Wang refused to give it to him, saying it belonged to Wanyan Meng.
• Qin Wang struck the Solar Gold to ignite Phoenix Divine Wood, then sat down to comprehend the flames; Feng Jiutian joined him.
• Wanyan Meng and Wu Su found Qin Wang and Feng Jiutian meditating in the kitchen and waited without disturbing them.
• After the Phoenix Divine Wood burned away, Feng Jiutian completed a Fire Heaven and Earth Dao Script and believed it could let him contend with a Great Ascension cultivator.
• Qin Wang began sketching his own Heaven and Earth Dao Script, and the first stroke sent scorching heat through the kitchen.

Qin Wang destroyed the powerful Heaven and Earth Dao Script for “fire” and let Feng Jiutian use its insights to strengthen his own. Feng Jiutian left owing Qin Wang a great karma, though he could not pledge Phoenix Yao Holy Land on its behalf.

• Feng Jiutian realized Qin Wang’s understanding of the Flame Dao far surpassed his own as Qin Wang formed the “fire” character.
• Feng Jiutian offered his own “fire” character to help Qin Wang complete the script, but Qin Wang refused and crushed it instead.
• Qin Wang told Feng Jiutian to reveal his script and contemplate the insights released when the “fire” character was destroyed.
• Feng Jiutian advanced his “fire” script and thanked Qin Wang, acknowledging that he owed him a great karma.
• Qin Wang asked Feng Jiutian to have Phoenix Yao Holy Land aid him in the future, but Feng Jiutian said he could only promise his own help.
• Qin Wang left the kitchen and checked the updated Daily Intel in the early hours of the morning.

Qin Wang considered the approaching Myriad Spirits War and resolved to build up his own forces while using Zhu Jingtian’s attempt to seize the Candle Dragon Body to his advantage. Zhu Jingtian entered the body’s Sea of Consciousness, where Sacred Candle confronted him and offered the body if he could pass a test.

• Qin Wang learned that the Ten Thousand Races might break the Nine Provinces barrier within a hundred years and decided to prepare for the coming war.
• Qin Wang realized Zhu Jingtian’s attempt to seize the Candle Dragon Body could be turned to his advantage.
• Zhu Jingtian sneaked into Xuandu City’s gate hall, released his divine soul, and entered the Candle Dragon Body’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Sacred Candle appeared with the dragon pearl, and Zhu Jingtian knelt to beg for his life.
• Sacred Candle offered Zhu Jingtian the Candle Dragon Body if he could defeat a younger Sacred Candle at the same realm.

Zhu Jingtian defeated the young Sacred Candle to earn the Candle Dragon Body, but Qin Wang arrived and demanded a service contract as the price of receiving it. Zhu Jingtian agreed to serve Qin Wang for one thousand years, and Sacred Candle accepted the arrangement.

• Zhu Jingtian revealed his Integrated Body Middle Stage cultivation and fought the young Sacred Candle, who used the Time Law to overwhelm him.
• Zhu Jingtian tricked the young Sacred Candle into lowering his guard, then used Time Stop to destroy his manifested body and win the fight.
• Sacred Candle agreed to give Zhu Jingtian the Candle Dragon Body, but Qin Wang arrived, concealed by Wanyan Meng, and demanded a contract.
• Qin Wang refused an equal contract, and Zhu Jingtian bargained the required service from ten thousand years down to one thousand years.
• Sacred Candle said he would obey Wanyan Meng's arrangements, and Zhu Jingtian accepted Qin Wang's thousand-year contract.

After Zhu Jingtian became Qin Wang’s servant, Sacred Candle reassured him that serving Qin Wang was a rare opportunity. Back at Immortal Emperor Qingshui’s old residence, Qin Wang found four more Heaven and Earth Dao Script inheritances and learned that the final one was connected to illusions.

• Sacred Candle told Zhu Jingtian that Qin Wang’s strength and talent made serving him a blessing, and Zhu Jingtian accepted his advice.
• Qin Wang searched the training ground with Wanyan Meng but found no inheritance there.
• Following Wanyan Meng’s memories, Qin Wang comprehended the Sleep, Brush, Flower, and Grass Heaven and Earth Dao Scripts, then devoured their Spiritual Energy and reached the peak of the Nascent Soul realm.
• Qin Wang and his companions searched the old residence for the tenth Dao Script and considered whether it was Water because Immortal Emperor Qingshui was skilled in that Great Dao.
• Wanyan Meng explained that her father’s name had been Wanyan Qingshui and that he had been skilled in illusions, prompting Qin Wang to realize the final inheritance’s likely nature.

Qin Wang realized Immortal Emperor Qingshui’s final Heaven and Earth Dao Script was connected to illusions and began comprehending it in the old residence. Sacred Candle warned that mastering it would erase Xuandu City and its nonhuman residents, but as Qin Wang continued tracing the script, the city’s laws began collapsing and its residents attacked him.

• Qin Wang deduced that Immortal Emperor Qingshui had specialized in illusions and examined the entire old residence with his divine sense, gaining insight into the Dao.
• Wu Su stopped Wanyan Meng from disturbing Qin Wang while he comprehended, and Feng Jiutian joined them in guarding him.
• Sacred Candle warned Wu Su, Wanyan Meng, and Feng Jiutian that Qin Wang’s mastery of the final script would erase Xuandu City and its residents, though the undead would remain.
• As Qin Wang traced the first stroke, Xuandu City’s laws began collapsing, and the residents outside smashed through the gate.
• A resident leader transformed into a Giant Bear and charged Qin Wang while Feng Jiutian attacked it with phoenix feathers, but the bear did not slow down.

Qin Wang’s companions struggled to hold back the city residents while he worked to complete the final stroke, and their defenses began to collapse. As the residents charged Qin Wang, Zhu Jingtian hesitated over whether to help or let him die for a chance at freedom and the inheritance.

• Feng Jiutian burned the Giant Bear with his Fire Dao Script, while Wu Su and Wanyan Meng helped repel the city residents.
• Wu Su and Wanyan Meng killed the Minotaur, but Qin Wang paused before the final stroke because his comprehension was insufficient.
• As the city residents breached Xuandu City’s walls, Wanyan Meng commanded the undead to attack them from behind.
• A Devil Race expert severed Feng Jiutian’s wing, and Wu Su exhausted her Magic Power as the defenders were overwhelmed.
• Wanyan Meng unleashed the Ring of Death, then fainted from its backlash after Qin Wang began the fourth stroke.
• Zhu Jingtian appeared beside Sacred Candle and considered letting Qin Wang die so he could escape the Master-Servant Contract and seek Qingshui’s inheritance.

Zhu Jingtian shielded Qin Wang while he finished inscribing the “Illusion” Heaven and Earth Dao Script, causing Xuandu City’s residents to vanish. Qin Wang absorbed the city’s Spiritual Energy instead of letting the script reach fourth order, then stopped just short of Spirit Transformation, sensing that the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty’s Dragon Transformation Pool would benefit his breakthrough.

• Sacred Candle urged Zhu Jingtian to help Qin Wang, and Zhu Jingtian transformed into his Candle Dragon Body to shield Qin Wang and the others from the city residents’ attacks.
• Wanyan Meng’s ancient divine soul confronted Sacred Candle about revealing the opportunity to Zhu Jingtian, then allowed the plan to continue while warning him not to repeat it.
• Qin Wang completed the “Illusion” Heaven and Earth Dao Script, and the city residents froze before collapsing into flying ash and vanishing.
• Xuandu City crumbled into Spiritual Energy, and Sacred Candle warned Qin Wang that the vortex could raise the script to fourth order, comparable to a Golden Immortal Realm expert’s full-force strike.
• Qin Wang entered the vortex and absorbed its Spiritual Energy alongside the “Illusion” character, which reached third order, comparable to a Heavenly Immortal Realm expert’s full-force strike.
• Qin Wang’s cultivation reached the peak of Nascent Soul, but he held back from Spirit Transformation because he sensed the Dragon Transformation Pool would make his breakthrough more beneficial.

Qin Wang inherited the “Illusion” Heaven and Earth Dao Script and gained control of Mirror Flower Water Moon, but he revealed that the script had drained most of his Soul Power and weakened his ordinary combat strength. The chapter ended with Wanyan Meng giving him the Undead Mark at his request, leaving Qin Wang concerned about the cost of her devotion.

• Sacred Candle relinquished control of the Candle Dragon Mark to Qin Wang before fading away, and Qin Wang told the group he could control Mirror Flower Water Moon’s teleportation passages.
• Feng Jiutian asked about the rank of Qin Wang’s “Illusion” script, apologized after Qin Wang’s stern response, and learned Qin Wang planned to return to the Nine Provinces at noon the next day.
• Feng Jiutian and Zhu Jingtian discussed becoming colleagues after Qin Wang left with Wu Su and Wanyan Meng.
• Qin Wang privately explained that placing the powerful “Illusion” script in his Sea of Consciousness had consumed seventy percent of his Soul Power, limiting his usual strength to that of an ordinary early Great Ascension Stage cultivator.
• Qin Wang asked Wanyan Meng for the Undead Mark, and she immediately condensed it, weakening herself; Qin Wang then told her to put it away.

Qin Wang learned from Wanyan Meng that the Myriad Spirits War would begin in a hundred years, then focused on rebuilding his strength and recovering his treasures. He went to Wanyan Meng late at night to ask about Primordial Heavy Water, which he needed to restore the Five Elements Divine Light Pot.

• Wanyan Meng offered Qin Wang the Undead Mark, but he told her to keep it because she could control the Undead Legion.
• Wanyan Meng explained that the Human Race had retreated to the Nine Provinces after losing to the God Race and Devil Race, and she and Qin Wang revealed that the Myriad Spirits War was approaching.
• Wu Su asked whether Wanyan Meng would become a different person when her memories returned, and Wanyan Meng said her past self had disappeared and she was now herself.
• Qin Wang reviewed his treasures, decided to pursue the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty's Dragon Transformation Pool and the Skyfire Pagoda fragments, and recalled that the Five Elements Divine Light Pot needed Five Elements Water.
• Qin Wang restored Xuandu City and Immortal Emperor Qingshui's residence, then visited Wanyan Meng and asked whether she knew of Primordial Heavy Water.