Chapter Summaries

Qin Wang agreed to help Huang Tianwudi remove the Skyfire Pagoda Fragments from his Human Emperor Great Dao, while avoiding questions about the larger conflict. Huang Tianwudi revealed that his seal might fail in about a hundred years, and Qin Wang’s updated intel explained the fragments’ purpose and the danger facing Fire Cloud Cave.

• Huang Tianwudi told Qin Wang that two Skyfire Pagoda Fragments were burning his Human Emperor Great Dao and asked him to remove them.
• Qin Wang agreed to return the next day to remove the fragments, but declined to probe Huang Tianwudi’s past or get further involved.
• Elder Xia appeared from hiding, and Huang Tianwudi warned him not to return to Fire Cloud Cave and expose its location.
• Huang Tianwudi told Elder Xia that the sealing power restraining him might dissipate in about a hundred years.
• Qin Wang’s updated intel revealed that Immortal Venerable Tianhuo had placed the fragments in Huang Tianwudi’s Great Dao to temper it, and that Fire Cloud Cave held the Human Race’s last Immortal Realm power.

Qin Wang reviewed intelligence about the Ten Thousand Races infiltrating the Nine Provinces and decided to help Huang Tianwudi recover the Skyfire Pagoda fragments, but demanded compensation. Huang Tianwudi gave him Eternal Blazing Water, which partly restored the Five Elements Divine Light Pot, though it still needed Primordial Heavy Water.

• Qin Wang learned that the Ten Thousand Races were sending new spies into the Nine Provinces and considered the danger posed by their powerful experts.
• Qin Wang went alone to meet Huang Tianwudi and Elder Xia, then insisted that Huang Tianwudi offer benefits in exchange for his help recovering the Skyfire Pagoda fragments.
• Elder Xia objected to Qin Wang's demands, but Huang Tianwudi agreed that he should pay and produced a gourd of Eternal Blazing Water.
• Qin Wang poured the Eternal Blazing Water into the Five Elements Divine Light Pot, restoring some of its aged markings, but learned it still needed Primordial Heavy Water.

Qin Wang entered the River of Ten Thousand Laws with Huang Tianwudi to retrieve a Skyfire Pagoda fragment and learned that the Heaven and Earth Dao Scripts reflected the Great Daos. Huang Tianwudi’s remarks about the Tongtian Sect Master’s inheritance left Qin Wang questioning whose inheritance he had truly obtained, while he continued toward the fragment under the pressure of the Human Emperor Great Dao.

• Qin Wang agreed to help Huang Tianwudi retrieve the Skyfire Pagoda fragment, while Huang Tianwudi said he did not know Gu Venerable’s whereabouts.
• Huang Tianwudi opened a gate to the River of Ten Thousand Laws, and Elder Xia stayed behind to keep it open as Qin Wang followed Huang Tianwudi inside.
• Qin Wang’s ten Heaven and Earth Dao Scripts became full and vibrant in the river, and Huang Tianwudi explained that the scripts were projections of Great Daos.
• Huang Tianwudi revealed his Human Emperor Great Dao, but Qin Wang resisted its oppressive aura with the Heaven Splitting Sword Strike.
• Huang Tianwudi said the inheritance belonged to someone whose title was not Heaven-Piercing, prompting Qin Wang to wonder why he had received heavenly punishment for calling himself Heaven-Piercing.
• Qin Wang followed Huang Tianwudi toward the Skyfire Pagoda fragment and used his Sword Intent to withstand the heavy pressure of the Human Emperor Great Dao.

Qin Wang tried to pull the Skyfire Pagoda fragments from the Human Emperor Great Dao while Huang Tianwudi tested and supported him against its waves. After Qin Wang used a shattered Strength Heaven and Earth Dao Script to destroy a towering wave, Huang Tianwudi was stunned by the power he attributed to Qin Wang’s inheritance.

• Huang Tianwudi led Qin Wang along the Human Emperor Great Dao to the two Skyfire Pagoda fragments, which had become blazing mountains.
• Qin Wang grew to mountain size and tried to uproot one fragment, but waves from the Great Dao struck him as Huang Tianwudi fought them off.
• Qin Wang pulled the first mountain free, and a towering wave knocked Huang Tianwudi away.
• Qin Wang shattered the Strength Heaven and Earth Dao Script and swung the mountain at the wave, breaking it and making the Great Dao tremble.
• Huang Tianwudi spat blood and stared at Qin Wang in disbelief, believing the Dao Script came from the inheritance Qin Wang had received.

Qin Wang removed the last Skyfire Pagoda fragment from Huang Tianwudi’s Human Emperor Great Dao while secretly comprehending the Dao and creating a new Heaven and Earth Dao Script. He formed the “Emperor” script, which shared the Human Emperor Great Dao’s origin, and left Huang Tianwudi sensing that something was wrong.

• Qin Wang discovered that the “Strength” Heaven and Earth Dao Script refilled itself in ten breaths and fused a Skyfire Pagoda fragment into the pagoda.
• Qin Wang charged toward the mountain containing the final fragment as Huang Tianwudi struggled to withstand the increasingly powerful waves from the Human Emperor Great Dao.
• Qin Wang pretended to take longer uprooting the mountain while studying Huang Tianwudi’s Dao and outlining a new Heaven and Earth Dao Script.
• Qin Wang completed the golden “Emperor” Heaven and Earth Dao Script and realized that it shared the Human Emperor Great Dao’s origin.
• Qin Wang hid the “Emperor” script from Huang Tianwudi’s divine sense and pulled the final fragment free, forcing Huang Tianwudi to face the surging waves.

After breaking the final restriction on the Human Emperor Great Dao, Huang Tianwudi reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm and challenged Qin Wang, hoping to seize his inheritance. Their battle began with Qin Wang gaining the upper hand before Huang Tianwudi sent him flying with a spear strike.

• Huang Tianwudi recovered his peak Golden Immortal cultivation, comprehended the unrestricted Human Emperor Great Dao, and advanced to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm.
• Huang Tianwudi revealed that he wanted Qin Wang's inheritance, and Qin Wang attacked him with the completed Skyfire Pagoda.
• Huang Tianwudi formed a giant golden-armored body and spear from the Human Emperor Great Dao, then explained that killing him was one way to escape it.
• Qin Wang struck Huang Tianwudi with the Skyfire Pagoda, and Huang Tianwudi realized Qin Wang's power had reached the threshold of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm.
• Huang Tianwudi resolved to become a tyrant and swept his golden spear at Qin Wang, sending him flying despite his defense with the Skyfire Pagoda.

Qin Wang trapped Huang Tianwudi in a dream and used the Skyfire Power to open 144 acupoints, raising his Body Cultivation Power to the Golden Immortal Realm. Huang Tianwudi awakened, recognized Qin Wang’s sudden increase in strength, and resolved to kill him before he could grow further.

• Qin Wang found that his Heaven and Earth Dao Scripts could not overcome Huang Tianwudi’s Grand Luo Golden Immortal strength.
• Qin Wang used the “Sleep” and “Illusion” Heaven and Earth Dao Scripts to trap Huang Tianwudi in a dream.
• Qin Wang absorbed the Skyfire Power from the Skyfire Pagoda and endured its flames as he opened acupoints up to 144.
• Qin Wang’s Body Cultivation Power rose to the Golden Immortal Realm, and Huang Tianwudi awoke from the dream.
• Qin Wang struck Huang Tianwudi with the Skyfire Pagoda, and Huang Tianwudi realized Qin Wang had grown stronger and decided to kill him.

Huang Tianwudi attacked Qin Wang, but the Soul Gathering Tower saved Qin Wang from a fatal spear strike and broke through its eighth-layer restriction. Qin Wang learned the Ancient Demon Hand and used it to meet Huang Tianwudi on equal terms, while Huang Tianwudi continued accusing him of colluding with the Devil Race.

• Huang Tianwudi overwhelmed Qin Wang with spear attacks, but the Soul Gathering Tower blocked a strike aimed at Qin Wang's brow and exhausted much of its power.
• Huang Tianwudi accused Qin Wang of colluding with the ancient Devil Race, and Qin Wang called him a hypocrite seeking an excuse to seize his inheritance.
• The Soul Gathering Tower's eighth-layer restriction shattered, revealing the Ancient Demon Hand technique, which required Qin Wang to connect thirty-six acupoints in his hands.
• Qin Wang used flames to stall Huang Tianwudi while he connected the acupoints, covering both arms in black demonic armor.
• Huang Tianwudi charged through the flames, but Qin Wang caught his spear tip with a demon claw, and their clash left them evenly matched.

Qin Wang fought Huang Tianwudi inside the Human Emperor Great Dao until Huang Tianwudi sent him through a portal to a secret chamber, where Elder Xia mistook his Ancient Demon Hand for proof that he was a Devil Race spy. Attacked by both men, Qin Wang broke through the chamber’s barrier in an attempt to escape.

• Qin Wang used the Ancient Demon Hand and linked acupoints to fight Huang Tianwudi evenly, but their clash threatened to damage the Human Emperor Great Dao.
• Huang Tianwudi struck Qin Wang away and sent him through a portal into his secret chamber.
• Elder Xia recognized the Devil Race aura of Qin Wang’s armored arms, and Huang Tianwudi accused Qin Wang of being a Human Race traitor.
• Elder Xia and Huang Tianwudi attacked Qin Wang together, and Elder Xia’s saber strike shattered the armor on Qin Wang’s fist.
• Qin Wang unleashed a burst of power, evaded both attackers, and crashed into the chamber’s barrier to escape.

Qin Wang endured Elder Xia’s strike and used its force to break through the spatial barrier, emerging into Tiandu with Huang Tianwudi and Elder Xia in pursuit. As Huang Tianwudi’s forces surrounded Wu Su and Wanyan Meng’s group, Wu Su ordered them to capture Huang Tianen and use him as leverage.

• Qin Wang took Elder Xia’s slash on his back and used the impact to shatter the spatial barrier and escape the secret chamber.
• Qin Wang, Huang Tianwudi, and Elder Xia burst into the sky above Tiandu, where the city’s residents watched the three powerful figures clash.
• Huang Tianen ordered the Imperial Guards and Integration Stage Experts to surround Wu Su and her companions.
• Wanyan Meng assessed that Qin Wang could unleash power at the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm despite his Early Spirit Transformation cultivation.
• Feng Jiutian and the others pledged their loyalty to Wu Su and Qin Wang, and Wu Su told them to capture Huang Tianen as a hostage.

Feng Jiutian's forces clashed with the Imperial Guards while Wanyan Meng exposed Huang Tianen's attempted escape and nearly captured him. Qin Wang revealed that Huang Tianwudi had tried to seize his inheritance, but Elder Xia still urged Qin Wang to hand it over; Huang Tianwudi then branded Qin Wang a traitor across the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty, provoking Qin Wang to attack him.

• Huang Tianen led the Imperial Guards forward, but Wanyan Meng exposed his escape attempt and forced him out of hiding.
• Feng Jiutian's group and the Imperial Guards began a bloody battle that stalled as the guards used their coordination to hold off the stronger opponents.
• Qin Wang told Elder Xia that Huang Tianwudi had tried to kill him and seize his inheritance after Qin Wang retrieved the Skyfire Pagoda Fragments.
• Elder Xia asked Qin Wang to hand the inheritance to Huang Tianwudi so he could reach the Primordial Grand Luo Realm, and Qin Wang condemned them both.
• Huang Tianwudi broadcast that Qin Wang was a traitor who had colluded with the Devil Race, and Qin Wang charged at him in fury.

Huang Tianwudi and Elder Xia overwhelmed Qin Wang while Huang Tianen used the accusation that Qin Wang had betrayed the Human Race to turn Gongsun Zhengyang and the others against the Interception Sect. Wu Su and Wanyan Meng remained surrounded alongside Feng Jiutian, Zhu Jingtian, and the others as Huang Tianen demanded that the two choose sides.

• Huang Tianwudi and Elder Xia coordinated their attacks, wounded Qin Wang, and forced him onto the defensive.
• Gongsun Zhengyang and the other Human Race members hesitated after hearing Huang Tianwudi accuse Qin Wang of joining the Devil Race, allowing the Imperial Guards to defeat and capture most of them.
• Wanyan Meng left her attempt to capture Huang Tianen and used her death aura on Wu Su to arrive in time to repel two Imperial Guard experts attacking Wu Su.
• Huang Tianen offered Gongsun Zhengyang and the others forgiveness if they left the Interception Sect, and they agreed while denouncing Qin Wang and the sect.
• Huang Tianen challenged Feng Jiutian and Zhu Jingtian to abandon Qin Wang, prompting Wu Su and Wanyan Meng to distance themselves from the pair.

Bai Fenghuan, Jiu Zi, Zhu Jingtian, and Feng Jiutian chose to stand with Qin Wang and helped Wu Su and the others flee toward the Witch Domain. Qin Wang used the Five Ghosts’ self-destruction to escape Huang Tianwudi and Elder Xia, then caught up with his companions.

• Bai Fenghuan declared she would leave the Phoenix Yao Holy Land rather than be separated from Qin Wang, while Zhu Jingtian and Feng Jiutian pledged to follow him.
• Zhu Jingtian shielded Wu Su and the others as he charged toward the Witch Clan, while Feng Jiutian blocked the Imperial Guards with a wall of fire.
• Facing Huang Tianwudi and Elder Xia, Qin Wang appeared to self-destruct, prompting both opponents to teleport away from the blast.
• Huang Tianwudi and Elder Xia realized Qin Wang had escaped using the Five Ghosts’ self-destruction and chose not to pursue him.
• Qin Wang caught up with Zhu Jingtian and the others and explained that he had used the Five Ghosts to distract his enemies and escape.

Qin Wang ordered a sudden return to the Heavenly Capital to kill the traitors, reasoning that Huang Tianwudi and Elder Xia would rush toward the Witch Domain rather than wait for him to grow stronger. The Witch Clan evacuated to the Underworld, while Huang Tianwudi learned how quickly Qin Wang had risen and decided to pursue him.

• Qin Wang told Zhu Jingtian to turn back toward the Heavenly Capital, explaining that he intended to kill Gongsun Zhengyang and the other traitors.
• Qin Wang assured his companions that Huang Tianwudi and Elder Xia would head for the Witch Domain quickly because they feared his rapid growth.
• Houtu Wan'er confirmed that preparations were complete, and Wushen Ji led the Witch Clan into the Underworld through a transmission passage.
• Zhu Jingtian turned the Candle Dragon Body toward the Heavenly Capital after Jiu Zi learned the Witch Clan was safe.
• Huang Tianen warned Huang Tianwudi that Qin Wang had reached extraordinary strength in less than ten years, and Huang Tianwudi ordered the pursuit.

Qin Wang returned to Heavenly Capital and killed the Interception Sect traitors hiding there, while Huang Tianen tried to delay him until Huang Tianwudi arrived. Huang Tianen faced Qin Wang and asked whether he intended to kill him.

• Huang Tianwudi and Elder Xia found the Witch Domain deserted and realized the Witch Clan had escaped by teleporting to the Underworld, where a sleeping powerhouse prevented them from pursuing.
• Huang Tianwudi received a bloodline message that Qin Wang had returned to kill, and he rushed to Heavenly Capital to save Huang Tianen.
• Qin Wang arrived above the imperial city, and Huang Tianen urged him to leave before Huang Tianwudi returned.
• Qin Wang summoned the Qingping Sword and used the Technique Heaven and Earth Dao Script to send thirty-six Azure Nether Small Swords after the Interception Sect traitors.
• The Azure Nether Small Swords killed Gongsun Zhengyang and the other traitors, then returned to the Qingping Sword, which seemed stronger than before.
• Huang Tianen sent word to Huang Tianwudi and asked Qin Wang whether he was going to kill him.

Qin Wang killed Huang Tianen after rejecting his attempts to trade secrets for his life. He discovered that the Qingping Sword grew slightly stronger after absorbing Huang Tianen’s Power of Rules.

• Huang Tianen offered to reveal the locations of Qingping Sword fragments in exchange for his life, but Qin Wang already knew about the groups searching for them.
• Huang Tianen tried to bargain with more secrets about the Human Race strongholds and the Nine Provinces’ seal, but Qin Wang already knew those details.
• Qin Wang recognized that Huang Tianen was stalling for Huang Tianwudi to return and killed him by piercing his head with the Qingping Sword.
• Qin Wang sensed the Qingping Sword had grown stronger after Huang Tianen’s death and concluded that it absorbed a powerhouse’s Power of Rules.

Qin Wang killed Huang Tianen and headed with his companions to the Phoenix Yao Holy Land, prompting Feng Jiutian to fear Huang Tianwudi’s retaliation. Huang Tianwudi revived Huang Tianen by gathering his Power of Origin, but Huang Tianen’s damaged rule Great Dao destroyed his Sea of Consciousness again, leaving Huang Tianwudi enraged at Qin Wang.

• Qin Wang realized that the Qingping Sword grew stronger after killing a Body Integration Realm expert because such experts had begun comprehending the Power of Rules.
• Feng Jiutian worried that Huang Tianwudi would target the Phoenix Yao Holy Land after Qin Wang killed Huang Tianen, so Qin Wang agreed to take everyone there.
• Huang Tianwudi and Elder Xia returned to the Heavenly Capital and found Huang Tianen’s corpse, then Huang Tianwudi gathered his brother’s Power of Origin to revive him.
• Huang Tianen’s Sea of Consciousness shattered when his damaged rule Great Dao took effect, dispersing his divine soul once more.
• Huang Tianwudi examined Huang Tianen’s essence blood, saw Qin Wang kill him with the Azure Nether Small Sword, and roared in anger.

Huang Tianwudi decided to expose the Qingping Sword’s power and make Qin Wang a target, while Qin Xuemei sought the Medicine Sect’s help to rescue him. The Medicine Sect’s Grand Elder refused and imprisoned her, hoping to return to the Medicine Clan when its envoy arrived.

• Huang Tianwudi dismissed Elder Xia’s warnings and resolved to reveal that the Qingping Sword could devour Great Dao Power and shatter others’ Great Dao, regardless of the danger to the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty or his descendants.
• After Elder Xia left, Huang Tianwudi unleashed his aura and vowed to kill Qin Wang.
• Qin Xuemei heard Huang Tianwudi mention Qin Wang and struggled to decide whether he could be her younger brother, since she believed her brother could not have Devil Race bloodline.
• Qin Xuemei told the Medicine Sect’s Grand Elder she would return to the Medicine Clan if he helped rescue Qin Wang, but he said the clan could not defeat Huang Tianwudi.
• Qin Xuemei insisted she would rescue Qin Wang herself, so the Medicine Sect’s Grand Elder restrained and imprisoned her.

Qin Wang and his companions arrived at Phoenix Yao Holy Land, where Feng Huimin mistook Feng Jiutian for an impostor and ordered an attack. Qin Wang saved the holy land from its own spell torrent, and Feng Jiutian confronted Feng Huimin over her betrayal.

• Phoenix Yao Holy Land attacked Zhu Jingtian when he arrived, and Feng Huimin ordered everyone to prepare for war.
• Feng Jiutian identified himself, but Feng Huimin refused to trust him and commanded the holy land to attack.
• Zhu Jingtian tried to stop the spell torrent with his dragon claw, but it pierced his defenses and knocked him down.
• Qin Wang used the “Law” Heaven and Earth Dao Script to turn the spell torrent back, then redirected it into the sky before it struck Phoenix Yao Holy Land.
• Feng Jiutian thanked Qin Wang, then confronted Feng Huimin and asked why she had betrayed him.

Feng Huimin revealed that she had arranged an ambush for Qin Wang, believing envoys from beyond the Nine Provinces could kill him. Qin Wang exposed the trap, and Phoenix Clan envoys appeared to subdue the Phoenix Yao Holy Land.

• Feng Huimin accused Feng Jiutian of betraying the Phoenix Yao Holy Land by submitting to Qin Wang, while Feng Jiutian asked Qin Wang to forgive her.
• Qin Wang questioned Feng Huimin’s motives and noticed her guilt, then asked Feng Jiutian whether he had contacted the Phoenix Yao Holy Land.
• Qin Wang revealed that two Human Immortal Realm experts and one Earth Immortal Realm expert were lying in ambush nearby, and Feng Jiutian knelt to insist he had known nothing about it.
• Feng Huimin called on the envoys to kill Qin Wang and spare Feng Jiutian, and the Phoenix Clan envoys emerged from twisted space.
• Feng Jiutian recognized the envoys’ pure Phoenix Bloodline and realized they had come to subdue the Phoenix Yao Holy Land.