Chapter Summaries

Qin Wang learned that Su Tianhai would track him to White Cloud Temple, retrieved the now-safe Three Corpse Gu King Pot, and traveled with Qin Xuemei to Eagle Worry Ravine to seek Venerable Qingyao’s cave abode. After Qin Xuemei described strange changes linked to the ginseng, Qin Wang left her sheltered in a cliff crevice and searched the ravine, but had not found the cave by nightfall.

• Qin Wang learned from Daily Intel that Su Tianhai would find White Cloud Temple in ten days, then safely retrieved the Three Corpse Gu King Pot after its poison had burned away.
• Qin Wang returned to Qin Xuemei and prepared to leave for Eagle Worry Ravine, where Venerable Qingyao had passed away in meditation.
• Qin Xuemei told Qin Wang that after sucking on three-hundred-year ginseng, her two-leaf birthmark appeared continuously and she dreamed of a spiritual herb garden.
• Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei reached Eagle Worry Ravine, and Qin Wang settled her inside a cliff crevice before searching alone.
• Qin Wang searched the ravine until nightfall but did not find Venerable Qingyao’s cave abode.

Qin Wang found Venerable Qingyao's hidden cave and recovered his cultivation arts, Storage Bag, spirit stones, and a letter describing his final regret. He brought the inheritance to Red Leaf Town and began studying the Five Elements Gathering Yuan Skill.

• Qin Wang learned that Venerable Qingyao's cave lay five zhang below three green pines on Eagle Worry Ravine's left cliff face, concealed by vines.
• Qin Wang climbed down the cliff and discovered Venerable Qingyao's remains and a box containing the Five Elements Gathering Yuan Skill, the Fire Spirit Saber, a letter, and a Storage Bag.
• Qin Wang read that Venerable Qingyao was Jiang Fan, who had been ambushed by Zhao Yulong and wished for Zhang Panpan to hear his feelings; Qin Wang promised to deliver the message.
• Qin Wang collected fifty low-grade spirit stones and the inheritance, sealed the cave, and climbed back to Qin Xuemei.
• Qin Wang took Qin Xuemei to Red Leaf Town, rented a courtyard, and began practicing the Five Elements Gathering Yuan Skill.

Qin Wang learned that Su Tianhai would track him to Red Leaf Town in fifteen days and began planning how to turn the Azure Dragon Society against the Wudu Gang. The intel also revealed Qin Xuemei’s spiritual-herb talent and that Qin Wang would soon enter the first stage of cultivation.

• Su Tianhai found the Scent-Tracking Gu at the ruined temple and followed its direction toward Qingcha Market while ordering his disciples to search for the Three Corpse Gu King Pot.
• Qin Xuemei told Qin Wang she had sensed qi after practicing twice, and he realized she had cultivated much faster than he had.
• The updated intel warned Qin Wang that Su Tianhai would trace him to Red Leaf Town in fifteen days and revealed that Su Tianhai had killed Yang Qingyun, son of Azure Dragon Society leader Yang Yuting.
• Qin Wang considered using the revelation about Yang Qingyun to provoke a conflict between the Azure Dragon Society and the Wudu Gang, and learned that the Myriad Flowers Sect was recruiting disciples.
• Qin Wang discovered that Qin Xuemei had awakened a talent for sensing spiritual medicines and herbs, that his Mysterious Fragment would strengthen his divine sense, and that he would enter the first stage of cultivation in seven days.
• Qin Wang decided to inform Yang Yuting that Su Tianhai had killed his son and use him to get rid of Su Tianhai.

Qin Wang escaped Red Leaf Town with Qin Xuemei and secretly directed the Azure Dragon Society toward Su Tianhai, while beginning cultivation in the Five Elements Gathering Yuan Skill. After learning that Chen Kun and Zhuo Yijian suspected the disguised siblings and that Zhuo Qiuhang planned to have them hunted across several regions, Qin Wang prepared to use the coming clash between Su Tianhai and Yang Yuting to eliminate Su Tianhai and then seek entry to the Myriad Flowers Sect.

• Qin Wang took Qin Xuemei out of Red Leaf Town overnight and arranged for letters accusing Su Tianhai of killing Yang Qingyun and eighty-nine others to reach the Azure Dragon Society and the authorities.
• Yang Yuting received the letters, learned that Green Willow Manor held the remains of eighty-six victims, and led Jiang Kang and the Azure Dragon Society's experts to investigate.
• Qin Wang completed seven days of cultivation, entered the Qi Refining Stage at level one, and planned to leave for Yun Prefecture after Su Tianhai was dead.
• Zhuo Yijian deduced that the middle-aged couple pursued by Chen Kun were likely Qin Xuemei and Qin Wang, and Chen Kun agreed to hunt them down.
• Qin Wang learned that Zhuo Qiuhang was arranging wanted orders against him, that Yang Yuting and Su Tianhai would fight in Fengyuan City in six days, and that both would be badly injured.
• Qin Wang decided to leak the coming fight to the Savage Tiger Gang, hoping they would finish off Su Tianhai, and planned to join the Myriad Flowers Sect afterward.

Jiang Jinhu and the Divine Constable Bureau moved against Su Tianhai after receiving intelligence, while Su Tianhai fled to Jin Shifeng for help and learned the Blood Spirit Thorn was nearly complete. Qin Wang’s updated intel revealed Su Tianhai would be gravely wounded and pursued toward Yun Prefecture, leaving Qin Wang relieved and ready to head to the Myriad Flowers Sect.

• Ji Wuyuan advised Jiang Jinhu to wait until Yang Yuting and Su Tianhai weakened each other, and Jiang Jinhu sent Savage Tiger Gang forces toward Fengyuan City.
• Zhang Rui ordered Cao Peng to investigate Green Willow Manor after receiving letters detailing Su Tianhai’s crimes.
• Qin Wang refined his internal energy into Qi Refining Stage magic power, tested his strengthened Soul Shaking Saber, and resumed cultivating.
• Yang Yuting attacked Su Tianhai at his manor, but Su Tianhai escaped through an underground passage and asked Jin Shifeng for help.
• Jin Shifeng gave Su Tianhai a Swift Wind Talisman and urged him to draw away the pursuers while he completed the Blood Spirit Thorn.
• Qin Wang’s daily intel revealed Su Tianhai would lose an arm, be severely injured, and flee toward Yun Prefecture, while Jin Shifeng’s Blood Spirit Thorn was nearly finished.

Qin Wang learned that Myriad Flowers Sect accepted only women, while Su Tianhai was near death and carried knowledge of a hidden treasury, so he killed him and continued to Longjing City. Qin Xuemei revealed a Heavenly Spirit Root and joined Myriad Flowers Sect, leaving Qin Wang to travel to Small Dan Mountain alone.

• Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei learned that Yun Prefecture had issued a heavily rewarded wanted notice for them, and Qin Wang blamed Zhuo Qiuhang for acting on behalf of the Chen Family.
• Qin Wang discovered that Myriad Flowers Sect accepted only female disciples and decided to send Qin Xuemei there before going to Small Dan Mountain himself.
• Qin Wang found the gravely wounded Su Tianhai near Yulin City and burned him to death, planning to seek the hidden treasury later.
• At the Ascension Platform, Qin Xuemei tested as a wood-element Heavenly Spirit Root and Liu Bihong accepted her into Myriad Flowers Sect.
• Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei said an emotional farewell, and she departed aboard the sect's Purple Lightning Flying Boat.

Qin Wang learned that Zhuo Qiuhang and Chen Kun planned to torture Li Yunhai’s family, Doctor Bai, and Bai Fenghuan to punish him, so he exposed Zhuo Qiuhang’s scandals across Longjing City. He then raced toward Yun Tian Prefecture, hoping the revelations would delay the planned attacks and draw Chen Kun into his reach.

• Qin Wang sorted his possessions in Longjing City and began cultivating to reach the Qi Refining Stage Second Layer.
• Jin Shifeng recovered in hiding and planned to retrieve the Three Corpse Gu King Pot and Scent-Tracking Gu once he could move.
• Zhuo Qiuhang and Zhuo Yidao agreed to seize Li Yunhai’s family, Doctor Bai, and Bai Fenghuan as leverage against Qin Wang.
• Chen Kun and Zhuo Yijian vowed to torture Qin Wang’s loved ones after capturing him.
• Qin Wang’s intel revealed the Zhuo family’s plans, Jin Shifeng’s pursuit of the Gu pot, and Qin Xuemei’s secret acceptance as Mu Qianxue’s personal disciple.
• Qin Wang scattered a hundred copies of allegations about Zhuo Qiuhang around Longjing City, then raced toward Yun Tian Prefecture.

Qin Wang exposed Zhuo Qiuhang’s corruption and secret allegiance, then attacked him and the Zhuo Family after reaching the Qi Refining Stage Second Layer. Prince Jin Cang Tianxiong believed Zhuo would now submit to him, while a red-robed man learned that the Qin siblings had appeared in Longjing City.

• Notices accusing Zhuo Qiuhang of bribery, murder, and secretly supporting Prince Jin spread through Longjing City, and Zhuo ordered the Yun Ting Guard to investigate.
• Qin Wang reached the Qi Refining Stage Second Layer and heard that the accusations were confirmed when Zhuo’s hidden silver and three sets of bones were uncovered.
• Qin Wang entered Zhuo Qiuhang’s hall, crippled and killed Zhuo, killed Zhuo Yidao, slaughtered the other Zhuo Family members, and set their residence on fire.
• Cang Tianxiong learned that Zhuo’s silver had been exposed and believed Zhuo would now submit to him without hesitation.
• A red-robed man in Jinyun County received word that the Qin siblings had appeared in Longjing City and reacted with killing intent.

Qin Wang learned that Zhuo Yijian and Chen Kun were coming for him, then ambushed them on the road to Longjing City. After his Beisu San Gong Xiang disabled Zhuo Yijian and two guards, Qin Wang killed all three with his saber and left Chen Kun terrified.

• Qin Wang learned the formula for Beisu Fenglingxiang, discovered that Chen Kun and Zhuo Yijian were heading to Longjing City, and decided to kill Chen Kun before traveling to Chiyong County and Small Dan Mountain.
• Prince Jin Cang Tianxiong learned that Zhuo Qiuhang and his family had been assassinated and ordered Zhang Wu to find the killer.
• Qin Wang trained on Baishi Mountain until his Fire Spirit Saber reached initiation, then spotted Chen Kun, Zhuo Yijian, and two guards approaching Longjing City.
• Qin Wang threw Beisu San Gong Xiang at Zhuo Yijian and the guards, while Chen Kun recognized Qin Wang and escaped the poison’s range.
• Qin Wang used his saber to kill Zhuo Yijian and both guards, leaving Chen Kun horrified by the power of his saber strike.

Qin Wang killed Chen Kun despite the Spirit Shield Talisman, then used fresh intel to retrieve Su Tianhai’s hidden material and prepare to seek Small Dan Mountain. He learned that Li Qiye had already entered the mountain and set off for its entrance in the Tianwu Mountain Range.

• Chen Kun fled from Qin Wang, but the Spirit Shield Talisman protected him until Qin Wang drowned him in a mountain stream and took his remaining talisman and silver notes.
• Cang Tianxiong ordered Zhang Wu to investigate Qin Wang and Qin Xuemei, hoping to learn more about the Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord and Tianji Pavilion.
• Qin Wang’s updated intel revealed that his Spirit Shield Talisman had no tracking mark, that Zheng Lingyun vowed revenge, and that Su Tianhai’s hidden treasure lay in Chiyong County.
• Qin Wang learned that Li Qiye had obtained Immortal Destiny and entered Small Dan Mountain, while Qin Xuemei had become Mu Qianxue’s personal disciple.
• Qin Wang recovered a small, heavy piece of magic treasure material and headed toward the Tianwu Mountain Range, where Small Dan Mountain’s entrance was located.

Qin Wang entered Small Dan Mountain, settled into its cultivation market, and learned from his Intelligence Panel about an opportunity to profit from two badly wounded demon beasts. He planned to recruit Gao Yuan to help him claim them while worrying that Jin Shifeng would come for the Five Elements Divine Light Pot in fifty-eight days.

• Qin Wang entered Small Dan Mountain with Ding Feng and Hu Shihan, registered, and rented a spiritual field and wooden house Number 88.
• Qin Wang explored the market, met his neighbor Gao Yuan and Gao Wenjing, and accepted four jin of demon wild boar meat from them.
• Qin Wang's Intelligence Panel revealed that a demon wild boar and a demon python would fight to near death in a valley east of Green Cloud Mountain in five days.
• Qin Wang considered asking Gao Yuan to help him claim the two demon beasts but worried that he could not keep them without stronger allies.
• Qin Wang learned that Jin Shifeng would track the Three Corpse Gu King Pot to Small Dan Mountain in fifty-eight days and resolved to earn spirit stones and improve his cultivation.

Qin Wang arranged for Gao Yuan to take him to Green Cloud Mountain, where they found a wild boar demon and a Python Demon that had killed each other. Zhao Xuanting and Zhao Xuanzhen used the Monster Slaying Alliance’s influence to demand a share of the spoils, leaving Qin Wang and Gao Yuan with only 62 Spirit Stones after the sale.

• Qin Wang planted spirit grain and persuaded Gao Yuan to accompany him to Green Cloud Mountain by claiming he wanted to search for his uncle’s remains.
• Qin Wang, Gao Yuan, and Gao Wenjing reached Green Cloud Mountain, where Gao Yuan discovered a dead wild boar demon and Python Demon in a ravine.
• Gao Yuan offered Qin Wang seventy Spirit Stones for his part in finding the demons, but Zhao Xuanting and Zhao Xuanzhen demanded a share and threatened Gao Yuan’s demon-hunting team.
• Gao Yuan agreed to give the Zhao brothers forty Spirit Stones, then sold the two demon corpses at Monster Butchery for 102 Spirit Stones.
• Qin Wang resolved to grow stronger and prepare Beisu Fenglingxiang after seeing how the Monster Slaying Alliance had pressured Gao Yuan.

After the Zhao brothers left, Qin Wang bought the ingredients to make Beisu Fenglingxiang and began cultivating to prepare for Jin Shifeng’s arrival. The next day’s intel revealed dangerous opportunities and threats, leaving Qin Wang intent on strengthening himself before exploring Green Cloud Mountain or confronting his pursuers.

• Gao Yuan offered Qin Wang the spirit stones remaining after their encounter with the Zhao brothers, but Qin Wang accepted only 40 and returned the rest.
• Qin Wang bought materials and spirit herbs, then prepared five lumps of Beisu Fenglingxiang and its antidote for 15 spirit stones.
• Qin Wang used spirit stones to cultivate through the night, aware that Jin Shifeng might reach Small Dan Mountain in a little over fifty days.
• The daily intel revealed a hidden cave abode east of Green Cloud Mountain, python eggs near the mountain, and Zhao Xuanting’s brothers killing Tang Song and seeking to eliminate Gao Yuan’s team.
• Qin Wang learned that the Scent-Tracking Gu had found Jin Shifeng again and resolved to improve his cultivation before exploring the nearby opportunities.

Qin Wang prepared Monster Luring Illusion Incense after learning that Liao Bida had died near Green Cloud Mountain, hoping to recover the valuables he had taken. He then spotted Zhao Xuanting nearby, leaving him with a chance to use the incense against the man who had robbed him.

• Qin Xuemei reached Qi Refining Stage Fifth Layer in the Myriad Flowers Sect and resolved to keep cultivating until she could find Wang Zai.
• Zhao Xuanting and Zhao Xuanzhen discussed extorting Gao Yuan and letting the Monster Slaying Alliance handle Gao Yuan’s demon-hunting squad.
• Qin Wang used up fifty spirit stones and realized that Monster Luring Illusion Incense could help him set traps, though it only attracted demon beasts.
• Qin Wang’s daily intel revealed that Liao Bida had died near Green Cloud Mountain after killing two Myriad Law Tower members, and that Jin Shifeng would track him to Small Dan Mountain in thirty-five days.
• Qin Wang spent his last five spirit stones on ingredients for one batch of Monster Luring Illusion Incense and set out toward Green Cloud Mountain.
• Qin Wang spotted Zhao Xuanting three miles away while standing on a hill with his saber and the incense.

Qin Wang lured a horde of demon beasts toward Zhao Xuanting, then used Beisu Fenglingxiang to paralyze and kill him before collecting Zhao Xuanting's belongings and Liao Bida's bundle. Back at Small Dan Mountain, Qin Wang counted eighty-eight spirit stones among his haul, enough to reach the Qi Refining Stage Third Layer.

• Qin Wang lit Monster Luring Illusion Incense to draw demon beasts toward Zhao Xuanting while heading for Liao Bida's belongings.
• Qin Wang found Liao Bida's corpse and scattered supplies as Zhao Xuanting chased him to the rocky field.
• Qin Wang used Beisu Fenglingxiang to disable Zhao Xuanting's Magic Power and limbs, then killed him with the Soul Shaking Saber.
• Qin Wang took Zhao Xuanting's Storage Bag and sword, collected Liao Bida's spirit stones, and hid Zhao Xuanting's belongings in a cave near Small Dan Mountain.
• Qin Wang returned to Cabin No. 88 and found poisons, pills, herbs, and eighty-eight spirit stones in Liao Bida's bundle.

Qin Wang discovered that the Black Teapot Lid completed the Five Elements Divine Light Pot and learned that the Monster Slaying Alliance planned to ambush Gao Yuan’s team. He warned Gao Yuan about a possible beast tide, leaving Gao Yuan to reconsider his trip into Green Cloud Mountain.

• Qin Wang fitted the Black Teapot Lid onto the Three Corpse Gu King Pot, completing the Five Elements Divine Light Pot, then cultivated with purified pills and spirit stones.
• Bai Lingfeng returned to Qingniu Town, reunited with his father Bai Mingliang, and went to see his daughter Fenghuan while explaining that Feng Zhi remained at her sect.
• Qin Wang’s daily intel revealed the pot had thirty-six layers of restrictions, Zhao Xuanting’s alliance planned to attack Gao Yuan’s team, and a Worn Iron Fragment had been found by Xu Ying.
• Qin Wang heard that Gao Yuan planned to enter Green Cloud Mountain and warned him that demon beasts might be gathering for a beast tide.
• Gao Yuan thanked Qin Wang and said he would consider the warning before notifying his elder brother Ouyang Long.

Qin Wang reached the Qi Refining Stage Third Layer, then entered Green Cloud Mountain seeking a demonic wild boar and found a cave filled with Stone Bell Spiritual Milk. He began purifying and consuming the spiritual milk, while Gao Yuan and Gao Wenjing worried that he had not returned to Small Dan Mountain by nightfall.

• Qin Wang advanced to the Qi Refining Stage Third Layer and tested the cultivation gains from Spirit Nurturing Pills and Qi Replenishing Pills.
• Qin Wang made two portions of Monster Luring Illusion Incense and traveled to Green Cloud Mountain to investigate the demonic wild boar's cave.
• Qin Wang waited for the adult demonic wild boar to leave, then slipped into its cave and found a pool of Stone Bell Spiritual Milk.
• Qin Wang purified a portion of the spiritual milk with the Treasure Bowl and began refining it into Magic Power.
• Gao Yuan and Gao Wenjing noticed Qin Wang had not returned by nightfall and worried that he was in danger in Green Cloud Mountain.

Qin Wang advanced to the Qi Refining Stage Fourth Layer, gained divine sense, and discovered that Venerable Qingyao's Storage Bag contained a large cache of spirit stones, medicines, and books. After learning that Zhao Haifeng planned to seize his cabin and spiritual field, Qin Wang decided to return to Small Dan Mountain after securing his belongings.

• Qin Wang absorbed Stone Bell Spiritual Milk until he reached the Qi Refining Stage Fourth Layer and developed divine sense.
• Qin Wang's daily intel revealed that Gao Yuan and his daughter feared he had died, while Zhao Haifeng planned to take his spiritual field and visit his cabin.
• Qin Wang learned of a Black Wild Boar Demon's nest containing Fire Sparrow Bird tail feathers and a mysterious copper fragment, as well as Zhao Xuanzhen's attack on Xu Ying.
• Qin Wang decided to return to Small Dan Mountain before his cabin and field were reclaimed, but first opened Venerable Qingyao's Storage Bag.
• Qin Wang found hundreds of spirit stones, medicines, and scriptures inside Venerable Qingyao's Storage Bag.

Qin Wang found Venerable Qingyao’s alchemy inheritance and other treasures, then followed a Black Wild Boar Demon to its lair and retrieved four fire feathers and a copper fragment. The fragment contained a cultivation-concealment method, which Qin Wang began practicing before returning to Small Dan Mountain.

• Qin Wang found three spell manuals, a first-tier alchemy inheritance, and a broken black sword in Venerable Qingyao’s belongings.
• Qin Wang confronted a Black Wild Boar Demon at the cliff fissure and followed it to its lair.
• Qin Wang lit Monster Luring Illusion Incense to draw nearby demons away from the lair.
• Qin Wang entered the boar demons’ cave and collected four Fire Sparrow Bird feathers and a copper fragment.
• Qin Wang discovered that the copper fragment contained the Spirit Locking Breath Concealment Method and began cultivating it in a concealed spot.

Qin Wang concealed his cultivation, opened Zhao Xuanting's Storage Bag, and returned to Small Dan Mountain with a fortune in spoils. There, he found Zhao Haifeng had rummaged through his hut and taken his spirit field, leaving Qin Wang resolved to kill him when the chance came.

• Qin Wang concealed his Qi Refining Stage Fourth Layer cultivation as the perfected Second Layer and opened Zhao Xuanting's Storage Bag, finding hundreds of spirit stones, pills, talismans, and other goods.
• Qin Wang returned to Small Dan Mountain, where Gao Yuan and Gao Wenjing welcomed him back.
• Zhao Haifeng claimed Qin Wang's spirit field had been leased to someone else and told him to register and rent another one; Qin Wang silently marked Zhao Haifeng for death.
• Gao Yuan warned Qin Wang not to oppose Zhao Haifeng, while Qin Wang found his hut ransacked and was grateful that his most valuable belongings had stayed with him.
• Gao Wenjing brought Qin Wang rabbit meat soup, and after eating, Qin Wang bolted the door and began sorting the spirit stones from his spoils.