Chapter Summaries

Qin Wang reviewed his spoils and studied new intel that revealed Zhao Haifeng’s affairs, Jin Shifeng’s plan to recover the Three Corpse Gu King Pot, and the hidden potential of his Black Broken Sword. He considered how to use the revelations against his enemies while keeping himself safe.

• Qin Wang counted the spirit stones, pills, spells, and artifacts he had taken, then decided to keep cultivating toward the Qi Refining Stage Fifth Layer.
• Jin Shifeng followed the Snow Silkworm’s directions and resolved to return to Small Dan Mountain to retrieve the Three Corpse Gu King Pot secretly.
• Qin Wang’s daily intel revealed Zhao Haifeng’s affair with Liu Lan, Mo Yunyan’s affair with Ye Jianhong, and Zhao Haifeng’s masochistic fetish.
• Qin Wang learned that Jin Shifeng would bring a Scent-Tracking Gu to reclaim the pot, while Zhao Yulong planned to visit Zhang Panpan at the Spirit Medicine Sect.
• Qin Wang considered using the affairs to exploit Zhao Haifeng and the Monster Slaying Alliance, but worried about exposing himself or facing retaliation.
• Qin Wang learned that the Black Broken Sword could unleash sword aura with its matching spirit art, which he did not yet possess.

Qin Wang prepared a trap in Green Cloud Mountain for Jin Shifeng and the Scent-Tracking Gu, then returned to Small Dan Mountain and rented a spirit field from Zhao Haifeng. After learning that Zhao Haifeng was exploiting his field and planned to meet Liu Lan in the wilderness, Qin Wang considered following them and killing them.

• Qin Wang buried the Three Corpse Gu King Pot in Green Cloud Mountain and rigged Monster Luring Illusion Incense to draw demonic beasts when Jin Shifeng tried to retrieve it.
• Qin Wang rented Spirit Field Number 74 from Zhao Haifeng and learned that Yu Qingfeng had been cultivating Qin Wang’s former field.
• Qin Wang planted spirit grain, practiced his spells, and raised his Explosive Flame Technique to Beginner level.
• Qin Wang learned that Jin Shifeng had set out for Small Dan Mountain and that Liu Lan had subleased Qin Wang’s former spirit field to Yu Qingfeng for five spirit stones.
• Qin Wang learned that Zhao Haifeng planned to meet Liu Lan in the wilderness again and considered following them, using incense to draw a demonic beast to kill them.

Jin Shifeng discovered that the Five Elements Divine Light Pot was at Green Cloud Mountain and planned to retrieve it, while Qin Wang refined the Soul Gathering Bowl’s first restriction and confronted the souls trapped inside. The updated intel warned Qin Wang that Jin Shifeng was heading to Green Cloud Mountain that morning and revealed several other developments.

• Jin Shifeng learned that the Five Elements Divine Light Pot was at Green Cloud Mountain and prepared to leave for it the next morning.
• Qin Wang refined the Soul Gathering Bowl’s first restriction, gaining control over the souls inside it.
• Qin Wang entered the bowl’s spirit space, taunted Zheng Kecheng and the others, and threatened Li Laocai with eternal torment.
• Qin Wang read the updated intel and learned that Jin Shifeng planned to reach Green Cloud Mountain that morning to reclaim the Five Elements Divine Light Pot.
• Qin Wang learned that Zhao Yulong planned to visit Zhang Panpan, that Zhang Panpan had reached Foundation Establishment, and that Chen Yi had become Wan Jianyi’s personal disciple.

Qin Wang lured a beast tide to Green Cloud Mountain to kill Jin Shifeng and recover the Three Corpse Gu King Pot. The tide overwhelmed Jin Shifeng, while Zhao Haifeng fled and left Liu Lan surrounded by demons.

• Qin Wang learned Jin Shifeng was heading to Green Cloud Mountain, reviewed information about the Soul Gathering Bowl and Soul Locking Jade, and set out to watch the mountain.
• Qin Wang warned Gao Yuan and Gao Wenjing that a beast tide might strike as they headed to hunt near the mountain’s outskirts.
• Jin Shifeng followed the Scent-Tracking Gu to a hidden stone wall, found the Three Corpse Gu King Pot, and cut the rope tied around it.
• Qin Wang’s concealed bundle ignited, drawing a beast tide that swallowed Jin Shifeng and trampled him to death.
• Zhao Haifeng saw the approaching demons and fled toward Small Dan Mountain, abandoning Liu Lan amid demon snakes and birds.

Qin Wang’s beast-tide trap killed Jin Shifeng and caused chaos across Green Cloud Mountain, while leaving the Three Corpse Gu King Pot buried and Gu Venerable trapped inside a demon boar. The intel revealed further dangers and opportunities as Qin Wang began planning how to recover the pot.

• A beast tide swallowed Liu Lan, while Zhao Haifeng escaped by hiding in a pond and learned he could no longer perform after the fright.
• Qin Wang watched the beast tide and planned to lure the beasts away later so he could retrieve the Three Corpse Gu King Pot.
• True Person Zi Xia worried that the gathering beasts signaled a third-rank breakthrough that could threaten Small Dan Mountain Market.
• Qin Wang returned to Number 88, listened to Gao Yuan’s warning, and practiced cultivation and spells through the night.
• The next day’s intel confirmed that Jin Shifeng had been trampled to death and that Gu Venerable’s damaged Gu body had entered a Black Wild Boar Demon, leaving the pot buried underground.
• Qin Wang learned that a pair of demon rabbits neared a third-rank breakthrough, Zhao Haifeng had lost his ability to perform, and other cultivators had suffered or gained from the beast tide.

Qin Wang used Monster Luring Illusion Incense to draw the demon beasts away from the Five Elements Divine Light Pot, but found the area devastated and the pot still missing. He harvested several injured demons and decided to stay overnight, hoping fresh intelligence would help him locate the buried treasure.

• Qin Wang pretended he could not afford True Person Zi Xia's ten-spirit-stone levy and planned to pay after arranging his treasure hunt.
• Qin Wang set a timed mechanism to ignite Monster Luring Illusion Incense, drawing a huge beast tide away from the Five Elements Divine Light Pot.
• Tang Jianzhong, Li Qiye, and Yan Honghao each escaped danger or pursued opportunities as the demon beasts retreated across Green Cloud Mountain.
• Qin Wang reached Jin Shifeng's burial site and found the cliff flattened, the ground covered in gore, and no sign of the Five Elements Divine Light Pot.
• Qin Wang discovered many nearly dead demon beasts left by the stampede, killed a Rhinoceros Demon, and stored it in his Storage Bag.
• Qin Wang chose to spend the night searching the area and wait for his intelligence to refresh.

Qin Wang found the Five Elements Divine Light Pot beneath a Black Wild Boar Demon skull and escaped as the demon beasts returned. Outside Small Dan Mountain’s closed Mountain Protecting Array, he met Li Qiye and two other young men.

• Qin Wang’s refreshed intel warned him that a third-rank demon beast might emerge, revealed the pot’s location, and said the Mountain Protecting Array had closed.
• Qin Wang searched beneath wild boar demon skulls until he found the Five Elements Divine Light Pot, then fled from pursuing Black Wild Boar Demons.
• Qin Wang reached the area outside Small Dan Mountain and saw cultivators stranded beyond the closed array.
• Qin Wang gave a slovenly young man the alias Qin Tiedan, then recognized the man as Li Qiye, whose Scarlet Sun Divine Art he had once taken.
• A burly young man and an imposing green-robed young man arrived, and the green-robed man questioned whether the array was open.

Qin Wang profited from collecting demon beast corpses after the beast tide, then broke through to the Qi Refining Stage Fifth Layer. When Zhang Lingbu demanded half his profits for True Person Zi Xia, Qin Wang paid but resolved to retaliate.

• Li Qiye and Qin Wang watched Tang Jianzhong and Yan Honghao fail to enter Small Dan Mountain while cultivators gathered demon beast corpses outside the array.
• After the array opened, Qin Wang returned to No. 88 Hut with demon beasts and gave Gao Yuan a demon rabbit.
• Over five days, Qin Wang sold materials for 1,780 spirit stones and used purified pills to advance his cultivation proficiency.
• Qin Wang broke through to the Qi Refining Stage Fifth Layer and concealed his cultivation at the Third Layer.
• Zhang Lingbu demanded half the profits from Qin Wang's demon beast sales for True Person Zi Xia, and Qin Wang handed over thirty spirit stones.
• Qin Wang decided to send True Person Zi Xia a grand gift in retaliation for the extortion.

After learning that the Spirit Medicine Sect’s disciple selection would recruit miners, Qin Wang decided not to join and read fresh intel about True Person Zi Xia and dangers around Small Dan Mountain. Alarmed by the future awakening of a demonic expert’s arm beneath Green Cloud Mountain, he resolved to leave for Qingyun Immortal City and planned to lure demon beasts toward Small Dan Mountain’s protective array to bring Zi Xia trouble.

• Gao Yuan told Qin Wang that the Spirit Medicine Sect was recruiting disciples and urged him to enter the selection, while planning to send Gao Wenjing as well.
• Qin Wang learned that the selection was really for miners and that True Person Zi Xia would collect a ten-spirit-stone registration fee, but he concealed what he knew from Gao Yuan.
• Qin Wang’s updated intel revealed Zi Xia’s worries about beast tides, his plans to charge travelers for passage, and a future False Core cave abode he intended to explore.
• Qin Wang learned that a demonic expert’s arm would awaken beneath Green Cloud Mountain and slaughter nearby cultivators, so he decided to leave Small Dan Mountain for Qingyun Immortal City.
• Qin Wang planned to burn five portions of Monster Luring Illusion Incense during daylight to draw demon beasts toward the Mountain Protecting Array and make Zi Xia face the resulting danger.

Qin Wang repeatedly lured beast tides to Little Dan Mountain, draining its protective array and driving rogue cultivators toward leaving. After rumors blamed True Person Zi Xia for provoking Golden Backed Eagles spread, Zi Xia demanded to know who had framed him, while the source remained unknown.

• Qin Wang burned Monster Luring Illusion Incense at the abandoned grounds, drawing demon beasts toward Little Dan Mountain as True Person Zi Xia raised the Mountain Protecting Array.
• Qin Wang and Li Qiye discussed collecting the demon beast corpses, while Uncle Gao warned Qin Wang that the repeated beast tides made leaving the market dangerous.
• After the first tide retreated, True Person Zi Xia took eighty percent of the corpse proceeds, and Qin Wang used his remaining earnings to buy more incense.
• Qin Wang repeatedly lured new beast tides, and more than a month of disruptions drove most rogue cultivators to prepare to leave for Golden Saber Market.
• Zhao Yulong told True Person Zi Xia that rumors blamed him for touching Golden Backed Eagle eggs, and Zi Xia angrily demanded to know who had started them.

Qin Wang spread rumors that stirred panic in Small Dan Mountain Market, including claims about True Person Zi Xia and the Spirit Medicine Sect’s mining recruitment. As Qin Wang prepared to travel to Qingyun Immortal City with Gao Yuan, his intel revealed that True Person Zi Xia would seal the market and five third-tier demon beasts would attack in three days, creating the only chance to escape.

• True Person Zi Xia ordered Zhao Yulong to investigate rumors blaming him for provoking the Golden Backed Eagles and causing the beast tide.
• Qin Wang agreed to travel to Qingyun Immortal City with Gao Yuan, who also warned that the Spirit Medicine Sect had recruited miners.
• True Person Zi Xia ordered Zhao Yulong to seal Small Dan Mountain’s array to stop cultivators and recruited miners from leaving.
• Qin Wang’s updated intel revealed that five third-tier demon beasts would breach the array in three days, and noon that day would be the only opportunity to escape.

Qin Wang learned that five third-rank demonic beasts would attack Small Dan Mountain while True Person Zi Xia kept the Mountain Protecting Array sealed, so he prepared to flee with Gao Yuan and the others. As the beasts arrived, Qin Wang also prepared Thousand Mile Soul Chasing Incense to track Zhao Xuanzhen, while Mu Zhen faced the imminent siege.

• Qin Wang learned that five third-rank demonic beasts would reach Small Dan Mountain and persuaded Gao Yuan to stay near the entrance in case they had to flee.
• Qin Wang learned the formula for Thousand Mile Soul Chasing Incense and decided to make several portions so he could track Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Qin Wang, Gao Yuan, Gao Wenjing, and other cautious cultivators gathered near the entrance while True Person Zi Xia kept the array sealed and ordered Zhao Yulong to continue searching for the rumor-monger.
• Demonic beasts and birds massed outside Small Dan Mountain, and Zhao Yulong and Mu Zhen sensed the auras of five third-rank demonic beasts.

Five third-order demon beasts destroyed Small Dan Mountain Market, forcing Qin Wang to flee and pursue Gao Yuan and the others. He returned to Qingniu Town, dug up Li Laocai’s grave to fulfill his promise, and then found Li Yunhai sick at home.

• True Person Zi Xia reinforced Small Dan Mountain’s array, escaped through it, and abandoned the market as five third-order demon beasts attacked.
• The demon beasts shattered the array, and Qin Wang fled with the crowd before marking Zhao Xuanzhen with Thousand Mile Soul Chasing Incense and pursuing Gao Yuan’s group.
• Zhang Panpan arrived at the ruined market with Zhao Yulong and returned to the sect to report its destruction.
• Qin Wang passed through Yan Yun County City and flew to Qingniu Town to visit Bai Fenghuan and Doctor Bai, then split open Li Laocai’s grave and burned the coffin.
• Li Yunhai lay sick at home while Xiao Yan cared for him, and Qin Wang appeared in the room to greet him.

Qin Wang returned to Qingniu Town, healed Li Yunhai, left him silver, and learned that Zheng Lingyun was hunting him; after killing Zheng Lingyun, he pursued Zhao Xuanzhen and advanced to the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining Stage. Three months later, Qin Wang waited in an inn near Tianyong City, where Zhao Xuanzhen was staying alone on a scouting mission.

• Qin Wang healed Li Yunhai of the sinister force in his body and warned him to keep the silver and account books hidden.
• Li Yunhai told Qin Wang that Zheng Lingyun had been searching for him, and Qin Wang said he would deal with Zheng Lingyun before leaving.
• Qin Wang visited Bai Mingliang, learned that Bai Fenghuan had left with her father, and then resumed tracking Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Qin Wang killed Zheng Lingyun, pursued Zhao Xuanzhen, and reached the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining Stage after refining two spirit stones.
• Qin Wang learned that Zhao Xuanzhen would scout ahead for Tang Jianzhong and that the Soul Gathering Bowl could unleash a Soul Gathering Vortex.
• Three months later, Qin Wang waited in Room Three of the Golden Dragon Inn in Tianyong City while Zhao Xuanzhen stayed in Room Eighteen.

Qin Wang reached the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer, tracked down Zhao Xuanzhen, and killed him with the Soul Gathering Vortex and a blade. After acquiring Zhao Xuanzhen’s treasures, Qin Wang headed to reunite with Gao Yuan and Gao Wenjing before entering Qingyun Immortal City.

• Qin Wang concealed his seventh-layer cultivation and followed Zhao Xuanzhen from Golden Dragon Inn to a rented courtyard in Jinyong City.
• Qin Wang used the Soul Gathering Vortex to stun Zhao Xuanzhen, stabbed him to death, and took his Storage Bag.
• Qin Wang found four hundred spirit stones, pills, materials, the Spirit Control Sword Art, and a Worn Iron Fragment in Zhao Xuanzhen’s Storage Bag.
• Qin Wang decided to catch up with Gao Yuan and travel with him to Qingyun Immortal City.
• Gao Yuan and Gao Wenjing discussed entering Qingyun Immortal City when Qin Wang appeared on the street, and Gao Yuan recognized him.

Qin Wang entered Qingyun Immortal City with Gao Yuan and their companions, learned of several threats and opportunities there, and replenished the Black Broken Sword for a deadly strike. After entering the Soul Gathering Bowl, he began refining Zhao Xuanzhen’s soul into a Vengeful Soul Seed.

• Qin Wang read new intel about Qingyun Immortal City, the Mysterious Worn Iron Fragment, the city’s Golden Core experts, and his enemies’ whereabouts.
• Qin Wang replenished the Black Broken Sword with one hundred spirit stones while traveling with Gao Yuan and the others.
• Qin Wang and his companions paid the entry fee, registered, and rented a courtyard at No. 168, Dengxian Garden, in Qingyun Immortal City’s eastern district.
• Qin Wang entered the Soul Gathering Bowl and confronted the souls of his enemies, who remained trapped there instead of entering reincarnation.
• Qin Wang immobilized Zhao Xuanzhen and used ghostly flame to refine his soul into a Vengeful Soul Seed.

Qin Wang refined Zhao Xuanzhen’s soul into a controllable Soul Seed, then explored Qingyun Immortal City and secretly marked Zhao Haifeng with Thousand Mile Soul Chasing Incense. The Daily Intel Panel revealed Zhao Haifeng planned to kill him outside the city, while also uncovering several opportunities, dangers, and secrets around the city.

• Qin Wang tortured Zhao Xuanzhen’s soul, refined it into a Soul Seed, and branded it with his divine sense.
• Qin Wang reviewed his combat abilities and accompanied Gao Yuan and the others to browse shops in Qingyun Immortal City.
• Qin Wang recognized Zhao Haifeng at the Myriad Talisman Workshop, planted Thousand Mile Soul Chasing Incense on him, and learned he could not safely attack inside the city.
• Qin Wang sensed Zhao Haifeng had settled five li away and waited for a chance to strike beyond the city walls.
• The Daily Intel Panel revealed Zhao Haifeng intended to ambush Qin Wang outside the city and provided intel about a Foundation Establishment auction, the Heavenly Gang Sword, the Mysterious Fragment, Reverse Blood Mad Demon Incense, and other discoveries.

Qin Wang followed Zhao Haifeng into the mountains and discovered him poisoning his companions, Mo Yunyan, Ye Jianhong, and Zhang Yunyou, before turning on them. Qin Wang revealed his superior cultivation and attacked Zhao Haifeng with a soul seed, then seized the group’s belongings.

• Qin Wang reviewed intelligence about Zhao Haifeng, a Nascent Soul inheritance, an auction, and Reverse Blood Mad Demon Incense, then followed Zhao Haifeng out of Qingyun Immortal City.
• Qin Wang watched Zhao Haifeng and his three companions hunt Blood Demon Frogs in a valley on Baishi Mountain.
• Zhao Haifeng poisoned Mo Yunyan, Ye Jianhong, and Zhang Yunyou and accused them of betraying him; he used his White Jade Mouse to expose Mo Yunyan’s affair.
• Zhao Haifeng maimed Ye Jianhong, Zhang Yunyou, and Mo Yunyan while they lay helpless from the poison.
• Qin Wang confronted Zhao Haifeng, revealed his Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer cultivation, and sent a soul seed into Zhao Haifeng.
• Qin Wang trapped the fleeing White Jade Mouse and took all four Storage Bags, along with a green pouch from Zhao Haifeng.

Qin Wang turned Zhao Haifeng into the puppet Zhao Hunyi, killed the incapacitated cultivators, and returned to Qingyun Immortal City with valuable loot. After testing purified pills to speed his cultivation, he received new intel about his White Jade Mouse and a mysterious soul in the Yellowed Jade Slip, and decided to investigate the slip.

• Qin Wang named Zhao Haifeng’s soul-seed puppet Zhao Hunyi, then killed Mo Yunyan, Ye Jianhong, and Zhang Yunyou and left with his new servant.
• Qin Wang tested Zhao Hunyi’s strength by ordering him to kill a Rhinoceros Demon, then discovered the White Jade Mouse and seized 880 spirit stones, pills, materials, and magic artifacts from the group’s belongings.
• Qin Wang returned to Qingyun Immortal City, met Li Qiye at the gate, and agreed to go into the mountains with him sometime.
• Qin Wang bought Spirit Yuan Pills, Solid Yuan Pills, and Law Gathering Pills, purified them with the Treasure Bowl, and found that the pills raised his cultivation proficiency efficiently.
• Qin Wang’s updated intel identified the White Jade Mouse as a rare Trace-Seeking Spirit Rat and a runaway, revealed opportunities involving Li Qiye and the Situ Family, and suggested he send his divine sense into the Yellowed Jade Slip.
• Qin Wang considered the intel about the Yellowed Jade Slip and decided to investigate the mysterious soul within it.

Qin Wang met Wu Su, the trapped sword prodigy, and received the upper scroll of the Otherworldly Sword Art in exchange for seeking Soul Nurturing Wood. After upgrading his Daily Intel Panel, he discovered it could track karmic connections and improve the proficiency of spells and cultivation methods, then began training the sword art.

• Qin Wang entered the Soul Locking Jade and spoke with Wu Su, who explained that her Primordial Spirit would dissipate without Soul Nurturing Wood and that she wanted revenge on her enemy.
• Wu Su gave Qin Wang the Otherworldly Sword Art: Upper Scroll and promised to teach him the lower scroll if he found Soul Nurturing Wood.
• Qin Wang comprehended the sword art, then upgraded his Daily Intel Panel and discovered its new karmic intel and proficiency-training functions.
• Qin Wang bought pills at dawn, returned to his residence, and cultivated the Otherworldly Sword Art in seclusion.
• After three days, Qin Wang reached Beginner level in the Otherworldly Sword Art and found that pills and cultivation could now increase its proficiency.