Chapter Summaries

Qin Wang forced Situ Yunfei to become his servant by binding him with Soul Blood, then gave Wu Su the thousand-year Soul Nurturing Wood to restore her Primordial Spirit. With Wu Su's help, Qin Wang prepared to eliminate Chu Ping, the Eighteenth Prince pursuing him.

• Qin Wang confronted Situ Yunfei in the Soul Gathering Bowl and demanded he become a servant rather than trade information about Golden Core opportunities for freedom.
• Situ Yunfei accepted Qin Wang's terms and handed over his Soul Blood, allowing Qin Wang to control his soul.
• Qin Wang confirmed Wu Su had entered the thousand-year Soul Nurturing Wood, and she thanked him and warned him about Chu Yunxiao's divine sense and Chu Ping's pursuit.
• Qin Wang left with Zhang Fujiang and planned to lure Chu Ping into a Yin Yang Illusory Array, where Situ Yunfei, the Mutated Earth Dragon Beast King, Mu Hunyi, and Wu Su would attack him.

Qin Wang prepared an ambush for Eighteenth Prince Chu Ping, adding two powerful formations to the Yin Yang Illusory Array. At dawn, Chu Ping and his followers arrived near the forest, where Qin Wang waited.

• Qin Wang examined Situ Yunfei’s Storage Bag and found spirit stones, pills, treasures, and other valuable items while fleeing with Zhang Fujiang.
• Qin Wang reached the forest and confirmed that the Yin Yang Illusory Array concealed it as a grassland, then learned that Situ Yunfei had two additional formation sets.
• Qin Wang ordered Zhang Fujiang and Situ Yunfei to stack the Four Symbols Annihilation Array and Thunder Sound Array with the illusion array for the ambush.
• Qin Wang and his hidden allies waited through the night as a red bird continued tracking his location.
• At dawn, Chu Ping led eight cultivators toward the forest, and Chu Zhang confirmed that Qin Wang was the person they had pursued.

Qin Wang lured Chu Ping and his cultivators into an ambush, killed them, and seized Chu Ping’s Divine Sense Jade Pendant. He later worried about Wu Su’s battle against Chu Yunxiao’s divine sense inside the pendant.

• Chu Ping sent nine cultivators to surround Qin Wang, who feigned retreat and drew Chu Zhang and five others into his arrays.
• Qin Wang killed Chu Zhang and captured his soul in the Soul Gathering Bowl while Chu Ping waited outside the woods.
• The Earth Dragon Beast King ambushed Chu Ping, and Wu Su entered the jade pendant to confront Chu Yunxiao’s divine sense as Qin Wang took it.
• Qin Wang ordered the Earth Dragon Beast King to swallow Chu Ping, collected his soul and Storage Bag, and left after his allies killed the remaining female cultivator and erased the evidence.
• Three hours later, Qin Wang examined the jade pendant and thousand-year Soul Nurturing Wood in a cave, fearing Chu Yunxiao’s divine sense might escape Wu Su.

Qin Wang sent Situ Yunfei into the divine sense jade pendant, where Wu Su used him to help destroy Chu Yunxiao’s divine sense incarnation. Chu Yunxiao sensed its destruction and ordered Emperor Chu Wuya to investigate the Myriad Spirits Blessed Land exit, leaving Heavenly Chu mobilizing against the unknown culprit.

• Qin Wang released Situ Yunfei and sent him into the jade pendant to scout the battle between Wu Su and Chu Yunxiao’s divine sense.
• The jade pendant shattered, and Wu Su told Qin Wang she had crushed Chu Yunxiao’s divine sense with Situ Yunfei’s help before retreating into the Soul Nurturing Wood to recover.
• Wu Su inspected Chu Ping’s Storage Bag and found no problem, then Situ Yunfei entered the Soul Nurturing Wood to recover as well.
• Chu Yunxiao felt his divine sense incarnation’s destruction, erupted in fury, and suspected that Chu Ping had fallen.
• Chu Yunxiao ordered Emperor Chu Wuya to send people to the Myriad Spirits Blessed Land exit and investigate the culprit.

Qin Wang sorted the spoils from Chu Ping and his allies, gaining spirit stones, a third Mysterious Fragment, and five Azure Nether Small Swords, then continued searching for Murong Chenggao. The updated intel revealed threats near the Myriad Spirits Blessed Land and warned that the limping cultivator Wanyan Meng brought misfortune to anyone who came too close.

• Qin Wang counted his gains from Chu Ping and the eight cultivators under Chu Yun, including 115,000 spirit stones, five Azure Nether Small Swords, and a third Mysterious Fragment.
• Qin Wang left Chu Ping's Storage Bag behind after feeding it to a Bloodline Venom-Spitting Python, then traveled with Zhang Fujiang to search for Murong Chenggao and the Spirit Sealing Breath Concealment Technique.
• Qin Wang passed a limping female cultivator in black who had gathered Illusory Spirit Grass and continued on without approaching her.
• Qin Wang and his puppets dug a cave, where he took a purified Condensing Law Pill to improve his cultivation proficiency.
• Qin Wang's updated intel identified the female cultivator as Wanyan Meng, warned that she carried a curse, and revealed that Chu Wuya had sent powerful cultivators to hunt for Chu Ping's killer.

Qin Wang learned that the mysterious fragments could grant great power and cautiously reviewed several threats before following the Thousand Mile Soul Chasing Incense to Murong Chenggao. He killed Murong Chenggao and his companions, captured their souls, and found a copper sheet containing the Spirit Sealing Breath Concealment Technique.

• Qin Wang read intelligence about Xian Jiu's Mysterious Fragments, Chu Yunxiao's search, Luoxian Mountain, and the ill-fated cultivator Bane Star.
• Chu Ping begged Qin Wang to release him, but Qin Wang began refining him into a Soul Seed.
• Qin Wang and Zhang Fujiang followed the Thousand Mile Soul Chasing Incense and found Murong Chenggao, who carried a fragment of the Barbarian God Shield.
• Murong Chenggao, Murong Yan, and Murong De attacked Qin Wang, but the Earth Dragon Beast King seized Murong Chenggao while Mu Hunyi killed Murong Yan and struck down Murong De.
• The Earth Dragon Beast King swallowed Murong Chenggao, and Qin Wang collected the three souls and Murong Chenggao's Storage Bag.
• Qin Wang found a larger copper sheet in the Storage Bag and recognized it as containing the Spirit Sealing Breath Concealment Technique.

Qin Wang learned that spirit-communing herbs could greatly improve the chances of Foundation Establishment and traveled to find one. In the northwest of the Myriad Spirits Blessed Land, he encountered Li Qiye amid a dispute over a herb, just as Zhang Han and Gu Tianhao prepared to duel.

• Qin Wang took Zhang Fujiang northwest after Zhang Fujiang burned the corpses of Murong Chenggao and two other cultivators and handed over their Storage Bags.
• A cultivator told Qin Wang that spirit-communing herbs were drawing cultivators across the Myriad Spirits Blessed Land, and Qin Wang decided to seek one.
• Qin Wang swallowed a Condensing Law Pill while traveling with Zhang Fujiang and arrived in the northwest five days later.
• Qin Wang spotted Li Qiye fleeing with Spirit Medicine Immortal Sect disciples while disciples from other sects pursued them over a spirit-communing herb.
• Zhang Han challenged Gu Tianhao to a duel over the herb as onlookers noted that both cultivators ranked eighth on the Southern Domain Hidden Dragon Ranking.
• Qin Wang learned how spirit-communing herbs formed and suspected that Li Qiye had found one.

Qin Wang learned more about the Southern Region’s powerful Qi Refining prodigies and devised a plan to take five Nine-Leaf Red Velvet Fruits guarded by third-tier demon toads. He used Monster Luring Illusion Incense to draw the toads away, and his Earth Dragon Beast King collected all five fruits before the other cultivators could reach them.

• Qin Wang heard that many Latent Dragon Ranking prodigies had pursued strongest Foundation Establishment, and learned that Holy Son Wan Daoyi held the top position.
• Zhang Fujiang pointed out Li Shentong, but Li Shentong recognized Qin Wang as Mei Changxin and withdrew rather than risk confronting him.
• Qin Wang followed reports of five Nine-Leaf Red Velvet Fruits and saw a third-tier demon toad swallow a cultivator who tried to harvest them.
• Qin Wang sent Zhang Fujiang to ignite ten packets of Monster Luring Illusion Incense and positioned his people and the Earth Dragon Beast King near the fruits.
• The three demon toads left the ravine to pursue the incense, and the Earth Dragon Beast King collected all five fruits before the other cultivators could seize them.

Qin Wang used the Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow to advance to the twelfth layer of the Qi Refining Stage while Chu Ba investigated the death of Chu Ping. When Jiang Ping appeared outside his cave, Qin Wang confronted her, and she recognized him as Zhao Yulong.

• Qin Wang sent the Earth Dragon Beast King away underground and retreated with his companions to a cave abode a hundred li from the deep ravine.
• Zhang Fujiang escaped the demon beasts drawn by his master's scent and hurried to rendezvous with Qin Wang.
• Qin Wang absorbed purified Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow for a day and a half, advancing from the eleventh to the twelfth layer of the Qi Refining Stage.
• Chu Ba learned from Jin Fengyun that Chu Ping and his guards had fallen while pursuing the cultivator who took the ancient Spirit Gathering Formation Disk, and ordered an investigation.
• Qin Wang sensed Jiang Ping outside his cave and confronted her, reminding her of their encounter near Qingyun Immortal City; she recognized him as Zhao Yulong.

Qin Wang killed Jiang Ping and discovered that joining seven Barbarian God Shield fragments unlocked the powerful Barbarian God Guardian, which rebounded Zhang Fujiang’s attack. He returned to cultivation, while the updated intel revealed Jiang Ping’s soul still possessed her bewitching talent.

• Qin Wang ordered Mu Hunyi to kill Jiang Ping after refusing her offer to become his servant, and the Soul Gathering Bowl collected her soul.
• Qin Wang assembled seven Barbarian God Shield fragments and gained the Barbarian God Guardian incantation.
• Qin Wang summoned the blood-red guardian, which rebounded Zhang Fujiang’s sword strike and heavily injured him.
• Qin Wang gave Zhang Fujiang healing pills, put away the shield fragments, and returned to cultivating with Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow.
• The updated intel revealed that Jiang Ping’s soul retained its bewitching talent.

Qin Wang learned that Yu Liangcai of the Tianyyao Chamber of Commerce was wearing the Mysterious Fragment, then used Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm. The chapter ended with Qin Wang discovering that his divine sense reached thirteen li.

• Qin Wang read the intelligence about Yu Liangcai and decided he had to obtain the Mysterious Fragment.
• Qin Wang continued training in the Myriad Spirits Blessed Land until his Qi Refining proficiency reached 20,000.
• Wu Su advised Qin Wang to use Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow to attempt a breakthrough, and Qin Wang drank from two bottles.
• Qin Wang condensed his Magic Power into liquid and successfully established his foundation as a spiritual energy vortex formed above his cave abode.
• Qin Wang opened his eyes as a Foundation Establishment True Person and discovered that his divine sense could reach thirteen li.

After advancing to Foundation Establishment, Qin Wang upgraded his cultivation skill and learned to ride a spirit sword. He left the hillside to seek Yu Liangcai’s Mysterious Fragment, but avoided Wanyan Meng when he spotted her gathering herbs.

• Qin Wang upgraded the Five Elements Condensing Yuan Skill into the Five Elements Solid Yuan Skill and found that it refined spiritual energy twice as fast.
• Qin Wang refined the Purple Moon Sword, tested its size-changing spirit formula, and set out with Zhang Fujiang to practice sword flight.
• Qin Wang practiced riding the sword over the wilderness while keeping his Foundation Establishment breakthrough hidden from other cultivators.
• Qin Wang decided to find Yu Liangcai and obtain his Mysterious Fragment before leaving the Myriad Spirits Blessed Land.
• Qin Wang spotted Wanyan Meng picking a spirit herb and immediately changed direction to avoid her.

Qin Wang concealed his new Foundation Establishment cultivation with the Spirit Locking Breath Concealment Method while continuing to cultivate in the Myriad Spirits Blessed Land. The updated intel revealed several new leads, including the Sima Family’s possible knowledge of the technique’s Golden Core volume and the Mysterious Fragment’s transfer to Ji Yan’er.

• Cultivators outside Qin Wang’s abandoned cave guessed that Sima Rui had broken through to Foundation Establishment, and Zhao Kuangzong and Gu Tianhao resolved to cultivate in seclusion after leaving the blessed land.
• Qin Wang noticed that Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow raised his proficiency more slowly after his breakthrough and decided to learn the Spirit Locking Breath Concealment Method.
• Qin Wang cultivated the method until he could conceal his Foundation Establishment aura as the tenth layer of Qi Refining, then continued training with the Five Elements Solid Yuan Skill.
• Qin Wang’s daily intel revealed that the seventh prince had killed Yu Liangcai and Ji Yan’er had taken his Mysterious Fragment, while the Sima Family might know where to find the method’s Golden Core volume.
• Qin Wang reconsidered his plans and decided he would need to seek Ji Yan’er for the Mysterious Fragment.

Qin Wang prepared an ambush in Blood Crocodile Swamp for Seventh Prince Yan Wushuang, while Yan Wushuang arrived with his companions and learned that Qin Wang had a rare Trace-Seeking Spirit Rat. Yan Wushuang became interested in acquiring the rat, leaving Qin Wang’s plan poised to unfold.

• Qin Wang brought Little White to Blood Crocodile Swamp to gather spirit herbs and set up three arrays ahead of Yan Wushuang’s expected arrival.
• Yan Wushuang heard that Sima Rui might have reached Foundation Establishment, then decided to wait in the swamp for Myriad Spirits Blessed Land to close.
• Qin Wang and Zhang Fujiang waited near the swamp with their arrays and concealed allies as Yan Wushuang’s group approached.
• Two cultivators noticed Little White return with three Illusion Heart Grass plants and questioned Qin Wang, who claimed to be a rogue cultivator and refused to sell the rat.
• Yan Wushuang arrived with Ji Yan'er and his companions, and Yan Lin told him that Qin Wang’s rat might be a rare Trace-Seeking Spirit Rat.
• Yan Wushuang recognized the rat’s value and became interested in obtaining it.

Qin Wang revealed his Foundation Establishment strength, trapped Yan Wushuang in a formation, and killed him despite his threats and Purple Lightning Divine Bullet. He then eliminated Yan Wushuang’s companions, erased the evidence, and entered the Soul Gathering Bowl, where he considered what to do with Jiang Ping’s soul.

• Yan Wushuang and his companions attacked Qin Wang, who revealed his Foundation Establishment cultivation and killed three guards with one sword strike.
• Yan Wushuang fled into Qin Wang’s formation and threatened him with a Purple Lightning Divine Bullet, but Qin Wang killed him and collected his soul.
• Qin Wang and his allies defeated the remaining cultivators, captured Ji Yan’er’s body, and erased all traces of the battle before leaving.
• One day later, Qin Wang entered the Soul Gathering Bowl and tormented Yan Wushuang’s soul while Ji Yan’er’s soul watched.
• Qin Wang considered combining Jiang Ping’s soul with Ji Yan’er’s body, but decided to keep Jiang Ping for now because he feared retaliation from the Jiang Family’s ancestor.

Qin Wang left his cave after learning of a treasure beam over Myriad Spirits Lake, where Southern Domain cultivators gathered to investigate an ancient formation. As Zhang Fujiang identified the ranking geniuses nearby, Tang Jianzhong’s master warned him to avoid Qin Wang, whose concealed cultivation and powerful divine sense marked him as a dangerous Foundation Establishment cultivator.

• Qin Wang burned Ji Yan'er and Chu Ping with netherfire in the Soul Gathering Bowl before Zhang Fujiang reported a treasure beam to the northwest.
• Qin Wang decided to head to Myriad Spirits Lake with his companions, and Zhang Fujiang prepared to leave.
• Tang Jianzhong’s master judged that an incomplete Ancient Formation lay beneath Myriad Spirits Lake and warned Tang Jianzhong not to challenge the Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered there.
• Tang Jianzhong noticed Qin Wang, whose apparent tenth-level Qi Refining cultivation concealed Foundation Establishment, and his master urged him to befriend or avoid Qin Wang.
• Zhang Fujiang introduced Qin Wang to several Southern Domain ranking talents and explained that Qin Wang had entered the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

Qin Wang inspected Yan Wushuang’s Storage Bag and combined six Mysterious Fragments to obtain the Soul Shocking Cone, a divine sense attack technique. The updated intel warned him about the Demon Emperor sealed beneath Myriad Spirits Lake and pointed him toward the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty for information about the fragments.

• Qin Wang found abundant treasures in Yan Wushuang’s Storage Bag, including three Mysterious Fragments, and went to a secluded cave with his followers.
• Qin Wang joined all six Mysterious Fragments, received the Soul Shocking Cone technique, and recorded its cultivation method on a jade slip.
• The updated intel revealed that a Demon Emperor was sealed beneath Myriad Spirits Lake and that taking the Demon-Sealing Mirror could let the Demon Emperor’s remnant possess Qin Wang.
• Qin Wang learned that the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty might know about the Mysterious Fragments and resolved to find the rest and surpass Xian Jiu.

As Myriad Spirits Blessed Land closed, Qin Wang abandoned his search for Thick Earth Nether Water and disguised himself to escape notice after killing Chu Ping and Yan Wushuang. He headed for Myriad Spirits Market while the Chu Family investigated the cultivators leaving the area, and Wu Su assured him that Qin Wang’s concealed aura would evade their detection.

• Qin Wang learned that Thick Earth Nether Water lay at the bottom of Myriad Spirits Lake and gave up trying to obtain it because of the Demon Emperor sealed there.
• As Myriad Spirits Blessed Land closed, Qin Wang was transported near a river with other cultivators and set out for Myriad Spirits Market disguised as a tenth-level Qi Refining cultivator.
• Chu Hanxing ordered Foundation Establishment cultivators to search for the murderer of Chu Ping, while Qin Wang summoned Zhang Fujiang to join him.
• Thirty li from Myriad Spirits Market, Chu Chuyang stopped Qin Wang and nearly a hundred other cultivators to investigate Chu Ping’s death.
• Wu Su told Qin Wang that his divine sense had concealed Qin Wang’s aura and cultivation, so Chu Chuyang would not detect him.

After escaping the Chu Family’s scrutiny, Qin Wang returned to Myriad Spirits Market to prepare for cultivating the Soul Shocking Cone and encountered Zhang Panpan. He delivered Jiang Fan’s final letter and belongings to her, then asked her to help him learn more about the Old Parchment Scroll.

• Chu Chuyang left Spiritual Sense Marks on the cultivators who had entered Myriad Spirits Blessed Land, and Wu Su offered to remove and transfer Qin Wang’s mark.
• Qin Wang returned to Myriad Spirits Market and bought Illusion God Grass to support his cultivation of the Soul Shocking Cone.
• Qin Wang saw Zhang Panpan and Wan Miao at Heavenly Talisman Tower and asked Zhang Panpan to speak with him privately.
• Qin Wang told Zhang Panpan that Jiang Fan had died, gave her his letter and belongings, and revealed where his sealed cave dwelling lay.
• Zhang Panpan offered Qin Wang a reward, but he asked her instead to help him investigate the Old Parchment Scroll.

Qin Wang received an Old Parchment Scroll from Zhang Panpan and planned to hide from the Heavenly Chu Dynasty while preparing to seek resources and clues from the Sima Family. Updated intel revealed that Chu Yunxiao had sent Golden Core cultivators to capture and soul-search suspects, leaving Qin Wang resolved to stay put.

• Zhang Panpan gave Qin Wang an Old Parchment Scroll before leaving for Great Cang Kingdom, while Wan Miao returned toward her sect.
• Qin Wang decided to cultivate the Soul Shocking Cone, evade Chu Yunxiao’s search, and eventually seek the Sima Family’s information on several treasures and techniques.
• Qin Wang returned to his shack, organized his belongings, had Zhang Fujiang wait nearby, and began preparing and cultivating the Soul Shocking Cone.
• Daily intel revealed that Chu Chuyang had marked Qin Wang and that Heavenly Chu Golden Core cultivators planned to capture and soul-search marked suspects.
• Qin Wang learned that fulfilling Venerable Qingyao’s final wish would bring him great help in the future, and decided to remain hidden in the shacks.