Chapter Summaries

Qin Wang decided to leave Myriad Spirits Market for the Five Poisons Swamp as the Heavenly Chu Dynasty intensified its search for Yan Wushuang’s killer. He and Zhang Fujiang passed a checkpoint, but a Foundation Establishment cultivator secretly marked them, forcing Qin Wang to ask Wu Su to remove the marks.

• Qin Wang ordered Zhang Fujiang to watch Situ Chengjian, then planned to leave the market and help Zhang Fujiang advance to Foundation Establishment.
• After five days of growing searches, Zhang Fujiang reported that Situ Chengjian had left for the Five Poisons Swamp and that he had tracked him with Thousand Mile Soul Chasing Incense.
• Qin Wang and Zhang Fujiang set out for the Five Poisons Swamp, with Qin Wang concealing his cultivation as they approached the market gate.
• Heavenly Chu cultivators inspected Qin Wang and Zhang Fujiang at the checkpoint and allowed them to leave after a Foundation Establishment cultivator examined them.
• Qin Wang detected that the Foundation Establishment cultivator had placed Spiritual Sense Marks on both of them and asked Wu Su to remove the marks.

Qin Wang set an ambush in the Five Poisons Swamp and killed Chu Chucheng, a Foundation Establishment cultivator investigating the death of the Tianchu Eighteenth Prince. He collected Chu Chucheng’s soul for another puppet and ordered Zhang Fujiang to erase the evidence before they left.

• Qin Wang removed the Spiritual Sense Marks left by the Chu Family and traveled to the Five Poisons Swamp to prepare for Chu Chucheng’s pursuit.
• Qin Wang had Zhang Fujiang set up three arrays and positioned Mu Hunyi and the Earth Dragon Beast King to ambush the arriving cultivator.
• Chu Chucheng demanded that Qin Wang and Zhang Fujiang accompany him for questioning, then attacked Zhang Fujiang when he refused.
• The arrays trapped Chu Chucheng, and the Earth Dragon Beast King and Qin Wang wounded him; Chu Chucheng realized Qin Wang was a Foundation Establishment cultivator and suspected he had killed Chu Ping.
• Qin Wang, Mu Hunyi, and the Earth Dragon Beast King overwhelmed Chu Chucheng, and Qin Wang collected his soul before ordering Zhang Fujiang to remove the traces and leave.

Qin Wang promised Zhang Fujiang a Foundation Establishment Pill and fled with him while Golden Core cultivators searched for the killer of Chu Ping. The Chu brothers learned that Chu Chucheng had perished while pursuing two Qi Refining Stage cultivators, strengthening their suspicion that the pair were the murderers.

• Qin Wang gave Zhang Fujiang the Foundation Establishment Pill taken from Yan Wushuang and promised him further support if he served faithfully.
• Wu Su advised Qin Wang to hide and conceal his aura, so Qin Wang and Zhang Fujiang traveled away from Myriad Spirits Blessed Land toward the Sima Family.
• Chu Hanchen, Chu Hanfeng, and Chu Hanxing discussed their failed search for the person who killed Chu Ping and destroyed the ancestor's Spiritual Sense Clone.
• Chu Hanchen received word that Chu Chucheng had disappeared after pursuing two Qi Refining Stage cultivators near Five Poisons Swamp.
• Chu Hanchen concluded that the two cultivators who killed Chu Chucheng might also be the murderers they were hunting.

Zhang Panpan found Jiang Fan’s remains and letters, mourned him, and left to avenge his death. After Zhang Fujiang reached Foundation Establishment, Qin Wang hid with him in Fierce Tiger Town, where they met the abused orphan Shi San and took shelter at his home; Qin Wang’s intel revealed Shi San had extraordinary comprehension and would become a powerful ally.

• Chu Hanfeng, Chu Hanxing, and Chu Hanchen set out for Five Poisons Swamp.
• Zhang Panpan discovered Jiang Fan’s remains and her preserved letters in a cave, then gathered them and left to avenge him.
• Zhang Fujiang successfully reached Foundation Establishment with Qin Wang’s help, and Qin Wang concealed both their cultivations before they headed for Fierce Tiger Town.
• Qin Wang and Zhang Fujiang met Shi San crying at his mother’s grave, and Qin Wang bought him food and followed him home.
• Shi San showed Qin Wang his dilapidated shack, where Qin Wang and Zhang Fujiang stayed to hide.
• Qin Wang’s daily intel identified Shi San as exceptionally perceptive and destined to become a powerful aid to him.

Qin Wang learned that the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty suspected him of killing Chu Chucheng and planned to have the Spirit Beast Sect hunt him in the Yue Kingdom. In Fierce Tiger Town, he accepted Shi San as his first disciple after discovering the boy had dual metal and earth spiritual roots.

• Qin Wang decided to stop using the name Qin Tiedan and lie low to avoid the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty's search.
• Qin Wang resolved to protect Shi San from his cruel second mother, Wu Yongqian.
• Shi San asked Qin Wang to teach him martial arts so he would no longer fear his second mother, and Qin Wang accepted him as his first disciple.
• Qin Wang tested Shi San's spiritual roots and found that he had dual metal and earth spiritual roots.
• Qin Wang prepared to teach Shi San the Five Elements Gathering Yuan Skill.

Qin Wang hid in Jinyang City while the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty raised its bounty for Qin Tiedan and Zhang Fujiang, and he helped Shi San begin cultivating. The chapter left Qin Wang warned that Shi San’s Second Mother, Wu Yongqian, planned to search the rear room that night, where he was hiding.

• Qin Wang had Zhang Fujiang teach Shi San the Five Elements Gathering Yuan Skill, and Shi San condensed a wisp of Magic Power after two and a half days.
• Li Qiye, Qin Xuemei, and Zhang Panpan saw the wanted notice for Qin Tiedan and worried about Qin Wang’s safety.
• Chu Hanchen and Chu Hanxing decided to increase the bounty for Qin Tiedan and Zhang Fujiang by offering additional treasures.
• Wu Yongqian accused Shi San of stealing money, but Shi San used his newfound strength to fend her off and drive her away.
• Qin Wang told Shi San to keep his presence secret, then learned through his daily intel that Wu Yongqian suspected the money was hidden in the rear room and planned to search it that night.

Qin Wang learned that Jin Wuyuan’s tracking spirit rat could lead the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty to him, so he prepared to flee Fierce Tiger Town and gave Shi San supplies and cultivation resources. Shi San’s father and second mother then arrived and beat him, leaving him to face the abuse with bitter resignation.

• Qin Wang realized Shi San’s second mother had two Azure Nether Small Swords, noted a body-cultivation scroll was in the Tianji Mountain Range, and learned about a Spirit Beast Nurturing Art that could help his rat advance.
• Qin Wang discovered Jin Wuyuan’s Scent-Tracking Spirit Rat could follow his scent from the shanties, so he woke Shi San, gave him cultivation techniques, spells, and five hundred spirit stones, and urged him to leave the house after Qin Wang fled.
• Shi San agreed to leave Fierce Tiger Town after Qin Wang explained that the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty was pursuing him.
• Shi Zhonghai and Wu Yongqian arrived, and Shi Zhonghai accused Shi San of stealing money and hurting his second mother before slapping and beating him with a bamboo switch.
• Shi San denied stealing and refused to apologize, then told his father to beat him to death, saying a motherless child was only a blade of grass.

Qin Wang recovered the Two Serene Ghost Swords and Old Parchment Scroll, then traveled to the Tianji Mountain Range and obtained the Pictographic Silver Scroll from a Demon Carp. Shi San left Fierce Tiger Town with a small bundle, while Qin Wang and Zhang Fujiang departed with the scroll.

• Qin Wang healed Shi San, gave him silver and protective talismans, and accepted Shi San's decision to leave Fierce Tiger Town.
• Qin Wang sent Zhang Fujiang into Shi Zhonghai's house to retrieve the Two Serene Ghost Swords and Old Parchment Scroll, then left with him for the Tianji Mountain Range.
• Qin Wang summoned Situ Yunfei and sent his Golden Core Primordial Spirit into a ravine to find the Demon Carp.
• Situ Yunfei brought the Demon Carp to the ravine's edge, and Qin Wang took the pale silver scroll from its belly.
• Shi San packed a small bundle, looked toward the tiled houses, and walked out of town without looking back.

Qin Wang used the daily intel to learn how to evade Jin Wuyuan’s tracking and traveled to Huoyao Immortal City to gather ingredients for Spirit Locking Breath Changing Soup. He bought a pile of Xin Zhu Root that appeared to match the missing ingredient, Xin Gui Zi.

• Shi Zhonghai found Shi San missing from the earthen house and rushed to search for him at the market.
• Qin Wang learned that Jin Wuyuan was ten days from tracking him down and obtained the formula for Spirit Locking Breath Changing Soup.
• Qin Wang learned from the intel that a mysterious Immortal Palace lay beneath the Tianji Mountain Range and that the key to his Pictographic Silver Scroll was with the Murong Family.
• Qin Wang and Zhang Fujiang traveled to Huoyao Immortal City to find Xin Gui Zi, the only ingredient missing from his Storage Bag.
• Qin Wang found Xin Zhu Root at a stall and bought the entire pile for five spirit stones.

Qin Wang changed his aura with Spirit Locking Breath Changing Soup and considered stirring up conflict against the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty to distract it from hunting him. Chu Hanfeng and Jin Wuyuan followed Qin Wang’s trail to Huoyao Immortal City, where it abruptly ended, leaving them uncertain whether he had concealed his aura or been killed.

• Qin Wang drank Spirit Locking Breath Changing Soup, erased his traces at the inn, and left Huoyao Immortal City to put distance between himself and his pursuers.
• Qin Wang considered exposing information about Chu Yunxiao’s inheritance and Chu Wuya’s imprisonment of the Phoenix Yao Holy Son to provoke enemies of the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty.
• Six days later, Jin Wuyuan and Chu Hanfeng used a Scent-Tracking Spirit Rat to follow Qin Wang’s trail from Fierce Tiger Town toward the Tianji Mountain Range.
• Chu Hanfeng soul-searched Second Aunt after she denied seeing the person in his portrait, then left her behind.
• Three days later, Jin Wuyuan’s Scent-Tracking Spirit Rat led him and Chu Hanfeng to the inn where Qin Wang had stayed, but it could not track his aura beyond the room.
• Chu Hanfeng and Jin Wuyuan considered whether Qin Wang had been killed or had concealed his aura, then decided to consult Huoyao Immortal City’s Golden Core Cultivators.

Qin Wang completed the initial refinement of nine Azure Nether Small Swords, reaching minor mastery of the Azure Sword Array, and planned to use his Soul Seeds to stir conflict against the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty. His refreshed intelligence revealed new threats and opportunities across the Southern Region.

• Qin Wang completed the initial refinement of nine Azure Nether Small Swords and tested their power as a minor Azure Sword Array.
• Qin Wang named Chu Chucheng's refined body Chu Hunsi and planned to sacrifice Soul Seeds to expose information and provoke war against Tianchu.
• Qin Wang examined Chu Ping's belongings and consumed purified pills to improve his cultivation while seeking more intelligence about Tianchu.
• Qin Wang learned that a Tianchu Nascent Soul puppet had been completed using the former body of a Tuoba Family cultivator killed by Chu Yunxiao.
• Qin Wang learned that Chen Yi had advanced rapidly at the Taiyi Sword Sect and was preparing to return home under his senior disciple brother's protection.
• Qin Wang's intelligence revealed that Jin Wuyuan and Chu Hanfeng had gone to Jinrui Immortal City, while Jiu Zi attended an auction in Tannan Market and Lu Yunhai searched for Jin Xing and Situ Yunfei.

Qin Wang planned to seek the Murong Family’s key to the Pictographic Silver Scroll while cultivating in seclusion. Meanwhile, Chu Yunxiao learned that damaging secrets about the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty had spread throughout the Southern Region and suspected someone was targeting his dynasty.

• Qin Wang reviewed intelligence about the Murong Family’s key and the Sima Family’s treasures, then took a Condensing Law Pill to improve his Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• Chu Wuya told Chu Yunxiao that the dynasty had failed to find the murderer who killed Chu Ping and destroyed Chu Yunxiao’s Spiritual Sense Clone.
• Chu Yunxiao ordered a huge reward for the murderer, offering Nascent Soul opportunities for capture or information.
• Chu Wuya showed Chu Yunxiao a jade slip detailing the dynasty’s secret inheritance, the killing of Tuoba Chunyan and Lan Fenghuang, and the imprisonment of the Phoenix Yao Holy Son.
• Chu Yunxiao questioned who had exposed the secrets, and Chu Wuya said the dynasty was investigating.
• Chu Yunxiao concluded that someone was targeting the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty.

Qin Wang hid in Tannan Market under the alias Li Xiaoye and accepted a position as Murong Qianye’s medicine attendant to get closer to him. Updated intel revealed that Murong Qianye was secretly crafting a demonic artifact and had made Qin Wang one of his targets, while powerful forces were heading to confront the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty.

• Chu Yunxiao ordered Chu Wuya to deny the exposed accusations, destroy the imprisoned Phoenix Holy Son’s corpse, and hunt the person spreading the rumors.
• Qin Wang worked undercover as Li Xiaoye at the Sky Curtain Chamber of Commerce’s Spirit Material Hall while waiting for a chance to approach Murong Qianye.
• Murong Wenyuan offered Li Xiaoye a position as one of Murong Qianye’s alchemy attendants, and Qin Wang accepted.
• Qin Wang’s updated intel revealed that Tuoba Xiongfeng and cultivators from the Great Qi and Great Yan Immortal Dynasties were heading to confront Chu Yunxiao, while Liu Fengchun was leading Phoenix Yao Holy Land forces to demand accountability.
• Qin Wang learned that Murong Qianye was secretly refining a demonic artifact using souls and essence blood, and that Qin Wang had become one of his targets.
• Qin Wang’s intel also revealed that Chen Yi had returned to Yan Yun County City, found the Chen Family ancestral grounds in ruins, and vowed to find the culprit.

Qin Wang reviewed intelligence about Murong Qianye, a Golden Core opportunity, and the Ancient Barbarian God's Left Hand before going with Murong Wenyuan to Qianqiu Mountain Villa. When Murong Wenyuan tried to ambush him at the underground alchemy chamber, Qin Wang revealed his true Qi Refining Stage Tenth Layer cultivation and seized his hand.

• Qin Wang learned that Tuoba Xiongfeng and Liu Fengchun had gone to the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty, and he judged that the resulting trouble would keep the dynasty from pursuing him.
• Qin Wang reviewed intelligence about Murong Qianye's Demonic Dao inheritance, a thousand-year-old Nine-Leaf Golden Wind Grass, and the Ancient Barbarian God's Left Hand, then decided to raise his cultivation before pursuing those opportunities.
• Qin Wang took a Condensing Law Pill to improve his cultivation proficiency.
• Murong Wenyuan invited Li Xiaoye to meet his clan uncle and led him from Tannan Market to Qianqiu Mountain Villa.
• Murong Wenyuan opened a hidden entrance to the underground alchemy chamber and suddenly tried to push Qin Wang inside.
• Qin Wang seized Murong Wenyuan's hand and revealed that his cultivation was at the Qi Refining Stage Tenth Layer.

Qin Wang killed Murong Wenyuan and Murong Qianye with the Azure Nether Sword Array, then discovered valuable artifacts and the key to the Pictographic Silver Scroll among Murong Qianye’s belongings. Meanwhile, Chu Yunxiao faced accusations from Tuoba Xiongfeng and other Nascent Soul Cultivators over Tuoba Chunyan’s death.

• Qin Wang killed Murong Wenyuan with the Otherworldly Sword Art and captured his soul in the Soul Gathering Bowl.
• Murong Qianye appeared, trapped the villa in an array, and attacked Qin Wang with demonic artifacts, but Qin Wang’s Azure Nether Sword Array killed him.
• Qin Wang collected Murong Qianye’s corpse, soul, and Storage Bag, then left Qianqiu Mountain Villa with Zhang Fujiang.
• While Shi Hunyi, Lin Shengbing, Ye Qian, and the others excavated a cave abode in the Tianxia Mountain Range, Qin Wang found demonic artifacts, spirit stones, pills, inheritance manuals, and the key to the Pictographic Silver Scroll in Murong Qianye’s Storage Bag.
• Chu Yunxiao denied the accusations against him and asked Tuoba Xiongfeng and Liu to allow him time to investigate the rumors.
• Tuoba Xiongfeng demanded that Chu Yunxiao explain why Tuoba Chunyan’s soul tablet had shattered after she entered the Heavenly Ruins Forbidden Land with him.

Chu Yunxiao denied accusations against Heavenly Chu Dynasty as Tuoba Family and Phoenix Yao Holy Land pressed him for answers and Old Ancestor Tianxiao’s inheritance. Meanwhile, the Murong Family investigated Murong Qianye’s death, and Yan Honghao learned of Qin Tiedan’s bounty and growing reputation.

• Chu Yunxiao told Tuoba Xiongfeng that Tuoba Chunyan had vanished after being possessed by an Immortal Corpse’s remnant soul in the Heavenly Ruins Forbidden Land.
• Liu Fengchun demanded an explanation for the deaths of Lan Fenghuang and Jing Tianyun, while Chu Yunxiao denied Heavenly Chu Dynasty’s involvement.
• Representatives of Tuoba Family and Phoenix Yao Holy Land offered help investigating the rumor-monger in exchange for access to Old Ancestor Tianxiao’s Spirit Transformation Inheritance, but Chu Yunxiao denied possessing it.
• Murong Ke reported Murong Qianye’s disappearance and shattered soul plaque to Murong Changtian, who ordered an investigation.
• At Cloud Arrival Spirit Tavern, Yan Honghao heard people discuss Qin Tiedan’s bounty and exploits, then expressed his admiration and shock.

Zhang Panpan learned that the exposure of the Heavenly Chu Dynasty’s secrets had drawn attention away from Qin Wang, while Qin Xuemei prepared to establish her foundation. In his cave, Qin Wang unlocked a pictographic inheritance and resolved to improve his cultivation before translating it.

• Zhang Panpan received news that Chu Yunxiao’s Deity Transformation inheritance had been exposed and left Heavenly Maiden Peak on a sect mission, worrying about Qin Wang’s safety.
• Li Shentong heard that the Heavenly Chu Dynasty was hunting Qin Tiedan and Zhang Fujiang, decided Qin Tiedan was too dangerous to pursue, and left to cultivate.
• Qin Xuemei prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment without a pill, keeping the pill from Mu Qianxue as a backup.
• Qin Wang inserted a silver key into the scroll and received a pictographic cultivation chant and humanoid diagram in his mind.
• Qin Wang put away the Myriad Souls Banner and took out a Condensing Law Pill to raise his cultivation proficiency.

Qin Wang rescued the badly injured Witch Clan Heavenly Maiden Jiu Zi after the Jade Blood Toad King's tribulation left her unconscious, and brought her back to his cave dwelling. Meanwhile, the Jade Blood Toad King escaped Tannan Market, and Wanyan Meng survived the destruction before fleeing the area.

• Qin Wang reviewed intelligence about the Star Body Tempering Method, the Barbarian God's Left Hand, and Jiu Zi's injuries, then decided to rescue her.
• Qin Wang killed three tiger demons near Jiu Zi, carried her to his cave dwelling, treated her wounds, and began cultivating while she remained unconscious.
• The Jade Blood Toad King escaped the ruins of Tannan Market with Nascent Soul Realm strength and fled toward the Tianxia Mountain Range.
• Wanyan Meng emerged unharmed from the destruction inside a protective gray cocoon and fled Tannan Market before other cultivators could find her.

Jiu Zi woke after Qin Wang rescued her and explained how her attempt to lift Wanyan Meng’s curse led to a disaster that shattered her Golden Core. Meanwhile, Chu Wuya ordered the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty to use a Witch King’s Witch Soul Tracking to hunt Qin Tiedan.

• Jiu Zi woke three days after Qin Wang saved her and learned that he had found her injured outside Tannan Market.
• Qin Wang gave Jiu Zi the alias Li Xiaoye, and Jiu Zi identified herself as the Witch Clan’s Heavenly Maiden.
• Jiu Zi explained that Wanyan Meng’s curse erupted when she tried to unravel it, turning the Jade Blood Toad King’s tribulation into purple lightning and shattering her Golden Core.
• Qin Wang and Jiu Zi began cultivating as she recovered, while Qin Wang planned to search for the Ancient Barbarian God's Left Hand at Falling Eagle Cliff.
• Chu Wuya told Chu Hanchen to gather everything Qin Tiedan had touched so a Witch King could use Witch Soul Tracking to locate him.

Sima Rui marveled at Qin Tiedan’s rumored deeds, while Gao Wenjing and Gao Yuan wondered whether their acquaintance could really be the wanted cultivator. In a cave, Qin Wang accepted a jade tablet from the recovered Jiu Zi before she went to rescue Wanyan Meng, leaving him considering the danger and possible use of Wanyan Meng’s curse.

• Sima Rui recalled how rumors blamed him for Qin Tiedan’s deeds and expressed curiosity about the Qi Refining cultivator who had destroyed Chu Yunxiao’s Spiritual Sense Clone.
• Gao Wenjing gave Gao Yuan a Storage Bag containing a Wind-Thunder-Fire Blade and spirit stones, then asked whether Qin Tiedan might be the Fellow Daoist Qin they knew.
• Gao Yuan doubted that the early-stage Qi Refining cultivator could have committed the rumored crimes, while he and Gao Wenjing hoped Qin Tiedan would escape the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty.
• After recovering from her injuries, Jiu Zi gave Qin Wang a white jade tablet and promised to repay his kindness if he ever visited the Witch Domain.
• Jiu Zi spotted Wanyan Meng fleeing a gray-robed cultivator, warned Qin Wang to stay two zhang away from Wanyan Meng, and went to help her.
• Jiu Zi killed Wanyan Meng’s pursuer with a witch art, and Wanyan Meng rejoiced to find Jiu Zi alive and recovered.