Chapter Summaries

Qin Yang consulted Ge Tower and Old Ox about a corpse that was developing into a Corpse Chief, then turned to teaching Zhang Zhengyi not to act on greed. The chapter left Qin Yang treating Zhang’s education as a long-term task after Zhang repeatedly fell for his traps and died.

• Qin Yang summoned Ge Tower and Old Ox to inspect the corpse, and they identified it as an immature Corpse Chief that could become dangerous if it reached its peak.
• Ge Tower and Old Ox searched Black Dawn’s records and discovered that Corpse Chiefs had appeared only beside the Lord of the Manor; Old Ox warned Ge Tower not to use Qin Yang.
• Qin Yang prepared a poisonous pill and placed it among tempting items to teach Zhang Zhengyi not to touch things without permission.
• Zhang Zhengyi stole and swallowed the pill, died from its poison, revived, and blamed Qin Yang’s anger over sister-in-law for the trap.
• Zhang Zhengyi disguised himself as Qin Yang and opened a chest of gifts from His Highness, triggering its blades and lightning; Qin Yang then moved his education to the long-term task list.

Lowly Tian Xiao encountered Jia Fude and his master at a remote brewery, where Calamity wine was being prepared for sale to Li Capital’s nobles. The wine reached the Crown Prince’s banquet, while Zhang Zhengyi cautiously delivered gifts to Qin Yang’s residence without touching anything.

• Lowly Tian Xiao followed a lingering wine fragrance to a brewery and met an old man who gave him a jar of different wine.
• The old man scolded Jia Fude for tasting Calamity wine and sent a batch of it to County Magistrate Wang.
• County Magistrate Wang presented the wine to the Crown Prince, and guests at the banquet praised it without knowing it was Calamity.
• Jia Fude resolved to improve his brewing and someday make safe wine for the person he had met before his master.
• Zhang Zhengyi delivered gifts from the Tian clan to Qin Yang’s house, ignored its treasures, and left without triggering any traps.

Qin Yang visited Tian Family Old Ancestor, learned stories that could help him investigate the Dharma Form’s true identity, and gained the Tian clan’s support against the Huang clan. The chapter ended with Qin Yang concluding that the Dharma Form’s true body was most likely a member of the Huang clan.

• Qin Yang advised the forming Corpse Chief to protect its sanity, stay discreet, and grow stronger before seeking revenge.
• Qin Yang accepted valuable gifts from Tian Family Old Ancestor and visited him with treasure soup, while the Tian Family Head hoped the visit would improve the old ancestor’s health.
• Tian Family Old Ancestor told Qin Yang stories about three remarkable women, and their conversation lasted three days.
• The Tian Family Head saw the old ancestor’s improved spirits and invited the Huang Clan Head and his wife to a gathering, hoping to discourage the Huang clan from targeting Qin Yang.
• After Second Sword Lord brought him home, Qin Yang reviewed his findings and decided the Dharma Form’s true body was most likely from the Huang clan.

Qin Yang traced Huang Ying’s hidden influence within the Huang clan but decided against confronting her directly. Instead, he planned to create trouble by posing as a remnant of the Chu Dynasty’s Mu family, and worked with Mo Yang to craft a convincing imitation of the family’s Head Chopping Flying Knife.

• Qin Yang concluded that Huang Ying had quietly protected General Huang and built a powerful network of allies, so he abandoned the idea of moving against her directly.
• Qin Yang decided to give Huang Ying’s side a troublesome ally and chose to assume the identity of a surviving member of the Mu family from the fallen Chu Dynasty.
• Qin Yang summoned Mo Yang and asked him to help craft the Mu family’s lost Head Chopping Flying Knife as a secret treasure.
• Qin Yang and Mo Yang made a Purple Gold Gourd containing Geng Metal Qi, then tested it against the Black Jade Divine Gate and found it could leave a slash on the gate.
• Qin Yang used the Thinking Art to guide the gourd’s white light through Mo Yang’s defenses and cut across his neck, confirming the treasure’s convincing killing power.

Qin Yang disguised himself as a poor Rogue Cultivator and staged a deadly encounter in the Black Forest Sea, hoping the surviving lookout would spread news of his powerful treasure and draw the remnants of the former dynasty to him. The lookout later tracked the stolen goods to the black market and asked Old Hei where Qin Yang had gone, while Old Hei demanded to know his reason.

• Qin Yang left a clone in his residence, disguised himself, and crossed the Black Forest Sea toward the Southern Border.
• Little Hu Zi and three accomplices ambushed Qin Yang, but he killed all four with the Purple Gold Gourd and deliberately spared their hidden lookout.
• Qin Yang sold the robbers' storage rings to Old Hei, then continued north while the surviving lookout recovered three corpses and discovered their belongings were gone.
• The lookout saw Little Hu Zi's ring being resold at a shop and suspected Old Hei and the shopkeeper of running a double act.
• The lookout returned to Old Hei's shop and asked where the person who sold the four rings had gone; Old Hei recognized him as one of Little Hu Zi's men and asked why he wanted the information.

Old Hei learned that Qin Yang was heading toward the Former Chu Dynasty Territory with a powerful Purple Gold Gourd, while Qin Yang traveled there disguised as a poor Rogue Cultivator. A group of cultivators finally ambushed him in the ruins, and Qin Yang pretended to succumb to their poison as the attackers closed in.

• The young road robber told Old Hei about Qin Yang’s Purple Gold Gourd, and Old Hei directed him toward the Former Chu Dynasty Territory.
• Old Hei suspected Qin Yang might be connected to the Mu Clan and considered selling the information.
• Qin Yang disguised himself as a poor Spirit Platform Realm Rogue Cultivator and traveled north through several former Chu Dynasty sites.
• The young road robber gathered seven or eight cultivators to prepare traps and an ambush in the ruins.
• Qin Yang spotted the ambushers with his eye technique but deliberately walked into their poison trap and let the snakes bite him.
• Qin Yang forced some toxin to take effect so the surrounding cultivators would believe he had been poisoned.

Qin Yang survived an ambush, killed most of the attackers, and studied the formation left by the fleeing formation expert. Using its connection to the earth veins, he discovered a hidden Mu Clan chamber and uncovered a cache of Ten Thousand Year Sand, leaving him poised to explore the clan’s concealed treasure.

• Qin Yang broke the attackers’ poison and fire formations, then used the Purple Gold Gourd and his body-refining strength to kill five ambushers.
• The remaining formation expert trapped Qin Yang in an earth-vein illusion formation and fled with the terrified young man; Qin Yang studied his way out and recovered the formation disk.
• Qin Yang used the formation disk and his eye techniques to detect hidden energy beneath the ruins, which he suspected was connected to the Mu Clan.
• Qin Yang burrowed underground and found a concealed chamber filled with immense pressure, where he gathered a large quantity of Ten Thousand Year Sand.
• Qin Yang read murals explaining that the Mu Clan had hidden its belongings in the earth veins and concealed the entrance with Ten Thousand Year Sand, then found a stone door marked with the clan emblem.

Qin Yang uncovered the Mu Clan's hidden library and survived its Blood Sea Array by refining the bloodwater into his body, then studied and broke the array. He collected the Mu Clan's records and left, while a woman emerged from an ancient painting and wondered whose descendant he was.

• Qin Yang deciphered the stone door's hidden method and entered the Mu Clan's Library, where an inscription revealed the purpose of its chambers and inheritance.
• The library transformed into a Blood Sea Array that corroded Qin Yang, so he used the Three Waters Body Sculpting Righteous Method to refine the bloodwater into his body.
• Qin Yang studied the Red Water Array, understood its structure, and dispelled it after seven steps.
• Qin Yang entered the stone chamber, collected its books and records, and promised to pass the Mu Clan's inheritance to a true descendant who did not oppose him.
• After Qin Yang left, the woman in the ancient painting stepped out and wondered whose descendant he was.

Qin Yang escaped the Mu Clan’s hidden chamber with its formation texts and records, while rumors of a possible Mu Clan descendant spread and drew powerful factions to the site. A man ordered Huang Ying to bring the suspected descendant to their side, and the chapter ended with searchers finding the hidden chamber and beginning to break its restrictions.

• The woman in the painting recognized that Qin Yang had passed the Mu Clan’s trials according to the ancestral precepts, then returned to the painting beside the Jade Slip.
• Qin Yang escaped, collected the chamber’s formation texts and records, and studied the Red Water Array’s principles and possible improvements.
• Rumors about Qin Yang’s gourd-shaped killing treasure spread, and Old Hei fled after realizing that his intelligence dealings had linked him to the suspected Mu Clan descendant.
• Huang Ying told the man with the snake-shaped mark that the Huang Clan would stay out of recent affairs and reported the suspected Mu Clan descendant’s appearance.
• The man ordered Huang Ying to contact the descendant and bring him to their side, then reflected on the old saying about Chu destroying Ying.
• Searchers at the former Mu Clan site detected the hidden chamber, found its stone door, and began breaking its restrictions as news of the treasure spread.

Qin Yang fled toward the Eastern Sea after the Mu Clan Secret Chamber was discovered, then visited Little Seventh and planned to return her home. As powerful cultivators entered the chamber, Changxia found a separate inheritance and recognized Qin Yang in a phantom, realizing he was still alive.

• Qin Yang left the Former Chu Dynasty Territory for the Eastern Sea, avoiding the secret chamber as cultivators gathered to break into it.
• Qin Yang visited Little Seventh in the Sea Eye, stopped Black Shadow from teaching her dangerous techniques, and promised to send her home soon.
• Qin Yang learned that Black Shadow had cowed the Blood Transformation Demon Blade’s Demon Head into hiding, then left the Sea Eye to prepare gifts for Little Seventh and another person.
• More than twenty cultivators entered the opened secret chamber, while Changxia discovered a hidden passage and received a Jade Slip and an ancient painting from Shui Mohua.
• Shui Mohua showed Changxia a phantom of Qin Yang, and Changxia recognized his hand movements and wept with relief that he was alive.
• Qin Yang sneezed aboard his flying vessel, tried several divinations that produced contradictory results, and gave up on learning Uncle Meng’s skills.

Qin Yang reached the Eastern Sea while Changxia traveled east with Shui Mohua, convinced he was still alive. In Li Capital, news that the Great Ying Divine Dynasty was hunting the Mu Clan’s surviving descendant forced the old man to leave and intervene.

• Qin Yang arrived above the Eastern Sea and sped toward its nations, hoping to send Little Seventh back and avoid the Great Wilderness’s troubles.
• Changxia recalled the signs that connected Qin Yang to Ji Wudao and continued traveling with Shui Mohua, who urged her to strengthen herself and avoid Li Capital.
• The old man learned that a first-rank Outer Marquis was hunting the Mu Clan’s surviving descendant and decided he could not stand by because of his ties to the Mu Clan.
• The old man ordered Jia Fude to brew a hundred jars of Calamity Wine before he returned, then left in a fury.
• Jia Fude obediently returned to brewing, hoping his Calamity Wine could kill whoever had angered his master.

Qin Yang reached the White Wave Sea, reunited Little Seventh with Verdant Grandma, and explained that he had hidden her to protect her and draw out the person plotting against her. After learning the Orange Cat Boss was safe but asleep after swallowing a sea-wolf tribe and two veins, Qin Yang left, while calamity finally struck the Old Crown Prince in Li Capital.

• Qin Yang learned that the Netherworld Ship was trading in the East Sea and continued south toward the White Wave Sea.
• Old Turtle recognized Qin Yang, lifted the pressure that had pinned him down, and escorted him to the Sea Dragon.
• Qin Yang brought Little Seventh to Verdant Grandma and Old Turtle, then explained that someone had deliberately abducted her to provoke conflict and that he planned to kill the culprit.
• Verdant Grandma confirmed that Old Turtle could keep Little Seventh's return secret, and Qin Yang learned the Orange Cat Boss had swallowed a Sea Wave Tribe branch, a Spirit Stone Vein, and a Fire Fiend Earth Vein before falling asleep.
• Qin Yang secretly left the White Wave Sea, and the Old Crown Prince was struck by calamity after drinking Calamity Wine.

The Old Crown Prince’s order to silence a former confidant exposed his faction’s ties to the Thief Sect, and Emperor Ying confined him indefinitely. Meanwhile, Qin Yang lured the Heavenly Order Guard into White Wave Sea, where the sea folk poisoned Tian Lei, before trapping Tian Lei’s pursuing force in a formation.

• The Old Crown Prince’s attempt to kill a prisoner led to Shadow Mister being linked to the Thief Sect, and Emperor Ying confined the Crown Prince to the Eastern Palace without setting an end date.
• Tian Lei led the Heavenly Order Guard toward White Wave Sea to pursue the Mu Clan remnants, while Jia Fude’s master followed behind them.
• Verdant Grandma ordered Old Turtle to send a Sea Snake after Tian Lei, and the Sea Snake poisoned him before the Guard could locate Qin Yang.
• Qin Yang set up a grand formation around an underwater mountain, and Tian Lei’s Black Jade Flying Boat entered the trap.
• Qin Yang transformed the formation into the Mu Clan’s One Yuan Sea as Tian Lei emerged from the boat.

Qin Yang trapped Tian Lei’s forces in the One Yuan Sea Array and fought Tian Lei, whose poison had flared after he broke through the formation. Yan Hui intervened to save Qin Yang, and Qin Yang learned that the Snake Mark Man had used him to draw Yan Hui into conflict with Great Ying.

• Tian Lei unleashed a full-power strike to escape the One Yuan Sea Array, but the opening Qin Yang had deliberately made closed at once, and the snake venom in Tian Lei’s body erupted.
• Qin Yang attacked Tian Lei with the Purple Gold Gourd’s white glimmer, which nearly severed Tian Lei’s head before Tian Lei broke his own neck to evade it.
• Tian Lei drew his saber and unleashed the Life Severing Drawing Blade Stance, but Qin Yang blocked it with the Black Jade Divine Gate, which repaired itself stronger after being damaged.
• Yan Hui stopped Tian Lei’s giant blade from above, while Tian Lei escaped in white smoke and Qin Yang slipped a concoction of poisons into it.
• Tian Lei reappeared at a Heavenly Order Guard stronghold poisoned and near death, while the Outer Marquis froze him in Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice.
• Yan Hui introduced himself and urged Qin Yang to disappear, and Qin Yang realized the Snake Mark Man had arranged the encounter to draw Yan Hui into the conflict with Great Ying.

Qin Yang learned why Yan Hui had rescued him and resolved to repay the elder by helping his disciple if they met. Elsewhere, Li Xiuxian tried to seduce the twin sisters Li Fen and Li Fang, but they killed him and reached the One Yuan Sea Array while searching for someone their Lord had ordered them to find.

• Yan Hui left Qin Yang after urging him to stay alive and not seek revenge for the Mu Clan.
• Qin Yang bought outdated Thief Sect intelligence and learned about Yan Hui's Purifying Filth Sect and his devotion to preserving its inheritance.
• Li Xiuxian invited Li Fen and Li Fang aboard his tower ship after deciding they would make excellent cultivation cauldrons.
• Li Xiuxian coaxed both sisters into trusting him, but when they reached the One Yuan Sea Array, they split him and his divine soul evenly between them.
• Li Fen and Li Fang wondered whether the person their Lord had sent them to find was inside the formation.

The Soul-Reaping Twin Beauties killed Li Xiuxian and his companions at the One Yuan Sea, then found Qin Yang and mistook him for the Mu Clan descendant they had been sent to protect. Qin Yang tried to flee and deny his identity, but the sisters’ understanding of his rejection of their advances left him baffled as they suddenly treated him with sincere warmth.

• The Soul-Reaping Twin Beauties pushed Li Xiuxian’s tower ship into the One Yuan Sea Array, then killed the Heavenly Order Guard agents who emerged from the formation while searching for a Mu Clan Descendant.
• Qin Yang heard that Li Xiuxian had died near his formation and left Li Kingdom, worried that the ruler’s family might trace the deaths back to him.
• The twin sisters recognized Qin Yang from a portrait and greeted him as Young Master Mu, while Qin Yang guessed that Snake Mark Man had sent them.
• When Li Kingdom soldiers surrounded them, Qin Yang escaped in his flying boat, but the sisters caught up and boarded it.
• The sisters tried to persuade Qin Yang to accept their help and used their charms, but he recoiled from their touch; they apologized and suddenly treated him with apparent affection.

Qin Yang built trust with Li Fang and Li Fen by chatting about fashion and gathering information from their arguments. After spotting the Netherworld Ship, he learned more about its allies and enemies and added the Evergreen Merchant Guild and Qingtian Jun to his list of possible leads about the former dynasty.

• Qin Yang kept his distance from Li Fang and Li Fen, but their conversations grew friendlier as he talked about Youth Preservation Pills and women's clothing.
• Qin Yang praised the sisters' mismatched outfits, then used casual questions to learn about people connected to the former dynasty's outer circle.
• Qin Yang spotted the Netherworld Ship and saw Su Changhuan scolding the crew while an extremely fat Black Dog lay on the deck.
• Li Fang and Li Fen argued about Qingtian Jun, the Evergreen Merchant Guild, and the Netherworld Ship's influence in the Southern Sea.
• Qin Yang added the Evergreen Merchant Guild and Qingtian Jun to his notes as possible suspects in the former dynasty's affairs and Little Seventh's abduction.

Qin Yang discovered that Li Fen had given him an Illusory Heart Mask, a secret treasure that could gradually alter its wearer’s consciousness, and realized the sisters had been acting on behalf of Snake Mark Man. He avoided the mask’s influence and continued toward the meeting, while learning that Black Shadow had secretly taught Little Seventh hundreds of ancient methods.

• Li Fen gave Qin Yang a Divine Wood Mask and explained that another lord would meet him after he traveled farther into Great Ying Divine Dynasty territory.
• Qin Yang noticed Li Fen had shifted into a guarded, businesslike manner and suspected the mask was a trap.
• Qin Yang asked Black Shadow about the mask, and Black Shadow identified it as an Illusory Heart Mask that could gradually transform its wearer’s inner self and consciousness.
• Qin Yang learned Black Shadow had taught Little Seventh around two hundred and eighty ancient methods, then abandoned his attempt to learn them himself.
• Qin Yang confirmed he could reproduce the mask’s appearance without wearing it and resolved to keep his guard up around Li Fen and Li Fang.
• Qin Yang concluded Snake Mark Man intended to use the child mask to transform him into an obedient ally and that Snake Mark Man likely possessed the mother mask.

Qin Yang met Huang Ying under his Li Wei identity and pretended to embrace the former dynasty’s cause while resisting the Illusory Heart Mask’s influence. After three months, he declared his intent to avenge the Mu Clan, then learned that the former dynasty planned to target Qin Yang, whom he vowed to kill.

• Qin Yang arrived in the Eastern Border city, met Huang Ying, and removed his Illusory Heart Mask to reveal his ordinary face.
• Huang Ying offered Qin Yang a choice between joining the Mu Clan’s vengeance and preserving its inheritance, and Qin Yang asked for time to consider.
• Qin Yang spent three months wandering and feigning conflict before returning to tell Huang Ying he would avenge the Mu Clan and kill Emperor Ying.
• Huang Ying trusted Qin Yang’s declaration and shared plans to destabilize Great Ying by killing Qin Yang, whom she described as influential across several borders.
• Qin Yang read his own dossier, learned the former dynasty considered him a priority target, and declared that Qin Yang must die.

Qin Yang arranged for Zhang Zhengyi, posing as him, to be killed outside Desperate Estate while Huang Ying rushed to intervene. The Puppet Master kept Huang Ying occupied until a mysterious Black Hand carried her into the void, with Wei Xingchao pursuing them.

• The Puppet Master decoded Qin Yang’s note and learned that Qin Yang was returning to kill Zhang Zhengyi, so he prepared to assist him.
• Qin Yang lured Zhang Zhengyi out of Desperate Estate by claiming Her Highness had been attacked, then killed him with the Head Chopping Flying Knife.
• Huang Ying arrived and mistook Zhang Zhengyi’s corpse for Qin Yang, then stepped between the Puppet Master and Li Wei to help Li Wei escape.
• The Puppet Master fought Huang Ying and forced her to use her full strength while they drew the attention of nearby experts.
• A Black Hand struck the Puppet Master, seized Huang Ying, and vanished into the void, and Wei Xingchao pursued them.