Chapter Summaries

Qin Yang performed the Heaven Worship ceremony as Jiayi began rebuilding her cultivation through the E'pang Palace, but the Illusory Sea Clan rebelled and opened a rift for the Yin Emperor. Qin Yang blocked the passage with the Starfall Array, but the Yin Emperor emerged after Jiayi reached the Dharma Idol realm.

• Qin Yang completed the Heaven Worship ceremony, and Jiayi began recultivating by destroying her Dao Palace and constructing the E'pang Palace.
• Qin Yang discovered that Illusory Sea Old Thief and the Illusory Sea Clan were using the Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Painting to open a rift for the legions of the dead.
• Qin Yang placed himself before Jiayi and urged her to continue rebuilding her cultivation without rushing.
• Qin Yang deployed the Starfall Array across the rift's exit, trapping the advancing legions of the dead inside the array.
• Illusory Sea Old Thief ordered his followers to widen the rift so the Yin Emperor could pass through, while Jiayi's cultivation reached the Dharma Idol realm.
• The Yin Emperor emerged from the rift as it contracted and expanded, bypassing the Starfall Array in a streak of black light.

Qin Yang protected Yijia during her ascension, pushed open the Black Jade Divine Gate, and entered a vast ruin-filled Dao Palace where he defeated a Shadow Assassin. Yijia killed Yin Emperor and took the throne, while Qin Yang turned his attention to Illusory Sea Old Thief and the remaining rebels.

• Qin Yang held off Yin Emperor, endured his attacks, and used the Great Ying Divine Dynasty's power to push open the Black Jade Divine Gate as Yijia advanced.
• A masked assassin struck Qin Yang from the shadows, but Ugly Chicken and Black Shadow helped repel him before Qin Yang opened the gate and entered his ruined Dao Palace.
• The assassin repeatedly attacked Qin Yang inside the Dao Palace, but Qin Yang placed nine Heaven Mending Seals on him and killed him with Thunderfire.
• Yijia reached the Dharma Body Realm, expanded Great Ying's territory by adding Kui Mountain, and used the dynasty's power to defeat Yin Emperor.
• Qin Yang erased Yin Emperor's remaining deathly power, collected his rewards—including the Sorrow Art, Thunder Punishment Scripture, and complete Cast Dao Court—and helped Yijia secure the victory.
• Qin Yang withdrew the Starfall Array and threatened Illusory Sea Old Thief, who watched from the rift with the remaining army of the dead.

After Jiayi defeated the Yin Emperor and Great Ying’s territory expanded, she consolidated her authority and ordered preparations to retaliate against Great Yan. Qin Yang recovered from his ordeal, while Illusory Sea Old Thief escaped and remained a future target.

• Qin Yang decided not to pursue Illusory Sea Old Thief because he had exhausted his strength, and he resolved to deal with the Illusory Sea Clan and the Great Yan Shadow Assassin’s backers later.
• Illusory Sea Old Thief retreated into Illusory Sea and closed its entrance, causing his illusion over Li Capital to fade.
• The Illusory Beast revealed the sky above Li Capital, and the people saw Jiayi holding the Yin Emperor’s head as Kui Mountain appeared within Great Ying’s territory, strengthening the divine dynasty and its officials.
• Jiayi proclaimed the Yin Emperor’s defeat, ordered Wei Xingchao to arrest the Illusory Sea Clan, and commanded the Northern Border Marquises to gather against Great Yan.
• The Minister of Revenue agreed to fund the response to Great Yan, while Qin Yang replenished himself with broth and a Strange Fruit that restored his appearance to age twenty.

Jiayi advanced to the Dao Lord realm, leaving Qin Yang to marvel at her talent and take advantage of his powerful new backer. Back at Desperate Estate, he discovered his Dao Palace was a vast field of ruins that he could slowly repair with the Purple Moon, then realized the Thunder Snake Seal could let him command the surviving army of the Great Yin Divine Dynasty.

• The Tian Family Old Ancestor left after seeing Qin Yang's Strange Vine and its many Strange Fruits.
• Jiayi's aura surged through the skies above Li Capital before she advanced into the Dao Lord realm and returned to the palace city to consolidate her cultivation.
• Qin Yang left the Ascension Ceremony openly and returned to Desperate Estate, where the Golden Pig congratulated him on reaching the Dao Palace realm.
• Qin Yang showed the Golden Pig and Black Shadow his ruined Dao Palace, and Black Shadow said it was larger than the Prefect's had been and would be nearly impossible to rebuild.
• Qin Yang used the Purple Moon to illuminate the ruins and slowly repair them, then cultivated with treasure soup and refined the black lightning stored in the sea eye.
• Qin Yang recognized that the Thunder Snake Seal had once served as Great Yin's Tiger Seal and considered using it to command the surviving army in the Illusory Sea.

After three months of cultivation, Qin Yang witnessed Blackie awaken his Taotie bloodline and regain control after devouring treasure soup. Xu Zhengqiang then asked Qin Yang to resolve the crisis caused by Mo Yang occupying Great Ying and Great Yan’s battlefield, and Qin Yang agreed to go to the Northern Border.

• After three months, Qin Yang saw Blackie emerge from his blood cocoon and attack the Golden Pig in a frenzy of hunger.
• Qin Yang calmed Blackie with treasure soup, and Blackie ate the Seed of National Luck in the soup before recovering his awareness.
• The Golden Pig identified Blackie’s awakened bloodline as that of a Taotie and warned that Blackie would still be hungry after eating the Seed of National Luck.
• Xu Zhengqiang told Qin Yang that Mo Yang had killed several Great Yan experts after being disturbed while cultivating on the battlefield, then beat Lord Wei and refused to leave.
• Qin Yang agreed to accompany Xu Zhengqiang to the Northern Border to deal with Mo Yang.

Qin Yang reached the Northern Border and learned that Puppet Master had been driven to squat in the buffer zone between Great Ying and Great Yan. Illusory Sea Old Thief lured Great Yan’s Crown Prince into ambushing Qin Yang, but Qin Yang revealed he had anticipated the trap and detonated ten Destruction Balls.

• Qin Yang brought Blackie and Golden Pig north, traveled through Kui Mountain with White Fox’s help, and arrived at the Northern Border after more than half a month.
• Qin Yang gathered intelligence and learned Puppet Master’s presence in the buffer zone had stalled the war between Great Ying and Great Yan.
• Illusory Sea Old Thief urged Great Yan’s Crown Prince to kill Qin Yang and seize Puppet Master, claiming Qin Yang controlled the powerful puppet.
• Illusory Sea Old Thief and three experts ambushed Qin Yang after Puppet Master was trapped in an illusion.
• Qin Yang recognized Illusory Sea Old Thief, revealed that he had anticipated a trap, and unleashed the power of ten Destruction Balls.

Qin Yang’s avatar used the Destruction Ball to ambush Illusory Sea Old Thief, killing three experts and leaving the old thief gravely wounded. After learning Illusory Sea Old Thief had joined Great Yan’s Crown Prince, Qin Yang sent letters that turned the Imperial Grandson against him and warned the Crown Prince about the Book of Myriad Techniques.

• Qin Yang’s avatar detonated the Destruction Ball inside his body, killing three of Illusory Sea Old Thief’s companions and forcing Illusory Sea Old Thief to escape at the cost of his lower body.
• The Puppet Master survived the blast and returned south, while Qin Yang learned through his avatar’s memories that Illusory Sea Old Thief had sought refuge with Great Yan’s Crown Prince.
• Qin Yang sent the Great Yan Imperial Grandson a letter naming Illusory Sea Old Thief as the culprit behind the Shadow Assassins and revealing his identity as the Crown Prince’s new ally.
• The Imperial Grandson’s investigation confirmed Illusory Sea Old Thief’s identity, and he asked his advisers how to get rid of the old thief.
• Qin Yang sent the Great Yan Crown Prince a letter warning him that Illusory Sea Old Thief might have the key to the Book of Myriad Techniques and urging him not to trust the old thief.

Qin Yang’s warning made the Great Yan Crown Prince grow suspicious of Illusory Sea Old Thief, while Illusory Sea’s evasions strengthened that distrust. After advising Luo Song against the proposed marriage alliance and joining the war, Qin Yang began considering whether Great Ying could win the Yan Luo Clan over.

• The Great Yan Crown Prince investigated Qin Yang’s letter, reconsidered Illusory Sea Old Thief’s motives for seeking the Book of Myriad Techniques, and grew wary of the elder’s demands.
• The Crown Prince publicly revealed Illusory Sea’s defection at the Great Emperor’s birthday, then asked Illusory Sea Old Thief to provide Illusory Beasts for his allies; the elder delayed, confirming the Crown Prince’s suspicions.
• Qin Yang learned that Illusory Sea Old Thief wanted a marriage alliance with a direct-line daughter of the Yan Luo Clan, so he sent Luo Song an invitation to meet.
• Luo Song met Qin Yang at a border tavern and said the Yan Luo Clan had no intention of accepting the marriage alliance or joining the war.
• Qin Yang warned Luo Song about Illusory Sea Old Thief and the danger of joining the conflict, then decided to ask Luo Song to introduce him to his elder brother.

Qin Yang used a rare Escaping Smoke inheritance and his remembered skill for making Seclusion Incense to negotiate with Luo Bai, offering the Yan Luo Clan a chance to relocate to Great Ying. After learning that Seclusion Incense could open the way to the Incense Master’s realm, Qin Yang asked Black Shadow about the Embroiderer’s Cave and uncovered the incense’s purpose.

• Qin Yang met Luo Bai and presented him with an annotated copy of Escaping Smoke, revealing that it contained priceless Yan Luo Clan cultivation insights.
• Qin Yang demonstrated the hand movements for making Seclusion Incense, and Luo Bai and the elderly man recognized the technique and proposed working together to explore the Embroiderer’s Cave.
• Qin Yang warned Luo Bai that an awakened Time Stealer was watching the cave, then offered to make three sticks of Seclusion Incense and invited the Yan Luo Clan to move to Great Ying.
• After Qin Yang left, Luo Bai and the nominal patriarch discussed the danger facing the clan in Great Yan and considered moving to Great Ying to pursue the Incense Master’s inheritance.
• Qin Yang returned to Great Ying and questioned Black Shadow, who explained that Seclusion Incense was needed to enter the Incense Master’s Incense Realm and that the Embroiderer had been the Incense Master’s maid.

Qin Yang learned that Seclusion Incense could free Black Shadow from the Sea Eye and made six sticks in the Yan Luo Clan’s incense room. After arranging to meet Luo Bai at the East Sea Trench in three months, Qin Yang returned to Great Ying as the Yan Luo Clan’s apparent marriage agreement delighted Illusory Sea Old Thief.

• Black Shadow told Qin Yang that Seclusion Incense made by the Incense Master could free him from the Innate Material and Sea Eye’s combined suppression.
• Luo Bai invited Qin Yang into his mother’s incense-making room, where Qin Yang instinctively made six sticks of Seclusion Incense.
• Qin Yang accepted three sticks’ worth of materials as payment and arranged to meet Luo Bai at the East Sea Trench in three months.
• Qin Yang asked Luo Bai to agree to Illusory Sea Old Thief’s marriage proposal, then gave Luo Bai an extra stick of Seclusion Incense as thanks.
• After Qin Yang returned to Great Ying, the Crown Prince told Illusory Sea Old Thief that the Yan Luo Clan had agreed to the marriage, prompting the old thief to prepare to deliver the key to the Book of Myriad Techniques.

The Great Yan Crown Prince discovered that most of the Book of Myriad Techniques had vanished and ordered Illusory Sea Old Thief captured or killed. As Illusory Sea Old Thief fled, Meng Yi intercepted and killed him, then delivered his coffin to Qin Yang.

• The Imperial Grandson rejected his aide’s suggestion to work with Qin Yang and ordered an independent plan to kill the Illusory Sea Great Elder.
• Illusory Sea Old Thief opened the Book of Myriad Techniques, found that all but several hundred low-level secret arts had disappeared, and copied the surviving methods.
• The Crown Prince discovered the blank pages and ordered his guards to bring Illusory Sea Old Thief back, dead or alive.
• Illusory Sea Old Thief escaped the camp, but Meng Yi trapped him in the Heaven and Earth Cage and killed him.
• Meng Yi left Illusory Sea Old Thief’s body in a coffin outside the Great Ying camp, and Qin Yang came out to find it.

Qin Yang recovered Illusory Sea Old Thief’s skills and used the Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Seal to connect with the Table Painting hidden in the Illusory Sea. He opened a gate to its location and sent a clone through to investigate.

• Qin Yang found Illusory Sea Old Thief dead in a poorly made coffin and suspected Uncle Meng had killed him.
• Qin Yang restored Illusory Sea Old Thief’s decapitated body and retrieved three Skill Books: the Book of Myriad Techniques (Incomplete), the Illusory World Secret Records, and the Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Seal.
• Qin Yang realized the seal art might let him control the Table Painting, a copy of the Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Painting that he had already refined.
• Qin Yang used the Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Seal to sense the Table Painting hidden in the Illusory Sea and formed a narrow black gate.
• Qin Yang created a clone and sent it through the gate to check what lay beyond.

Qin Yang abandoned his attempt to retrieve the Table Painting, buried Illusory Sea Old Thief, and traveled to the Eastern Sea with the Yan Luo Clan to enter the Embroiderer Estate. Little Seventh reunited with Qin Yang aboard the Netherworld Ship, then secretly hid in his hair and followed him inside the estate.

• Qin Yang’s avatar was destroyed by the defenses around the Table Painting, so he decided to leave it hidden until he mastered the Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Seal.
• Qin Yang buried Illusory Sea Old Thief, while reports spread that the Illusory Sea Clan had betrayed several powers and stolen the Book of Myriad Techniques, making “Illusory Sea Old Thief” a common allusion.
• Qin Yang met the Yan Luo Clan near an Eastern Sea trench, where Yan Luo Guodu urged Luo Song to maintain a good relationship with him and consider moving the clan to Great Ying.
• Little Seventh arrived aboard the Netherworld Ship and greeted Qin Yang, while Golden Pig showed hostility toward the ship’s fat Black Dog.
• Qin Yang left the Puppet Master in a sea eye and joined the Yan Luo Clan at the trench, where they opened the Embroiderer Estate with vermillion incense.
• Qin Yang entered the estate, and Little Seventh secretly emerged from his hair after hiding there.

Qin Yang and his companions entered the Embroiderer Estate, where they admired the ancient loom before reaching Attire Island, whose sentient clothes served as guides. Unaware that Little Seventh was secretly hiding in his hair, Qin Yang watched Luo Song’s incense fail to please the clothes, leaving the group to face their picky guides.

• In the Sea Eye, Black Shadow realized Little Seventh had used the False Body Imprint to secretly follow Qin Yang, and he and Ugly Chicken argued over who would take the blame.
• Little Seventh hid in Qin Yang’s hair as he and his companions entered the estate through an antique Wooden Door and saw the Embroiderer’s loom weaving Cloud Gauze.
• Qin Yang considered taking the loom but decided he could not use it, and the group followed the road of rosy light toward the next Floating Island.
• Luo Guodu warned the group that the estate changed with time, and they crossed to the second island, Attire Island.
• Luo Song lit his incense to attract a guide, but a sentient High-Waisted Ruqun kicked over the burner and retreated into the forest.

Qin Yang used powerful ambergris incense to draw clothing spirits, then lured out a battle-scarred suit of armor with a God-Killing Arrow and subdued it. The armor opened the Wooden Door for him, while the Yan Luo Clan had already crossed ahead.

• Luo Song attracted several female clothing spirits with incense, and the black Aoqun drove away the others until Luo Song put it on.
• Qin Yang lit ambergris incense and drew more than a hundred clothing spirits, most of them women's garments, which surrounded him and forced him to choose.
• Qin Yang planted a God-Killing Arrow, scattering the clothing spirits and summoning a scarred suit of armor that drew him into its battlefield memories.
• Qin Yang resisted the armor with Berserk and Overlord's Armor Removal until his skill refined it and the armor's killing intent subsided.
• Luo Guodu led the Yan Luo Clan through the Wooden Door after Qin Yang's arrival had frightened the clothing spirits away.
• Qin Yang crossed the forest wearing the armor, and the armor opened the Wooden Door and formed a path of light for him.

Qin Yang entered the Embroiderer Estate and slowly adapted his water body to the dangerous powers in its seven-colored sea, while Xun Mu and Zhang Zhengyi both entered the estate in search of something in the Incense Realm. Qin Yang remained unaware that they were inside with him.

• Qin Yang passed through the Wooden Door into the Embroiderer Estate and learned that forcing his way through could lead to the Incense Master's Incense Realm or leave him trapped there.
• Qin Yang discovered that the seven-colored sea was less dangerous than the blood-red cloth and gradually integrated its powers into his water body.
• The Golden Pig offered Blackie food and drink, then gave the Wood Spirit a jade bottle after the Movie Emperor stopped it from approaching her.
• Xun Mu slipped into the Embroiderer Estate to reach an item he believed was in the Incense Realm, determined not to let Qin Yang see it.
• Zhang Zhengyi realized Xun Mu had entered the trench, pursued him into the estate, and left Qin Yang unaware of both intruders.

Qin Yang learned that the dye workshop’s rainbow sea was part of Black Shadow’s Blood Sea and drained it into the sea eye before entering a world of deadly scissors. Meanwhile, Xun Mu used the loom to reach the estate’s end by dying and reviving, only to find countless Wooden Doors, while Zhang Zhengyi found a garment sprite he could mend.

• Black Shadow recognized the rainbow sea as a fragment of his Blood Sea and taught Qin Yang hand seals to move it, while Little Seventh secretly gave up playing with the water.
• Qin Yang drained the rainbow sea into the sea eye and passed beneath the cloth bolts, but after entering a Wooden Door he was surrounded by flying scissors.
• Xun Mu jumped into the loom, was woven into Cloud Gauze, and revived in a distant world, where he realized dying in the loom had taken him to the end of the estate.
• Xun Mu lit Seclusion Incense at a Wooden Door, then discovered that the surrounding hills were covered with countless identical doors.
• Zhang Zhengyi entered the second Floating Island’s forest, called out to a damaged robe, and raised Qin Yang’s needle and thread to mend it.

Zhang Zhengyi and Qin Yang separately crossed the Embroiderer Estate’s trials, with Zhang Zhengyi realizing Qin Yang had already cleared out several areas. Qin Yang met Xun Mu, mistook him for Zhang Zhengyi, and killed him while confirming his identity, then discovered that Xun Mu’s disguise was outdated.

• Zhang Zhengyi repaired a living robe with Embroiderer Estate thread and forced it to carry him through the forest and open the Wooden Door.
• Zhang Zhengyi touched a poisonous bolt of purple cloth, collapsed, revived, and regretted that he could not take the cloth.
• Qin Yang restrained and refined the flying scissors, collected the final pair, and moved through the trials, while Zhang Zhengyi found an emptied realm and suspected Qin Yang had taken what was valuable.
• Zhang Zhengyi guessed Qin Yang was ahead and waited on a Flying Carpet, expecting him to kill Xun Mu.
• Qin Yang crossed an expanding rune trial, then encountered Xun Mu, who mistook him for a way into the Incense Realm.
• Qin Yang twisted off Xun Mu’s head to confirm his identity, then recognized that Xun Mu was still disguising himself with an outdated method.

Qin Yang exploited Xun Mu’s search for the Incense Realm, killing him repeatedly and leaving him terrified of entering through the shortcut. Xun Mu chose the normal route to seek the Mind-Calming Incense while Qin Yang waited at the hills, wondering if he would return.

• Xun Mu revived beside Qin Yang and pretended to be Zhang Zhengyi, then urged Qin Yang to find the Incense Realm’s entrance.
• Qin Yang deduced which Wooden Door led to the Incense Realm and entered it with Xun Mu, looting the palace as they went.
• Xun Mu used the Incense Master’s Mind-Calming Incense to lull Qin Yang into meditation, then struck him down, but Qin Yang remained alive and calmly smoked and drank tea.
• Xun Mu destroyed the palace in fury, only to awaken at the Wooden Doors and be killed by Qin Yang several more times before reviving at his Eastern Sea hideout.
• Xun Mu feared using the shortcut again, then entered the trials by the normal route and died twice after touching dangerous bolts of cloth.
• Xun Mu decided to restart, follow the normal route, and disguise himself from Qin Yang, while Qin Yang waited on a hill and wondered why he had not returned.

Qin Yang found the true entrance to the Incense Realm after the Black Shadow relayed Little Seventh’s scent-based guess, then entered using Seclusion Incense. He left the Yan Luo Clan with the choice to follow him or risk a dangerous wrong door.

• Qin Yang reasoned that Xun Mu sought an ordinary-looking item in the Incense Realm and planned to use repeated destructions of body and soul to exhaust his lifespan.
• Little Seventh told the Black Shadow that a fragrant Wooden Door was the entrance, and the Black Shadow passed her advice to Qin Yang, who verified it through reverse calculations.
• The Black Shadow offered to teach Little Seventh more ways to follow Qin Yang unnoticed, while Ugly Chicken pretended to remain dead.
• Luo Guodu, Luo Song, and Luo Qi emerged from a Wooden Door and met Qin Yang, who learned that Luo Qi had once been considered for the Illusory Sea Clan marriage alliance.
• Qin Yang stopped the Yan Luo Clan from entering a likely dangerous wrong door, lit Seclusion Incense at the entrance he had confirmed, and vanished into the Incense Realm.