Recaps

Qin Ming defeated and captured Number Three Dao Seed after breaking through to the Eighth Heaven of the Heart Lamp, then joined the battered Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella on the surface. After escaping the Blood Forest, he ambushed the Masters pursuing him, but learned that Little Yellow’s Law Chains and Dao Chains had broken and that another chain was nearing failure.

• Qin Ming used Golden Needle Stitching and Chaos Force to overpower Number Three Dao Seed, whose attacks and Forbidden Technique could not free him.
• Qin Ming broke through to the Eighth Heaven of the Heart Lamp, restrained Number Three Dao Seed, and carried him back to the surface.
• Qin Ming killed the blood-colored monster that the Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella had sealed, but learned that several of Little Yellow’s Law Chains and Dao Chains were gone forever.
• The Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella warned Qin Ming that Number Three Dao Seed might be a reborn seed of a dormant old monster, and Qin Ming informed Yun Jianyue about the fallen Supreme Dao Ground beneath the Blood Forest.
• Qin Ming lured pursuing Masters into the Exclave, healed himself with golden threads and jade light, and struck down one Master and his mount when they caught up.
• Qin Ming questioned Number Three Dao Seed about repairing Little Yellow’s broken chains, then realized that another chain on the umbrella was close to breaking.

Qin Empire Ming defeated the Parasite Civilization’s Number Three Dao Seed, recovered from his wounds, and learned of a mysterious Scarlet Trial in the Blood Forest. Just as he stayed in Silver River Gorge to avoid further danger, enemy Masters attacked the border, and Qin Empire Ming rushed to meet them.

• Qin Empire Ming and the Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella captured three Masters and six Late Fourth Realm experts, while Qin Empire Ming questioned Number Three Dao Seed and learned of a golden-threaded cultivation art used by a Rogue Cultivator thousands of years earlier.
• Qin Empire Ming tormented Number Three Dao Seed into revealing several supreme arts, but the Dao Seed’s Restrictions prevented him from accessing the Parasite Civilization’s Fundamental Scripture, so he left the captive with the Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella.
• Qin Empire Ming underwent New Life, healed his shattered body, and reflected on how he had survived the battle by combining his three selves against Number Three Dao Seed.
• Qin Empire Ming warned his acquaintances to avoid the Blood Forest and heard rumors about a reckless fighter who had nearly died there; meanwhile, Daoist Peng emerged from a Scarlet Trial claiming he had killed a creature that tried to parasitize him.
• The next day, Qin Empire Ming heard that Masters were attacking the border and that several allies were in danger, so he charged toward the fighting and called on the invaders to face him.

Qin Ming raced across the battlefields as One Sword, killing invading Masters and discovering that some had been contaminated by the Parasite Civilization. After rescuing the Jade Capital forces, he confronted the returning Daoist Butterfly and the Five-Colored Beast, ending with Qin Ming drawing Daoist Butterfly toward him.

• Qin Ming arrived at a battlefield near Silver River Gorge, killed two invading Masters, and rallied the Jade Capital forces to counterattack.
• At Yao Ruoxian’s battlefield, Qin Ming killed a contaminated Sky Race Master and defeated the golden-robed Sun Worm, then slew the two remaining Masters.
• Qin Ming hurried to another battlefield and killed Masters from the Abyss Civilization and the Totem Faction, allowing Pei Shuyan, Zhuo Qingming, and their allies to regain the advantage.
• The Jade Capital fighters revealed that Daoist Butterfly and the Five-Colored Beast had fled earlier when the Golden Ranking sent a Grandmaster to the battlefield.
• Daoist Butterfly and the Five-Colored Beast returned, and Qin Ming challenged Daoist Butterfly to draw him away from the other fighters.

Qin Ming challenged Daoist Butterfly during the battle between the Jade Capital Faction and the Sky Race, and the two unleashed their strongest techniques against each other. Qin Ming broke free of Daoist Butterfly’s Star Coffin and pressed his attack, leaving Daoist Butterfly badly wounded.

• Daoist Butterfly moved to fight Qin Ming after the Five-Colored Beast failed to stop Qin Ming’s sword strike.
• Daoist Butterfly attacked a Jade Capital Master, and Qin Ming retaliated with a sword strike that the Five-Colored Beast could barely block.
• Qin Ming and Daoist Butterfly clashed with sword and saber, each suffering wounds as their spiritual domains and techniques took effect.
• Daoist Butterfly used the Undying Silkworm Scripture to trap Qin Ming in a vision of a Star Coffin, but Qin Ming recognized the illusion and shattered it with his power.
• Qin Ming launched a relentless sword assault, piercing Daoist Butterfly repeatedly and blasting apart half of his face.

Qin Ming defeated Daoist Butterfly, helped Jade Capital’s forces rout the invaders, and revived a wounded old Master, but he remained troubled by the danger posed by the Parasite Civilization. After persuading the Golden Ranking to provide breakthrough medicine, he waited at Silver River Gorge as Daoist Butterfly planned to return with allies.

• Qin Ming used his golden threads and Nine-Colored Sword Aura to interrupt Daoist Butterfly’s transformations, wound him, and force him to sacrifice his butterfly life and flee into the Blood Forest.
• Qin Ming and the Jade Capital fighters pursued the retreating enemies, captured prisoners, and routed the Sky Race, Abyss, and Totem Faction forces, while the Five-Colored Beast escaped early.
• Qin Ming gathered scattered spiritual fragments and used the Silk Book Method to restore Old Wu’s consciousness, though he could not recover Old Chen.
• Qin Ming worried that his strength was insufficient against Daoist Butterfly and the parasitized enemies, so he asked the Golden Ranking for breakthrough medicine and was told to wait at Silver River Gorge.
• Daoist Peng escaped after suspecting a Sky Race elder had been parasitized, while Daoist Butterfly met the Thousand-Wing Cicada and planned to recruit the Sun Worm for another attack.
• A wisp of golden haze arrived above Silver River Gorge, and Qin Ming realized his precious medicine had come.

Qin Empire Ming took Purple Dragon Blood and broke through to Heart Lamp Ninth Heaven before heading to Moon Palace Ferry to reinforce Tang Yushang. There, Tang Yushang and Bai Meng discovered that Qin Empire Ming was both One Sword and the Realm Faction, just as the Lightning Beast and Divine-Eye King prepared to target her.

• Qin Empire Ming received rare Purple Dragon Blood for his battle merits and consumed it to advance toward Heart Lamp Ninth Heaven.
• In Blood Forest, the Five-Colored Beast defended its retreat, while Daoist Butterfly recovered and grew confident in his three-as-one forbidden art.
• Tang Yushang and Bai Meng learned that enemies might target her after her identity as a descendant of the Lord of Jade Capital was discussed, so Tang Yushang secretly requested reinforcements.
• The Lightning Beast and Divine-Eye King learned Tang Yushang's identity and discussed capturing her for reward and status.
• Qin Empire Ming reached Heart Lamp Ninth Heaven, then followed the Golden Ranking's order to support Moon Palace Ferry.
• At Moon Palace Ferry, Qin Empire Ming revealed his strength to Tang Yushang and Bai Meng, who realized he was One Sword and the Realm Faction; he prepared to face the Lightning Beast and Divine-Eye King.

At Moon Palace Ferry, Qin Ming and Tang Yushang faced an assault by the Divine-Eye King and Lightning Beast, two powerful leaders from opposing factions. Qin Ming killed the Divine-Eye King and his parasitic seed while Tang Yushang defeated the Lightning Beast, but a terrifying energy surge then forced Qin Ming to flee with her and Bai Meng.

• Bai Meng told Qin Ming and Tang Yushang that the Divine-Eye King and Lightning Beast were likely coming, while news spread that One Sword had defeated Daoist Butterfly.
• The Divine-Eye King and Lightning Beast arrived at Moon Palace Ferry with their allies and launched an attack on Tang Yushang and the Jade Capital Faction.
• Qin Ming killed the Divine-Eye King's enormous elephant mount, then discovered that the Divine-Eye King had been parasitized and fought to destroy the dark seed within him.
• The Divine-Eye King detonated his mental field in an attempt to kill the parasite, but Qin Ming trapped and destroyed both souls with his Inner Scenery Sky-Opening Axe.
• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang defeated the Divine-Eye King and Lightning Beast, while the Five-Colored Beast and the surviving Masters fled.
• A terrifying energy fluctuation swept across the Blood Forest, so Qin Ming grabbed Tang Yushang and Bai Meng and fled at full speed.

Qin Ming and the others escaped the Blood Forest as the Sky Race, Abyss Civilization, and Totem Faction launched a devastating assault on the Parasite Civilization. While the Golden Ranking sheltered survivors and rewarded them in the Mountains and Seas Territory, its ominous warning left everyone fearing a new calamity.

• Qin Ming led Tang Yushang and Bai Meng to safety beneath the Golden Ranking’s protection while Seventh Realm powers gathered their people and attacked the fallen Supreme Dao Field.
• The Sky Race, Abyss Civilization, and Totem Faction fought the Parasite Civilization as Heaven City and the Ancestral Abyss manifested to suppress it.
• The Golden Ranking returned survivors to the Mountains and Seas Territory, where Qin Ming, Tang Yushang, and Bai Meng ate and joked while distant battles continued.
• The Golden Ranking warned everyone to cherish their memories and settle their regrets, leaving even Seventh Realm gods and immortals deeply uneasy.

The Golden Ranking revealed that Jade Capital’s enemies had drawn the factions into a battle against the resurrected Colossal Being, the Undying Blood Calamity. After the Dao Ranking and Jade Capital City joined the fight, the Golden Ranking sent the survivors toward Jade Capital Territory, where fragments of the enemy blocked their escape.

• The Golden Ranking explained that the Sky Race and Abyss Civilization had been drawn into battle to help resolve the Parasite Civilization threat and lure out Jade Capital’s true enemy.
• The Golden Ranking revealed that the Colossal Being had once been a Supreme Civilization whose pursuit of immortality turned it into the Undying Blood Calamity.
• The Colossal Being attacked, blasted back the Dao Ranking, and began devouring the Golden Ranking’s domain and the gathered cultivators.
• The Dao Ranking fought the Colossal Being until Jade Capital City appeared and joined the battle.
• The shattered Golden Ranking and New Ranking healed and rewarded the survivors, then sent Qin Empire Ming and the others toward Jade Capital Territory.
• The Colossal Being’s fragments intercepted the group on their journey, and Qin Empire Ming, Tang Yushang, and Bai Meng prepared to fight.

Qin Ming, Tang Yushang, and Bai Meng fought their way through the Heavenly Chasm while marked Colossal Being monsters pursued them, and Yu Gensheng risked his life to find Qin Ming. After Qin Ming gave Yu Gensheng Longevity Leaves, the group continued toward Jade Capital Radiation, where they encountered outsiders who had killed Pei Shuyan and prepared to attack them.

• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang fought Colossal Being fragments near the Heavenly Chasm and realized that killing lifelike monsters marked them for retaliation.
• Qin Ming, Tang Yushang, and Bai Meng battled their way out as a massive dark hand nearly crushed them, but Tang Yushang's blood shadow blocked it.
• Yu Gensheng entered the dangerous Heavenly Chasm to search for Qin Ming, found him, and helped protect the group from pursuing monsters.
• Qin Ming gave Yu Gensheng four Longevity Leaves after seeing how badly the old man had been injured.
• Pei Shuyan was killed by a young outsider, who said he wanted to take a sample of the Undying Blood Calamity and ordered his group to attack Qin Ming's approaching party.

Qin Ming and his companions encountered Saint Traveler and a white-haired Grandmaster after finding Pei Shuyan and other returnees slaughtered. As Yu Gensheng fought the Grandmaster with the Rotten Fan, Qin Ming joined forces with Yu Gensheng and Tang Yushang to confront the enemy, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Qin Ming and his companions found Pei Shuyan shattered among the dead, and Qin Ming gathered his body and bound his fading consciousness to it.
• Saint Traveler introduced himself as Lu Liu, admitted killing the returnees, and revealed that his group had come to collect samples of the Undying Blood Calamity.
• After Dog Sword Immortal drove a Seventh Realm Traveler into retreat, Saint Traveler and the white-haired Grandmaster decided to attack Qin Ming's group.
• Yu Gensheng wielded the Rotten Fan against the white-haired Grandmaster, and both Grandmasters were grievously wounded as their damaged treasures broke apart.
• Qin Ming used a Teleportation Talisman to move with Yu Gensheng and Tang Yushang, but their pursuers followed and forced them into another fight.
• Qin Ming linked his power with Yu Gensheng's and received Tang Yushang's Divine Nature as the white-haired Grandmaster unleashed a forbidden attack against them.

Qin Empire Ming and his companions survived a devastating battle against the white-haired Grandmaster and the Saint Traveler, then rescued Yu Gensheng and returned to Night Prefecture. As they awaited news, heaven-shaking energy erupted from the chasm, signaling that the Supreme Blood Battle had ended.

• Yu Gensheng used Qin Empire Ming's golden-thread technique to destroy the white-haired Grandmaster, but the backlash shattered Yu Gensheng, Qin Empire Ming, and Tang Yushang.
• The Saint Traveler attacked the injured survivors, but Qin Empire Ming defeated him with golden threads and took his purple-lustrous flying sword.
• Tang Yushang carried Qin Empire Ming back to Yu Gensheng, and Qin Empire Ming extracted the Chaos Force and saved the old Grandmaster.
• Qin Empire Ming and his companions captured the Saint Traveler, searched his memories for information about the Ancient Mist Gate, and later passed through the Mist Gates back to their homeland.
• Qin Empire Ming and the others returned to Night Prefecture while the gathered factions awaited news of the battle in the Outer Domain.
• Two days later, energy surged from the enormous chasm, and the factions wondered whether the Supreme Blood Battle had ended in victory or defeat.

After returning to Night Prefecture, Qin Ming recovered, learned of the war’s losses, and gained new techniques while visiting allies and interrogating the Saint Traveler. Jade Capital’s victory over the Undying Blood Calamity brought the survivors to Sky City for a celebration, where Su Mohua warned Qin Ming that the gathering might be a matchmaking convention.

• Qin Ming fielded messages from worried acquaintances and learned that Zhao Qingcheng, Zhuo Qingming, Luo Jingxiao, and many others had died in the war.
• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang visited the badly injured Yu Gensheng, who was relieved to hear that the Mountain River Academy students had survived.
• Qin Ming extracted Traveler Civilization techniques and knowledge from the Saint Traveler, after which Pei Shuyan began torturing him for killing Immortal Path fighters.
• Tang Yushang returned Qin Ming’s true blood, discussed retrieving her Jade Mirror, and agreed to consider helping him with a major venture in the Different World.
• Qin Ming mastered more of Chaos Force’s Devouring Trait, and news spread that Jade Capital had crushed the Undying Blood Calamity.
• Qin Ming, Tang Yushang, Pei Shuyan, and Bai Meng traveled to Sky City, where Su Mohua told Qin Ming the celebration might be a matchmaking convention.

Qin Ming and his companions toured Sky City, where matchmaking rumors and the prospect of entering Jade Capital circulated alongside the city’s lavish nightlife. The chapter ended with Tai Xu’s Earth Immortal patriarch and a beautiful Earth Immortal woman approaching Qin Ming to settle the matter of a potential match.

• Su Mohua told Qin Ming that several great clans and immortal maidens had taken an interest in him, while the group declined the Su Clan’s offer to stay at its residence.
• Qin Ming, Bai Meng, and Pei Shuyan explored Sky City, gambled at Fortune God Casino, and later comforted Cheng Sheng after he revealed that Zhao Qingcheng had died before he could confess his feelings.
• News spread that outstanding figures might enter Jade Capital as the Dao Ranking, Golden Ranking, and New Ranking prepared to sleep, while rumors debated Qin Ming’s prospects as a match for the Huang Family’s Direct Daughters.
• Tang Yushang beat Bai Meng after learning that he had boarded a pleasure boat, and the group toured Sky City’s Colosseum before checking into an inn.
• The silver-haired patriarch of Tai Xu approached Qin Ming and asked him to settle their earlier proposal, then an alluring Earth Immortal woman arrived, whom Qin Ming recognized as the Immortal Sister of the Seventh Realm.

Qin Ming mistook the silver-haired Earth Immortal’s matchmaking offer for a proposal to marry her, causing an embarrassing misunderstanding before the gathering began. At the gathering, he sought advice about the Black Lotus of Reincarnation while major powers focused on Chaos Force and the Huang Family considered approaching him.

• The silver-haired elder and the female Earth Immortal praised Qin Ming as a suitable match, and Qin Ming tried to decline by calling himself unworthy of her.
• Bai Meng, Tang Yushang, Pei Shuyan, and Cheng Sheng learned Qin Ming had mistaken the offer to marry Tang Yushang for a proposal to marry her elder, and they laughed at the misunderstanding.
• The Earth Immortals set the awkward matter aside, while Bai Meng was beaten for keeping quiet and Qin Ming warned his friends not to bring it up again.
• At the grand gathering, the elders discussed the future after the Dao Ranking, Golden Ranking, and New Ranking went dormant, while Tang Yushang learned Great Tang was concealing her victory over the Lightning Beast.
• Qin Ming consulted experts about freeing Little Wu and Xiang Yiwu from the Black Lotus of Reincarnation but learned outsiders could hardly interfere.
• The Huang Family women discussed recruiting talented sons-in-law and told Xiaoyue to approach Qin Ming to learn more about Chaos Force, which many major powers had begun to study.

At a gathering of heavenly prodigies, Qin Ming guarded the secrets of Chaos Force while learning that Dream Insect silk might recover minds lost in reincarnation. After the Sage distributed Chaos Seeds and Qin Ming gave one to Su Mohua, he slipped away with Tang Yushang to attempt a major scheme.

• Lu Jingli watched Qin Ming attract the attention of prodigies and Masters interested in Chaos Force, while she questioned why the Huang Family treated him as a second choice.
• Zhou Tiandao and Li Heng told Qin Ming that Dream Insect silk might break the Black Lotus of Reincarnation and recover lost Mental Will, giving him a possible lead on Little Wu and Xiang Yiwu.
• Qin Ming refused to distribute Primordial Seeds freely and turned down Zhou Wanning and Yan Zhuohua unless they became his disciples, while welcoming Chang Xi as an old acquaintance.
• The Sage warned the old monsters about the deadly risks of Chaos Force, then distributed Chaos Seeds widely; Qin Ming gave a Primordial Seed to Su Mohua.
• Qin Ming met Tang Yushang, learned she had retrieved the Jade Mirror, borrowed a special suit of armor through the Golden Ranking, and left the gathering with her to pursue a major scheme.

Qin Empire Ming and Tang Yushang traveled together beyond Jade Capital’s territory through an Ancient Mist Gate, hoping to find valuable resources in a distant Foreign Domain. After Qin Empire Ming removed Tang Yushang’s Undying Blood Calamity mark, the pair crossed worlds safely and set out into the Night Mist World.

• At the grand gathering, Bai Meng learned that Qin Empire Ming had left with his sister, while Pei Shuyan and Cheng Sheng traded remarks about worldly attachments.
• Qin Empire Ming trapped the Five-Colored Treasure Fragment in Old Cloth, then agreed to let Tang Yushang accompany him on his journey.
• Qin Empire Ming visited Black White Mountain and arranged for the Talking Finch and Thunder King Bird to plant problematic medicines in rival factions’ territories.
• Qin Empire Ming and Tang Yushang traveled to the Ancient Mist Gate outside Brocade Auspice City, where he removed her Undying Blood Calamity mark and prepared her with Liquid Armor.
• The pair crossed the Ancient Mist Gate into a distant region of the Night Mist World, changed into local clothing, and headed onward in search of powerful resources.

Qin Ming and Tang Yushang entered the Otherworld disguised as cat-people and tried to sell demonic medicine, but Qin Ming discovered that someone from their home territory had already flooded the market with it. After repeated clashes with medicine pavilions, they continued deeper into the world, still disguised and pursued for Qin Ming’s Yang Ming identity.

• Qin Ming guided Tang Yushang through his Blessed Land, helped her learn local languages, and persuaded her to disguise herself as a cat-person while he became Cat Ming.
• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang entered Kaiyuan Ancient City separately, where Qin Ming posed as Yang Ming and tried to sell demonic medicine to a Treasure Medicine Pavilion.
• When the pavilion’s owner stalled him and summoned experts, Qin Ming seized Day Gold and fled; he repeated similar robberies at other medicine pavilions.
• Qin Ming investigated the orders issued across the Godlike Society and learned that someone had already sold large quantities of demonic medicine, likely from Jade Capital Territory, leaving the organizations fearful of further losses.
• Qin Ming refused to abandon the medicine and continued traveling with Tang Yushang, but they were pursued after Yang Ming’s identity became wanted.
• Disguised as Cat Ming and Cat Yushang, Qin Ming insisted that Tang Yushang call him big brother and add a meow when speaking before others, while she urged him to leave.

Qin Ming and Tang Yushang investigated the Forgotten Corner and learned that Longevity Ridge would soon open through a five-hundred-year cycle tied to Longevity Tokens. After the Three Great Organizations forced people into the site, they entered as well, hoping to obtain Ascension Light Rain.

• Tang Yushang discovered her catlike appearance and traded Memory Crystals with Qin Ming to destroy their embarrassing recordings.
• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang learned that the Three Great Organizations were seeking Longevity Tokens, which opened a dangerous ancient land at Longevity Ridge.
• Qin Ming captured an old wolf and learned that another five-hundred-year cycle had arrived and that a Longevity Token might already have emerged.
• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang waited near Longevity Ridge, split their stolen Day Gold, and spotted Saint Disciples from the Godlike Society, Rebirth Figurines, and Strange Insect Alliance.
• A Longevity Token appeared and opened Longevity Ridge, while eight Grandmasters drove the surrounding cultivators inside with deadly insect attacks.
• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang followed the Five-Colored Treasure Fragment into Longevity Ridge to seek Ascension Light Rain.

Qin Ming and Tang Yushang entered Longevity Ridge, where Ascension Light Rain nourished cultivators but a Lost Calamity threatened their special weapons. After discovering that the three Supreme Factions were conducting a Longevity Experiment, they followed their Saint Disciples and witnessed the opening of eight ancient coffins, leaving Tang Yushang stunned by the identity of the figure in the eighth.

• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang entered the rainforest and found that the Lost Calamity was corroding their special weapons and storage bracelets.
• The Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella resisted the weakened Lost Calamity and warned Qin Ming and Tang Yushang that Longevity Ridge resembled an experiment site.
• Qin Ming absorbed Ascension Light Rain for himself and Tang Yushang, who discovered a second set of hidden bloodline shackles within her body.
• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang followed the Saint Disciples of the three Supreme Factions and saw them lure cultivators into bloody mud, where blood-red tentacles dragged them under.
• The three factions unearthed and opened eight ice coffins as part of the Longevity Experiment, and Tang Yushang recognized a startling connection between Qin Ming and the figure in the eighth coffin.

Qin Ming and Tang Yushang discovered the three Supreme Factions’ many brutal longevity experiments at Longevity Ridge, including the Ninth Experiment Site, where ancient geniuses had been remade into Flawless Dao Bodies. When the factions activated a killing formation to clear the site, the two were caught inside and charged at the Saint Disciples to seize the Longevity Token.

• Qin Ming recognized that a Heavenly Immortal in an ice coffin had been wrapped in an imitation of the Jade Suit Sewn with Gold Threads, and the experiment began to fail as its remnant body decayed.
• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang watched the factions’ experiments at the Ruin-Dwelling Tree and other sites, learning that the Supreme Longevity Ground near the Rebirth Figurine Organization’s headquarters required immense resources.
• The group revealed the Ninth Experiment Site, where bodies of ancient geniuses had been nurtured into Flawless Dao Bodies intended for the factions’ disciples to use as incarnations.
• The Rebirth Figurine Saint Disciple activated a Longevity Token, unleashing a killing formation across the site and slaughtering those within it.
• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang protected themselves with Liquid Armor and the Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella, then charged toward the Saint Disciples to knock away the Longevity Token.

Qin Ming and Tang Yushang fought their way out of the Ninth Experiment Site, where they learned the three Supreme Factions were using Dao Bodies and Divine Embryos in experiments to achieve longevity. After escaping with several bodies, they returned to Night Prefecture, while Talking Finch worried about Qin Ming’s disappearance and Cui Chongxiao’s nascent soul.

• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang attacked the Saint Disciples but were blocked by Zhou Wenzhan and the Rebirth Figurine Saint Disciple, then faced six Golden Body monsters revived by a flute.
• Outside Longevity Ridge, a Grandmaster explained that the old president of the Godlike Society had pursued longevity by reviving his body and using later geniuses to activate it.
• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang seized several Dao Bodies and Divine Embryos, forced the Saint Disciples to shut down the formation, and fled as an awakened old monster pursued them.
• Qin Ming used the bodies to hold off the pursuer while the Jade Mirror carried him and Tang Yushang far away; they later disguised themselves as an Ox Demon beggar couple and reached the Ancient Mist Gate.
• Talking Finch worried about Qin Ming’s disappearance and told Bai Meng that Cui Chongxiao had formed his nascent soul.
• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang returned safely to Night Prefecture, and Qin Ming said he planned to use the captured bodies to test the True Form Tribulation.

After returning to Black White Mountain, Qin Empire Ming learned that Cui Chongxiao had unexpectedly given birth to a Nascent Soul, shared his Ascension Light Rain with the village children, and examined three extraordinary bodies from the Outer Domain. Rumors then linked him to One Sword, and he traveled to Chongxiao City, where Tang Yushang’s voice began betraying an unfamiliar meow.

• Tang Yushang and Qin Empire Ming parted ways with the Five-Colored Treasure Fragment, and Tang Yushang contacted her family before heading to the Great Yu Capital.
• Qin Empire Ming returned to Double Tree Village, where Talking Finch reported that Cui Chongxiao had formed a Nascent Soul and given birth to it, while demonic medicine had caused upheaval among several powerful groups.
• Qin Empire Ming examined his Longevity Token and three revived bodies, then used Ascension Light Rain to improve the children and creatures in the village.
• A mysterious figure investigated Qin Empire Ming with a rune-formed treasure mirror, and rumors spread that he might be One Sword.
• Bai Meng invited Qin Empire Ming to Chongxiao City to collect a gift from his departed Old Ancestor, and Qin Empire Ming joined a gathering with Tang Yushang and their acquaintances.
• Tang Yushang greeted Qin Empire Ming at the gathering, but two meows slipped into her voice and left the others stunned.

Tang Yushang’s accidental display of her Cat Yushang identity embarrassed her at a gathering, while rumors that Qin Ming was One Sword spread and placed him in danger. As hostile Masters encouraged the rumors from the Nine Heavens, Qin Ming prepared to pursue a breakthrough into the Grandmaster Domain.

• Tang Yushang realized the gathering had witnessed her slip-up, and Qin Ming defused the awkwardness by claiming they had both suffered Foreign-Domain Reaction Syndrome.
• Tang Yushang beat Bai Meng in the rear garden, then Qin Ming opened Bai Meng’s jade box and was ambushed and beaten by the silver-haired old man before shutting the sigil.
• Qin Ming’s friends warned that the One Sword rumor could draw enemies and offered him refuge, while he devised a karma-free shadow method and resolved to break through.
• The One Sword rumor spread across the factions and Nine Heavens; Lu Jingli invited Qin Ming for tea, but he politely declined.
• Xie Muze and Cheng Xian discussed amplifying the rumors to draw hostile attention toward Qin Ming, while Qin Ming used the Great Yu Royal Family’s Pure Land to examine whether he was ready to enter the Grandmaster Domain.

Qin Ming used Pure Land to test his readiness for the Grandmaster breakthrough and discovered that the True Form Tribulation would badly injure him, so he returned to Double Tree Village to refine his foundation before advancing. As rumors identifying him as the mysterious swordsman One Sword stirred trouble around Black White Mountain, he turned the pressure into motivation and continued preparing for the Fifth Realm.

• Qin Ming entered Mind Clarity at Pure Land and deduced that his Grandmaster breakthrough would trigger a True Form Tribulation that shattered his body, though he could survive and reconstruct it.
• Qin Ming decided to spend several months in secluded cultivation at Double Tree Village, polishing his Chaos Force and waiting to gather the Great Medicine needed for his breakthrough.
• Qin Ming's companions discussed his rapid progress, while Pei Gong resolved to work harder and Tang Yushang committed to breaking her bloodline shackles.
• Qin Ming began cultivating in seclusion beneath the Black White Twin Trees as rumors spread that he was One Sword, drawing attention and potential threats to Black White Mountain.
• Qin Ming found that the mounting external pressure accelerated his cultivation, while rumors about his family's Silk Book Method unsettled the Cui Household, which had once rejected him.
• Qin Ming continued preparing for the Fifth Realm, studying advanced techniques and considering whether to cultivate a sacred substance.