Recaps

Qin Ming defeated Cao Qianqiu’s Pure Yang Consciousness and continued searching Night Prefecture for Cui Geng while cultivating above the Nine Heavens. As the Cui Family fell into crisis and the Great Sages arrived to avenge Qin Ming, Wen Rui learned about his uncle’s supposed tragic fate, while the artifact spirits concealed that Qin Ming was alive.

• Qin Ming overwhelmed Cao Qianqiu’s Pure Yang Consciousness, shattered it with the Overlord Halberd, and let Little Yellow devour it, injuring Cao Qianqiu’s true body in the Beyond the Mundane Pure Land.
• Qin Ming searched Night Prefecture for Cui Geng while his true body gathered Nine Heavens Essence and refined his cultivation; meanwhile, Tang Yushang and Bai Meng visited Black White Mountain and were told Qin Ming was in seclusion.
• The Cui Family learned that four masters had died, Cui Chongxiao was missing, and their Old Ancestor might have met with disaster, leaving Father Cui with only Cui Chongxuan.
• Qin Ming heard people discuss his exposed identities and resolved to uncover the hidden enemies who had targeted him and Uncle Meng.
• The Great Sages encountered Wen Rui in Kun Jun and, after Heavenly Dagger-Axe described Qin Ming’s past suffering, promised to stand up for him; Xuantiān said he was tracking Cui Geng, while the artifact spirits kept Qin Ming’s survival secret.

Qin Ming uncovered Cheng Xian’s role in the plot against him and Meng Xinghai, then confronted Cheng Xian and Wen Dao in Night Prefecture. After punishing them, he resumed his search for Cui Geng, whose power soon drew the attention of Qin Ming’s companions.

• Zhou Tian used Wen Rui’s items from Cui Geng to divine that he was hiding in deep mountains and great marshes, and the group set out to find him.
• Cheng Xian and Wen Dao discussed their past schemes against Qin Ming and worried that Jade Capital’s Hidden Disciple might challenge Wen Dao’s position.
• Qin Ming traced a canceled assassination commission to Cheng Xian, found him at his estate, and attacked him and Wen Dao after confronting them about their past actions.
• Qin Ming left Cheng Xian and Wen Dao gravely injured, took the estate’s valuables, and headed into the deep mountains and great marshes.
• Qin Ming found traces of Cui Geng, while Zhou Tian and the others saw a powerful figure beneath a blazing Great Sun and realized he resembled Qin Ming.

Qin Ming reunited with his fellow Great Sages, who initially mistook him for an impostor before confirming he was alive. After they killed the heart ape impersonating Cui Geng, the group learned that a Jade Capital envoy was seeking Qin Ming and headed toward him, while Qin Ming’s brothers began suspecting Taiyi had hidden ties to Night Prefecture.

• Qin Ming bombarded Cui Geng’s hidden Cave Mansion as Meng Zhiyu, Niu Wuwei, Zhou Tian, and the other Great Sages approached and mistook him for an impostor.
• Wen Rui vouched for Qin Ming, and Qin Ming recalled private incidents that convinced the Great Sages he was their long-lost Sixth Brother.
• The Great Sages sparred with Qin Ming, discovered how much his cultivation had advanced, and stopped fighting once they recognized him.
• Qin Ming and the Great Sages broke Cui Geng’s formation and learned that a heart ape had replaced the real Cui Geng more than two hundred years earlier; Qin Ming killed the imposter.
• Qin Ming sensed that a Jade Capital envoy had come to meet him, so he and the Great Sages left the mountains and headed toward Red Haze City.
• Zhou Tian and Niu Wuwei noticed that Taiyi’s identity seemed connected to Qin Ming’s Night Prefecture aliases and questioned their second brother.

Qin Ming recovered two powerful arts from artifacts stored in the Prison Cloth, then uncovered a clue linking an ancient Supreme Expert’s tomb to a long-running Longevity Experiment. After reuniting with his companions and arriving in Red Haze City, he was greeted by Jade Capital’s Great Sage, who addressed him as a Great Sage himself.

• Qin Ming adapted his techniques to the turbulent Dao Rhythm and obtained the Inner Scenery Sky-Opening Axe art and the Diamond Ring’s method from two artifacts.
• Qin Ming struck a finger bone from the sky, sensed its connection to Azure Nether’s opened ancient tomb and a Longevity Experiment, and worried that Supreme Experts’ remains were being stolen.
• Qin Ming returned to Double Tree Village, reunited with Yu Gensheng, Bai Meng, Tang Yushang, and the others, and learned that Qian Cheng’s Dharma King identity had been exposed.
• Experts gathered in Red Haze City to meet Jade Capital’s envoy and Great Sage, while Qin Ming’s companions and former acquaintances reacted to the revelation that his various identities were disguises.
• Qin Ming arrived in Red Haze City with his companions, and Jade Capital’s Great Sage came out to greet him, calling him Great Sage Qin Ming.

Qin Ming arrived at Jade Capital and revealed himself as a Great Sage, astonishing the gathered factions and prompting old acquaintances to reconsider their past dealings with him. The gathering ended with the Jade Capital envoy naming Qin Ming the youngest Great Sage of the present age and the other members of his party revealing their extraordinary ranks.

• Si Huaiyong welcomed Qin Ming as a Great Sage, and Qin Ming publicly recognized Meng Xinghai as Uncle Meng.
• Lu Heng and the Old Barbarian God greeted Qin Ming as an equal, while their descendants were made to salute him as Great Sage Qin or Qin Grandpa.
• The Star Mountain, Thunder Marsh Palace, Sword Court, and Night Prefecture experts gathered around Qin Ming, and Xie Muze anxiously recalled once trying to recruit him by force.
• Si Huaiyong tested Qin Ming by serving him tea infused with powerful Divine Substances, and Qin Ming calmly drank it and praised its nourishing qualities.
• Zhou Tian, Meng Zhiyu, Qian Cheng, and Niu Wuwei drank the tea as well, revealing to the gathering that they were Great Sages or similarly formidable figures.
• Jade Capital's envoy named Meng Zhiyu, Zhou Tian, and Niu Wuwei's origins, then declared Qin Ming the youngest Great Sage of the present age and Night Prefecture's Light.

At the Blessed Land, Qin Ming’s hidden status as the youngest Great Sage became known, and he surpassed Jade Capital’s Si Huaiyong in a trial of Dao and artistic conception. After a mysterious, decaying elder approached Night Prefecture, Qin Ming returned to his Quiet Room and questioned Prison Cloth about the world’s deepest secrets.

• Lu Heng and the gathered factions learned Qin Ming’s extraordinary background, while Zhou Tian and the other Great Sages declared their support for him.
• The Jade Capital envoy tested Qin Ming and Si Huaiyong with Burning Dao Incense, and Qin Ming resisted the Mind Calamity Qi while entering sudden enlightenment.
• Qin Ming turned Si Huaiyong’s Dao-scape against him, prompting Si Huaiyong to concede that Qin Ming’s Dao attainment was greater.
• Jade Capital’s envoy revealed Qin Ming had likely been a Great Sage at twenty-two and had reached Master Ninth Heaven, astonishing the gathering.
• A decaying elder arrived at the edge of Night Prefecture, where the old man playing chess with Liu Mo sensed his approach.
• Qin Ming escaped the gathering and asked Prison Cloth about Solar Yang’s disappearance, the Night Mist World, and the limits of life.

Qin Empire Ming questioned Prison Cloth about Jade Capital and learned that its changing fragments might eventually turn against him. Meanwhile, a decayed old man entered Night Prefecture to retrieve his descendants, where he clashed with an ancient foe who emerged from an ice coffin; Qin Empire Ming recognized the foe’s face and was left shocked.

• Prison Cloth refused to reveal secrets beyond Qin Empire Ming’s authority, but warned him not to trust it once he neared Eighth-Realm Perfection because its reassembled self might change sides.
• Prison Cloth warned Qin Empire Ming to stay on Black White Mountain as a mysterious old man entered Night Prefecture, draining vitality from the land and claiming he had come to transplant his descendants.
• Wei Guanxuan tried to bar the old man from Jade Capital’s territory, but the old man sped through Night Prefecture while searching for something and recalling friends from the distant past.
• An ancient man burst from a buried ice coffin and attacked the decayed old man, revealing a bloody conflict between the founders of the Silk Book Method.
• Qin Empire Ming watched the battle through Prison Cloth’s Dao-Rhyme Mirror and recognized the ice-coffin man, crying out in shock.

Qin Ming saw Qin Zhaogu, whose face matched his missing grandfather’s, battle Yao Cangyan and began to fear that his childhood had been part of their scheme to sow martial cultivation. As Qin Ming stayed in Red Haze City, Yao Cangyan came to confront him, but Qin Zhaogu appeared in the Quiet Room first.

• Qin Ming recognized Qin Zhaogu’s face but doubted he was truly the loving grandfather he remembered.
• Qin Zhaogu and Yao Cangyan fought beyond Night Prefecture, wielding Longevity Force and Devouring Force before vanishing into the distance.
• Qin Ming withdrew from his companions and worried that he had been treated as an experimental seed, then resolved to focus on the present.
• Qin Ming reunited with old friends in Red Haze City while Liu Tianshen instructed him to remain near Black White Mountain.
• Yao Cangyan arrived outside Qin Ming’s Quiet Room, but Qin Zhaogu appeared inside first and poured himself tea.

Qin Ming met with Qin Zhaogu and Yao Cangyan, who offered to teach him their methods and take him away, but he chose to remain with Jade Capital. After learning that Qin Zhaogu might not be the grandfather he had sought, Qin Ming prepared to leave Night Prefecture and returned to Double Tree Village, where Tang Yushang embraced him.

• Qin Zhaogu and Yao Cangyan praised Qin Ming's progress and offered to help him break through the Heavenly Chasm, but Jade Capital's Primordial Jade Void Light intervened and protected him.
• Qin Zhaogu and Yao Cangyan argued with Wei Guanxuan and Liu Mo over whether Qin Ming should leave Jade Capital, then let him choose; Qin Ming declined their invitations and accepted tokens from both.
• Yao Cangyan and Qin Zhaogu departed to fight elsewhere, and Qin Zhaogu told Qin Ming to leave a share of beauty in his heart rather than answer whether he was the person Qin Ming sought.
• Qin Ming learned void-and-reality techniques from Liu Mo, then asked Prison Cloth about a place to train and learned of a perilous location deep within the Night Mist World.
• Qin Ming returned to Double Tree Village and told Tang Yushang he was about to leave; he revealed his black-haired true body, and Tang Yushang embraced him.

Qin Ming settled affairs in Night Prefecture by helping Tang Yushang break her bloodline shackles, sharing life-extending and cultivation scriptures, and visiting his sworn siblings and old friends. After returning to Double Tree Village, he agreed to let Prison Cloth send him into the depths of the Night Mist World.

• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang reunited beneath the Black White Twin Trees, and Tang Yushang decided to enter Jade Capital to grow stronger.
• Qin Ming taught Tang Yushang the Changing Fate Scripture and spent three days severing the hidden shackles in her body and consciousness, awakening her bloodline power.
• Qin Ming taught the old Masters the Abiding World Scripture's secret chapter to help them extend their lifespans, then visited Meng Zhiyu, Niu Wuwei, and their companions and shared several scriptures.
• Qin Ming saw old friends at Mountain River Academy and returned to Double Tree Village, where Tang Yushang remained in seclusion and the old Masters studied the Abiding World Scripture.
• Qin Ming questioned Prison Cloth about its origins and its images of the Night Mist World, then agreed when it offered to send him into the world's depths.

Qin Ming accepted the title of Primordial Guardian of the Dao, studied Jade Capital’s scriptures, and traveled through the Night Mist World to test a resonance method using temporary incarnations. After leaving Jade Capital Territory with Liu Mo, he arranged to investigate the deeper Night Mist World, but Prison Cloth warned that probing its heart would kill him; Qin Ming then found himself beneath a bright moon in an unfamiliar place.

• Prison Cloth agreed to help Qin Ming arrange a dangerous investigation, while Liu Mo made him a Primordial Guardian of the Dao and gave him Jade Capital’s scriptures.
• Qin Ming learned that Jade Capital would return to the Land of Beginnings and that he was expected to become a newcomer’s martial uncle; he shared his own scriptures with Liu Mo and confirmed he had mastered the transformation of reality and illusion.
• Qin Ming developed a resonance method using temporary incarnations as relays, then visited old acquaintances and tested the method across the Savage Immortal Realm, Night Prefecture, and other lands.
• Qin Ming discovered that the Fourth Forbidden Land came from a vast phenomenon extending out of the Night Ruins, visited Chang Xi and other acquaintances, and taught arts and gave Spiritual Objects to Sanhua, Black and White, and Tabby.
• Qin Ming prepared Wen Rui for his absence, left Double Tree Village despite Tang Yushang’s unspoken farewell, and Liu Mo escorted him out of Jade Capital Territory.
• Prison Cloth refused to let Qin Ming investigate the heart of the Night Mist World because he would die, but allowed him to explore deeper regions; Qin Ming soon found himself beneath a bright moon in an unfamiliar place.

Qin Ming used Prison Cloth to explore a false moon, where a powerful woman and a white rabbit nearly captured him for experimentation. After escaping their pursuit, he reached a mountain region rich in Spiritual Matter and followed a stream of Heavenly Light to a valley containing a rare Bodhi Tree.

• Qin Ming sent avatars to the moon and found a barren, bloodstained world filled with warnings, corpses, and evidence of experiments.
• A white hand captured Qin Ming's avatar and brought him to an underground laboratory, where monsters injected him with drugs and tried to study his body and soul.
• An old golden-winged monster destroyed Qin Ming's avatar, while a woman in palace robes and a white rabbit pursued his remaining avatars toward the Mist Gate.
• Prison Cloth closed the Mist Gate and severed the pursuit, then told Qin Ming that the moon was a refined meteorite rather than the real Lunar Star.
• Qin Ming recovered in a dense mountain region, then followed falling Heavenly Light into a valley where powerful creatures gathered around an Old Golden Toad and a Seven-Aperture Exquisite Sacred Bodhi.

Qin Ming watched the Old Golden Toad seize the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Sacred Bodhi and learned that the toad was a treasure serving the White Tortoise, who suspected its Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin was a rare sacred treasure. Qin Ming left the Many-Treasure Mountains with Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei, then learned the Jiang Household planned to investigate him because of a secret in the mountains.

• Qin Ming secretly watched the Sacred Bodhi ripen as experts fought over it, and the Dragon-Scaled Elephant and Golden Armored Beetle revealed their Grandmaster strength.
• The Old Golden Toad used the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin to kill an elderly human, then ordered the Dragon-Scaled Elephant and Golden Armored Beetle to accompany him.
• The White Tortoise arrived and revealed that the Old Golden Toad was a treasure; Qin Ming overheard him suspect that the coin could be a sacred treasure sought by the Dwelling in the World Organization.
• Qin Ming left the Water Manor undisturbed, traveled out of the mountains, and rescued Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei from a Netherfire Rhinoceros.
• Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei brought Qin Ming toward Maple Forest City, where he learned the region contained several Supreme Dao Fields.
• An elder of the Jiang Household told Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei to investigate Qin Ming discreetly because of a secret in the mountains, and Jiang Xiwei reluctantly agreed.

Qin Ming settled in Maple Forest City, refined his cultivation with World Fire, and learned that the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin could be a key to a Supreme Dao Field. As medicinal plants across the Night Mist World began to decay and the world grew increasingly unstable, he completed his Grandmaster Domain cultivation and prepared to attempt a breakthrough.

• Qin Ming explored Maple Forest City, learned that the Black White Scripture came from the fallen Yin-Yang Dao Field, and began refining Primordial One with World Fire.
• Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei hosted Qin Ming, and he resonated with Jiang Xiwei to discover that the Jiang Household was searching for a Great Opportunity and that the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin might be its key.
• Qin Ming accepted a residence from Jiang Xiwei and settled in Maple Forest City while the Jiang Household ended its investigation after confirming the key remained in the Many-Treasure Mountains.
• Qin Ming cultivated for over a year as the Wolf Ancestor grew stronger and rumors spread that rare herbs and Strange Medicines were deteriorating throughout the Night Mist World.
• Qin Ming emerged from seclusion with complete mastery of the Grandmaster Domain and resolved to build his reserves before attempting a breakthrough, though he worried that the changing world might affect it.

Qin Ming uncovered a fragment of memories of his parents, then found evidence that demons were secretly abducting people across remote regions as Blood Food. He chose an Ancient Battlefield for his breakthrough and waited for a natural thunderstorm to help him cross into the Sixth Realm.

• Qin Ming drank Demon Monkey Wine and briefly saw his parents in a buried memory, which eased his doubts about his past.
• Qin Ming heard reports of Meng Zhiyu’s battle with Yan Chuan and rumors that Jiang Xiyi had become the youngest Ancestor.
• Qin Ming set out to find a Blessed Land and discovered that demons were abducting spiritually gifted people from villages and other remote communities as Blood Food.
• Qin Ming warned Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei about the emerging Blood Calamity and chose the Ancient Battlefield as his breakthrough site.
• Qin Ming waited thirteen days for a natural thunderstorm, then resolved to refine Earthly Fiend and Heavenly Thunder to break through the Sixth Realm.

Qin Ming broke through to the Sixth Realm by refining Thunderfire and Earthly Fiend into Great Medicine, then survived a disastrous attempt to fuse additional cultivation forms. After learning of the monster clans’ Blood Medicine harvest and the old Master’s final stand, he prepared to face the Wolf Ancestor and reclaim his treasures.

• Qin Ming prepared to break through as visions of the Ancient Battlefield stirred around him, while an old Master entered the Many-Treasure Mountains to destroy monster outposts harvesting Blood Medicine.
• The old Master destroyed thirty-seven outposts and killed three Grandmaster-level monsters before a Red Wolf killed him; Qin Ming captured the Red Wolf and crushed the Wolf Ancestor’s summoned phantom.
• Qin Ming refined Thunderfire and Earthly Fiend into Great Medicine, pierced the barrier to the Sixth Realm, and stabilized his ancestral-realm breakthrough through Great Nirvana.
• Qin Ming exploded while attempting to fuse the Black White Scripture’s form, then pieced himself back together and realized how much stronger his ancestral-realm body had become.
• The Wolf Ancestor learned that Red Wolf had been lost, while Jiang Xiyi arrived in Maple Forest City seeking the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin.
• Qin Ming took up the old Master’s broken saber and resolved to kill the Wolf Ancestor and reclaim his Sacred Bodhi and Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin.

Qin Empire Ming absorbed Heavenly Medicine and Earth Medicine, then used his External Demon body to break through to the Sixth Realm before entering the Many-Treasure Mountains. Meanwhile, Jiang Xiyi arrived at Maple Forest City with a winged woman whose identity impressed even the city lord.

• Qin Empire Ming absorbed the Thunderfire Dao aura and Heavenly Light, then killed a golden falcon scout with a glance and captured its soul in the Emperor's Umbrella.
• Qin Empire Ming used the Black White Scripture to exchange places with his External Demon body and prepared it to break through in the thunderstorm.
• Qin Empire Ming supplied Primordial One to help his External Demon body survive the violent tribulation, and the body reached the Sixth Realm after a long nirvana.
• Qin Empire Ming sent his External Demon body toward the Many-Treasure Mountains, then exchanged places with it and entered the mountains himself to reclaim an opportunity.
• Jiang Xiyi secretly visited the City Lord's Manor in Maple Forest City with a beautiful woman who had white wings, leaving the city lord under pressure.

Qin Empire Ming destroyed the Wolf Ancestor’s forces and killed the Wolf Ancestor and Fog Demon, then hurried to the White Tortoise’s Water Manor to wait for the Old Turtle. After learning of the battle, Jiang Xiyi and Yun Nixue entered the Many-Treasure Mountains, suspecting it was connected to the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Copper Coin.

• Jiang Xiyi and Yun Nixue met City Lord Mu Cen'an, who briefed them on the Many-Treasure Mountains and the surging Black and White Light in the Yin-Yang Ruins.
• Qin Empire Ming learned that the White Tortoise was sealed inside a Secret Chamber, so he left it undisturbed and headed to confront the Wolf Ancestor’s forces.
• Qin Empire Ming’s External Demon attacked the Fog Demon and the gathered demon kings, then escaped the Wolf Ancestor’s six-banner formation by switching places with the Unicorn Immortal.
• Qin Empire Ming seized the Earth Immortal banners and killed the Fog Demon and Wolf Ancestor, while the Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella absorbed the battlefield’s dead.
• Qin Empire Ming cleaned the battlefield with Severing All Causes and switched places with the Koi to wait in the White Tortoise’s Water Manor.
• Jiang Xiyi heard that the Wolf Court had been destroyed and led Yun Nixue and their experts into the mountains to investigate the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Copper Coin.

Qin Ming ambushed the White Tortoise in the Water Manor, stole the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Sacred Bodhi, and fought him over the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin. He killed the White Tortoise and stopped a Nether Sea invasion, while Jiang Xiyi and Yun Nixue followed the coin’s resonance to the Water Manor and attacked its formation.

• Qin Ming waited in the Water Manor, learned that the attacker in the Night Mist World had been in the Eighth Realm, and considered the experiments tied to the Savage Immortal Realm.
• The White Tortoise emerged from seclusion and ordered Dragon-Scaled Elephant and Golden Armored Beetle to bring him 108,000 Blood Medicines made from human lives.
• Qin Ming seized the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Sacred Bodhi from the White Tortoise’s chamber and attacked him, losing two Six Sovereigns True Forms in the process.
• Qin Ming overpowered the White Tortoise, who opened a seal beneath the Water Manor and summoned Nether Sea beasts with the Blood Medicines.
• The White Tortoise refined the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin, but Qin Ming used the Black White Scripture and Torn Cloth to take it, while the White Tortoise’s remaining demon soul was sent into the Great Abyss.
• Jiang Xiyi sensed the coin’s pulse near the Water Manor, and he and Yun Nixue arrived there and attacked its formation as several Demon Immortals protested.

Jiang Xiyi and Yun Nixue investigated the ruined Water Manor as conflict erupted between the great powers and a mysterious sacred beast, while Maple Forest City celebrated Jiang Xiyi as the youngest Ancestor. Qin Ming learned that the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin was a key to a Supreme Secret Realm, but Jiang Xiyi traced it to him and attacked; Qin Ming escaped and vowed to confront him after refining the coin.

• Jiang Xiyi and Yun Nixue entered the destroyed Water Manor and discovered a Secret Chamber and an Endless Abyss, while White Elder clashed with four Demon Immortals near the Wolf Court.
• A mysterious sacred beast struck at Yunmeng Great Marsh, and the resulting clash of Seventh Realm power terrified people in Maple Forest City.
• Jiang Xiyi returned to the city amid rumors that he had destroyed the Wolf Court and killed White Tortoise, prompting arguments over whether he surpassed the dead Great Sage Zheng Guang.
• Qin Ming resonated with the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin and learned that it granted access to a Supreme Secret Realm, required nine qualified holders to open, and could be traced after refinement.
• Jiang Xiyi sensed the coin and attacked Qin Ming with a vast palm, but Qin Ming escaped into Torn Cloth Space and resolved to demand an explanation once he could wield the coin.

After surviving Jiang Xiyi and Heaven City’s attempt to seize the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin, Qin Ming refined the relic and spent months preparing to retaliate. He ambushed Jiang Xiyi, Yun Nixue, and their companions as they returned from the Many-Treasure Mountains, while Si Yeli glimpsed a familiar blade light in the attack.

• Qin Ming escaped the colossal palm strike inside the exotic gold cloth, then studied and refined the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin while Jiang Xiyi and Yun Nixue’s forces failed to find him.
• Qin Ming learned that the coin could awaken power capable of suppressing an earth immortal if he supplied it with Primordial One Qi, and he agreed to provide the energy.
• Qin Ming spent months gathering Primordial One Qi and watching the movements of the Longevity Dao Field and Heaven City, while the coin agreed to scout for nearby enemies.
• Qin Ming synchronized with his external demon form and lured the two Dao fields’ powerful elders toward the region before the coin’s hundred-day limit expired.
• Qin Ming unleashed the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin to intercept Jiang Xiyi, Yun Nixue, and their companions as they returned from the Many-Treasure Mountains.
• Si Yeli saw a familiar blade light amid the black-and-white attack and stared in surprise.

Qin Empire Ming used the awakened Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin to trap the Longevity Dao Field and Heaven City group, then attacked them with his heavenly saber. He killed an Earth Immortal and struck Jiang Xiyi as Maple Forest City watched in shock.

• Qin Empire Ming activated the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin and trapped the pursuing Earth Immortals and their companions within a Yin-Yang Dao Diagram.
• The trapped group launched formations and sacrificed Earth Immortal treasures, but the diagram suppressed their Spirit Domains and prevented escape.
• Yun Nixue asked Qin Empire Ming to stop and negotiate, but he refused, saying they had never offered him the same consideration when hunting him.
• Qin Empire Ming used his heavenly saber to kill two men and behead an Earth Immortal while the Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella welcomed the prospect of Earth Immortal souls.
• Qin Empire Ming stabbed Jiang Xiyi through the glabella as the onlookers in Maple Forest City watched in disbelief.

Qin Ming slaughtered the forces of Changsheng Dao Field and Heaven City in the Many-Treasure Mountains, then escaped with the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin and traveled to recruit allies. He brought Liu Mo into the conflict, while forces from several Dao Fields gathered to join him in the Supreme Secret Realm.

• Qin Ming used the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin to immobilize Jiang Xiyi, Yun Nixue, and four Earth Immortals, then killed their bodies or avatars and erased traces of the battle.
• Qin Ming triggered a surge of turmoil in the Many-Treasure Mountains by making the revived coin appear in the sky, drawing rival factions into the area as the two old monsters pursued him.
• Qin Ming persuaded the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin to travel with him by promising to find it a worthy host, then left the mountains with his External Demon body.
• Qin Ming met Zhou Tian in the Demon Court's territory and asked him to summon their brothers to explore the Supreme Secret Realm.
• Qin Ming used Wu Yao's Bronze Gate to reach Black White Mountain and convinced Liu Mo to accompany him to investigate the Black White Scripture's possible continuation beyond the Eighth Realm.
• Zhou Tian's letters prompted Tushita Palace, the Primordial Yellow Dao Field, and the Dream Insect Clan to dispatch experts, while Mu Shinian confidently prepared to meet Qin Ming.

Duan Yin returned to Maple Forest City riding a subdued Silver Lion as Great Sages gathered for a Supreme Secret Realm. Zhou Tian announced that Zheng Guang might still be alive, and Qin Ming arrived in the city with Liu Tianshen.

• Duan Yin entered Maple Forest City on the Silver Lion, and Si Yeli declined his invitation to explore the Supreme Secret Realm together.
• Xu Yuan arrived, followed by Yun Nixue, Zhou Tian, and Mu Shinian as powerful figures from several Dao Fields gathered in the city.
• Duan Yin and Xu Yuan clashed verbally with Zhou Tian and Mu Shinian over Zheng Guang's past victories and their rivalry.
• Zhou Tian said that Zheng Guang might not be dead, setting off rumors throughout Maple Forest City and drawing Si Yeli's hopeful attention.
• Qin Ming and Liu Tianshen arrived in Maple Forest City.

Qin Ming returned to Maple Forest City and reunited with his sworn brothers, where he easily defeated Mu Shinian in a friendly Dao contest. After Qin Ming openly suppressed Duan Yin at the Spirit Monkey Tavern, rumors spread that the supposedly dead Zheng Guang had returned, drawing powerful figures to the tavern.

• Qin Ming brought Liu Tianshen to the estate gifted by Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei, then reunited with Mu Shinian and Zhou Tian.
• Mu Shinian challenged Qin Ming to a Dao contest, but Qin Ming repeatedly overcame his time-based techniques and left him charred by Thunderfire.
• Qin Ming, Mu Shinian, and Zhou Tian drank at the Spirit Monkey Tavern, where onlookers speculated that Qin Ming was the returned Zheng Guang.
• Duan Yin confronted Qin Ming at the tavern, and Qin Ming's wine cup pinned Duan Yin down and forced him to bow; an intervening Earth Immortal was also injured.
• Duan Yin and Xu Yuan left to summon their senior brother, while Yun Nixue and Si Yeli arrived and Yan Chuan set out for the tavern.