Arc 34The Dao Venerable Path

Qin Ming destroyed the Big Dipper Sacred Land, ascended with his companions, and shared his cultivation method while battling challengers and exploring the Night Mist World. A debt led him into Virtual Spirit Xi’s trial, where he challenged Jiang Yutian on the Dao Venerable Path for secret medicine.

  • Qin Ming survived his tribulation, reached the ninth heaven ancestor realm, and killed the True Immortals sent to ambush him before defeating Wei Heng, Mu Shou, and Jiang Yong.
  • Qin Ming’s allies and a coalition of raiders attacked the Big Dipper Sacred Land, and Qin Ming joined the battle as the blood moon sent cultivators into a frenzy.
  • Qin Ming led his companions against Yuan Tian and the Big Dipper immortals, then resisted the jade stairway’s pull even as others ascended.
  • Qin Ming climbed the Immortal Ascension Road, returned to the Mortal World, and helped unite its nations before sharing his Silk Book Method with the Great Sages.
  • Qin Ming defeated Xie Linzhou and Jing Zhi in the Blood Moon Battle Platform, then joined the elders’ expedition into the Night Mist World.
  • A Purple-Clad Woman named Virtual Spirit Xi pursued Qin Ming and Niu Wuwei over an old debt, then brought them through the Ten-Colored Fire Spring to a trial in the Solar Yang Dao Field.
  • Qin Ming and his companions recognized the President in an ancient imprint, defeated the Sick Heavenly Dragon, and mastered the golden-paper art before their gifts caused trouble with Jiang Yutian.
  • Qin Ming agreed to face Jiang Yutian on the Dao Venerable Path for twelve doses of secret medicine, while his companions defeated Jiang Yutian’s challengers.
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Ch. 838Storms Stir Again in the Qin Imperial Capital

Emperor Qin patrolled the neighboring nations while Lu Zizai defended Radiant Peace City from four true immortals, killing one as the Slaying Ten Thousand Immortals array trapped the others. Qin Ming then broke through to the ninth heaven ancestor realm in the Barbarian Mountains and returned toward the capital, while hostile factions seized the chance to order an attack on him.

  • Four true immortals invaded Radiant Peace City to destroy the secret medicine and Dao Soldiers, but the Slaying Ten Thousand Immortals array trapped them underground.
  • Lu Zizai pursued a fleeing true immortal and killed him with his bare hands, revealing that he had entered the supreme ancestor realm.
  • Qin Ming left the Radiant Kingdom for the Barbarian Mountains to undergo his tribulation, while the capital's nobles and commoners watched him depart.
  • Qin Ming unified his forces, survived the tribulation, and broke through to the ninth heaven ancestor realm before returning to Radiant Peace City on the great peng bird.
  • The Big Dipper Sacred Land and other hostile factions learned Qin Ming was away from the capital and ordered their experts to intercept and kill him.

Ch. 839Assassinate Emperor Qin

Qin Ming faced an ambush by five True Immortals in the Radiant Kingdom and turned the battle against them. After killing two, he hunted the survivors and openly challenged the Big Dipper Sacred Land.

  • The Big Dipper Sacred Land ordered its allies to intercept Qin Ming while leaders of other powers hesitated to join the attack.
  • Qin Ming learned of the ambush, slowed his return, and rode the Great Peng Bird toward five True Immortals blocking his path.
  • Qin Ming disabled the Purple Bat Beast, dragged its rider into the Exotic Gold Cloth, and killed him with the External Demon.
  • Qin Ming fought the four remaining True Immortals and killed a female opponent inside the Exotic Gold Cloth.
  • Qin Ming pursued the surviving True Immortals as reports of his victory spread, then called out the Big Dipper Sacred Land for sending others to fight in its place.

Ch. 840Heaven's Chosen

Qin Ming killed the Demon Ape and the Red-Haired Woman, then was ambushed on his way back to Great Qin by Wei Heng, Mu Shou, and Jiang Yong. Outmatched by the three mid-stage True Immortals, Qin Ming faced a life-or-death choice as they pressed their attack.

  • Qin Ming rejected the Demon Ape's and the Red-Haired Woman's pleas to submit, pursued them, and killed them both before returning toward Great Qin.
  • Qin Ming destroyed the Li Fire Sect in Great Tai, while Wei Heng gathered Mu Shou and Jiang Yong to ambush him on his route home.
  • Wei Heng, Mu Shou, and Jiang Yong confronted Qin Ming, identified themselves, and launched a coordinated attack.
  • Qin Ming fought the three experts with his Kunsteel Saber and Exotic Metal Blade, but their superior cultivation injured him and left him trapped in a deadly fight.

Ch. 841The World Erupted

Qin Ming survived an ambush by Wei Heng, Mu Shou, and Jiang Yong by using the Exotic Gold Cloth to maim and defeat them, then publicized their deaths to draw out the Big Dipper Sacred Land. As the Lord of the Big Dipper marched toward Great Qin, Qin Ming secretly headed for the sect, while celestial demons appeared outside its main altar.

  • Qin Ming used the Exotic Gold Cloth to sever Wei Heng's leg and Jiang Yong's arm, then defeated Mu Shou and captured the three wounded True Immortals.
  • Qin Ming sent a false report that he was near death, returned secretly to Radiant Peace City, and arranged for his allies to act against the Big Dipper Sacred Land.
  • Qin Ming displayed the three masters' remains at the city gate, provoking outrage and prompting the Lord of the Big Dipper to lead his True Immortals toward Great Qin.
  • Qin Ming realized his fellow countrymen might be raiding the Big Dipper Sacred Land without him, challenged the Lord of the Big Dipper to meet him in the Zhao Kingdom, and secretly headed for the sect instead.
  • The Lord of the Big Dipper learned that celestial demons had appeared outside the main altar and decided to catch them and Qin Ming in one trap.

Ch. 842The world's storm clouds converged on the Big Dipper

As Qin Ming traveled north to confront the Big Dipper Sacred Land, a host of demons and rival factions attacked its main altar, overwhelming its defenses. The Lord of the Big Dipper returned to defend the ruins, and Qin Ming arrived as the battle reached a crisis beneath a blood-red moon.

  • News spread that Emperor Qin had marched north for his fifth campaign, while factions debated whether to retrieve the corpses hanging at Radiant Peace and the Wu Family tried to enlist Chu Kong.
  • At the Big Dipper Sacred Land, seven Extraterrestrial Demons attacked while its Second Elder struggled to activate the failing sect-protecting array.
  • Lu Zizai, Zhou Tian, and their companions watched as the Nine Great Bandits, the Four Great Scoundrels, and other disguised forces joined the assault to seize the sacred land's treasures.
  • The attackers breached the old array, forcing the Second Elder to retreat and send an urgent message to the Holy Lord as more demons and raiders gathered.
  • The Lord of the Big Dipper and the Grand Supreme Elder returned with their immortals, while the Three Saints of the Demon Race joined the siege.
  • Qin Ming arrived at the devastated Ice Wasteland and saw the Big Dipper Sacred Land under attack, then noticed that the moon had turned blood red.

Ch. 843Everyone in the World Had Gone Mad

The Big Dipper Sacred Land was overwhelmed by a vast coalition as a blood moon unleashed a force that drove people across the world into murderous frenzy. Qin Ming and his companions fought to protect one another, while the moon’s strange celestial manifestations continued to spread.

  • The Three Saints led an assault on the Big Dipper Sacred Land, while factions and former allies slaughtered its defenders and looted its secret vaults.
  • The Lord of the Big Dipper struggled to protect his disciples as the sword formation weakened, and the Yun Kingdom’s Grand Emperor joined the attackers in search of life-prolonging medicine.
  • Qin Ming’s Exotic Gold Cloth split apart and flew toward the blood moon, leaving him with only a small piece as jade steps and immortal light appeared in the sky.
  • A force from the blood moon overwhelmed people’s restraint, drawing Qin Ming, the Golden-Winged Roc, and cultivators across the world into violent frenzy.
  • Qin Ming found Lu Zizai, Si Yeli, Meng Zhiyu, Niu Wuwei, and his other companions caught up in the madness, and they joined together to defend themselves.
  • After briefly regaining their senses, Mu Shinian, Qin Ming, and Niu Wuwei traded confused accusations about Qin Ming’s lipstick marks.

Ch. 844Slaying foes and ascending

Qin Ming led his allies into a decisive battle against Yuan Tian and the Big Dipper Sacred Land, killing its Lord and destroying its surviving upper echelon. After they collected immortal medicines and healed Si Yeli, the Blood Moon’s tide lifted everyone toward the far north, but Qin Ming resisted leaving before fulfilling his wishes and defeating more enemies.

  • Qin Ming teased Niu Wuwei about Fairy Fox, then reassured the wounded Si Yeli and agreed that his group should fight toward the Immortal Medicine Garden.
  • Qin Ming killed a True Immortal who had injured Si Yeli, while Lu Zizai also slew a True Immortal during the ensuing battle.
  • Yuan Tian challenged Qin Ming to a final battle, and Qin Ming took command of the Slaying Ten Thousand Immortals Killing Array as both sides deployed their formations.
  • The Big Dipper Sword Formation’s disk shattered, allowing Qin Ming’s array to isolate Yuan Tian and trap the other Big Dipper True Immortals.
  • Qin Ming killed Yuan Tian, and his allies annihilated the remaining Big Dipper immortals before harvesting at least four immortal medicines; one petal healed Si Yeli.
  • A rising tide carried everyone toward the far north on jade steps, but Qin Ming resisted leaving because he still had wishes to fulfill and enemies to slay.

Ch. 845Immortal Ascension Road

Qin Ming and the other survivors were swept onto a mysterious Immortal Ascension Road, where their suppressed powers returned and they began climbing toward the Blood Moon. As Qin Ming’s Heaven and Earth Manifestation grew immense and shook the road, the observers at its summit recognized him as an anomaly and watched with growing alarm.

  • The Nine-Tailed White Fox explained that mass ascensions had occurred before and were often connected to visitors from beyond heaven, while Lu Zizai urged everyone to prepare for battle.
  • More than three hundred experts arrived before the jade stairway, where a mechanical voice invited them to ascend and said extraordinary visions could earn them honored-guest status.
  • The ascenders discovered that their supernatural powers and ability to fly returned as they climbed, then set off while the Great Sages displayed their own visions.
  • Yu Sheng provoked Qin Ming, and Su Lingshu challenged him to exchange pointers on the Immortal Ascension Road, though the mechanical voice forbade bloody combat.
  • Qin Ming climbed with his Heaven and Earth Manifestation, growing so immense that his footsteps shook the jade road and unsettled Yu Sheng and Su Lingshu.
  • The observers at the summit identified Qin Ming’s Myriad Aperture Illumination Art and growing form as signs of an anomaly, while Qin Ming rose high enough to look down at them.

Ch. 846Seeking the Dao

Qin Ming reached the end of the Immortal Ascension Road, impressed the hosts with his effortless progress and response to Enlightenment Tea, then turned their cultivation questions into a group discussion of problems he could not solve. The hosts offered him permission to return to the surface, and he promised a Supreme True Scripture to anyone who could answer his questions before departing.

  • Qin Ming towered over the other ascenders as he climbed, while the Golden Winged Roc used sword intent and speed laws to open a path and Fang Zhiwei offered to make him a mount.
  • Qin Ming woke Fu Yi, gave him guidance about the Immortal Ascension Road, and tossed him to its bottom, while keeping the other prisoners asleep.
  • Qin Ming reached the platform first and joined the hosts for tea; after learning it was Enlightenment Tea, he said it merely refreshed his mind, leaving the hosts stunned by his aptitude.
  • The woman in yellow asked Qin Ming about Yin-Yang Life and Death and the Gate, and he answered at length before inviting her, the hosts, and the Great Sages to discuss his own cultivation problems.
  • Unable to resolve Qin Ming's questions, the hosts offered him permission to return to the surface; Qin Ming accepted and promised a Supreme True Scripture to anyone who could answer him.

Ch. 847Rivaling the Ancient Mysteries

Qin Ming returned to the Mortal World with several Great Sages, united the nations under Great Qin, and gathered exotic metal essence into a Nine-Colored Seal that could nourish Longevity Force. After settling the kingdom’s succession and dealing with the former Wu Family dynasty, he left the world and asked whether anyone had solved his Supreme Sovereign Conjecture.

  • Qin Ming offered his Fundamental Scripture to anyone who solved half of his Supreme Sovereign Conjecture, recruited Great Sages to study it, and departed with Lu Zizai, Meng Zhiyu, Zhou Tian, and others.
  • Qin Ming and his companions returned to the Mortal World in a dragon carriage, and they agreed to unite the nations while promising their escort not to intervene personally.
  • Qin Ming’s companions secured the nations’ submission to Great Qin, and the nations and three great sacred lands contributed exotic metal essence to cast a Nine-Colored Seal that nourished Longevity Force.
  • Qin Ming arranged for a successor to rule Great Qin, rejected Wu Chan’s plea for mercy, and released the eighteen thousand Dao Soldiers from his Killing Array.
  • Qin Ming departed the unified world for Qing Ming and asked whether the Great Sages had solved the Supreme Sovereign Conjecture.

Ch. 848Taking on all the sages alone

Qin Ming returned to the jade platform with immortal medicine and provoked the gathered Great Sages over his Supreme Sovereign Conjecture. He demonstrated that he could resolve flaws in the Silk Scripture, and the Blood Moon opened as the old experts reconsidered his work.

  • Qin Ming returned with his companions, whose gains and lingering immortal-medicine fragrance angered the gathered Great Sages.
  • Qin Ming taunted Zuo Dao, Su Lingshu, Duan Yin, Jiang Xiyi, Cao Wudao, and the others for failing to understand his conjecture, nearly provoking a fight.
  • Jing Zhi and Xiao Zongbai introduced the representatives of four ancient Dao establishments, while Yun Qingrao and Lu Qingxiao warned Qin Ming that their Eighth Realm seniors had judged his method flawed.
  • Qin Ming circulated the Silk Book Method before the Great Sages, demonstrating that he could merge different methods while preserving their strengths and removing their hidden dangers.
  • The old experts inside the Blood Moon ordered it opened after hearing of Qin Ming's demonstration, and Qin Ming asked the gathering what they thought of his Supreme Sovereign Conjecture.

Ch. 849Blood Moon Home Ground

After the blood moon vanished, the ascenders learned that the stars and moon were painted illusions concealing an experimental world, then entered the Moon Palace for a Dao discussion. Qin Ming gathered ideas from Great Sages and Eighth Realm experts to develop the New Life Path, while Perching-Star Cliff’s Xie Linzhou and Yao Xingluo arrived seeking him.

  • The blood moon and stars disappeared, revealing that a Ninth Realm Supreme Expert had painted the false night sky over the world, which the Great Sages suspected had been used as an experiment site.
  • The ascenders reached the Moon Palace, where a Purple-Haired Old Heavenly Immortal welcomed them and confirmed that experts from their Dao establishments had arrived nearby.
  • Qin Ming discussed cultivation questions with the gathered Great Sages, including Shi Yuan’s account of pure yang consciousness nurtured in a place of death.
  • Xie Linzhou and Yao Xingluo of Perching-Star Cliff approached Qin Ming, suspected he knew the Myriad Aperture Illumination Art, and proposed sparring before Lu Qingxiao stopped them.
  • Several Eighth Realm old monsters joined Qin Ming’s discussion, and he offered his Fundamental Scripture in exchange for ideas that could open the New Life Path.
  • The old monsters secretly listened to the experts gathered beyond the Nine Heavens and copied their ideas, while Qin Ming mistook their abundance of suggestions for their own brilliance.

Ch. 850Blazing a trail for the New Life System

Qin Ming found two directions for pioneering the Seventh Realm: expanding outward into the Great World and digging inward into the Myriad Selves. After sharing the flawed Silk Book Method with the gathered sages to refine it, he accepted Xie Linzhou’s challenge on the Blood Moon Battle Platform.

  • Qin Ming drew inspiration from the Eighth Realm experts and Great Sages, deciding that he could seek rebirth by exploring the Great World, Secret Treasures, the subconscious, and special physiques.
  • Blood Buddha and Longevity Daoist arrived, offered Qin Ming guidance about microscopic beings and the relationship between the self and heaven and earth, and helped him connect his inward and outward approaches.
  • After realizing he should advance one step at a time, Qin Ming agreed to share his True Scripture and swore that it matched the original, while warning that it was dangerous to practice.
  • Xie Linzhou forced the Silk Book Method through its circulation and split open, but blamed the scripture and challenged Qin Ming to a same-realm fight.
  • Qin Ming entered the Blood Moon Battle Platform at the middle Ancestor Realm and told Xie Linzhou he would defeat him in two moves.

Ch. 851Six Emperors Across the Sky

Qin Ming decisively defeated Xie Linzhou in their Blood Moon Battle Platform duel, then challenged Jing Zhi of the Sacred Fire Palace. Jing Zhi refused to lower her realm, but Qin Ming welcomed the prospect of fighting a True Immortal.

  • Qin Ming asked the Blood Buddha and the Longevity Daoist to guarantee that Perching-Star Cliff's elders would not interfere, and both agreed.
  • Xie Linzhou summoned his star gods with Perching-Star Cliff's Myriad Stars Reflecting the Divine, while Qin Ming formed his Primal Unity True Form and charged with the Six Sovereigns.
  • Qin Ming's true forms crushed Xie Linzhou's star gods and left Xie Linzhou badly wounded, but Xie Linzhou kept fighting with Star-Pattern Body Forging.
  • Qin Ming broke through Xie Linzhou's seven seals, pinned him beneath a starlit hand, and forced him to kneel before he fainted.
  • Qin Ming discovered that Jing Zhi had stirred up trouble and challenged her to a spar; she refused to lower her realm, and he said he wanted to fight a True Immortal.

Ch. 852Fist Light Pierced the Night

Qin Ming fought Jing Zhi on the Blood Moon Battle Platform after exposing that she had secretly sent Perching-Star Cliff to deal with him. He gained the upper hand in their duel, survived her heartfire and Ancestor Worm's Cry left her badly injured but still standing.

  • Duan Yin, Yan Chuan, and Xu Yuan discussed Jing Zhi's True Immortal realm and Qin Ming's challenge before she entered the Blood Moon Battle Platform.
  • Qin Ming confronted Jing Zhi over her plot involving Perching-Star Cliff, while Zhou Tian, Si Yeli, and Mu Shinian criticized her treatment of an honored guest.
  • Qin Ming and Jing Zhi exchanged punches, and his body cultivation let him overpower her Three Absolutes Fist Print and break her right hand.
  • Jing Zhi attacked Qin Ming with Heartfire Scorches the World, but his layered defenses kept his consciousness unharmed.
  • Qin Ming struck Jing Zhi with Ancestor Worm's Cry, leaving her cracked and bloodied, though her chaos flame helped her withstand the attack.
  • Xie Linzhou woke in time to see Jing Zhi's injuries and felt calmer after comparing her defeat with his own earlier humiliation.

Ch. 853The curtain fell on the martial world

Qin Ming battled Jing Zhi, overwhelming her with lightning before she answered with a deadly sword array that drew upon the Dao rhythms. After Jing Zhi conceded, they traded her source Immortal Fires for her severed leg, but Qin Ming attacked her again until the Blood Buddha intervened; then a group of old monsters arrived through the broken gate and asked to be shown the Night Mist World.

  • Qin Ming unleashed the Primordial Myriad Thunder Seal and its Nine Pages of Scripture, repeatedly injuring Jing Zhi as her Sacred Fire Protection and regenerative power kept her in the fight.
  • Jing Zhi sacrificed part of her source Immortal Fires to form a flying-sword array and clash with Qin Ming amid surging Dao rhythms, but Qin Ming severed her leg and forced her to concede.
  • Qin Ming traded Jing Zhi's reattached leg for a few seeds from her source Immortal Fires, then severed her control over them when she tried to detonate them.
  • Qin Ming struck Jing Zhi with a Diamond Ring, destroying her right arm, but the Blood Buddha stopped him before he could attack again.
  • A group of old monsters broke through the gate before the appointed time and asked the Purple-Haired Old Heavenly Immortal to guide them deeper into the Night Mist World.

Ch. 854Is This Human Speech?

The elders of the outer Dao Fields confronted the Four Dao Fields over the missing Great Sages, then negotiated a settlement and learned why the Night Mist World served as an experiment site. Qin Ming discovered Old Cloth had pursued another Exotic Gold Cloth, while rumors about his fight with Jing Zhi spread; he joined the elders’ expedition into the Night Mist World, where the group reached Eternal Night and stared ahead in shock.

  • The old monsters confronted the Four Dao Fields, whose leaders denied abducting the Great Sages and complained about the chaos the young visitors had caused.
  • Wei Guanxuan and other elders defended Qin Ming and the other Great Sages, turning the confrontation into negotiations that ended with an agreement to investigate the true culprit and exchange captives for immortal medicine.
  • The Purple-Haired Old Heavenly Immortal explained that the Four Dao Fields’ secret medicine helped visitors preserve their cultivation or lives after leaving the Martial Arts World, and the Great Sages thanked the elders for their help.
  • Qin Ming reunited with Old Cloth and learned it had joined with Fang Zhiwei’s cloth to destroy a newly found Exotic Gold Cloth whose owner, a late-Eighth-Realm Puppet Body, had sent the Great Sages into the experiment site.
  • Rumors about Qin Ming’s fight with Jing Zhi spread and provoked challengers, so Qin Ming joined the elders’ expedition into the Night Mist World along with the other Great Sages.
  • Two days into the journey, Qin Ming and the others stood beneath Eternal Night and stared ahead in shock.

Ch. 855Sightseeing in the Depths of the Night Mist World

Qin Ming and the other travelers explored the depths of the Night Mist World, encountering dangerous remnants of ancient powers and strange spectacles. Their tour ended at the Ten-Colored Fire Spring Extinguishing Ground, where the Fire Spring began surging and something appeared to be alive within it.

  • The group reached a blazing Nine-Colored Fire Spring, where Qin Ming’s fire seed secretly absorbed its power until a terrifying trace of the rules warned him to stop controlling it.
  • The travelers crossed desolate lands and avoided the metallic mulberry forest of Silkworm Mountain, where headless divine silkworms guarded the remains of a possible supreme expert.
  • The group passed an ancient battlefield where a Reaper killed a jade corpse, then witnessed a vision of a woman’s overwhelming sword light before she vanished.
  • At a pair of red and blue Fire Springs, Qin Ming and Niu Wuwei argued over whether a reflected man had become the woman’s carriage driver, while the elders discussed a connection between the Night Ruins and the True Realm.
  • The group headed toward an ancient Teleportation Gate after agreeing they had seen enough, but at the Ten-Colored Fire Spring Extinguishing Ground, Blood Buddha and Longevity Daoist sensed the Fire Spring surging and something alive within it.

Ch. 856Historical legend made manifest

The Ten-Colored Fire Spring revived in the Abyss, and its ancient carvings reenacted the destruction of a Supreme Dao Field within the gathered immortals’ minds. As the Spring filled the Abyss and divided space into strange planes, a Purple-Clad Woman emerged from a mysterious boat and targeted Qin Ming, declaring that he must repay a debt.

  • The Abyss’s awakened carvings unleashed a mental vision of an ancient Supreme Dao Field’s destruction, knocking nearly everyone from the sky.
  • Qin Ming landed on Meng Zhiyu, while Lu Zizai landed on Niu Wuwei, and the group recovered as they realized the Abyss’s images had caused the attack.
  • The Ten-Colored Fire Spring surged back to life, purified the carvings, and filled the Abyss as a small boat carrying indistinct figures appeared in its mist.
  • Ripples from the Fire Spring split space into separate planes, and a figure aboard the boat examined the gathered beings with a Treasure Mirror.
  • A Purple-Clad Woman stepped into Qin Ming’s group, tried to bind Niu Wuwei, then shifted her attention to Qin Ming and declared, “Repay your debt!”

Ch. 857The Fire Spring touched on the world's ultimate truth

A purple-robed woman used a mysterious ledger to overpower Qin Ming and his allies, claiming that Niu Wuwei owed an ancient debt. After Qin Ming turned the fight around with the Exotic Gold Cloth, she recognized him as an owner of Night and invited the group to join her in a trial through a gate in the Ten-Colored Fire Spring.

  • The purple-robed woman dismantled the group’s attacks with ripples from her ledger and tried to bind Qin Ming and Niu Wuwei over an old debt.
  • Qin Ming provoked the woman, then used the Exotic Gold Cloth to pursue and strike her after she sensed the danger of stepping on him.
  • The woman recognized the Exotic Gold Cloth’s other name, Night, and explained that a bull-riding figure from Niu Wuwei’s training grounds had pledged powerful later-generation disciples as collateral.
  • The woman offered to erase the debt and grant benefits if Qin Ming, Niu Wuwei, and their allies helped her complete a trial, while the older experts remained trapped nearby.
  • The woman opened an arched gateway within the Ten-Colored Fire Spring, and Qin Ming recognized similarities to other mysterious passages he had encountered.

Ch. 858Daylight World

Qin Ming and the others were forced to board a Small Boat through the Arched Gate and entered a brightly lit world where they were assigned a trial. As they traveled through the Daylight World, familiar dangers appeared, and they finally recognized the sword-wielding woman as the President.

  • The mysterious old men pressured Qin Ming, Niu Wuwei, and the others into joining a journey, and the Purple-Clad Woman selected them after testing their aptitude.
  • The group sailed through the Arched Gate on the Small Boat and emerged from the Ten-Colored Fire Spring into a sunless but brilliantly lit world.
  • The Purple-Clad Woman, revealed as Virtual Spirit Xi, told them to continue along the road for a trial; Niu Wuwei's attempt to fly was struck down by Thunder from the Nine Heavens.
  • The group registered as Solar Yang Dao Field Disciples and continued on, fighting powerful monsters and suffering injuries in a battle with Divine Silkworms at Silkworm Mountain.
  • They encountered a familiar sword-wielding woman, and Qin Ming recognized her as the President.

Ch. 859Long live the ten-thousand-year-old Confidante

Qin Ming and his companions encountered the President’s ancient sword imprint, where he learned from her sword intent before continuing toward the palaces. Virtual Spirit Xi’s team then faced two trials set by a hostile senior disciple, but Qin Ming quickly began comprehending the first while his companions went to confront the Sick Heavenly Dragon.

  • Qin Ming recognized the silver-haired President in an ancient spacetime imprint and exchanged sword moves with her, gaining new insight into the Myriad Aperture Illumination Art.
  • The President’s imprint revealed that she had survived being crushed apart by reviving from a single surviving aperture, then cut open the sky and disappeared.
  • Qin Ming and his companions destroyed a mountain and a marsh that attacked them, then continued toward the palaces where Virtual Spirit Xi and other competitors awaited them.
  • A black-haired eldest senior brother chose Virtual Spirit Xi’s team for two trials: comprehending a secret art and defeating the Sick Heavenly Dragon within two days.
  • Qin Ming studied the golden paper and said the secret art would take only slightly longer than an ordinary one, while his companions went ahead to hunt the dragon.

Ch. 860There was really no need

Lu Zizai and Qin Ming’s companions killed the Sick Heavenly Dragon, then cooked it into a feast while Qin Ming mastered and shared the final trial’s art. Their awkward gifts to the dragon’s master enraged disciples of the Purple-Golden Palace and amused the other palaces, leaving Jiang Yutian’s reaction to the women’s breastplate eagerly anticipated.

  • Zhou Tian and the others prepared a barbecue, and Lu Zizai attacked the Sick Heavenly Dragon when it arrived.
  • Lu Zizai defeated the Sick Heavenly Dragon, killing its body and spirit while his companions collected its blood and remains.
  • The group cooked the dragon into a feast, and Qin Ming mastered the golden-paper art before sharing it with everyone through resonance.
  • The companions decided to apologize to Virtual Spirit Xi for killing the dragon and sent roasted dragon breast and a women’s heart-protecting breastplate as gifts to its master.
  • The gifts reached the Purple-Golden Palace, where Jiang Yutian’s disciples called them an insult, while people in the other palaces laughed at the breastplate.

Ch. 861Stumbling into a celestial household

Virtual Spirit Xi learned that Qin Ming’s group had mistakenly sent the Heart-Guard Armor meant for her to Jiang Yutian, prompting Jiang Yutian to challenge her. When his followers attacked Qin Ming’s companions, the outsiders revealed their Great Sage strength, and Qin Ming agreed to face Jiang Yutian in a bout for secret medicine that could help powerful cultivators have children.

  • Virtual Spirit Xi discovered that Qin Ming and his companions had mistakenly delivered the Heart-Guard Armor to Jiang Yutian, and she withdrew from welcoming them.
  • As rumors spread about the gift and the Sick Heavenly Dragon’s death, Jiang Yutian learned that someone had comprehended the pale golden sheet’s art in half a day and challenged Virtual Spirit Xi.
  • Virtual Spirit Xi accepted Jiang Yutian’s challenge and summoned Qin Ming, Lu Zizai, and the others from their hot springs.
  • Jiang Yutian’s followers attacked the outsiders, but Lu Zizai, Wen Lingxi, Si Yeli, and Niu Wuwei quickly defeated their challengers while Mu Shinian’s opponent retreated.
  • Qin Ming learned that Jiang Yutian was the biological son of a Dao field master and that a secret medicine could help powerful cultivators have children.
  • Jiang Yutian challenged Qin Ming to spar, and Qin Ming agreed on the condition that he receive twelve doses of the secret medicine if he won.

Ch. 862A madman unlike any before

Qin Ming challenged Jiang Yutian to walk the Dao Venerable Path, with secret medicine offered as a reward, while his companions fought Jiang Yutian’s camp. Niu Wuwei and Qin Ming with Lu Zizai defeated their opponents, and Qin Ming then invited Jiang Yutian to begin their contest.

  • Qin Ming asked Jiang Yutian for twelve doses of secret medicine and accepted Jiang Yutian’s proposal to compete on the Dao Venerable Path.
  • Qin Ming insisted on facing Jiang Yutian alone, and Virtual Spirit Xi promised him twelve doses of secret medicine if he defeated Jiang Yutian and went farther on the path.
  • Jiang Yutian’s camp sent a blue-clad Great Sage to test Qin Ming’s companions, and Niu Wuwei defeated him with the Diamond Ring.
  • Two True Immortals with Great Sage aptitude challenged the group, and Qin Ming and Lu Zizai jointly used the Yin-Yang Sacred Shears to sever their bodies.
  • Qin Ming invited Jiang Yutian to walk the Dao Venerable Path with him.
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Arc 34 of 35