Recaps

Qin Ming learned the Overlord’s tragic history and discovered that Tang Xumi had tried to secretly mark him with a wisp of consciousness light, which his Heavenly Light Force blocked. As the contestants gathered in Luofu Immortal Town before entering the Spirit Cave, Qin Ming studied the Overlord’s techniques and prepared for the competition.

• Qin Ming recalled how the Old Senior killed the Overlord and destroyed most of his life’s work, leaving behind the bloodstained testament.
• Tang Xumi gave Qin Ming a jade jar containing a hidden wisp of consciousness light, but Qin Ming’s Heavenly Light Force blocked it, and he wrapped the jar in his Jiao Armor.
• Li Qingyue warned Qin Ming about Tathagata’s Abandoned Disciple and Cui Chongxuan, and explained that only young disciples and young Golden Armor Guards could compete for the Near-Immortal artifact.
• Qin Ming studied the Overlord’s Testament and practiced its Wind Force and Overlord Force while Li Qingyue showed him around Luofu City.
• Meng Xinghai took Qin Ming to the Luofu Mountain Ruins, where disciples from many traditions gathered ahead of the next morning’s entry into the Spirit Cave.
• Qin Ming saw Cui Chonghe, Wang Caiwei, Zheng Maoze, and Li Qingxu in Luofu Immortal Town, then returned to his room with a Spirit Sparrow to await the competition.

Qin Ming learned from Meng Xinghai about the dangers of the Night Mist World and the formidable opponents gathering for the Spirit Cave competition. As Li Qingyue rallied her followers and confronted Li Qingxu, she promised to settle an old score with him inside the Spirit Cave.

• Qin Ming trained the Spirit Sparrow while Meng Xinghai warned him to stay alert in Luofu Immortal Town and described the powerful competitors and Golden Armor Guards.
• Meng Xinghai told Qin Ming that humanity had secured only a small corner of the vast Night Mist World and might eventually face another Great Wilderness Expansion.
• Meng Xinghai named dangerous opponents, including Tan Yu, Chen Shuhang, a Jade Clarity Force disciple, and a possible Five Elements Palace expert, before leaving town.
• Li Qingyue returned, assured Qin Ming that no one would dare harass them, and took him to walk through the town as her Beyond-Mundane followers gathered around her.
• Qin Ming saw the other Core Disciples and their entourages, including Li Qingxu, Wang Caiwei, and Tang Xumi, and recognized several familiar faces.
• Luo Qingge taunted Li Qingxu about his cousin, and Li Qingyue challenged him to settle their old debt in the Spirit Cave.

Li Qingyue’s declaration turned several Core Disciples against Li Qingxu, while Qin Ming sized up the dangerous fighters gathering for the Spirit Cave contest. After a nighttime attack and the group’s preparations, Qin Ming entered the Spirit Cave with Li Qingyue and found her surrounded by Li Qingxu, Zheng Maoze, Wang Caiwei, and Jiang Congyun.

• Li Qingyue publicly threatened Li Qingxu, prompting Tang Xumi, Jiang Shengyu, and other Core Disciples to declare they would target him in the Spirit Cave.
• Qin Ming surveyed the invited fighters and learned about powerful figures including He Tai and Jiang Congyun as people across the regions placed bets on the contest.
• Before dawn, a shadowy attacker struck near Luofu Immortal Town, but Li Qingyue and Tang Xumi recognized that the attack was meant to establish authority and did not pursue him.
• Li Qingyue offered Qin Ming a protective golden garment, but he refused unless she wore it herself, so she donned it beneath silver armor.
• Qin Ming and Li Qingyue entered the Spirit Cave and emerged in a sunlit pine forest, where Li Qingxu proposed joining Zheng Maoze and Wang Caiwei to send Li Qingyue out.

Li Qingyue and Li Qingxu’s confrontation escalated into a battle between their allies in the Spirit Cave. Qin Ming unleashed the full power of his fused Heavenly Light Force and killed a Golden Armor Guard, overturning the battlefield’s balance.

• Li Qingyue advanced on Li Qingxu while Wang Caiwei stayed neutral and Zheng Maoze reluctantly agreed to support Li Qingxu.
• Li Qingxu and Zheng Maoze attacked Li Qingyue as their allies moved against the Golden Armor Guards, and Li Qingyue drew the fight toward them to protect Qin Ming and her companions.
• Qin Ming joined the battle with his companions, but the golden-armored youth cut apart his Bronze Staff with a Great Spear and attacked him.
• Qin Ming unleashed his unified Heavenly Light Force, knocked the Great Spear aside, and broke the youth’s fingers in a barehanded counterattack.
• Qin Ming struck the youth’s shattered hand with his full power, causing him to explode into blood mist inside his armor.

Qin Ming fought Cui Chongxuan’s group while Li Qingyue battled Zhou Chengru at the fiery red lake. After severely injuring several Outer Saints, Qin Ming began adapting to Six Royal Force and challenged Cui Chongxuan’s technique as the fight continued.

• Li Qingyue offered Zhou Chengru a one-on-one match, but Zhou Chengru refused and insisted on fighting with their Golden Armor Guards.
• Qin Ming defeated a Black Tiger Evil Force practitioner barehanded, breaking his arms and forcing him to withdraw.
• Cui Chongxuan and two companions joined the fight; Qin Ming countered Giant Elephant Force with Tathagata Force and crippled its practitioner.
• Qin Ming used his fused defensive skills and Jade Clarity Force to withstand and injure another attacker, who fled for treatment.
• Outside the ruins, the injured fighters reported Qin Ming’s power, and messenger birds carried news of his clash with Cui Chongxuan.
• Li Qingyue injured Zhou Chengru while Qin Ming adapted to Six Royal Force and told Cui Chongxuan he was practicing it incorrectly.

Qin Ming used Cui Chongxuan’s emotional fluctuations to glean fragments of the Six Imperial Heart Sutra, but Cui Chonghe’s hidden consciousness intervened and negotiated with Li Qingyue to withdraw. After Cui Chongxuan challenged Qin Ming and lost, he left with Zhou Chengru, while spectators outside the ruins awaited news of the battles.

• Qin Ming discussed the lesser and greater Six Imperial Force with Cui Chongxuan and resonated with his emotions to glimpse fragments of the Six Imperial Heart Sutra.
• Cui Chonghe awakened inside Cui Chongxuan, and Li Qingyue exposed his possession and demanded three Dragon Tiger Pills in exchange for letting him withdraw.
• Cui Chonghe negotiated privately with Li Qingyue, then withdrew his consciousness from Cui Chongxuan and agreed to leave.
• Cui Chongxuan challenged Qin Ming, who defeated him with his varied Heavenly Light Force techniques and injured him.
• Cui Chongxuan and Zhou Chengru left, while people outside the Luofu Immortal Mountain Ruins watched and awaited the results.

Qin Ming and Li Qingyue were ambushed by rival Core Disciples who planned to eliminate Li Qingyue from the contest. After Li Qingyue faced five Core Disciples alone, Qin Ming fought the Golden Armor Guards blocking his escape.

• Qin Ming reflected that Cui Chongxuan had lost because he had mastered only one of the two imperial forces required for the Six Royal Force to succeed at the new life stage.
• Li Qingyue and Qin Ming crossed the dark region and entered a white-mist bamboo forest, where Li Qingyue sensed an ambush and tried to retreat.
• Luo Qingge, Jiang Shengyu, Tang Xumi, Ren Yiping, Su Jingzhu, and several Elite Disciples surrounded them, and Li Qingyue realized her supporters had been blocked.
• Li Qingyue asked the attackers to let Qin Ming leave, and Tang Xumi agreed; Li Qingyue then fought the five Core Disciples alone as Qin Ming walked away.
• Golden Armor Guards blocked Qin Ming, and he killed two of them while fighting his way forward.
• A burly youth emerged from the bamboo forest and asked Qin Ming if he needed help.

Qin Ming fought off the Golden Armor Guards while Xiang Yiwu agreed to exchange help for Qin Ming’s Li Fire Scripture. After Li Qingyue escaped her battle badly wounded, Qin Ming found her in the vitality-rich area, where she asked him to search for her Ancestor’s Mountains and Rivers Spirit Nest.

• Xiang Yiwu rescued Qin Ming from the Golden Armor Guards and asked to exchange his Golden Silkworm Skill for the Li Fire Scripture.
• Qin Ming asked Xiang Yiwu to help Li Qingyue escape the Five Core Disciples, and Xiang Yiwu went to look for an opening.
• Tan Yu and the other guards attacked Qin Ming, who killed Tan Yu and another leading fighter before driving off the survivors.
• Xiang Yiwu told Qin Ming that Li Qingyue had escaped after nearly killing two Core Disciples with a secret technique.
• Qin Ming found the badly wounded Li Qingyue in the vitality-rich area, and she asked him to search for the Mountains and Rivers Spirit Nest.

Qin Ming and the gravely wounded Li Qingyue searched for the Mountains and Rivers Spirit Nest while Li Qingyue’s defeat by the Five Core Disciples became known outside the ruins. They found the hidden nest and entered it, where its powerful spiritual essence began restoring Li Qingyue and stirring a change in Qin Ming’s mind.

• Li Qingyue explained Mountains and Rivers Spirit Nests to Qin Ming as they searched, while her severe wounds left her consciousness and Yellow Court weakened.
• Outside the ruins, Meng Xinghai learned that the Five Core Disciples had ambushed Li Qingyue and that Li Ye was also gravely injured; observers condemned the coordinated attack.
• Li Qingyue led Qin Ming to the Spirit Nest marked by her Ancestor, where they spotted Li Qingxu facing Xiang Yiwu on a distant peak.
• Qin Ming asked Xiang Yiwu to hold off Li Qingxu and traded the Li Fire Scripture for the Wu Ji Scripture, which Qin Ming quickly learned from Xiang Yiwu’s recitation and demonstration.
• Li Qingyue opened the stone door, and she and Qin Ming entered the Spirit Nest, where its rich spiritual essence revived her consciousness and made Qin Ming’s mind grow stronger.

After the Five Core Disciples gravely wounded Li Qingyue, she and Qin Ming searched for the Spirit Nest her Ancestor had arranged. They found its entrance and entered a chamber connected to an earth ancestral vein, where Li Qingyue’s consciousness began to recover and Qin Ming felt his mind growing stronger.

• Meng Xinghai learned that the Five Core Disciples had grievously wounded Li Qingyue and that Li Ye had suffered serious injuries fighting Golden Armor Guards.
• Li Qingyue explained Mountains and Rivers Spirit Nests to Qin Ming as they searched the former Blessed Land for her Ancestor’s arrangements.
• Li Qingyue and Qin Ming found the marked rocky mountain and spotted Li Qingxu confronting Xiang Yiwu, who kept Li Qingxu from pursuing them.
• Qin Ming gave Xiang Yiwu the Li Fire Scripture in exchange for the Wu Ji Scripture, then learned the scripture as Xiang Yiwu recited and demonstrated it.
• Li Qingyue opened the stone door to the Spirit Nest, where the rich spiritual energy stirred her damaged consciousness and strengthened Qin Ming’s mind.

Qin Ming and Li Qingyue recovered in the outer area of the Mountains and Rivers Spirit Nest, where a strange power strengthened their essence, qi, and spirit. After opening the hidden core, they entered it, and Qin Ming immediately staggered from the effects.

• Qin Ming's vitality surged in the Spirit Nest's outer area, and Li Qingyue explained that its strange power stimulated the mental field and helped Beyond the Mundane People.
• Li Qingyue recovered enough to say she might advance another step, while Qin Ming studied the Spirit Nest's natural patterns and discussed the dangers of future exploration with her.
• Qin Ming used the Silk Book Method to heal, and Li Qingyue invited him to test whether he could enter the Spirit Nest's core.
• Li Qingyue activated a rune-covered stone slab, revealing a second level beneath the outer area, then descended into the core.
• Qin Ming followed Li Qingyue into the core and nearly collapsed as his head began to spin and throb.

Qin Ming studied the Wu Ji Scripture in the Mountains and Rivers Spirit Nest, developing his Yin and Yang Earth forces and strengthening his body and foundations. Li Qingyue revealed how legendary figures had deepened their foundations, and Qin Ming admitted his own were already beyond twelve hundred jin, while reflecting on the dangers of her path.

• Qin Ming practiced the Yin Fist and Yang Fist, drawing on earth essence to develop Wu Ji Force and improve his techniques.
• The Mountains and Rivers Spirit Nest stimulated Qin Ming's consciousness spirit light and strengthened his body, bringing his estimated strength above seven thousand jin.
• Li Qingyue explained that the Ancestors of Sky Supporting Force and the Six Imperial Heart Sutra had used the Beyond the Mundane to deepen their foundations.
• Li Qingyue said those legendary figures had first-new-life strength exceeding a thousand jin and had reached the equivalent of a little over twelve hundred jin after transforming their physiques.
• Qin Ming revealed that his own foundations had already exceeded twelve hundred jin, astonishing Li Qingyue.
• Qin Ming told Li Qingyue that his gains seemed small beside the dangerous paths of the Near-Immortals and the Esoteric Sect.

Qin Ming and Li Qingyue reached the crater at the center of the Luofu Immortal Mountain Ruins, where concentrated heavenly light remained. While Li Qingyue watched for hidden threats, Qin Ming entered the crater and began his sixth new life by absorbing heavenly light and refining his techniques.

• Ren Yiping collapsed after learning that Li Qingyue was clearing everyone out of the ruins, and an Elite Disciple confirmed her sweep to the people waiting outside.
• Li Qingyue and Qin Ming reached the crater, where Qin Ming explained the lingering heavenly light’s destructive force and Li Qingyue assessed the danger.
• Qin Ming and Li Qingyue learned that Hu Tingwen and Sun Jingtian had secretly joined forces, while Li Qingyue spotted Cui Chonghe’s hidden consciousness and chose to watch him.
• Qin Ming entered the crater alone, studied the other disciples refining heavenly light, and endured its scorching force at the bottom.
• Qin Ming began his sixth new life, using the heavenly light to practice Wu Ji Force and seek further transformations in his techniques.

Qin Ming used the heavenly light in the sinkhole to master the Wu Ji Fist and advance several other arts, then completed his sixth new life and fused his forces into a stronger Heavenly Light Force. When Zheng Maoze tried to force him to contribute pure yang blood, Qin Ming fought back and sent him flying with one punch.

• Qin Ming mastered the Wu Ji Fist by drawing on earth vein essence, then practiced the Overlord's Wind Force and Overlord Force.
• Qin Ming advanced the Li Fire Scripture and Golden Silkworm Skill, discovering that li fire could temper the Golden Silkworm.
• The Beyond-Mundane Disciples tried several ways to reach the near immortal object and then began gathering pure yang blood essence and consciousness spirit light.
• After completing his sixth new life, Qin Ming estimated his strength at nine thousand jin and fused his three extraordinary arts and eighteen force techniques into a more powerful Heavenly Light Force.
• Qin Ming refused to donate pure yang blood when Hu Tingwen called for Outer Saints to contribute, and Zheng Maoze tried to stop him.
• Qin Ming struck Zheng Maoze, shattering his consciousness spirit light and breaking his bones before sending him flying twenty meters.

Qin Ming defeated Zheng Maoze, secured a place on the expedition into the pit, and joined Chen Shuhang and Jiang Congyun in reaching the Near Immortal Object. Above them, the Core Disciples’ fighting shifted into a sudden attack on Cui Chonghe as Qin Ming and the others began clearing the heavenly light around their goal.

• Qin Ming punched Zheng Maoze, breaking eighteen of his bones, then used Zeng Yuan to refine the blood Zheng Maoze had spilled into pure yang blood.
• Qin Ming negotiated with Hu Tingwen, Tang Xumi, and other Core Disciples, then joined Chen Shuhang and Jiang Congyun as they descended into the pit to retrieve the Near Immortal Object.
• As they advanced, Jiang Congyun suggested examining the object and searching nearby for other treasures, while the three used pure yang blood and consciousness spirit light to withstand the heavenly light.
• Tang Xumi, Su Jingzhu, Jiang Shengyu, and Luo Qingge attacked Hu Tingwen and Sun Jingtian above the sinkhole, then the six attacked Cui Chonghe; Cui Chonghe’s five-colored radiance severely injured Luo Qingge.
• Qin Ming, Chen Shuhang, and Jiang Congyun reached the Near Immortal Object, and Qin Ming joined them in unleashing their forces against the dense heavenly light.

Qin Ming defeated Chen Shuhang and Jiang Congyun after they attacked him over the near immortal object, then spared them in exchange for cultivation manuals. He approached the ancient treasure alone and wondered whether he could use mental resonance to learn its history.

• Chen Shuhang and Jiang Congyun joined forces to attack Qin Ming, but he avoided their opening strikes and held them off amid the raging heavenly light.
• Qin Ming revealed his extraordinary strength, breaking through Chen Shuhang’s Five Colors Thunder Light Force and Jiang Congyun’s Pure Yang Force as they realized he was an Otherworlder who had achieved a ninth new life.
• Qin Ming overwhelmed both men with successive extraordinary arts, grievously injuring them until Chen Shuhang and Jiang Congyun offered cultivation methods in exchange for their lives.
• Qin Ming obtained an Electric Force technique from Chen Shuhang and Lesser Yang Skill from Jiang Congyun, then honored his promise and let them leave.
• Qin Ming examined the near immortal object and the other treasures, considering whether mental resonance could reveal the ancient artifact’s lingering emotions.

Qin Ming explored the pit and resonated with the damaged Eight Trigrams Furnace and a fragment of scripture, gaining a formula for Six Ding Divine Fire and an astonishing secret art. After finding valuable fragments of extraordinary metals, he gathered the objects and prepared to face the challenges outside.

• Qin Ming examined the damaged Eight Trigrams Furnace and discovered its materials and Dao resonance were extraordinary.
• Qin Ming nearly lost consciousness when he resonated with a powerful elder’s emotional traces, then cautiously tried again.
• Qin Ming gained a formula for Six Ding Divine Fire, though he could not yet practice the flame.
• Qin Ming resonated with the scripture fragment and learned it contained a secret art that warned against practice before the third realm.
• Qin Ming excavated valuable fragments of extraordinary metals, packed them with the furnace and scripture, and walked out through the heavenly light.

Qin Ming returned from the pit carrying the Eight Trigrams Furnace and fought He Tai, who tried to steal it and destroy Qin Ming’s protection from the Heavenly Light. Qin Ming killed He Tai, and the other Beyond-Mundane Disciples rushed toward the pit as the fight for the near immortal object began.

• Qin Ming decided to use the Eight Trigrams Furnace to draw the Beyond-Mundane Disciples into a fight while Li Qingyue waited for the contest to thin out.
• Qin Ming emerged from the pit and met He Tai, Chen Xingyuan, and Li Tianhe, who wanted the furnace for themselves.
• He Tai attacked Qin Ming and tried to seize the furnace, but Qin Ming used Adhesion Force to evade him and drag him into the pit.
• Qin Ming stripped He Tai of his pure yang blood protection, then defeated his Great Ape King Skill and smashed him with the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• He Tai burned to ashes in the Heavenly Light, and the commotion drew the Beyond-Mundane Disciples down toward Qin Ming.

Qin Ming traded access to the Eight Trigrams Furnace for heavenly light force techniques and secret manuals, then used the near immortal object to draw the Beyond-Mundane Disciples into a contest over it. As Tang Xumi, Jiang Shengyu, Hu Tingwen, and Li Qingxu converged on the pit, Qin Ming hurled the furnace toward Zheng Maoze and watched the disciples offer their arts.

• Qin Ming killed He Tai, then negotiated with Chen Xingyuan and Li Tianhe, learning Wind Fire Force and Jade Bloom Force in exchange for letting them study the Eight Trigrams Furnace and conceal He Tai's death.
• Chen Xingyuan told the arriving Beyond-Mundane Disciples that He Tai had been burned by heavenly light, while Qin Ming solicited secret manuals from them in exchange for the near immortal object.
• A female Beyond-Mundane Disciple tried to seize the furnace, but Qin Ming dodged her attack, grabbed her, and confirmed she could not activate the treasure; he then tossed the furnace back into the pit.
• The Beyond-Mundane Disciples brought Qin Ming three secret manuals, and he handed them the furnace, but Li Qingxu attacked them on the slope and tried to claim it before Qin Ming wounded him with a blue jade iron arrow.
• The disciples returned the furnace to Qin Ming as Tang Xumi, Jiang Shengyu, Hu Tingwen, and others arrived; Qin Ming hurled it toward Zheng Maoze, prompting more disciples to offer their arts.

Zheng Maoze and Zeng Yuan briefly gained the Eight Trigrams Furnace, but their injuries and the Core Disciples’ battle kept the near-immortal treasure changing hands. As Tang Xumi prepared to leave with it, a hidden Yin Yang Temple expert betrayed him, and Qin Ming and Li Qingyue diverted the furnace toward an Elite Disciple.

• Zheng Maoze touched the Eight Trigrams Furnace, was attacked, and hurled it to Zeng Yuan, who later threw it into the pit toward Li Qingxu.
• Tang Xumi, Jiang Shengyu, Hu Tingwen, Su Jingzhu, and Li Qingxu fought over the furnace until Jiang Shengyu and Su Jingzhu withdrew and Tang Xumi defeated Hu Tingwen.
• Qin Ming recovered his bloodstained Jade-Iron Arrow while Li Qingxu noticed him, and Li Qingxu later blocked Su Jingzhu so Hu Tingwen could fight Tang Xumi.
• A Golden Armor Guard secretly struck Tang Xumi and hurled the furnace toward Li Qingxu, but Qin Ming’s arrow and a stone thrown by Li Qingyue changed its course.
• An Elite Disciple caught the diverted furnace and threw it back toward Tang Xumi as Li Qingyue revealed herself.

Li Qingyue returned to the contest for the Eight Trigrams Furnace and challenged the injured Core Disciples to attack her together. As she overwhelmed them and established control of the battlefield, Qin Ming picked up the furnace, drawing Wang Caiwei away from the fight to claim it.

• Li Qingxu, Tang Xumi, and Lu Zhen fought over the Eight Trigrams Furnace as Jiang Shengyu, Su Jingzhu, and Hu Tingwen joined the chaotic melee.
• Li Qingyue arrived in Golden Armor Guard disguise and drove back the Core Disciples who attacked her, then revealed herself and challenged them to fight together.
• Li Qingyue ordered Lu Zhen to leave and faced the Core Disciples' renewed assault, while Wang Caiwei entered the fight and was badly wounded by Li Qingyue.
• The Eight Trigrams Furnace tumbled near the pit, and Qin Ming picked it up; Wang Caiwei broke from the battle and rushed toward him, while Li Qingyue did not pursue.

Qin Ming refused to help Wang Caiwei take the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and she left the ruins without fighting him. Li Qingyue defeated the remaining Core Disciples and claimed the contest, leaving Qin Ming to prepare to return to Red Haze City.

• Wang Caiwei recognized Qin Ming beneath his armor, asked him to help her avoid a marriage alliance, and warned him that Li Qingyue would sever her ties to the mortal world.
• Qin Ming stayed guarded and refused to give Wang Caiwei the near immortal object, so she left the Luofu Immortal Mountain Ruins without attacking him.
• Li Qingyue defeated Jiang Shengyu, Su Jingzhu, Hu Tingwen, and the other challengers, then turned to face Tang Xumi and Li Qingxu.
• Tang Xumi conceded, but Li Qingyue fought and defeated Li Qingxu, taking his Purple Bamboo Stick.
• Li Qingyue used the Purple Bamboo Stick to break Li Qingxu's arms and leg before declaring the contest for the near immortal object over.
• Qin Ming watched Li Qingyue's victory and prepared to return to Red Haze City, expecting they might not meet again for a long time.

Li Qingyue emerged from the contest with the Eight Trigrams Furnace and handed over the valuable items Qin Ming had collected, while Qin Ming exchanged martial manuals with the other Outer Saints. When they left the ruins, Li Qingyue was celebrated and surrounded by powerful young heirs, leaving Qin Ming unable to approach her.

• Li Qingyue treated the wounded, and Qin Ming exchanged secret martial manuals with wary Outer Saints, obtaining the Lifting Leap Technique and Tiger's Roar.
• Li Qingyue accepted the Eight Trigrams Furnace and the other treasures from Qin Ming, then tempered her consciousness spirit light in the pit before the group departed.
• Li Qingxu refused Zeng Yuan's help, Tang Xumi apologized to Li Qingyue, and Li Qingyue reassured him that they remained fellow disciples.
• Qin Ming warned Li Qingyue that Wang Caiwei might have recognized him, and she told him not to worry.
• Outside the ruins, seniors praised Li Qingyue for winning the near immortal object, and representatives of powerful traditions gathered around her.
• Qin Ming backed away from the crowd as Meng Xinghai asked why he had stepped aside, and he admitted that he felt out of place among Li Qingyue's distinguished admirers.

After leaving the Luofu gathering, Qin Ming traveled with Meng Xinghai to visit his Martial Granduncle, who discovered Qin Ming’s abundant divine wisdom and gave him a scripture to try. Back in Red Haze City, Qin Ming found that the scripture’s Sacred Light melted away and strengthened his body, and Meng Xinghai later brought news that someone had delivered him the first three pages of a priceless secret manual.

• Qin Ming left the Luofu gathering with Meng Xinghai, and Li Qingyue saw him disappear into the night.
• Meng Xinghai took Qin Ming on a detour to visit his Martial Granduncle, who removed a mark from Qin Ming and found that he had abundant divine wisdom.
• The Martial Granduncle gave Meng Xinghai a scripture for Qin Ming to practice and told them to return in six months.
• Qin Ming began practicing the scripture during their journey, but the Sacred Light he cultivated melted away after they reached Red Haze City.
• After two days, Qin Ming’s remaining Sacred Light had nourished and gradually improved his body, and Meng Xinghai told him that someone had delivered the first three pages of a priceless secret manual.

Qin Ming studied an ancient scripture that had stumped generations of powerful practitioners and began experiencing unusual sensations as he tried to comprehend it. The chapter left Li Qingyun and Meng Xinghai astonished as Qin Ming reported that the illustrations were growing clearer and his body was heating up.

• Meng Xinghai brought Qin Ming to meet Li Qingyun, who thanked him for helping Li Qingyue secure the near immortal object.
• Li Qingyun presented Qin Ming with three pages of an ancient scripture and matching copper illustrations, explaining that renowned figures had struggled to understand it.
• Li Qingyun and Meng Xinghai described how a few legendary practitioners had gained life-changing insights from the scripture, while even great masters had failed to comprehend it.
• Qin Ming studied the scripture, felt heat and swelling between his brows, and sensed that the illustrations were becoming clearer.
• Qin Ming said his body was also heating up, leaving Li Qingyun unable to sit still at the possibility that Qin Ming was comprehending the scripture.