Arc 7The Divine City and Kun Jun

Qin Ming returned from the assessment with powerful spoils, learned from Lu Zizai, and fought visitors from the Beyond-Mundane Immortal Land. After uncovering a ruined Divine Kingdom and setting out for Kun Jun, he fell into the night mist and barely survived a deadly encounter with a Jade Armor Guard.

  • Qin Ming killed the White Flood Dragon and the Golden Rhinoceros, rescued enslaved humans, and helped other participants before Zhou Tao ended the assessment.
  • Qin Ming chose the River Luo Scripture, met Lu Zizai, learned the Worldly Fire Refines True Skill, and defeated several Beyond-Mundane disciples at the Six Royals Ancestral Court.
  • Qin Ming traveled to Red Haze City, where he explored the Divine City, recovered the transformed Torn Cloth, and witnessed factions battling over a wounded Divine Insect.
  • Qin Ming learned about the sects and their strange blood, studied the Five Thunder Refinement of Organs, and was pulled into a black-mist world where he destroyed the blue centipede’s false Divine Kingdom.
  • Qin Ming recovered a golden scale scripture, copied it for Meng Xinghai and Li Qingyun, and boarded a flying ship bound for Kun Jun.
  • Qin Ming gathered Heavenly Bloom aboard the Vermilion Bird Airship, drank Worldly Heavenly Light, and joined a group that traveled into the night sky to explore golden spikes and an enormous nest.
  • Qin Ming confronted the old woman from the Cui Household on a golden strand, wounded her, and fell into the night mist after her attack shattered his body.
  • Qin Ming landed in a moonlit forest and tried several methods to survive, until the Silk Book Method stitched his body together and he awakened from a cocoon-like state.
Chapters 153–177 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 153Expanding the Frontier Sets Nerves on Edge

Qin Ming expanded the frontier by defeating demons and claiming their strange blood, then set out to help Cao Wuji and the others. Elder Zhou Tao panicked at the news that the Strange Medicine was being uprooted and ordered the assessment ended.

  • Qin Ming delivered proof of his demon victories to Stone Fort Village, then traveled to Hu Family Village and met Zhuo Ya.
  • Qin Ming learned that White Flood Dragon ruled nearby, and Zhuo Ya warned him that it was too powerful to defeat without Six Royal Force.
  • Qin Ming attacked and killed White Flood Dragon with his bow, saber, and Heavenly Light Force, then extracted its strange blood and gave Zhuo Ya its horn and gallbladder.
  • Qin Ming left to help Cao Wuji and the others, while Iron Beak Parrot carried word of his actions to the elders.
  • Elder Zhou Tao learned that Strange Medicine was being uprooted and ordered the assessment over, calling the participants back.

Ch. 154Elder, Don't Be So Anxious

Qin Ming rescued Green Stone Village by killing the Golden Rhinoceros and then hurried between territories to hunt more supernatural creatures and collect their strange blood. As the assessment ended, Zhou Tao feared the losses, while Qin Ming celebrated his harvest.

  • Zhou Tao asked the White Peacock to end the assessment early, but the White Peacock insisted the rules required it to continue until the day was over.
  • Qin Ming refined strange blood as he traveled with Zhuo Ya, then learned that the Golden Demon King’s demons had attacked Green Stone Village and badly wounded Cao Wuji.
  • Qin Ming charged into the Golden Rhinoceros’s territory, killed its demons, and defeated the Golden Rhinoceros in a direct fight, freeing its enslaved humans.
  • Zhuo Ya and Cao Wuji helped kill the remaining demons while Qin Ming collected the Golden Rhinoceros’s heart and horns.
  • Qin Ming rushed between territories to help Zhou Lei, Huang Cheng, and Cui Chongxuan, killing supernatural creatures and gathering their strange blood as Zhou Tao worried over the losses.
  • The assessment ended, and Qin Ming returned delighted with his harvest while Zhou Tao prepared to meet the youths.

Ch. 155A happy outcome for all

Qin Ming returned from the assessment with the spoils of the old demons he had slain, astonishing the Six Sovereigns and earning Zhou Tao’s highest appraisal. Zhou Tao kept Qin Ming’s achievements private and promised the youths access to the Six Royals Enlightenment Ground as the group returned to the Six Royals Ancestral Court.

  • An azure raptor carried Qin Ming and his spoils to the city, where onlookers marveled at his kills.
  • White Peacock and Zhou Tao discussed the assessment, including the attempts on several Otherworlders and Qin Ming’s seizure of the strange medicines.
  • The surviving youths returned to the encampment, where Zhou Tao welcomed them and the experts held a banquet.
  • Qin Ming considered the strength of Six Royal Force and resolved to improve his cultivation rather than underestimate his rivals.
  • Qin Ming gave Zhou Tao a cup made from Golden Rhinoceros’s horn, and Zhou Tao privately rated his performance at the Young Ancestor level while promising to protect his identity.
  • White Peacock and Black Crane carried the group through the night mist back to the Six Royals Ancestral Court, where the youths expected to visit the Enlightenment Ground.

Ch. 156Craving it to tears

Qin Ming and the other youths arrived at the Six Royals Ancestral Court, where Zhou Tao fended off an attack on the way in and the group was offered Extraordinary Arts. Qin Ming chose the River Luo Scripture, then met a white-haired youth who pointed out that something was wrong with him.

  • A strange attacker sent a grass rope and Yin-Yang leaves against White Peacock, but White Peacock shielded the youths while a middle-aged man from the Ancestral Court broke the rope and pursued the intruder.
  • White Peacock carried Zhou Tao and the youths into the Six Royals Ancestral Court, where Qin Ming noticed an old man drifting past his window during the night.
  • Zhou Tao and Zhou Shize offered Qin Ming, Zhuo Ya, Cao Wuji, and Cui Chongxuan a selection of Extraordinary Arts; Cao Wuji chose the Wither Bloom Scripture, while Qin Ming chose the River Luo Scripture.
  • Near his cave, Qin Ming met a distinguished youth with white roots and teased him about dyeing his hair; the youth asked Qin Ming what was wrong with him.

Ch. 157Lu Zizai

Qin Ming met Lu Zizai, an eighteen-year-old Ancestral Court disciple whose extraordinary Heavenly Light Force and mastery of Imperial Forces made him a formidable opponent. Lu Zizai recognized Qin Ming’s seventh new life, helped conceal it, and revealed he planned to leave the Six Royals Ancestral Court because its factions and entrenched elders had made it rotten.

  • Lu Zizai mistook Qin Ming for an old man who had renewed his life, while Qin Ming suspected Lu Zizai was an ancient being despite his claims to be eighteen.
  • Qin Ming and Lu Zizai tested their strength, and Qin Ming’s Grand Light Force drove Lu Zizai back, surprising them both.
  • Lu Zizai escalated from Heavenly Light Force to Two Imperial Force and briefly revealed Three Imperial Force, but stopped before striking Qin Ming with it.
  • Lu Zizai recognized that Qin Ming had undergone only seven new lives and supplied the missing passage of the Harmonizing with the Light and Mingling with the Dust formula.
  • Lu Zizai said he intended to leave the Ancestral Court and condemned its factional divisions and elders’ entrenched positions, prompting Qin Ming to question his true identity.

Ch. 158Worldly Fire Refines True Skill

Lu Zizai explained why he was reexamining the Six Sovereigns path and offered Qin Ming a chance to learn his unfinished World Fire method. Qin Ming mastered the basics of the River Luo Scripture in four days, and his spreading mist revealed a vision of Lu Zizai speaking with a mysterious young man amid immense figures.

  • Qin Ming questioned Lu Zizai about the Three Imperial Force, and Lu Zizai said he was starting over because the Six Sovereigns path had limits and needed to withstand World Fire.
  • Lu Zizai warned Qin Ming that his self-combined techniques might lead to a dead end and described World Fire as a method for refining skills and testing their compatibility.
  • Qin Ming asked to learn World Fire, and Lu Zizai agreed to test his comprehension using the River Luo Scripture while the Young Ancestor's eldest disciple told the watching elders to leave matters alone.
  • Lu Zizai said he had mastered the River Luo Scripture in five or six days, and Qin Ming set out to match his speed.
  • Qin Ming studied the River Luo Scripture and developed River Luo Force on the fourth day, then drifted into a half-sleep as mist spread from the Quiet Room.
  • Qin Ming perceived a vision of Lu Zizai answering a mysterious young man, with enormous figures standing in the fog behind them.

Ch. 159Ambition to Pioneer a Path

Qin Ming mastered the River Luo Scripture in four days, learned the Worldly Fire Refines True Skill from Lu Zizai, and agreed to fight visitors from the Beyond-Mundane Immortal Land on behalf of the Six Royals Ancestral Court. As the match approached, Qin Ming recognized the White-Clad Girl among the visitors, now a core disciple of the Immortal Land.

  • Qin Ming recovered from a strange vision, then showed Lu Zizai that he had mastered the River Luo Scripture’s New Life chapters and some Outer Saint Domain passages in four days.
  • Lu Zizai praised Qin Ming’s talent and taught him the Worldly Fire Refines True Skill before preparing to leave and explore the New Life Path.
  • Lu Zizai returned after learning that disciples from the Beyond-Mundane Immortal Land planned to challenge the Six Royals Ancestral Court using a purported New Life Path force technique.
  • Qin Ming agreed to fight the visitors and asked Lu Zizai to conceal his identity; Lu Zizai said Qin Ming could use his five elemental arts to produce water force for the River Luo Scripture.
  • Qin Ming spotted the White-Clad Girl among the Immortal Land’s accompanying spectators and learned that she had become a core disciple.

Ch. 160The Silk Book Method Was Recognized

Qin Ming learned that Lu Zizai suspected his cultivation resembled a dangerous scripture from history, then prepared to face the Beyond-Mundane Immortal Land disciples. In the opening match, Qin Ming effortlessly turned his opponent’s attacks back on him and won decisively.

  • Lu Zizai assessed the Beyond-Mundane disciples and warned Qin Ming that their strength would become especially troublesome in the spirit field realm.
  • Lu Zizai told Qin Ming not to follow the Six Sovereigns’ path, suspected his method resembled a failed scripture from history, and promised to explain his identity after the matches.
  • Qin Ming used the five elements to transform his Heavenly Light Force into different elemental attributes.
  • At the training ground, Qin Ming faced a White-clothed Youth who attacked him with flowers formed through the Wither Bloom Scripture and Heavenly Light Force.
  • Qin Ming caught both flowers and sent them back, badly injuring the White-clothed Youth and winning the match.

Ch. 161A clean sweep

Qin Ming overwhelmed a succession of Beyond-Mundane Immortal Land disciples, using precise control of his arts to turn their techniques against them and humiliate their delegation. As Li Daocheng prepared to fight, Qin Ming challenged him to enter the arena and said he could fight him with one hand.

  • Qin Ming defeated the White-clothed Youth in one move, leaving the Six Royals Ancestral Court discussing how he had combined several extraordinary arts.
  • A silver-armored girl attacked Qin Ming with Purple Mansion Thunder Fire, but he drew out its unstable Thunder Force and made her own technique disable her.
  • Qin Ming defeated a crimson-gold-armored youth with powerful punches and mocked the Beyond-Mundane disciples for relying on New Life Path methods.
  • Qin Ming used Wind Thunder Force through the mist to defeat a yellow-clothed youth whose Heavenly Light Force formed eight golden arms.
  • Qin Ming shattered another disciple's spiritual artifact and knocked him down with lightning, then called his techniques immortal arts suited to sparring with the Beyond-Mundane visitors.
  • Li Daocheng insisted on fighting Qin Ming despite an elder's reluctance, and Qin Ming invited him into the arena while claiming he could fight with one hand.

Ch. 162A warm and friendly exchange

Qin Ming, posing as Qi Zizai, provoked the Beyond-Mundane Immortal Land’s disciples but failed to lure Li Daocheng into a fight. At a later exchange, he used his knowledge to draw out the silver-armored girl’s emotions and learn about Purple Mansion Thunder Fire, while Lu Zizai enlisted a strange bird to deliver a letter.

  • Qin Ming challenged Li Daocheng to fight with one hand, then both hands behind his back, but Mu Huaijin refused to let the Beyond-Mundane disciples enter the arena.
  • Qin Ming called himself Qi Zizai and taunted the Beyond-Mundane disciples until the Six Royals Ancestral Court ordered him to leave the arena.
  • At a gathering between the young disciples, Qin Ming apologized with tea, then provoked the Beyond-Mundane group by boasting that they would watch his departing back.
  • Qin Ming tried to provoke Li Daocheng over the Immortal Combat Scripture, but Li Daocheng’s will remained steady.
  • Qin Ming discussed the silver-armored girl’s Purple Mansion Thunder Fire and gave her useful cultivation insights, while learning more about the art himself.
  • Lu Zizai met a strange golden bird in a hidden location and told it to deliver a letter.

Ch. 163Refining Inner Medicine with Thunderfire

Qin Ming studied the Purple Mansion Thunder Fire and War Body arts, then used thunderfire for internal refinement and sensed that he was close to forming an inner medicine. When Lu Zizai revealed that Lu Yu was his grandfather and left the Six Royals Ancestral Court with Qin Ming, Li Qingyun was waiting outside the gate to welcome Qin Ming.

  • Qin Ming taught the Silver-Armored Girl how to awaken Thunder Force through strengthening her fire force, then discussed the Thousand Hands art with the yellow-clad youth and obtained the War Body manual.
  • Qin Ming practiced the Thousand Hands art but set it aside, then mastered Thunder Fire Force from the Purple Mansion Thunder Fire manual.
  • Qin Ming repeatedly circulated earth fire and heavenly thunder through his body, endured painful bursts, and eventually sensed the faint fragrance of an emerging inner medicine.
  • Lu Zizai told Qin Ming he was leaving, revealed that his grandfather was Lu Yu, and took Qin Ming safely out of the Six Royals Ancestral Court.
  • Qin Ming sensed the immense presence behind the golden bird perched on Lu Zizai's shoulder, then found Li Qingyun waiting outside the mountain gate.

Ch. 164The Consequences of Walking the Night Roads Too Often

Qin Ming and Li Qingyun were caught in a spreading blue mist while flying toward Red Haze City and were separated when they fell. Qin Ming reached the city and found it deserted, with its Fire Springs emitting blue liquid and mist.

  • Qin Ming reunited with Li Qingyun, who learned that Qin Ming was the celebrated Qi Zizai, while Lu Zizai warned Qin Ming that his scripture was dangerous and urged him to proceed carefully.
  • As Qin Ming and Li Qingyun flew toward Red Haze City, a pale blue phenomenon shattered the clouds, numbed their senses, and forced them to fall from their mount.
  • Qin Ming recovered alone in the wilderness, healed himself, and found his way to Red Haze City, where he could not find Li Qingyun or the flying mount.
  • Qin Ming entered the deserted city and searched its empty restaurants and City Lord's Manor, finding fresh food, tea, and incense but no people.
  • Qin Ming discovered that the city's Fire Springs had turned blue and were producing vapor that spread as mist across Red Haze City.

Ch. 165Truth and surprises

Qin Ming explored a suddenly appeared Divine City, where the blue Fire Spring held dangerous divine nature and could strengthen spiritual artifacts. After the Fire Spring transformed a mysterious scrap of cloth, powerful factions arrived with their disciples to claim the city’s fortune.

  • Qin Ming killed a scarecrow and a Weasel Yin Spirit after they attacked him, then learned from a cautious great snake that the Fire Spring contained divine nature left behind by a great being.
  • The great snake explained that the Divine City had appeared suddenly and that its inhabitants were unknown; Qin Ming tested his saber and then placed a mysterious scrap of cloth in the Fire Spring.
  • The scrap of cloth caused the pool to flare brightly, grew slightly larger, and revealed exotic-metal threads and part of a woven sun as the Fire Spring slowly faded.
  • Yin souls gathered outside the Divine City while powerful figures in blazing suns revealed that they had hunted the great being before it could approach godhood.
  • Li Qingxu and disciples from Beyond the Mundane, the Esoteric Sect, and nonhuman factions headed toward the Divine City to seize its fortune.

Ch. 166Gluttonous Feast

Qin Ming absorbed the Fire Spring’s divine nature and strengthened the Torn Cloth before disguising himself and joining Yu Zhuohan’s group as the factions and strange creatures converged on the Divine City. The chapter left the wounded Divine Insect battling five powerful figures in the sky while a chaotic fight erupted below.

  • Li Qingyun tried to enter the Divine City, but several masked elders restrained him and enforced the rule that the younger generations had to go first.
  • Qin Ming nourished his weapons and pendant in the Fire Spring, then retrieved the transformed Torn Cloth after its expanding black-mist pattern shrouded the area.
  • Qin Ming disguised himself, joined Yu Zhuohan’s group, and learned that the factions were hunting the insect whose essence had formed the Divine City.
  • A wounded Divine Insect charged across the sky, where a Six-Tusked Dragon Elephant and other powerful beings blocked its path.
  • The Esoteric Sect disciples, Beyond the Mundane disciples, and strange creatures broke into a chaotic battle over the divine power.
  • Cao Ganqiu struck the Divine Insect with his purple bell as the other great suns joined him in suppressing it.

Ch. 167The Divine City's curtain fell

Qin Ming fought in the Divine City’s battle over divine nature, then watched the factions clash with Li Qingxu as he tried to seize the entire pool. After the city was dismantled and the god hunt ended, Qin Ming met Meng Xinghai and Li Qingyun to discuss his next steps, just as Li Qingxu arrived with familiar companions.

  • Qin Ming protected Yu Zhuohan and the Talking Finch during the Divine City battles, revealing his lightning ability when attackers threatened them.
  • Li Qingxu used six flags and a crystal bottle to draw in the pool’s divine nature, provoking every faction to attack him.
  • The Violet Lightning Beast smashed Cao Ganqiu’s bottle, and Cao Ganqiu’s strikes toward the city were stopped by the Six-Tusked Dragon Elephant and Meng Xinghai’s Martial Granduncle.
  • Meng Xinghai and the others withdrew from the Divine City, then dismantled its buildings and ruins after the god hunt ended.
  • Qin Ming met Meng Xinghai and Li Qingyun at the City Lord’s Manor and asked for advice about where to go next.
  • A messenger told Qin Ming that Li Qingxu had come to visit with several people Qin Ming knew.

Ch. 168The fate of each sect's founding ancestor

Qin Ming learned more about the dangers of the Beyond the Mundane and the uncertain fate of the great sects’ founding ancestors, then reunited with old acquaintances in the city. The chapter ended with Qin Ming receiving a mysterious cultivation art and news that Cao Ganqiu had been gravely injured on Black White Mountain.

  • Qin Ming refused to meet visitors, then learned that Cao Ganqiu had once tried to kill him after sensing the Overlord’s shadow in him.
  • Meng Xinghai and Li Qingyun explained the value of strange blood, the purpose of keeping powerful creatures at the borders, and how the great sects’ ancestors might have been replaced.
  • Qin Ming asked Talking Finch to accompany him when he left to study, then met Zheng Maoze, Zeng Yuan, Lu Zhenyi, Chen Bingyan, and Wang Caiwei at a lakeside meal.
  • Qin Ming asked Chen Bingyan and the others to copy any extraordinary arts they found, and someone secretly sent him the Five Thunder Refinement of Organs.
  • Meng Xinghai reported that Cao Ganqiu had suffered grievous injuries on Black White Mountain.

Ch. 169Unfathomable

Qin Ming studied the Five Thunder Refinement of Organs and gave the Talking Finch two cultivation scriptures before planning a trip to Kun Jun. After learning that Cao Ganqiu had truly been injured near Double Tree Village, Qin Ming was abruptly pulled from his body into a terrifying black fog.

  • Li Qingyun and Meng Xinghai discussed reports that Cao Ganqiu had been gravely wounded at Black Sun Mountain, prompting Qin Ming to wonder what hidden power lived there.
  • Qin Ming studied the Five Thunder Refinement of Organs and taught the Talking Finch the Black Peng Remnant Scripture and a Brocade Finch method before preparing to travel to Kun Jun.
  • Xu Sheng warned Qin Ming that Zheng Maoze seemed surrounded by the Old Traveling Merchant's aura, and Qin Ming wondered whether the giant butterfly had survived.
  • Qin Ming and his companions destroyed a mountain base run by thieves who stole valuables without killing, then divided the Day Gold and spiritual matter they found.
  • Reports first claimed Cao Ganqiu had feigned injury to kill two possessed experts, but new information revealed he had genuinely been hurt while investigating strange legends near Double Tree Village.
  • Qin Ming felt his consciousness being dragged out of his body into a pitch-black fog and failed to return before becoming fully separated from his physical form.

Ch. 170A magnificent spectacle

Qin Ming was drawn into the Black Mist World, where he defeated a remnant spirit that had lured him into a false Divine Kingdom. He returned to his body with a golden scale covered in tiny writing, confirming that his journey had been real.

  • Qin Ming entered the Black Mist World with the Torn Cloth and used his Heavenly Light Force and the cloth to defeat the Ox Fiend and Horse Fiend.
  • Qin Ming reached the Ascension Platform and rose into a false heavenly palace, where the Purple-Clad Girl claimed he had arrived in a Divine Kingdom.
  • Qin Ming saw through the illusion and used the Torn Cloth's Remnant Sun Diagram to destroy the false spectacle and expose the blue centipede's ruined Kingdom of Gods.
  • Qin Ming told the centipede its death was deserved, and its final remnant spirit dissipated.
  • Qin Ming found a golden scale engraved with tiny characters at the collapsed altar and returned to his room with it.

Ch. 171A Distant Journey

After surviving the giant centipede’s attempt to revive itself, Qin Ming studied the golden scale’s True Inheritance and shared its scripture with Meng Xinghai and Li Qingyun. He set out for Kun Jun, where he learned that academies were preparing to hunt a powerful Auspicious Beast.

  • Qin Ming resonated with the golden scale’s scripture, learned its cultivation could only support his New Life Path, and copied it for Meng Xinghai and Li Qingyun.
  • Qin Ming told Meng Xinghai and Li Qingyun about the black-mist realm and the giant centipede’s altar, and they explained the dangers of that hidden region.
  • Qin Ming decided to travel to Kun Jun in two days, and Meng Xinghai and Li Qingyun advised him to take a flying ship through dangerous regions.
  • Qin Ming quietly traveled to Red Haze City and bought a ticket on a flying ship bound for Kun Jun.
  • At the landing grounds, Qin Ming overheard young travelers discuss famous prodigies heading to Kun Jun and a planned hunt for an Auspicious Beast whose blood could transform their constitutions.

Ch. 172Stars Shining Bright

Qin Ming traveled toward Kun Jun aboard the Vermilion Bird Airship, where he learned about the planned reclamation of the Outer Forbidden Zone and met a cabin full of ambitious young cultivators. The journey left him expecting Kun Jun City to grow even more turbulent when the celebrated Ling Yu arrived to test his sword.

  • Young travelers discussed Kun Jun, the Auspicious Beast, and the dangers of reclaiming the Outer Forbidden Zone before boarding the Vermilion Bird Airship.
  • Qin Ming listened as passengers debated how humans and aberrants now lived among one another, while Talking Finch set off toward the mountains to study and seek a Blessed Land.
  • Sun Teng, Qiu Long, Lu Xu, and Qi Ming introduced themselves and discussed the powerful academies and paths they planned to follow.
  • Passengers recognized several young travelers as descendants of powerful figures, including a woman from the Beyond the Mundane Yang Land and a rumored Near Immortal Seed.
  • Qin Ming read a Night Report praising Ling Yu and learned that the Young Grandmaster was traveling toward Kun Jun City with a Black-Clad Woman and a Purple-Eyed Crow.

Ch. 173Heavenly Bloom

Qin Ming rode the Vermilion Bird Airship to gather Heavenly Bloom, impressing the other passengers with how much he could capture. After joining a group of well-connected young prodigies, he drank a bottle of liquid Worldly Heavenly Light and claimed his body could withstand more.

  • The Vermilion Bird Airship stopped in the night sky, where passengers waited for Heavenly Bloom to fall.
  • Qin Ming captured more than a dozen drops of Heavenly Bloom, then gathered nearly thirty more during a denser shower using the River Luo Scripture.
  • After Qin Ming shared two drops with a young girl, other passengers crowded around him, and some recognized his eight-colored Heavenly Light and suspected he cultivated the River Luo Scripture.
  • Qin Ming used his ticket privileges to move to another area, where Cai Jingcheng welcomed him and Zhao Yaoting offered him a bottle of liquid Worldly Heavenly Light.
  • Qin Ming drank the Worldly Heavenly Light despite Zhao Yaoting's warning, then said he could handle several more bottles while stimulating his fleshly body.

Ch. 174Walking a Tightrope in the Clouds

Qin Ming joined a group of young elites on a secret expedition into the night sky, where they left the Vermilion Bird Airship to explore strange golden spikes in the clouds. He found an enormous abandoned nest scattered with broken golden eggshells and wondered what kind of creature had built it.

  • Qin Ming drank Sun Jingxiao’s heavenly light liquid without harm, then learned the group’s mission was to travel into the night sky.
  • Su Shiyun gave Qin Ming purple qi, which nourished his body and caused thunder and fire to flare within him.
  • The group left the Vermilion Bird Airship by secret passage and took a dinghy to a black fog bank where several airships had been pierced by enormous golden spikes.
  • Leng Feiyue suggested that everyone explore separately, and Qin Ming walked along one of the endless spikes using Adhesion Force.
  • Qin Ming reached a dense crossing of golden spikes and discovered an old, enormous nest containing broken golden eggshells.

Ch. 175Life and Death Tribulation

Qin Ming explored a luminous mountain hidden in the clouds, where he absorbed rare spiritual essences before a Cui Household Jade Armor Guard recognized him and tried to force him back into the family. Their confrontation erupted into a life-and-death battle, and both fell from the mountain into the night fog with blood flying.

  • Qin Ming followed enormous golden strands to a mountain in the clouds and found Su Shiyun, Zhao Yaoting, and the others collecting its luminous essences.
  • Qin Ming used the Torn Cloth to gather ordinary heavenly bloom and absorbed purple mist and golden haze to strengthen himself.
  • Qin Ming met an old woman tending the mountain’s plants, and she revealed herself as a Spirit Field Realm Jade Armor Guard from the Cui Household.
  • The old woman urged Qin Ming to return and serve Young Master Chonghe, then demanded that he lower his head before she would tell him what happened to his grandfather.
  • Qin Ming pierced the old woman’s forehead with a small sword, and both unleashed their powers before falling from the golden strand into the pitch-black fog.

Ch. 176Qin Ming Was Instantly Killed

Qin Ming nearly died after his attacks failed to pierce the Old Woman, but he damaged her parachute while her consciousness was disrupted, leaving her to fall without a working canopy. He survived the fall in terrible condition and landed beneath a moon in an unfamiliar place, unsure where he was.

  • Qin Ming used his two powerful New Life abilities and Exotic Metal Small Sword to wound the Old Woman, but her instinctive Heavenly Light tore his body apart and sent him plummeting.
  • Qin Ming held his shattered body together with Adhesion Force and fused Heavenly Light, Divine Wisdom, and Consciousness Spirit Light while the Old Woman recovered and threatened him.
  • The Old Woman discovered that her Parachute Pack had been shredded into a useless net, while Qin Ming opened his own surviving pack and watched her fall into the night mist.
  • Qin Ming realized his bones, organs, and heart had been shattered, and he could not restore his body with his usual methods; he also hesitated to use the Mineral Essence because his condition was too poor.
  • Qin Ming stopped breathing and felt his heart cease, then spotted a moon-like silver disc in the sky.
  • Qin Ming landed in an unfamiliar region despite his parachute, badly injured and confused by the moonlit scenery.

Ch. 177Reborn as a Butterfly

Qin Ming lay near death beneath a moonlit forest and risked using Blue Liquid and the Life Altering Scripture to trigger New Life, but his body and consciousness fell silent. The Silk Book Method then stitched and revived him, and Qin Ming awakened, determined to live and open a path for ordinary people.

  • Qin Ming found himself gravely injured in a moonlit forest and used the Yi Wood Scripture to slow his body's decline, but it could not save him.
  • Qin Ming injected the Blue Liquid into his body to attempt New Life, causing his cracked flesh to bleed and nearly fall apart.
  • Qin Ming circulated the Life Altering Scripture, but its golden rivers sank into his flesh and his consciousness went dark.
  • After Qin Ming appeared dead, the Silk Book Method activated, stitching his body together with golden threads and coating it in jade light.
  • A fragment of Qin Ming's consciousness emerged from his cocoon-like body, briefly mistook itself for a butterfly, then returned and awakened his main consciousness.
Arc 7 of 35
Arc 7 of 35