Vol. 5Trials and Vengeance

Qin Ming grew stronger through the Night Ruins and Jade Capital trials, then pursued his enemies and searched for new paths of cultivation. After crippling Cui Chonghe and training Wen Rui, he left to investigate an Ancient Mist Gate where a Great Medicine was nearing maturity.

  • Su Mohua won the Earthen City competition while Qin Ming entered the Otherworld, survived Jade Capital’s collapse, and gained new scriptures and techniques.
  • Qin Ming and his allies fought the Cui Household, then learned that demons had seized Gengjin City.
  • Qin Ming entered the Night Ruins, reached the Fourth Realm, and defeated demons and challengers while climbing the New Ranking under several identities.
  • The New Ranking sent him to a preserved Jade Capital annex, where he began the supposedly easiest trial under crushing pressure.
  • Qin Ming cleared Jade Capital’s trials and became a Saint Disciple, then survived the Old Factions’ pursuit as the forces below broke the Heaven-Sealing Formation.
  • After claiming another Exotic Gold Cloth fragment, he traveled to the Remnant Vein of Ascension Mountain to find Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran.
  • Qin Ming mastered the Astral Wind Scripture in the Sunken Abyss, rescued Wen Rui, destroyed the Cui Household’s World-Staying Manor, and crippled Cui Chonghe in the Great Yu Capital.
  • After Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran departed, Qin Ming trained Wen Rui and set out to investigate an Ancient Mist Gate where a Great Medicine was nearing maturity.
Chapters 403–506 Read from Ch. 403

Arc 17Night Ruins and New Paths

Qin Ming explored the Otherworld, survived Jade Capital’s collapse, and grew stronger amid the spreading Night Ruins. After fighting the Cui Household and obtaining two new scriptures, he prepared to confront the demons occupying Gengjin City.

  • Su Mohua won the competition in Earthen City, while Qin Ming learned that Tang Yushang wanted to challenge him.
  • Qin Ming and his companions entered the Otherworld through Bodhi Cave, where they encountered remnants of Divine Capital and were separated by strange artifacts and powers.
  • Qin Ming became the temporary owner of Earth Moon, mastered new techniques, and strengthened his cultivation before he and his companions escaped the collapsing ruins.
  • Qin Ming experienced Jade Capital’s trials, fought Cui Chongxiao, and returned as Jade Capital shattered and the Colossal Being disintegrated.
  • As Night Ruins phenomena spread through Night Prefecture, Qin Ming reached Black White Mountain, advanced his Spiritual Field cultivation, and killed Cui Wu, Qi Yunzheng, Jiang Tingxue, and other enemies.
  • Qin Ming and his allies fought the Cui Household near Bright City, killing Cui Ming and Cui Chongyue after the household sent Night Ruins creatures against them.
  • Qin Ming obtained the Earth Virtue Scripture and the Silkworm Emperor Golden Metal Scripture, then learned that demons from God's Fall Plain, including the Jade Emperor, had seized Gengjin City.
Chapters 403–42725 summaries Read

Arc 18The Jade Capital Trials

Qin Ming entered the Night Ruins, reached the Fourth Realm, and climbed the New Ranking under several identities while fighting challengers from Jade Capital and the Outer Domain. After the New Ranking sent him to a preserved Jade Capital annex for a trial, Qin Ming chose the route marked Easy and found it overwhelmingly difficult.

  • Qin Ming killed the demons in Gengjin City, entered the Night Ruins, found the Overturning Sea Scripture, and broke through to the Fourth Realm before defeating the Jade Emperor and the Sea Clan fighters.
  • Liu Mo taught Qin Ming and his companions the Black White Scripture, then departed to pursue nirvana while Qin Ming traveled to the Nine Heavens.
  • Qin Ming won first place in the First Realm as Qin Ming, then entered the Second Realm as Realm Faction and defeated Heavenly Immortal to take the top position.
  • Qin Ming climbed the Third Realm rankings as One Sword Cleaves Through Thirty-Six Heavens, defeated Cui Chonghe, and tied for first before the New Ranking announced a looming enemy from the Outer Domain.
  • Qin Ming fought the Outer Domain challengers, killed Lai Laya, Cole, Marcus, and Kalon, and helped turn the battle against the Black Pagoda’s forces.
  • Qin Ming used the identities Taiyi and Wooden Man to win contests in the first and second realms, then claimed rewards as the New Ranking led the cultivators into the Jade Towers.
  • The Earth Immortals discovered that their stolen medicines had appeared among the New Ranking’s rewards, while Qin Ming waited for his Wishing Pool and lifespan-extending medicine.
  • The New Ranking sent Qin Ming to a preserved Jade Capital annex courtyard, and he began the supposedly easiest route under crushing pressure.
Chapters 428–45225 summaries Read

Arc 19Jade Capital and the Remnant Vein

Qin Ming became a Saint Disciple, survived the Old Factions’ attempts to seize him, and helped the forces below break the Heaven-Sealing Formation. After claiming a new Exotic Gold Cloth fragment and returning to the ground, he set out to find Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran at the Remnant Vein of Ascension Mountain.

  • Qin Ming defeated Li Heng at the Wishing Pool, cleared Jade Capital’s trials, and became a Saint Disciple before defeating Heavenly God in a duel.
  • Qin Ming returned to Red Haze City, repaired hidden flaws in his cultivation, and rejected the heavenly envoys who tried to make him ascend.
  • Qin Ming killed pursuing envoys and Earth Immortals in the Night Ruins, captured their spirits with the Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella, and completed his breakthrough into the Second Heaven of the Heart Lamp.
  • The Four Great Earth Immortals pursued Qin Ming and clashed with the Black White Bear and Night Prefecture’s allies, while Qin Ming investigated the Night Ruins and learned of Exotic Gold Cloth.
  • The Old Barbarian God, Pugong's Sage, and other Earth Immortals used the Heaven Stabilizing Divine Stakes to breach the Heaven-Sealing Formation, but Zhuo Kun later descended to attack the forces below.
  • Old Cloth carried Qin Ming to Jade Capital, where he defeated the temporary owner of another Exotic Gold Cloth fragment and returned to the ground beneath the Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella.
  • Qin Ming returned to Red Haze City, cultivated for a year, then traveled with Old Furnace to the Remnant Vein of Ascension Mountain and joined a team exploring its mountains.
Chapters 454–47925 summaries Read

Arc 20The Sunken Abyss and the Capital Duel

Qin Ming mastered new scriptures in the Sunken Abyss, returned to Night Prefecture to avenge those who targeted his companions, and crippled Cui Chonghe in the Great Yu Capital. After Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran departed, Qin Ming trained Wen Rui and set out to investigate the newly opening Ancient Mist Gates.

  • Qin Ming entered Sunken Abyss, mastered the Astral Wind Scripture, and killed Number Four before finding Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran near the Sun Secret Aperture.
  • Qin Ming and his companions explored the Land of Sleeping Gods, gathered Sun True Fire, and fled the awakening woman’s phantom creatures through the Mist Gates.
  • Qin Ming returned to Night Prefecture, uncovered the plot against Double Tree Village, rescued Wen Rui, and destroyed the Cui Household’s World-Staying Manor before capturing and refining Cui Changqing.
  • Qin Ming traveled to the Great Yu Capital and defeated Cui Chonghe in the Colosseum, shattering his cultivation and leaving him alive but crippled.
  • After Outer Domain invaders attacked the capital, Qin Ming returned to Double Tree Village, where Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran soon departed and Qin Ming resolved to reach the Grandmaster Realm.
  • Qin Ming cultivated for a year, developed a Primordial Beginning Heart Lamp, and helped Wen Rui begin practicing the Silk Book Method.
  • Qin Ming left Black White Mountain, killed five attackers, traced three of them to Demon, and learned that a Great Medicine behind an Ancient Mist Gate would soon mature.
Chapters 480–50625 summaries Read
Volume 5 of 9
Volume 5 of 9