Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming entered the Divine Temple and defeated the opponents the White-Clad Woman summoned to test him. After he crushed the Old Woman, the White-Clad Woman prepared to fight him herself, leaving Qin Ming ready to test his strength against the temple’s master.

• The White-Clad Woman concealed the scripture on the hall wall and ordered Little Spider to spar with Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming burned through Little Spider’s divine wisdom web and cleaved the spider apart with the Overlord Spear.
• The White-Clad Woman dismissed a young man and made a seventh-new-life body from the Old Woman’s remains for Qin Ming to fight.
• Qin Ming defeated the Old Woman, smashing her apart after she charged at him.
• The White-Clad Woman approached Qin Ming to fight, and Qin Ming agreed as long as they remained within the first realm.

Qin Empire Ming fought the White-Clad Woman in a high-level sparring match, combining his Extraordinary Arts to push her into a disadvantage despite her secret techniques. The White-Clad Woman called for another round, and Qin Empire Ming eagerly prepared to continue.

• The White-Clad Woman agreed to fight Qin Empire Ming using New Life Path methods and promised to meet him at the Seventh New Life stage.
• The White-Clad Woman launched a complex attack, and Qin Empire Ming countered with the River Luo Scripture, the Silk Book Method, and several other forces.
• Qin Empire Ming combined earth energy, Li Fire, and lightning to create Heavenly Thunder Induces Earth Fire, catching and striking the White-Clad Woman.
• The White-Clad Woman broke free after their close exchange, while Qin Empire Ming remained unharmed and said she had not lost; she accused him of cheating, though she had also used techniques beyond the realm's limits.
• The White-Clad Woman demanded another round, and Qin Empire Ming eagerly readied himself to fight again.

Qin Ming fought the White-Clad Woman in the Divine Temple, testing his abilities against her extraordinary techniques until she gave him a Five-Colored Bottle and revealed the scriptures on the walls. As he studied them under their immense pressure, she asked whether he could master the scripture, and he confidently said yes.

• Qin Ming attacked the White-Clad Woman with his fused Heavenly Light Force, nearly striking her neck before she escaped with mysterious footwork and a defensive light.
• The White-Clad Woman demonstrated earth, fire, wind, and water arts, while Qin Ming imitated her movement and countered with his own techniques.
• Qin Ming and the White-Clad Woman clashed with powerful force techniques until she stopped the battle and tossed him a Five-Colored Bottle containing enough Heavenly Light Liquid for his Eighth New Life.
• The White-Clad Woman revealed the luminous scriptures on the Divine Temple's walls, and Qin Ming studied them despite their crushing pressure.
• The White-Clad Woman stood in front of the scriptures and asked Qin Ming if he could master them, and he confidently answered that he could.

Qin Ming studied the Silk Book Method in the Divine Temple and survived resonating with its scripture, while the White-Clad Woman learned that someone was trying to subdue the Fourth Forbidden Land. As Wu Yaozu and the others reacted to Qin Ming’s return, his grandmother warned that he and his companions could leave Strange Town only at noon.

• Qin Ming explained how he had begun cultivating the Silk Book Method, and the White-Clad Woman abandoned her attempt to master it after warning him of its flaws.
• The White-Clad Woman restored the Divine Temple, served Qin Ming incense ash as tea, and let him study the scripture on its walls.
• Qin Ming memorized the refined scripture and endured repeated, painful attempts to resonate with it, gaining insight into its flawed fifth realm.
• People in Strange Town assumed Li Wanqiu had died inside the Divine Temple, but Wu Yaozu kept faith until Qin Ming returned alive.
• The Black Robed Figure told the White-Clad Woman that an unimaginably powerful person was trying to subdue the Fourth Forbidden Land and warned her to leave.
• The White-Clad Woman decided to punish the Spirit Travelers with the Divine Mace, while Wu Yaozu’s grandmother said they could depart only at noon.

Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu left the Strange Town and struggled through the haunted edge of the Fourth Forbidden Land, where Grandmother Wu’s protections helped them survive terrifying remnants. They encountered an overwhelming bridal procession, and as Qin Ming was dragged toward its sedan, he claimed to be from a forbidden land.

• Grandmother Wu escorted Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu through the blood-colored road to the edge of the Fourth Forbidden Land, then sent them onward with a map and asked Qin Ming to watch over Wu Yaozu.
• Wu Yaozu revealed his true appearance and decided to accompany Qin Ming to Kunling Giant City, while Qin Ming drank heavenly light liquid to cultivate his eighth new life.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu used Grandmother Wu’s jade token and Qin Ming’s heavenly-light-infused cloth to battle dangerous resentful remnants along their route.
• The pair fought several powerful apparitions, including an old man who dragged their consciousnesses from their bodies, before a woman on a paper boat spared Wu Yaozu because of his token.
• A bridal procession appeared, and its bride pulled Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu toward her sedan; Wu Yaozu pleaded that he was from the Wu family, while Qin Ming claimed he was from a forbidden land.

Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu escaped the Fourth Forbidden Land, learned that Qin Ming’s Torn Cloth had once been worshipped in a tomb belonging to a godlike or Near-Immortal being, and reached Kunling Giant City. Along the way, Qin Ming advanced his cultivation and fused his arts as rumors spread about powerful rivals gathering in the city.

• The bride and bridal procession were destroyed by a mysterious force, then reappeared as trapped figures repeating the past; the bride returned the Torn Cloth to Qin Ming and explained its ancient origin.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu left the Fourth Forbidden Land, fought a fox demon controlling a White-Clad Woman, and Wu Yaozu’s suspicion led him to frighten a wonton-shop owner.
• On the journey to Kunling, Qin Ming brought several arts to major mastery, fused them with heavenly light liquid, and transformed his Heavenly Light Force.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu reached bustling Kunling Giant City and heard that Ling Yu, immortal seeds, and god seeds had arrived among its powerful cultivation grounds and academies.

Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu arrived in Kun Jun City, joined Mountain River Academy, and learned that the competition for auspicious beast blood would be fierce. After settling in, Qin Ming heard that immortal seeds were visiting Ascension Academy and hurried there to find out who they were.

• Qin Ming disguised himself as Shen Wubing, and he and Wu Yaozu hired Jin Xiang to take them through Kun Jun City to Mountain River Academy.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu passed the academy’s entrance tests and were assigned modest cabins in its wooded grounds.
• Crow Sis warned them that Xin Youdao, the Eighty-One Freak, would compete for scarce auspicious beast blood, and she tried to sell them tickets to his coming match against the Young Ancestor.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu explored the academy, heard that immortal seeds would share insights at Ascension Academy, and Qin Ming rushed there after learning more about them.

Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu attended Sun Taichu’s Dao lecture at the Ascension Academy, where Sun announced that several paths would join forces to clear a dangerous plateau and share the Auspicious Beast’s life-extending blood. The gathering turned violent when Pu Heng insulted the New Life Path and Sky-Pillar’s disciple struck him, cracking his crimson sun.

• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu entered the Ascension Academy and learned that Sun Taichu, a revered elder of the Beyond the Mundane Pure Land, was coming to expound the Dao.
• Sun Taichu appeared as a golden pure yang consciousness, gave a two-hour lecture, and told the crowd that the plateau held dangers beyond the Auspicious Beast.
• Sun Taichu announced that practitioners from several paths could earn Auspicious Beast blood by helping clear the plateau, which would serve as a rehearsal for a larger wilderness expansion.
• Pu Heng arrived and claimed that Cao Qianqiu’s Pure Land lineage could clear the plateau without help, then mocked the New Life Path and its elders.
• Sky-Pillar’s disciple challenged Pu Heng, and a youth in coarse hemp riding a golden exotic bird struck Pu Heng’s crimson sun, causing it to crack and begin exploding.

At the Flying Immortal Institute, Sun Taichu exposed the decay of the New Life Path’s elders while Lu Zizai refused his offer to switch paths, leaving Qin Ming and the other New Life Evolvers shaken. After the immortal seeds presented themselves, Qin Ming received a letter from a tiny golden bird, whose appearance seemed connected to Lu Zizai.

• Pu Heng re-formed after Sun Taichu’s hemp-robed ally struck him, but Sun Taichu stopped Pu Heng from attacking and revealed that the ally was the aged Lu Zizai.
• Sun Taichu urged Lu Zizai to join the Immortal Path to gain another lifetime, then illuminated the decay surrounding a distant New Life Path Ancestor.
• The New Life Path Ancestor defended his path, but the gathering’s Evolvers remained disheartened as the suns vanished without a battle.
• Cui Chonghe, Sun Qixiao, and Li Qingyue took the stage to discuss their insights, while Qin Ming recognized Sun Qixiao from their earlier journey.
• Qin Ming received a letter dropped by a tiny golden bird, which flew away as a Purple-Eyed Crow and a cloaked woman approached.

Qin Ming received Lu Zizai’s encouragement to compete for the auspicious beast blood and resolved to fight for it. At Mountain River Academy, anticipation grew for Ling Yu’s duel with Xin Youdao, while Tang Jin agreed to have Ling Yu test Qin Ming’s abilities.

• Qin Ming passed Tang Jin, Ling Yu, and Crow Master in the woods, and Crow Master recognized him as an unusual young man.
• Qin Ming read Lu Zizai’s letter urging him to compete for the auspicious beast blood and decided to enter the fight.
• A little golden bird told Qin Ming that Lu Zizai was safe and was abandoning his former cultivation to form a new merit fruit.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu explored Mountain River Academy and learned that Ling Yu and Xin Youdao would duel there that evening.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu spoke confidently about their own abilities, and Crow Master urged Tang Jin to let Ling Yu test Qin Ming; Tang Jin agreed.

Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu explored the crowded Mountain River Academy during a high-profile duel, then decided to move into the academy’s better residences. Their attempt to claim two houses led them into a confrontation with powerful new students, ending as Wu Yaozu prepared to fight.

• Qin Ming hurried Wu Yaozu away after he speculated that Tang Jin was secretly watching them, while Tang Jin and the Purple-Eyed Crow overheard their remarks.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu learned that tickets to the evening’s major showdown had become scarce and listened as visitors discussed famous disciples arriving at Mountain River Academy.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu left their noisy dormitory and registered to move into the academy’s secluded residences near the Fire Spring.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu chose two occupied lakeside houses and challenged their new-student residents for the right to move in.
• A handsome young man in white offered to fight them both, but Wu Yaozu volunteered to face him and even invited the young woman in yellow to join the match.

Wu Yaozu defeated the White-clothed Youth in a fierce lakeside battle, forcing him and his companions to surrender their residences. Later, Ling Yu beat Xin Youdao in the academy’s anticipated showdown and went with the girl in yellow to confront the two brothers.

• Wu Yaozu fought the White-clothed Youth, countering his thunder powers with Rainbow Light and a Yellow Bronze Pestle that cracked the youth’s silver bell.
• Wu Yaozu defeated the White-clothed Youth, who accepted the loss and gave up the residences; Wu Yaozu introduced himself and Qin Ming as Shen Wubing.
• The girl in yellow and the White-clothed Youth’s companions left, while the upper-year student informed Wu Yaozu and Qin Ming that they owed compensation for the damage.
• Ling Yu narrowly defeated Xin Youdao at Mountain River Academy, and rumors that Xin Youdao had been injured beforehand were swiftly suppressed.
• The girl in yellow accused Ling Yu of arranging Xin Youdao’s injury, and Ling Yu asked to be taken to Wu Yaozu and Qin Ming.

Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu moved into their new homes, where they fought and defeated Ling Yu after he challenged Qin Ming. Ling Yu left vowing to face Qin Ming in a formal duel, while Tang Jin and the Purple-Eyed Crow discussed his demand.

• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu settled into their new homes, and Cheng Rui brought Ling Yu to confront Qin Ming about Xin Youdao's defeat.
• Ling Yu challenged Qin Ming, but Wu Yaozu attacked him first, and Qin Ming knocked him unconscious with a blow to the back of the head.
• Qin Ming took money from Ling Yu, returning some to account for Wu Yaozu's help, while Xin Youdao and Cheng Rui realized Ling Yu had become a victim too.
• Ling Yu woke up furious, but Xin Youdao urged him to leave before the others discovered what had happened; Ling Yu departed after promising a formal duel with Qin Ming.
• Later, Ling Yu told Tang Jin that Qin Ming had ambushed him and asked for a fair fight, but the Purple-Eyed Crow warned that Qin Ming might refuse.

Qin Ming studied the New Life Path and sought the Golden Cicada Scripture, then paid Wu Chengwang to inspect his private annotations. He laughed after reading two pages, while Wu Chengwang mistook his delight for a wealthy pupil’s satisfaction.

• Crow Master revealed that he had taken Ling Yu’s Day Gold, leaving Ling Yu with only one gold note.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu ate Dragon Carp by the lake, then enrolled at Mountain River Academy and visited its Nine-Story Archive.
• Qin Ming read a guide to the New Life Path and became interested in the Golden Cicada Scripture and other extraordinary arts.
• Zhao Minghui told Qin Ming that Wu Chengwang knew the Golden Cicada Scripture best but charged exorbitant fees.
• Qin Ming paid Wu Chengwang six hundred pieces of Day Gold to read his annotations, then laughed heartily over the first two pages.

Qin Ming secretly learned the Golden Cicada Scripture from Wu Chengwang and cultivated its powerful forces while Kun Jun City prepared for a hunt in the Third Forbidden Land. As new arrivals and famed cultivators gathered, Qin Ming sought a second Extraordinary Art and set his sights on the Dragon Snake Scripture.

• Qin Ming obtained two complete versions of the Golden Cicada Scripture through resonance with Wu Chengwang’s manuscript, then endured Wu Chengwang’s private instruction before leaving.
• Qin Ming returned home, cultivated the Golden Cicada Scripture, and explored its life-and-death transformations and combat applications while warning Wu Yaozu to keep his progress secret.
• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu studied plans for the Third Forbidden Land plateau hunt as news spread of Ling Yu’s duel with Xin Youdao and powerful visitors arrived in Kun Jun City.
• Little Finch and the Violet Lightning Beast princess reached Kun Jun City, while Li Qingyun arrived searching for Qin Ming.
• Ling Yu pressed Tang Jin to arrange a decisive battle with the youth from Black White Mountain, claiming he had perfected his techniques.
• Qin Ming decided to pursue a second Extraordinary Art, favored the Dragon Snake Scripture, and considered seeking a copy beyond Mountain River Academy.

Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu enrolled in six academies and refused a low-paying sparring offer, while Ling Yu sought a rematch. Qin Ming negotiated high stakes with Tang Jin and challenged her to fight him in the First Realm.

• Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu passed the assessments of six institutions, including Origin Academy and the Dragon Elephant Dojo.
• Tang Jun invited them to an exchange match for ten Day Gold coins per win, but Qin Ming and Wu Yaozu refused.
• Ling Yu came to request a match with Qin Ming, and Wu Yaozu demanded extraordinary arts, a secret scripture, and money as payment.
• Tang Jin confronted Qin Ming over his high demands, and he offered two extraordinary arts if he lost.
• Qin Ming asked Tang Jin to spar with him in the First Realm.

Qin Ming negotiated the stakes for a spar with Ling Yu, securing a promise of protection and cultivation arts before the match. At Mountain River Academy, Qin Ming sent Ling Yu flying with one palm while Ling Yu held back his second-realm power, and then demanded that he use it.

• Qin Ming insisted that the stakes include the Dragon Snake Scripture, the best Blood-and-Flesh Soul-Nourishing Art, and protection from the Cui Household, while Tang Jin and Ling Yu agreed to seek the scripture and the Yi Wood Scripture.
• Ling Yu broke through to the second realm during his preparations, while Qin Ming reviewed his arts and considered how the Dragon Snake Scripture would complete his foundation.
• At Martial Arts Arena No. 1, two senior figures from Mountain River Academy assured Qin Ming that the Cui Household and other threats could not reach him in Kun Jun Territory.
• Qin Ming refused Ling Yu's offer to suppress his realm and challenged him to use his full power, but Ling Yu attacked with first-realm strength.
• Qin Ming stood still and knocked Ling Yu more than ten meters away with a single palm strike, then calmly told him to use his second-realm power.

Qin Ming overwhelmed Ling Yu in the First Realm, helping him overcome the defeat without letting it become a lasting psychological barrier. Ling Yu then recovered and challenged Qin Ming with his full Second Realm strength, but Qin Ming countered his signature techniques and advanced on the Pure Yang Soul Reflection Mirror.

• Qin Ming sent Ling Yu flying with five one-handed palm strikes, while refusing to move from his spot in the arena.
• Ling Yu acknowledged that Qin Ming was superior in the First Realm, then agreed to fight using his Second Realm power.
• Ling Yu healed his injuries, donned silver armor, and unleashed Soul Suppression Lightning and the Pure Yang Soul Reflection Mirror.
• Qin Ming resisted Ling Yu's soul attacks with five-colored radiance and formed a Five Elements Saber from his Heavenly Light.
• Qin Ming cut through the scarlet lightning and thrust the Five Colors Saber toward Ling Yu's Pure Yang Soul Reflection Mirror.

Qin Ming defeated Ling Yu in the arena after withstanding his pure yang consciousness, God Slaying Whip, and Four Symbols techniques. The elders pledged to protect Qin Ming and warned the Cui Household not to cause trouble in Kunling Territory.

• Qin Ming's Five Colors Saber broke through Ling Yu's attacks, while Ling Yu's pure yang consciousness failed to draw out Qin Ming's soul or heavenly light.
• Ling Yu condensed his Heavenly Light Force into the God Slaying Whip, but Qin Ming met it head-on and forced him to withdraw it.
• Ling Yu unleashed the Four Symbols Fist, Five-Colored Thunder Force, and Pure Yang Sword in a final assault.
• Qin Ming countered with the Five-Elements Light Wheel, Five Colors Saber, and Heavenly Thunder Induces Earth Fire, then defeated Ling Yu, who admitted his loss.
• An elder declared that they would protect Qin Ming and threatened the Cui Household, while Qin Ming addressed Miss Tang.

Qin Ming challenged Tang Jin, but she used her superior cultivation and a powerful treasure to stop him, then cautioned him about the dangers of the New Life Path. The elders praised Qin Ming’s potential, Tang Jin gave him manuals and Day Gold, and the chapter ended with both elders summoning everyone gravely.

• Qin Ming challenged Tang Jin to a spar, and she froze him in place by using her higher cultivation to control the field.
• Tang Jin offered to fight Qin Ming at the same level, but the elders intervened when she brought out a Grandmaster-refined straw rope that could bind him.
• Tang Jin warned Qin Ming not to underestimate unknown opponents, while Yu Gensheng and Zhao Ziyuan expressed hope that he might carry the New Life Path forward.
• Qin Ming told the elders he would advance steadily, and Zhao Ziyuan and Yu Gensheng debated how best to help him train.
• Tang Jin gave Qin Ming the Dragon Snake Scripture and five gold notes, and Qin Ming traded away the prospect of returning the money for another Extraordinary Art.
• Both elders called everyone over with grave expressions.