Chapter Summaries

After breaking through to the mid Fourth Realm, Qin Ming defeated the Night God, the Moon Goddess, and a White Jade Centipede while fleeing the chaos at the Remnant Vein of Ascension Mountain. He and his companions escaped pursuing phantoms through several Mist Gates, but Qin Ming’s final prank sent Tang Yushang into one while he fled with Jiang Ran and Li Qingyue.

• Qin Ming fought and killed the Night God and the Moon Goddess after the Night God challenged him and threatened Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran.
• Qin Ming killed the White Jade Centipede and, with Jiang Ran and Li Qingyue, fled the mountain as the Sun Secret Aperture’s phantom creatures pursued them.
• Qin Ming and his companions clashed with Oleg and the Black Tower Civilization, then retreated when Oleg returned with two Masters.
• Qin Ming’s group joined Tang Yushang and Bai Meng, used the Rotten Fan against their pursuers, and crossed five regions and five Mist Gates to escape.
• Qin Ming kicked Tang Yushang through a Mist Gate as they parted, then ran with Jiang Ran and Li Qingyue while Bai Meng cried that he wanted to go home.

Tang Yushang hunted Qin Ming after he kicked her, while Qin Ming escaped a dream attack from the mysterious woman using Old Cloth and later returned to Night Prefecture. After recovering and advancing his Longevity Sword Intent, he witnessed an enormous unseen being destroy cities with its glowing footprints, leaving him terrified by the Night Mist World’s true dangers.

• Tang Yushang tracked Qin Ming and his companions with the Jade Mirror, while Qin Ming joked about kicking her and then fled with Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran.
• The mysterious woman from Ascension Mountain invaded Qin Ming’s dream, but Old Cloth severed her connection and trapped several of her projections as opponents on its Sword Fighting Platform.
• Qin Ming, Li Qingyue, and Jiang Ran escaped a Gui nest and evaded Tang Yushang’s bait before passing through thirteen Mist Gates to reach Night Prefecture.
• After recovering from their injuries, Qin Ming raised his Longevity Sword Intent and learned he could unleash four increasingly powerful strikes in succession.
• Qin Ming witnessed enormous glowing footprints annihilate cities and devastate nearby settlements, leaving him shaken by the dangers of the Night Mist World.

Qin Ming witnessed the glowing footprints devastate Night Prefecture and spent a year and a half cultivating while the region changed around him. Great Yu unified Night Prefecture and received Heaven’s favor, but after its sacrifice to Heaven, the Jade Capital vanished from the heavens.

• Qin Ming saw villages and cities reduced to ash by the glowing footprints, which killed more than twenty million beings before passing beyond Night Prefecture.
• People across the region searched old records for clues, while Qin Ming confirmed that Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran were safe and continued cultivating in seclusion.
• The Great Yu Dynasty defeated Great Rui and Great Gan in the struggle to unify Night Prefecture, and Dao resonance gathered over Chongxiao City.
• Qin Ming returned to Red Haze City, met Meng Xinghai, and read Cui Chonghe’s challenge to debate the Dao once Qin Ming reached the fourth realm.
• Great Yu offered sacrifices to Heaven, extraordinary phenomena appeared over Chongxiao City, and the Jade Capital vanished from beyond the firmament.

After Jade Capital vanished, the Great Yu capital became a Near-Dao Land while powerful cultivators fled the worsening Dao resonance and sought refuge in safer places. Qin Empire Ming later learned that someone was spying on Double Tree Village after Wen Rui had been taken away, and he silently moved to confront the intruder.

• Earth Immortals searched heaven and earth for Jade Capital, then confirmed that it had vanished beyond heaven rather than descending to Great Yu.
• The Heaven Worship Ceremony made the Great Yu capital a Near-Dao Land, and the Sage of the present age learned that Qin Empire Ming had mastered the Silk Book Method on his own.
• Over the next three months, Night Prefecture's orderly regions became safer as Dao resonance grew more violent elsewhere, prompting many powerful cultivators to retreat or ascend to heaven.
• Qin Empire Ming learned from Meng Xinghai that powerful cultivators were returning from dangerous regions, while he worried that Wen Rui's mysterious new master might have taken the boy for a hidden reason.
• The Talking Finch told Qin Empire Ming that someone was spying on Double Tree Village, and Qin Empire Ming flew there and silently descended toward the suspicious figure.

Qin Empire Ming tracked the forces watching Double Tree Village to Thunder Marsh Palace and discovered that Xiao Wenrui had been pushed onto the dangerous Giant Spirit God path. After learning that a pair of conspirators had manipulated Old Man Yun Feng into provoking the heavens against him, Qin Empire Ming vowed to settle accounts with them.

• Qin Empire Ming pursued and killed a black-clad Fourth Realm man who had come to Double Tree Village to check whether Qin Empire Ming had returned, then asked Talking Finch to send a warning to Dog Sword Immortal.
• Qin Empire Ming investigated Xiao Wenrui at Evergreen Temple and learned that Thunder Marsh Palace had ordered the elder there to teach him the Giant Spirit God Method.
• Qin Empire Ming infiltrated Thunder Marsh Palace, defeated its Late Fourth Realm elder, and subdued its people to learn that they suspected he was Taiyi and had used Xiao Wenrui to track him.
• Qin Empire Ming learned that a Rogue Cultivator had spread the suggestion to target people around him, then discovered from Old Man Yun Feng’s lingering emotions that two men had arranged the scheme and killed Yun Feng afterward.
• Qin Empire Ming recognized that the conspirators had acted on a whim to provoke a conflict between him and the heavenly factions, and vowed to kill them.

Qin Empire Ming uncovered the Cui Household’s role in Old Man Yun Feng’s death and resolved to retaliate while bringing Wen Rui safely back to Double Tree Village. After Black White Mountain destroyed Thunder Marsh Palace and Star Mountain branches in response to their attack on the village, Qin Empire Ming set out to target the Cui Household, but encountered a mysterious being that claimed the land and everyone on it as its own.

• Qin Empire Ming watched Cui Changqing and Cui Chongye conceal Old Man Yun Feng’s death, then vowed to target the Cui Household’s members while avoiding its Sixth Realm ancestor.
• Qin Empire Ming rescued Wen Rui and brought him to Double Tree Village, where he reunited with Lu Ze, Liang Wanqing, and Wen Hui and arranged to protect the village by linking it to Black White Mountain.
• The Dog Sword Immortal sent Black White Mountain envoys with his Green Bamboo Sword, and they destroyed Thunder Marsh Palace and Star Mountain branches in Chongxiao City in retaliation for their actions against Double Tree Village.
• News spread that Qin Empire Ming had returned and was connected to Black White Mountain, but he soon left the village and entered the mountain to prepare his own retaliation against the Cui Household.
• While traveling through the mountains, Qin Empire Ming saw a humanoid figure made of writing appear and claim the surrounding land and all its inhabitants before it vanished.
• Qin Empire Ming fled the mysterious apparition using the Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella and Torn Cloth, then continued toward the Cui Household’s territory.

Qin Ming attacked Cui Changqing’s secluded estate, slaughtered its defenders, and prevented Changqing from breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm. He wounded Changqing with the Longevity Sword Intent while members of the Cui Household elsewhere still expected his breakthrough to succeed.

• Qin Ming reached the World-Staying Manor, destroyed its defenses, and killed the guards who confronted him.
• Qin Ming killed Cui Chongye and several elders, then disrupted Cui Changqing’s desperate attempt to break through to the Fifth Realm.
• Qin Ming killed Cui Changhe, Cui Changming, and the remaining elder with his Heart Lamp, then bound Cui Changqing and dragged him back from the breakthrough.
• Qin Ming attacked Cui Changqing with the Longevity Sword Intent, cutting through his techniques and leaving him gravely wounded.
• At the Cui Household, people who knew Cui Changqing’s plans calmly predicted that he would enter the Grandmaster Realm within half a month.

Qin Ming killed Cui Changqing, absorbed his longevity essence, and returned to Double Tree Village with a stronger Longevity Sword Intent. After redirecting Wen Rui onto the New Life Path and receiving visits from Bai Meng and Tang Yushang, he decided to leave the mountain for the Great Yu Dynasty’s gathering of young talents.

• Cui Changqing used his pure yang consciousness and forbidden longevity essence to attack Qin Ming, but Qin Ming defeated him, captured him with the Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella, and refined his longevity reserves into enough power to unleash six strikes of Longevity Sword Intent.
• Qin Ming returned to Double Tree Village, where he chose the New Life Path for Wen Rui and reshaped his body while encouraging him to practice different methods before settling on a path.
• Bai Meng arrived at the village with Tang Yushang, who tried to attack Qin Ming but fled when villagers mistook her for his beloved and gathered around them.
• Bai Meng told Qin Ming that the Great Yu Dynasty had invited young talents to its capital, and Qin Ming decided to leave the mountain and attend the gathering.

Qin Ming left Double Tree Village for the Great Yu Capital, concealing his true strength while deliberately making his arrival known. His appearance drew attention from rival factions and prodigies, while the Cui Household received news that Cui Changqing had become a Master.

• Qin Ming and Bai Meng discussed the Great Yu Dynasty and the danger posed by powerful elders, then set out from Double Tree Village as the Human-Skin Kite followed them.
• Qin Ming visited Meng Xinghai in Red Haze City and revealed to Bai Meng that he appeared to be in the eighth heaven of the spirit field realm, warning him not to spread the news.
• Bai Meng told Qin Ming that Cui Chonghe was in the Great Yu Capital and wanted to challenge him, but Qin Ming remained confident in his ability to fight.
• Qin Ming entered Chongxiao City and walked along the Shuyu Riverbank, declining invitations from the River God and Yao Ruoxian before reuniting with Su Mohua and Su Moran.
• Li Wanfa, the Little Tathagata, Cui Chonghe, Cui Chongxiao, and a mysterious figure connected to Xin Yuan heard that Qin Ming had arrived and focused their attention on him.
• The Cui Household received a confidential letter from World-Staying Manor announcing that Cui Changqing had become a Master.

After Cui Changqing and the people of World-Staying Manor were found dead, Qin Ming went to the Great Yu Capital and let visitors examine his cultivation to dispel suspicions that he was One Sword. At a gathering about reopening ancient routes into the Night Mist World, he confronted Cui Chonghe and declared that he could defeat him without reaching the Fourth Realm.

• Cui Qi learned that World-Staying Manor had been wiped out, and the Cui Household discovered Cui Changqing had died; Cui Chonghe and Cui Chongxiao reacted with fury when the news reached them.
• Qin Ming met old acquaintances in the Great Yu Capital and let Gao Chan probe his cultivation, confirming that he remained in the Late Spirit Field Realm.
• At Yao Ruoxian's gathering, Qin Ming encountered Gu Yanci, who left in humiliation after Qin Ming recalled their embarrassing fight on the Sword Fighting Platform.
• Yao Ruoxian explained that the Old Mountain Peak and regional Earth Immortals were considering reopening sealed Mist Gates, while Heavenly God tested Qin Ming with Conch Jade and detected no anomaly.
• Yu Gensheng arrived to protect Qin Ming, and a visiting Master later probed Qin Ming's strength before leaving without finding evidence that he was One Sword.
• At the gathering near the capital's sacrificial site, Cui Chonghe told Qin Ming to challenge him after reaching the Fourth Realm, but Qin Ming said his eighth heaven of the Spiritual Field was already enough to beat him.

Qin Ming clashed verbally with the Cui brothers, then agreed to fight Cui Chonghe publicly after the Great Yu gathering on the Ancient Mist Gates. As the duel began, Qin Ming challenged both brothers while Cui Chonghe’s family debated how to ensure his victory.

• Qin Ming rejected Cui Chonghe’s condescending offers and traded insults with Cui Chongxiao before Great Yu’s imperial uncle and Yao Ruoxian calmed the confrontation.
• Qin Ming and Cui Chonghe agreed to fight three days later, while the gathering’s attendees debated dangerous Ancient Mist Gates and possible destinations for exploration.
• Bai Meng and Yu Gensheng spread word that Cui Chonghe would fight at early fourth-realm strength, but Cui Chonghe’s family urged him to use mid-fourth-realm strength; Cui Chonghe insisted on keeping his declared terms.
• Major lineages, Outer Domain experts, and old acquaintances gathered at the Great Yu Colosseum to watch the duel and determine whether Qin Ming was One Sword of the Realm Faction.
• Qin Ming entered the arena and challenged Cui Chonghe, then invited Cui Chongxiao to join the fight; Cui Chongxiao roared angrily from outside.

Qin Ming fought Cui Chonghe in the Colosseum, using evolved extraordinary arts and Primal Chaos Force to counter Cui Chonghe’s Immortal Path techniques. The battle left Cui Chonghe wounded and retreating as Qin Ming maintained the advantage.

• Cui Chonghe began the duel with close-range attacks and a rain of sword lights, but Qin Ming evaded them and resisted his Sword Wheel with a Five-Element bell.
• Qin Ming trapped Cui Chonghe inside the bell and struck it with a Demon Subduing Pestle, while Cui Chonghe escaped by detonating his Primordial Beginning lantern.
• Cui Chonghe attacked with the Undying Immortal Scripture, but Qin Ming’s Divine Cicadas evolved into a Great Thunderclap Cicada Embryo and battered Cui Chonghe, tearing his robes and wounding him.
• Qin Ming pressed forward with lightning-fast strikes, knocking Cui Chonghe backward and leaving a fist mark on his chest and faint finger marks on his cheek.
• Cui Chonghe unleashed more than a hundred Pure Yang Flying Swords, but Qin Ming combined the Golden Cicada Scripture with Earth Magnetism Force and sent the swords into Cui Chonghe’s body.
• Qin Ming followed with a kick that struck Cui Chonghe’s raised arms and drove him backward, leaving the wounded Cui Chonghe at a disadvantage.

Qin Ming overwhelmed Cui Chonghe in the Colosseum, breaking through his healing arts and defeating his awakened Dao Body. He pinned Cui Chonghe to the ground with his saber, leaving the battle unresolved as the Cui Household's Master tried to intervene.

• Qin Ming pierced and shredded Cui Chonghe with golden threads, repeatedly breaking apart his undying form and exhausting his vitality.
• Cui Chonghe raised his power to the Third Heaven of the Baopu Realm, while Qin Ming revealed his own prepared increase to Spirit Field Ninth Heaven.
• Cui Chonghe summoned his three true scriptures, a Dragon Chariot, and a Heavenly Dagger-Axe, but Qin Ming's saber destroyed them and drove him back.
• Qin Ming's final clash shattered Cui Chonghe's Golden Palace, Dao Body, and Dao heart as Cui Chonghe's vitality failed.
• The Cui Household's Master called for Qin Ming to stop, but Yu Gensheng warned him off, and Qin Ming pinned Cui Chonghe to the ground with his saber and Primal Chaos Force.

Qin Ming defeated and crippled Cui Chonghe in their public duel, while Yu Gensheng and the Great Yu experts prevented the Cui Household from intervening. The victory shook the Yu Capital, deepened the Cui Household’s hatred of Qin Ming, and left him with a stolen manuscript that could help him understand a true scripture.

• The Cui Family Grandmaster and Cui Household members rushed into the arena, but Yu Gensheng, Li Qingyue, Jiang Ran, and Li Qingyun blocked them from interrupting the duel.
• Qin Ming used Primal Chaos Force to shatter Cui Chonghe’s yellow court and pure yang consciousness, crippling him without killing him.
• Cui Chonghe fainted after seeing Qin Ming standing calmly over him, and the Cui Household left the Colosseum in anger.
• The news of Qin Ming’s victory spread through the Great Yu Capital, while Li Qingxu’s comments about Cui Chonghe’s defeat made him vomit blood again.
• Qin Ming found Cui Chonghe’s storage bracelet contained a handwritten commentary on a true scripture, while Cui Chongxiao resolved to kill him when an opportunity arose.
• Li Qingyue warned Qin Ming to be careful, and he said he was prepared to face a Master sent by the Cui Household.

At a lavish banquet in the Great Yu Capital, Qin Ming deflected recruitment attention toward Li Wanfa and navigated tense encounters with other young talents. A mysterious attack shattered the hall, and Qin Ming concealed his true body before setting out in Old Cloth to hunt the attackers.

• Qin Ming warned the guests that Chaos Force became dangerously difficult to cultivate in its later realms, then directed their interest toward Li Wanfa and Little Tathagata.
• Qin Ming met Lu Zheng, reconciled with Tang Yushang, greeted Wang Caiwei, and followed Su Mohua to Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran.
• Yu Gensheng struck a mysterious intruder, destroying a pillar and triggering a battle that collapsed the hall; Li Qingyun pursued the attacker.
• An old man in Chongxiao City learned that another mysterious faction had joined the attack, while Qin Ming and his companions withdrew and prepared for battle.
• Qin Ming sent his essence, qi, and spirit into Old Cloth as an archer shouted his name and fired; Jiang Ran destroyed the arrow, and Qin Ming set out to hunt the attackers.

Qin Empire Ming fought Outer Domain monsters during a night raid on Great Yu Capital, secretly attacked the Cui Household, and wounded Lu Zheng before the city’s Grandmasters drove the invaders back. In the aftermath, the younger generation called for opening the Ancient Mist Gates, and Li Qingyue told Qin Empire Ming she and Jiang Ran might leave as Jiang Ran asked whether he planned to stay in Night Prefecture.

• Qin Empire Ming helped Li Qingyun defeat a colossal shadow beast, then searched the chaos for Cui Chongxiao and attacked the Cui Household after overhearing an elder urge them to kill him.
• Emperor Yu revealed near-Sixth Realm power, while Qin Empire Ming wounded Lu Zheng by piercing and severing part of his middle finger.
• Grandmasters and Yun Jianyue fought the Outer Domain invaders, who retreated through a glowing gate as Chongxiao City’s surviving monsters were eliminated.
• After the raid, young experts grew eager to open the Ancient Mist Gates, while Earth Immortals judged that the distant Supreme Dao Lineage might also be struggling.
• Li Qingyue told Qin Empire Ming that she and Jiang Ran might leave, and Jiang Ran asked Qin Empire Ming whether he planned to stay in Night Prefecture.

Qin Ming toured the Shuyu River with Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran, discussed the dangers of the coming journey, and returned safely to Double Tree Village. Li Qingyue prepared to leave for five years, though Qin Ming urged her to stay.

• Qin Ming held Li Qingyue's hand as Jiang Ran joined them, and the three toured the Shuyu River while discussing the Outer Domain and the upheaval threatening the Jade Capital Territory.
• Qin Ming refused to join a Supreme Land, planned to use Night Prefecture as a base, and asked the artifact spirits to protect Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran from blood chains and other restraints.
• Cui Chonghe raged over his crippled condition and Li Qingxu's attention to Wang Caiwei, while the Cui Family Grandmaster urged him to seek a path to recovery.
• Qin Ming learned that Yun Jianyue had invited Tang Yushang away, said goodbye to his companions, and departed the Great Yu Capital under secret protection.
• Qin Ming returned safely to Double Tree Village after a hostile consciousness was destroyed, and Li Qingyue embraced him before declaring she would return in five years.

Qin Ming parted from Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran, then settled into a year of secluded cultivation in Black White Mountain while teaching Wen Rui. After learning that Ancient Mist Gates were opening, he decided to leave the village and explore the worlds beyond them.

• Qin Ming and Li Qingyue agreed to grow strong enough to stand side by side, and she and Jiang Ran were welcomed into Double Tree Village, where the elders and visitors shared a meal with Qin Ming and his family.
• Yu Gensheng revealed that he was nearing the Grandmaster domain, while Yu Gensheng, Li Qingyun, Li Qingyue, and Jiang Ran each offered Wen Rui guidance in different cultivation methods.
• Li Qingyue and Jiang Ran stayed in Qin Ming's old courtyard before leaving Night Prefecture without another farewell, and Qin Ming resolved to cultivate until he could reach the Grandmaster Realm.
• Qin Ming obtained the true scripture Primordial Beginning from Cui Chonghe's belongings and developed it into a Primordial Beginning Heart Lamp that complemented his other techniques.
• Qin Ming spent a year cultivating in seclusion and guiding Wen Rui, then learned that two Ancient Mist Gates had begun opening and decided to explore the unknown worlds beyond them.

Qin Ming taught Wen Rui the Silk Book Method, then used his journey toward the Ancient Mist Gates to expose and defeat two groups of assassins. In Luofu City, he learned that a hidden Ancient Medicine Field would open soon and considered using its Great Medicine to reach the Grandmaster Realm.

• Qin Ming bestowed a Rune Seed of the Silk Book Method on Wen Rui, who successfully began cultivating it with his guidance.
• Qin Ming left Black White Mountain, visited Meng Xinghai in Red Haze City, and deliberately drew out enemies who were following him.
• Qin Ming killed two elderly Fourth Realm experts who attacked him near Black White Mountain, though they could not reveal who had hired them.
• Qin Ming defeated three more attackers from the organization Demon and traced their origin through their thoughts.
• At Luofu City, Qin Ming learned that the heavens had secretly explored an Ancient Medicine Field behind one Ancient Mist Gate and that its Great Medicine would mature soon.

Qin Ming investigated the rumors about the forbidden zone, confirmed they were true, and entered through the Ancient Mist Gate to inspect its dangers and medicine fields. He found three fields containing Earth Immortal Medicines and spotted Qian Cheng circling them, leaving Qin Ming uncertain whether the man was one of the Taboos.

• Qin Ming quietly gathered information in Luofu City, recognized Tang Jin, Crow Master, and Qi Qianchen, and saw that Qian Cheng had changed dramatically since their days in Red Haze City.
• Qin Ming verified that the forbidden-zone rumors were genuine, learned that many powerful descendants and leading figures had entered safely, and obtained a Life Talisman.
• Qin Ming entered the Ancient Mist Gate alone and explored the desolate forbidden zone, passing immense ancient remains and deadly sites such as a Blood Lake.
• Qin Ming found sealed medicine fields filled with rare herbs and discovered three Main Medicine Fields containing medicines he judged to be at least Earth Immortal grade.
• Qin Ming saw Qian Cheng circling the three Main Medicine Fields and wondered whether he was one of the beings counted among the Taboos.