Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming recovered his stolen life origin, completed a stable New Life breakthrough to Master Ninth Heaven, and began preparing to forge his own cultivation path. As Jade Capital prepared to leave Night Prefecture and the wider world adapted to a new era, Wen Rui set out to travel, while Zhou Tian and Niu Wuwei decided to visit Qin Ming’s homeland, believing him dead.

• Qin Ming absorbed his stolen life essence from Li Wanfa and used an External Demon made from his discarded remains to test refining the rest of Wu Yao’s vitality.
• Qin Ming completed his breakthrough to Master Ninth Heaven without his body falling apart, then resolved to develop a cultivation path rooted in himself.
• Qin Ming sent Wen Rui away from Black White Mountain to gain experience and inherit some of his Creation Substance, but Wen Rui returned the next day after killing a man from the Cui Household in Red Haze City.
• Qin Ming told Wen Rui to keep traveling and not fear the Cui Household, while he continued seeking his own path beneath the Black White Tree.
• Bai Meng learned Qin Ming might still be alive and set out for Night Prefecture with Tang Yujing, while Zhou Tian and Niu Wuwei decided to visit Qin Ming’s homeland and look after his remaining friends and family.

Qin Ming discovered how to refine powerful sacred matter within his body by transforming his Saintly Evils toward yin and yang, then emerged from seclusion and reunited with his friends and disciples. After he bestowed parts of his Saintly Evils on Zhong Sheng and Su Mohua, witnesses connected him to One Sword, the Realm Faction, and Taiyi, and the revelation spread across the Nine Heavens.

• Qin Ming used thunderfire calamity qi to cultivate sacred matter within his virtual meridians, then transformed his Saintly Evils toward yin and yang and produced a few potent wisps of Primordial One.
• Wen Rui entered Red Haze City in disguise while Heavenly Dagger-Axe, Six Desires, and Xuantiān followed him secretly.
• Qin Ming reunited with Meng Xinghai, Yu Gensheng, Li Qingyun, Ning Siqi, Su Mohua, Zhong Sheng, and Yao Ruoxian, then brought them back to Double Tree Village.
• Qin Ming bestowed roots of the Five Elements Saintly Evil on Zhong Sheng and roots of the Yin-Yang Sacred Fiend on Su Mohua, triggering spectacular phenomena.
• Cheng Sheng and others recognized Qin Ming as One Sword, and observers linked him to the Realm Faction and Taiyi before the news spread across the Nine Heavens.

Qin Ming’s identities as Taiyi, the Realm Faction, and One Sword were exposed, shocking allies and enemies across the regions. As he prepared to settle old scores in Night Prefecture, he pursued a suspected appearance by Cui Geng and abruptly attacked Cao Tian.

• Qin Ming reassured his companions that sharing some of his Sacred Fiend had not harmed him, then his identities as Taiyi, the Realm Faction, and One Sword were revealed to those at Double Tree Village.
• News of Qin Ming’s identities spread through the factions, while he taught his allies, helped them cultivate, and secretly evaluated Wen Rui as a potential inheritor.
• Wen Rui challenged members of the Cui Household and drew the protection of Heavenly Dagger-Axe as he investigated their hostility toward Qin Ming.
• Cui Chongxiao confronted Wen Rui in Cui Household territory, and Qin Ming sensed a Grandmaster aura that might belong to Cui Geng before rushing toward them.
• Qin Ming recognized Cao Tian while traveling through Night Prefecture, halted, and brought down a giant hand to suppress him.

Qin Ming killed Cao Tian, rescued Wen Rui, and confronted the Cui Household, defeating Cui Geng and discovering that the Ancestor had escaped in a second body. On his way home, Qin Ming encountered Cao Qianqiu and attacked him, while Zhou Tian, Niu Wuwei, and the others traveled to Night Prefecture to stand up for him.

• Qin Ming crushed Cao Tian’s Xin Yuan and destroyed his Pure Yang Consciousness after recalling Cao Qianqiu’s past attack on him.
• Cui Chongxiao tried to seize Wen Rui’s Liquid Armor, but Qin Ming arrived, defeated him, and revealed that he had reached the Supreme Grandmaster level.
• Cui Geng attacked Qin Ming, but Qin Ming broke his Longevity Sword and overpowered him; Cui Chongxiao was killed, while Cui Geng’s old body withered as his real body escaped.
• Qin Ming went to the Cui Family Ancestral Land and killed its four hidden Masters before beginning his journey home.
• Cao Qianqiu investigated Cao Tian’s death and recognized Qin Ming as a fighter of the New Life Path; Qin Ming attacked him with an Overlord Halberd.
• Zhou Tian, Niu Wuwei, and the other Great Sages traveled toward Night Prefecture, determined to defend Qin Ming and confront those who had wronged him.

Qin Ming defeated Cao Qianqiu’s Pure Yang Consciousness and continued searching Night Prefecture for Cui Geng while cultivating above the Nine Heavens. As the Cui Family fell into crisis and the Great Sages arrived to avenge Qin Ming, Wen Rui learned about his uncle’s supposed tragic fate, while the artifact spirits concealed that Qin Ming was alive.

• Qin Ming overwhelmed Cao Qianqiu’s Pure Yang Consciousness, shattered it with the Overlord Halberd, and let Little Yellow devour it, injuring Cao Qianqiu’s true body in the Beyond the Mundane Pure Land.
• Qin Ming searched Night Prefecture for Cui Geng while his true body gathered Nine Heavens Essence and refined his cultivation; meanwhile, Tang Yushang and Bai Meng visited Black White Mountain and were told Qin Ming was in seclusion.
• The Cui Family learned that four masters had died, Cui Chongxiao was missing, and their Old Ancestor might have met with disaster, leaving Father Cui with only Cui Chongxuan.
• Qin Ming heard people discuss his exposed identities and resolved to uncover the hidden enemies who had targeted him and Uncle Meng.
• The Great Sages encountered Wen Rui in Kun Jun and, after Heavenly Dagger-Axe described Qin Ming’s past suffering, promised to stand up for him; Xuantiān said he was tracking Cui Geng, while the artifact spirits kept Qin Ming’s survival secret.

Qin Ming uncovered Cheng Xian’s role in the plot against him and Meng Xinghai, then confronted Cheng Xian and Wen Dao in Night Prefecture. After punishing them, he resumed his search for Cui Geng, whose power soon drew the attention of Qin Ming’s companions.

• Zhou Tian used Wen Rui’s items from Cui Geng to divine that he was hiding in deep mountains and great marshes, and the group set out to find him.
• Cheng Xian and Wen Dao discussed their past schemes against Qin Ming and worried that Jade Capital’s Hidden Disciple might challenge Wen Dao’s position.
• Qin Ming traced a canceled assassination commission to Cheng Xian, found him at his estate, and attacked him and Wen Dao after confronting them about their past actions.
• Qin Ming left Cheng Xian and Wen Dao gravely injured, took the estate’s valuables, and headed into the deep mountains and great marshes.
• Qin Ming found traces of Cui Geng, while Zhou Tian and the others saw a powerful figure beneath a blazing Great Sun and realized he resembled Qin Ming.

Qin Ming reunited with his fellow Great Sages, who initially mistook him for an impostor before confirming he was alive. After they killed the heart ape impersonating Cui Geng, the group learned that a Jade Capital envoy was seeking Qin Ming and headed toward him, while Qin Ming’s brothers began suspecting Taiyi had hidden ties to Night Prefecture.

• Qin Ming bombarded Cui Geng’s hidden Cave Mansion as Meng Zhiyu, Niu Wuwei, Zhou Tian, and the other Great Sages approached and mistook him for an impostor.
• Wen Rui vouched for Qin Ming, and Qin Ming recalled private incidents that convinced the Great Sages he was their long-lost Sixth Brother.
• The Great Sages sparred with Qin Ming, discovered how much his cultivation had advanced, and stopped fighting once they recognized him.
• Qin Ming and the Great Sages broke Cui Geng’s formation and learned that a heart ape had replaced the real Cui Geng more than two hundred years earlier; Qin Ming killed the imposter.
• Qin Ming sensed that a Jade Capital envoy had come to meet him, so he and the Great Sages left the mountains and headed toward Red Haze City.
• Zhou Tian and Niu Wuwei noticed that Taiyi’s identity seemed connected to Qin Ming’s Night Prefecture aliases and questioned their second brother.

Qin Ming recovered two powerful arts from artifacts stored in the Prison Cloth, then uncovered a clue linking an ancient Supreme Expert’s tomb to a long-running Longevity Experiment. After reuniting with his companions and arriving in Red Haze City, he was greeted by Jade Capital’s Great Sage, who addressed him as a Great Sage himself.

• Qin Ming adapted his techniques to the turbulent Dao Rhythm and obtained the Inner Scenery Sky-Opening Axe art and the Diamond Ring’s method from two artifacts.
• Qin Ming struck a finger bone from the sky, sensed its connection to Azure Nether’s opened ancient tomb and a Longevity Experiment, and worried that Supreme Experts’ remains were being stolen.
• Qin Ming returned to Double Tree Village, reunited with Yu Gensheng, Bai Meng, Tang Yushang, and the others, and learned that Qian Cheng’s Dharma King identity had been exposed.
• Experts gathered in Red Haze City to meet Jade Capital’s envoy and Great Sage, while Qin Ming’s companions and former acquaintances reacted to the revelation that his various identities were disguises.
• Qin Ming arrived in Red Haze City with his companions, and Jade Capital’s Great Sage came out to greet him, calling him Great Sage Qin Ming.

Qin Ming arrived at Jade Capital and revealed himself as a Great Sage, astonishing the gathered factions and prompting old acquaintances to reconsider their past dealings with him. The gathering ended with the Jade Capital envoy naming Qin Ming the youngest Great Sage of the present age and the other members of his party revealing their extraordinary ranks.

• Si Huaiyong welcomed Qin Ming as a Great Sage, and Qin Ming publicly recognized Meng Xinghai as Uncle Meng.
• Lu Heng and the Old Barbarian God greeted Qin Ming as an equal, while their descendants were made to salute him as Great Sage Qin or Qin Grandpa.
• The Star Mountain, Thunder Marsh Palace, Sword Court, and Night Prefecture experts gathered around Qin Ming, and Xie Muze anxiously recalled once trying to recruit him by force.
• Si Huaiyong tested Qin Ming by serving him tea infused with powerful Divine Substances, and Qin Ming calmly drank it and praised its nourishing qualities.
• Zhou Tian, Meng Zhiyu, Qian Cheng, and Niu Wuwei drank the tea as well, revealing to the gathering that they were Great Sages or similarly formidable figures.
• Jade Capital's envoy named Meng Zhiyu, Zhou Tian, and Niu Wuwei's origins, then declared Qin Ming the youngest Great Sage of the present age and Night Prefecture's Light.

At the Blessed Land, Qin Ming’s hidden status as the youngest Great Sage became known, and he surpassed Jade Capital’s Si Huaiyong in a trial of Dao and artistic conception. After a mysterious, decaying elder approached Night Prefecture, Qin Ming returned to his Quiet Room and questioned Prison Cloth about the world’s deepest secrets.

• Lu Heng and the gathered factions learned Qin Ming’s extraordinary background, while Zhou Tian and the other Great Sages declared their support for him.
• The Jade Capital envoy tested Qin Ming and Si Huaiyong with Burning Dao Incense, and Qin Ming resisted the Mind Calamity Qi while entering sudden enlightenment.
• Qin Ming turned Si Huaiyong’s Dao-scape against him, prompting Si Huaiyong to concede that Qin Ming’s Dao attainment was greater.
• Jade Capital’s envoy revealed Qin Ming had likely been a Great Sage at twenty-two and had reached Master Ninth Heaven, astonishing the gathering.
• A decaying elder arrived at the edge of Night Prefecture, where the old man playing chess with Liu Mo sensed his approach.
• Qin Ming escaped the gathering and asked Prison Cloth about Solar Yang’s disappearance, the Night Mist World, and the limits of life.

Qin Empire Ming questioned Prison Cloth about Jade Capital and learned that its changing fragments might eventually turn against him. Meanwhile, a decayed old man entered Night Prefecture to retrieve his descendants, where he clashed with an ancient foe who emerged from an ice coffin; Qin Empire Ming recognized the foe’s face and was left shocked.

• Prison Cloth refused to reveal secrets beyond Qin Empire Ming’s authority, but warned him not to trust it once he neared Eighth-Realm Perfection because its reassembled self might change sides.
• Prison Cloth warned Qin Empire Ming to stay on Black White Mountain as a mysterious old man entered Night Prefecture, draining vitality from the land and claiming he had come to transplant his descendants.
• Wei Guanxuan tried to bar the old man from Jade Capital’s territory, but the old man sped through Night Prefecture while searching for something and recalling friends from the distant past.
• An ancient man burst from a buried ice coffin and attacked the decayed old man, revealing a bloody conflict between the founders of the Silk Book Method.
• Qin Empire Ming watched the battle through Prison Cloth’s Dao-Rhyme Mirror and recognized the ice-coffin man, crying out in shock.

Qin Ming saw Qin Zhaogu, whose face matched his missing grandfather’s, battle Yao Cangyan and began to fear that his childhood had been part of their scheme to sow martial cultivation. As Qin Ming stayed in Red Haze City, Yao Cangyan came to confront him, but Qin Zhaogu appeared in the Quiet Room first.

• Qin Ming recognized Qin Zhaogu’s face but doubted he was truly the loving grandfather he remembered.
• Qin Zhaogu and Yao Cangyan fought beyond Night Prefecture, wielding Longevity Force and Devouring Force before vanishing into the distance.
• Qin Ming withdrew from his companions and worried that he had been treated as an experimental seed, then resolved to focus on the present.
• Qin Ming reunited with old friends in Red Haze City while Liu Tianshen instructed him to remain near Black White Mountain.
• Yao Cangyan arrived outside Qin Ming’s Quiet Room, but Qin Zhaogu appeared inside first and poured himself tea.

Qin Ming met with Qin Zhaogu and Yao Cangyan, who offered to teach him their methods and take him away, but he chose to remain with Jade Capital. After learning that Qin Zhaogu might not be the grandfather he had sought, Qin Ming prepared to leave Night Prefecture and returned to Double Tree Village, where Tang Yushang embraced him.

• Qin Zhaogu and Yao Cangyan praised Qin Ming's progress and offered to help him break through the Heavenly Chasm, but Jade Capital's Primordial Jade Void Light intervened and protected him.
• Qin Zhaogu and Yao Cangyan argued with Wei Guanxuan and Liu Mo over whether Qin Ming should leave Jade Capital, then let him choose; Qin Ming declined their invitations and accepted tokens from both.
• Yao Cangyan and Qin Zhaogu departed to fight elsewhere, and Qin Zhaogu told Qin Ming to leave a share of beauty in his heart rather than answer whether he was the person Qin Ming sought.
• Qin Ming learned void-and-reality techniques from Liu Mo, then asked Prison Cloth about a place to train and learned of a perilous location deep within the Night Mist World.
• Qin Ming returned to Double Tree Village and told Tang Yushang he was about to leave; he revealed his black-haired true body, and Tang Yushang embraced him.

Qin Ming settled affairs in Night Prefecture by helping Tang Yushang break her bloodline shackles, sharing life-extending and cultivation scriptures, and visiting his sworn siblings and old friends. After returning to Double Tree Village, he agreed to let Prison Cloth send him into the depths of the Night Mist World.

• Qin Ming and Tang Yushang reunited beneath the Black White Twin Trees, and Tang Yushang decided to enter Jade Capital to grow stronger.
• Qin Ming taught Tang Yushang the Changing Fate Scripture and spent three days severing the hidden shackles in her body and consciousness, awakening her bloodline power.
• Qin Ming taught the old Masters the Abiding World Scripture's secret chapter to help them extend their lifespans, then visited Meng Zhiyu, Niu Wuwei, and their companions and shared several scriptures.
• Qin Ming saw old friends at Mountain River Academy and returned to Double Tree Village, where Tang Yushang remained in seclusion and the old Masters studied the Abiding World Scripture.
• Qin Ming questioned Prison Cloth about its origins and its images of the Night Mist World, then agreed when it offered to send him into the world's depths.

Qin Ming accepted the title of Primordial Guardian of the Dao, studied Jade Capital’s scriptures, and traveled through the Night Mist World to test a resonance method using temporary incarnations. After leaving Jade Capital Territory with Liu Mo, he arranged to investigate the deeper Night Mist World, but Prison Cloth warned that probing its heart would kill him; Qin Ming then found himself beneath a bright moon in an unfamiliar place.

• Prison Cloth agreed to help Qin Ming arrange a dangerous investigation, while Liu Mo made him a Primordial Guardian of the Dao and gave him Jade Capital’s scriptures.
• Qin Ming learned that Jade Capital would return to the Land of Beginnings and that he was expected to become a newcomer’s martial uncle; he shared his own scriptures with Liu Mo and confirmed he had mastered the transformation of reality and illusion.
• Qin Ming developed a resonance method using temporary incarnations as relays, then visited old acquaintances and tested the method across the Savage Immortal Realm, Night Prefecture, and other lands.
• Qin Ming discovered that the Fourth Forbidden Land came from a vast phenomenon extending out of the Night Ruins, visited Chang Xi and other acquaintances, and taught arts and gave Spiritual Objects to Sanhua, Black and White, and Tabby.
• Qin Ming prepared Wen Rui for his absence, left Double Tree Village despite Tang Yushang’s unspoken farewell, and Liu Mo escorted him out of Jade Capital Territory.
• Prison Cloth refused to let Qin Ming investigate the heart of the Night Mist World because he would die, but allowed him to explore deeper regions; Qin Ming soon found himself beneath a bright moon in an unfamiliar place.

Qin Ming used Prison Cloth to explore a false moon, where a powerful woman and a white rabbit nearly captured him for experimentation. After escaping their pursuit, he reached a mountain region rich in Spiritual Matter and followed a stream of Heavenly Light to a valley containing a rare Bodhi Tree.

• Qin Ming sent avatars to the moon and found a barren, bloodstained world filled with warnings, corpses, and evidence of experiments.
• A white hand captured Qin Ming's avatar and brought him to an underground laboratory, where monsters injected him with drugs and tried to study his body and soul.
• An old golden-winged monster destroyed Qin Ming's avatar, while a woman in palace robes and a white rabbit pursued his remaining avatars toward the Mist Gate.
• Prison Cloth closed the Mist Gate and severed the pursuit, then told Qin Ming that the moon was a refined meteorite rather than the real Lunar Star.
• Qin Ming recovered in a dense mountain region, then followed falling Heavenly Light into a valley where powerful creatures gathered around an Old Golden Toad and a Seven-Aperture Exquisite Sacred Bodhi.

Qin Ming watched the Old Golden Toad seize the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Sacred Bodhi and learned that the toad was a treasure serving the White Tortoise, who suspected its Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin was a rare sacred treasure. Qin Ming left the Many-Treasure Mountains with Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei, then learned the Jiang Household planned to investigate him because of a secret in the mountains.

• Qin Ming secretly watched the Sacred Bodhi ripen as experts fought over it, and the Dragon-Scaled Elephant and Golden Armored Beetle revealed their Grandmaster strength.
• The Old Golden Toad used the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin to kill an elderly human, then ordered the Dragon-Scaled Elephant and Golden Armored Beetle to accompany him.
• The White Tortoise arrived and revealed that the Old Golden Toad was a treasure; Qin Ming overheard him suspect that the coin could be a sacred treasure sought by the Dwelling in the World Organization.
• Qin Ming left the Water Manor undisturbed, traveled out of the mountains, and rescued Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei from a Netherfire Rhinoceros.
• Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei brought Qin Ming toward Maple Forest City, where he learned the region contained several Supreme Dao Fields.
• An elder of the Jiang Household told Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei to investigate Qin Ming discreetly because of a secret in the mountains, and Jiang Xiwei reluctantly agreed.

Qin Ming settled in Maple Forest City, refined his cultivation with World Fire, and learned that the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin could be a key to a Supreme Dao Field. As medicinal plants across the Night Mist World began to decay and the world grew increasingly unstable, he completed his Grandmaster Domain cultivation and prepared to attempt a breakthrough.

• Qin Ming explored Maple Forest City, learned that the Black White Scripture came from the fallen Yin-Yang Dao Field, and began refining Primordial One with World Fire.
• Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei hosted Qin Ming, and he resonated with Jiang Xiwei to discover that the Jiang Household was searching for a Great Opportunity and that the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin might be its key.
• Qin Ming accepted a residence from Jiang Xiwei and settled in Maple Forest City while the Jiang Household ended its investigation after confirming the key remained in the Many-Treasure Mountains.
• Qin Ming cultivated for over a year as the Wolf Ancestor grew stronger and rumors spread that rare herbs and Strange Medicines were deteriorating throughout the Night Mist World.
• Qin Ming emerged from seclusion with complete mastery of the Grandmaster Domain and resolved to build his reserves before attempting a breakthrough, though he worried that the changing world might affect it.

Qin Ming uncovered a fragment of memories of his parents, then found evidence that demons were secretly abducting people across remote regions as Blood Food. He chose an Ancient Battlefield for his breakthrough and waited for a natural thunderstorm to help him cross into the Sixth Realm.

• Qin Ming drank Demon Monkey Wine and briefly saw his parents in a buried memory, which eased his doubts about his past.
• Qin Ming heard reports of Meng Zhiyu’s battle with Yan Chuan and rumors that Jiang Xiyi had become the youngest Ancestor.
• Qin Ming set out to find a Blessed Land and discovered that demons were abducting spiritually gifted people from villages and other remote communities as Blood Food.
• Qin Ming warned Jiang Cheng and Jiang Xiwei about the emerging Blood Calamity and chose the Ancient Battlefield as his breakthrough site.
• Qin Ming waited thirteen days for a natural thunderstorm, then resolved to refine Earthly Fiend and Heavenly Thunder to break through the Sixth Realm.

Qin Ming broke through to the Sixth Realm by refining Thunderfire and Earthly Fiend into Great Medicine, then survived a disastrous attempt to fuse additional cultivation forms. After learning of the monster clans’ Blood Medicine harvest and the old Master’s final stand, he prepared to face the Wolf Ancestor and reclaim his treasures.

• Qin Ming prepared to break through as visions of the Ancient Battlefield stirred around him, while an old Master entered the Many-Treasure Mountains to destroy monster outposts harvesting Blood Medicine.
• The old Master destroyed thirty-seven outposts and killed three Grandmaster-level monsters before a Red Wolf killed him; Qin Ming captured the Red Wolf and crushed the Wolf Ancestor’s summoned phantom.
• Qin Ming refined Thunderfire and Earthly Fiend into Great Medicine, pierced the barrier to the Sixth Realm, and stabilized his ancestral-realm breakthrough through Great Nirvana.
• Qin Ming exploded while attempting to fuse the Black White Scripture’s form, then pieced himself back together and realized how much stronger his ancestral-realm body had become.
• The Wolf Ancestor learned that Red Wolf had been lost, while Jiang Xiyi arrived in Maple Forest City seeking the Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin.
• Qin Ming took up the old Master’s broken saber and resolved to kill the Wolf Ancestor and reclaim his Sacred Bodhi and Yin-Yang Soul-Fixing Coin.