Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Ming annihilates a flock of Lightning Birds with extraordinary archery, recovering his valuable Jade-Iron arrows afterward.
• He escorts Su Yunxi and her retainer, Lu Chongyuan, out of the primordial mountains. Along the way, he learns about the dangerous Dragon Lion and the terrifying “Three Sages,” choosing not to take unnecessary risks.
• Qin Ming harvests the Golden Crow’s remains, sharing some flesh with Su Yunxi and Lu Chongyuan while preserving the rest as spiritual food.
• The three travelers exchange identities: Su Yunxi reveals her name, Lu Chongyuan is identified as a loyal family retainer, and Qin Ming adopts the alias “Dayi.”
• Qin Ming learns more about the New World’s cultivation system. Divine abilities cannot be projected externally, narrowing the gap between Ancestors and Earth Immortals, while local beings benefit from cultivation arts suited to the world’s Dao resonance.
• Su Yunxi develops a warm attachment to Qin Ming, personally preparing food and inviting him to visit Bright Dawn City. Before departing, she gives him a token and promises him a drop of miraculous substance refined from Day Gold.
• Qin Ming enters territory controlled by the Sunset Glow Sect and investigates rumors about powerful outsiders. He realizes the sect may be targeting him because of the Golden Crow.
• The Sunset Glow Sect hires assassins from the Slaying Immortals Tower. Five assassins ambush Qin Ming, but he kills them all using his Exotic-Metal spear, archery, and martial techniques.
• After discovering the assassins’ connection to Sunset Glow Sect, Qin Ming decides to strike first rather than endure future attacks. He travels to the sect and begins a direct assault.
• Qin Ming battles and kills the sect’s powerful guardian beast, a massive two-headed, tiger-bodied demon with a turtle shell and Yin-Yang abilities. He then prepares to confront the sect master and the black-robed figure associated with the assassins.

2. Character Developments

• Qin Ming: Demonstrates exceptional archery, weapon mastery, combat instincts, and caution. He avoids reckless fights against the Dragon Lion and Three Sages, but becomes decisive and ruthless when enemies repeatedly target him. His successive battles strengthen him and bring him closer to breaking through his cultivation barrier.
• Su Yunxi: Changes from a cold, aloof young woman into a cheerful and attentive companion around Qin Ming. She cooks for him, openly expresses reluctance at their parting, and shows romantic or affectionate interest despite Lu Chongyuan’s concerns.
• Lu Chongyuan: Initially acts as Su Yunxi’s protector and servant, but becomes increasingly wary of Qin Ming. He observes Qin Ming carefully and suspects he may be an ancient or exceptionally powerful figure.
• Sunset Glow Sect: Revealed as calculating and aggressive. Rather than confronting Qin Ming openly, it hires assassins, underestimating his strength and provoking his retaliation.
• Guardian alien beast: Established as far more powerful than expected, possessing intelligence, unusual anatomy, Yin-Yang power, and highly durable defenses. Its death proves Qin Ming’s extraordinary combat ability.

3. Significant Themes

• Power and adaptation: The New World suppresses external divine abilities and changes the balance between cultivation realms, forcing outsiders to rely on physical strength, weapons, and techniques that function internally.
• Caution versus boldness: Qin Ming carefully avoids enemies he does not yet understand, but once attacked, he responds with overwhelming force.
• Consequences of provocation: Sunset Glow Sect’s attempt to eliminate Qin Ming leads directly to the destruction of its guardian and threatens the sect itself.
• Resources gained through battle: Qin Ming treats powerful corpses, blood, flesh, Immortal Seals, and special weapons as cultivation resources. Combat is both survival and a path to advancement.
• Hidden strength and underestimation: Qin Ming conceals his identity and abilities, while others repeatedly misjudge him as merely someone who barely survived fighting the Golden Crow.
• Relationships amid danger: Su Yunxi’s growing affection provides a lighter contrast to the chapter’s violence and highlights Qin Ming’s increasing influence over those around him.

4. Character Interactions

• Qin Ming, Su Yunxi, and Lu Chongyuan cooperate during their journey, with Qin Ming acting as their protector.
• Su Yunxi promises Qin Ming a reward, cooks Golden Crow meat for him, invites him to Bright Dawn City, and personally gives him a jade token.
• Lu Chongyuan privately questions Su Yunxi’s sudden affection, suggesting Qin Ming may be an old monster rather than a young man.
• Qin Ming gathers information in teahouses and taverns, using public conversation to assess the movements of outside Great Sages and local powers.
• The assassins confront Qin Ming as a group, but their cooperation collapses once he kills several of them in rapid succession.
• Qin Ming’s battle with Sunset Glow Sect’s guardian beast draws the sect’s experts into combat. He cuts them down while simultaneously weakening the beast.
• The chapter ends with Qin Ming facing the sect master and the black-robed assassin’s associate, having transformed from a traveler passing through the sect’s territory into an attacker intent on destroying it.

Chapter Summary: Devil Master of Righteous Integrity

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Ming launches a one-man assault on the Sunset Glow Sect, killing its enormous guardian beast and leaving numerous sect experts dead.
• Sect Master Lin Heng and the Black Robed Figure from the Slaying Immortals Tower attack Qin Ming together, but he blocks both of them.
• Lin Heng demands Qin Ming identify himself. Qin Ming declares himself the “Devil Master” and accuses the sect of hypocrisy.
• Qin Ming reveals that Sunset Glow Sect elders tried to seize his Golden Crow Blood Medicine, were killed when they attacked him, and that Lin Heng later hired assassins against him. He claims his assault is retaliation and a demand for justice.
• When the elders deny his accusations, Qin Ming attacks, deliberately targeting the sect’s direct-line members and the elder who repeatedly denounced him.
• He cuts down numerous elders and core disciples, ultimately killing the renowned centenarian Grand Elder after a prolonged confrontation.
• Lin Heng orders the remaining forces to retreat so that he and the Black Robed Figure can fight Qin Ming without interference.
• Qin Ming battles both top-tier experts for more than three hundred exchanges. He counters their blood-based techniques, sword manifestations, domains, and divine abilities using his powerful physique and multiple forces, including Primordial One Qi, Chaos Force, Devouring Force, Yin-Yang Force, and Adhesion Force.
• Qin Ming destroys Lin Heng’s blood-red “great sun” ultimate technique, then shatters the Black Robed Figure’s blood sword formation. He kills the Black Robed Figure and subsequently punches through Lin Heng’s forehead, killing the sect master.
• Qin Ming defeats further members of Lin Heng’s faction and survives an attempted barrage from the sect’s divine crossbows.
• Rather than massacre everyone, Qin Ming announces that he will punish only the chief culprits and spare innocents, including ordinary disciples, women, children, and uninvolved elders.
• Guest Elder Luo Chuan approaches Qin Ming, asking him to take control of the Sunset Glow Sect. He explains that the sect’s resources and influence could support Qin Ming’s cultivation and that the guest elders fear both his retaliation and invasion by neighboring powers.
• Qin Ming agrees to remain temporarily and observe how the guest elders reorganize the sect.
• The guest elders and surviving direct-line elders clash before reaching a compromise. A controlled purge follows, causing panic, deaths, defections, and upheaval, though the sect eventually stabilizes.
• Luo Chuan opens the sect’s secret treasury. Qin Ming gains vast quantities of Day Gold, numerous herbs, five valuable Strange Medicines, and access to the bodies and blood of powerful experts containing rare Immortal Seals useful for his cultivation and research.
• Qin Ming jokingly claims that his massacre was an act of righteous self-preservation, while the guest elders privately recognize that he is effectively a demonic cultivator despite his protestations.
• The chapter ends when an envoy arrives from an outside major power. Luo Chuan warns Qin Ming that another faction has noticed the Sunset Glow Sect’s weakness and may attempt to seize its territory and treasury.

Character Developments

• Qin Ming demonstrates overwhelming combat power, defeating the guardian beast, two supreme experts, and many elders almost single-handedly.
• He reveals a more complex moral stance: although ruthless toward the guilty and willing to destroy an entire ruling faction, he deliberately spares innocents and refuses to kill indiscriminately.
• Qin Ming grows more pragmatic, accepting temporary control of the sect because its resources can help him pursue a higher cultivation realm.
• Lin Heng is exposed as both hypocritical and politically calculating. He tries to use elders and disciples to exhaust Qin Ming rather than face him alone, but ultimately dies after his strongest techniques fail.
• The Black Robed Figure reveals an unusual blood-based sword technique and fights fiercely, but exhausts his Blood Essence and is killed.
• Luo Chuan emerges as a practical survivor. He distances himself from the disgraced direct line, seeks Qin Ming’s protection, and proposes using Qin Ming’s strength to preserve the sect.
• The guest elders shift from fear and opposition to cooperation once Qin Ming establishes that he will spare those uninvolved in the original crimes.

Significant Themes

• Justice versus demonic reputation: Qin Ming is labeled a demonic cultivator, yet he argues that the sect’s greed, assassination attempt, and refusal to admit wrongdoing make them the true villains.
• Hypocrisy and moral labeling: The sect condemns Qin Ming’s violence while concealing its own crimes, exposing how institutions manipulate concepts such as righteousness and evil.
• Power and survival: The sect’s elders quickly abandon old loyalties when faced with overwhelming strength, showing that political allegiance often depends on self-preservation.
• Retribution and restraint: Qin Ming takes brutal revenge against those responsible but draws a line between guilty leaders and innocent followers.
• The aftermath of conquest: Defeating the sect is only the beginning; Qin Ming must now manage its internal purge, resources, political structure, and outside threats.
• Cultivation and resources: Qin Ming’s true goal remains advancement. Sect leadership is valuable to him mainly because it provides access to medicines, treasure, bloodline secrets, and Immortal Seals.

Important Character Interactions

• Qin Ming confronts Lin Heng verbally, challenging the sect master to distinguish right from wrong and accusing him of exploiting others to weaken Qin Ming.
• He taunts the sect’s elders for denying their crimes and calls out their hypocrisy when they try to portray him as the sole villain.
• During battle, Qin Ming focuses on the Grand Elder while evading Lin Heng and the Black Robed Figure, eventually killing the elder despite their attempts to protect him.
• Qin Ming and the two supreme opponents engage in a prolonged three-way duel, with each revealing increasingly powerful blood, sword, and domain techniques.
• After the battle, Luo Chuan negotiates with Qin Ming, offering the sect’s wealth and influence in exchange for protection and leadership.
• The final exchange between Qin Ming and Luo Chuan establishes the next conflict: rival powers are preparing to invade and claim the weakened Sunset Glow Sect.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Azure Billows Sect demands six top-grade Strange Medicines annually from Sunset Glow Sect—60% of its yearly harvest—taking advantage of the sect’s recent upheaval.
• Qin Ming suspects Azure Billows Sect has hidden support or a newly advanced expert. Investigation reveals its sect master, Zhao Jianghe, has been purchasing large quantities of healing medicines, possibly after suffering a serious injury and seeking help from Tai Dynasty.
• Qin Ming orders Sunset Glow Sect’s treasury and assets used to obtain three additional Strange Medicines so he can break through. He also promises Luo Chuan greater authority and protection in exchange for loyalty.
• Qin Ming studies the New World and reflects on its unusual laws: spiritual medicines remain plentiful, Heavenly Tribulations still exist, and the trapped Great Sages may have been deliberately brought there for an unknown purpose.
• Several routes for obtaining medicine fail. Former sect master Lin Heng’s reservations are delayed, Sunset Glow Sect’s medicines are seized or withheld, and a medicine shipment from Tai Dynasty is supposedly robbed. Qin Ming concludes that surrounding powers are openly exploiting the sect’s weakness.
• More than 60% of Sunset Glow Sect’s hundred cities defect to Azure Billows Sect or are seized by rival powers. A Strange Medicine in one of Sunset Glow Sect’s valleys is also taken by Azure Billows Sect.
• Qin Ming uses Su Yunxi’s jade pendant to obtain medicines through a mysterious black-market connection. After initially securing only one medicine, Luo Chuan’s son successfully returns with two top-grade medicines.
• With enough resources, Qin Ming leaves the sect, undergoes a dangerous breakthrough in the wilderness, survives Heavenly Tribulation, and reaches the Fifth Heaven of the Ancestor Realm.
• He returns, tells Luo Chuan he is going to “collect debts,” and agrees to let Luo Chuan accompany him. The two leave secretly on Higher Aberrant mounts to confront those who robbed or betrayed Sunset Glow Sect.

2. Character Developments

• Qin Ming becomes increasingly established as Sunset Glow Sect’s true leader. He is ruthless toward enemies but practical about preserving the sect, viewing its resources as essential to his cultivation.
• Qin Ming reveals that he is preparing to advance rapidly. His breakthrough succeeds, confirming his confidence and strengthening his position against surrounding powers.
• He develops a more favorable view of Luo Chuan, praising his performance and intending to make him deputy sect master once affairs stabilize.
• Luo Chuan shifts from fearful opportunist to committed subordinate. Although he worries Qin Ming may loot the sect and abandon it, his family’s presence and lack of alternatives bind him to Qin Ming. He becomes increasingly proactive and personally involved in securing medicines.
• Luo Chuan’s second son proves capable and reliable by successfully completing the dangerous black-market mission.
• Su Yunxi is shown to have matured from an infatuated follower into a powerful, composed, and politically cautious woman. She observes Qin Ming from a distance rather than contacting him immediately.
• Su Yunxi is alarmed by news that her elder brother may have encountered a mysterious Near-Immortal or immortal, suggesting larger forces and rival powerhouses are entering the story.

3. Significant Themes

• Power attracts predation: Once Sunset Glow Sect weakens, neighboring powers immediately divide its territory and resources.
• Strength as the basis of authority: Qin Ming believes only personal cultivation can preserve the sect; diplomacy and existing agreements are worthless without enough power to enforce them.
• Loyalty under pressure: Luo Chuan’s allegiance is driven by fear, necessity, family, and the hope that Qin Ming will prove more than a temporary conqueror.
• Resource competition and political opportunism: Strange Medicines are treated as strategic assets, and every organization attempts to withhold, overprice, or seize them during the crisis.
• Mystery of the New World: Qin Ming suspects the Great Sages may have been deliberately trapped there and used to uncover hidden opportunities or secrets.
• The danger of appearances: Other powers mistake Qin Ming for a passing outsider who will eventually leave, underestimating his willingness to remain and retaliate.
• Transformation and cultivation: Qin Ming’s physical breakthrough, purification of Blood Medicine, and survival of Heavenly Tribulation reflect both his growing strength and the risks of combining multiple cultivation methods.

4. Character Interactions

• Qin Ming and Luo Chuan repeatedly discuss Azure Billows Sect’s demands, the sect’s declining territory, and the need to acquire medicine. Qin Ming alternates between reassurance, threats, and promises of future reward.
• Qin Ming learns Luo Chuan’s private history and enemies through physical resonance, then offers to help him deal with Azure Billows Sect’s Grand Elder.
• Luo Chuan worries that Qin Ming is merely looting Sunset Glow Sect before fleeing, while Qin Ming insists he will preserve it if possible.
• Su Yunxi and Lu Chongyuan discuss Qin Ming’s takeover of Sunset Glow Sect and choose to observe him rather than make contact. They also discuss Su Yunxi’s brother’s possible connection to an even stronger mysterious figure.
• Qin Ming rewards Luo Chuan and his son with access to the Sunset Glow Art after their successful mission, reinforcing their loyalty.
• The chapter ends with Qin Ming and Luo Chuan setting out together, transforming their uneasy relationship into a practical partnership: Qin Ming supplies strength, while Luo Chuan provides local knowledge and administrative support.

Plot points and events

• Qin Ming reassures Luo Chuan that he will remain with the Sunset Glow Sect and puts him in charge of sect affairs. Luo, anxious about the sect’s precarious position, warns him that several powerful rivals are preparing to attack.
• On the way north, they visit a loyal intelligence outpost. Its keeper reports that the Azure Billows Sect, the Slaying Immortals Tower, the Star-Pillow Sect, and the Hundred Herbs Studio are gathering forces to raid the Sunset Glow Sect’s headquarters. The Hundred Herbs Studio has helped provoke the attack by spreading claims that Qin Ming is about to break through.
• Qin Ming decides to strike first. He tracks down the Hundred Herbs Studio’s deputy studio master, kills its guardian beast, and slays dozens of the man’s disciples and descendants. He confirms that the two rare medicines ordered by the Sunset Glow Sect are with the deputy master, who is heading to the Azure Billows Sect.
• After a six-thousand-li journey, Qin Ming infiltrates the Azure Billows Sect’s headquarters, where the enemy leaders are gathered and negotiating how to divide the Sunset Glow Sect’s territory.
• Qin Ming launches a surprise attack on their guardian beasts. He beheads the Slaying Immortals Tower’s Golden Crane and kills the Star-Pillow Sect’s Nine-Radiance Ladybug using his saber and newly mastered Extreme Dao Severance. The Azure Billows Sect’s Black Flood Dragon flees into a pool as figures rush out of the hall.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Ming displays growing confidence and formidable strength. His latest breakthrough has brought another profound “new life,” making him far stronger than Luo Chuan expected. He remains strategic, checking intelligence and warning Luo to flee if the raid goes badly, but responds to the planned attack with ruthless preemption.
• Luo Chuan begins deeply worried and distrustful of the sect’s prospects, but Qin Ming’s composure and power restore his confidence. His loyalty becomes explicit, and he continues to act as Qin Ming’s guide and intelligence link.
• The outpost keeper remains loyal because Luo Chuan once saved his life. Qin Ming verifies the keeper’s honesty before leaving.
• The rival sects and Hundred Herbs Studio are united by ambition and opportunism; their leaders are already disputing the spoils before the attack has begun.

Significant themes

• Strength and transformation: Qin Ming’s repeated rebirths turn a supposedly limited cultivation path into an exceptional source of power.
• Loyalty under pressure: The outpost keeper’s gratitude and Luo Chuan’s renewed faith contrast with the rival powers’ betrayal and greed.
• Preemptive justice and vengeance: Qin Ming treats the planned assault as justification for striking first, especially against the Hundred Herbs Studio’s betrayal.
• Confidence versus miscalculation: The enemy factions underestimate Qin Ming, while he uses secrecy, intelligence, and speed to exploit their complacency.

Chapter 792 Summary: The President’s Peerless Art

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Ming arrives at the stronghold of the four great sects, where six powerful experts—including the sect masters of the Azure Billows, Star-Pillow, and Li Fire Sects, the Slaying Immortals Tower master, and leaders of Hundred Herbs Studio—confront him.
• The Golden Crane and Nine-Radiance Ladybug, once powerful guardian creatures, have already been killed by Qin Ming. He preserves their blood and essence to refine medicine and aid his cultivation.
• Qin Ming openly challenges the assembled forces, accusing them of invading his territory, stealing his sect’s Strange Medicines, and plotting against him.
• He reveals a bundle containing the heads of several Hundred Herbs Studio members, including Shi Shangfei’s descendants, provoking the vice studio master into a rage.
• After identifying Qi Lie of the Li Fire Sect, Qin Ming attacks him first because the Li Fire Sect had stolen the Sunset Glow Sect’s Day Gold and Flame Lotus Strange Medicine.
• Six great masters join forces against Qin Ming, and the Black Flood Dragon from a nearby pool soon enters the battle, bringing the total to seven opponents.
• Qin Ming tests the President’s newly mastered Myriad Phenomena Force-Dissipating Art, a technique that distributes incoming attacks through his body’s myriad apertures and disperses their force into the void.
• He deliberately endures the combined attacks of the seven masters while focusing on killing his chosen targets:
  • Qi Lie is split in half by the Kunsteel Saber.
  • Shi Shangfei is beheaded.
  • The Black Flood Dragon is decapitated.
  • The Slaying Immortals Tower master is pierced through the heart and pinned to the ground.
• In moments, only Zhao Jianghe, Fu Qing, and Hundred Herbs Studio’s chief Attendant remain of the original seven attackers.
• Two extraordinary figures—apparently Great Sages—emerge from a nearby palace and attempt to stop Qin Ming. Rather than retreat, Qin Ming declares that he will continue suppressing his enemies and use the battle to advance his cultivation unless a True Immortal personally intervenes.

Character Developments

• Qin Ming/Dayi: Demonstrates a dramatic increase in strength and confidence. He fights seven top-tier masters alone, withstands their strongest attacks, and kills four of them with overwhelming speed. His mastery of the President’s peerless arts makes him nearly impossible to injure.
• Shi Shangfei: His arrogance and cruelty are exposed through his connection to the theft of Qin Ming’s Strange Medicines. The revelation of his descendants’ deaths drives him into a furious but ultimately futile attack.
• Qi Lie: Represents the Li Fire Sect’s involvement in stealing the Day Gold and Flame Lotus. He becomes Qin Ming’s first target and is killed almost instantly.
• Zhao Jianghe, Fu Qing, and the remaining chief Attendant: Their confidence collapses as they realize Qin Ming can absorb their attacks without meaningful injury.
• Luo Chuan: Watches from hiding and is shocked by Qin Ming’s explosive improvement compared with his recent battles.
• The newly arrived man and woman: Introduced as powerful, refined figures, likely Great Sages. They attempt to restrain Qin Ming through moral authority rather than immediately attacking him.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming strength and rapid advancement: Qin Ming turns a life-threatening siege into an opportunity to test his cultivation and gather resources for another breakthrough.
• Retribution and justice: Qin Ming rejects the sects’ claim that they are acting in the name of justice, exposing their hypocrisy and answering their aggression with brutal vengeance.
• The practical power of forbidden arts: The Myriad Phenomena Force-Dissipating Art allows Qin Ming to endure attacks that should have killed him, transforming defense into an advantage.
• Predator versus coalition: The supposedly united great sects are unable to overcome Qin Ming individually or collectively, emphasizing his transformation into a dominant force.
• Pride and intimidation: Qin Ming deliberately confronts powerful enemies and refuses to show fear, while the opposing masters gradually lose their composure.
• Bloodshed as cultivation: The deaths of powerful creatures and experts provide Qin Ming with Blood Medicine and help fuel his physical and spiritual progression.

Important Character Interactions

• Qin Ming verbally clashes with Fu Qing, accusing him of hiding murderous intentions behind claims of justice.
• He insults Shi Shangfei and presents him with the remains of his descendants, turning their personal conflict into a direct confrontation.
• He condemns Qi Lie for stealing his sect’s treasures before immediately attacking him.
• During the battle, Qin Ming repeatedly accepts the enemies’ attacks without defending, using their force-dissipating technique to counterattack and kill his primary targets.
• The two newly arrived Great Sages address Qin Ming by the name “Zheng Guang” and urge him to abandon his violent path. Qin Ming rejects their authority and vows to defeat everyone present unless a True Immortal appears.

Chapter Summary: “A Meeting Though Separated by a Thousand Miles”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Ming, known as Zheng Guang Great Sage—or mockingly as the “Most Benevolent Ancestor”—has just killed several enemies, including Qi Lie, Shi Shangfei, the Black Flood Dragon, and the Nine-Radiance Ladybug.
• Two powerful figures from the Land of Fate arrive:
  • An Luo, a Great Sage of the Dao-Cutting Sect, at the Eighth Heaven of the Ancestor Realm.
  • Yun Bochuan, a Great Sage of the Heaven-Bearing Dao Field, at the Ninth Heaven and close to becoming a Near-Immortal.
• Qin Ming recognizes both. He had previously encountered Yun Bochuan four years earlier, when Qin Ming was only an Early Ancestor and had barely escaped one of Yun’s attacks. Now, Qin Ming is strong enough to face him confidently.
• Qin Ming openly declares his intention to kill both newcomers, showing no fear despite their superior cultivation realms.
• Yun Bochuan challenges Qin Ming’s arrogance and chooses to fight him alone. Their opening exchange is extremely fast and evenly matched, involving saber techniques, fist seals, and near-teleportation movements.
• An Luo soon joins the battle rather than waiting for Yun Bochuan to weaken Qin Ming. Together, the two Great Sages surround Qin Ming and coordinate their attacks with remarkable precision.
• Yun Bochuan and An Luo combine yang and yin lightning to create a powerful thunder passage and strike Qin Ming. Although the attack numbs his saber arm and briefly traps him, Qin Ming uses his thunder techniques and the Primal Chaos Golden Bridge to escape their formation.
• The chapter ends with Qin Ming acknowledging that the pair possess impressive techniques, while Yun Bochuan remains troubled that the two of them have not yet suppressed him.

Character Developments

• Qin Ming: Displays overwhelming confidence, sharp combat awareness, and controlled arrogance. Although he taunts his opponents, his movements show that he is taking the battle seriously and constantly positioning himself advantageously. His growth since his earlier encounter with Yun Bochuan is emphasized: he has transformed from an insignificant Early Ancestor into a Great Sage capable of fighting two near-immortal experts.
• Yun Bochuan: Revealed as a powerful and highly confident Late Ancestor. He values his cultivation and believes his higher realm should guarantee victory, but Qin Ming’s resistance begins to challenge that confidence.
• An Luo: Presented as elegant, composed, and extremely cautious. Her teasing remark about Qin Ming’s destroyed clothing briefly disrupts the tension, but she quickly demonstrates her ruthlessness by entering the fight early and using a dangerous lightning technique with Yun Bochuan.
• Zhao Jianghe and his allies: Their fear of Qin Ming intensifies. They realize that they may have chosen the wrong side and begin secretly preparing to attack him together if the opportunity arises.
• Luo Chuan: Becomes increasingly nervous about Qin Ming’s situation, despite being impressed by his sect master’s boldness.

Significant Themes

• Growth and reversal of power: Qin Ming’s former weakness before Yun Bochuan contrasts sharply with his present ability to fight him on equal terms.
• Arrogance versus true strength: Qin Ming’s provocative confidence appears reckless, but his combat performance proves that his words are backed by ability. Yun Bochuan’s faith in his superior realm is similarly tested.
• Caution and strategy in battle: Though Qin Ming speaks carelessly, he fights with precision. An Luo and Yun Bochuan also rely on careful coordination rather than simply attacking independently.
• Conflict with corrupt powers: Qin Ming views the Dao fields of the Land of Fate as sinful forces that exploit talented beings and refine them into divine medicine. His hostility toward them is ideological as well as personal.
• Temporary alliances and collective power: The combined yin-yang lightning attack shows how cooperation can produce strength beyond what either fighter can achieve alone.

Character Interactions

• Qin Ming mocks Yun Bochuan’s confidence, telling him that losing would prove his years of cultivation were wasted.
• An Luo undercuts the tense confrontation by teasing Qin Ming about appearing in torn clothing, briefly embarrassing him before the battle begins.
• Yun Bochuan initially insists on fighting Qin Ming alone, but An Luo intervenes almost immediately when Qin Ming proves difficult to suppress.
• The two Great Sages cooperate seamlessly, attacking Qin Ming from multiple directions and combining their lightning abilities.
• Qin Ming responds to their teamwork by breaking their formation and acknowledging—while still taunting them—that they have “some tricks.”

Chapter Summary: Overpowering Two Great Sages

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Ming battles two Near-Immortal Great Sages, Yun Bochuan and An Luo, simultaneously. Their techniques are weakened by the world’s restrictions, but both remain extremely dangerous.
• Yun Bochuan uses the Qianyuan Palm, while An Luo employs the Dao Origin Stripping Technique to drain Qin Ming’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Qin Ming’s Extreme Dao Severance injures both opponents, though he realizes the technique is still incomplete. He switches to the Diamond Ring Technique and strengthens his attacks with Transforming the Hu into Buddha.
• Reinforcements arrive: Zhao Jianghe, Fu Qing, the chief Attendant of Hundred Herbs Studio, and numerous Azure Billows Sect elders encircle Qin Ming. Their interference increases the pressure on him, although they can barely approach the three Great Sages.
• An Luo reveals her true form, including six pairs of golden wings, and uses the forbidden art Prologue of the Old Dao. Yun Bochuan reveals his nine fox tails and activates Heaven-Bearing Descent, attempting to crush Qin Ming within a collapsing domain.
• Qin Ming withstands both forbidden techniques by using the Fundamental Scripture, Chaos Force, the Open Heaven Axe, and other powers. He deliberately pretends to be badly injured to prevent An Luo from escaping.
• When the attackers lower their guard, Qin Ming suddenly turns on the surrounding experts. He severely injures Fu Qing and kills the chief Attendant of Hundred Herbs Studio by piercing his forehead with Longevity Force.
• An Luo and Yun Bochuan coordinate another assault. Qin Ming uses Adhesion Force to trap An Luo, tears off the wings on one side of her body, and leaves her unable to flee.
• Qin Ming then unleashes multiple techniques, destroying the surrounding elders and heavily injuring both Great Sages. He shatters Yun Bochuan’s hands, breaks three of his fox tails, caves in his chest, and knocks him to the ground.
• The chapter ends with Qin Ming standing victorious and contemptuously declaring that the supposedly invincible Near-Immortal Great Sages are “nothing more than this.”

Character Developments

• Qin Ming: Demonstrates overwhelming adaptability, endurance, and tactical intelligence. He abandons an incomplete technique when necessary, combines several forces through the Fundamental Scripture, uses deception to control the battlefield, and defeats both Great Sages despite being surrounded.
• Yun Bochuan: Begins as a confident and powerful opponent but gradually loses control as his hands and fox tails are destroyed. His Heaven-Bearing Descent fails to overpower Qin Ming, exposing the gap between their abilities.
• An Luo: Reveals her true winged form and relies on forbidden techniques and mobility. However, Qin Ming’s Adhesion Force neutralizes her advantage, and the loss of her wings leaves her badly wounded and unable to escape.
• Zhao Jianghe, Fu Qing, and the Azure Billows Sect elders: Their arrival boosts the enemy’s morale and creates a temporary siege, but they are ultimately unable to meaningfully influence the duel. Fu Qing is injured, the chief Attendant is killed, and many elders are blasted apart.
• Luo Chuan: Observes the battle from a distance and senses the oppressive danger posed by Qin Ming.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming individual strength: Qin Ming proves that superior cultivation and combat ability can overcome numerical superiority and coordinated attacks.
• Adaptability and incomplete techniques: Qin Ming recognizes the limitations of Extreme Dao Severance and immediately changes tactics rather than relying stubbornly on an unfinished art.
• Deception in battle: His feigned injury successfully manipulates An Luo and the surrounding attackers, allowing him to reverse the situation.
• Exposing false invincibility: The chapter undermines the reputation of the Near-Immortal Great Sages, showing that their status and forbidden arts cannot guarantee victory.
• Physical sacrifice and transformation: Both Yun Bochuan and An Luo reveal their original forms and spend their origins to survive, emphasizing the immense cost of the battle.
• Isolation amid a crowd: Although Qin Ming is surrounded by many enemies, the fight remains fundamentally a contest between him and the two Great Sages; the lesser combatants serve mainly as distractions and additional pressure.

Character Interactions

• Qin Ming repeatedly clashes directly with Yun Bochuan, gradually breaking through his palm technique and damaging his arms.
• An Luo attempts to strip Qin Ming’s cultivation through physical contact, while Qin Ming counters her wing-based attacks with defensive and binding techniques.
• Yun Bochuan and An Luo communicate silently and coordinate their forbidden arts, relying on mutual timing to exploit Qin Ming’s weaknesses.
• The supporting fighters attack Qin Ming’s position and assist Yun Bochuan’s crushing technique, but Qin Ming redirects his killing intent toward them once they become vulnerable.
• Qin Ming’s final exchange with Yun Bochuan establishes a decisive power imbalance, ending the coordinated assault and affirming his dominance over both Great Sages.

Key plot points and events

• Qin Ming (Dayi) overwhelms the four allied sects, defeating the Near-Immortal Beings Yun Bochuan and An Luo and routing their forces.
• When fleeing elders try to escape, Qin Ming hunts them down with his speed, saber, bow, and Longevity-infused Jade-Iron Arrows. He also shoots down the mounts carrying sect masters Zhao Jianghe and Fu Qing, who are captured by Luo Chuan.
• Qin Ming forces the survivors to surrender and, on Luo Chuan’s advice, places blood curses on them to secure their obedience. He kills two men who challenge Luo Chuan.
• An Luo offers to serve Qin Ming, but he rejects her and kills her avatar, recognizing it as a body made from mythical angel remains. He also kills Yun Bochuan, whose final thoughts link his fate to Zheng Guang’s past.
• Qin Ming and Luo Chuan loot the secret vaults of all four defeated sects. With the crisis temporarily contained, Qin Ming prepares to break through again.
• Elsewhere, Su Yunxi asks Lu Chongyuan how Dayi is faring. Lu expects him to be in danger, unaware that Qin Ming has already crushed the alliance.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Ming proves both overwhelmingly powerful and ruthlessly pragmatic. He uses fear to control the battlefield, but his earlier restraint toward ordinary Sunset Glow Sect members suggests he is not indiscriminately bloodthirsty.
• Luo Chuan moves from masked ally to Qin Ming’s trusted lieutenant. He risks himself to intercept Fu Qing and then manages the surviving elders, whose perception of him shifts when Qin Ming grants him authority.
• Yun Bochuan is crushed physically and psychologically. Qin Ming’s echo of Yun’s own earlier insult underscores his reversal of fortune; Yun dies after trying to provoke Qin Ming with the names of stronger rivals.
• An Luo clings to her pride even while offering submission, but Qin Ming sees her only as a valuable avatar and kills her.
• Zhao Jianghe and Fu Qing regret joining the alliance, realizing too late that their supposed advantages and promised rewards could not overcome Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming’s thoughts of Su Yunxi and Lu Chongyuan hint at unresolved connections and future dealings beyond the Northern Region.

Significant themes

• Overconfidence and misjudgment: The allied sects believe numbers, planning, and powerful backers guarantee victory; their confidence proves fatal.
• Power and fear: Qin Ming’s battlefield dominance turns resistance into submission, while Luo Chuan gains influence through his association with him.
• Reversal and poetic justice: Yun Bochuan is defeated with words he once used against Zheng Guang, and his death reflects the consequences of his arrogance.
• Strength through conflict: Qin Ming treats victory not just as survival but as an opportunity to gain resources and advance his cultivation.
• The wider world’s uncertainty: The Imperial Dynasty, holy lands, and arriving outsiders remain potential threats, making Qin Ming’s next breakthrough urgent.

Chapter Summary: “Breakthrough Again by Accident”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Ming retreats to the wilderness to cultivate and prepare for another breakthrough. In this New World, every major advancement triggers a Heavenly Tribulation, despite divine abilities being suppressed and combat power resembling that of martial-world experts.
• Using his External Demon, Qin Ming processes the spoils of recent battles: Blood Medicines and flesh from powerful beings such as the Golden Crow, Nine-Radiance Ladybug, Black Flood Dragon, Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, Angel An Luo, and the Sunset Glow Sect’s Yin-Yang Origin Dao Aspect beast.
• He refines these resources through Samadhi True Fire, combining them with food and Blood Medicine to nourish his External Demon. The process produces new insights and rare Immortal Seals.
• The External Demon undergoes Nirvana and breaks through to the Fifth Heaven of the Ancestor Realm. A Heavenly Tribulation suddenly appears without clouds, forcing both Qin Ming’s true body and External Demon to endure the lightning together because of their resonance.
• After successfully surviving the tribulation, Qin Ming returns briefly to the Sunset Glow Sect. His recent attacks on four major sects have thrown the region into chaos, leaving Luo Chuan overwhelmed with administrative responsibilities.
• Qin Ming gives Luo Chuan the sect-suppressing scriptures taken from the defeated sects and orders the Blood-Cursed elders to stabilize rebellious cities and suppress opposition. His threats invoke fear of “Dayi,” the terrifying identity under which Qin Ming has built his reputation.
• Qin Ming soon leaves again to continue cultivating in the primeval forest. He uses the Myriad Aperture Illumination Art to refine the Immortal Seals extracted by his External Demon, turning them into a powerful “Great Medicine.”
• This refinement allows his true body to break through to the Sixth Heaven of the Ancestor Domain. He survives another Heavenly Tribulation and realizes that the New World’s laws may be gradually changing as he becomes more integrated with it.
• The External Demon later uses the same method and also reaches the Sixth Heaven. Qin Ming decides to leave the Sunset Glow Sect and travel across the New World in search of greater opportunities.

Character Developments

• Qin Ming: Becomes increasingly powerful and resourceful, using his External Demon as a safe cultivation tool and “filter” for Blood Medicines. He develops a more efficient method of refining Immortal Seals and discovers that his growth in the New World may be faster than expected. His confidence rises, though he remains alert to the world’s hidden mysteries and possible dangers.
• Qin Ming’s External Demon: Advances from the Fifth to the Sixth Heaven of the Ancestor Domain. It serves as both a combat partner and a sacrificial cultivation vessel, enduring the toxins and impurities of Blood Medicines so Qin Ming’s true body can benefit safely.
• Luo Chuan: Initially panicked by the administrative burden left behind by Qin Ming, but regains confidence after receiving powerful cultivation scriptures and clear orders. Qin Ming encourages him to grow into his role as sect master.
• The defeated sect elders: Terrified by Qin Ming’s reputation and Blood Curses, they are forced to help restore order throughout the conquered territory.
• Lu Chongyuan and Su Yunxi: Hear reports of Qin Ming’s violent expansion and recognize that he may be attempting to dominate the entire region.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation through transformation and consumption: Qin Ming advances by refining the bodies, blood, medicines, and Immortal Seals of powerful creatures, treating them as resources for evolution.
• The relationship between true body and External Demon: Their linked cultivation gives Qin Ming unusual advantages, but also causes shared suffering during tribulations. The External Demon functions as both shield and intermediary.
• Mysteries of the New World: The world’s suppression of divine abilities, universal Heavenly Tribulations, and possible reappearance of “supreme iron laws” suggest that it may be an artificial Experiment Site or a realm governed by altered cosmic principles.
• Power and political control: Qin Ming’s overwhelming force creates order through fear, while Luo Chuan must learn to manage the territory and institutions Qin Ming has conquered.
• Longevity and dangerous inheritance: The Immortal Seals appear connected to ancient longevity forces and may contain hidden dangers, but Qin Ming forcibly refines them into usable power.
• Expansion and ambition: Having secured rapid breakthroughs, Qin Ming begins shifting from consolidation to exploration, seeking new lands, resources, and opportunities.

Character Interactions

• Qin Ming and his External Demon maintain constant physical contact to preserve resonance in the New World, enduring tribulation together despite the pain.
• Qin Ming reassures and pressures Luo Chuan, telling him to act like a true sect master while promising to eliminate anyone who causes serious trouble.
• Qin Ming orders the Blood-Cursed elders to support Luo Chuan and restore control over rebellious cities.
• Reports of Qin Ming’s actions alarm Lu Chongyuan and Su Yunxi, who discuss his strength and apparent intention to eliminate all rivals.
• The chapter ends with Qin Ming and his External Demon standing at the same cultivation level, preparing to venture beyond the Sunset Glow Sect and explore the wider New World.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• After breaking through to the Sixth Heaven of the Ancestor Domain, Qin Ming travels through the mountains and destroys a giant Mad Beast with a single finger. Examining its remains, he discovers that someone had bound its heart with rune-inscribed Jade Iron chains and cultivated Immortal Seals inside it. The beast had not simply failed its Tribulation Crossing: someone had attacked it and stolen its Auspicious Beast blood.
• Suspecting a hidden Longevity Experiment Site, Qin Ming returns to the Sunset Glow Sect and asks Luo Chuan to investigate the long-destroyed Dark Holy Land known for cultivating Longevity Runes in aberrant beasts. The books offer no evidence that it survived.
• Qin Ming trains in the sect, mastering powerful techniques from the Myriad Aperture Illumination Art. He also gives Luo Chuan personal instruction, using resonance to impart scripture insights and guide his cultivation.
• Short on Strange Medicine, Qin Ming travels to the Tai Dynasty to search auctions and medicine shops. Supplies are scarce and prices have soared, likely because of the recent arrival of “Extraterrestrial Demons.” He buys only a few medicines.
• Reports from across the New World suggest Qin Ming’s fellow arrivals are making their own mark: Zhou Tian has become a state preceptor, while Fu Yi has been captured in the Heng Dynasty. Qin Ming asks Su Yunxi—whom he suspects is Princess Wu Chan—to keep Fu Yi alive. Fu Yi is secretly released and sent to the Sunset Glow Sect, carrying six Strange Medicines for Qin Ming.
• While Qin Ming is still traveling, a silver-haired True Immortal visits the Sunset Glow Sect looking for him. Luo Chuan reports the encounter by message.
• Near the chapter’s end, another True Immortal appears at Qin Ming’s remote lodging. The stranger kills Qin Ming’s mount with a thrown knife and approaches him; Qin Ming recognizes the danger and prepares to face him.

Character developments

• Qin Ming grows more powerful and confident, but the Mad Beast’s history makes him realize the New World conceals forces far beyond what he has encountered. He remains cautious, investigates threats, and weighs whether he could fight a True Immortal.
• Luo Chuan becomes more devoted to Qin Ming after receiving unusually direct instruction that rapidly advances his understanding. He takes responsibility for the sect and handles both intelligence-gathering and communication.
• Fu Yi is exposed as an inept captive in Qin Ming’s teasing assessment, yet his release and delivery of medicine make him useful to the group.
• Qin Ming’s absent companions are shown adapting to the world: Zhou Tian gains influence as a diviner, while Fu Yi’s capture risks revealing that outsiders arrived together.

Significant themes

• Hidden dangers beneath appearances: The Mad Beast’s fate reveals deliberate experimentation and suggests the world’s calm surface conceals powerful, secretive forces.
• Power and caution: Qin Ming’s strength has increased enormously, but the arrival of True Immortals makes clear that he may still face opponents beyond his understanding.
• Scarcity and dependence: Strange Medicine is essential to Qin Ming’s plans, and its shortage drives his travels and shapes his dealings with others.
• Mentorship and loyalty: Qin Ming invests in Luo Chuan’s growth; Luo responds with deep loyalty and commitment to the sect.
• Displacement and uncertainty: Qin Ming is prepared to remain in the New World for years—or perhaps for life—while trying to protect his allies and find his way forward.

Character interactions

• Qin Ming questions Luo Chuan about Longevity Runes and the old Dark Holy Land, then rewards his service by teaching him foundational scriptures.
• Luo Chuan serves as Qin Ming’s trusted administrator, investigator, and messenger, while remaining concerned that Qin Ming might abandon the sect.
• Qin Ming intervenes indirectly in Fu Yi’s fate through a request to Su Yunxi/Wu Chan, then orders Fu Yi to stay at the sect and send the medicines.
• The two True Immortals’ visits create an escalating threat: the first seeks Qin Ming while he is away; the second confronts him directly at the chapter’s end.

Chapter 798 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Ming’s mount is killed by a mysterious True Immortal, who also cuts off his escape route. Enraged, Qin Ming draws the Kunsteel Saber and initially resolves to fight.
• As the green-robed True Immortal approaches, Qin Ming senses another powerful presence hidden in the clouds. The second enemy is a master archer preparing to shoot him with Exotic Metal Arrows.
• Realizing he is being surrounded by two True Immortals, Qin Ming abandons the idea of a direct battle and flees toward the mountains.
• The archer fires multiple arrows. Qin Ming narrowly evades the first and uses his saber to deflect the next two, though the impacts numb his arms and devastate the surrounding terrain.
• The green-robed True Immortal, Jing Qian, catches up and reveals that he intends to “abduct” Qin Ming for an unnamed major power. He claims to have no personal grudge against Qin Ming and refuses to explain further.
• Jing Qian attacks Qin Ming with overwhelming strength, using powerful physical techniques, an Innate Essence attack released from his breath, and finally a sword controlled through Sword Riding.
• Qin Ming successfully blocks Jing Qian’s attacks and demonstrates that his combat ability and speed are far beyond what his cultivation level would suggest. However, the archer’s presence prevents him from fighting freely.
• Using the forest as cover, Qin Ming escapes while secretly collecting two Exotic Metal Arrows through his Adhesion Force.
• He reaches a broad river and dives underwater, forcing his pursuers to lose track of him. He travels downstream by riding aquatic creatures before eventually reaching a large city.
• Qin Ming disguises himself as an elegant young gentleman and takes refuge on a pleasure boat. While drinking wine, enjoying music, and receiving attention from beautiful women, he plots how to kill the two True Immortals and recover his dignity.

Character Developments

• Qin Ming: His confidence is tested by facing two True Immortals at once. Though initially eager to prove he could fight an immortal, he recognizes the tactical disadvantage and chooses survival over reckless pride. He successfully defends against devastating attacks, revealing that his speed, saber technique, and adaptability can rival True Immortal-level combat ability. His humiliation fuels a determination to retaliate.
• Jing Qian: Introduced as the green-robed True Immortal pursuing Qin Ming, Jing Qian is calm, arrogant, and emotionally detached. He treats Qin Ming as an object to be captured rather than a serious opponent, but gradually becomes more cautious after discovering Qin Ming’s unexpected strength and speed.
• The Master Archer: This hidden True Immortal is portrayed as an exceptionally skilled and calculating marksman. Rather than simply firing repeatedly, he uses the threat of his bow to keep Qin Ming constantly distracted and psychologically pressured.
• Qin Ming’s mount: Its death provides the immediate emotional trigger for Qin Ming’s anger and confrontation.

Significant Themes

• Pride versus practicality: Qin Ming wants to test himself against a True Immortal, but recognizes that fighting two coordinated enemies would be reckless. Retreat becomes a strategic choice rather than simple cowardice.
• The gap between cultivation and combat strength: Although Qin Ming is not yet a True Immortal, his techniques, speed, and battle instincts allow him to withstand attacks from one.
• Being hunted and treated as prey: Qin Ming is frustrated by being pursued and regarded as an object to be captured, suggesting that powerful forces are interested in him for reasons not yet revealed.
• Adaptability and survival: Qin Ming uses terrain, movement techniques, deception, underwater travel, and stolen weapons to escape an otherwise nearly impossible situation.
• Humiliation and revenge: His retreat leaves him angry and embarrassed, turning the escape into a future motivation to uncover his enemies and defeat them.

Character Interactions

• Qin Ming confronts Jing Qian after the latter declares his intention to abduct him.
• Jing Qian and the archer acknowledge one another but insist they are not working together; despite this, both pursue the same goal and effectively cooperate in trapping Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming taunts Jing Qian about his breath and flying sword, using humor and provocation to mask his dangerous situation.
• Jing Qian becomes increasingly serious as Qin Ming blocks his techniques and repeatedly escapes.
• The chapter ends ironically with Qin Ming hiding among musicians, scholars, wine, and beautiful women while inwardly planning revenge, reflected in his complaint that he has been reduced to “lying drunk upon a beauty’s knees.”

Chapter Summary: “Speaking from the Heart”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After escaping an attack by two True Immortals, Qin Ming relaxes aboard a pleasure boat on the Cloud River outside Yungao City. The river’s glowing Firefly Clams create a peaceful, star-like spectacle that briefly makes him consider an ordinary mortal life.
• Qin Ming rejects that sentimentality, reaffirming his desire for transcendence, freedom, and the power to control his own fate. He places the mysterious True Immortal Jing Qian and the Divine Archer who hunted him on his “Slaying List.”
• Suspecting that the Great Tai Dynasty is involved, Qin Ming questions Ruyan, the leading courtesan of the Cloud River. Through physical contact and resonance, he discovers that she is actually the dynasty’s intelligence chief in Yungao City.
• Ruyan reveals that the Great Tai Dynasty has two publicly known True Immortals: Jing Qian, the Sword Immortal, and the former emperor, the Fist Immortal. Rumors suggest a third hidden expert may exist. She also explains that sacred lands possess greater influence because they can help True Immortals extend their lives.
• Qin Ming concludes that an outsider—likely an Extraterrestrial Demon—may have persuaded the Great Tai Dynasty to target him by offering its aging experts a chance at longevity. Ruyan lies about the former emperor gathering alchemists and pharmacists, confirming Qin Ming’s suspicions.
• When Ruyan attempts to resist, Qin Ming breaks her leg but ultimately spares her. He alters her memories and plants false information suggesting that he intends to kill several of Jing Qian’s disciples.
• Qin Ming also interrogates and memory-wipes Ruyan’s superior, then travels toward the Great Tai Imperial Capital. On the way, he kills Jing Qian’s fifth disciple, who is secretly Jing Qian’s illegitimate son, provoking deep grief and anger in the Sword Immortal.
• Qin Ming’s actions alarm the Sunset Glow Sect. Fu Yi is both envious and encouraged by Qin Ming’s ability to confront True Immortals, while Luo Chuan warns the sect and its Elder Council to remain obedient and avoid provoking Qin Ming.
• Entering the imperial capital, Qin Ming continues gathering information through resonance. He identifies a residence where numerous alchemy experts have been meeting and suspects it belongs to the Extraterrestrial Demon behind the attack. After confirming that no True Immortal is present, he prepares to infiltrate it.

Character Developments

• Qin Ming: Becomes more ruthless, confident, and strategically deceptive. His brief longing for mortal peace gives way to renewed determination to pursue transcendence. He grows increasingly willing to manipulate memories, exploit enemies, and use Jing Qian’s disciples as bait while hunting the deeper threat.
• Ruyan: Initially acts as a seductive intelligence operative, but her position collapses once Qin Ming exposes her identity. She becomes frightened and submissive after he injures her, though she remains resentful of his cruelty and insults.
• Jing Qian: Is shown to have strong personal attachments despite being a seemingly detached True Immortal. The death of his fifth disciple—his illegitimate son—causes genuine emotional devastation.
• Fu Yi: Reacts to Qin Ming’s achievements with jealousy but uses them to strengthen his own confidence, promising that his completed Five Virtues Physique will eventually make him invincible.
• Luo Chuan and the Elder Council: Grow more fearful and cautious toward Qin Ming. They recognize that his ability to survive a True Immortal’s pursuit makes him an increasingly dangerous and powerful sect master.

Significant Themes

• The conflict between mortal peace and transcendence: Qin Ming is moved by the warmth and beauty of ordinary life, but concludes that mortality itself is filled with suffering and that he cannot abandon his chosen path.
• Power and survival: The chapter emphasizes that strength is necessary to remain free in the Night Mist World, where even True Immortals can become hunters or prey.
• Deception and information: Qin Ming’s resonance, interrogations, planted memories, and false trail demonstrate that intelligence can be as valuable as direct combat.
• Longevity and corruption: The pursuit of extended life motivates powerful figures and may be the reason the Great Tai Dynasty has allied with an outsider.
• Family and emotion beneath immortality: Jing Qian’s reaction to his son’s death reveals that even supposedly detached immortals remain vulnerable to personal grief.
• Reputation as a weapon: Qin Ming deliberately cultivates the image of a furious, unpredictable killer attacking Jing Qian’s disciples, diverting attention from his true target.

Important Character Interactions

• Qin Ming reflects with Ruyan while she massages him, then turns the encounter into an interrogation after revealing that he knows her true identity.
• He questions her about Jing Qian, the Great Tai Dynasty, the former emperor, sacred lands, and recent alchemical activity, using resonance to detect her lies.
• Ruyan attempts to stall and manipulate Qin Ming, but he counters by injuring her, threatening her, and later altering her memories.
• Qin Ming communicates indirectly with Jing Qian by killing the Sword Immortal’s fifth disciple, ensuring that the attack will provoke an emotional and strategic response.
• Luo Chuan warns Fu Yi and the Elder Council that Qin Ming’s survival against a True Immortal makes him too dangerous to oppose.
• Qin Ming enters the imperial capital intending not merely to retaliate against Jing Qian, but to eliminate the hidden Extraterrestrial Demon responsible for turning the Great Tai Dynasty against him.

Chapter 800: “Fellow Townsman” — Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Ming infiltrates a heavily guarded manor in Great Tai’s capital under moonlight, intending to assassinate a major enemy.
• Two powerful Ninth Heaven Ancestor Realm experts guard the area:
  • An elderly Near-Immortal man stationed nearby.
  • Yin Xiu, Jing Qian’s junior sister, who is refining a Kunsteel flying dagger with Moon Essence.
• Qin Ming investigates instead of attacking immediately, studying the manor’s defenses and planning an escape route in case a True Immortal intervenes.
• He captures an alchemist leaving the Underground Palace and learns the truth: an extraterrestrial demon is refining the Butian Divine Medicine inside.
• Qin Ming identifies the masked alchemist as Heng Ye, a Great Sage of the Black Vault Ancient Cult and an old enemy who previously coveted Qin Ming’s powerful life spirituality as an ingredient for the medicine.
• The Butian Divine Medicine is revealed to be a horrific, extremely valuable medicine made from the Light of Spirituality extracted from gifted geniuses. It can raise one’s potential and possibly allow a breakthrough toward the Dao Venerable level.
• Qin Ming launches a direct assault through the Underground Palace, using his Exotic Metal Spear to pierce through guards, Grandmasters, and Ancestor Realm experts. He kills everyone blocking his path with overwhelming speed and force.
• Reaching the alchemy hall, Qin Ming discovers numerous corpses—including children—whose spiritual essence was used in the medicine’s refinement. He responds with ruthless determination, killing the guards and alchemists.
• Heng Ye confronts him but immediately realizes that Qin Ming’s attack is too swift for him to delay. The two engage in a fierce battle.
• Qin Ming wounds Heng Ye several times, cutting his shoulder and scalp, but fails to land a fatal blow.
• Heng Ye activates a Yin-Yang Resonance Stone, sending a warning to the distant imperial palace and summoning the Great Tai True Immortal.
• He taunts Qin Ming, threatening that the approaching True Immortal will cripple him and that he will ultimately refine Qin Ming into perfect-grade Butian Divine Medicine.

Character Developments

• Qin Ming: Demonstrates immense confidence and growth, daring to invade an imperial capital alone. He remains calm and strategic before the attack, carefully mapping his escape route, but becomes consumed by fury after learning that Heng Ye intends to use him as medicine. His assault reveals his overwhelming combat ability, speed, and willingness to kill without hesitation.
• Heng Ye: Is exposed as even more ruthless and obsessed than before. His desire to refine Qin Ming into superior Butian Divine Medicine explains his previous attempts to befriend and manipulate him. Although he is powerful and survives Qin Ming’s initial assault, he is forced into a desperate battle and resorts to summoning outside help.
• Yin Xiu and the elderly guardian: Their presence emphasizes the extraordinary importance of the underground operation and the strength of Great Tai’s defenses. Yin Xiu’s Kunsteel weapon also reveals the valuable resources available in this seemingly low-martial world.

Significant Themes

• Betrayal disguised as friendship: Heng Ye’s earlier attempts to form a “life-and-death” friendship with Qin Ming were motivated by the desire to consume his exceptional spirituality.
• The cost of power and immortality: The Butian Divine Medicine is created through the slaughter and exploitation of gifted lives, showing the brutality behind the pursuit of greater potential and longevity.
• Righteous vengeance versus cold calculation: Qin Ming begins with careful planning, but the discovery of the corpses and Heng Ye’s intentions transforms the mission into a merciless act of revenge.
• Time and urgency: Qin Ming must kill Heng Ye quickly before the True Immortal or the imperial forces arrive, making speed more important than prolonged combat.
• Growth and changing power dynamics: Qin Ming’s ability to overwhelm numerous high-level defenders shows how far he has advanced, while Heng Ye’s reliance on outside intervention suggests that he cannot defeat Qin Ming alone.

Character Interactions

• Qin Ming silently observes the two powerful guardians and avoids engaging them prematurely.
• He interrogates an alchemist to uncover Heng Ye’s identity and the purpose of the Underground Palace.
• Qin Ming and Heng Ye exchange hostile words during their battle. Heng Ye attempts to stall him by suggesting they talk, then openly threatens and mocks him once the fight intensifies.
• Their conflict is deeply personal: Qin Ming sees Heng Ye as someone who tried to exploit and consume him, while Heng Ye views Qin Ming primarily as an exceptionally valuable ingredient.
• The chapter ends with Heng Ye summoning the True Immortal, raising the stakes for the next confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• Qin Ming, operating under the name Zheng Guang, fights Heng Ye in the Underground Palace. Though Heng Ye is the more powerful cultivator by rank, Qin Ming quickly wounds him and presses the attack.
• The silver-haired elder and Yin Xiu join the battle, turning it into a three-against-one struggle. All three are Near-Immortal experts, but Qin Ming steadily overwhelms them.
• The fight destroys the Medicine Refining Hall and most of its rare medicines. Qin Ming saves only four of eight jade boxes; the loss infuriates him.
• Yin Xiu attacks with two concealed Kunsteel throwing knives. Qin Ming catches the bright blade, blocks the hidden black one with his Kunsteel ring, and takes both weapons. He then kills Yin Xiu with a powerful combined attack.
• Qin Ming kills the silver-haired elder as the Fist Immortal approaches. With the True Immortal about to break through the ground, Qin Ming uses Longevity Force to immobilize Heng Ye, captures him, and calmly insists he will survive.

Character developments

• Qin Ming displays overwhelming combat skill, resourcefulness, and composure, even when outnumbered. His grief over the destroyed medicines briefly gives way to fury, but he remains focused and economical, recovering his blood after capturing Heng Ye.
• Heng Ye tries to bolster his allies by insisting that the Fist Immortal’s arrival will save them, though his fear grows as Qin Ming kills them one by one. He ultimately abandons fighting and flees, then faces capture with defiance.
• Yin Xiu is patient and tactical, saving her signature throwing knives for the right moment. Even her carefully prepared double attack fails, and she dies in the battle.
• The silver-haired elder fights desperately to uphold his reputation and survive until help arrives, but his confidence cannot withstand Qin Ming’s strength.
• The Fist Immortal reacts swiftly to the alarm, showing both his concern for the Butian Divine Medicine and the formidable military power of the imperial clan.

Significant themes

• Power and desperation: Even elite cultivators can be driven into desperate, self-destructive combat when faced with a superior opponent.
• The cost of conflict: The battle destroys precious medicines and buildings, underscoring how violence wastes resources as well as lives.
• Cunning versus force: Qin Ming counters his opponents not only through strength but also through timing, perception, and the clever use of techniques and weapons.
• Composure in crisis: While his enemies panic and cling to the hope of rescue, Qin Ming remains controlled—even as the Fist Immortal closes in.

Character interactions

• Heng Ye attempts to intimidate Qin Ming and rally his allies by invoking the approaching Fist Immortal; Qin Ming answers with relentless attacks.
• The silver-haired elder and Yin Xiu coordinate their attacks with Heng Ye, but the three are gradually driven back.
• Yin Xiu’s concealed second knife nearly catches Qin Ming off guard, prompting him to use his Kunsteel ring defensively before claiming both weapons.
• As the Fist Immortal approaches, Heng Ye expects Qin Ming to be doomed; Qin Ming captures him and rejects that assumption, setting up a confrontation with the imperial forces.

Chapter Summary: “The Imperial Dynasty Loses All Face”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Ming/Zheng Guang raids the Great Tai Imperial Dynasty’s Underground Palace, killing its alchemists and three Near-Immortal experts.
• He captures Heng Ye, the strongest inheritor of the Black Vault Ancient Cult, and uses him as a human shield while preparing to fight the Fist Immortal.
• The retired Great Tai emperor, known as the Fist Immortal, arrives with another True Immortal—the bearded giant riding a six-winged Black Tiger. Qin Ming unleashes a saber strike powerful enough to resemble a True Immortal’s divine ability.
• Rather than engage two True Immortals directly, Qin Ming withdraws. Using the Exotic Gold Cloth, he opens a spatial passage and escapes, humiliating Great Tai’s forces after they fail to find him.
• The Fist Immortal orders an investigation and attempts to reconstruct the Butian Divine Medicine formula from the stolen research. He also orders the pursuit of “Jing Qian”/Dayi, blaming him for the attack.
• Inside the Exotic Gold Cloth, Qin Ming tortures and interrogates Heng Ye. Heng Ye offers a Memory Crystal containing a message from Su Lingshu, hoping to influence Qin Ming or create conflict between them.
• Su Lingshu urges Qin Ming to release Heng Ye and argues that outsiders must cooperate to survive in the New World. Qin Ming rejects her appeal, criticizing her for ignoring Heng Ye’s attempt to kill him.
• Heng Ye attempts to self-destruct to prevent Qin Ming from extracting further secrets. Qin Ming stops him briefly, but Heng Ye successfully blocks access to his memories. Qin Ming then kills him.
• Qin Ming obtains valuable spoils, including two Kunsteel flying daggers and four boxes of high-grade Strange Medicine.
• Great Tai publicly brands Dayi as a monstrous criminal responsible for destroying five sects, using him as a scapegoat for the Imperial Capital’s humiliation.
• Learning that Si Yeli has appeared in the neighboring Eternal Kingdom, Qin Ming decides to travel there and secretly asks Princess Wu Chan to protect her.
• Before leaving, Qin Ming plans one final major attack: he intends to kill Great Tai’s guardian Heavenly Phoenix while it is weakened and undergoing Nirvana.

Character Developments

• Qin Ming/Zheng Guang: Demonstrates remarkable growth, defeating Near-Immortals and producing a saber strike that alarms True Immortals. He becomes more confident and aggressive, believing he can now contend briefly with True Immortal-level opponents. He also shows strategic restraint by abandoning a direct fight when facing two True Immortals.
• Heng Ye: Falls from a powerful Great Sage to a helpless prisoner. His humiliation deepens as Qin Ming uses him as a shield, beats him, extracts information, and ultimately kills him. Even in defeat, Heng Ye remains manipulative, attempting to turn Qin Ming against Su Lingshu and protect his secrets through self-destruction.
• The Fist Immortal: Revealed as powerful but cautious and politically constrained. He avoids directly clashing with Qin Ming’s saber strike underground, then responds to the attack through cover-ups, investigation, and a public manhunt.
• Su Lingshu: Presents herself as a leader among the outsiders and advocates cooperation, but her attempt to secure Heng Ye’s release fails because she lacks the authority—and physical presence—to intimidate Qin Ming.
• The Great Tai Dynasty: Suffers a major loss of prestige. Despite mobilizing multiple True Immortals and sealing the Imperial Capital, it cannot capture the intruder and must blame an absent criminal to preserve its reputation.

Significant Themes

• Humiliation and loss of face: The Imperial Dynasty’s inability to defend its Underground Palace or capture Qin Ming becomes the central political embarrassment.
• Power versus strategy: Qin Ming’s strength has grown dramatically, but his survival depends equally on timing, retreat, spatial treasures, and avoiding unnecessary battles.
• Scapegoating and propaganda: Great Tai distorts the truth by blaming Dayi for multiple crimes, protecting the dynasty’s reputation and concealing its own failure.
• Cooperation versus distrust: Su Lingshu argues that outsiders need unity, but Qin Ming distrusts alliances that ignore personal grievances and justice.
• The dangers of ambition: Qin Ming repeatedly tests the limits of his cultivation, balancing extraordinary gains against the risk of provoking True Immortals.
• Exploitation of the dead: The Fist Immortal’s forces drain the corpses of their own fallen experts for medicinal resources, highlighting the dynasty’s ruthless pragmatism.

Important Character Interactions

• Qin Ming humiliates Heng Ye by carrying him as a shield, later beating and interrogating him.
• Qin Ming’s saber strike forces the Fist Immortal and the bearded giant to treat him as a possible True Immortal-level threat.
• Su Lingshu communicates through a Memory Crystal and asks Qin Ming to release Heng Ye; Qin Ming rejects her authority and mocks her attempt to intervene.
• Heng Ye tries to manipulate Qin Ming by revealing Su Lingshu’s dismissive opinion of him, but Qin Ming recognizes the tactic.
• Qin Ming worries about Si Yeli’s safety and takes steps to protect her before launching his next attack on Great Tai.

Plot points and events

• Qin Ming returns to the Great Tai Imperial Capital to attack the Heavenly Phoenix, the dynasty’s guardian deity while it undergoes Nirvana. He arranges a disturbance in a neighboring city to draw away the Fist Immortal, then sneaks into the palace inside the invisible Exotic Gold Cloth, using a Flowing Light Bird as a mount.
• He reaches the imperial harem and finds the Phoenix weakened and completely featherless. After concealing himself and preparing his strength, Qin Ming launches a surprise saber strike. The Phoenix blocks with its right wing, losing a large piece, and escapes the hall.
• The Fist Immortal, an ancient imperial consort, and the Six-Winged Black Tiger’s rider converge. Qin Ming grabs the severed wing and escapes through the palace’s Spirit Lake, evading the search despite the attackers’ efforts to drain and scour it.
• Rather than leave, Qin Ming doubles back while the palace remains in chaos. He ambushes the Phoenix again, cuts off part of its left wing, and takes that piece too. After briefly clashing with the wounded bird, he flees over the city walls and vanishes into the moat.
• At dawn, he escapes the capital by Flowing Light Bird. The imperial forces are left searching, while the wounded Phoenix and old emperor are furious and humiliated.

Character developments

• Qin Ming proves resourceful, patient, and audacious: he carefully plans his approach, knows when to retreat, and then risks returning to exploit the confusion. His humor remains intact even as powerful foes pursue him.
• The Heavenly Phoenix, already weakened by its coming Nirvana, becomes increasingly injured, enraged, and distressed. Losing pieces of both wings threatens its rebirth and strips it of its composure.
• The Fist Immortal and the imperial defenders are shown to be formidable but unable to anticipate or capture Qin Ming. The repeated breach of their supposedly secure palace deeply wounds the dynasty’s pride.

Significant themes

• Cunning over direct strength: Qin Ming survives by using concealment, timing, misdirection, and a prepared escape route rather than fighting four True Immortals head-on.
• Risk and audacity: His second raid is an especially dangerous gamble, driven by the opportunity created by the palace’s confusion.
• Power and vulnerability: Even a divine, long-lived being is exposed while weakened and preparing for rebirth.
• Humiliation and wounded authority: The repeated attacks turn the imperial palace’s security failure into a public affront to the dynasty.

Character interactions

• Qin Ming’s attacks provoke the Phoenix into an increasingly personal pursuit, while his taunts deepen its humiliation.
• The Phoenix blames the old emperor for failing to protect it; he tries to reassure it with the promise of restorative medicine.
• The Fist Immortal, imperial consort, and tiger-mounted True Immortal join forces to hunt Qin Ming, but he repeatedly slips away before they can corner him.

Plot points and events

• News spreads that Dayi attacked Great Tai’s Imperial Palace, severely humiliating the dynasty and twice cutting the wings of its divine guardian, the Heavenly Phoenix. Great Tai downplays the damage, but rumors and reports carry the story across the nations.
• Great Tai raises Dayi’s bounty and labels him a notorious criminal. Qin Ming privately resolves to claim the reward himself once he grows stronger.
• Qin Ming reaches the Eternal Kingdom, where he hears troubling reports of outsiders dying and learns that Si Yeli has disappeared. He hires two shadow organizations, whose investigations confirm she came to the kingdom and was last seen near the Sunset Plain while traveling toward Great Tai.
• The reports say Wu Chan, the Eternal Kingdom princess, sent experts to help Si Yeli; they were attacked and suffered heavy losses. Wu Chan then went in person with elite fighters to search for her.
• Qin Ming rushes to the Sunset Plain. He notices a mountain range whose peaks appear to have been cut level by a single sword stroke, evidence of an extraordinary power beyond the world’s usual limits.
• In Purple Radiance City, Qin Ming finds Lu Chongyuan and learns Wu Chan has not returned. Lu reveals that she left important clues at a temporary palace. Qin Ming asks to see them.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Ming/Dayi becomes the subject of international attention after his attack, but remains focused on finding Si Yeli. He feels guilty at the possibility that she may have been endangered because of him.
• Qin Ming treats his Flowing Light Bird, Number Two, with unexpected care: he feeds and strengthens it, then releases it. The bird chooses to stay with him.
• Wu Chan, whose true identity is Su Yunxi, is impressed by Dayi’s strength and takes personal responsibility for helping Si Yeli.
• Lu Chongyuan is alarmed by Dayi’s reputation and worried for Wu Chan. When Qin Ming reveals himself, the two discuss Wu Chan’s search and the clues she left.
• Great Tai’s Heavenly Phoenix and Fist Immortal remain furious and humiliated by Dayi’s attack. Meanwhile, distant sects and leaders reassess him, with fear often replacing earlier resentment.

Significant themes

• Reputation and rumor: Dayi’s actual attack is dramatic, but exaggerations and official denials shape how the nations understand it.
• Power and limits: The levelled mountains suggest abilities far beyond what people believe this world permits, hinting at hidden forces and mysteries.
• Loyalty and responsibility: Qin Ming’s urgent search for Si Yeli and Wu Chan’s efforts to protect her show how personal obligations persist amid political upheaval.
• Fear and influence: Even far from Great Tai, Dayi’s actions change how factions behave, demonstrating the reach of a powerful reputation.

Chapter Summary: “Betrayal”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Ming arrives in Purple Radiance City, where Lu Chongyuan gives him a Frost-Pattern Wood hairpin that once belonged to Si Yeli. Through resonance, Qin confirms that Si Yeli had been in the region and identifies a distant flat-topped mountain as the hairpin’s source.
• The hairpin was found near an Ancient Battlefield in Sunset Plain, a place saturated with deadly Killing Intent and associated with a massive war between powerful beings from Beyond Heaven roughly eight thousand years earlier.
• Lu Chongyuan reveals that Wu Chan entered the battlefield and has not returned. He had remained behind because she suspected Qin Ming might appear.
• Qin promises Lu Chongyuan that he may eventually take him out of the New World, offering the possibility of extending his severely limited lifespan. Lu Chongyuan becomes genuinely devoted to Qin.
• Qin secretly consults the underground organizations Orderkeeper and World Crossing for intelligence. He confirms that no True Immortal has recently appeared in Sunset Plain, reducing—but not eliminating—the danger.
• Lu Chongyuan gathers several powerful nobles and experts, including three Middle Ancestor Realm figures, to accompany Qin into the battlefield. Qin disguises himself as “Zheng Guang,” claiming to be an expert invited by the princess.
• Along the journey, the group discusses Dayi, the wanted criminal who attacked the Great Tai Dynasty’s imperial palace. Qin jokingly implies that he is Dayi, but the others dismiss it as humor.
• At the Ancient Battlefield, Wu Chan is waiting. She initially acts warmly toward Qin and confirms that Si Yeli entered the battlefield, possibly while being pursued. She also reveals that one of the fallen Extraterrestrial Demons may have been Si Yeli’s ancestor.
• Qin enters the Black Mist and uses resonance to confirm that Si Yeli fought or struggled within the battlefield. He finds battle marks, deep footprints, and shattered bloodstained armor, but no decisive evidence of her fate.
• Qin suddenly senses that he has been deceived. He realizes that resonance has been used to conceal or manipulate the situation and discovers a True Immortal in the sky, along with other powerful experts.
• Wu Chan’s attitude turns cold. She admits that although she had considered becoming close to Dayi, she has chosen to betray him. Qin confronts her, asking how she can repay the man who once saved both her and Lu Chongyuan by trying to kill him.

Character Developments

• Qin Ming: Becomes increasingly cautious and investigative. His concern for Si Yeli drives him into a dangerous battlefield, while his knowledge of the New World’s power structure leads him to monitor the True Immortals. He also demonstrates compassion and strategic generosity by promising Lu Chongyuan a longer life. By the end, his confidence gives way to alert suspicion when he recognizes the ambush.
• Lu Chongyuan: Shifts from a courteous servant into a deeply loyal follower after Qin offers him a chance to escape the New World’s lifespan limits. However, he is later shocked and confused by Wu Chan’s betrayal, placing him in an emotionally and politically dangerous position.
• Wu Chan: Initially appears concerned, welcoming, and even unusually affectionate toward Qin. Her behavior reassures Qin and convinces the accompanying nobles that he truly saved her life. Her sudden return to an emotionless, icy demeanor reveals that her warmth may have been part of a calculated deception.
• The nobles and accompanying experts: Begin skeptical of Qin because of his youthful appearance but gradually become intrigued by his connection to Wu Chan. They are stunned to learn that he is actually Dayi and are even more shocked when Wu Chan turns against him.

Significant Themes

• Betrayal and misplaced trust: Qin believes Wu Chan may be an ally because he once saved her, but she uses that relationship to lure him into danger.
• The cost of mortality: The New World’s strict lifespan limits make longevity a powerful temptation, explaining Lu Chongyuan’s intense devotion and the desperation of its strongest inhabitants.
• Hidden identities and deception: Qin travels under the alias Zheng Guang while secretly being Dayi. Wu Chan likewise conceals her true intentions behind a rare display of warmth.
• The legacy of ancient wars: The Ancient Battlefield preserves the traces of an immense conflict between Beyond-Heaven beings, suggesting that the present world is shaped by powers and events far greater than ordinary cultivators understand.
• Resonance as both insight and vulnerability: Qin’s resonance allows him to uncover Si Yeli’s movements, but he discovers that others can use similar methods, meaning his greatest investigative advantage can also expose him to traps.

Character Interactions

• Qin and Lu Chongyuan develop a bond based on mutual benefit and genuine loyalty, with Qin treating him generously and Lu Chongyuan pledging himself completely.
• Qin maintains a playful relationship with the gathered nobles, joking about being Dayi and adopting the name “Zheng Guang.”
• Wu Chan’s unusually warm greeting toward Qin surprises everyone and publicly confirms their previous connection.
• Qin and Wu Chan investigate the battlefield together, with Qin casually patting her shoulder while resonating with her—an action that shocks the watching nobles because of her normally untouchable status.
• The chapter ends with their relationship violently recontextualized: Wu Chan stands with the hidden enemies, while Qin accuses her of betraying him despite the life-saving help he once gave her.

Key plot points and events

• Wu Chan has betrayed Qin Ming, apparently siding with visitors from beyond this world. Her retainer, Lu Chongyuan, is shaken by her choice, while Qin Ming reflects that prolonged kindness can curdle into resentment.
• Wu Zhaoyan, the Eternal Kingdom’s likely heir, confronts Qin Ming and taunts him while a formation traps him in the earth. A True Immortal archer takes aim from above.
• Qin Ming recognizes the other members of the ambush: Wu Yu, a True Immortal of the Heng Kingdom, and Jing Qian, the Sword Immortal, who seeks revenge for the deaths of his disciple and junior martial sister.
• Though badly outmatched by three True Immortals, Qin Ming acts defiantly to test whether more enemies are hidden nearby. He suspects his Resonance Method was studied and deliberately countered.
• Qin Ming draws out Bai Heng, a Great Sage and sworn brother of Qi Geng. Bai Heng’s anger leads him to reveal that Qi Geng and Fang Zhiwei are involved in the plot.
• The expected True Immortal ally cannot attend because the Dao Watchtower’s experts are hunting Cao Wudao, a notorious seventh-realm Great Sage accused of infiltrating the sacred land to steal a supreme medicinal treasure.
• Qin Ming concludes that Wu Chan followed her brother’s lead and allied herself with Qi Geng.

Character developments

• Qin Ming remains controlled and provocative despite recognizing the danger. His bravado is partly a tactic to expose the enemy’s numbers and plans, even as he privately understands how perilous the situation is.
• Wu Chan appears emotionally detached as she chooses betrayal over loyalty or gratitude.
• Lu Chongyuan struggles to reconcile Wu Chan’s decision with his belief in repaying kindness.
• Wu Zhaoyan is confident and politically composed, treating the trap as proof of his advantage.
• Bai Heng is easily provoked by Qin Ming’s insults, revealing information in his anger.
• Jing Qian remains silent and cold, driven by personal vengeance.

Character interactions

• Qin Ming challenges Wu Chan and Wu Zhaoyan over betrayal, debt, and the limits of their power.
• Wu Zhaoyan taunts Qin Ming for being trapped; Qin Ming answers by belittling the prince’s strength.
• Qin Ming provokes Bai Heng repeatedly until he identifies himself and discloses his connection to Qi Geng and Fang Zhiwei.
• Wu Zhaoyan and Bai Heng openly discuss the missing True Immortal and the Dao Watchtower crisis in front of Qin Ming.

Significant themes

• Karma and obligation: Kindness, gratitude, and long-standing debts can become sources of resentment or betrayal.
• Betrayal and shifting loyalties: Wu Chan’s choice reflects the influence of family and political alliances over personal bonds.
• Power and bravado: Qin Ming’s defiance masks genuine danger while serving as a strategy to probe his opponents.
• Deception and preparation: The ambush shows how thoroughly Qin Ming’s methods have been studied and countered.
• Wider conflict: The hunt for Cao Wudao suggests that powerful figures and sacred institutions are caught up in a broader struggle beyond Qin Ming’s immediate confrontation.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Qi Geng and Bai Heng persuade the Eternal Kingdom’s Prince Wu Zhaoyan and Dao Watchtower’s allies to help kill Qin Ming, who is living under the name Zheng Guang. They invoke old conflicts between outsiders: thousands of years earlier, the Jade Capital faction’s Great Sage was defeated and his followers wiped out by Dao Watchtower.
• Qin Ming realizes the current hostility is tied to that ancient feud, even though he had no part in it. He challenges Wu Zhaoyan for joining the plot, but the prince says his alliance with Qi Geng is already firm.
• The imperial forces trap Qin Ming inside the Ancient Battlefield using Slaying Ten Thousand Immortals, a fearsome array powered by five thousand Dao Soldiers. Its blood-colored barrier blocks escape, and the array’s linked Dao patterns can let the soldiers withstand attacks that would otherwise kill them.
• Qin Ming’s attacks fail, and he recognizes the danger. While the others assume the array will finish him, he uses the Exotic Gold Cloth in an unexpected way: he opens it like a sack and pulls the Dao Soldiers into its space, severing their connections to the array.
• As Qin Ming steadily consumes the troops, he searches for the array disk, hoping to destroy the weapon at its source.

Character developments

• Qin Ming remains defiant despite being outnumbered and trapped. He shifts from testing the array with direct attacks to exploiting the Exotic Gold Cloth, revealing a clever and resourceful side.
• Wu Zhaoyan commits to the alliance with Qi Geng, valuing its political and sectarian benefits over his sister’s objections.
• Wu Chan becomes increasingly uneasy. She believes attacking Qin Ming is wrong and worries that choosing her brother’s side may prove a grave mistake.
• Qi Geng shows how his influence rests on both his connection to Dao Watchtower and his ability to offer powerful opportunities, including possible advancement for Wu Chan.

Significant themes

• Old grudges and inherited conflict: Qin Ming is targeted for the actions of a predecessor from thousands of years ago, illustrating how historical violence can shape present alliances.
• Power, politics, and self-interest: Wu Zhaoyan’s cooperation with Qi Geng is presented as an exchange of benefits, not merely personal loyalty.
• Choice and consequence: Wu Zhaoyan warns Wu Chan that choices matter, while the unfolding attack makes the consequences of his own decision immediate.
• Adaptability against overwhelming force: Qin Ming survives not by overpowering the array conventionally, but by finding a way around its design.

Character interactions

• Qin Ming and Bai Heng argue over the past conflict and whether Qin Ming can escape the array.
• Qin Ming confronts Wu Zhaoyan, who insists his bond with Qi Geng leaves no room to retreat.
• Wu Chan repeatedly asks that Qin Ming be spared; Wu Zhaoyan dismisses her concerns and frames the attack as necessary.
• Qi Geng and Wu Zhaoyan exchange assurances, while Wu Zhaoyan encourages Wu Chan to thank Qi Geng for the prospect of her future training.
• Inside the array, Qin Ming taunts the Exotic Gold Cloth for failing to act, then takes matters into his own hands by using it to devour the Dao Soldiers.