Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Qin Ming, still only a Near-Immortal Being, is ambushed in the mountains by three middle-stage True Immortals: Wei Heng of the Big Dipper Sacred Land, Mu Shou of the Dark Organization, and Jiang Yong of the World Crossing Organization. Their powerful arts injure him, but he counters several attacks and wounds Mu Shou.
• When the fight turns against him, Qin Ming uses the Exotic Gold Cloth’s hidden space as a weapon. He catches Wei Heng’s leg and Jiang Yong’s arm and torso in its closing edge, crippling both. He then overwhelms Mu Shou, leaving all three defeated and at his mercy.
• Qin Ming has the three brought into the cloth’s inner space, where Little Yellow confirms it can collect souls. He then sends a covert guard to spread a false report that he is near death, drawing attention and helping set his larger plan in motion.
• Qin Ming returns secretly to Radiant Peace City, coordinates with Lu Zizai, Meng Zhiyu, and others, then appears publicly. The three enemies’ remains are displayed at the city gate, shocking the world and provoking outrage from the Big Dipper Sacred Land.
• The Lord of the Big Dipper mobilizes his True Immortals and vows to execute Qin Ming. Qin answers with a public challenge, but suspects his allies may already be moving against the Sacred Land’s home base. He heads north secretly to ensure he does not lose the spoils—or let the plan slip beyond his control.
• The chapter ends with the Lord of the Big Dipper learning that celestial demons have appeared near his sect. He recognizes Qin may be headed there and plans to trap the attackers together.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Ming proves far more formidable than his cultivation suggests, but recognizes that fighting several True Immortals head-on leaves him dangerously exposed. He adapts by exploiting the cloth’s unusual, lethal closing edge. His confidence and ruthlessness grow, alongside his suspicion that his fellow countrymen may be acting for their own gain.
• Wei Heng, Mu Shou, and Jiang Yong begin with overwhelming confidence and covet Qin Ming’s treasure. Their surprise at his abilities turns to desperation; each is maimed or killed, exposing the limits of their cultivation advantage.
• Little Yellow confirms its ability to collect souls, though Qin Ming’s crude description of the prisoners’ “food” disgusts it.
• The Lord of the Big Dipper responds to Wei Heng’s death with controlled resolve. Though he regrets losing a capable successor, he treats the attack on his sect as an opportunity to ensnare his enemies.
• Qin Ming’s exchanges with his allies are strategic rather than trusting: he arranges their moves, then worries they may be trying to claim the victory for themselves. His encounter with Chu Kong’s frightened grandson offers a brief comic contrast to the escalating crisis.

Significant themes

• Ingenuity versus raw power: Qin Ming survives a severe cultivation gap through timing and an unconventional weapon.
• The cost of underestimation: The three attackers assume their strength guarantees a quick victory and pay dearly for it.
• Strategy, deception, and shifting alliances: Qin stages his apparent peril to manipulate events, while doubting whether his own side is pursuing the same objectives.
• Escalation and public spectacle: The displayed remains turn a private ambush into a political provocation, making open conflict with the Big Dipper Sacred Land inevitable.
• Ambition and control: Both Qin Ming and the Lord of the Big Dipper try to dictate where the coming battle will take place—and who will be caught off guard.

Plot points and events

• Qin Ming marches north to confront the Big Dipper Sacred Land, leaving three defeated leaders’ bodies displayed at Great Qin’s capital. Though many assume the Sacred Land will crush him, his challenge encourages other factions to act.
• With Qin Ming away, the Wu Family hopes to restore its former kingdom, but its attempt to recruit Chu Kong fails when they learn he is traveling.
• As the Big Dipper’s Holy Lord and leading immortals head out to fight Qin Ming, the Sacred Land’s defenders face a sudden attack at home: seven powerful extraterrestrial demons assault its mountain gate. The old protective array proves ineffective, though formidable puppet beasts slow the invaders.
• Opportunists converge on the Sacred Land, many disguising themselves as reinforcements. The Nine Great Bandits and Four Great Scoundrels join the demons in attacking; other raiders, including demon clans, arrive seeking the Sacred Land’s treasures and immortal medicine.
• Qin Ming’s companions watch from hiding, hoping to exploit the turmoil, but the invasion grows into a worldwide assault. The Sacred Land’s defenses collapse, forcing its Second Elder to summon the Holy Lord.
• Troops from the other three Sacred Lands emerge from ambush, revealing they had planned to help eliminate Qin Ming and his allies. Instead, they are caught amid the enormous invasion. The returning Big Dipper Holy Lord and Grand Supreme Elder arrive, but the attackers’ numbers continue to swell, including the Three Saints of the Demon Race.
• Qin Ming reaches the Ice Wasteland and finds the Big Dipper Sacred Land already in ruins. As he wonders how his challenge sparked such a disaster, he sees the moon turn blood-red.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Ming has become a feared, respected force whose challenge to the Sacred Lands inspires others—but the scale of the resulting upheaval surprises even him.
• The Big Dipper Second Elder shifts from confidence in the Sacred Land’s defenses to alarm and desperation as the array fails and allies prove to be impostors.
• Qin Ming’s companions, including Lu Zizai, Zhou Tian, and Meng Zhiyu, initially plan to take advantage of the attack. They grow alarmed as the raid becomes an uncontrolled siege.
• Su Jinse, the genuine Dao Watchtower Saintess, is embarrassed to see her identity impersonated. She argues that her Sacred Land’s small contingent may be observing rather than actively betraying Qin Ming.
• The invading factions form opportunistic alliances: raiders and extraterrestrial demons cooperate against the Big Dipper, while the three Sacred Lands’ hidden troops arrive with a separate anti-Qin agenda.

Significant themes

• The collapse of established authority: Qin Ming’s defiance acts as a spark, revealing how widely the Four Sacred Lands are resented.
• Opportunism and betrayal: Many attackers disguise themselves as rescuers, and apparent allies pursue their own interests.
• Unintended consequences: Qin Ming’s challenge triggers a much larger crisis than he anticipated.
• The danger of complacency: The Big Dipper’s old defenses and prestige cannot protect it once the balance of power shifts.

Plot points and events

• The Big Dipper Sacred Land is attacked by a vast coalition led by the Three Saints of Three Saints Mountain. The attackers want its secret vaults and Immortal Medicine Garden; the Three Saints also believe sacrificing the sacred land may help them attain the Dao.
• The Big Dipper Sword Formation inflicts heavy casualties, but the invaders’ numbers and coordinated assaults overwhelm the defenders. Subordinate kingdoms and factions—including the Yun Kingdom—betray the Big Dipper, and more than eighty percent of its disciples are killed.
• The Lord of the Big Dipper tries to rally the other three sacred lands, but they cannot break through the encirclement or bring help in time. The sacred land’s defenses and sword formation begin to fail.
• Qin Ming watches the disaster unfold. The larger piece of his Exotic Gold Cloth suddenly tears away and flies toward the blood moon, taking his External Demon body and other possessions with it; he is left with a small remnant and his weapons.
• The blood moon gives rise to extraordinary heavenly visions: immortal light, a stairway descending toward the Mortal World, and apparent celestial medicine. A force associated with these phenomena intensifies everyone’s negative emotions and killing intent.
• The madness spreads beyond the battlefield. Qin Ming and his companions are pulled into the fighting despite recognizing something is wrong; even cultivators who retreat cannot escape the influence. Across the world, people see the celestial spectacle and begin to believe ascension is at hand.
• During brief lucid moments, Qin Ming and his companions regroup and protect one another. After another violent episode, Qin Ming wakes surrounded by friends and exhausted. Mu Shinian’s earlier moon-climbing boast and the lipstick marks on Qin Ming’s face prompt comic accusations between him and Niu Wuwei.

Character developments and interactions

• The Lord of the Big Dipper shifts from confident defender to desperate leader, pleading for aid and recognizing that his sacred land may be doomed.
• The Golden-Winged Roc and the other Saints reveal their ambition and ruthless resolve; even the Roc becomes more bloodthirsty under the moon’s influence.
• The Yun Kingdom’s Grand Emperor openly abandons the Big Dipper, admitting he seeks life-prolonging medicine and hopes to secure an advantage for his descendants.
• Qin Ming remains wary and practical, using Chaos Force to resist the emotional contagion. Still, he is not immune and ends up fighting alongside his companions.
• Lu Zizai, Si Yeli, Meng Zhiyu, Niu Wuwei, Mu Shinian, and the others retain enough awareness to recognize Qin Ming and resist attacking one another, though they cannot control their urge to fight. Their cooperation becomes essential.
• The closing exchange between Qin Ming and Niu Wuwei provides humor amid the carnage, showing their familiar, teasing relationship.

Significant themes

• Collective collapse and betrayal: Greed, ambition, and self-preservation turn former allies and subordinate factions against the Big Dipper.
• Manipulation and loss of control: The moon’s influence magnifies existing emotions rather than simply erasing reason, making even powerful, disciplined beings vulnerable.
• The fragility of power: The Big Dipper’s reputation and defenses prove insufficient against a united, opportunistic attack.
• Cosmic mystery and foreboding: The blood moon, celestial stairway, and departing Exotic Gold Cloth suggest that the massacre is connected to a far larger transformation.
• Loyalty amid chaos: Qin Ming and his companions struggle to protect one another even as the force driving the world toward violence overwhelms them.

Chapter Summary: “Slaying Foes and Ascending”

Key plot points and events

• During the aftermath of a chaotic battle, Qin Ming teases Niu Wuwei by planting a strand of Meng Zhiyu’s silver hair on him and joking that he is involved with the Nine-Tailed White Fox. The Fox exposes the trick, and Niu Wuwei accuses Qin Ming of framing him.
• Qin Ming warns the group that another wave of the mysterious tide may overwhelm their reason. Si Yeli is badly injured after shielding him from a True Immortal’s sword attack; Qin Ming reassures her and vows to avenge her.
• The group decides to fight toward the Immortal Medicine Garden rather than retreat. Qin Ming hunts down and kills the True Immortal who wounded Si Yeli, using his Yin-Yang Sacred Shears. His victory frightens nearby fighters, and he has the Yellow Gauze Canopy Umbrella absorb the dead man’s soul.
• As the tide returns and battle erupts again, Lu Zizai kills a True Immortal, while the Nine-Tailed White Fox helps defend the group. Qin Ming’s allies hold together despite the confusion and danger.
• Yuan Tian, Lord of the Big Dipper Sacred Land, calls for a decisive duel with Qin Ming. With the Sacred Land nearly destroyed, he blames Qin Ming for its fall and gathers his remaining True Immortals.
• Qin Ming takes command of the Slaying Ten Thousand Immortals Killing Array. It overwhelms the damaged Big Dipper Sword Formation, whose ancient formation disk breaks. Qin Ming isolates Yuan Tian, fights him after the Lord is badly wounded and exhausted, and kills him. The remaining Big Dipper leadership is wiped out.
• Qin Ming’s group enters the Immortal Medicine Garden and secures at least four immortal medicines. Si Yeli recovers after consuming a petal.
• Another tide arrives. The group is lifted toward the jade steps and begins ascending, but Qin Ming resists: he still has unfinished business and enemies he wants to defeat.

Character developments

• Qin Ming displays both his irreverent humor and his strategic ruthlessness. He protects his allies, avenges Si Yeli, commands the decisive formation battle, and kills Yuan Tian, but remains unwilling to leave the world before settling his grudges.
• Si Yeli reveals her devotion by risking her life to shield Qin Ming. Though gravely injured, she recovers with immortal medicine.
• Lu Zizai shows the forceful, demonic side of his nature by killing a True Immortal and helping lead the formation attack.
• Niu Wuwei is the target of Qin Ming’s teasing and becomes increasingly exasperated, though the incident is ultimately exposed as a prank.
• Yuan Tian moves from controlled hostility to open fury. Facing the collapse of his Sacred Land, he clings to revenge and dies in the final confrontation.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and sacrifice: Si Yeli’s intervention and the group’s mutual defense show the risks they take for one another.
• Revenge and responsibility: Qin Ming avenges Si Yeli, while Yuan Tian’s fixation on killing Qin Ming shapes the Sacred Land’s final stand.
• The collapse of power: The fall of the Big Dipper Sacred Land demonstrates how one leader’s choices and a decisive defeat can destroy centuries of legacy.
• Ambition versus release: Although the ascent promises departure from the battlefield, Qin Ming’s unresolved goals keep him attached to the world below.
• Humor amid violence: Qin Ming’s banter and the group’s teasing provide comic relief against the chapter’s brutal deaths and escalating conflict.

Character interactions

• Qin Ming needles Niu Wuwei with the false implication that he and the White Fox are involved; the Fox corrects him, and Niu Wuwei protests.
• Qin Ming comforts the injured Si Yeli and explains to the others why she was hurt. The group’s joking reactions ease the tension.
• Qin Ming and Yuan Tian trade accusations: Qin Ming condemns Yuan Tian as the destroyer of his own Sacred Land, while Yuan Tian vows to kill him.
• Qin Ming coordinates with Lu Zizai and the others to deploy their killing array, turning the group’s cooperation into the decisive advantage over the Big Dipper forces.

Key plot points and events

• Across the Night Mist World, powerful cultivators are drawn north and lifted skyward in a mass “ascension.” They arrive before an immense jade stairway leading toward a Blood Moon.
• The Nine-Tailed White Fox explains that similar events have occurred when the world reached the height of its prosperity, often involving visitors from beyond heaven, though she does not know the full truth.
• A voice invites the gathered cultivators to an Ascension Ceremony. It says the journey is not a contest of force: each must reach sudden enlightenment and produce an extraordinary vision to be welcomed as an honored guest.
• The stairway restores the ability to fly and use supernatural powers that were suppressed on the world’s surface. Hundreds of elite survivors begin climbing, displaying spectacular abilities.
• Qin Ming’s group confronts Yu Sheng, a young True Immortal who provokes Qin Ming while backed by the Great Sage Su Lingshu and other powerful figures. Su Lingshu challenges Qin Ming to “exchange pointers,” but the voice forbids bloody combat.
• As the ascent begins, Qin Ming manifests an enormous Heaven and Earth Manifestation, his body growing until he towers above the stairway and shakes the heavens. Observers at the road’s end recognize his Myriad Aperture Illumination Art and suspect he is connected to a legendary figure. They identify several other unusual ascenders as well.

Character developments

• Qin Ming reflects on leaving the world and unresolved vengeance, but accepts that he cannot control the larger forces at work. He remains composed when challenged and reveals overwhelming power on the ascension road.
• Zhou Tian, Mu Shinian, and the others stay close to Qin Ming, supporting him in the face of the Great Sages.
• The Nine-Tailed White Fox and Su Jinse are excited by the possibility of escaping their world and changing their fate, though the danger remains uncertain.
• The Golden-Winged Roc admits he is unsure whether ancestral memories or an outside influence guided him toward the events that made ascension possible.
• Yu Sheng attempts to challenge Qin Ming’s standing but is visibly shaken when Qin Ming’s manifestation overtakes him.
• Su Lingshu treats Qin Ming as a rival and proposes a contest, while concealing her true thoughts.

Character interactions

• Qin Ming and Zhou Tian discuss the loss of their former world and the uncertain journey ahead.
• Si Yeli teases Su Jinse, while Su Jinse reacts awkwardly.
• Niu Wuwei and Zhou Tian joke about the absent outsiders who might be waiting at the end of the road.
• Yu Sheng needles Qin Ming; Niu Wuwei and Zhou Tian mock Yu Sheng’s flattery and confidence. Qin Ming answers coldly, and his companions stand with him against the Great Sages.
• Su Lingshu’s challenge establishes an unresolved rivalry, though direct bloodshed is prohibited.
• The detached observers at the stairway’s end watch the ascenders, debate their potential, and take particular interest in Qin Ming.

Significant themes

• Fate and limited agency: Even immensely powerful cultivators are swept into events they do not understand.
• Mystery and hidden designs: The mass ascension may be part of a recurring process shaped by outside forces.
• Freedom and aspiration: Restored flight and power represent liberation from the world’s supernatural suppression.
• Trials and worthiness: Advancement depends not simply on strength, but on enlightenment and the extraordinary expression of one’s Dao.
• Ambition and rivalry: The climbers’ displays reveal their identities and abilities, while conflicts such as Qin Ming’s tension with Su Lingshu hint at future contests.

Qin Ming reached the end of the Immortal Ascension Road, impressed the hosts with his effortless progress and response to Enlightenment Tea, then turned their cultivation questions into a group discussion of problems he could not solve. The hosts offered him permission to return to the surface, and he promised a Supreme True Scripture to anyone who could answer his questions before departing.

• Qin Ming towered over the other ascenders as he climbed, while the Golden Winged Roc used sword intent and speed laws to open a path and Fang Zhiwei offered to make him a mount.
• Qin Ming woke Fu Yi, gave him guidance about the Immortal Ascension Road, and tossed him to its bottom, while keeping the other prisoners asleep.
• Qin Ming reached the platform first and joined the hosts for tea; after learning it was Enlightenment Tea, he said it merely refreshed his mind, leaving the hosts stunned by his aptitude.
• The woman in yellow asked Qin Ming about Yin-Yang Life and Death and the Gate, and he answered at length before inviting her, the hosts, and the Great Sages to discuss his own cultivation problems.
• Unable to resolve Qin Ming's questions, the hosts offered him permission to return to the surface; Qin Ming accepted and promised a Supreme True Scripture to anyone who could answer him.

Qin Ming returned to the Mortal World with several Great Sages, united the nations under Great Qin, and gathered exotic metal essence into a Nine-Colored Seal that could nourish Longevity Force. After settling the kingdom’s succession and dealing with the former Wu Family dynasty, he left the world and asked whether anyone had solved his Supreme Sovereign Conjecture.

• Qin Ming offered his Fundamental Scripture to anyone who solved half of his Supreme Sovereign Conjecture, recruited Great Sages to study it, and departed with Lu Zizai, Meng Zhiyu, Zhou Tian, and others.
• Qin Ming and his companions returned to the Mortal World in a dragon carriage, and they agreed to unite the nations while promising their escort not to intervene personally.
• Qin Ming’s companions secured the nations’ submission to Great Qin, and the nations and three great sacred lands contributed exotic metal essence to cast a Nine-Colored Seal that nourished Longevity Force.
• Qin Ming arranged for a successor to rule Great Qin, rejected Wu Chan’s plea for mercy, and released the eighteen thousand Dao Soldiers from his Killing Array.
• Qin Ming departed the unified world for Qing Ming and asked whether the Great Sages had solved the Supreme Sovereign Conjecture.

Qin Ming returned to the jade platform with immortal medicine and provoked the gathered Great Sages over his Supreme Sovereign Conjecture. He demonstrated that he could resolve flaws in the Silk Scripture, and the Blood Moon opened as the old experts reconsidered his work.

• Qin Ming returned with his companions, whose gains and lingering immortal-medicine fragrance angered the gathered Great Sages.
• Qin Ming taunted Zuo Dao, Su Lingshu, Duan Yin, Jiang Xiyi, Cao Wudao, and the others for failing to understand his conjecture, nearly provoking a fight.
• Jing Zhi and Xiao Zongbai introduced the representatives of four ancient Dao establishments, while Yun Qingrao and Lu Qingxiao warned Qin Ming that their Eighth Realm seniors had judged his method flawed.
• Qin Ming circulated the Silk Book Method before the Great Sages, demonstrating that he could merge different methods while preserving their strengths and removing their hidden dangers.
• The old experts inside the Blood Moon ordered it opened after hearing of Qin Ming's demonstration, and Qin Ming asked the gathering what they thought of his Supreme Sovereign Conjecture.

After the blood moon vanished, the ascenders learned that the stars and moon were painted illusions concealing an experimental world, then entered the Moon Palace for a Dao discussion. Qin Ming gathered ideas from Great Sages and Eighth Realm experts to develop the New Life Path, while Perching-Star Cliff’s Xie Linzhou and Yao Xingluo arrived seeking him.

• The blood moon and stars disappeared, revealing that a Ninth Realm Supreme Expert had painted the false night sky over the world, which the Great Sages suspected had been used as an experiment site.
• The ascenders reached the Moon Palace, where a Purple-Haired Old Heavenly Immortal welcomed them and confirmed that experts from their Dao establishments had arrived nearby.
• Qin Ming discussed cultivation questions with the gathered Great Sages, including Shi Yuan’s account of pure yang consciousness nurtured in a place of death.
• Xie Linzhou and Yao Xingluo of Perching-Star Cliff approached Qin Ming, suspected he knew the Myriad Aperture Illumination Art, and proposed sparring before Lu Qingxiao stopped them.
• Several Eighth Realm old monsters joined Qin Ming’s discussion, and he offered his Fundamental Scripture in exchange for ideas that could open the New Life Path.
• The old monsters secretly listened to the experts gathered beyond the Nine Heavens and copied their ideas, while Qin Ming mistook their abundance of suggestions for their own brilliance.