Arc 10The First Divine Infant

Qi Yuan led the Ancient Gods to defeat the Evil Gods, then returned to Azure Wave World with Divine Infants and began building ties with Shen Wushen and other cultivators. The stretch ended as Qi Yuan reunited with the God Flower Four Emperors and prepared to visit Dao Seeking Palace.

  • Qi Yuan gathered more than four thousand Ancient God subjects, gave them Divine Contemplation Methods, and refused Blood Sun Great Saint’s peace terms.
  • After No Food Saint Mother left him her fish, Blood Sun Great Saint emerged and killed eight Great Venerables, prompting Qi Yuan and the Ancient Gods to fight her beyond the sky.
  • The Ancient Gods used Assimilation to strengthen Qi Yuan, who reached the Yang Spirit realm, assimilated Blood Sun Great Saint and Blood God Great Saint, and destroyed them.
  • Qi Yuan moved Green Water Village into his divine domain, created 4,752 Divine Infants from the Innate True Spirit, and returned to Azure Wave World.
  • Qi Yuan’s Divine Infant cured Jiang Lingsu, and he prepared a Divine Infant Assembly while arranging cultivation arts and plans for the coming calamity.
  • At the assembly, Shen Wushen defeated thirty-three Divine Infant cultivators, but Qi Yuan defeated him and created the Core Infant Art to strengthen and repair his foundation.
  • Shen Wushen arranged to send Qi Yuan’s message and technique to Jin Li, took on tasks for Qi Yuan, and publicized Qi Yuan’s confession to Ruan Yixi.
  • Qi Yuan met Li Ruoxian, learned that Martial Lord Great Venerable resented the Blood Robe Sword God, and reunited with the God Flower Four Emperors before heading toward Dao Seeking Palace.
Chapters 227–251 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 227A Hodgepodge God Domain

Qi Yuan and the ancient gods annihilated the Evil God Main Camp in Qing Heng Continent, while Qi Yuan killed two fleeing Evil God Warlords and reached the mythic realm. The remaining Evil Gods fled Mortal Heart World, and Qi Yuan rejected Divine Thunder Great Venerable’s reckless plan to pursue the Yang Spirits.

  • Divine Thunder Great Venerable’s lightning army overwhelmed Li Yang Warlord and Tai Zhong Deputy Military Lord, while the Nine Luminaries Star Officers and other gods devastated the Evil God Main Camp.
  • Spirit Bell Great Venerable witnessed the battle from afar and remembered No Food Saint Mother’s promise that hope would come to Mortal Heart World.
  • Qi Yuan mocked Li Mountain Great Venerable’s quiet suona, then noticed two Evil God Warlords hiding nearby and killed them with his chaotic god domain and Bestowal of Divinity.
  • Divine Thunder Great Venerable slew Li Yang Warlord, and Qi Yuan’s forces executed the remaining Evil Gods in the camp.
  • Qi Yuan proposed attacking the other Evil God Main Camps, but the ancient gods saw more than ten thousand Evil Gods flee through passages into the Azure Sky.
  • Divine Thunder Great Venerable proposed pursuing the Yang Spirits and invading the Evil God realm, but Qi Yuan called the plan reckless and accused him of plagiarizing.

Ch. 228Teenage Heavenly Emperor Dong Jianghe?

Qi Yuan led the Ancient Gods to hunt the Evil Gods left behind after the Northern Land’s forces fled, then visited Red Leaf Pavilion and promised Flower Leaf City a feast. Meanwhile, Dong Jianghe finally contemplated a myth-grade Divine Contemplation Method, but the chat group’s attention turned to Qi Yuan’s decisive victory and the many methods he had created.

  • Qi Yuan ordered the Ancient Gods to sweep through the Northern Land and kill the Evil Gods who had not escaped Mortal Heart World.
  • Qi Yuan asked to buy Red Leaf Pavilion, freed Xiao Xing and Aunt Liu from their duties, and announced a feast for Flower Leaf City.
  • Dong Jianghe celebrated contemplating a myth-grade Divine Contemplation Method, but found his master and the chat group distracted by the Evil Gods’ retreat.
  • Dong Jianghe learned that the Northern Land’s Evil God army had fled after a battle in which three Evil God Warlords were suspected to have fallen.
  • In the chat group, Qi Yuan explained that Divine Thunder Great Venerable had killed two Evil God myths and that Qi Yuan himself had slain two Evil God Warlords with one sword.
  • When Divine Meow Venerable asked how Qi Yuan had supplied more than eight myth-grade Divine Contemplation Methods, Qi Yuan replied that he had contemplated them in the past.

Ch. 229World Seed

After driving the evil gods from the Northern Land, Qi Yuan invited the ancient gods to become citizens and returned to Flying Wasteland City. There, he met Yang Lian and Yang Hua, learned that Yang Hua carried a World Seed, and refused Yang Lian’s plea to take her sister out of Mortal Heart World.

  • Qi Yuan invited the ancient gods in the group to become his citizens, and even Dong Jianghe hurried to submit his information.
  • The Green Water Village army continued hunting the scattered evil gods while Zhu Zhuangshi researched the Assimilation Method to free the citizens turned into puppets.
  • Qi Yuan returned to Flying Wasteland City and visited Yang Lian and her frail younger sister, Yang Hua, who had given him the Blood-colored Jade Leaf.
  • Qi Yuan recognized the World Seed within Yang Hua, reassured Yang Lian that he did not covet it, and said he planned to kill the two True Gods Above.
  • Yang Lian warned that Mortal Heart World could not produce True Gods Above and pleaded with Qi Yuan to take Yang Hua away, but he refused so he could continue playing the game.

Ch. 230Eve

Yang Lian failed to persuade Qi Yuan to take her sister out of Mortal Heart World, while ancient gods gathered in Flying Wasteland City and most chose to become his subjects. Qi Yuan prepared to strengthen them with Divine Contemplation Methods before leading them into a final battle against the evil gods.

  • Yang Lian asked Qi Yuan to reconsider helping her sister, but he refused and disappeared.
  • Dong Jianghe and other Venerables discussed Qi Yuan as Southern Land powerhouses arrived in Flying Wasteland City; Twilight Great Venerable welcomed them and said Qi Yuan would meet them at dawn.
  • Qi Yuan met the gathered ancient gods, demanded that they become his subjects, and received forms from most of them.
  • Qi Yuan assembled more than four thousand subjects, including Green Water Village villagers, and they pledged to serve him.
  • Qi Yuan told the ancient gods to prepare for a final battle after improving their strength, then set out to use the Lost Fluorescent Stick and contemplate more Divine Contemplation Methods.

Ch. 231No Food

After mysterious pursuers burned Small Jiang Mountain, Wu Shi survived among the ruins and met Qi Yuan, a man from the future who taught her to fly and helped her eat cooked fish for the first time. She asked him for another fish in exchange for granting him a wish, while Qi Yuan reflected that he had come simply to see a piece of history.

  • Mysterious cultivators searched the ruins for Wu Shi, assumed she had died, and left Small Jiang Mountain after the fire had burned for ten days.
  • Wu Shi crawled out of the ruins and recalled how her Lineage had treated her as valuable merchandise because she possessed both the Innate Origin Body and the Devouring Origin Body.
  • Qi Yuan spoke to Wu Shi, explained that he had come from the future, and offered to feed her despite her fear of eating.
  • Qi Yuan taught Wu Shi the flying spell Princess Riding Broom, and she used it to travel across the ruins with him.
  • Qi Yuan led Wu Shi to a pond where she cooked and tasted fish, discovering that it was delicious and gave her a warmth she had never felt before.
  • Wu Shi asked Qi Yuan for another fish and offered to grant him a wish, while he privately wondered whether visiting her had any meaning beyond seeing history.

Ch. 232When Fate Aligns, We Shall Meet Again

Qi Yuan helped the starving Wu Shi by giving her fish and creating the Wu Shi Sutra, then left to continue his cultivation. Wu Shi watched him disappear, resolved to guard Heavenly Pillar, and felt an instinctive desire to devour him.

  • Wu Shi ate the fish Qi Yuan roasted and offered him a wish in return, so he asked her to guard Heavenly Pillar.
  • Qi Yuan gave Wu Shi a huge pile of fish and promised to create a cultivation method for her.
  • Qi Yuan compiled the Wu Shi Sutra overnight and taught it to Wu Shi, who quickly began cultivating.
  • After Wu Shi showed exceptional talent and gained enough strength to protect herself, Qi Yuan said he had to leave.
  • Wu Shi asked whether they would meet again, and Qi Yuan vanished after telling her, "When fate aligns, we shall meet again."
  • Left alone beside the charred fish, Wu Shi felt a fierce instinct to eat Qi Yuan but was too timid to act on it.

Ch. 233Contemplation, Some Unexpected Developments

Qi Yuan contemplated a vast host of deities, including Houtu and the Three Pure Ones, and successfully condensed them into Divine Contemplation Methods. His ritual shook the Heavenly Pillar until Wu Shi intervened, while Qi Yuan discovered that one of the gods he had created was Gatling Bodhisattva.

  • Qi Yuan entered the Mountain of Contemplation and began contemplating deities from his memories, planning methods for Qi Qi and Divine Thunder Great Venerable.
  • Qi Yuan contemplated Houtu, and an ancient chant sounded as a female voice declared that the method had condensed successfully.
  • Wu Shi felt the Heavenly Pillar tremble, pressed her hand to the ground, and calmed it while keeping her promise to Qi Yuan.
  • Qi Yuan's contemplation shook the Mortal Heart World for an hour, awakening its gods and causing towers in the Ancient Clan's ancestral land to vanish.
  • Qi Yuan condensed Divine Contemplation Methods for many deities, including the Three Pure Ones, and was astonished to find Gatling Bodhisattva among them.

Ch. 234Strength Soars, Mighty Figures Emerge Like Crucian Carp Crossing a River

Qi Yuan bestowed powerful Divine Contemplation Methods drawn from his memories upon the ancient gods, then contemplated the Three Pure Ones and reached unprecedented strength at the seventh step of Sky Trampling Seven Steps. An envoy arrived in Flying Wasteland City to negotiate peace on behalf of the evil gods.

  • Qi Yuan appeared before the ancient gods and bestowed mythic Divine Contemplation Methods, including Xing Tian's method to Spirit Bell Great Venerable and Gonggong's to Twilight Great Venerable.
  • Qi Yuan offered the Three Pure Ones' Divine Contemplation Methods, but none of the ancient gods could contemplate them, so Divine Thunder Great Venerable suggested Qi Yuan try.
  • Qi Yuan contemplated the Three Pure Ones and gained immense strength, though his cultivation remained halted at the seventh step of Sky Trampling Seven Steps.
  • Qi Qi told Qi Yuan that an evil god's envoy had arrived, and Military Governor Wu Kui came before him in Flying Wasteland City.
  • Military Governor Wu Kui greeted Qi Yuan and announced that, by his master's order, he had come to negotiate peace.

Ch. 235Conditions for Peace Negotiations Were Simple

Qi Yuan rejected the Evil Gods’ peace offer and demanded that they all apologize and kill themselves, then learned that No Food Saint Mother had left him a Storage Bag. Inside were the fish dishes he had once made for her, leaving him wondering why she had kept them.

  • Military Governor Wu Kui offered Qi Yuan peace terms that would give him the innate lifeforms while Blood Sun Great Saint claimed Mortal Heart World after devouring its Heavenly Dao.
  • Qi Yuan refused to give up the land and told Wu Kui to relay his demand that Blood Sun Great Saint and every Evil God apologize and slit their own throats.
  • Qi Qi questioned why Qi Yuan had not pretended to accept the offer to buy time, and Qi Yuan insisted that his extreme condition might still be accepted.
  • The peace negotiations and Qi Yuan’s refusal spread through Flying Wasteland City, where people and cultivators debated the offer and Shi Zhongshan praised the Celestial Lord’s response.
  • Spirit Bell Great Venerable gave Qi Yuan a Storage Bag left by No Food Saint Mother, and Qi Yuan found inside the fish dishes he had cooked for her.

Ch. 236Past Dust, Old Affairs

Qi Yuan learned that No Food Saint Mother had resisted her urge to devour him and returned his fish infused with the essence of her Devouring Origin Body, strengthening his Star Golden Core. As the villages prepared for battle, Blood Sun Great Saint sensed the devouring essence, left Heavenly Pillar, and killed eight Great Venerables with a single shout, leaving Mortal Heart World terrified.

  • Qi Yuan heard No Food Saint Mother's memories of their three meetings and realized she had struggled against her instinct to devour him.
  • Qi Yuan ate the fish she had left him, gaining a trace of the Devouring Origin Body's essence and recognizing the price of her request that he protect Mortal Heart World.
  • Shi Zhongshan, Zhu Zhuangshi, Village Chief Yu Lei, and Divine Official Shen Tu gathered with the villagers for a feast before the coming battle.
  • Blood Sun Great Saint sensed the Devouring Origin Body, stopped devouring the Heavenly Dao, and emerged from Heavenly Pillar.
  • Blood Sun Great Saint's presence filled Mortal Heart World with hunger and terror, and she killed eight Great Venerables with a single shout.

Ch. 237Battle Begins, Who Gave You the Courage!

Qi Yuan destroyed Blood Sun Great Saint’s past body with the Three Pure Ones, but her true body tore open the heavenly curtain and challenged him to fight. Qi Yuan and nearly five thousand Ancient Gods charged through the rift toward Blood Sun Great Saint and another immense enemy.

  • Blood Sun Great Saint’s past body offered to make Qi Yuan her consort and threatened to devour him and the Ancient Gods.
  • Qi Yuan summoned the Three Pure Ones and shattered Blood Sun Great Saint’s past body after she tried to swallow him.
  • Blood Sun Great Saint’s true body tore open the heavenly curtain, bound Qi Yuan, and demanded that he come out to fight.
  • Qi Yuan broke free and accepted the challenge as the Ancient Gods of Flying Wasteland City pledged to fight beside him.
  • Qi Yuan led nearly five thousand Great Venerables through the rift into chaos, where he saw two enormous enemies and declared he would kill them.

Ch. 238The Might of the Yang Spirit!

Qi Yuan and nearly five thousand Great Venerables fought the Blood Sun Great Saint and the Blood God Great Saint, but their attacks and defenses could not overcome the Yang Spirits’ overwhelming power. As the Heavenly Court’s forces suffered heavy losses, the people of Green Water Village offered to use Assimilation to become nourishment for Qi Yuan.

  • The Blood Sun Great Saint attacked, and Qi Yuan led nearly five thousand Great Venerables in the Zhou Tian Star Array to strike her with a sword that severed her Dharma Body’s palm before it regenerated.
  • The Blood Sun Great Saint’s counterattack battered the formations, killing many Great Venerables, including Big Black Dog and Shi Zhongshan’s wife, while Dong Jianghe was left near death.
  • Knowing they had to fight before the Blood Sun Great Saint grew stronger, Qi Yuan summoned two star phantoms and called Little Bride to his side.
  • Qi Yuan used With You in Arms to don blood-red armor, but even at his strengthened peak he could barely wound the Blood Sun Great Saint’s Dharma Body.
  • Village Chief Yu Lei, Shi Zhongshan, Zhu Zhuangshi, and Divine Official Shen Tu offered to use Assimilation to become part of Qi Yuan and strengthen him.

Ch. 239All Living Beings Were Me!

The ancient gods sacrificed themselves through the Assimilation Method, empowering Qi Yuan to fight Blood Sun Great Saint, but their chaotic Divine Spiritual Power could not overcome the gap between Yin and Yang Spirits. Swallowed by Blood Sun Great Saint, Qi Yuan realized that all living beings were himself, entered the Yang Spirit realm, and destroyed the two Yang Spirits.

  • Twilight Great Venerable, Village Chief Yu Lei, Dong Jianghe, Divine Thunder Great Venerable, No Food Saint Mother, and the other ancient gods used the Assimilation Method to become part of Qi Yuan.
  • Qi Yuan struck Blood Sun Great Saint with his strengthened power, but she healed and explained that he could not harm her origin without becoming a Yang Spirit.
  • Blood Sun Great Saint swallowed Qi Yuan, who realized that all living beings and everything in the world were himself and that his Divine Spiritual Power had truly become one.
  • Qi Yuan entered the Yang Spirit realm and began assimilating Blood Sun Great Saint, declaring that he was reclaiming himself.
  • Blood God Great Saint attacked, but Qi Yuan struck both Yang Spirits, transformed them into himself, and destroyed their bodies with a sword strike.

Ch. 240Reflections

Qi Yuan returned alive after defeating the Evil Gods and found that some Ancient Gods were already scheming to exploit Green Water Village. He drove them away, confirmed the Evil Gods’ death, and moved Green Water Village into his divine domain to complete his mission of protecting it.

  • The Blood Star vanished from the sky, and the people of the Mortal Heart World learned that the Evil God was gone, though the Ancient Gods who had fought beyond the sky were presumed dead.
  • Qi Yuan entered the Ancient Clan’s ancestral land, reflected on the limits of his All Living Beings Are Me law, and wondered why his mission to protect Green Water Village remained incomplete.
  • Wang Can and another Ancient God plotted to sneak into Green Water Village, but Zhao Qingyu’s Heart Fox overheard their scheme, and Qi Yuan appeared and killed them.
  • Qi Yuan told the gathered Ancient Gods that the Evil Gods were dead, forbade outsiders from entering Green Water Village, and asked them to arrange the feasts he had promised.
  • Qi Yuan declared that he would move Green Water Village into his divine domain, and the village’s buildings, fields, and trees turned illusory and vanished into it.

Ch. 241Return to Azure Wave World, Divine Infant True Lord!

After clearing the Green Water Village instance, Qi Yuan returned to Azure Wave World with 4,752 sleeping Divine Infants and the ability to detect lies. He told Jiang Lingsu that one of his Divine Infants could cure her illness, but she still doubted his claim.

  • Qi Yuan received an Innate Seed and an Innate True Spirit, then shattered the True Spirit and divided it among the villagers, No Food Saint Mother, and Venerable Tian Bao to create 4,752 Divine Infants.
  • Qi Yuan returned to Azure Wave World, where less than a quarter-hour had passed, and realized the Divine Infants within him each had the potential to become a Yang Spirit.
  • Qi Yuan’s new cheat ability let his nose detect whether statements were true, though it did not react when he tried to use it on his own boast.
  • Qi Yuan told Jiang Lingsu he had found a water-attributed Heavenly Spiritual Root cultivator who could cure her illness, then revealed that the cultivator had been a Yin Spirit who was now his Divine Infant.
  • Jiang Lingsu doubted Qi Yuan’s claim that his Divine Infant could cure her, but agreed to believe him for now and warned him not to be lying.

Ch. 242Jiang Lingsu, of Ordinary Aptitude

Qi Yuan used his Divine Infant, a powerful Yin Spirit Goddess, to cure Jiang Lingsu’s icy poison. Afterward, he proposed holding a Divine Infant Assembly and asked Jiang Lingsu to serve as its gate attendant, leaving their teasing conversation unresolved.

  • Jiang Lingsu prepared a medicinal bath and invited Qi Yuan to examine her from behind a folding screen.
  • Qi Yuan summoned a Goddess phantom, whose overwhelming aura revealed her to Jiang Lingsu as a Yin Spirit.
  • The Goddess phantom examined Jiang Lingsu and cured her illness, while Qi Yuan declared that her aptitude and physique were ordinary.
  • Qi Yuan proposed holding a Divine Infant Assembly and asked Jiang Lingsu to welcome guests and collect gifts; Jiang Lingsu agreed if he could persuade the sect master.
  • Jiang Lingsu thanked Qi Yuan after her cure, then teased him about her revealing outfit and warned that he might not be the one who benefited from misbehavior.

Ch. 243Innate Seed, Nurturing an Avatar

Qi Yuan arranged a Divine Infant Assembly for the next day, prepared to build a cement house, and sent an Innate Seed into the Game Jade Slip to grow as his avatar in the next game. After announcing his breakthrough to the God Flower Four Emperors, he promised to deal with the approaching great calamity after playing more games.

  • Qi Yuan teased Jiang Lingsu, asked whether she would repay him by becoming an ox or horse or offer herself in marriage, then told her to invite the Demonic Desire Sect to the Divine Infant Assembly.
  • Qi Yuan sent a wisp of consciousness into the Innate Seed and placed it inside the Game Jade Slip, where he sensed that a living being was being nurtured.
  • Qi Yuan asked Withered Wood True Lord to build him a cement house and arrange a Divine Infant Assembly for the following day.
  • Withered Wood True Lord told Kang Fulu that Qi Yuan had reached Divine Infant, and Kang Fulu prepared invitations naming him Great Shang's First Divine Infant.
  • Qi Yuan told the God Flower Four Emperors that he had entered Divine Infant, and he promised Iceberg Overlord Woman that he would wipe out the great calamity after playing more games.

Ch. 244God Flower Four Emperors Arrange an Offline Meeting

Qi Yuan arranged to travel to Phoenix Heavenly Domain for a God Flower Four Emperors gathering and to seek more cultivation techniques. Back on Seven Colors Peak, he confirmed to Jiang Ran that he had destroyed Black Mountain Sect, while the preparations for his Divine Infant Assembly and new house continued.

  • Qi Yuan complained that Ascension Pavilion’s techniques had not resolved his cultivation needs, and Great Sun Flame Emperor suggested he seek techniques at Dao Seeking Palace in Phoenix Heavenly Domain.
  • Iceberg Overlord Woman proposed an offline meeting, and the God Flower Four Emperors agreed to gather in Light Goose City in half a month.
  • Qi Yuan bragged about his looks and strength before leaving the group chat and inspecting a strange blade of grass on Seven Colors Peak.
  • Jiang Ran asked whether Qi Yuan had destroyed Black Mountain Sect, and he admitted it while telling her not to reveal his secret.
  • Qi Yuan considered summoning Ning Tao to play a future game and imagined earning wealth through Divine Infant Assemblies as his cement house was being built.
  • Qi Jianjun fished in a great lake hundreds of miles away.

Ch. 245Shen Wushen

Qi Jianjun fished in Great Shang, killed cultivator bandits who threatened her, and revealed that she was a Yin Spirit connected to the Upper Realm. Shen Wushen learned she was Jin Li’s daughter, and he and Shen Zifeng ordered the witnesses to keep silent and set out to purge the bandits.

  • Qi Jianjun caught valuable spirit fish while a disguised lookout questioned her about her family and origins.
  • A Foundation Establishment bandit and two Qi Refining bandits arrived to rob Qi Jianjun, while Shen Wushen and Shen Zifeng watched from nearby.
  • Qi Jianjun killed the three bandits and their old accomplice with a wave of her hand.
  • Shen Wushen greeted Qi Jianjun as a senior, and she recognized that he had come from the Upper Realm.
  • Qi Jianjun asked Shen Wushen to carry a message to her mother, Jin Li of the Moon God Palace, and offered to help him in the Azure Wave World.
  • Shen Zifeng recognized Qi Jianjun as a Yin Spirit, threatened the witnesses into silence, and promised to wipe out the cultivator bandits.

Ch. 246The Powerful Shen Wushen

At Qi Yuan’s Divine Infant Assembly, the gathered cultivators speculated about his breakthrough before Shen Wushen arrived and challenged them all for a chance to win seven precious pills. Shen Wushen defeated all thirty-three Divine Infant cultivators, and Shen Zifeng declared him the Azure Wave World’s number one Divine Infant.

  • Divine Infant True Lords speculated that Qi Yuan’s sudden breakthrough was connected to the Blood Robe Sword God, while Jiang Lingsu complained that the guests had brought too few gifts.
  • Shen Wushen and Shen Zifeng arrived, and Shen Wushen challenged every Divine Infant cultivator present to injure him in exchange for seven Nurturing Divine Spirit Pills.
  • Jiang Lingsu reminded Shen Wushen that he had not given a gift, so he gave her a pill as a congratulatory present.
  • Thirty-three Divine Infant cultivators fought Shen Wushen together, but he defeated and eliminated every one of them within a hundred breaths.
  • Shen Zifeng called Shen Wushen the Azure Wave World’s number one Divine Infant, and Kang Fulu agreed that the Eastern Lands’ prodigies were far inferior.

Ch. 247Because You Have Too Few Divine Infants

Qi Yuan challenged Shen Wushen at the Divine Infant Assembly and defeated him with a casual gust of wind, astonishing the gathered cultivators. Shen Wushen wondered why Qi Yuan was so much stronger, and Qi Yuan answered that Shen Wushen had too few Nascent Divinities.

  • Qi Yuan claimed he had taken first place in the Eastern Lands Pride Ranking and was Great Shang’s First Divine Infant.
  • Shen Wushen offered Qi Yuan a heaven-rank art and promised five more, along with his divine art, if Qi Yuan defeated him.
  • Qi Yuan let Shen Wushen attack first, but the strike left him unharmed.
  • Qi Yuan blew a gust of wind that pinned Shen Wushen in place and defeated him.
  • Shen Wushen asked why Qi Yuan was so strong, and Qi Yuan said it was because Shen Wushen had too few Nascent Divinities.

Ch. 248A Promise Kept

Qi Yuan proved that he possessed two Divine Infants, forcing Shen Zifeng to fulfill her wager by eating Monk Wu Dian’s boots, and received Shen Wushen’s cultivation arts. Qi Jianjun arrived and privately told Qi Yuan that Shen Wushen was from the Upper Realm.

  • Qi Yuan claimed that cultivators could form two Divine Infants, and Shen Zifeng wagered Monk Wu Dian’s boots against his claim.
  • Qi Yuan revealed two Divine Infants, and Shen Zifeng swallowed Monk Wu Dian’s boots after Shen Wushen reminded her to keep her promise.
  • Shen Wushen gave Qi Yuan one divine art, fourteen Heaven Rank cultivation arts, and three Profound Rank cultivation arts, and agreed to bring him more in exchange for guidance.
  • Qi Jianjun arrived, and Qi Yuan introduced her as his daughter to the Divine Infant cultivators.
  • Qi Jianjun privately told Qi Yuan that Shen Wushen was from the Upper Realm.

Ch. 249Preparing to Confess to Master

Qi Yuan enlisted Shen Wushen to carry a message to Jin Li in the Upper Realm and devised a cultivation art that could conceal what he wanted to tell her. He also taught Shen Wushen the Core Infant Art, while Shen Wushen returned to Stupa Mountain newly empowered and prepared to send Qi Yuan a cultivation technique.

  • Qi Yuan learned from Shen Wushen that reaching the Upper Realm was difficult and that a message to Jin Li could take years, so he planned to hide his words in a new art formula.
  • Qi Yuan asked Shen Wushen to bring down difficult Upper Realm cultivation missions for him to solve in exchange for money and divine arts.
  • Qi Yuan examined Shen Wushen's cultivation problem and quickly created the Core Infant Art to turn a Divine Infant into a Golden Core and repair his foundation.
  • Shen Wushen studied the Core Infant Art, believed it could nearly double his strength, and left Qi Yuan's Cement Bungalow.
  • Qi Yuan reflected that he could not ascend during the great calamity and began planning a technique called Seeing You for Jin Li.
  • Shen Wushen returned to Stupa Mountain with more than twice his former strength and set out to send Qi Yuan a cultivation technique.

Ch. 250Odds and Ends of the Upper Realm

Shen Wushen delivered Qi Jianjun’s message and Qi Yuan’s cultivation technique to Moon God Palace through Eight Treasures Pavilion, then defeated Lian Mei and obtained her unrecorded divine technique for Qi Yuan. After claiming tasks for Qi Yuan at Stupa Mountain, Shen Wushen learned that the pavilion’s higher-ups had approved his plan to publicize Qi Yuan’s confession to Ruan Yixi.

  • Shen Wushen paid Eight Treasures Pavilion to send Qi Jianjun’s message and Qi Yuan’s cultivation technique to Moon Girl Jin Li at Moon God Palace.
  • Shen Wushen challenged Lian Mei and defeated her in fewer than ten breaths.
  • Shen Wushen asked Lian Mei for her unrecorded divine technique, and she lent him its original copy.
  • Shen Wushen offered the divine technique to Eight Treasures Pavilion as payment to publicize Qi Yuan’s confession to Ruan Yixi, and the pavilion master sought approval from above.
  • Great Venerable Hua Du received a request for help from He Yunzi and later discovered that Shen Wushen had claimed one of his long-unclaimed tasks.
  • Shen Wushen claimed many Stupa Mountain tasks for Qi Yuan, then learned that Eight Treasures Pavilion had approved the Ruan Yixi announcement.

Ch. 251The Journey

Qi Yuan traveled toward Light Goose City, met Li Ruoxian, and arranged for her to help him enter Dao Seeking Palace to obtain cultivation techniques. After parting ways, he reunited with the God Flower Four Emperors, while Li Ruoxian learned that Qi Yuan was connected to Feng Jun and was warned about trouble at the palace.

  • Qi Yuan met Li Ruoxian aboard the flying vessel and bought seven Profound-rank cultivation arts from her.
  • Li Ruoxian and her granddaughter discussed Qi Yuan, and Qi Yuan introduced her to Gao Xiaoyu, the Rogue Immortal Venerable.
  • Qi Yuan said he planned to visit Dao Seeking Palace, and Li Ruoxian agreed to take him there and exchanged Message Jade Slips with him.
  • The granddaughter told Qi Yuan that Martial Lord Great Venerable resented the Blood Robe Sword God after Jasmine Great Venerable named him as the person in her heart.
  • Qi Yuan parted from Li Ruoxian and reunited with the God Flower Four Emperors, while a slovenly Daoist warned Li Ruoxian to avoid Yuan Chen and said she could take only sixty percent of Yang Cui's belongings.
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