Chapter Summaries

Qin Jishi concealed his strength while Meng Buping unleashed a Myriad Manifestations Realm attack and tried to kill him. Feng Que'er attempted to stop the match, but a burst of scarlet flames met Meng Buping’s strike, leaving Qin Jishi’s fate uncertain.

• Meng Buping summoned the Blood Python Swallows the Heavens technique, and the crowd recognized its Myriad Manifestations Realm pressure.
• Phoenix Cry Tower disciples urged Feng Lianze to concede, but he refused, while Feng Xi'an stayed silent because Qin Jishi appeared calm.
• Qin Jishi let Meng Buping’s attack knock him down and told Baihe he was pretending to be badly hurt to make Meng Buping seem careless.
• Meng Buping struck at the fallen Qin Jishi, and Feng Que'er tried to intervene and concede the match, but a Sky Fire Sect elder blocked her.
• A pillar of scarlet flames surged from the fighting stage and collided with Meng Buping’s ultimate red light, leaving the onlookers unsure whether Qin Jishi had blocked the strike.

Qin Jishi withstood Meng Buping’s attacks and countered with overwhelming flames, leaving Meng Buping gravely injured. Feng Xi'an stopped Meng Yu from intervening as the fight ended with Meng Buping still alive but badly hurt.

• Qin Jishi emerged unharmed after enduring Meng Buping’s attack, despite Feng Que'er urging him to concede.
• Meng Buping unleashed Blood Python Swallows the Heavens with all his profound energy, but Qin Jishi’s flames engulfed and destroyed the attack.
• Qin Jishi’s sea of fire shattered Meng Buping’s Profound Energy Barrier and sent him flying.
• Qin Jishi pursued Meng Buping and prepared to strike again, while Meng Yu moved to intervene.
• Feng Xi'an blocked Meng Yu, allowing Qin Jishi to stomp on Meng Buping’s chest and break his breastbone.

Qin Jishi defeated Meng Buping in their duel, leaving him gravely injured and shocking both sects. As Phoenix Cry Tower celebrated the victory, Meng Buping regained consciousness and vowed revenge against Qin Jishi.

• Qin Jishi descended after striking Meng Buping, while Feng Xi'an stopped Meng Yu from rushing to the platform.
• Meng Yu examined Meng Buping and found his meridians shattered and his breastbone crushed, with injuries that threatened his future cultivation.
• The spectators and Sky Fire Sect disciples reacted in disbelief as they realized Qin Jishi had defeated the stronger Meng Buping.
• Feng Que'er celebrated Qin Jishi's victory, while Feng Xiang and Feng Lianze worried about what it meant for them.
• Feng Xi'an praised Qin Jishi and concluded that he had concealed his true strength and had not used a martial skill.
• Meng Buping regained consciousness, roared in pain, and tried to crawl toward Qin Jishi while threatening to tear him apart.

After Qin Jishi defeated Meng Buping, Meng Yu restrained the furious Young Sect Master and prepared to take him back to the Sky Fire Sect. Before leaving, Meng Buping accused Feng Xiang of plotting against Qin Jishi with a Blazing Fire Pill, prompting Feng Que'er to confront Great Elder Feng Lianze.

• Qin Jishi decided that Meng Buping was a future threat, but resolved to wait for a chance to kill him without implicating Phoenix Cry Tower.
• Meng Yu calmed Meng Buping and persuaded him to return to the Sky Fire Sect for treatment and seek revenge later.
• Meng Yu acknowledged the Sky Fire Sect's defeat and warned Qin Jishi that the sect would remember him.
• Meng Buping claimed Feng Xiang had given him a Blazing Fire Pill to help kill Qin Jishi, then tossed the pill's wooden box to the ground.
• Feng Que'er picked up the pill and asked Feng Lianze to show the Blazing Fire Pill he possessed.

Feng Lianze faced accusations that he and Feng Xiang had used a Blazing Fire Pill to recruit Meng Buping against Qin Jishi. To protect himself from the scandal, Feng Lianze denounced Feng Xiang and killed him, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Feng Que'er said she would report the Blazing Fire Pill allegations to the Phoenix Cry Tower Master, while Feng Xiang insisted Meng Buping had framed them.
• Feng Xiang repeatedly urged Feng Lianze to defend him, but Feng Lianze stayed silent as he weighed the consequences.
• Feng Lianze publicly accused Feng Xiang of colluding with scum from Yanlian City, disgracing Phoenix Cry Tower, and stealing the Blazing Fire Pill to target Qin Jishi.
• Feng Xiang realized Feng Lianze intended to sacrifice him and begged his grandfather to save him.
• Feng Lianze struck Feng Xiang in the chest, killing him as everyone watched in shock.

Feng Lianze killed his grandson Feng Xiang to uphold Phoenix Cry Tower’s laws in public, while Qin Jishi earned the sect’s admiration after his victory. In private, Feng Lianze vowed to avenge Feng Xiang by making Qin Jishi suffer.

• Feng Lianze killed Feng Xiang and declared that no one, not even his own kin, could violate Phoenix Cry Tower’s laws without punishment.
• Feng Xi'an ended the matter, warned Feng Lianze to conduct himself honorably, and led the disciples back to the sect.
• Hong'er praised Qin Jishi, and the returning disciples celebrated his victory and his contribution to Phoenix Cry Tower.
• Feng Xi'an ordered a banquet to celebrate Qin Jishi’s victory over Meng Buping and the sect’s acquisition of the Tianchi Mine Vein.
• Feng Lianze visited Feng Xiang’s grave and vowed to avenge him by making Qin Jishi suffer.

After Meng Buping returned from Fengming City gravely injured, Meng Jiujie learned that Qin Jishi had damaged his son's foundation and ordered the Black Coffin Saint Hand brought in to treat him. He vowed to deal with Qin Jishi while the Sky Fire Sect sought a way to repair Meng Buping's dantian.

• Meng Jiujie examined the dying Meng Buping and found severe injuries, damaged meridians, and cracks in his dantian.
• Meng Yu recounted how Qin Jishi had defeated the Sky Fire Sect's group, revealing that he was a Golden Body Level Five martial artist.
• Meng Jiujie gave Meng Buping many healing pills, which stabilized his injuries but could not repair his damaged dantian.
• Meng Yu suggested awakening the Sky Fire Dragon Python, but Meng Jiujie refused because it was advancing.
• Meng Jiujie sent Meng Yu to invite the Black Coffin Saint Hand and ordered him to accept any conditions.
• Meng Jiujie promised Meng Buping that he would deal with Qin Jishi and told the Second Elder to act.

After Qin Jishi removed Feng Que'er's Fire Toxin, Feng Xueyi told him they were even and suggested he leave. Qin Jishi learned that the material Baihe needed to Reshape Flesh Body was due west, likely inside the Dark Tomb Mound Secret Realm, and resolved to go there.

• Qin Jishi attended the banquet at Phoenix Cry Tower, where Feng Xi'an assured him that the tower would not abandon its disciples amid future turmoil.
• Feng Que'er told Qin Jishi she regarded him as her junior brother, and he removed most of the Fire Toxin from her body.
• Qin Jishi returned to his room and found Feng Xueyi waiting; she said they were even and told him to go do what he needed to do.
• Feng Xueyi mentioned that the Dark Tomb Mound Secret Realm would open in two months, and Baihe told Qin Jishi the material for Reshape Flesh Body lay due west.
• Qin Jishi concluded the material was likely inside Dark Tomb Mound and resolved to pursue it.

Qin Jishi declined to press Feng Xueyi for Phoenix Cry Tower’s help entering the Dark Tomb Mound and agreed to let her take Hong'er as a disciple. After he left, Feng Xueyi introduced Hong'er to the elders and promised to help her reunite with Qin Jishi once she reached the Golden Body Realm.

• Qin Jishi asked Feng Xueyi to let him enter the Dark Tomb Mound under Phoenix Cry Tower’s name, but she refused.
• Feng Xueyi offered to take Hong'er as her disciple, and Qin Jishi agreed after she promised to teach and protect her.
• Qin Jishi told Feng Xueyi to tell Hong'er he had gone far away and would return when he could, then left the Phoenix Feather behind.
• Feng Xueyi brought Hong'er to a council meeting, where Hong'er asked whether Qin Jishi would come back to see her.
• Feng Xueyi assured Hong'er she would help her find Qin Jishi after she reached the Golden Body Realm, astonishing the elders by revealing Hong'er was her disciple.

Feng Xueyi returned to Phoenix Cry Tower to address Feng Xiang’s crimes, establish Hong’er as her disciple, and discuss the Dark Tomb Mound. After the elders proposed sending Qin Jishi with Feng Que’er, Feng Xueyi revealed that Qin Jishi was not truly her disciple, leaving everyone demanding an explanation.

• Feng Xueyi confronted Great Elder Feng Lianze over Feng Xiang’s crimes, then spared him after he admitted fault and promised to uphold the sect’s dignity.
• Feng Xueyi named Hong’er her disciple and ordered the elders to give her the same resources and support as Feng Que’er.
• Feng Xueyi announced the Dark Tomb Mound would open in two months and chose Feng Que’er to represent Phoenix Cry Tower.
• Feng Lianze proposed sending Qin Jishi into the Dark Tomb Mound alongside Feng Que’er, and the elders supported his suggestion.
• Feng Xueyi said Qin Jishi could not strictly be considered her disciple, prompting Feng Que’er to ask whether there was another reason behind it.

Feng Xueyi explained that Qin Jishi was not truly her disciple and clarified why he carried a Phoenix Feather, while Feng Lianze grew furious and resolved to kill him. In Fengming City, Qin Jishi met two suspicious men who offered him a thousand mystic stones to guide them to South City's mass graveyard.

• Feng Xueyi said she had saved Qin Jishi and given him guidance, but had refused to accept him as her disciple.
• Hong'er claimed that Feng Xueyi had given her the Phoenix Feather and that she had entrusted it to Qin Jishi for safekeeping.
• Feng Lianze realized Qin Jishi had used the Phoenix Feather to deceive them and decided he would kill him when he learned his whereabouts.
• Feng Xueyi ordered the Great Elder to begin excavating the Tianchi Mine Vein, then left the hall with Hong'er and Feng Que'er.
• Qin Jishi encountered Zhao Si and Qiu Nue, who asked him to guide them to South City's mass graveyard and raised their offer from a hundred to a thousand mystic stones.
• Qin Jishi stopped to learn what Zhao Si and Qiu Nue were planning.

Qin Jishi suspected Zhao Si and Qiu Nue were connected to the Black Coffin Saint Hand, but agreed to guide them to the Mass Graveyard for mystic stones. Once they arrived, the two blocked his way and revealed they had lured him there to keep him from leaving.

• Zhao Si and Qiu Nue praised Qin Jishi’s cultivation and offered him mystic stones to lead them, and Qin Jishi accepted while suspecting they were hiding something.
• Qin Jishi inferred from their medicinal-herb scent that the two were likely connected to the Black Coffin Saint Hand and led them toward South City’s Mass Graveyard.
• At the city gate, Qin Jishi tried to leave, but Zhao Si and Qiu Nue offered him more mystic stones to accompany them farther.
• Qin Jishi led the pair through the eerie graveyard and attempted to depart when they reached it.
• Zhao Si and Qiu Nue stepped in front of Qin Jishi and threatened that he could not leave after accepting their mystic stones.

Qin Jishi pretended to be frightened as Zhao Si and Qiu Nue took him to a hidden palace beneath the mass graveyard, where they planned to use him as a catalyst for their master. He was brought before Kui Lang and dozens of others, who examined him as a suitable offering.

• Zhao Si and Qiu Nue revealed that they had lured Qin Jishi to the mass graveyard to capture him, and Qin Jishi feigned fear and offered them his valuables.
• Zhao Si threatened Qin Jishi with his Myriad Manifestations Realm pressure, and Qin Jishi pretended to comply as they led him deeper into the mass graveyard.
• Qiu Nue opened a passage beneath a burial mound, and Zhao Si shoved Qin Jishi inside before the entrance closed behind them.
• Zhao Si and Qiu Nue brought Qin Jishi through an underground passage to a vast palace filled with halls and the stench of blood.
• Kui Lang and about fifty or sixty people approached, and Zhao Si and Qiu Nue reported that Qin Jishi was a suitable catalyst for their master.

Qin Jishi learned that the Underground Palace planned to use his essence blood to refine a Mysterious Blood Pill for Meng Buping. Rather than panic, he formed a plan and faced Kui Lang’s group, who offered him the chance to choose which junior brother would kill him.

• Qin Jishi asked Kui Lang why they meant to kill him, and Kui Lang explained that Qin Jishi was the tenth young Golden Body Realm martial artist needed for the Mysterious Blood Pill.
• Qin Jishi realized the Sky Fire Sect wanted the pill to heal Meng Buping and saw a chance to deal with him.
• Kui Lang’s junior brothers argued over who would torture and kill Qin Jishi, while Qin Jishi watched them calmly.
• Kui Lang silenced the group and told Qin Jishi to choose one of his junior brothers to claim his life.
• Qin Jishi agreed to choose as the group watched eagerly for his answer.

Qin Jishi challenged Kui Lang and the other martial artists to attack him together, then killed or immobilized them with golden needles. Kui Lang narrowly escaped death when the Black Coffin Saint Hand arrived and destroyed the needles, revealing a Peak Level Five presence.

• Kui Lang pressured Qin Jishi to choose a side, but Qin Jishi told everyone to attack him at once.
• Qiu Nue, Zhao Si, and another martial artist launched attacks while Qin Jishi calmly prepared to absorb them for cultivation.
• Qin Jishi unleashed One Needle Manifests Myriad Forms, piercing the attackers' foreheads with golden needles and shattering Kui Lang's Profound Energy Barrier.
• Kui Lang tried to flee, but more golden needles closed in on him.
• The Black Coffin Saint Hand appeared and annihilated the needles with a surge of black energy.

Qin Jishi confronted Black Coffin Saint Hand after discovering the elder's disciples had died and demanded he poison Meng Buping with the Mysterious Blood Pill. Black Coffin Saint Hand attacked with the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, and the chapter ended as Qin Jishi met the strike with the Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand.

• Black Coffin Saint Hand arrived and learned from Kui Lang that his disciples were dead, then ordered Kui Lang to stand down.
• Kui Lang ignored his master's warning and charged Qin Jishi, who broke his arm and sent him flying.
• Qin Jishi confronted Black Coffin Saint Hand over his treatment of innocent people and demanded he add something to the Mysterious Blood Pill for Meng Buping.
• Black Coffin Saint Hand rejected Qin Jishi's demand and unleashed a phantom blade followed by the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin.
• Qin Jishi countered the phantom coffin with the Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand, and their clash sent a destructive storm through the Underground Palace.

Qin Jishi fought the Black Coffin Saint Hand in the Underground Palace, revealing strength that could rival a Peak Attainment Realm opponent. After the Black Coffin Saint Hand wounded him and struck him with the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, Qin Jishi countered with the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal.

• Qin Jishi and the Black Coffin Saint Hand emerged from their clash injured, astonishing Kui Lang with Qin Jishi’s strength.
• The Black Coffin Saint Hand demanded Qin Jishi reveal his identity, but Qin Jishi ordered him to choose between obeying and dying.
• Qin Jishi provoked the Black Coffin Saint Hand, and their next collision created a massive crater in the Underground Palace.
• The Black Coffin Saint Hand fired Thread of Throat through Qin Jishi’s Profound Energy Barrier and pierced his left arm.
• The Black Coffin Saint Hand crushed Qin Jishi beneath the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, but Qin Jishi answered with the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal.

Qin Jishi nearly killed Black Coffin Saint Hand with the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal, but Black Coffin Saint Hand summoned his newly advanced disciple Divine Tiger to help overwhelm him. The two attacked Qin Jishi together, leaving him trapped between a descending coffin phantom blade and Divine Tiger’s God Binding Rope.

• Qin Jishi used Chasing Moon, Seizing Moon to evade Black Coffin Saint Hand’s surprise strike and countered with the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal, smashing the black coffin into a crater.
• Black Coffin Saint Hand vowed to kill Qin Jishi and unleashed Heavenly Coffin Suppressing Evil, forming a giant coffin phantom and raising its greatsaber over him.
• Divine Tiger arrived after breaking through to Peak Attainment Level Two, and Kui Lang urged him to avenge their slain junior brothers.
• Black Coffin Saint Hand and Divine Tiger positioned themselves on either side of Qin Jishi and attacked together, with the phantom’s blade striking down as Divine Tiger sent out the God Binding Rope.

Qin Jishi fought off the Black Coffin Saint Hand and Divine Tiger, breaking their restraints and badly burning Divine Tiger with crimson flame. The Black Coffin Saint Hand, seeing Divine Tiger severely injured, prepared to use a powerful move by borrowing all of Divine Tiger’s mysterious energy.

• Qin Jishi countered the Black Coffin Saint Hand’s black coffin shadow and struck Divine Tiger with the Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand, wounding him.
• The Black Coffin Saint Hand attacked with Thread of Throat, but Qin Jishi blocked it with the Golden Light Barrier.
• Divine Tiger bound Qin Jishi with the God Binding Rope and attacked, but Qin Jishi broke free and evaded the strike with an afterimage.
• Qin Jishi engulfed Divine Tiger in crimson flames, leaving him severely injured.
• The black coffin phantom exploded, and the Black Coffin Saint Hand asked Divine Tiger to lend him his power.
• Divine Tiger poured all his mysterious energy into the Black Coffin Saint Hand’s coffin.

Black Coffin Saint Hand and Divine Tiger unleashed Heaven Suppressing God Burying against Qin Jishi, who survived the devastating attack and emerged from the crater. The chapter left Black Coffin Saint Hand and Divine Tiger shocked as Qin Jishi stood bloodied but ready to fight.

• Black Coffin Saint Hand empowered his black coffin with Divine Tiger's profound energy and launched Heaven Suppressing God Burying at Qin Jishi.
• Qin Jishi used the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal to clash with the black coffin, but the seal broke apart and the attack struck him into the ground.
• Black Coffin Saint Hand sensed that Qin Jishi had survived the attack, while Kui Lang and Divine Tiger moved to reach him.
• Kui Lang entered the crater first, but Qin Jishi shot out and struck him fatally before landing nearby.
• Qin Jishi stood battered and bleeding, leaving Black Coffin Saint Hand and Divine Tiger stunned by his survival.