Chapter Summaries

Qin Jishi arrived at the Liang family to demand an explanation and agreed to remove the Soul Controlling Gu from Liang Yanzhong. As he began treating Liang Yanzhong in the forbidden grounds, Liang Yanzhong suddenly opened his eyes and unleashed a violent aura.

• After absorbing Mingyue's Primal Yin Power, Qin Jishi's cultivation rose to Myriad Manifestations Level 4, and he went to the Liang family with Mingyue and Qingfeng.
• Liang Simeng refused to notify her father and faced Qin Jishi, promising an explanation for the Liang family's actions if he would save Liang Yanzhong.
• Qin Jishi agreed to follow Liang Simeng to the forbidden grounds and remove the Soul Controlling Gu from Liang Yanzhong.
• Qin Jishi examined Liang Yanzhong's eroded soul and prepared to use a golden needle, but Liang Yanzhong abruptly opened his eyes and released a violent aura.

Qin Jishi killed the Soul Controlling Gu and freed Liang Yanzhong, but Liang Simeng tried to take responsibility for the Liang Lineage’s actions by sacrificing herself. Before either she or Liang Yanzhong could act, an elder announced that Liang Yulong had slit his own throat.

• Liang Yanzhong attacked Qin Jishi under the Soul Controlling Gu’s control, but Qin Jishi dodged, sealed his escape routes, and killed the gu insect.
• Liang Yanzhong regained his senses, and Liang Simeng reassured him before declaring that she would give the factions an explanation.
• Liang Simeng tried to cut her own throat, while Liang Yanzhong insisted he should take responsibility instead.
• An elder arrived and reported that Liang Yulong had slit his own throat, shocking Liang Simeng and the others.

Liang Yulong slit his own throat and left an Edict of Self-Accusation, prompting Qin Jishi to investigate his death. Qin Jishi discovered a Soul Controlling Gu had been implanted in Liang Yulong, and the Liang Family chose to close its mountain gates and withdraw from the Azure Wave Continent's affairs.

• Liang Yulong slit his own throat, and his family gathered around his body in grief and disbelief.
• Qin Jishi found Liang Yulong's Edict of Self-Accusation, in which he accepted blame for the deaths and declared the Liang Family would withdraw from the continent's affairs.
• Qin Jishi detected black mist around Liang Yulong and tapped his brow despite protests from Liang Yanzhong and Liang Simeng.
• A Soul Controlling Gu emerged from Liang Yulong's mouth, and Qin Jishi pierced it with a golden needle.
• Qin Jishi explained that Liang Yulong had likely known about the Gu and would eventually have been consumed by it.
• Liang Yanzhong confirmed that the Liang Family would close its mountain gates, and Qin Jishi left.

After Liang Yulong died and the Liang Family withdrew from Azure Wave Continent affairs, Qin Jishi accepted gifts from factions seeking favor and prepared to travel to Sacred Ancestor Continent. Three days later, the Cloud Sword Gate and Phoenix Cry Tower attacked the leaderless Sky Fire Sect and Gold Mixing Palace, whose disciples tried to summon leaders and the Qin Family.

• Liang Yulong slit his throat and issued an Edict of Self-Accusation, after which the Liang Family announced it would close its gates and stop interfering in Azure Wave Continent affairs.
• Factions brought treasures to the World-Saving Pavilion, and Qin Jishi accepted the gifts but turned the visitors away.
• Qin Jishi asked Mingyue and Qingfeng to accompany him to Sacred Ancestor Continent, and Qingfeng said he would handle Netherworld if he appeared.
• Qin Jishi left with Mingyue and Qingfeng after confirming that the Cloud Sword Gate and Phoenix Cry Tower had been notified.
• Three days later, the Cloud Sword Gate and Phoenix Cry Tower launched a surprise attack on the leaderless Sky Fire Sect and Gold Mixing Palace.
• The besieged disciples failed to reach Meng Jiujie and Kong Zhiyong and began calling on the Qin Family for help.

Qin Tian prepared to face Qin Jishi by summoning the Rakshasa Four Ghosts and relying on Mad Blood Pills, while Qin Jishi arrived at the Qin Family with two companions. The chapter ended with Qin Jishi revealing his identity to the skeptical guards and unleashing his overwhelming pressure.

• Qin Tian suspected Cloud Sword Gate and Phoenix Cry Tower were delaying Gold Mixing Palace and Sky Fire Sect for Qin Jishi, and planned to wear Qin Jishi down before fighting him.
• Qin Tian summoned the Rakshasa Four Ghosts, whose combined strength could contend with a Heaven Opening Level 3 expert.
• Qin Tian sent the Rakshasa Four Ghosts to investigate a commotion outside the Qin Family.
• Qin Jishi arrived with two companions, but Qin Family disciples doubted he was the former genius and ordered him to leave.
• Qin Jishi told the disciples to inform Qin Tian that his cousin had come to visit, then released a powerful pressure and demanded Qin Tian come out.

Qin Jishi returned to the Qin Family and demanded that Qin Tian meet him, while Qin Long urged him to flee. Qin Jishi revealed that Qin Shutu had already been killed in the Azure Wave Continent, but four hostile figures appeared and locked onto him.

• Qin Jishi released his pressure, alarming the Qin Family disciples until Qin Long recognized him.
• Qin Long welcomed Qin Jishi and urged him to leave before Qin Shutu could find him.
• Qin Jishi asked Qin Long to summon Qin Tian and insisted he had returned to settle the matter from years ago.
• Qin Jishi told the gathered disciples that Qin Shutu had been buried in the Azure Wave Continent, but they did not believe him.
• Four figures appeared with killing intent and locked their pressure onto Qin Jishi.

Qin Jishi faced the Rakshasa Four Ghosts when they attacked him and his allies, but he revealed strength enough to pierce the third ghost’s chest. The wounded ghost rose again, leaving Qin Jishi and the onlookers stunned.

• Qin Long urged Qin Jishi to flee, but the leader of the Rakshasa Four Ghosts struck Qin Long down.
• The third Rakshasa Ghost attacked Qin Jishi as the Qin Family disciples mocked him and Qin Long begged him to escape.
• Qin Sansheng and four others arrived, and Qin Sansheng attacked the Rakshasa Four Ghosts to protect Qin Jishi.
• The remaining three Rakshasa Four Ghosts knocked Qin Sansheng to the ground, enraging Qin Jishi.
• Qin Jishi broke the third Rakshasa Ghost’s arm, pierced his chest with a punch, and kicked him away.
• The third Rakshasa Ghost rose despite his pierced chest, shocking Qin Jishi and everyone watching.

Qin Jishi faced the Rakshasa Four Ghosts and learned that their Vengeful Spirit Bodies could only be killed by exhausting their spirit energy or burning them. He challenged all four at once, but their combined attack drew him into a black vortex.

• Qin Jishi reassured Qin Sansheng and the others that he could handle the Rakshasa Four Ghosts.
• Qingfeng and Mingyue explained that the Rakshasa Four Ghosts were Vengeful Spirit Puppets vulnerable to fire.
• Qin Tian refused the Myriad Poisons King's offer to attack, hoping the Rakshasa Four Ghosts would weaken Qin Jishi without forcing them to use the Mad Blood Pill.
• Qin Jishi beckoned the Rakshasa Four Ghosts to attack him together.
• The Rakshasa Four Ghosts unleashed Four Directions Heaven Tribulation, and their intensified vortex pulled Qin Jishi inside.

Qin Jishi emerged from the black vortex with terrifying fire power, setting the Rakshasa Four Ghosts ablaze and alarming Qin Tian and the Myriad Poisons King. As the Myriad Poisons King went to hold Qin Jishi back, Qin Tian headed for the forbidden grounds to use Qin Xiao as leverage.

• Qin Jishi’s companions and the onlookers believed he had been swallowed by the Rakshasa Four Ghosts’ black vortex, while Qin Tian and the Myriad Poisons King expected him to be weakened.
• The black vortex turned crimson, and a flame erupted from it, engulfing the Rakshasa Four Ghosts and burning them from within.
• Qin Tian sensed that Qin Jishi’s strength had reached Heaven Opening Level 4, and the Myriad Poisons King urged them to attack together.
• Qin Tian sent the Myriad Poisons King to hold Qin Jishi back and revealed that he planned to force Qin Jishi to choose between himself and Qin Xiao.
• Qin Tian headed toward the Qin Family’s forbidden grounds, intending to expose Qin Xiao as part of his plan.

Youming persuaded Helian Duzun to send Corpse Controller Venerable after Qin Jishi, while Qin Jishi returned to the Qin Family and killed the Rakshasa Four Ghosts. He told the Qin Family elders that Qin Shutu was already dead, then looked toward the approaching Myriad Poisons King.

• Youming warned Helian Duzun that Qin Jishi had reached Myriad Manifestations Level 4 and proposed sending Corpse Controller Venerable to kill him if Qin Tian and the Myriad Poisons King failed.
• Helian Duzun agreed to Youming's plan, and Youming revealed that Lord Guiyan would soon arrive.
• Qin Jishi appeared at the Qin Family as the Rakshasa Four Ghosts burned and turned to ash, leaving the onlookers terrified by his power.
• Qin Sansheng, the Fifth Elder, and Qin Long urged Qin Jishi to flee, fearing Qin Shutu would kill him.
• Qin Jishi thanked the elders, said he had returned to reclaim what belonged to him, and declared that Qin Shutu was already dead.
• Qin Jishi looked into the distance as the Qin Family elders followed his gaze toward the Myriad Poisons King.

The Myriad Poisons King arrived at the Qin Family and tried to stall Qin Jishi by turning the disciples against him with news of Qin Shutu's death. Qin Sansheng, Qin Long, and the Fifth Elder challenged the accusation and urged the disciples to question the old story, leaving the crowd unsure whom to believe.

• The Myriad Poisons King arrived as Qingfeng and Mingyue left to deal with other guests, and he threatened Qin Jishi.
• When Qin Jishi prepared to attack, the Myriad Poisons King revealed that Qin Shutu had died on the Azure Wave Continent and blamed Qin Jishi.
• The Myriad Poisons King inflamed thousands of Qin Family disciples, who began condemning Qin Jishi and preparing to rush him.
• Qin Sansheng stopped the disciples and said he suspected Qin Shutu had framed Qin Jishi, while the Fifth Elder and Qin Long supported him.
• The disciples wavered as they considered the conflicting claims from the Myriad Poisons King and Qin Sansheng.

Myriad Poisons King accused Qin Sansheng and Qin Jishi of conspiring against the Qin Family, but Qin Jishi answered with force and attacked him. Myriad Poisons King swallowed the Mad Blood Pill, his strength surged to Heaven Opening Level 5, and Qin Jishi faced a suddenly more powerful opponent.

• Myriad Poisons King accused Qin Sansheng and Qin Jishi of plotting to seize control of the Qin Family and implied they were connected to the Great Elder’s death.
• Qin Jishi unleashed his Heaven Opening Level 4 pressure, then told Qin Sansheng that strength—not explanations—would clear the Qin Family’s name.
• Qin Jishi used Chasing Stars and Seizing the Moon to strike Myriad Poisons King, shattering his defenses and injuring him.
• Myriad Poisons King swallowed the Mad Blood Pill to avoid being killed before Qin Tian arrived.
• The pill raised Myriad Poisons King’s strength to Heaven Opening Level 5, and Qin Jishi grew solemn as dark clouds and a chilling pressure filled the Qin Family.

The Myriad Poisons King took a Mad Blood Pill from Netherworld and reached Heaven Opening Level 5, threatening Qin Jishi with his high-level death qi. Qin Jishi prepared to face him despite the danger, while Qin Tian watched from the Qin Family’s forbidden grounds and revealed he had plotted against the Myriad Poisons King; the two opponents then began their battle.

• The Myriad Poisons King’s aura suppressed everyone’s cultivation, and Baihe identified its death qi as Netherworld’s.
• Qin Jishi realized killing the Myriad Poisons King would cost him dearly, especially with Qin Xiao still in enemy hands and Qin Tian yet to appear.
• Qin Tian watched from the Qin Family’s forbidden grounds and admitted he had planned to eliminate the Myriad Poisons King as a potential future threat.
• Qin Jishi sent the others away, confronted the Myriad Poisons King in the air, and unleashed scarlet light against the black clouds.
• The Myriad Poisons King absorbed the black mist, boasted of his Heaven Opening Level 5 strength, and launched a furious attack on Qin Jishi.

Qin Jishi confronted Myriad Poisons King, whose dark power overwhelmed the Qin Family’s surroundings and forced Qin Jishi to protect those below while they fought. After more than a hundred exchanges, Myriad Poisons King remained unharmed by Qin Jishi’s flames and boasted of his strength.

• Qin Jishi and Myriad Poisons King released clashing auras, and Myriad Poisons King’s pressure gained the advantage as a dark vortex formed above Sky City.
• Myriad Poisons King sent hundreds of dark tentacles toward Qin Jishi and the Qin Family, forcing Qin Jishi to burn them away with a sea of crimson flames.
• Qin Sansheng, Fifth Elder, and others formed a defensive barrier against the remaining dark shockwaves, then retreated before the barrier shattered and the area was leveled.
• Qin Jishi charged Myriad Poisons King, and the two exchanged more than a hundred blows in the air before retreating dozens of li.
• Myriad Poisons King laughed amid Qin Jishi’s flames and claimed they could not harm him.

The Myriad Poisons King used the Mad Blood Pill to raise his cultivation to Heaven Opening Level 5 and attacked Qin Jishi with the Dark Element. Qin Jishi resisted and began to overpower him, but the Myriad Poisons King refused to accept defeat and prepared another attack.

• The Myriad Poisons King unleashed a vast black vortex, and Qin Jishi countered it with crimson flames.
• The Myriad Poisons King overwhelmed Qin Jishi’s Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand with dense black mists.
• Qin Jishi used the Star-Plucking Hand to destroy the mists and clash with the Myriad Poisons King’s Golden Skull Head.
• The Star-Plucking Hand visibly suppressed the Golden Skull Head, while the Myriad Poisons King realized Qin Jishi was unaffected by death qi.
• The Myriad Poisons King insisted he could not lose and formed dozens of black blades behind himself.

Qin Jishi overwhelmed the Myriad Poisons King with the Karmic Fire Domain after testing his strength and misleading Qin Tian. As the Myriad Poisons King burned and begged for help, Qin Jishi refused to spare him.

• Qin Jishi shattered the Myriad Poisons King's attack, broke his barrier with the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal, and sent him crashing into a deep pit.
• Qin Jishi revealed that he had prolonged the fight to assess the Myriad Poisons King's strength and make Qin Tian believe he was using up his power.
• Qin Tian watched from afar and resolved to kill both Qin Jishi and the Myriad Poisons King, whom he considered threats.
• Qin Jishi unleashed the Karmic Fire Domain as the Myriad Poisons King emerged from the pit, engulfing him in flames he could not extinguish.
• The Myriad Poisons King begged Lord Youming, Qin Tian, and Qin Jishi for help and mercy, but Qin Jishi refused, saying death would not atone for his sins.

Qin Jishi killed the Myriad Poisons King and persuaded the Qin Family disciples not to attack him while he waited for Qin Tian to appear. Qin Tian arrived carrying Qin Jishi’s adoptive father, Qin Xiao, whose battered condition filled Qin Jishi with killing intent.

• Qin Jishi burned the Myriad Poisons King to ashes with the Karma Fire Domain, despite the Myriad Poisons King's threats and Mad Blood Pill.
• Qin Jishi collapsed from exhaustion, and Qin Sansheng and the others rushed to support him.
• Qin Tian noticed Qin Jishi’s weakened state, then vanished into the forbidden ground.
• Qin Jishi told the Qin Family disciples he sought justice against those who framed him and asked them not to interfere.
• Baihe told Qin Jishi he would see Qin Tian soon, and Qin Tian appeared carrying the wounded Qin Xiao.
• Qin Jishi recognized his adoptive father and erupted with overwhelming killing intent at Qin Xiao’s condition.

Qin Jishi recognized the tortured Qin Xiao as his foster father and reunited with him in grief, while Qin Tian mocked their bond and threatened Qin Xiao with the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword. The chapter ended with Qin Xiao on the ground and Qin Tian’s sword pointed at his head.

• Qin Jishi recognized Qin Xiao despite his tortured state and realized Qin Tian had brought him there to provoke him.
• Qin Sansheng and the disciples learned that the battered man was Qin Xiao, their Clan Leader, and demanded that Qin Tian explain what had happened.
• Qin Jishi called Qin Xiao his foster father, apologized for his suffering, and broke down in tears.
• Qin Xiao recognized Jishi and struggled to raise his head, but could not speak as they reunited.
• Qin Tian mocked their father-and-son bond, threw Qin Xiao to the ground, and aimed the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword at his head.

Qin Tian used Qin Xiao as a hostage to force Qin Jishi to kneel and kowtow, while the Qin Family disciples watched in anger. After Qin Jishi complied, Qin Tian refused to release Qin Xiao and demanded that Qin Jishi stab himself.

• The Qin Family disciples saw Qin Xiao’s battered state and turned against Qin Tian, who threatened Qin Xiao to silence them.
• Qin Sansheng calmed the disciples and warned Qin Tian not to harm Qin Xiao.
• Qin Tian demanded that Qin Jishi kneel to save Qin Xiao, and Qin Jishi first dropped to one knee.
• Qin Tian ordered Qin Jishi onto both knees, and Qin Jishi complied despite Qin Xiao’s pleas.
• Qin Tian refused to release Qin Xiao and threw a short blade at Qin Jishi’s feet, demanding that he make several bloody holes in his body.

Qin Tian forced Qin Jishi to mutilate himself by threatening Qin Xiao, then demanded that Qin Jishi cripple his dantian. As Qin Jishi prepared to obey, Baihe intervened and promised to protect Qin Xiao and deal with Qin Tian.

• Qin Jishi stabbed himself several times to stop Qin Tian from attacking Qin Xiao, then severed both his own Achilles tendons when Qin Tian demanded it.
• Qin Tian refused to release Qin Xiao and ordered Qin Jishi to cripple his dantian in exchange for his adoptive father's release.
• Qin Jishi agreed after Qin Tian promised to free Qin Xiao, though he suspected Qin Tian would not keep his word.
• Qin Jishi prepared to stab his dantian, but Baihe rebuked him and said she would protect Qin Xiao and deal with Qin Tian.