Chapter Summaries

Qin Jishi defied Qin Tian’s demand to cripple himself, trusting Baihe to protect Qin Xiao. After Baihe blocked Qin Tian’s killing blow, Qin Jishi rescued Qin Xiao and reunited with his foster father.

• Baihe urged Qin Jishi to stop obeying Qin Tian, while Qin Jishi hesitated because Qin Tian held Qin Xiao hostage.
• Qin Jishi used the God-Slaying Golden Light to heal his severed tendons and rose instead of crippling his dantian.
• Qin Tian panicked and swung the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword at Qin Xiao’s head.
• Baihe shielded Qin Xiao with a defensive barrier that repelled the sword and staggered Qin Tian.
• Qin Jishi seized the opening, carried Qin Xiao to safety, and tearfully apologized to his foster father.

Qin Xiao reunited with Qin Jishi and the Qin Family after Qin Jishi rescued him from Qin Tian. As Qin Sansheng ordered Qin Tian seized, Qin Tian swallowed the Mad Blood Pill and unleashed a devastating aura, leaving the Qin Family disciples under attack.

• Qin Xiao reunited with Qin Jishi and praised him for protecting his godfather.
• Qin Sansheng and the other elders apologized to Qin Xiao, who forgave them for failing to uncover Qin Shutu's trap.
• Qin Sansheng ordered the disciples to take Qin Tian down for trying to murder Qin Xiao.
• Qin Tian decided to use the Mad Blood Pill and swallowed it as the Qin Family members advanced.
• Qin Jishi recognized the pill and urged everyone to retreat, but Qin Tian's energy ripple sent hundreds and thousands of Qin Family disciples crashing to the ground.

Qin Tian took the Mad Blood Pill and then drew on the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword, becoming far stronger than Qin Jishi had expected. Qin Jishi confronted him despite his injuries, and the chapter left their battle about to begin with Qin Jishi unsure he could win.

• Qin Tian's aura surged to the equivalent of Heaven Opening Level 5, knocking down and frightening the Qin Family disciples.
• Qin Jishi reassured Qin Sansheng and Qin Xiao, then faced Qin Tian despite his wounds.
• Qin Jishi condemned Qin Tian for his selfishness and for torturing Qin Xiao, while Qin Tian dismissed his accusations and vowed that only one would survive.
• Qin Tian summoned a vast black mist, and the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword absorbed it as its inscription blazed and empowered him further.
• Qin Jishi realized Qin Tian's strength surpassed the Myriad Poisons King's and asked Baihe how likely he was to win.

Qin Tian used the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword and the Mad Blood Pill to engulf the area in oppressive darkness, trapping Qin Jishi within it. Qin Jishi learned that the sword’s higher-level dark power could threaten him despite his affinity with darkness, and he tried to stay calm as his protective flames dwindled.

• Qin Tian revealed that taking the Mad Blood Pill had raised his cultivation at a severe personal cost, then unleashed the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword’s power against Qin Jishi.
• The darkness overwhelmed the disciples, and Qin Sansheng ordered them to stay still while Qin Jishi faced the attack alone.
• Qin Jishi realized the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword was producing the darkness and found that his divine sense could not reach its boundary as the darkness grew stronger.
• Baihe explained that Qin Jishi’s low realm left him vulnerable to the restored sword’s dark power, despite his having refined the Darkness Seed.
• Qin Jishi’s flames failed to disperse the darkness and shrank to illuminating less than thirty meters, so he focused on remaining calm while Qin Tian stayed hidden.

Qin Jishi turned the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword’s darkness to his advantage and opened his Illusory Thunder Domain, suppressing Qin Tian and striking him with heavenly lightning. Qin Tian remained confident that the sword’s destructive power could overcome Qin Jishi’s trump card.

• Qin Tian attacked Qin Jishi with black sword radiances while mocking him, and Qin Jishi evaded the strikes with Chasing Stars and Seizing the Moon.
• Qin Jishi absorbed the surrounding Dark Element and opened his Illusory Thunder Domain, engulfing Qin Tian in darkness.
• The crowd regained its sight, but Qin Xiao refused to let anyone intervene in the battle between Qin Jishi and Qin Tian.
• Inside the domain, Qin Tian’s aura was suppressed, and Qin Jishi summoned heavenly lightning against him.
• Qin Tian unleashed the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword’s destructive power and declared that Qin Jishi’s trump card would not defeat him.

Qin Jishi and Qin Tian traded powerful attacks in the Illusory Thunder Domain, with Qin Jishi using multiple treasures to wound Qin Tian. Qin Tian retaliated with a surprise strike, and both men remained poised to continue their dangerous battle.

• Qin Tian unleashed destructive sword attacks, while Qin Jishi countered with heavenly lightning, karmic fire, and the Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand.
• Qin Tian used the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword to overpower Qin Jishi in close combat and drive him back.
• Qin Jishi summoned the Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, then struck Qin Tian with the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal and broke his ribs.
• Qin Tian retaliated with a black sword radiance that struck Qin Jishi from behind, leaving both fighters injured.
• Qin Tian wiped away his blood and threatened to torture Qin Jishi as killing intent filled him.

Qin Tian battered Qin Jishi with the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword, shattering his defenses and sending him flying. Just as Qin Tian and the Qin Family believed Jishi was defeated, he rose again and appeared before Qin Tian, leaving him stunned.

• Qin Jishi summoned a giant hand, but Qin Tian’s sword radiance pierced through and destroyed it.
• Qin Jishi attacked with Chasing Stars and Seizing the Moon, while his palm strikes and Qin Tian’s sword blows clashed.
• Qin Tian relentlessly assaulted Qin Jishi until his defensive barrier shattered, then struck him and sent him flying.
• Qin Xiao, Qin Sansheng, and the Qin Family feared Qin Jishi had been defeated and that Qin Tian would kill them next.
• Qin Jishi stopped his fall, rose into the air, and appeared before Qin Tian, who could not believe he had survived.

Qin Jishi’s Karma Fire manifested as the three great fire Divine Beasts and battered Qin Tian’s defenses. Qin Tian remained inside his cracking barrier as the Vermilion Bird’s flames swept over him.

• Qin Tian fed his blood to the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword and attacked Qin Jishi with a powerful black strike.
• Qin Jishi compressed his Karma Fire and unleashed it, engulfing the Illusory Thunder Domain in flames.
• Qin Jishi’s flames formed the phoenix, Vermilion Bird, and Golden Crow, astonishing the Qin Family and prompting Baihe to explain their significance.
• The phoenix struck Qin Tian’s black defensive barrier, leaving it cracked after its flames faded.
• The Vermilion Bird then crashed into Qin Tian’s barrier, spreading cracks across it as Qin Tian realized his mistake had put him in danger.

Qin Jishi battered Qin Tian with the Golden Crow phantom, then used the Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin to try to devour him. The coffin could not contain Qin Tian and released him, leaving Qin Jishi gravely injured as Qin Tian rose and vowed to kill him.

• Qin Jishi unleashed the Golden Crow phantom, shattered Qin Tian’s defensive barrier, and sent him crashing into the Illusory Thunder Domain’s barrier.
• Qin Jishi opened the Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, whose suction pulled Qin Tian inside as it began devouring his body and mystic energy.
• Qin Tian slashed at the coffin’s interior with the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword, shaking the coffin so violently that Suspended Prison warned Qin Jishi it could not hold him.
• Qin Jishi told Suspended Prison to release Qin Tian, and the coffin burst open, sending Qin Tian into the sky and injuring Qin Jishi with backlash.
• Qin Tian stood up and vowed to kill Qin Jishi.

Qin Tian burned his blood essence and life to unleash a devastating attack on Qin Jishi, who answered by burning his own blood essence and using Karma Fire Domain. The two became locked in a contest of profound energy, with Qin Tian burning from within and Qin Jishi risking deadly backlash.

• Qin Tian burned his blood essence, rapidly aged, and struck Qin Jishi with the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword.
• Qin Jishi's God-Slaying Golden Light shattered, and Qin Tian's sword strike severely injured him.
• As Qin Tian launched another attack, Qin Jishi burned his blood essence to match Qin Tian's power.
• Qin Jishi unleashed Karma Fire Domain, setting Qin Tian's body ablaze from within and burning away his sword radiance.
• Qin Tian used black mist to slow the karma fire while Qin Jishi gambled that his profound energy would outlast Qin Tian's.

Qin Tian and Qin Jishi exhausted their power in a battle of endurance until both domains collapsed. Qin Tian believed he had won and raised his sword to kill Qin Jishi, who lay helpless in the crater after secretly striking him with a golden needle.

• Qin Tian endured the Karma Fire while Qin Jishi depleted his profound energy, and both fighters eventually burned through their reserves and life force.
• Qin Jishi's Karma Fire Domain and Illusory Thunder Domain collapsed, but he used his last trace of God-Slaying Golden Light to send a golden needle into Qin Tian.
• Qin Jishi crashed into a crater, and Qin Tian, barely alive, entered it and declared himself the victor.
• Qin Xiao called for Qin Sansheng and the others to save Qin Jishi, and they rushed toward the crater as the Qin Family disciples prayed for his survival.
• Qin Tian raised the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword over Qin Jishi and declared that he would kill him, while Qin Jishi remained still and relied on the golden needle having stopped Qin Tian.

Qin Jishi survived Qin Tian’s final attack when Qin Tian suddenly lost control of his body, and the Qin Family captured Qin Tian while Jishi was taken for healing. Meanwhile, Phoenix Cry Tower and Cloud Sword Gate destroyed Sky Fire Sect and Gold Mixing Palace, and their leaders headed to the Qin Family to visit Jishi.

• Qin Tian’s Dark Shadow Demonic Sword stopped just short of Qin Jishi when Qin Tian’s body suddenly refused to obey him, and he collapsed onto Jishi.
• Qin Sansheng rescued the unconscious Qin Jishi, and Qin Xiao ordered that Jishi decide Qin Tian’s punishment.
• The Qin Family put Qin Tian in the dungeon and began cleaning up the battlefield.
• Phoenix Cry Tower and Cloud Sword Gate destroyed Sky Fire Sect and Gold Mixing Palace, leaving the Sacred Ancestor Continent with two great powers.
• Feng Xueyi and Yun Jian led their people toward the Qin Family to visit Qin Jishi and bolster his prestige.

Feng Xueyi and Yun Jian visited the Qin Family after the battle and asked about Qin Jishi, while Qin Xiao apologized for the Qin Family’s past wrongs. The chapter left them reassured that Jishi was out of immediate danger but badly injured and in need of rest.

• Feng Xueyi and Yun Jian arrived at the Qin Family and were admitted by the steward.
• Qin Xiao told Qin Long that Qin Jishi had severe injuries to his organs, meridians, and foundation, though he was out of immediate danger.
• Feng Xueyi and Yun Jian respectfully greeted Qin Xiao and said they had come to visit Jishi.
• Qin Xiao apologized on behalf of the Qin Family for Qin Shutu’s past actions against Phoenix Cry Tower and Cloud Sword Gate.
• Feng Xueyi and Yun Jian dismissed the old grudge and asked about Jishi’s condition.
• Qin Xiao told them Jishi needed a few more days of rest after fighting the Myriad Poisons King and Qin Tian.

Qin Xiao rewarded Phoenix Cry Tower and Cloud Sword Gate for destroying Sky Fire Sect and Gold Mixing Palace, then tasked Qin Sansheng with investigating the Qin Family’s past. Meanwhile, Netherworld threatened Qingfeng and Mingyue and warned them that King Yama’s era was approaching, prompting them to report the danger to the World-Saving Pavilion.

• Feng Xueyi and Yun Jian pledged their sects’ loyalty to the Qin Family, and Qin Xiao granted them control of the four cities formerly held by Sky Fire Sect and Gold Mixing Palace.
• Qin Xiao sent Feng Xueyi and Yun Jian to eliminate any remaining members of the two destroyed sects and promised to notify them when Qin Jishi awakened.
• Qin Xiao assigned Qin Sansheng to manage the Lineage and thoroughly investigate everyone involved in the events of that year.
• Netherworld confronted Qingfeng and Mingyue, boasting that King Yama’s forces would rule the coming era and urging them to join him.
• Qingfeng and Mingyue refused Netherworld’s offer and decided to warn the World-Saving Pavilion that the person sealed away was nearing escape.

After seven days, Qin Jishi awoke from his severe injuries in the Qin Family’s Healing Hall and was cared for by his foster father, Qin Xiao. Meanwhile, Helian Duzun waited for Corpse Controller Venerable and the arrival of Gui Yan as their plan to control the Black and White Domain advanced.

• Feng Xueyi and Yun Jian spread word across Sacred Ancestor Continent that Qin Jishi had been framed and had killed Qin Shutu, building support for him.
• Helian Duzun questioned Youming about why Qin Jishi had not left the Qin Family, and Youming said Corpse Controller Venerable would capture him once he recovered and emerged.
• Youming told Helian Duzun that Gui Yan would arrive soon, allowing their plan to place the Black and White Domain under Young Master Wang’s control to proceed.
• Qin Jishi awoke in the Healing Hall and tried to sit up, but Qin Xiao urged him to rest because his injuries remained severe.
• Qin Xiao fed Qin Jishi porridge and stayed with him as they talked, then tucked him in when he grew tired and quietly left the hall.

After recovering from his injuries, Qin Jishi discovered that damaged meridians and a weakened foundation had left his cultivation at the early Myriad Manifestations Realm. He reassured Qin Xiao and the elders, then went to the prison to settle matters with Qin Tian.

• Qin Jishi used the Primordial Nine Dragon Art and God Slaying Golden Needle Art to recover, but found the God-Slaying Golden Light could not heal his damaged meridian.
• Baihe explained that Qin Jishi had overdrawn his potential and burned his blood essence, and that someone stronger would need to repair his meridians.
• Qin Jishi contacted Qingfeng, then told Qingfeng and Mingyue he would return to World-Saving Pavilion after handling matters at hand.
• Qin Xiao and the elders noticed Qin Jishi's cultivation had fallen to early Myriad Manifestations Realm, and Qin Jishi told them he had not fully recovered.
• Qin Jishi learned Qin Tian was imprisoned, agreed it was time to settle their grievances, and entered the prison.

Qin Jishi visited the broken and imprisoned Qin Tian, offering him food, wine, and a chance to settle their past. He left a dagger before Qin Tian and told him to choose a dignified end, then turned away.

• Qin Jishi sent the dungeon guards away and entered Qin Tian’s cell with a feast and wine.
• Qin Jishi released Qin Tian’s chains, and Qin Tian attacked him but lacked the strength to hurt him.
• Qin Jishi told Qin Tian that he had once hated the Qin Family but had come to feel grateful, and that he might have forgiven them if they had apologized.
• Qin Jishi urged Qin Tian to face his fate with dignity, placed a dagger before him, and turned away.

Qin Tian died by suicide after confronting Qin Jishi, who rejected Qin Tian’s prediction that he would share the same fate. Qin Jishi asked the Qin Family to bury Qin Tian, and Qin Xiao gave him authority over the family before arranging his coronation ceremony.

• Qin Tian laughed over his lost ambitions, condemned Qin Jishi, and stabbed himself in the chest with a dagger.
• Qin Jishi said he would break the world’s shackles and shape his own fate, then left the prison.
• Qin Jishi asked Qin Xiao whether things would have ended differently if he had never joined the Qin Family, and Qin Xiao said Qin Shutu and Qin Tian would have revealed their true natures regardless.
• Qin Jishi asked that Qin Tian be buried, and Qin Xiao ordered the Third Elder to lay him to rest in the back mountain.
• Qin Xiao told Qin Jishi that the Qin Family would support his decisions and then ordered Qin Sansheng to summon every force on Sacred Ancestor Continent for Qin Jishi’s coronation ceremony in three days.

Qin Jishi’s recovery and strength drew the Qin Family’s admiration and visitors from across the continent, while he reunited with Hong'er, Yun Qing, and Feng Que'er. After Yun Qing sided with Feng Que'er in calling Qin Jishi her junior brother, Qin Jishi teased him about an arranged marriage, and Yun Qing hurried after Feng Que'er to explain.

• Qin Jishi spent three days advising Qin Family disciples and won their admiration with his approachable nature.
• Representatives from many forces arrived at the Qin Family estate to congratulate the family and catch a glimpse of Qin Jishi.
• Hong'er promised to protect Qin Jishi, and Yun Qing celebrated his vindication while Qin Jishi thanked him for his past sacrifices.
• Feng Que'er insisted Qin Jishi was her junior brother, and Yun Qing sided with her when Qin Jishi asked him to judge their argument.
• Qin Jishi brought up Yun Qing’s arranged marriage to a Tang Family girl, prompting Feng Que'er to question him before she left.
• Yun Qing rushed after Feng Que'er to explain, while Qin Jishi watched them go and laughed.

Qin Jishi was formally crowned Young Master of the Qin Family at a ceremony attended by the continent’s major factions. Afterward, he called for everyone to put past conflicts behind them and move forward together, while Yun Qing awkwardly tried to clarify matters with Feng Que'er.

• Qin Xiao and the assembled faction leaders praised Qin Jishi as he arrived at the Qin Family hall with Yun Qing and the others.
• Qin Xiao named Qin Jishi the Qin Family’s Young Master, and Qin Jishi accepted out of respect for his foster father.
• Qin Sansheng began the coronation ceremony, and Feng Que'er told Yun Qing she knew his engagement to another woman had been a joke.
• After the ceremony, Qin Jishi thanked the guests, asked them to leave past events behind, and urged them to work toward a new era for Sacred Ancestor Continent.