Chapter Summaries

After the banquet, Qin Jishi reassured his allies that the upper-realm visitor Netherworld could not harm him for now, then told Qin Xiao about the years they had been apart. Father and son spent the night reminiscing, and Qin Xiao gave Qin Jishi a life-saving teleportation stone as dawn broke.

• The major powers offered treasures at the three-day banquet, and Misty Pavilion presented a Myriad Miles Teleportation Stone.
• Yun Jian and Feng Xueyi asked Qin Jishi whether the powerful figure who had intervened before might attack him, and Qin Jishi revealed that the figure was Netherworld from the upper realm.
• Qin Jishi said Netherworld could not act against him for now because other upper-realm figures were also in the Black and White Domain.
• After Feng Xueyi and Yun Jian left with Hong'er, Qin Jishi told Qin Xiao the full story of what he had experienced over the past dozen years.
• Qin Xiao gave Qin Jishi the Myriad Miles Teleportation Stone, and Qin Jishi wished that time could stand still as he saw his adoptive father growing old.

Qin Jishi left Sacred Ancestor Continent after bidding farewell to Qin Xiao, but Baihe warned him that a hidden Heaven Opening Level Two expert lay ahead. When Qin Jishi changed course to avoid the ambush, the black-clad old man pursued him, leaving Qin Jishi facing danger.

• Qin Xiao saw Qin Jishi off and reminded him that the Qin Family would always be his home.
• Qin Jishi left the Qin Family and traveled toward Azure Wave, feeling guilty about the war and the lives it had cost.
• Baihe detected someone hiding ahead, and Qin Jishi suspected the Heaven Annihilation Pavilion was behind the threat.
• Baihe identified the hidden expert as Heaven Opening Level Two, so Qin Jishi changed direction to avoid him.
• An old man in black carrying a stone coffin revealed that he had been sent by the Pavilion Master and vanished to pursue Qin Jishi.
• Qin Jishi sensed the old man's pursuit and realized that he did not intend to let him escape.

Qin Jishi confronted the Corpse Controller Venerable, whom he identified as an assassin sent by the Heaven Annihilation Pavilion. The Venerable summoned a Golden Armor Puppet with Heaven Opening Level Three strength, and their attacks collided as the fight began.

• The Corpse Controller Venerable attacked Qin Jishi with a skeletal spear, but Qin Jishi blocked the blow with Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand.
• Qin Jishi recognized traces of death energy and confirmed the Corpse Controller Venerable had been sent by the Heaven Annihilation Pavilion.
• The Corpse Controller Venerable offered Qin Jishi two choices, both ending in death, and Qin Jishi attacked with Star-Plucking Hand.
• The Corpse Controller Venerable summoned a Golden Armor Puppet whose aura matched Heaven Opening Level Three.
• The Golden Armor Puppet met Qin Jishi's Star-Plucking Hand with a powerful shockwave, and their collision twisted the surrounding space.

Qin Jishi destroyed Corpse Controller Venerable’s Golden Armor Puppet with his fire techniques, then summoned the strengthened Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin to suppress him. Corpse Controller Venerable answered by opening his stone coffin and summoning Purple Kui, whose purple light appeared above the black coffin.

• Qin Jishi extinguished Corpse Controller Venerable’s shockwave with scarlet flames and destroyed the Golden Armor Puppet with attacks from the phoenix, Vermilion Bird, and Golden Crow phantoms.
• Corpse Controller Venerable judged that Qin Jishi’s damaged foundation kept him from reaching his peak strength, while Qin Jishi remained confident in his own power and treasures.
• Qin Jishi summoned the Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, strengthened after devouring the Dark Shadow Demonic Sword, and ordered it to open.
• Corpse Controller Venerable showed no fear and said he intended to take the black coffin for himself.
• Corpse Controller Venerable opened his stone coffin and summoned Purple Kui, whose purple light appeared above the Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin.

Corpse Controller Venerable sent the Heaven Opening Level 8 Corpse King Zi Kui to kill Qin Jishi, whose weakened state left him unable to withstand its attacks. After the Corpse King badly injured him, Corpse Controller Venerable appeared before him and declared that he would die.

• Qin Jishi realized Corpse Controller Venerable had refined the powerful Corpse King Zi Kui into a puppet.
• Corpse King Zi Kui stopped the Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin from opening, and Suspended Prison retreated into Qin Jishi.
• Qin Jishi used the God-Slaying Golden Light and Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal to block Corpse King Zi Kui's punch, but both defenses were shattered and he was thrown to the ground.
• Baihe warned Qin Jishi to dodge, but Corpse King Zi Kui's attack sent him flying and left him badly injured.
• Corpse King Zi Kui struck Qin Jishi again, breaking his bones and damaging his organs, before Corpse Controller Venerable stopped the puppet and taunted him.

Qin Jishi escaped Corpse Controller Venerable with the Myriad Miles Teleportation Stone, but the attack diverted him to the border of the Mystic Sky Continent. Corpse Controller Venerable tracked him into the forest and closed in again, leaving Qin Jishi still fleeing for his life.

• Qin Jishi crushed the Myriad Miles Teleportation Stone just as Corpse Controller Venerable struck, and the teleportation carried him away.
• Qin Jishi landed in unfamiliar mountain terrain, realized the blow might have changed his destination, and hurried onward despite his injuries.
• Corpse Controller Venerable followed the teleportation's energy ripples and identified the forest ahead as the border between the Sacred Ancestor Continent and the Mystic Sky Continent.
• Corpse Controller Venerable pursued Qin Jishi into the forest despite his wariness of the Xuanyuan Family.
• Qin Jishi sensed Corpse Controller Venerable catching up and ran faster, but Corpse Controller Venerable soon spotted him and threatened to end his escape.

Qin Jishi was struck by the Corpse King Zi Kui and fell into a ten-thousand-zhang abyss, while the Corpse Controller Venerable fled after sensing the Xuanyuan Family’s approach. At the bottom of the cliff, Shen Yi searched for Soul-Returning Grass to save her grandfather, whose illness had left her vulnerable to a forced marriage.

• Qin Jishi kept running toward a cliff as the Corpse Controller Venerable pursued him, but Baihe did not answer his calls for help.
• The Corpse Controller Venerable summoned the Corpse King Zi Kui and ordered it to kill Qin Jishi rather than let him escape.
• The Corpse King Zi Kui struck Qin Jishi in the back, and he fell unconscious into the abyss.
• The Corpse Controller Venerable assumed Qin Jishi would die, sensed that the Xuanyuan Family had noticed the attack, and left before their divine sense searched the area.
• At the bottom of the cliff, Shen Yi and Qiao'er searched for Soul-Returning Grass to cure Elder Shen, while Shen Yi faced pressure to marry the ailing Jiang Zheng.

Shen Yi abandoned her search for Soul-Returning Grass and prepared to return home, resigned to marrying Jiang Zheng to save her grandfather. Before leaving, she rescued a dying young man from a pool and used her pills and mystic energy to keep him alive, then departed without knowing whether he would survive.

• Shen Yi told Qiao'er she had found no Soul-Returning Grass after searching for half a year and decided to return to save her grandfather from dying, even if she had to marry Jiang Zheng.
• A young man fell from above into the pool, and Shen Yi pulled him ashore despite Qiao'er's warning that he might bring trouble.
• Qiao'er gave the young man a pill, but it had no effect, and Shen Yi found his injuries too severe for her mystic energy to heal.
• Shen Yi gave the young man a stronger pill that slowed the loss of his life aura, then left with Qiao'er, saying she had done all she could.
• After Shen Yi left, the young man's eyelids twitched and he murmured, "Miss Shen... Shen Yi?"

Xuanyuan Changkong and Xuanyuan Tianji discussed a mysterious powerful aura, Qin Jishi’s return to power, Heaven Annihilation Pavilion’s silence, and Ba Tian’s plans for the Starlight Secret Realm. At the Shen Family, Shen Yi returned and struck Shen Peng after he slapped her maid Qiao'er, beginning to seek justice for her.

• Xuanyuan Changkong and Xuanyuan Tianji sensed an aura stronger than their own and speculated that a reclusive expert had appeared.
• Xuanyuan Tianji reported that the Myriad Poisons King and Qin Tian were dead, while Xuanyuan Changkong praised Qin Jishi and ordered Heaven Annihilation Pavilion watched.
• Xuanyuan Tianji told Xuanyuan Changkong that Ba Tian had left seclusion and intended to enter the Starlight Secret Realm, so Xuanyuan Changkong went to speak with him.
• Shen Yi returned to the Shen Family and went to visit the Old Patriarch, prompting Shen Junshi and the elders to hurry to the palace.
• Shen Peng slapped Qiao'er when she tried to keep the group from entering, and Shen Yi promised to seek justice for her.
• Shen Yi confronted the elders over their silence, then slapped Shen Peng and sent him flying.

Shen Yi defended Qiao'er from Shen Peng and challenged Shen Junshi over the Shen Family’s rules, then agreed to obtain Soul-Returning Grass for her grandfather. Shen Junshi ordered the Jiang Family to bring the grass in three days and marry Shen Yi.

• Shen Yi struck Shen Peng after he mistreated Qiao'er, and Shen Peng tried to retaliate until Shen Junshi stopped him.
• Shen Junshi accused Shen Yi of breaking Lineage rules, but she challenged his authority and defended her actions on Qiao'er's behalf.
• Shen Junshi apologized and reminded Shen Yi that her grandfather’s life depended on obtaining Soul-Returning Grass.
• Shen Yi said the Jiang Family should bring the Soul-Returning Grass in three days, then entered the great hall with Qiao'er.
• Shen Junshi ordered the Great Elder to tell the Jiang Family to bring the grass and come to marry Shen Yi in three days.

Helian Duzun learned that Qin Jishi might have survived and sent Great Elder Xiahou to investigate the Mystic Sky Continent. Qin Jishi recovered from his near-fatal injuries in a primordial forest and set out to handle an important matter before visiting the Xuanyuan Family.

• Corpse Controller Venerable told Helian Duzun that he had killed Qin Jishi, and Helian Duzun let him leave without punishment.
• Netherworld reported that Qin Jishi's fate was uncertain, so Helian Duzun ordered Great Elder Xiahou to investigate the Mystic Sky Continent without alerting the Xuanyuan Family.
• A python attacked the unconscious Qin Jishi, but a streak of light killed it and its blood helped restore his vitality.
• Qin Jishi recovered using the Primordial Nine Dragon Art and the Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, while Baihe insisted that his near-death experience had been cultivation.
• After emerging at dawn, Qin Jishi decided to visit the Xuanyuan Family but first headed out to deal with Shen Yi.

Xuanyuan Batian confronted Xuanyuan Changkong over the clan leadership and secured permission to lead the Xuanyuan Family into the Starlight Secret Realm, where he planned to claim one hundred drops of Starlight Water if he found them. Three days later, a young man in Flowing Cloud City questioned locals about Miss Shen’s marriage to Jiang Zheng, which she had entered to obtain Soul-Returning Grass for her grandfather.

• Xuanyuan Batian accused Xuanyuan Changkong of taking the Xuanyuan Family clan leadership through deception, while Xuanyuan Changkong denied it.
• Xuanyuan Batian demanded one hundred drops of Starlight Water only if he found it in the Starlight Secret Realm, and Xuanyuan Changkong agreed to let him lead the expedition.
• Xuanyuan Batian declared that the Xuanyuan Family would ultimately belong to him.
• Three days later, people in Flowing Cloud City discussed how Miss Shen had married Jiang Zheng to obtain Soul-Returning Grass for her grandfather, despite regarding Jiang as a dissolute good-for-nothing.
• A young man paid for the locals’ tea and asked them to explain Miss Shen’s marriage.

A young man who had recovered after Shen Yi saved his life learned why she was marrying Jiang Zheng and entered the Shen Family gathering to repay her. As Shen Yi was summoned for the wedding, the young man watched from an unnoticed corner.

• The recovered young man questioned people at a tea stall, learned of Shen Yi's sacrifice and marriage, and resolved to repay her for saving his life.
• The young man disguised himself as a sect disciple, tricked a Shen Family attendant into carrying his load, and slipped into the estate.
• Niu Bei arrived at the Shen Family wedding, prompting guests to speculate that he admired Shen Yi and might confront Jiang Zheng.
• Jiang Zheng arrived coughing violently, and Shen Junshi greeted him before Jiang Zheng asked for Shen Yi to be brought out so they could return to the Jiang Family.
• Shen Junshi sent Shen Peng into the Lineage to fetch Shen Yi while Jiang Zheng waited to receive her.

Shen Yi prepared to marry Jiang Zheng in exchange for the Soul-Returning Grass that could save her grandfather, Shen Faguan, while Jiang Zheng provoked Niu Bei in the Shen Family front hall. Niu Bei attacked, and elders from the Jiang and Niu families faced off as tensions escalated.

• Shen Yi dressed for the wedding, said goodbye to the unconscious Shen Faguan, and left with Qiao'er.
• Jiang Zheng complained about Shen Yi's delay as Shen Junshi waited for her to arrive.
• Niu Bei insulted Jiang Zheng, who boasted crudely about marrying Shen Yi and taunted Niu Bei over his feelings for her.
• Niu Bei erupted with Myriad Manifestations Level Three aura and moved against Jiang Zheng.
• Jiang Feng blocked Niu Bei and threatened to discipline him, but the Niu Family's Third Elder intervened, bringing the two families to the brink of a fight.

The Jiang and Niu families nearly fought at the Shen Family’s wedding, but Shen Junshi stopped them to protect the ceremony and his chance to obtain Soul-Returning Grass. As Shen Yi arrived, an injured young man considered intervening to save her, while Niu Bei offered to do anything for her and she asked whether the Niu Family had Soul-Returning Grass.

• Jiang Feng and Niu Hong prepared to fight until Shen Junshi’s Level Eight pressure forced them to stop.
• Jiang Zheng taunted Niu Bei, and Jiang Feng pressured Shen Junshi to keep the Niu Family in check by invoking the Soul-Returning Grass.
• Shen Junshi warned the Niu Family to leave if they had come to cause trouble, and Niu Hong restrained Niu Bei from retaliating.
• Shen Yi arrived in bridal robes as a young man watching from a corner considered making a move to rescue her despite his unhealed injuries.
• Shen Peng demanded that Shen Yi apologize to Niu Bei, but Niu Bei instead offered to do anything for her.
• Shen Yi asked Niu Bei whether the Niu Family had Soul-Returning Grass, and he reluctantly said they did not.

Niu Bei offered to find Soul-Returning Grass for Shen Yi, but she refused because her grandfather could not wait and she had to marry Jiang Zheng. The Jiang Family presented a herb that the young man recognized as Soul-Purifying Grass, not Soul-Returning Grass, and he stepped forward to intervene.

• Niu Bei asked Jiang Zheng to sell the Soul-Returning Grass, but Jiang Zheng mocked him.
• Shen Yi warned Niu Bei not to harm Jiang Zheng and said she would sacrifice anything to save her grandfather.
• Jiang Zheng had Jiang Feng hand Shen Yi a wooden box containing what the crowd believed was Soul-Returning Grass.
• The young man told Baihe that the herb was actually Soul-Purifying Grass, which would not save Shen Yi's grandfather.
• The young man decided not to let the Jiang Family's deception stand and walked out of the crowd.

As Shen Yi prepared to leave the Shen Family with Jiang Zheng in exchange for the Soul-Returning Grass, Qin Jishi arrived and urged her to verify that the grass was genuine. Shen Yi stopped, leaving the exchange—and her departure—in doubt.

• Jiang Zheng pressed Shen Junshi to send Shen Yi away, and Shen Yi agreed to leave with him despite her family's indifference.
• Just as Shen Yi was about to depart, Qin Jishi questioned whether the Soul-Returning Grass was authentic.
• Shen Peng ordered disciples to throw Qin Jishi out, but Niu Bei intervened and supported checking the grass.
• Shen Junshi tried to stop Niu Bei from interfering, and Shen Peng prepared to attack Qin Jishi.
• Shen Yi stopped Shen Peng and walked toward Qin Jishi as the crowd speculated about his motives and feared the consequences.

Qin Jishi arrived to repay Shen Yi for saving his life, but warned her that the Soul-Returning Grass Jiang Zheng offered might not be genuine. As Jiang Zheng pressed Shen Yi to leave with him, Qin Jishi challenged the grass’s authenticity, and the Shen and Jiang Families moved to silence him.

• Jiang Zheng confronted Qin Jishi for questioning the Soul-Returning Grass, while Shen Yi asked how Qin Jishi had found her.
• Qin Jishi said Qiao'er had revealed Shen Yi was his life-saving benefactor and explained that he had been conscious when she saved him.
• Qin Jishi tried to stop Jiang Zheng from taking Shen Yi and urged her to reconsider whether the Soul-Returning Grass was genuine.
• Qin Jishi admitted he had never seen Soul-Returning Grass but said he could still identify it, angering Shen Yi and Jiang Zheng.
• Shen Junshi ordered Shen Peng to throw Qin Jishi out, but Niu Bei intervened before Niu Hong pulled him away to prevent conflict between their families.

Qin Jishi refused Shen Yi’s attempts to make him leave the Shen Family, insisting the Soul-Returning Grass was flawed. When Shen Peng attacked him on Shen Junshi’s orders, Qin Jishi struck first and sent him flying.

• Shen Yi urged Qin Jishi to leave, but he warned her that the Soul-Returning Grass was flawed and refused to go.
• Shen Junshi suppressed Shen Yi with his Peak Attainment Realm pressure and ordered Shen Peng to throw Qin Jishi out.
• Shen Yi pleaded for Qin Jishi’s life as Shen Peng approached, while Qin Jishi warned Shen Peng to stop.
• Shen Peng ignored Qin Jishi’s warning and punched at his chest, but Qin Jishi kicked him and sent him flying with broken ribs.

Qin Jishi defeated Shen Peng with a single unseen strike and warned that the Soul-Returning Grass was fake. Jiang Zheng pressured Shen Junshi to choose between returning the grass and ending the marriage alliance or crippling Qin Jishi, then claimed the grass came from the Xuanyuan Family.

• Qin Jishi sent Shen Peng flying, leaving him gravely injured, and Shen Junshi stabilized him with profound energy.
• Shen Junshi hesitated to confront Qin Jishi after sensing there was more to him, while Shen Yi and Niu Bei were shocked by his strength.
• Qin Jishi told Shen Junshi that he had intervened because Shen Yi had saved his life and insisted the Soul-Returning Grass was fake.
• Jiang Zheng demanded that Shen Junshi either return the Soul-Returning Grass and end the marriage alliance or cripple Qin Jishi.
• Jiang Zheng claimed his father had obtained the Soul-Returning Grass from the Xuanyuan Great Elder, making the gathered onlookers question Qin Jishi's warning.