Chapter Summaries

Qin Jishi challenged the claim that the Jiang Family had offered genuine Soul-Returning Grass, arguing that the marriage alliance concealed an ulterior motive. He revealed that the betrothal gift was actually Soul-Purifying Grass, prompting Jiang Feng to turn murderous.

• Jiang Zheng confirmed to Shen Junshi that the Soul-Returning Grass came from the Xuanyuan Family, dispelling Shen Junshi's doubts and turning his anger toward Qin Jishi.
• Shen Yi urged Qin Jishi to leave, but he stayed and questioned Shen Junshi's belief in the Jiang Family's gift.
• Qin Jishi argued that the Jiang Family had ulterior motives for helping the Shen Family and proposing a marriage alliance while the Shen Family's Old Patriarch was near death.
• Qin Jishi accused Jiang Zheng of threatening him and challenged him to stop him from leaving.
• Qin Jishi revealed that the betrothal gift was Soul-Purifying Grass rather than Soul-Returning Grass, and Jiang Feng's killing intent surged.

Qin Jishi revealed that the Jiang Family’s supposed Soul-Returning Grass was actually Soul-Purifying Grass, casting doubt on the Jiang Family’s story and leaving Shen Junshi torn over whether to trust the Xuanyuan Family’s reputation. Jiang Feng then turned his killing intent on Qin Jishi, threatening to attack him.

• Shen Yi examined the herb and questioned Qin Jishi after he identified it as Soul-Purifying Grass.
• Qin Jishi explained that Soul-Returning Grass and Soul-Purifying Grass looked alike but differed in how their profound energy appeared, and Shen Yi confirmed the herb lacked the fine-thread appearance.
• Shen Junshi recognized the herb as matching the Soul-Purifying Grass he had seen at the Xuanyuan Family, and he grew furious that the Shen Family had been deceived.
• Jiang Feng insisted the herb was genuine because the Xuanyuan Family had provided it, making Shen Junshi hesitate to accuse the Jiang Family.
• Qin Jishi accused Jiang Feng of falsely using the Xuanyuan Family’s name, and Jiang Feng released his pressure and threatened him.

Jiang Feng tried to kill Qin Jishi to protect the Jiang Family’s secret, but Shen Yi and Niu Bei intervened and forced him to withdraw. As Jiang Feng and Jiang Zheng attempted to leave, Qin Jishi stopped them.

• Niu Bei wanted to help Qin Jishi, but Niu Hong warned him that intervening could provoke the Jiang Family and Xuanyuan Family.
• Shen Yi stood between Jiang Feng and Qin Jishi, denounced the Jiang Family’s fake Soul-Returning Grass, and refused to let Jiang Feng harm him.
• Jiang Feng’s pressure weakened Shen Yi, but Qin Jishi refused her plea to escape before repaying his debt.
• Niu Bei shielded Shen Yi and Qin Jishi, and Niu Hong backed his Young Master, forcing Jiang Feng to abandon his attack.
• Jiang Feng ordered Jiang Zheng to leave, but Qin Jishi stopped them and asked whether he had given them permission to go.

Qin Jishi stood up for Shen Yi and provoked Jiang Zheng, refusing to back down even when Jiang Zheng revealed a Willpower Jade Token. Qin Jishi struck Jiang Zheng into a deep pit, and Jiang Feng rushed to check on him as the Jiang Family roared for revenge.

• Qin Jishi stopped Jiang Zheng and the Jiang Family from leaving, saying he would repay Shen Yi for saving his life.
• Qin Jishi mocked Jiang Zheng and urged him to attack, angering Jiang Zheng and Jiang Feng.
• Jiang Zheng took out a Willpower Jade Token, and Niu Bei warned Qin Jishi to retreat.
• Qin Jishi warned Jiang Zheng to put the token away, then vanished and punched him in the abdomen.
• Jiang Zheng was sent flying into a deep pit, and Jiang Feng rushed to check on him.
• Someone from the Jiang Family roared that Qin Jishi had killed their young patriarch and vowed to tear him apart.

After Qin Jishi killed Jiang Zheng, the Niu and Shen Families withdrew rather than risk a conflict with the Jiang Family. Shen Yi chose to stand with Qin Jishi, was disowned by the Shen Family, and began to give Jiang Feng an account by striking at her own head.

• Jiang Feng emerged from the pit holding the lifeless Jiang Zheng and demanded that the Niu and Shen Families stop interfering.
• Niu Bei stepped aside, and Shen Junshi ordered the Shen Family not to intervene.
• Shen Yi refused to abandon Qin Jishi, and Qiao'er chose to remain at her side.
• Shen Junshi disowned Shen Yi, and she told Jiang Feng the conflict began because of her.
• Shen Yi gathered profound energy in her palm and struck toward her own head.

Qin Jishi stopped Shen Yi from taking her own life and promised he could treat her grandfather, Shen Faguan. He then confronted Jiang Feng over Jiang Zheng’s death, leaving them on the verge of a fight as Jiang Feng unleashed his pressure.

• Shen Yi tried to kill herself, but Qin Jishi seized her wrist and stopped her.
• Qin Jishi told Shen Yi he could treat Shen Faguan, giving her a reason to reconsider dying.
• Shen Yi urged Qin Jishi to flee from Jiang Feng, but he insisted the Jiang Family was not worth mentioning.
• Qin Jishi confronted Jiang Feng and said Jiang Zheng had deserved to die.
• Jiang Feng threatened to tear Qin Jishi apart and enveloped him in terrifying pressure.

Qin Jishi faced Jiang Feng’s attack after Jiang Feng threatened everyone connected to him. Qin Jishi destroyed Jiang Feng’s stone giant with the Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand and sent Jiang Feng crashing across the ground.

• Jiang Feng summoned a stone giant and swung its stone axe at Qin Jishi while the onlookers expected Qin Jishi to die.
• Jiang Feng threatened to kill everyone connected to Qin Jishi after the attack.
• Qin Jishi said he hated being threatened and struck the descending axe with the Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand.
• Qin Jishi shattered the stone giant and blasted Jiang Feng away, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Qin Jishi defeated Jiang Feng with one strike and stopped the Jiang Family disciples from fleeing, leaving them one incense stick to summon help. Jiang Feng contacted the Jiang Family Clan Leader, while Qin Jishi waited for whoever might come to save them.

• Niu Hong, Niu Bei, Shen Junshi, and Shen Peng were shocked by Qin Jishi's strength and reconsidered the danger of having angered him.
• Jiang Feng disbelieved his defeat, spat blood, and suffered life-threatening injuries as the Jiang Family disciples rushed to his side.
• Qin Jishi warned the Jiang Family disciples not to move and stopped them from escaping.
• The Jiang Family disciples invoked the Xuanyuan Family, but Qin Jishi gave them one incense stick to summon a rescuer before he killed them.
• Jiang Feng insisted that the Jiang Family Clan Leader would be enough and sent him a message with a Sound Transmission Stone.

Qin Jishi stood his ground as the Jiang Family’s reinforcements failed to arrive, despite Shen Yi warning him about the family’s power. After giving the Jiang Family members the promised time to call for help, he attacked as they fled.

• Shen Yi warned Qin Jishi that challenging the Jiang Family was dangerous, but he remained calm and confident.
• Shen Junshi and the onlookers speculated that Qin Jishi’s confidence came from a powerful background.
• After an incense stick’s time passed without reinforcements, Qin Jishi pierced Jiang Feng’s palm and knocked away his Sound Transmission Stone.
• Qin Jishi declared that his promised wait was over and formed a golden needle to attack the Jiang Family members.
• The Jiang Family disciples fled in every direction, and Qin Jishi’s golden needle split into thousands and pierced their bodies.

Qin Jishi killed the Jiang Family disciples and cornered Jiang Feng, refusing to spare him despite his pleas. Just as Qin Jishi prepared to kill Jiang Feng, Jiang Tao arrived with a crowd, giving Jiang Feng hope of survival.

• Qin Jishi killed the Jiang Family disciples with golden needles while the watching factions grew more afraid of him.
• Qin Jishi advanced on Jiang Feng, who begged for his life and invoked the Jiang Family, but Qin Jishi dismissed his threats and decided to kill him.
• Jiang Tao, the Jiang Family Clan Leader and Jiang Feng’s father, arrived with a large crowd after receiving Jiang Feng’s voice transmission.
• Jiang Feng heard Jiang Tao’s arrival and called out to him, believing he had found a chance to survive.

Jiang Tao arrived at the Shen Family and discovered his son Jiang Zheng was dead, then demanded to know who had killed him. Jiang Feng identified Qin Jishi, but Jiang Tao refused to believe a Myriad Manifestations Realm cultivator could have defeated him.

• Jiang Feng regained confidence when Jiang Tao arrived and boasted that Qin Jishi would be destroyed.
• Niu Bei told Niu Bai how Qin Jishi had defeated Jiang Feng, leaving Niu Bai astonished by Qin Jishi’s strength.
• Jiang Tao found Jiang Zheng’s corpse and, consumed by grief and rage, demanded that the killer step forward.
• Shen Junshi told Jiang Tao that Jiang Feng knew how Jiang Zheng had died, hoping to avoid antagonizing either the Jiang Family or Qin Jishi.
• Jiang Feng accused Qin Jishi of killing Jiang Zheng, but Jiang Tao doubted that a Myriad Manifestations Realm cultivator could have severely injured Jiang Feng.

Qin Jishi refused to release Jiang Feng and killed him in front of Jiang Tao, the Jiang Family Clan Leader. Jiang Tao unleashed his Peak Level Eight strength and attacked Qin Jishi, who remained calm as the blow came toward him.

• Jiang Feng recounted how Qin Jishi had defeated him, and the onlookers began to believe Qin Jishi possessed Peak Attainment Realm strength.
• Jiang Tao demanded to know whether Qin Jishi had killed Jiang Zheng and the Jiang Family disciples, then ordered him to release Jiang Feng.
• Qin Jishi declared that no one could save Jiang Feng and pierced his heart with a golden needle, killing him.
• Jiang Tao erupted with Peak Level Eight pressure, but Qin Jishi remained unaffected as Shen Yi and Niu Bai watched.
• Jiang Tao told Qin Jishi he would die and struck at him with a wave of mystic energy.

Qin Jishi blocked Jiang Tao’s casual palm strike and inflicted a hidden injury, shocking the onlookers and exposing Jiang Tao’s underestimation of him. Jiang Tao then unleashed Blood Fiend Exorcism, trapping Qin Jishi in a blood mist as their confrontation continued.

• Qin Jishi met Jiang Tao’s palm strike with an apparently simple attack, and their forces collided.
• Jiang Tao suppressed the blood rising in his throat after Qin Jishi’s strike sent a powerful force through his body.
• Niu Bai recognized Qin Jishi’s terrifying potential, while Shen Yi wondered about the strength of the person who had once wounded him.
• Qin Jishi mocked Jiang Tao’s claims about the Jiang Family’s strength, angering him.
• Jiang Tao unleashed Blood Fiend Exorcism, and a sea of blood and strands of blood mist bound Qin Jishi.

Qin Jishi broke free of Jiang Tao’s blood restraints and defeated the Jiang Family Clan Leader with his Star-Plucking Hand. The Xuanyuan Family noticed Heaven Splitting Realm-level power coming from Flowing Cloud City and sent Xuanyuan Tianji to investigate, while Qin Jishi stood over the wounded Jiang Tao and asked if he still wanted to fight.

• Jiang Tao summoned a blood-red longsword and launched it at the bound Qin Jishi, while the gathered onlookers feared Qin Jishi would die.
• Qin Jishi unleashed the Star-Plucking Hand, erased the blood restraints, and sent a hundred-zhang arm to meet Jiang Tao’s attack.
• Xuanyuan Changkong and Xuanyuan Tianji sensed Heaven Splitting Realm-level power near Flowing Cloud City and discussed whether the Shen Family was in danger.
• Qin Jishi’s Star-Plucking Hand crushed Jiang Tao’s blood-red longsword and struck him, severely injuring and throwing him to the ground.
• Qin Jishi appeared before Jiang Tao and asked whether he still wanted to continue.

Qin Jishi defeated and severely injured Jiang Tao, then demanded that he kill himself. Jiang Tao summoned his father, the newly ascended Heaven Splitting Realm expert Jiang Wang, who arrived and began assessing Qin Jishi.

• Qin Jishi's defeat of Jiang Tao shocked the Jiang Family disciples and onlookers, while Niu Bai and Shen Junshi realized how formidable Qin Jishi was.
• Qin Jishi told Jiang Tao to kill himself, warning that he would make Jiang Tao suffer if he acted.
• Jiang Tao refused and called for his father, prompting Qin Jishi to pause and await the newcomer.
• Jiang Wang arrived, and the gathered forces felt the overwhelming pressure of his Heaven Splitting Realm cultivation.
• Jiang Tao told Jiang Wang that Qin Jishi had killed Jiang Zheng and Jiang Family members and had injured him.
• Jiang Wang studied Qin Jishi warily, and the two locked eyes in an unseen confrontation.

Qin Jishi confronted Jiang Wang over the Jiang Family’s counterfeit Soul-Returning Grass and its scheme against the Shen Family, then refused to back down when Jiang Wang threatened him. As Jiang Wang chose to kill him, Qin Jishi unleashed the Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand.

• Jiang Wang demanded an explanation for Qin Jishi killing Jiang Zheng and injuring Jiang Tao.
• Qin Jishi accused Jiang Wang of knowing the Jiang Family had passed off Soul-Purifying Grass as Soul-Returning Grass and said he was protecting Miss Shen, his savior.
• Jiang Wang questioned Qin Jishi’s origins and, believing he had no ties to the Xuanyuan Family, decided to kill him.
• Qin Jishi warned that he could destroy the Jiang Family if Jiang Wang relied on his power to bully others.
• Qin Jishi called the Jiang Family a scourge and attacked Jiang Wang with the Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand.

Qin Jishi attacked Jiang Wang, who answered with a devastating blood technique, but Qin Jishi blocked his strike with the Star-Plucking Hand. Jiang Wang realized Qin Jishi had power beyond his apparent cultivation and resolved that he had to die.

• Qin Jishi launched an attack against Jiang Wang, shocking the gathered forces and enraging Jiang Tao.
• Jiang Wang unleashed Blood Fiend Exorcism, forcing the onlookers to retreat as a blood-red sword destroyed Qin Jishi's phantom hand.
• Shen Yi warned Qin Jishi as Jiang Wang's blood-red sword flew toward him.
• Qin Jishi used Star-Plucking Hand to meet Jiang Wang's sword, and the two attacks clashed evenly before exploding.
• The gathered forces and Jiang Wang were shocked that Qin Jishi had blocked the attack, and Jiang Wang decided to eliminate him before he became a threat to the Jiang Family.

Jiang Wang unleashed the Jiang Family’s Blood Slaughter Heaven Opening against Qin Jishi, but Qin Jishi answered with Ultimate Fire and three fire-element Divine Beast phantoms. Their attacks engulfed the blood demon, leaving the onlookers stunned as they saw Qin Jishi apparently neutralize Jiang Wang’s trump card.

• Jiang Wang declared that he would kill Qin Jishi for killing his grandson and unleashed Blood Slaughter Heaven Opening over the Shen Family.
• The blood sea condensed into a blood demon that locked onto Qin Jishi and attacked him with a powerful longsword strike.
• Jiang Tao mocked Qin Jishi and threatened to investigate and punish everyone connected to him.
• Qin Jishi invoked Ultimate Fire, summoning phantoms of a phoenix, a Vermilion Bird, and a three-legged crow.
• The phoenix, Vermilion Bird, and three-legged crow attacked the blood demon in succession, setting it ablaze and seemingly neutralizing Jiang Wang’s attack.

Qin Jishi survived Jiang Wang’s Blood Slaughter Heaven Opening, captured the weakened Blood Demon in his Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, and attacked Jiang Wang with the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal. The seal came crashing down as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Wang’s Blood Demon emerged from the flames and slashed at Qin Jishi, who dodged with Chasing Stars and Seizing the Moon.
• Qin Jishi used the Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin to absorb the weakened Blood Demon.
• Qin Jishi sent the coffin crashing into Jiang Wang’s Profound Energy Barrier, but Jiang Wang repelled it.
• Qin Jishi brought out the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal, expanded it to a hundred zhang, and sent it crashing down on Jiang Wang.

Qin Jishi defeated Jiang Wang with the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal and prepared to kill him despite Jiang Wang invoking the Xuanyuan Family. A Xuanyuan Family elder arrived and demanded an explanation, interrupting Qin Jishi.

• Jiang Wang used all his strength to resist the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal, but it crushed him into a deep pit and broke his legs and arms.
• The onlookers were shocked that Qin Jishi had defeated Jiang Wang, and Jiang Wang asked how Qin Jishi had managed it.
• Qin Jishi dismissed Jiang Wang’s threat to call on Xuanyuan Tianji and said the Jiang Family was doomed.
• Qin Jishi prepared to kill Jiang Wang, but a Xuanyuan Family elder appeared and demanded an explanation for the Heaven Splitting Realm expert’s intervention.