Chapter Summaries

Xuanyuan Qi learned that Qin Jishi was alive and hurried to the Qin Family to see him. While Xuanyuan Qi waited, Xuanyuan Changkong and Xuanyuan Batian argued over who was responsible for a portrait-related incident.

• Xuanyuan Qi confirmed that the Qin Family junior was Qin Jishi and rejoiced that he was still alive.
• Xuanyuan Qi ordered Xuanyuan Tianji to accompany him to the Sacred Ancestor Continent to meet Qin Jishi.
• The next morning, Qin Jishi left Qin Si with White Dragon and went to meet Xuanyuan Qi.
• Xuanyuan Batian blamed Xuanyuan Changkong for the portrait incident, and Xuanyuan Qi demanded that Changkong admit what happened.
• An unidentified person entered the discussion hall and asked Xuanyuan Qi why he had descended to the lower realm.

Qin Jishi reunited with Xuanyuan Qi, who explained that the Lord of the Black Fiend Realm had sent him to the lower realm to check on their homeland and protect Qin Jishi’s Lineage. After hearing about turmoil in the upper realm, Qin Jishi suspected Carefree Realm Venerate had powerful backers, while Xuanyuan Qi pressed him to explain how he had survived.

• Xuanyuan Qi recognized Qin Jishi and embraced him, relieved that he had survived the disappearance of the Heavenly Revelation Domain.
• Qin Jishi sent his family and clansmen away, then privately questioned Xuanyuan Qi about why the Lord of the Black Fiend Realm had sent him down now.
• Xuanyuan Qi said the Lord of the Black Fiend Realm had ordered him to check on their homeland and look after Qin Jishi’s Lineage.
• Xuanyuan Qi described rumors about the Myriad Worlds World Ending Spear and recent events in the Primordial Heaven and Earth.
• Qin Jishi learned that Carefree Realm Venerate wanted to replace the Incense Burning Divine Hall and suspected Mr. Wonderful Brush or King Yama was supporting him.
• Xuanyuan Qi asked how Qin Jishi had survived, and Qin Jishi turned to face him.

Qin Jishi told Xuanyuan Qi that he had reached the Divine King Realm, while the Upper Realm descended into chaos over the missing Myriad Worlds World Ending Spear. He revealed that White Dragon had borne him a son and said he would not return to the Upper Realm yet; the chapter ended as White Dragon and another figure entered the hall.

• Qin Jishi concealed the truth about the events surrounding his arrival and asked Xuanyuan Qi what the Upper Realm had learned about the Myriad Worlds World Ending Spear.
• Xuanyuan Qi explained that forces across the Primordial Heaven and Earth were using the spear's disappearance as a pretext to attack one another, while the three great divine halls remained inactive.
• Xuanyuan Qi asked Qin Jishi about Crimson Eye and Corpse Burner, and Qin Jishi confirmed they had been level-six Divine King Realm cultivators before revealing that he had reached the Divine King Realm himself.
• Xuanyuan Qi proposed returning to the Upper Realm, but Qin Jishi refused for now and said he needed to make up for what he owed White Dragon, who had borne him a son.
• Qin Jishi confirmed that White Dragon was the White Dragon Hall Master of the Xuanyuan Divine Sect, and White Dragon and another figure entered the great hall as he greeted Si'er.

Qin Jishi and White Dragon cared for their frail son Qin Si, who could not tolerate mystic energy, while Xuanyuan Qi urged Qin Jishi to return to the upper realm. A month later, Qin Jishi said he was ready to help Qin Si resume cultivation that night, though he sensed something was about to happen.

• White Dragon brought Qin Si into the main hall, where he reunited with Qin Jishi and called Xuanyuan Qi his grandfather.
• Xuanyuan Qi noticed Qin Si's failing life force and lack of mystic energy, but Qin Jishi and White Dragon refused to explain what had happened to him.
• Xuanyuan Qi asked when Qin Jishi would return to the upper realm, but Qin Jishi promised Qin Si he would never leave him again.
• Over the next month, Qin Jishi treated Hong'er, while Qin Si remained weak and suffered when Qin Jishi tried to infuse him with mystic energy.
• Qin Jishi told White Dragon that his cultivation had stabilized and that he was ready to help Qin Si return to cultivation that night, despite his unease that something was about to happen.

Mr. Wonderful Brush entered the Black and White Domain and took interest in Qin Jishi and the powerful beings there. Meanwhile, Qin Jishi gathered the domain’s leaders to guard him as he prepared to restore Qin Si’s cultivation using the Primordial Dao Ancestor’s Seed of Wood.

• Beyond the Black and White Domain, Mr. Wonderful Brush identified Qin Jishi’s homeland and said the Ancestral Dragon bloodline would disappear.
• Mr. Wonderful Brush entered the domain with the Carefree Yin Yang Fan concealing him, sensed powerful divine senses, and vanished before they could detect him.
• Qin Jishi summoned Xuanyuan Qi, Liang Yanzhong, and representatives of the Black and White Domain’s major factions to guard him while he helped Qin Si return to cultivation.
• White Dragon questioned Qin Jishi about his method, and he revealed that the Seed of Wood could heal Qin Si and restore his blood essence.
• Qin Jishi predicted that successfully absorbing the seed would bring Qin Si to the Divine Profound Realm overnight.

Qin Jishi used the Seed of Wood to restore Qin Si’s cultivation, and the Wood Spirit accepted Qin Si as its master. Just as Qin Si’s recovery began, an unknown visitor appeared in the Qin Family and revealed that Qin Jishi was alive.

• Qin Jishi laid Qin Si on a mat and called on the Wood Spirit to recognize his son as its master.
• The Wood Spirit examined Qin Si, and Qin Jishi knelt and pleaded for it to give his son a chance.
• The Wood Spirit entered Qin Si, filling his body with gentle energy that revived his withered meridians.
• Qin Jishi realized his plan had worked and anticipated Qin Si’s return to cultivation.
• An unknown visitor appeared unnoticed in the Qin Family and greeted Qin Jishi, putting White Dragon on guard.

Mr. Wonderful Brush arrived above the Qin Family and revealed overwhelming power, alarming Qin Jishi and White Dragon. He acknowledged Qin Jishi as an old friend and noticed Qin Si’s Seed of Wood, while Qin Jishi warned him against any hostile intentions.

• Mr. Wonderful Brush appeared above the Qin Family and ignored Xuanyuan Batian’s questions.
• Xuanyuan Batian attacked with nine Dao Seeking Swords, but Mr. Wonderful Brush repelled them and severely injured him with a single blow.
• Xuanyuan Qi tried to identify Mr. Wonderful Brush by mentioning the Black Fiend Realm, but the stranger dismissed its strength.
• White Dragon confronted the man, who introduced himself as Mr. Wonderful Brush, startling Qin Jishi and White Dragon with his famous name.
• Qin Jishi left the barrier protecting Qin Si and raised another barrier around himself, Mr. Wonderful Brush, and White Dragon.
• Mr. Wonderful Brush recognized the Seed of Wood in Qin Si and called himself Qin Jishi’s old friend, while Qin Jishi warned him not to come with hostile intentions.

Mr. Wonderful Brush deduced that Qin Jishi had survived the Heavenly Revelation Domain’s destruction using the Chaos Bead and declared that he wanted Qin Jishi, White Dragon, and Qin Si dead. Qin Jishi and White Dragon prepared to fight him, but Mr. Wonderful Brush claimed they had to defeat someone else first before Qin Jishi attacked him.

• Mr. Wonderful Brush guessed that Qin Jishi had survived the Heavenly Revelation Domain’s destruction with the Chaos Bead and that his cultivation had regressed before recovering through his awakened bloodline.
• Mr. Wonderful Brush said he wanted Qin Jishi, White Dragon, and Qin Si dead, and Qin Jishi made a barrier to protect Qin Si.
• White Dragon challenged Mr. Wonderful Brush, and Qin Jishi agreed to fight when it became clear there would be no negotiation.
• Mr. Wonderful Brush said Qin Jishi and White Dragon had to defeat someone else first, but Qin Jishi attacked him with the Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand.
• Mr. Wonderful Brush countered with a wave of his folding fan, saying Qin Jishi’s attack was strong but still lacking.

Mr. Wonderful Brush used the Carefree Yin Yang Fan to deceive Qin Jishi and White Dragon, then trapped them in an illusion after their attacks failed to harm him. Xuanyuan Qi realized they were bewitched and tried to warn them, but they could not hear him.

• Mr. Wonderful Brush used the Carefree Yin Yang Fan to conceal his position, and Qin Jishi pulled White Dragon out of the way of a devastating strike.
• Qin Jishi recognized the fan as the fifth-ranked Nine Great Chaos Spirit Treasures, and Mr. Wonderful Brush confirmed it before preparing another attack.
• Qin Jishi unleashed the Star-Plucking Hand while White Dragon summoned Myriad Dragons Descend, but Mr. Wonderful Brush swept his fan and enveloped them in a different world.
• Qin Jishi warned White Dragon that the peaceful scenery was an illusion, and they raised protective barriers while Mr. Wonderful Brush approached unseen.
• Xuanyuan Qi realized that Mr. Wonderful Brush's fan had bewitched Qin Jishi and White Dragon and shouted to warn them, but they could not hear him.

Mr. Wonderful Brush trapped Qin Jishi and White Dragon in a lethal Small World, where explosive petals wounded Qin Jishi. Qin Jishi realized the petals were Mr. Wonderful Brush’s attacks and proposed waiting for the world to collapse, but Mr. Wonderful Brush changed the world around them.

• Mr. Wonderful Brush taunted Qin Jishi and White Dragon inside his world, then triggered an attack through a petal that White Dragon touched.
• Qin Jishi shielded White Dragon with God-Slaying Golden Light, but the exploding petals shattered his barrier and badly wounded his back.
• Xuanyuan Qi and the others saw the barrier crack, while Mr. Wonderful Brush gloated and said Heavy Armor did not need to act yet.
• Qin Jishi told White Dragon that the petals were attacks and that they might survive by avoiding them until Mr. Wonderful Brush’s power ran out and his world collapsed.
• Mr. Wonderful Brush overheard them and changed the illusory world with a wave of his folding fan.

Mr. Wonderful Brush trapped Qin Jishi and White Dragon in a snow-filled illusion and unleashed an overwhelming attack. As their defenses began to fail, Qin Jishi realized the flaw might be that Mr. Wonderful Brush was standing right before them.

• Mr. Wonderful Brush transformed Qin Jishi and White Dragon’s world into a snowy landscape and prepared to end the fight quickly.
• Qin Jishi and White Dragon raised golden barriers together, but the falling snowflakes exploded and battered their defenses.
• Qin Xiao asked Xuanyuan Qi what was happening, and Xuanyuan Qi suspected the pair were caught in a harmful illusion.
• As cracks spread across their barrier, Qin Jishi urged White Dragon to find Mr. Wonderful Brush’s flaw, and she wondered whether he could see his own movements.
• Qin Jishi realized Mr. Wonderful Brush might be standing directly in front of them, revealing where the flaw could lie.

Qin Jishi identified a flaw in Mr. Wonderful Brush’s illusory world and worked with White Dragon to break it while she endured his lethal attack. The barrier shattered, revealing Mr. Wonderful Brush, whom Qin Jishi suppressed with his domain and struck with a powerful fist.

• Qin Jishi told White Dragon he knew where the illusory world’s flaw was, prompting Mr. Wonderful Brush to unleash a hundred-zhang folding fan.
• Qin Jishi asked White Dragon to hold off the fan for three breaths so he could break the world, and White Dragon agreed.
• White Dragon blocked the fan with her Blood Shield, then invoked the Ancestral Dragon Domain after the disk began to shatter.
• The folding fan broke through White Dragon’s defenses and snapped her arm, but Qin Jishi used Star-Plucking Hand to shatter the illusory barrier just before it struck her.
• Qin Jishi trapped Mr. Wonderful Brush in the Illusory Divine Thunder Domain, suppressed his cultivation, and punched him.

Qin Jishi unleashed a relentless assault on Mr. Wonderful Brush and believed he had killed him, but Mr. Wonderful Brush survived by merging completely with the Carefree Yin Yang Fan. Though badly injured, Mr. Wonderful Brush faced Qin Jishi with a widening smile.

• Qin Jishi battered Mr. Wonderful Brush with a series of powerful attacks inside the Illusory Divine Thunder Domain, then struck the area with Heavenly Dao Divine Thunder again to confirm he could sense no aura.
• Qin Jishi dismissed the domain and told White Dragon that Mr. Wonderful Brush had been dealt with, while their companions celebrated his apparent victory.
• Qin Jishi and White Dragon started to go see Si'er, but Mr. Wonderful Brush suddenly laughed and reappeared, battered but alive.
• Qin Jishi realized Mr. Wonderful Brush had survived by refining the Carefree Yin Yang Fan until man and fan became one.
• Mr. Wonderful Brush admitted Qin Jishi would have killed him without the fan, then smiled broadly despite his severe injuries as Qin Jishi prepared to attack again.

Mr. Wonderful Brush summoned a terrifying being called Heavy Armor, which overwhelmed White Dragon and blocked Qin Jishi’s Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal. The black fog then attacked Qin Jishi, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• White Dragon charged Mr. Wonderful Brush with Myriad Dragons Descend, but he crushed a jade token and summoned Heavy Armor.
• Heavy Armor emerged as dense black fog and released pressure that dispersed White Dragon’s attack and sent her flying.
• Qin Jishi caught White Dragon, healed her with God-Slaying Golden Light, and moved to face the summoned being.
• Qin Jishi attacked the black fog with Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal, but Heavy Armor stopped the seal with one arm.
• Heavy Armor overpowered the seal, forced it back into Qin Jishi, and lunged at him to kill him.

Qin Jishi fought a powerful stranger whose black mist was dispelled by his Purification Domain, revealing Heavy Armor, one of the Thirteen God Burial Guards. After learning the guards served the person sealed by the Primordial Dao Ancestor, Qin Jishi trapped Heavy Armor in a Weak Water Domain, but Heavy Armor began gathering power to break free.

• Qin Jishi used his Purification Domain to slow and disperse the black mist, revealing an armored giant carrying a massive axe.
• The stranger ignored Qin Jishi’s questions and laughed about finally seeing the light of day after countless ages.
• Mr. Wonderful Brush revealed that the stranger was God Burial Twelve, Heavy Armor, and White Dragon warned Qin Jishi that the Thirteen God Burial Guards were powerful deathsworn protectors.
• Qin Jishi challenged Heavy Armor, who tried to break the Light Domain with his axe.
• Qin Jishi unleashed his Weak Water Domain, suppressing Heavy Armor’s senses and profound energy, but Heavy Armor’s eyes turned yellow as energy gathered within them.

Qin Jishi struggled against Heavy Armor’s Earth Domain, then unleashed his Illusory Divine Thunder Domain and Heavenly Dao Divine Thunder, only for Heavy Armor’s armor to block the attack. He invoked his Karma Fire Domain as his strength ran low, but Heavy Armor spotted the Seed of Wood on Qin Si and regained his confidence.

• Heavy Armor used his Earth Domain to crush Qin Jishi and warned that Qin Jishi would die if their stalemate continued.
• Qin Jishi saw Qin Si’s aura rising after absorbing the Seed of Wood and resolved to protect him and the Black and White Domain.
• Qin Jishi formed the Illusory Divine Thunder Domain, suppressing Heavy Armor’s cultivation, and struck him with Heavenly Dao Divine Thunder.
• Heavy Armor’s cyan-glowing armor neutralized the divine thunder, and he revealed that his master had bestowed it upon him.
• Qin Jishi invoked his Karma Fire Domain, alarming Heavy Armor, who then saw the Seed of Wood on Qin Si and declared Qin Jishi doomed.

Qin Jishi struggled to hold Heavy Armor back after the Seed of Wood was absorbed by Qin Si, whose breakthrough to the Reincarnation Realm drew Mr. Wonderful Brush's attention. Heavy Armor shattered Qin Jishi's domain with a powerful axe strike and charged toward him as Qin Jishi lay wounded in a pit.

• Heavy Armor believed Qin Jishi could no longer use the Wood Domain and taunted him while enduring the karma fire.
• Qin Jishi, nearly out of profound energy, refused to give up and continued trying to suppress Heavy Armor.
• Qin Si broke through to the Reincarnation Realm, and Mr. Wonderful Brush ordered Heavy Armor to finish Qin Jishi quickly.
• Heavy Armor unleashed Heaven and Earth Shattering, pouring his profound energy into his massive axe despite the pressure of Qin Jishi's domains.
• Heavy Armor's strike shattered Qin Jishi's domain, sent him crashing into a pit, and left Heavy Armor charging toward him.

Qin Jishi survived Heavy Armor’s devastating blow by drawing on the Wood Elemental Spirit, then faced Heavy Armor as he began a Forbidden Technique that threatened the Black and White Domain. The chapter ended with Qin Jishi’s aura rising as he prepared to stop him.

• The White Dragon prepared to burn her blood essence to save Qin Jishi, but Heavy Armor brought his axe down into the pit.
• As the dust cleared, everyone saw that Qin Jishi had blocked the strike with a massive square seal and recovered much of his profound energy using the Wood Elemental Spirit.
• Heavy Armor acknowledged Qin Jishi’s strength, retreated, and resolved to kill him even if it meant falling into slumber again.
• Heavy Armor began a Forbidden Technique that converted his lifespan into power for his axe, causing the void and Qin Jishi’s barrier to crack.
• Xuanyuan Qi urged Qin Jishi to flee, but Qin Jishi refused to let Heavy Armor destroy the Black and White Domain and unleashed blazing flames around himself.

Qin Jishi burned his blood essence to reach the initial stage of the Progenitor Realm and prepared his strongest defense against Heavy Armor’s Forbidden Technique. As Heavy Armor’s giant axe descended, Qin Jishi stood ready to protect the Black and White Domain and his son Si'er.

• Mr. Wonderful Brush recognized that Heavy Armor’s Forbidden Technique could unleash Progenitor Realm power and ordered him to kill Qin Jishi.
• Heavy Armor’s giant axe created spatial turbulence across the Black and White Domain, terrifying its people and threatening to destroy the domain.
• Qin Jishi burned his blood essence, temporarily entered the Divine Lord Realm, and raised a barrier to block the spatial turbulence.
• Qin Jishi gathered God-Slaying Golden Light into a disk and summoned the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal and Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin as his strongest defense.
• Heavy Armor dismissed Qin Jishi’s defense, and his giant axe crashed down toward him.

Qin Jishi struggled to hold back Heavy Armor’s giant axe as its repeated strikes cracked his golden defensive disc and weakened its power. Heavy Armor spent another hundred years of his lifespan to break through the barrier and bring the axe down on Qin Jishi, leaving everyone horrified.

• Heavy Armor’s descending axe shook the Black and White Domain, while Qin Jishi’s barrier protected those inside from its crushing pressure.
• White Dragon told Qin Jishi that she and Si'er would stay with him, as Qin Jishi resolved to keep fighting for the lives behind him.
• Qin Jishi burned his blood essence and poured profound energy into the God-Slaying Golden Light to repair its cracks and withstand Heavy Armor’s repeated strikes.
• Heavy Armor spent a hundred years of his lifespan to strengthen the axe and break through Qin Jishi’s golden disc and barrier.
• Heavy Armor’s axe cleaved down toward Qin Jishi as everyone cried out in horror.