Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Realm Division raided the City God Temple courtyard and confronted Cheng Hao, Yan Qingshan, and their Ghost Corpse Sect fighters. Wei Qing disabled Yang Kui, leaving Cheng Hao enraged as the battle continued.

• A mysterious man killed a captive and summoned Yang Kui, who devoured the corpse and regrew his severed arm.
• Wei Qing and the others arrived, and Chen Feng identified Cheng Hao as the Ghost Corpse Sect fighter he had fought before.
• Chen Feng clashed with Cheng Hao while Wei Qing fought Yang Kui, and Shen Yan faced Yan Qingshan as both sides joined the battle.
• Shen Yan severed Yan Qingshan's arm with her Mother-Child Sword, while Jun Wushang, Zhang Xue, Zhu Huan, and the others engaged the remaining fighters.
• Wei Qing struck a red mark on Yang Kui's neck and cut off all four of his limbs, causing Cheng Hao to bleed and swear to kill him.

Wei Qing mastered Divine Movement, killed Yan Qingshan and several black-clad attackers, then saved Chen Feng by killing Cheng Hao. Tao Kun appeared as a powerful new enemy, but Wei Qing’s sudden intervention left the confrontation unresolved.

• Wei Qing used a Martial Skill Upgrade Card to raise Ephemeral Art to Perfection and comprehend Divine Movement, increasing his speed by 300%.
• Wei Qing escaped Yan Qingshan’s exploding jade talisman and killed him, then joined Shen Yan to kill the black-clad attackers.
• Chen Feng wounded the mysterious man, whose spiritual connection to Yang Kui had backlashed after Wei Qing killed Yang Kui.
• Tao Kun appeared and revealed himself as an Initial Fifth Rank elder of the Ghost Corpse Sect, while Tantai Yue arrived to bring him to justice.
• Cheng Hao attacked Chen Feng from behind while Tao Kun blocked Tantai Yue, but Wei Qing suddenly appeared and stabbed Cheng Hao to death.

Wei Qing and Tantai Yue confronted Tao Kun after Wei Qing revealed speed and an Ultimate Skill powerful enough to frighten the Fifth-rank martial artist into escaping. The group treated Chen Feng and dealt with the aftermath, while Tantai Yue and the others learned more about Wei Qing’s extraordinary talent.

• Wei Qing evaded Tao Kun’s claw with startling speed, and Tao Kun attacked him with Soul Severing Claw.
• Tao Kun’s strike suddenly hit Chen Feng instead, knocking him unconscious, and Tantai Yue retaliated with Moonlight.
• Wei Qing activated Ultimate Skill - Lotus Flower, and Tao Kun crushed a black jade talisman to escape, leaving a severed arm and strands of hair behind.
• Tantai Yue praised Wei Qing’s talent, while Jun Wushang asked him to teach the move and Zhang Xue felt grateful that Jun Wushang had protected her.
• Shen Yan treated Chen Feng’s poison with golden needles and a red pill, then said he should recover fully in ten days.

Wei Qing rewarded and protected the constables who had suffered casualties, then led the group back from the City God Temple. Zhou Kai reflected on Wei Qing’s remarkable strength, while the wounded Tao Kun escaped and began plotting revenge.

• Wei Qing ordered compensation and medical care for the constables, and warned Zhu Huan to ensure no money was stolen.
• Wei Qing nudged Jun Wushang into accepting Zhang Xue’s help with his injury, and the group burned the Yan Family members and Cheng Hao’s corpse before leaving.
• Zhou Kai emerged after the group departed, marveled at Wei Qing’s strength, and decided he no longer needed to watch over him.
• Tao Kun hid near the mass graveyard, cursed Wei Qing, and worried about facing Chen Hai after Cheng Hao’s death.
• Tao Kun remembered a plan that might let him take revenge on Wei Qing and vanished into the night.

Wei Qing presided over the Fang Family’s execution in Qingcheng after recovering from the Bone Tempering Pill’s effects. The beheadings began at the execution grounds, while Song Yuanming and Dongfang Rongrong watched and feared Wei Qing’s strength and composure.

• Wei Qing checked his improved attributes, changed into his official robes, and set out to preside over the execution.
• Song Yuanming told Dongfang Rongrong that Wei Qing’s repeated actions and apparent strength made him a rising prodigy of the Heavenly Mirror Division.
• At the execution grounds, Fang Youting asked Wei Qing to spare his three-year-old grandson, but Wei Qing refused because the imperial edict required the Fang Family’s execution.
• Wei Qing ordered the executions to begin, and the executioner beheaded Fang Changshan and Fang Youren before continuing through the Fang Family and its servants.
• Song Yuanming felt uneasy at Wei Qing’s unchanging expression, while Dongfang Rongrong turned pale as the executions continued.

After Wei Qing oversaw the execution of the Fang family for colluding with demons and monsters, he learned that sect forces had gathered in Qingcheng over rumors of a rare treasure in the Black Mist Wasteland. A red pillar of light appeared over the wasteland, and Wei Qing warned the gathered sect disciples not to cause trouble in the city.

• Song Yuanming urged Dongfang Rongrong to endure the Fang family's public execution, while Qin Yang told Zhao Gao to investigate Wei Qing as a possible obstacle to the Blood Robe Sect's mission.
• Wei Qing confirmed the execution of all fifty-nine Fang family members and ordered their bodies buried at the mass grave, with Fang Youting and the three-year-old child buried separately.
• Zhang Zhidong told Wei Qing that nine sect forces had come to Qingcheng after rumors spread of a rare treasure in the Black Mist Wasteland.
• A red pillar of light rose southeast of Qingcheng, exciting the sect disciples gathered in the city.
• Wei Qing announced that he knew why the sects had come and threatened to show no mercy to anyone who caused trouble in Qingcheng, leaving the disciples uncertain whether to yield or compete if he pursued the treasure.

Wei Qing met with Qingshan Sect disciples Song Yuanming and Dongfang Rongrong, who tested his attitude toward the exotic treasure in the Black Mist Wasteland. He said he planned to investigate the wasteland but would let the competing forces rely on their own abilities, and other sects later came to ask him the same questions.

• Song Yuanming and Dongfang Rongrong visited Wei Qing at Star Cloud Tower and realized his presence suggested formidable strength.
• Song Yuanming asked whether Wei Qing intended to compete for the Black Mist Wasteland’s exotic treasure and offered Qingshan Sect’s terms.
• Wei Qing rejected their offer, said he would visit the wasteland, and told them the Heavenly Mirror Division would not interfere with the competition.
• Song Yuanming and Dongfang Rongrong left reassured that Wei Qing had not promised to oppose them.
• Over the following days, disciples from other forces, including first-rate sects, visited Wei Qing to test his intentions and received the same answer.

Wei Qing tested his newly strengthened mental space before setting out with Tantai Yue, Jun Wushang, and Zhang Xue for the Black Mist Wasteland. They entered after the other treasure seekers, unaware that the mist was gathering again and sealing the entrance behind them.

• Wei Qing used his mental force to pierce a wall and reshaped the scenes inside his consciousness space.
• Zhang Zhidong reported that the Black Mist Wasteland's fog was thinning and that sect disciples had set out, so Wei Qing prepared to go there.
• More than a hundred disciples gathered at the wasteland entrance, including Qin Shuang, Liu Yulong, and Nangong Ruyan, while Song Yuanming identified them to Dongfang Rongrong.
• When the passage cleared, an unknown black-clad figure rushed inside first, and Liu Yulong ordered Chen Li to pursue and kill the intruder.
• Wei Qing arrived with Tantai Yue, Jun Wushang, and Zhang Xue, warned them to stay close, and led them into the wasteland.
• After Wei Qing and his companions entered, the fog gathered again, sealed the entrance, and began swallowing the path behind the crowd.

In the Black House Wasteland, strange fog killed and abducted travelers as Qin Shuang, Liu Yulong, Nangong Ruyan, and the others fought back against the shadow creatures. The survivors faced a growing number of scarlet-eyed shadows while Wei Qing’s group remained surrounded.

• Chen Li lost consciousness after a black shadow struck him, and the fog dragged away his body.
• A Rogue Cultivator and disciples from the Blazing Sun Sect and Mystic Maiden Palace vanished, prompting the group to discover that thirteen people were missing.
• Qin Shuang drew the Blood Drinking Saber and attacked the tentacles and a faceless shadow, while Nangong Ruyan used a crystal ball to track it.
• Qin Shuang, Liu Yulong, and other cultivators fought the attacking tentacles, but severed appendages melted back into the fog and more scarlet eyes appeared.
• Jun Wushang protected Zhang Xue from a tentacle, and Wei Qing shielded the others as their group was surrounded.
• Wei Qing used Profound Meaning—Lotus Radiance to destroy attacking tentacles, enraging the fog and triggering a fresh assault.

Wei Qing discovered and slew the Mirage Demon, then helped the trapped sect disciples survive the attack and broke through during battle. With the demons gone, the survivors found that the passage back had disappeared and the fog was closing in.

• Wei Qing used his enhanced sight to locate the Mirage Demon and killed it with a blood-red lotus of blade light, confirming the treasure hunt was a demonkind trap.
• Qin Shuang and the other sect disciples emerged from the twisted space, and Wei Qing cut down the attacking Mirage Demons as the survivors called for help.
• Wei Qing killed another Mirage Demon, advanced to high Sixth Rank martial cultivation, and impressed the sect disciples, including the skeptical Liu Yulong.
• Wei Qing rushed into the fog and returned unharmed after the remaining tentacles and black shadows vanished; the group learned that more than one-third of their party had died.
• Nangong Ruyan warned the survivors that the passage back had disappeared as the dense fog began to swallow their path.

Wei Qing led the trapped group onward through the Black Mist Wasteland, promising to find a way out. Outside, Shen Yan and the gathered sect leaders learned that no one could enter through the sealed passage, and Feng Wuya tested the barrier with a powerful attack.

• Wei Qing united the people trapped in the Black Mist Wasteland and led them deeper into it.
• Shen Yan panicked over her daughter Xue'er, while Zhang Zhidong and Cai Yang tried to reassure her.
• Feng Wuya arrived at the passage as a newly revealed Third Rank Heavenly Gang Realm expert and asked Zhang Zhidong what the Night Owl Guard had learned.
• Zhang Zhidong said the Night Owl Guard had found no information and explained that an invisible barrier prevented anyone from entering.
• Zhao Santong failed to break through the barrier, and Feng Wuya summoned a gigantic Primal Energy palm to attack the mist.

Wei Qing and the others discovered the Cloud Firmament Sect’s final battlefield and learned that it held a sealed Heavenly Demon. After they paid their respects to the sect’s memorial, a hidden space opened behind it, revealing ruined palaces.

• Feng Wuya and the other leaders fled when the fog surged, and an elder was dragged into it before it receded.
• Wei Qing led the group through the misty passage into a battlefield littered with weapons, bones, and Cloud Firmament Sect flags.
• The group found a stele stating that the Cloud Firmament Sect had sacrificed itself to suppress the Heavenly Demon and warning descendants not to break the seal before reaching the Martial King Realm.
• Jun Wushang rebuked Zhao Gao for frightening the others, while Qin Yang apologized for his junior brother and later watched Jun Wushang and Zhang Xue with sinister amusement.
• After everyone bowed to the stele, the ground trembled and the space behind it shattered, revealing ruined palaces.

The sect disciples competed to climb the Cloud Firmament Sect’s steps, then faced a second trial that assigned them to different palaces. When Wei Qing touched the Heart-Questioning Stone, he appeared in a starry void and met a mysterious figure who urged him to grow quickly.

• The gathered disciples rushed toward the palace complex after someone suggested it held the Cloud Firmament Sect’s inheritance, while Song Yuanming kept the Qingshan Sect disciples with Wei Qing.
• Wei Qing and Qin Shuang waited as the others climbed the twenty-four pressure-filled steps, and twenty people ultimately reached the top.
• An old voice announced that the first trial was over and summoned the Heart-Questioning Stone to assign each person an inheritance palace.
• The stone assigned Liu Yulong, Nangong Ruyan, and the others to different palaces based on their evaluations, including Wei Qing’s companions and Qin Shuang.
• Wei Qing touched the Heart-Questioning Stone and appeared beneath a river of stars, where a mysterious figure told him to grow quickly because they were waiting for him.

Wei Qing entered the Central Hall and encountered a blue-robed man who tried to possess his body. After being badly injured, Wei Qing began destroying his own soul rather than let the demon use him, but the demon was suddenly immobilized.

• A mysterious figure sent Wei Qing through a portal, and the old man's voice directed him to the Central Hall.
• The blue-robed man appeared in the hall, learned that the human race had won the war against the demons, and asked Wei Qing to lend him his body.
• The blue-robed man attacked Wei Qing, who used Divine Movement and a mental attack before striking with Lotus Bloom, but the man defeated him and entered his brow.
• Wei Qing chose to self-destruct his soul rather than let the demon possess him, and the blue-robed man found himself unable to move.

Luo Liuli emerged in Wei Qing's sea of consciousness, saved him, and exposed the demon's plot involving the sealed Heavenly Demon Silvermoon. After destroying the demon, she let Yun Tianheng recover in Wei Qing's sea of consciousness and said she would ask Wei Qing for help once he reached the Innate Realm.

• Luo Liuli stopped the black mist from escaping, restored Wei Qing's sea of consciousness, and revealed that the blue-robed man was Yun Tianheng.
• Yun Tianheng explained how the Cloud Firmament Sect sealed Heavenly Demon Silvermoon and how an Earth Demon later conspired with human traitors and the demonkin to enact the Dragon Slaying Plan.
• Wei Qing realized the smiling death incident, the Ink Blade, and the Black Mist Wasteland phenomenon had all been part of the demons' scheme to blood-sacrifice Jizhou's geniuses.
• Luo Liuli erased the demon's consciousness and gave Wei Qing the spiritual power left behind, then said she would need his help after he reached the Innate Realm.
• Wei Qing considered hunting demons in the Heavenly Realm Division prison, while Luo Liuli gave Yun Tianheng a spiritual cultivation method and let him recuperate in Wei Qing's sea of consciousness.

Wei Qing received Yun Tianheng’s remaining Cloud Firmament Sect treasures and left the palace without gaining cultivation, then warned the inheritance recipients to conceal the sect’s name. The group faced the threat that powerful factions across the domains would come after them if the inheritance became known.

• Luo Liuli prompted Yun Tianheng to give Wei Qing a meeting gift, and Yun Tianheng handed him an ancient ring containing the Cloud Firmament Sect’s remaining resources.
• Yun Tianheng asked Wei Qing to call him Brother Tian and then withdrew to consolidate his soul.
• Wei Qing opened the ring and found mountains of Spirit Stones, five Spirit Veins including a supreme-grade one, powerful cultivation manuals, and weapons.
• Wei Qing returned to the plaza, where the others noticed his cultivation had remained at High Seventh Rank despite their own advances.
• Wei Qing gathered everyone and ordered them not to mention the Cloud Firmament Sect when reporting their discoveries.
• Qin Shuang explained that revealing the sect’s name would draw powerful factions from across the Eastern Domain and beyond to seize its inheritance.

Wei Qing exposed Qin Yang and Zhao Gao as half-demons and helped the sect disciples kill the Blood Robe Sect group. Outside the Black Mist Wasteland, Zhou Xing learned that Qin Yang and Zhao Gao had died, while a mysterious woman at Yandang Mountain prepared to move on to her next plan.

• Wei Qing and the other disciples swore Heavenly Dao Oaths to conceal what they knew about the Cloud Firmament Sect, but Wei Qing killed Zhao Gao when he hesitated to swear.
• Wei Qing exposed the silver scales on Qin Yang's arm, revealing him as a half-demon, and Qin Shuang killed him as he tried to flee.
• The sect disciples attacked and killed the four remaining Blood Robe Sect disciples.
• Zhou Xing discovered that the soul jade slips for Qin Yang and Zhao Gao had shattered and led the Blood Robe Sect away from the Black Mist Wasteland.
• At Yandang Mountain, a woman shattered two chess pieces, ordered Tao Kun to follow her, and left to pursue her next plan.

Wei Qing discovered that demon blood and soul power could activate the array beneath the Demon King’s seal and lead everyone out. Luo Liuli forced the Silver Moon Demon King to provide soul power, leaving it weakened and terrified.

• The woman warned Tao Kun that the Blood Robe Sect would be destroyed, then disappeared with him into Yandang Mountain.
• Yun Tianheng told Wei Qing that an array near the Demon King’s seal could lead outside, but opening it required demon blood and soul power.
• Wei Qing used Qin Yang’s severed arm to reveal the route and led the group to the array beneath a blood-vine-covered stone platform.
• The activated array raised four bronze pillars whose demonic energy attacked the group, while Luo Liuli drew power from the seal.
• The Silver Moon Demon King recognized Luo Liuli, and she forced it to extract its soul power for the array.

Wei Qing and the others escaped the Black Mist Wasteland, where Luo Liuli warned him to grow strong enough to face the Heavenly Demon within five years. They reunited with their sects, revealed the Blood Robe Sect’s demonic collusion, and left Wei Qing under the protection of Ji Province’s major forces.

• Luo Liuli gave Wei Qing a soul-power bead and warned that its seal would last no more than five years, giving him five years to deal with the Heavenly Demon.
• Wei Qing used the bead to activate the formation and open a portal, then ignored a mysterious call from deep within the Black Mist Wasteland and led the others outside.
• Silvermoon Demon recovered his strength after the group left and vowed to take revenge when he broke free.
• Wei Qing and the disciples reunited with their elders, who discovered that most of the returning disciples had advanced by at least two minor realms and learned of the Blood Robe Sect’s collusion with demons.
• The sect leaders agreed to unite against the Blood Robe Sect and promised Wei Qing their support for protecting their inheritances.

Wei Qing accepted responsibility for dealing with Qingcheng’s affairs while the sect masters and elders went to attack the Blood Robe Sect. Du Ziteng arrived in Qingcheng to take office as County Magistrate and was surprised by how peaceful the city seemed.

• Feng Wuya and Liu Xinghe persuaded Wei Qing to accept the responsibility, while Liu Yulong and the other disciples reacted to their elders calling Wei Qing “Brother Wei.”
• The sect masters and elders set out to flatten the Blood Robe Sect, while Qin Shuang, Nangong Ruyan, Liu Yulong, and the others accompanied Wei Qing back to Qingcheng.
• Du Ziteng arrived outside Qingcheng after bandits killed all but two of his escorting soldiers and ordered the carriage to go straight to the government office.
• Du Ziteng observed that Qingcheng’s residents seemed calm and prosperous despite the recent demon calamity, then entered the government office as its new County Magistrate.
• At Star Cloud Tower, Liu Yulong, Qin Shuang, Nangong Ruyan, and the other disciples toasted Wei Qing for his help and future prospects.