Chapter Summaries

After recovering from their ordeal, Qin Fengming discussed his future plans with Shang Lingxi and Fairy Cai Lian. He obtained Cangwu Zi’s belongings to infiltrate the Hundred Herbs Sect, while Fairy Cai Lian proposed that she and Shang Lingxi travel to Manzhou to restore their cultivation.

• Qin Fengming reflected on the dangers he had survived and listened as Shang Lingxi advised him to keep his heart focused on cultivation.
• Qin Fengming said he planned to enter the Hundred Herbs Sect to seek pill formulas and spirit herbs.
• Fairy Cai Lian gave Qin Fengming five storage rings containing Cangwu Zi’s Restrictive Spell token and sect robes so he could disguise himself and enter the sect.
• Qin Fengming asked what the two women planned to do, and Fairy Cai Lian invited Shang Lingxi to travel with her to Manzhou and recover their Nascent Soul cultivation.

Qin Fengming revealed a piece of Nourishing Yin Wood and offered to divide it among himself, Shang Lingxi, and Fairy Cai Lian. Fairy Cai Lian explained that only a Water-attribute artifact might cut the divine wood, then offered to try using her natal magic treasure.

• Shang Lingxi agreed to cultivate alongside Fairy Cai Lian, and Qin Fengming felt relieved that the two sisters would support each other.
• Qin Fengming opened a wooden box and revealed a piece of Nourishing Yin Wood, shocking Fairy Cai Lian.
• Qin Fengming offered to split the divine wood among the three of them, and Shang Lingxi trusted him more completely for sharing it.
• Fairy Cai Lian accepted their offer and explained that a Water-attribute artifact might be able to divide the unusually tough divine wood.
• Fairy Cai Lian said her natal magic treasure had the Water attribute and offered to try cutting the wood.

Fairy Cai Lian split the Nourishing Yin Wood while Qin Fengming and Shang Lingxi guarded her, and the three later emerged from Luan Palace disguised as other cultivators. They faced more than a thousand cultivators who had just broken through the palace’s Restrictive Spell.

• Qin Fengming set up the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation and gave Fairy Cai Lian two Water attribute mid-grade Spirit Stones before she began splitting the divine wood.
• Fairy Cai Lian used her colorful lotus and a pale-blue sword of light to attack the divine wood, whose protective shield blocked her strike.
• After seven days, cultivators led by several major sects broke the Restrictive Spell surrounding Luan Palace, and Cangwu Zi and two women emerged from the hall.
• Two days earlier, Fairy Cai Lian had split the Nourishing Yin Wood into three portions, and the three took their shares after confirming the spatial rift had vanished.
• Qin Fengming stopped Fairy Cai Lian from attacking the cultivators and planned their disguises: he posed as Cangwu Zi, Shang Lingxi as Wei Yuehua, and Fairy Cai Lian as Wei Yuehua’s maid.

Qin Fengming and his companions explained their survival and the demon’s defeat to the cultivators in Azure Nether Valley, then left before the survivors could question them further. On a mountain peak, Qin Fengming parted ways with Fairy Cai Lian and Shang Lingxi, who planned to return to Manzhou.

• Cangwu Zi told the assembled cultivators that a demon had emerged, killed many cultivators, and been destroyed when Senior Chu Xinghe self-detonated.
• Qin Fengming warned the cultivators about the deep cavern, then flew out of Azure Nether Valley with Wei Yuehua and Fairy Cai Lian.
• Fellow cultivator Ni and the others let the three leave, while recognizing that the losses could reshape Quzhou’s sects.
• Three hours later, Qin Fengming told Fairy Cai Lian and Shang Lingxi that they should part ways.
• Fairy Cai Lian and Shang Lingxi invited Qin Fengming to visit them in Manzhou after advancing his cultivation, and Qin Fengming wished them a safe journey and recovery.

Qin Fengming gave Fairy Cai Lian and Shang Lingxi three Flame Condensing Pills before heading to Wushan City to infiltrate the Hundred Herbs Sect. He reached the sect’s city shop and, disguised as its master Cangwu Zi, ordered the shopkeeper Xiao to return to the sect with him.

• Qin Fengming returned to Fairy Cai Lian and Shang Lingxi and gave them three Flame Condensing Pills, explaining that he had taken them from the Blood Fox Alliance’s treasury.
• Fairy Cai Lian and Shang Lingxi were moved by Qin Fengming’s generosity as he departed for Wushan City, already planning how to plunder the Hundred Herbs Sect’s scriptures and pill formulas.
• Qin Fengming decided to use his disguise as the injured sect master Cangwu Zi to enter the Hundred Herbs Sect, but first sought information from a disciple stationed at its Wushan City shop.
• Qin Fengming arrived at the shop the next day, where the shopkeeper Xiao welcomed him with great respect.
• Qin Fengming told Xiao that he would return to the sect with him the following day and that another disciple would replace him at the shop.

Qin Fengming traveled to the Hundred Herbs Sect disguised as its Sect Master, Cangwu Zi, after using a subordinate to learn about the sect. He reached the sect’s activated defensive formation and gained entry when the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Huang recognized the Sect Master Token.

• Qin Fengming promised the Xiao-surnamed cultivator a nominal discipleship, then left Wushan City with him the next morning.
• Qin Fengming sealed the Xiao-surnamed cultivator’s magical power, searched his soul, learned that a cultivator surnamed Huang remained at the Hundred Herbs Sect, and burned the Xiao-surnamed cultivator to ashes.
• Qin Fengming flew to the Hundred Herbs Sect and found its defensive grand formation fully activated.
• Qin Fengming used the restriction token to summon the cultivator surnamed Huang and presented himself as Cangwu Zi with the Sect Master Token.
• The cultivator surnamed Huang accepted the token as proof and opened a passage through the formation.

Qin Fengming entered the Hundred Herbs Sect disguised as its injured master, Cangwu Zi, and persuaded Huang Song to gather the sect’s valuables. The chapter left Qin Fengming searching Cangwu Zi’s cave abode after secretly sending his Silver Sheath Worm to monitor the retrieval.

• Cangwu Zi met Huang Song and claimed a demon had injured him in Azure You Valley, reducing his cultivation realm temporarily.
• Cangwu Zi warned Huang Song that rival sects might attack the weakened Hundred Herbs Sect and ordered him to bring its important possessions to the cave abode.
• Cangwu Zi sent Zong Fang with Huang Song to retrieve the sect’s valuables, while Qin Fengming secretly used his Silver Sheath Worm to watch them.
• Qin Fengming searched Cangwu Zi’s cave abode and found several centuries-old spirit herbs and two books that delighted him.

Qin Fengming decided that the weakened Hundred Herbs Sect should abandon Mount Wu and relocate, but several thousand cultivators arrived before the sect could withdraw. He sent Huang and Zong Fang to lead selected disciples to safety while he stayed behind with the sect's treasures to delay the attackers.

• Qin Fengming studied two ancient volumes on raising spirit insects and returned a white beetle to his Spirit Beast Bracelet.
• Zong Fang gave Qin Fengming an inventory and storage rings containing the Hundred Herbs Sect's valuables.
• Qin Fengming told Huang and Zong Fang that the sect must abandon Mount Wu and seek a new home, alarming Zong Fang.
• Huang received word that several thousand cultivators had gathered outside the sect's protective formation and demanded to speak with its leaders.
• Qin Fengming ordered Huang to take selected disciples and Zong Fang secretly to Yudang Mountain, while the remaining disciples received spirit stones to flee.
• Qin Fengming kept the sect's treasures, including its spirit stones, herbs, and Nine Revolutions Purple Cloud Furnace, and went out to hold off the approaching cultivators.

Qin Fengming faced thousands of cultivators gathered outside the Hundred Herbs Sect and posed as its leader, Cangwu Zi, to buy time for the sect's disciples to escape. After rejecting the attackers' demands, he killed the Black Crow Sect Leader with a single strike, leaving the other cultivators facing his power.

• Qin Fengming flew to the Hundred Herbs Sect and opened its restrictive spell to confront thousands of cultivators outside.
• Qin Fengming recognized Ni Qingshan, the leaders of the Burning Sun and Black Crow Sects, and two rogue cultivators as the five peak Foundation Establishment leaders of the crowd.
• Ni Qingshan demanded a thousand spirit herbs and sixty million spirit stones in exchange for leaving, while Qin Fengming stalled to give the cultivator surnamed Huang time to escape.
• Qin Fengming refused the demands and threatened to leave some attackers behind.
• The Black Crow Sect Leader ordered the cultivators to attack, and Qin Fengming struck him with a streak of red light, sending him falling from the sky.

Qin Fengming killed the Black Crow Sect Leader to deter the attackers, but the sects rallied the cultivators against him. As he evaded their pursuit, their leaders agreed that he must be killed before he could escape.

• Qin Fengming killed the Black Crow Sect Leader in a single strike and asked cultivator Ni whether they could settle their dispute peacefully.
• Cultivator Ni urged the gathered cultivators to attack Qin Fengming and promised that anyone who killed him could keep his treasures.
• Qin Fengming fled through the battlefield, evading the attacks of several thousand cultivators without being injured.
• Cultivator Ni and the other leaders feared Qin Fengming would threaten them later, so they agreed to join forces and eliminate him.

Qin Fengming lured four powerful cultivators away from the Hundred Herbs Sect, revealed his true appearance, and attacked them with spirit beasts and spirit tools. He killed two of the pursuers and trapped the cultivator surnamed Ni and the Fenyang Sect Leader.

• The four leading cultivators pursued the disguised Qin Fengming while the others turned back to attack the Hundred Herbs Sect’s restriction.
• Qin Fengming escaped the surrounding cultivators and led the four pursuers deep into the Wushan Mountain Range.
• When the four caught up, Qin Fengming stopped, restored his original appearance, and declared that he would kill them.
• Qin Fengming summoned two Peak of Grade 4 spirit beasts and a yellow little beast, then attacked with several spirit tools.
• The purple-black centipede killed two Rogue Cultivators, while the yellow little beast swallowed two transparent objects.
• The cultivator surnamed Ni and the Fenyang Sect Leader were trapped in black spiderwebs.

Qin Fengming captured the two sect leaders after defeating their group and offered to spare them in exchange for thirty million spirit stones each. He left them to return to their sects under oath, warning that their disciples would die if they failed to pay within a month or joined the attack on the Hundred Herbs Sect.

• Qin Fengming killed the two Rogue Cultivators and trapped the two cultivators surnamed Ni in a spiderweb.
• The sect leaders pleaded for mercy, and Qin Fengming explained that Cangwu Zi had paid him to delay the pursuing cultivators while the Hundred Herbs Sect escaped.
• Qin Fengming offered to release the two men for thirty million spirit stones each, and both agreed to pay.
• The two sect leaders refused a blood oath but swore ordinary oaths to deliver the spirit stones.
• Qin Fengming released them and ordered them to return to their sects within a month, threatening their disciples if they failed to pay or joined the attack on the Hundred Herbs Sect.

Qin Fengming forced the two Ni Sect Masters to promise thirty million spirit stones each and leave their sect stewards at the Hundred Herbs Sect, intending to use the payment to feed spirit liquid to his spirit insects. After the Hundred Herbs Sect fell and yielded no useful pill formulas or treasure, Qin Fengming secluded himself to examine his haul as violence spread through the Wushan Mountain Range.

• Qin Fengming released the two Ni Sect Masters after warning them not to oppose him, then allowed them two months to collect thirty million spirit stones each.
• Qin Fengming ordered the Ni Sect Masters to meet him near the Hundred Herbs Sect and send their stewards there, and the two men left after transmitting their instructions.
• Qin Fengming planned to spend the spirit stones on spirit liquid to accelerate the growth of his spirit insects and beasts.
• Several thousand cultivators broke through the Hundred Herbs Sect's defenses but found its disciples and useful possessions gone.
• Cultivators began ambushing and plundering one another around the Wushan Mountain Range as Qin Fengming rested in a mountain formation and examined his gains.

Qin Fengming guarded the spirit stones he had obtained while cultivating and monitoring the two sects. When Five Spirits Ancestor arrived, Qin Fengming realized the Ni cultivators had hired him to seize the stones, but he concealed his anger and fear as he faced the mid Core Formation cultivator.

• Qin Fengming accepted that he would not obtain an alchemy formula, stored his gains, and cultivated while his spiritual sense improved.
• Qin Fengming used spirit insects to watch the two sects and guard against anyone approaching him.
• Five days before the agreed deadline, Qin Fengming learned that a Core Formation cultivator was searching for him and suspected the Ni cultivators had hired reinforcements.
• Five Spirits Ancestor appeared, revealed that he wanted Qin Fengming under his command, and approached him.
• Qin Fengming recognized Five Spirits Ancestor and pretended to be terrified while refusing his offer.

Qin Fengming lured Five Spirits Ancestor into the concealed Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation and used its attacks to overwhelm him. The chapter left Five Spirits Ancestor calling for a halt and asking to talk.

• Five Spirits Ancestor threatened Qin Fengming and pressed closer, believing the area held no hidden formation.
• Qin Fengming mocked Five Spirits Ancestor and refused to serve him.
• Five Spirits Ancestor attacked with a palm-shaped shadow, but Qin Fengming vanished as the formation concealed him and changed the surrounding landscape.
• Qin Fengming activated the formation, summoning fierce winds, sand, thunder, and lightning around Five Spirits Ancestor.
• Five Spirits Ancestor defended himself with yellow-green mist, a banner, and swarms of poisonous creatures, but the formation struck him with lightning.
• After a miserable scream, Five Spirits Ancestor begged Qin Fengming to stop and said he had something to discuss.

Qin Fengming subdued the Five Spirits Ancestor in the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation and learned that the Blood Arrow Sect and Burning Sun Sect had hired him to kill Qin. After hearing how the sect leaders arranged the attack, Qin activated the formation and killed the Five Spirits Ancestor.

• Qin Fengming halted the formation’s lightning attack and forced the battered Five Spirits Ancestor to ask for mercy.
• Qin Fengming questioned the Five Spirits Ancestor, who admitted the Blood Arrow Sect and Burning Sun Sect had offered ten million spirit stones to have him killed.
• The Burning Sun Sect Leader persuaded the Blood Arrow Sect Leader, Ni, to help hire the Five Spirits Ancestor after they escaped from Qin Fengming.
• The Five Spirits Ancestor explained that the sect leaders had arranged to pay him to kill Qin Fengming.
• Qin Fengming restarted the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation and killed the Five Spirits Ancestor.

After killing Five Spirits Ancestor with his formation, Qin Fengming waited for the Blood Arrow Sect and Burning Sun Sect leaders to arrive and demand the promised spirit stones. He seized and subdued them for betraying him, then flew toward the Hundred Herbs Sect with the captives.

• Qin Fengming collected Five Spirits Ancestor’s belongings after killing him in the formation, but found little useful treasure.
• Qin Fengming concealed the formation and waited until the Blood Arrow Sect and Burning Sun Sect leaders arrived three days later.
• The two sect leaders handed Qin Fengming thirty million spirit stones, and he swiftly took their storage rings and sealed their spiritual power.
• Qin Fengming accused the sect leaders of breaking their promise and revealed that he had killed Five Spirits Ancestor.
• Qin Fengming restrained the pleading sect leaders, searched them for treasures, and flew toward the Hundred Herbs Sect with them.

Qin Fengming brought the two captured sect masters to the Hundred Herbs Sect and confronted the gathered disciples of their two sects. When they ordered their followers to attack him, he unleashed ten thousand second-grade white beetles and sent a small yellow beast into the swarm.

• Qin Fengming used his beetles to learn that both sects’ cultivators were gathered on two nearby peaks inside the Hundred Herbs Sect.
• He confronted the two sect masters and told them he would kill their disciples for plotting against him.
• When the disciples arrived, Qin Fengming released the sect masters’ restraints, but they urged their followers to attack him instead of surrendering.
• Qin Fengming summoned ten thousand second-grade white beetles, which swarmed the gathered cultivators as they tried to flee.
• Qin Fengming summoned a small yellow beast from a banner and sent it into the insect swarm.

Qin Fengming slaughtered the cultivators who had attacked the Hundred Herbs Sect, then continued toward the Yaohu Alliance to seek a stable patron. On his journey, he sensed a battle ahead and heard an urgent plea for help from someone in the Xiao Household.

• Qin Fengming’s spirit insects killed more than a hundred cultivators, while the yellow little beast devoured many of their souls.
• Qin Fengming had the yellow little beast consume the two cultivators surnamed Ni, burned the battlefield, and flew deeper into the Wushan Mountain Range.
• After resting, Qin Fengming set out for the Yaohu Alliance, intending to pursue Yin Bizhu’s invitation and gain a powerful sect’s support.
• Qin Fengming used the White Swift Boat to travel toward the alliance, and his journey passed without incident until he sensed a battle ahead at night.
• As Qin Fengming tried to detour around the fighting, someone urgently asked him to help the Xiao Household and promised a rich reward.

Qin Fengming flew toward a besieged manor after Xiao Jingxuan called for help, then grew furious at the masked attackers’ cruelty. As he approached, he learned they were demanding mid-grade Spirit Stones and a Spirit Crystal from the Xiao Household.

• Qin Fengming heard Xiao Jingxuan’s sound transmission and decided to investigate the battle despite finding no Core Formation cultivators nearby.
• Qin Fengming saw masked black-robed cultivators burning the manor and surrounding its people, while one attacker abused and killed a young girl.
• Qin Fengming flew closer in anger but kept his head as he prepared to act against the attackers.
• Xiao Jingxuan refused to surrender his clansmen to the attackers’ demands, while the attackers offered to leave if he handed over mid-grade Spirit Stones and a Spirit Crystal.
• Qin Fengming was startled to hear that the Xiao Household possessed mid-grade Spirit Stones and a Spirit Crystal.