Vol. 16The Returning Ruins

Qin He evaded the Divine Court, became a Saint, and entered the Returning Ruins as part of a Fire God Hall expedition. At the Central Army Camp, he joined the Corpse-Burning Squad as a hidden threat emerged among the reanimating dead.

  • Qin He defeated the Burning Heaven Lord in Flamewind Valley and learned that the Divine War Department was in the Returning Ruins Realm.
  • He escaped by teleportation as the lord vowed revenge.
  • Qin He was exposed as the Green Ox Immortal after helping fight an Evil Corpse, then bargained with the Burning Heaven Lord for secret passage to the Return to Ruins Realm.
  • He reached Cangming Nether Ruins and began his Saint Tribulation.
  • Qin He survived the Saint Dao tribulations, became a Saint, and escaped the Divine Court’s pursuit.
  • He joined a Fire God Hall expedition to the Returning Ruins and sensed an anomaly near a broken stele.
  • Qin He stayed at the Central Army Camp, entered it in disguise, and joined the Corpse-Burning Squad after a demonic outbreak.
  • While the squad handled reanimating remains, a Mutated Corpse Demon attacked and Qin He exposed its vital energy so Qin Zhenggang could kill it.
Chapters 1501–1600 Read from ch. 1501

Arc 61The Burning Heaven Lord

Qin He evaded suspicion over the Starfall Flame, impersonated Liu Chengye, and drew the Burning Heaven Lord into a trap in Flamewind Valley. After defeating him and learning the Divine War Department was in the Returning Ruins Realm, Qin He escaped by teleportation while the lord vowed revenge.

  • Qin He survived the Divine Court’s investigation and learned that the Starfall Flame dossier would be sent to the Fire God Hall.
  • Qin He’s avatar ambushed Liu Chengye, took his documents, and impersonated him to deliver the dossier to the Fire God Hall.
  • Qin He learned that the Burning Heaven Lord would investigate the Starfall Flame, then arranged to lure him into Flamewind Valley.
  • Qin He concealed nested formations in the valley and used a trace of starfall flame as bait for the Burning Heaven Lord and his three companions.
  • The Burning Heaven Lord broke through Qin He’s traps, but Qin He activated the inner formations and fought him with his laws and Lotus Flame.
  • Qin He survived the Burning Heaven Lord’s attacks, defeated him, and learned that the Divine War Department was in the Returning Ruins Realm.
  • Qin He fled toward the Grand Teleportation Array, evaded the Burning Heaven Lord’s pursuit, and teleported away as the lord vowed revenge.
Chapters 1501–1525 Summaries Read

Arc 62The Green Ox and the Saint Tribulation

Qin He evaded the Burning Heaven Lord’s search, then faced an awakened Evil Corpse in Taicang City and was exposed as the Green Ox Immortal. After striking a secret bargain with the Burning Heaven Lord, he reached the Cangming Nether Ruins and began his Saint Realm tribulation.

  • The Burning Heaven Lord found Blood Thunder Pearls had damaged the Teleportation Array, trapping him in the Eastern Domain while Qin He used the delay to recover.
  • Qin He disguised himself as Liu Chengan, sent a clone through the Lower Realm Teleportation Array, and later avoided suspicion when the Burning Heaven Lord searched the Realm Patrol Bureau.
  • Qin He joined Zhao Yan, Li Lie, and Su Qinghan on a Lower Realm search for Liu Chengan, where the team encountered an ancient Evil Corpse beneath Qingwu Mountain.
  • Qin He used merit and the Spirit Crossing Sutra to free Lu Hengsan from the corpse’s Death Imprint and help Taicang City’s believers repel its attack.
  • Qin He and the others weakened the Evil Corpse, but the Burning Heaven Lord arrived and destroyed it before accusing Qin He of being both the Interworld Sky Demon and Green Ox Immortal.
  • Qin He agreed to fulfill a future request from the Burning Heaven Lord in exchange for secret passage to the Return to Ruins Realm, and the Burning Heaven Lord subdued Li Wuming.
  • At Cangming Nether Ruins, Qin He killed a Giant Ao and Demon Flood Dragon, then entered the Black Sea to challenge the Saint Dao.
  • Qin He began enduring the Saint Tribulation as its first three Dao-Locking bolts struck him in the forms of an Ancient Peng, an Ancient Era Spirit Dragon, and a Fire Phoenix.
Chapters 1526–1550 Summaries Read

Arc 63From Saint Ascension to Returning Ruins

Qin He survived the Saint Dao tribulations, became a Saint, and fought an ancient Sea Demon while fleeing the Divine Court’s pursuit. After returning to Taicang City, he joined a Fire God Hall expedition that took him to the dangerous Returning Ruins.

  • Qin He endured the final Saint Dao tribulations, forged the Supreme Freedom Dao, and became a Saint with a nine-ray tribulation seal.
  • Qin He rescued Sea Race captives from a Ghosthead Shark, then pursued and killed the Old Manta Demon in Yellow Springs, sealing the Nether Domain fissure and burning the demon’s poisoned corpse.
  • Qin He learned that the Divine Court’s High God was pursuing him, escaped through Glazed City’s Teleportation Array, and returned to Taicang City to rejoin Zhao Yan, Li Lie, and Su Qinghan.
  • Qin He recognized Nine Aperture Mountain as the skull of a supreme being and later observed the Burning Heaven Lord depart from the Nine-Aperture Palace.
  • Qin He stabilized his Saint Tier Dao Foundation, then realized the Fire God Hall’s Directorate conscription was the discreet start of his transaction with the Burning Heaven Lord.
  • The Fire God Hall transported Qin He and the other conscripts to the Demon-Repelling Battlefield at Returning Ruins, where Qin He sensed an anomaly in his soul near a broken stele before the group entered the ruins.
Chapters 1551–1575 Summaries Read

Arc 64The Interlayer’s Hidden Threat

Qin He infiltrated the Central Army Camp to approach the Void-Domain Interlayer, then stayed behind during a demonic outbreak and joined the Corpse-Burning Squad. As he dealt with reanimating remains, Gui Ling’s past was revealed, and a Mutated Corpse Demon attacked the squad.

  • Qin He’s group crossed the Returning Ruins and reached Left Army City, where Qin He, Zhao Yan, and Li Lie joined a messenger squad and traveled with Guan Qing toward the Central Army Camp.
  • When drifting ruins and encroaching black dust trapped the messengers, Qin He and the others opened a breach through the anomaly and escaped.
  • Qin He stayed behind at the Central Army Camp, captured five personnel for information about the Void-Domain Interlayer, and later entered the camp disguised as Yun Lang in Shen Ke’s escort detail.
  • A rift breach unleashed Sky Demons into the camp, and Qin He used primordial yang fire to fight them before joining Qin Zhenggang’s Corpse-Burning Squad.
  • Qin He burned a reanimating Demon Corpse by anchoring the corrupted void domain with his True Demon Body, then stopped another fallen soldier’s corpse from becoming a puppet.
  • While cremating Gui Ling, Qin He witnessed a shadow play showing her service and death, and the Soul-Snatching Shadow Lamp and Black Robed Man awarded her the Demonic Transformation Art.
  • A Mutated Corpse Demon burst into a nearby chamber and wounded two squad members, but Qin He exposed its vital energy with Origin Yang Fire, allowing Qin Zhenggang to finish it with a flaming axe strike.
Chapters 1576–1600 Summaries Read
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