Chapter Summaries

Old Black Wolf and Lang Qing arrived above the city to avenge Lang Qing’s defeat, leaving the defenders to rely on the city-protecting grand formation. As Old Black Wolf eyed the people inside, Ma Fei stepped forward to taunt him from behind the formation.

• Wang Tie Zhu suggested another expedition to Black Wind Mountain, but Little Sable shook her head and refused.
• Little Sable sensed danger as dark clouds covered the sky, and Old Black Wolf appeared alongside the enraged Lang Qing.
• Lang Qing attacked cultivators outside the city and threatened the people within, while the defenders feared Old Black Wolf’s late Divine Bridge Realm strength.
• Wei Wu reassured the group that the city-protecting grand formation could hold, and Hui Miqiu reluctantly backed him up.
• Old Black Wolf spotted several valuable physiques and bloodlines among the defenders, and Ma Fei cursed at him from behind the formation.

Old Wolf Ancestor attacked Inlaid City with the Skull Banner, nearly breaking its city-protecting formation. Hui Miqiu reinforced the barrier with power from the Dragon Vein, but Old Wolf Ancestor sent black mist and skeletal ghosts through the crack.

• Ma Fei cursed Old Wolf Ancestor, provoking it to attack.
• Old Wolf Ancestor enlarged the Skull Banner and smashed its flagpole into Inlaid City's formation, leaving a major crack.
• Hui Miqiu ordered the Dragon Vein seal opened and activated the full formation.
• Nine jade pillars rose from underground and reinforced the barrier, rapidly sealing its cracks.
• Old Wolf Ancestor sent black mist through the crack, unleashing skeletal evil ghosts at the people in the city.

Several hundred people used the Spirit Crossing Sutra to neutralize Old Wolf Ancestor’s ghost army, threatening his plan to break the formation. As the battle continued, Wei Wu explained how the people of Inlaid City had received the scripture and other cultivation methods during Qin He’s absence.

• Several hundred people chanted the Spirit Crossing Sutra, drawing vengeful spirits and evil ghosts toward a Gate of Guidance.
• Purple Cloud Divine Thunder and a spear destroyed the remaining powerful spirits and ghosts.
• Lang Qing told Old Wolf Ancestor that the Southern Continent cultivators were chanting the Spirit Crossing Sutra, which their clan could not reproduce.
• Old Wolf Ancestor realized the scripture threatened his Skull Banner and watched it become affected by the chanting.
• Wang Tie Zhu asked Wei Wu why Old Wolf Ancestor hesitated, and Wei Wu said the Spirit Crossing Sutra likely suppressed his ghostly methods.
• Wei Wu explained that, after Qin He had been missing for six years, many people received the Spirit Crossing Sutra and cultivation methods during the final year.

Wang Tie Zhu tried to keep Old Wolf Ancestor from breaking through the Heavenly Wolf Clan’s formation by warning that other clans might target its Moon Radiance Cauldron. Old Wolf Ancestor sent Lang Qing to check on the treasure, but Old Lord Yellow Crane and Scorpion King arrived together, leaving Wang Tie Zhu facing the elders of all three clans.

• Wang Tie Zhu urged Old Wolf Ancestor to stop fighting and negotiate, but Old Wolf Ancestor refused and threatened to kill him.
• Wang Tie Zhu claimed that Thousand Crane Palace and Scorpion King’s Lair were eyeing the Heavenly Wolf Clan’s Moon Radiance Cauldron.
• Old Wolf Ancestor grew worried and ordered Lang Qing to return and check on the clan’s treasure.
• Old Lord Yellow Crane and Scorpion King arrived together before Lang Qing could leave.
• Wang Tie Zhu froze when he realized that the old monsters from all three clans had gathered.

Old Wolf Ancestor, Immortal Lord Yellow Crane, and Scorpion King Ancestor joined forces to break Inlaid City's Protective Magic Array, leaving its defenders convinced they were doomed. Their combined attack failed when a mysterious shovel appeared and shielded the formation's weakened point.

• Immortal Lord Yellow Crane and Scorpion King Ancestor arrived to help Old Wolf Ancestor break the formation, while Hui Miqiu and the others struggled to find a way to resist them.
• Scorpion King Ancestor used the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Mirror to focus a corrosive red beam on the formation's weakened point.
• Old Lord Yellow Crane summoned a giant crane phantom and struck with Crane Strike as Old Wolf Ancestor unleashed the Skull Banner's Yin Thunder.
• The three experts launched a combined attack that shook the city and injured or stunned people below, but the Protective Magic Array remained intact.
• Wang Tie Zhu spotted a blackened shovel covering the attacked point and shouted in delight.

A black shovel stopped the three demon ancestors’ attack on Inlaid City, and Lang Qing recognized it from Black Dragon Pool. Qin He then appeared before the ancestors and greeted them.

• The black shovel blocked Old Wolf Ancestor, Old Lord Yellow Crane, and Scorpion King Ancestor’s combined strike, while the people in Inlaid City celebrated the Great Immortal’s return.
• Lang Qing recognized the shovel from Black Dragon Pool and secretly urged Old Wolf Ancestor to retreat, recounting the mysterious person it had seen there.
• Old Wolf Ancestor dismissed Lang Qing’s warning, insisting that the three ancestors had nothing to fear from Great Immortal Green Ox.
• The Scorpion King Ancestor demanded that the hidden figure reveal itself, and Qin He answered from the horizon.
• Qin He arrived before the three ancestors on auspicious clouds and greeted them cheerfully.

Qin He, the Great Immortal Green Ox, returned to Inlaid City after six years and faced three ancestors who joined forces to kill him. The chapter left him protected inside a Golden Bell Shield as their attacks descended.

• Lang Qing recognized Qin He and panicked when he returned to Inlaid City.
• Qin He introduced himself to Scorpion King Ancestor, Old Lord Yellow Crane, and Old Wolf Ancestor, then challenged them to fight.
• Old Wolf Ancestor urged the others to attack Qin He together, abandoning any pretense of honor.
• Scorpion King Ancestor, Old Lord Yellow Crane, and Old Wolf Ancestor launched their attacks at Qin He at the same time.
• Qin He formed a Golden Bell Shield around himself as Scorpion King Ancestor's tail hook was about to strike.

Qin He effortlessly withstood the attacks of Scorpion King Ancestor, Old Lord Yellow Crane, and Old Wolf Ancestor. The three ancestors' combined strike failed, leaving Old Wolf Ancestor stunned.

• Scorpion King Ancestor struck Qin He's Golden Bell Shield with its tail hook, but Qin He caught the hook when it broke through.
• Old Lord Yellow Crane sent a sword feather into Qin He's Ni Palace, where Qin He's golden figure destroyed it and injured Old Lord Yellow Crane.
• Old Wolf Ancestor detonated a Yin Lightning Bead in Qin He's palm, but Qin He remained unharmed.
• Old Wolf Ancestor stared in disbelief and questioned how Qin He could have survived the bead's explosion.

Qin He effortlessly stopped the three ancestors’ combined attack and trapped Scorpion King Ancestor’s tail hook in his hand. When Old Wolf Ancestor fled, Qin He imprisoned it and struck it down with a vast manifestation of heavenly lightning, leaving the other two ancestors afraid to move.

• The three ancestors attacked Qin He together, but he nullified their soul and lightning attacks and held Scorpion King Ancestor’s tail hook.
• Lang Qing warned Old Wolf Ancestor that Qin He was overwhelmingly powerful, and Old Wolf Ancestor abandoned Lang Qing and fled.
• Qin He used Space Imprisonment to stop Old Wolf Ancestor, then buried it beneath a massive Thunder Mountain of heavenly lightning.
• Old Lord Yellow Crane and Scorpion King Ancestor froze in fear as Qin He asked whether they would eat fruit or run.

Qin He used a fruit feast to test the Three Ancestors’ resolve, then offered to wipe away their conflict if they would work with him. He sought to bring their clans under his control before the approaching Supernatural Disturbance, and secretly used the Obsession Technique to make them fight the supernatural to the death.

• Qin He made the Three Ancestors sit with him and serve themselves Snake Thorn Fruit while he ate Ink Spirit Fruits.
• Old Lord Yellow Crane, Scorpion King Ancestor, and Old Wolf Ancestor refused the Snake Thorn Fruit and declared they would not submit to humiliation.
• Qin He observed that the Three Ancestors’ defiance reflected genuine convictions, despite their instinct to protect their lives.
• Qin He offered to settle their conflict if they would lend him a hand and asked where they would go when the Supernatural Disturbance arrived.
• Qin He secretly cast the Obsession Technique, instilling in them a determination to fight the supernatural to the death.

Qin He tried to implant the Obsession Technique in the three Divine Bridge Realm ancestors while negotiating their cooperation against the Supernatural Disturbance. He succeeded with Old Wolf Ancestor and Scorpion King Ancestor, but Old Lord Yellow Crane resisted, leaving Qin He still working to influence it as it agreed to swear an oath.

• Qin He implanted an Obsession in the badly injured Old Wolf Ancestor after rubbing his hands over a thousand times.
• Qin He implanted an Obsession in Scorpion King Ancestor after more than five thousand attempts, then turned to Old Lord Yellow Crane.
• Old Wolf Ancestor and Scorpion King Ancestor said the Supernatural Disturbance was beyond their reach and stressed the need to survive.
• Qin He repeatedly tried to implant an Obsession in Old Lord Yellow Crane, but its cautious divine sense detected no clear change despite its growing unease.
• Old Lord Yellow Crane offered cooperation against the Supernatural Disturbance and proposed swearing an oath, and Qin He demanded that the four sides obey his command if it arose.

Qin He brought a Planetary Instrument from a Time Formation Array in Black Wind Mountain to Elder Kui Xing, who identified it as a creation of his family and revealed his knowledge of the array. The chapter ended with Elder Kui Xing asking why Qin He had traveled to the Western Regions and Qin He claiming he wanted to level Black Wind Mountain.

• Qin He visited Elder Kui Xing in Black Wind Town and asked him to identify the Planetary Instrument.
• Elder Kui Xing found the Kui Family insignia on the instrument and confirmed that one of his ancestors had made it.
• Qin He said he had found the instrument inside a Time Formation Array, where seven days had passed while more than six years elapsed outside.
• Elder Kui Xing recognized Qin He's mention of the array and asked what had brought him from Southern Jambudvipa to the Western Regions.
• Qin He replied that he wanted to level Black Wind Mountain.

Qin He questioned Elder Kui Xing about the planetary instrument, the Time Trap, and the dangers surrounding Black Wind Mountain. Elder Kui Xing revealed that Heavenly Secrets had erased much of the mountain’s history and ended by warning Qin He not to enter.

• Elder Kui Xing explained that his ancestors had made the planetary instrument during a campaign against Black Wind Mountain, and that one ancestor had been trapped in the Time Trap for a hundred years.
• Elder Kui Xing said the planetary instrument could sense Starforce and act as a needle through time, while Heavenly Secrets had caused information about Black Wind Mountain to vanish through repeated accidents.
• Qin He asked whether the mountain’s secrets involved a taboo, and Elder Kui Xing responded with guarded silence and a nod.
• Elder Kui Xing confirmed that Black Wind Mountain contained many traps beyond the Time Trap.
• Qin He asked for advice on leveling Black Wind Mountain, and Elder Kui Xing warned him, “Don't go in.”

Qin He visited Elder Kui Xing to learn about Heavenly Secrets and asked whether the Kui Family would support pacifying Black Wind Mountain. After giving Kui Ping'an a technique to conceal Heavenly Secrets, Qin He considered how to defeat Black Wind Mountain without entering its dangerous traps, but his Buddha's Palm was not yet strong enough to do so.

• A bolt of heavenly lightning interrupted Elder Kui Xing, and Qin He stopped asking about Heavenly Secrets and left the Kui Mansion.
• Kui Ping'an told Qin He that the Kui Family understood the danger of supernatural forces and would prioritize that over its interests in Black Wind Mountain.
• Qin He gave Kui Ping'an the Heavenly Secrets Concealment Technique, empowered with Merit.
• At a tavern, Qin He resolved to avoid entering Black Wind Mountain's traps and considered striking it from the sky with Buddha's Palm.
• Qin He concluded that Buddha's Palm was not yet powerful enough to pacify Black Wind Mountain in one strike.

Qin He reunited with Fan Gu, Huo Dong Ming, and Tian Zi Zhen, learning that Mo Fan had died while seeking fruit during the six years he had been trapped. As Black Wind Mountain grew increasingly dangerous, the group told him of a sword-scarred path that might bypass its aerial restrictions.

• Fan Gu, Huo Dong Ming, and Tian Zi Zhen recognized Qin He at the tavern, and he explained that he had been trapped and sent far away.
• Qin He asked about Mo Fan and learned that he had died in a killing formation three years earlier.
• Fan Gu said Black Wind Mountain’s dangers had grown restless and many treasure seekers had left after Elder Kui Xing sealed his divinations.
• Qin He asked about a route through Black Wind Mountain unaffected by its flight restrictions.
• Fan Gu explained that a Sword Immortal’s Heaven Gate Opening had altered the mountain and that the path left by the sword strike might bypass the aerial restrictions.

Qin He learned that the sword strike that opened the Heaven Gate left ruins known as Heaven Gate Ravine in Black Wind Mountain, and wondered if it had severed the Heavenly Dao. He then tried to interrogate the captured Star Tide Old Demon, but it continued to curse and scream under the flames.

• Qin He asked Fan Gu and Huo Dong Ming about the sword strike that opened the Heaven Gate, and they told him its ruins remained in Heaven Gate Ravine.
• Qin He wondered why the sword strike remained clear in memory despite Black Wind Mountain’s history being obscured, and considered whether it had cut through the Heavenly Dao.
• Qin He found the Star Tide Old Demon struggling inside a Cage in the Mustard Seed Space and challenged it to escape.
• Qin He burned the Star Tide Old Demon with Southern Ming Li Fire and questioned it about its master and origins.
• The Star Tide Old Demon kept cursing Qin He, who repeatedly burned it whenever it refused to speak properly.

Qin He tortured the Star Tide Old Demon into answering questions, learning its name, its former home, and that Fuling Cave was one of the Ten Absolute Lands. The demon refused to reveal its master and nearly destroyed itself, but agreed to talk about Black Wind Mountain, which it identified as a prison.

• Qin He forced the Star Tide Old Demon to reveal that its name was Lian Xinglan and that it came from Fuling Cave.
• Lian Xinglan explained that Fuling Cave was one of the Ten Absolute Lands, like Black Wind Mountain.
• Qin He questioned Lian Xinglan about its master, but it refused to answer and began destroying itself.
• Qin He stopped asking about the master and demanded information about Black Wind Mountain instead.
• Lian Xinglan agreed to explain and told Qin He that Black Wind Mountain was a prison.

Qin He bargained with Star Tide Old Demon for information about Black Wind Mountain and learned that it was part of a vast system of prisons. The revelation expanded to the Ten Absolute Lands, the Demon Suppression Divisions, and the divided Abyss World, leaving Qin He confronting the scale of the secret.

• Qin He agreed to Star Tide Old Demon's terms in exchange for the secret of Black Wind Mountain, promising to repair his divine soul and stop torturing him if he told the truth.
• Qin He swore the agreement to Heaven as Wei Wu, and Star Tide Old Demon questioned whether that was his real name.
• Star Tide Old Demon revealed that Black Wind Mountain, the Ten Absolute Lands of the Abyss Lower Realm, and many Demon Suppression Divisions were prisons.
• Qin He was stunned by the revelation that the Demon Suppression Divisions were prisons, potentially placing the Great Jing Empire and Southern Jambudvipa dynasties atop danger.
• Star Tide Old Demon explained that the Abyss World had once been one realm, split into upper and lower realms by a boundary, and described the lower realm as a place of despair.

Qin He questioned Star Tide Old Demon about Black Wind Mountain and learned that it was a prison left by the Ancient Immortal Court, with a supernatural source deep inside. He began to suspect the Ancient Heavenly Court had ruled multiple worlds, then asked about the prison’s past sword strike and ruins.

• Qin He mocked Star Tide Old Demon’s claim of eternal life and demanded to know about Black Wind Mountain.
• Star Tide Old Demon explained that Black Wind Mountain was a large prison of the Ancient Immortal Court, built to contain unspeakable things and preserve the secret of eternal life.
• Qin He learned that the Ancient Immortal Court in the Abyss World had also shattered and wondered whether it had once ruled over multiple worlds.
• Star Tide Old Demon said the Source of Supernatural Phenomenon was believed to be the Black Wind Prison Lord, though he had never reached the prison’s core.
• Qin He asked about the sword strike that split the Heavenly Gate and ended the previous supernatural eruption, and Star Tide Old Demon confirmed the ruins remained.

Qin He investigated the Star Tide Old Demon’s account and entered Black Wind Mountain to inspect a narrow sword-cleft. He found the mountain filled with deadly geomantic formations and continued toward its core.

• Qin He considered Daoist Lingyun’s message, “Whale Fall,” and wondered whether the shattered Ancient Immortal Court fit the metaphor.
• Qin He questioned the Star Tide Old Demon and learned of a narrow sword-cleft in Black Wind Mountain.
• Qin He reached a black pool and recognized the surrounding terrain as the murderous geomantic formation Dragon Bleeds Blood.
• Qin He crossed the pool and advanced deeper into Black Wind Mountain, where he found numerous deadly formations packed together.