Chapter Summaries

Qin He investigated the Black Square Stele and discovered that entering it exposed his divine sense to a dangerous darkness where time passed differently. He withdrew safely, but found that two days and two nights had passed outside, leaving the stele’s purpose unclear.

• Qin He tried to bind the stele’s fragments with formation patterns, but they rejected the dao arts and fell apart again.
• Wang Tie Zhu tested the fragments with Samadhi True Fire, then used Purple Gold Iron Chains to hold the stele together.
• Qin He sent his divine sense into the stele and entered a vast, timeless darkness that resisted his attempt to leave.
• Qin He sensed danger and pulled his divine sense free, then awoke to find Lamborghini, Wang Tie Zhu, and Ma Fei waiting for him.
• Qin He learned that two days and two nights had passed and suspected the stele caused time to pass differently.

Qin He buried Gu Zhi Kui’s ashes in the Little Cemetery and told Star Tide Old Demon that Thorn Ridge had been erased. He then asked the demon which forbidden land he should destroy next.

• Qin He entered the Mustard Seed Space and visited the Little Cemetery, where he buried Gu Zhi Kui’s ashes and erected a stele.
• Qin He saw that the Shore Flower had grown since he last saw it.
• Qin He told Star Tide Old Demon that he had erased Thorn Ridge and expected flowers to grow there by the following year.
• Qin He asked Star Tide Old Demon for advice on which forbidden land to destroy next.

Star Tide Old Demon revealed information about Double Fork Ridge and the Heavenly Court ruins to Qin He. Qin He concluded that excavating the ruins might undermine the supernatural beings’ immortality.

• Star Tide Old Demon sold out the forbidden lands and identified Double Fork Ridge as the more arrogant and destructive target.
• Star Tide Old Demon told Qin He that Double Fork Ridge was ruled by a Rabbit Demon and an Antelope Ox Demon whose claws and fangs had devastated the region.
• Star Tide Old Demon explained that the Heavenly Court ruins could shield beings from heaven’s workings and might hold the secret of immortality.
• Qin He realized that removing the Ancient Heavenly Court ruins might uproot the foundation of supernatural phenomena’s immortality.

Half a month later, Qin He arrived at Double Fork Ridge to demand the Heavenly Court Ruins and the heads of its two demon guardians. The demons refused his second demand and attacked him, beginning a great battle.

• Qin He's Golden Body Dharma Aspect crossed Double Fork Ridge, awakening the Antelope Ox Demon and the Demon Rabbit from their slumber.
• Qin He introduced himself as Green Ox Immortal and said he had come to borrow two things from the demons.
• The Rabbit Demon and Antelope Ox Demon offered to give Qin He a portion of the Heavenly Court Ruins but refused to lend him their heads.
• Qin He asked whether there was room for negotiation, and the two demons attacked him with the Antelope Ox Demon's horns and the Rabbit Demon's Yin Energy.

Qin He’s group struggled to eat the ancient meat of demonized creatures, and Lamborghini chipped a tooth trying to bite through it. Meanwhile, Hui Miqiu discovered enormous Ancient Heavenly Court ruins underground, leaving the excavation underway.

• Lamborghini and Wang Tie Zhu found the roasted and stewed meat too hard to bite, while Wei Wu explained it was ancient cured meat.
• Lamborghini chipped a front tooth as he gnawed the meat, and Wang Tie Zhu threw away his rabbit leg.
• Lamborghini pointed out that the Little Sable could eat, and the Little Sable crunched through half an untainted Exotic Bone from the Demon Rabbit.
• Hui Miqiu told Qin He that his team had uncovered ruins during the excavation.
• Hui Miqiu probed the site and reported that the ruins were huge and would take time to excavate.

Qin He finished excavating and stabilizing the black pavilion ruins, then learned from the Antelope Ox Demon's Shadow Play about the Near Ancient Era and the history of supernatural dojos. The chapter ended with Qin He reflecting on how even supernatural beings could not escape time.

• Qin He finished reconstructing the black pavilion ruins, stabilized them, and stored them in the Mustard Seed Space.
• Qin He withdrew his team after the excavation and received a reward for the Antelope Ox Demon.
• Qin He learned that the Antelope Ox Demon had been a great demon in the Near Ancient Era before becoming a Source of Supernatural Phenomenon.
• Qin He learned that the Near Ancient Era had supported powerful cultivators, while the Eastern Lands World had since entered the Silent Dharma Era.
• Qin He learned that the Rabbit Demon had come from the upper realm and that Double Fork Ridge's dojo had once sheltered five Sources of Supernatural Phenomenon.
• Qin He considered how the passage of time had destroyed even supernatural beings and their ancient dojo.

After pacifying Double Fork Ridge, Qin He received a Saint-grade forging art and an advanced thunder technique, while his victories helped curb the supernatural outbreak across the Western Regions. The Western Expedition Army continued expanding its safe territory.

• Qin He received the Saint-grade Forging Art and Advanced Lightning Strike Technique as rewards from the Demon Rabbit and Antelope Ox Demon.
• Qin He mounted Lamborghini as Wang Tie Zhu and Wei Wu gathered their companions, and the group stripped Double Fork Ridge of resources before withdrawing.
• The pacification of Double Fork Ridge left Black Wind Mountain, Floating Mausoleum Mountain, Thorn Ridge, and Double Fork Ridge among the four death zones Qin He had cleared in half a year.
• Great Immortal Green Ox issued a warning that death zones that failed to restrain themselves would be exterminated, prompting some to pull back and wait.
• The Western Expedition Army cleared supernatural minions and, with local support, secured safe zones across lands hundreds of thousands of miles around the four death zones.

Seven supernatural sources crowded into Yellow Mane Lord’s small dojo to plan how to deal with the Green Ox Pseudo-Immortal, who had been slaughtering across the Western Regions. Yellow Mane Lord wanted no part in the conflict, but Strange Wolf argued that they had to strike before the Green Ox grew stronger.

• Seven sources of supernatural phenomena arrived at Yellow Mane Lord’s Dragon Bone Dojo to hold a meeting.
• Yellow Mane Lord resented the uninvited guests and feared the Green Ox Pseudo-Immortal might blame him if their plan failed.
• Strange Wolf asked Yellow Mane Lord for his opinion, and Yellow Mane Lord cautiously questioned why they needed to fight the Green Ox.
• Strange Wolf claimed the Green Ox intended to flatten every forbidden land and revealed that he was forging a Chaos Divine Weapon.
• Strange Wolf urged the gathered sources to attack the Green Ox as soon as possible before his strength increased further.

Yellow Mane Lord was forced to lead Strange Wolf’s surprise attack, while Qin He continued forging the Big Black Shovel in Lanling City. After learning that the enemy planned to ambush him in three days, Qin He welcomed their arrival.

• Strange Wolf made Yellow Mane Lord join the vanguard and ordered it to surround the enemy with the other demons.
• The Western Expedition Army transported troops and gathered resources in Lanling City.
• Qin He used a merit-forged hammer to fuse Chaos Essence into the Big Black Shovel, leaving only a small portion unfinished.
• Wang Tie Zhu told Qin He that a horse had warned of a group of enemies preparing to ambush him in three days.
• Qin He smiled and said he would let the enemies come.

The Sources of Supernatural Phenomenon ambushed Lanling City with the Yin Sha Zhu Shen Array, believing the Green Ox Pseudo-Immortal was trapped inside. The city vanished as an illusion, revealing that he had anticipated their attack, while Yellow Mane Lord remained caught between the two sides.

• Seven Black Shadows plotted to trap the Green Ox Pseudo-Immortal and claim his corpse, soul, and the city's cultivators as rewards.
• Yellow Mane Lord worried that his warning had failed and that either side might kill him.
• Strange Wolf and the other Sources of Supernatural Phenomenon activated the Yin Sha Zhu Shen Array around Lanling City.
• The array began closing in, and the city's lights and clamor abruptly disappeared.
• The Sources realized Lanling City had been an illusion and that the Green Ox Pseudo-Immortal had prepared for their attack.

After the Yin Sha Zhu Shen Array struck empty air, Strange Wolf chose to keep shrinking it and challenge the Green Ox Pseudo-Immortal rather than retreat. The Green Ox ambushed Strange Wolf with the Big Black Shovel, shattering its life-bound Exotic Bone and smashing its body apart.

• The Sources of Supernatural Phenomenon realized their illusion had deceived them and left the Yin Sha Zhu Shen Array useless.
• Sha Bo and Yi La urged Strange Wolf to retreat, but Strange Wolf ordered the array to keep shrinking and told the others to attack if the Green Ox appeared.
• The Green Ox Pseudo-Immortal mocked the demons through their secret voice transmissions, revealing that he was still nearby.
• The Green Ox struck Strange Wolf from behind with the Big Black Shovel, and Strange Wolf was unable to dodge.
• Strange Wolf's Exotic Bone shattered under the blow, and the Big Black Shovel smashed its body into a mangled heap.

Qin He killed the Strange Wolf and attacked the other Sources of Supernatural Phenomenon with a thunderous sword technique. He trapped Sha Bo as it tried to flee and gave it one chance to beg for mercy.

• The Strange Wolf offered to become Qin He's servant, but Qin He destroyed its demonic soul with Purple Cloud Divine Thunder and burned its body with Samadhi True Fire.
• The other Sources of Supernatural Phenomenon fled after sensing the Strange Wolf's death, but Qin He used the Azure Firmament Style to strike them across the battlefield.
• Sha Bo's body was blasted apart by the thunder, and it unleashed its full strength to regenerate despite the danger.
• Qin He appeared behind Sha Bo and confined it, then told it to beg for mercy.

Qin He hunted down the Sources of Supernatural Phenomenon, killing all but Yellow Mane Lord, who fled and tried to escape with a Shuttle Talisman. Qin He caught him and offered him one chance to earn mercy, but Yellow Mane Lord gave the same answer as the others, leaving Qin He to offer him a dignified death instead.

• Qin He and the Big Black Shovel killed the fleeing Yi La and hunted down the remaining Sources of Supernatural Phenomenon.
• Yellow Mane Lord fled more than twenty thousand li after realizing his companions had all died.
• Yellow Mane Lord tried to activate a Shuttle Talisman, but Qin He used a force of confinement to stop him.
• Qin He appeared before Yellow Mane Lord and demanded a reason to spare his life.
• Yellow Mane Lord offered to become Qin He's slave, and Qin He called it the wrong answer and offered him a chance to die with dignity.

Qin He forced Yellow Mane Lord to choose between annihilation and a chance at Reincarnation, then used the Spirit Crossing Sutra to begin delivering it. A spectral deity appeared and the Gate of Guidance opened, leaving Yellow Mane Lord’s fate uncertain.

• Qin He told Yellow Mane Lord that it had to die and gave it twenty breaths to accept its fate.
• Yellow Mane Lord begged for its life, but Qin He offered to deliver it from suffering and give it a chance at Reincarnation.
• Qin He explained that Yellow Mane Lord’s Longevity Art had preserved two souls and three spirits, making its chance at Reincarnation uncertain.
• Yellow Mane Lord accepted deliverance after Qin He warned that refusal meant annihilation.
• Qin He bound Yellow Mane Lord and chanted the Spirit Crossing Sutra, summoning a spectral deity and opening the Gate of Guidance.

Qin He guided the Yellow Mane Horse’s main soul toward reincarnation, then returned to Lanling City and received five shadow-play rewards. He considered giving the Sky Roc treasures to Ma Fei and examined the Mysterious Sky Pillar, which appeared as a staff in his hand.

• Qin He stopped reciting the Spirit Crossing Sutra after the Yellow Mane Horse’s main soul entered the Gate of Guidance, narrowly avoiding destruction by heavenly lightning.
• Qin He picked up the transformed Big Black Shovel and found that its weight could change at will and that it had begun to touch the law of gravity.
• Qin He returned to Lanling City, where five shadow plays arrived with a Sky Mending Pill, a Soul Returning Pill, the Sky Roc Technique, a Mysterious Sky Pillar, and a Feather of the Sky Roc.
• Qin He decided the Sky Roc Technique and Feather of the Sky Roc suited Ma Fei, whose speed was strong but whose attacks and cultivation were weak.
• Qin He summoned the Mysterious Sky Pillar and saw it take the form of a dark-golden-inscribed Mysterious Sky Staff.

Qin He examined the Mysterious Sky Pillar, then investigated Li Ba’s apparent remains and left after finding no sign of the demon. Three days later, Li Ba revived from the ashes and prepared to leave, but a distant voice recognized its technique as the Nirvana Technique.

• Qin He tested the Mysterious Sky Pillar’s power, recalled it to his hand, and put it away.
• Qin He found what appeared to be Li Ba’s burned shell in the valley and realized the demon had survived by shedding it.
• Qin He searched the area, found nothing unusual, and extinguished the Samadhi True Fire before leaving.
• Three days later, a red light emerged from Li Ba’s ashes, and the demon re-formed as a golden-feathered bird.
• Li Ba recovered its bearings and prepared to leave before a distant voice asked whether it had used the Nirvana Technique.

Qin He discovered that Li Ba had used the Phoenix Clan’s Nirvana Technique to revive from ashes, but Li Ba’s severe injuries left it unable to survive. Li Ba died after reflecting on mortality, and Qin He burned its body.

• Qin He revealed that he had waited nearby for three days and saw Li Ba revive through the Nirvana Technique.
• Li Ba explained that its rebirth had consumed nearly all its strength and pleaded with Qin He to spare its life.
• Qin He refused, saying Li Ba needed the flesh and blood of living beings to recover from its injuries.
• Li Ba gave up hope, warned Qin He that time would eventually kill him, and let its Demonic Body crack apart.
• Li Ba fell from the sky and died, and Qin He burned its corpse with Samadhi True Fire.

After Li Ba’s death, Qin He received the Nirvana Technique but learned it required rare Fire Phoenix Essence Blood. Meanwhile, the Western Expeditionary Force gained momentum, destroying several Sources of Supernatural Phenomenon and driving the remaining threats to flee toward the Far West Land.

• Qin He learned that the Nirvana Technique required Fire Phoenix Essence Blood, then left Li Ba’s ashes behind.
• The destruction of seven supernatural phenomena shifted the balance toward the living, and clans across the Western Regions welcomed the Western Expeditionary Force.
• Zhu Ganglie joined the Western Expeditionary Force with an Old Ape and a large army, then helped destroy Nine-Headed Worm at Dark Prison Mountain.
• The Western Expeditionary Force destroyed Lady Blood Moth at Pink Ridge and the Source of Supernatural Phenomenon at Echoing Lake.
• A Marten Demon led an army to destroy the Scorpion Demon at Scorpion Demon Ridge after a fierce battle.
• As news spread of the Marten Demon’s victory, weaker Sources of Supernatural Phenomenon fled toward the Far West Land.

Two years after supernatural phenomena were cleared from east of the Sha River, Qin He reached Yellow Wind Ridge, where prosperous kingdoms secretly raised people for sacrifice to Great King Yellow Wind. He discovered a thousand children being loaded onto a Flying Boat and faced the region’s system of human offerings.

• Qin He traveled through prosperous Treasure Silk City in Cloud Mulberry Kingdom and found no obvious signs of supernatural phenomena.
• Wang Tie Zhu told Qin He that a thousand virgin boys and girls were being loaded onto a Flying Boat at the Wind God Temple.
• Qin He saw soldiers force the children onto the Flying Boat before its departure to serve Great King Yellow Wind.
• Qin He learned that Yellow Wind Ridge’s thirty-six kingdoms offered over a million children each year to keep their people safe.
• Qin He learned that generations of forced offerings had tamed the Human Race, and that Cloud Mulberry Kingdom’s King and clan had once been eaten for failing to provide the required number.

Wang Tie Zhu told Qin He how the Yellow Wind Monster’s demand for sacrificial children had enslaved and terrorized the people of Cloud Mulberry Kingdom and nearby lands. After learning the monster might consume the entire population if it suffered heavy losses, Qin He ordered every Rat Demon and supernatural lackey in Yellow Wind Ridge killed.

• Wang Tie Zhu explained that offerings to the Yellow Wind Monster had kept Cloud Mulberry Kingdom’s population shrinking, while fear had made people punish anyone who questioned the sacrifices.
• Wang Tie Zhu told Qin He that survival depended on when the Yellow Wind Monster awakened and that, four hundred years earlier, it had eaten the royal clan and devastated the population when it needed to replenish its losses.
• Qin He saw Rat Demons seize and devour two virgin girls aboard a Flying Boat and learned that they were the Yellow Wind Monster’s kin and lackeys.
• Wang Tie Zhu reported that nearby kingdoms’ records ended around past battles involving the Yellow Wind Monster, suggesting it had repeatedly consumed the region’s people after suffering losses.
• Qin He ordered the extermination of every formed Rat Demon and supernatural lackey in Yellow Wind Ridge, and Wang Tie Zhu killed the Rat Demons aboard the Flying Boat with golden streaks.