Chapter Summaries

Qin He explored Blackstone Town, bought Body Refinement Pills and wilderness supplies, then lured two men who had been following him into a secluded valley. He killed the would-be robbers and left with their belongings and bodies.

• Qin He entered Blackstone Town, ate and drank at a tavern, and bought gear for the wilderness.
• Qin He purchased five Body Tempering Pills, three Sinew-Fixing Pills, and a packet of Marrow-Cleansing Powder from Hundred Herbs Hall.
• Qin He noticed two burly men following him but continued shopping and later soaked in a bathhouse.
• Qin He confronted the two men in a secluded valley after they demanded his Spirit Stones and Pills.
• Qin He killed both robbers, searched their bodies for Spirit Stones, weapons, maps, and journals, then carried the corpses into the night.

Da Yajin sought the Blackstone Elder’s protection from Shen Gonglan after Shen Gonglan’s men pursued him to Blackstone Town. The Elder agreed to let Da Yajin and his men settle in town, though he warned them to keep a low profile.

• Da Yajin told his men that they needed to offer the Blackstone Elder valuable treasures to secure protection from Shen Gonglan.
• Da Yajin and his four trusted men traveled to the Elder’s residence, where the guards initially refused them entry.
• Da Yajin offered the guards a beast-bone dagger and Blood Jade Marrow, and they allowed him to enter alone.
• Da Yajin told the Blackstone Elder that Shen Gonglan was hunting him and offered treasures, medicinal herbs, and Darksteel Essence in exchange for shelter.
• The Blackstone Elder agreed to let Da Yajin and his brothers settle in Blackstone Town, but warned them not to draw attention to themselves.
• Da Yajin returned to his men and told Ma Da they would talk after they got back.

Da Yajin and his companions gained permission to stay in Blackstone Town but feared Blackstone Elder might betray them, while Qin He read the diaries of two bandits whose bodies he was burning. The chapter left Da Yajin wondering whether Qin He had reached town, as Qin He continued learning about the brothers he had killed.

• Da Yajin told Liu Shan, Ma Da, Ma Er, and Ge Yanbing that Blackstone Elder had accepted their gift but had not promised to protect them from Shen Gonglan.
• Da Yajin said the gift had bought them time and argued that staying alive mattered more than recovering their money.
• Liu Shan asked whether Qin He had arrived in Blackstone Town.
• Qin He sneezed while reading two yellowed booklets in a cave fifty li outside Blackstone Town, beside a pyre holding two corpses.
• Qin He learned from the diaries that Wang Meng had robbed and killed cultivators for wealth and power, while Wang Gui had helped him despite his fear and misgivings.

Qin He received the Three Suns Body Tempering Pill and began using it to strengthen his body after cleansing himself with several lower-grade pills. As the pill’s power surged through his flesh, sinews, bones, and bloodline, its effects proved far more intense than he expected.

• The Black Robed Man judged the Wang Family Twin Fiends and rewarded Qin He a Three Suns Body Tempering Pill and a Mo Luo Pill.
• Qin He set the Mo Luo Pill aside and gathered nearly fifty body-refinement pills to consume.
• Qin He swallowed his lower-grade pills, which strengthened his meridians and forced dark impurities from his body.
• Qin He took the Three Suns Body Tempering Pill, which sent three warm currents through his flesh, sinews and bones, and bloodline.
• The pill’s power visibly strengthened Qin He’s muscles and began purifying his bones, causing intense heat and tingling pain.

After the Three Suns Body Tempering Pill purged his impurities and remade his physique, Qin He discovered a new level of strength and control despite being unable to sense vital energy. He embraced the body-tempering path as his own and saw a way forward toward Immortal Attains Sainthood.

• Qin He opened his eyes after the pill’s medicinal power fused with his flesh and blood, and found his body nimble and transformed.
• He examined the impurities expelled from his body and felt the Three Suns Body Tempering Pill had addressed the source of his affliction.
• Qin He threw a casual punch that split a nearby boulder and marveled at his newfound strength and precise control over his body.
• He realized that his body could serve as his dantian and that he could pursue a path to sainthood without merit or vital energy.
• Qin He resolved to refine his body with pills and saw Immortal Attains Sainthood as a possible destination.

Qin He endured a terrifying nightmare in which he fought scarlet forces with a weapon that eventually shattered, while hints of his lost past resurfaced. He awoke only partially, haunted by a bloodied familiar face and fragments about eternal life, demonization, and death.

• Qin He fell asleep in the cave after exhaustion overcame him.
• Qin He dreamed that scarlet forces pursued him through freezing darkness as he fought them with a familiar weapon.
• Qin He's weapon shattered, and he saw scarlet light in his own eyes before the nightmare overwhelmed him.
• Qin He muttered and trembled in his sleep as a bloodied familiar face appeared before him.
• Qin He heard broken words about eternal life, demonization, and death.

After a vision-filled nightmare, Qin He felt an unexplained urgency to uncover the truth and considered the danger of confronting the Divine Envoy. He steadied himself and went to the Drunken Immortal Tower to look for Da Yajin and the others, who were due to arrive soon.

• Qin He woke from a vivid nightmare and used the Broken Blade Fragment to remind himself of his past.
• Qin He suspected his Body Refinement breakthrough had triggered the nightmare and felt he needed to hurry.
• Qin He considered questioning the Divine Envoy but recognized the Other Shore Realm powerhouse and his guards made it too dangerous.
• Qin He meditated until daylight, then returned to Blackstone Town.
• Qin He headed to the Drunken Immortal Tower to find Da Yajin and the others.

Xiao Wujiu and more than twenty masked cultivators surrounded Ye Tai and his companions in Blackstone Town, accusing them of human trafficking and preparing to kill them. The Blackstone Elder refused to help because two Divine Envoy guards from the Fu Clan backed Xiao Wujiu, and Xiao Wujiu drew his saber to finish the fight quickly.

• Qin He arrived near the Drunken Immortal Tower as fighting destroyed a house and scattered the townspeople.
• Xiao Wujiu’s cultivators surrounded Ye Tai, Da Yajin, Liu Shan, Ge Yanbing, Ma Da, and Ma Er after a previous battle left them wounded.
• Liu Shan and Ma Da accused Xiao Wujiu of taking credit for their scouting and hunting them down, while Xiao Wujiu condemned them as human traffickers.
• Great Gold Tooth and Da Yajin blamed the Blackstone Elder for breaking his word, but the elder said the two Divine Envoy guards outside town made helping them too dangerous.
• The Blackstone Elder gave Xiao Wujiu half an incense stick to settle the matter, and Xiao Wujiu drew a dark crimson saber and pointed it at Da Yajin, declaring ten breaths were enough.

Qin He appeared in Blackstone Town disguised as a disciple of Mo Qianyang and protected Ye Tai and the others from Xiao Wujiu. After Qin He overwhelmed Xiao Wujiu with Shen Gongjin’s spear and fighting technique, Xiao Wujiu burned his blood and qi to raise his strength and launched another attack.

• Xiao Wujiu’s sword strike was shattered when Qin He appeared and blocked it with the Silver Spear.
• Qin He claimed to be a disciple of Mo Qianyang and vowed to protect Ye Tai and the others.
• Qin He killed a masked cultivator and revealed his Silver Spear, prompting Xiao Wujiu to realize he had killed Shen Gongjin.
• Qin He used the Coiling Dragon Spear Technique to drive Xiao Wujiu back and claimed Mo Qianyang had searched Shen Gongjin’s soul.
• Xiao Wujiu burned his blood and qi, raised his strength near the Divine Bridge Realm, and prepared to make Qin He pay for the deaths.

Qin He fought Xiao Wujiu in the ruins, hiding his strength while protecting Great Gold Tooth and the others. He wounded the enraged Xiao Wujiu but kept the battle looking even, wary of the two Fu Family guards watching from their Fire Kirin.

• Xiao Wujiu unleashed a strengthened saber strike, and Qin He blocked it with Coiling Dragon Entwining Pillar before retreating three steps.
• Xiao Wujiu attacked relentlessly, while Qin He matched his berserk strength and guarded Great Gold Tooth and the others without revealing his full power.
• The Blackstone Town elder and Da Yajin's group mocked Xiao Wujiu, provoking him to burn more blood and vitality and expose flaws in his attacks.
• Qin He exploited an opening to pierce Xiao Wujiu's left shoulder, but Xiao Wujiu ignored the wound and charged again.
• Qin He kept feigning an even contest and watched the two Fu Family guards, who remained motionless on their Fire Kirin.

Qin He defeated Xiao Wujiu, but two Gilded Armored Warriors attacked him before the fight could end. After barely dodging their powerful strike, Qin He prepared to face both Divine Bridge Realm experts.

• As Xiao Wujiu’s strength faded from burning his blood and vitality, Qin He disarmed him and held the Silver Spear at his throat.
• Qin He declared that Xiao Wujiu had lost, and Da Yajin and the others cheered as the masked cultivators held back.
• The two Gilded Armored Warriors fired golden beams at Qin He, who dodged but was hurt by the attacks’ aftershock.
• Xiao Wujiu crawled away while the two warriors leapt down from the Fire Kirin and attacked Qin He with gilded war spears.
• Qin He realized he could no longer conceal his strength and focused on facing the two Divine Bridge Realm experts.

Qin He fought off two armored Divine Bridge Realm soldiers, then tried to persuade them to let him go by claiming to be a disciple of Heaven’s Pardon Pavilion. They demanded to take him to Sin City for inspection, and the chapter ended as they attacked him again and he prepared to fight back.

• Qin He used his Coiling Dragon Spear Technique and Golden-Tinged Blood Qi to force the two armored soldiers back.
• Da Yajin and Liu Shan urged the soldiers to blame Xiao Wujiu and avoid fighting Heaven’s Pardon Pavilion.
• The soldiers remarked on Qin He’s unusually powerful blood energy and demanded that he return to Sin City for inspection.
• Qin He refused, knowing the soldiers intended to deceive him, and insisted they part without further conflict.
• The soldiers attacked Qin He with spears infused with Origin Power, and he surged with blood energy to meet them.

Qin He unleashed his pureblood body-refining power and fought two Gilded Armored Warriors, but his blood energy began to run low. He used the Broken Blade Fragment of the Chaos Shovel to kill one warrior, leaving the other still standing.

• Qin He released his golden-tinged blood energy, startling the Blackstone Elder, Da Yajin and his companions, and Xiao Wujiu.
• The two Gilded Armored Warriors attacked Qin He with Origin Power-enhanced spears, and he fought them with his Silver Spear and Coiling Dragon Spear Technique.
• Qin He struggled to defend himself as the prolonged battle rapidly exhausted his blood energy.
• Qin He found a weakness in the left warrior's defenses and secretly prepared the Broken Blade Fragment of the Chaos Shovel.
• Qin He baited the left warrior into thrusting, then threw the fragment through his defenses and struck his neck, destroying his Origin Power foundation and killing him.

Qin He killed the second armored soldier after Xiao Wujiu fled, but his strength was nearly spent. The Blackstone Elder suspected Qin He had a remarkable hidden identity and grew even greedier.

• The surviving armored soldier called for Xiao Wujiu to help, but Xiao Wujiu and his subordinates fled to seek reinforcements.
• The armored soldier burned his Origin Power and attacked Qin He, who countered with Coiling Dragon Shatters the Mountain and pierced his chest with the Silver Spear.
• Qin He staggered back, chose not to pursue Xiao Wujiu, and accepted healing Pills from Da Yajin before sitting down to recover.
• The Blackstone Elder concluded that Qin He was not Mo Old Ghost's disciple and suspected he might be someone extraordinary, then became even more greedy.

Qin He, badly weakened after fighting the Divine Envoy guards, resisted Blackstone Elder’s attempt to lure him into Blackstone Estate and expose him as an Interworld Sky Demon. After escaping town with Da Yajin and Liu Shan, Qin He learned that the Divine Court and Sin City might pursue them and asked Ye Tai for a safe place to hide.

• Blackstone Elder offered Qin He a Foundation Origin Pill and invited him to Blackstone Estate, but Qin He refused and warned him not to mistake caution for weakness.
• Blackstone Elder questioned whether Qin He was an Interworld Sky Demon, but Qin He challenged him to attack and reminded him of the fallen Divine Envoy guards.
• Da Yajin, Liu Shan, and the others helped Qin He leave Blackstone Town before Blackstone Elder could act against him.
• Outside town, Qin He coughed blood after his bluff had drained the last of his blood and qi, while Da Yajin and Liu Shan warned that the Divine Court and Sin City's City Patrol Division could hunt them.
• Qin He said they had to leave the region and asked Ye Tai whether he knew a safe hiding place; Da Yajin confirmed that he did.

The Divine Envoy arrived at Blackstone Town with a huge force after hearing that Mo had killed two of his soldiers. Blackstone Elder claimed he had marked Mo with a Soul-Chasing Seal and offered to lead the pursuit, leaving with the promise of a Purple Mansion Pill and freedom if he captured him.

• The Divine Envoy's war chariots, guards, and Sin City officials descended on Blackstone Town.
• Blackstone Elder and the townspeople knelt to welcome the Divine Envoy.
• Blackstone Elder reported that Mo had killed two armored soldiers and claimed Mo was a Sky Demon fleeing northwest.
• Hu Tiancheng challenged Blackstone Elder for failing to stop Mo, and Blackstone Elder said he had planted a Soul-Chasing Seal on him.
• The Divine Envoy promised Blackstone Elder a Purple Mansion Pill and freedom if he helped capture Mo, then ordered him to lead the way.

The Divine Envoy's party tracked Sky Demon to the edge of the Demon Abyss, a forbidden zone no one had ever returned from. When Blackstone Elder tried to avoid entering it, the Divine Envoy ordered him to lead a scouting party inside.

• Blackstone Elder used a Black Jade Compass to track Sky Demon, and the Divine Envoy's party raced after him.
• The party reached the Demon Abyss and confirmed that Sky Demon had fled inside.
• Hu Tiancheng warned the Divine Envoy that the Demon Abyss was forbidden and deadly.
• A Fu Family attendant suggested sealing the area and requesting the Divine Court's decision, but the Divine Envoy said they could not simply wait.
• The Divine Envoy reminded Blackstone Elder of his vow and ordered him to lead men into the Demon Abyss to scout the way.
• Blackstone Elder begged to be spared, but the Divine Envoy threatened him until he stopped resisting.

Qin He was trapped in the Demon Abyss as its black mist drained his vitality and the Divine Envoy’s forces sealed off the exit. When Blackstone Elder was sent into the mist, Qin He recognized the man who had planted the tracking mark on him.

• Qin He entered the Demon Abyss and found that its black mist rapidly consumed his blood qi and vitality.
• Qin He watched a High-Grade Essence Restoration Pill crumble and a Qi-Congealing Herb wither in the mist.
• Qin He retreated toward the edge but found the Divine Envoy’s soldiers surrounding the Demon Abyss, leaving him trapped.
• Qin He considered his dwindling options and placed his hopes on Great Gold Tooth’s separate mission as his last escape route.
• Qin He saw Blackstone Elder crawling through the mist and recognized the man who had planted the tracking mark on him.

Qin He killed Blackstone Elder to sever the Divine Court's trail, but the Divine Envoy ordered his forces into the Demon Abyss. A violent disturbance and ancient aura then stirred beneath the Abyss, leaving Qin He hiding as something awakened.

• Qin He observed Blackstone Elder's life force draining rapidly in the demonic mist.
• The Divine Envoy ordered Blackstone Elder into the Demon Abyss to search for the thief surnamed Mo.
• Qin He struck Blackstone Elder through the chest with his Silver Spear and killed him.
• The Divine Envoy ordered his guards to enter the Abyss and search for the killer.
• The Demon Abyss shook, its mist surged, and Qin He sensed an ancient presence rising from underground, so he concealed his aura.

The Divine Envoy ordered the Demon Abyss sealed with formations to trap Qin He inside and let him die. Surrounded by the devouring black mist, Qin He slowed its drain on his vitality and struggled to endure with a secret art, pills, and herbs.

• A Fu Family elder and Hu Tiancheng warned the Divine Envoy not to disturb the presence inside the Demon Abyss.
• The Divine Envoy ordered the area sealed, and the Fu Family deployed layers of warning, trapping, and weakening formations around it.
• Qin He watched the formations close around the Demon Abyss and realized his enemies planned to wear him down without attacking.
• Qin He used a secret art to slow the black mist's drain on his life essence and replenished his qi and blood with a High-Grade Essence Restoration Pill and a Qi-Congealing Herb.
• Qin He continued struggling against the waves of devouring mist, relying on endurance to stay alive.