Chapter Summaries

Da Yajin and his companions found the Teleportation Array at Langhuan Mountain, but Skeleton Pavilion captured them and revealed that the array was a sacrificial formation. They remained chained in its prison core, awaiting a chance to escape and hoping Qin He was still alive.

• Da Yajin led Ma Er, Ge Yanbing, Liu Shan, and the Ma brothers into Langhuan Mountain after finding recent footprints and signs of Skeleton Pavilion.
• The group followed two Skeleton Pavilion members to a cavern, where wicked cultivators prepared a blood-stained formation and brought in prisoners as sacrifices.
• A cultivator struck Da Yajin from behind, and he awoke chained in a stone chamber with his companions.
• A fellow prisoner explained that Skeleton Pavilion planned to sacrifice them to summon Void Wraiths and escape through a Teleportation Array during Evernight Turning Yang.
• Da Yajin and the others learned the chamber was made of unbreakable Dark Yin Iron and guarded by Divine Bridge Realm cultivators, leaving Da Yajin fearing for their survival and thinking of Qin He.

Qin He tracked Great Gold Tooth’s clue to Langhuan Mountain, where Skeleton Pavilion was holding hundreds of captives for a Sacrificial Formation. After sealing the mountain with demonic clouds, he entered its cavern to rescue them and confront the formation.

• Qin He found the fresh inscription “Langhuan Mountain” among the looted ruins of Heaven's Pardon Pavilion’s headquarters.
• Qin He reached Langhuan Mountain and killed two Skeleton Pavilion guards who attacked him.
• Qin He forced a Skeleton Pavilion cultivator to reveal that hundreds of people were held in a cavern for a plan to summon a Void Wraith and escape through a Teleportation Array.
• Qin He sealed Langhuan Mountain and its caverns inside a vast web of demonic clouds, defeating the cultivators who tried to break through.
• Qin He plunged into the cavern, intending to rescue Great Gold Tooth and the other captives and inspect the Sacrificial Formation.

Qin He subdued the Skeleton Pavilion cultivators, collected materials for his soul-searching formation, and rescued Da Yajin and the other prisoners. With four hours left until Evernight Turning Yang, he flew back to burn Zhang Xiu’s corpse while leaving the Demon Web in place around Langhuan Mountain.

• Ink Bone led the Skeleton Pavilion cultivators in an attack, but Qin He burned him to ashes with demonic flame.
• Qin He demanded Soul-Seizing Crystal Cores and century-old Grudge Soul Flowers, then let cultivators leave in exchange for suitable materials.
• Qin He also accepted nether marrow jade and nether river sand from a cultivator and released him.
• Qin He inspected the Sacrificial Formation and used Movement Arts Divine Ability to free Da Yajin and the other prisoners, binding the Skeleton Pavilion cultivators in their place.
• Qin He told Da Yajin and the others to wait without touching the formation, then flew to Zhang Xiu’s hidden cave to burn his corpse.

Li LInfeng and the Fu Family elders attacked the demonic formation around Zhang Xiu’s cave, but Qin He arrived before they could break through and confronted them. Li LInfeng’s sacred techniques proved powerful, yet Qin He withstood his attacks, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Li LInfeng used a sacred jade to weaken the demonic barrier while ordering the Fu Family elders to avoid harming Zhang Xiu.
• Qin He arrived in demonic clouds, and Li LInfeng demanded that he surrender to the Divine Court.
• Qin He refused, accusing the Divine Court of applying its laws selectively, and Li LInfeng attacked him with Divine Punishment Gilded Chains.
• Qin He blocked the chains with a demonic shield, surprising Li LInfeng with the strength of his Demonic Essence.
• Li LInfeng forged a sacred warblade and struck with it, but Qin He countered with Southern Ming Li Fire and was pushed back only a few steps.

Qin He fought Li LInfeng and the Fu Family elders long enough to rescue Zhang Xiu, then escaped with him into the Demon Abyss. Li LInfeng refused to pursue them into the dangerous mist and ordered the wilderness sealed while Qin He hurried toward a hidden karst cave before Evernight Turning Yang.

• Qin He used a demonic-pattern chain to pull Zhang Xiu from the cave while distracting Li LInfeng with Demonic Flame and Southern Ming Li Fire.
• Qin He threw a Demon Web over Li LInfeng and the two Fu Family elders, then fled toward the Demon Abyss with Zhang Xiu.
• Li LInfeng used a Soul-Chasing Sacred Talisman and the Divine Punishment Demon-Slaying Slash to catch up, but Qin He weakened the attack with a Demonic Tiger and entered the black mist with Zhang Xiu.
• Li LInfeng burned his fingertips trying to seize Zhang Xiu at the Demon Abyss boundary, then chose not to enter after Qin He taunted him from within.
• Li LInfeng ordered the Fu Family elders to seal the wilderness entrances and search its caves and ruins, suspecting Qin He meant to escape elsewhere.
• Qin He stopped laughing and hurried with Zhang Xiu toward a hidden karst cave before Evernight Turning Yang.

Qin He activated a soul-searching formation in a hidden cavern in the Demon Abyss to extract Zhang Xiu’s memories without destroying his divine soul. Zhang Xiu resisted as the formation began pulling memories from his consciousness.

• Qin He brought Zhang Xiu to a cavern and prepared a formation using a Soul-Seizing Core, grudge soul flowers, nether marrow jade, and nether river sand.
• Qin He told Zhang Xiu that Li LInfeng was waiting outside the Demon Abyss and offered to spare his divine soul if he shared information not considered confidential to the Heavenly Court.
• Zhang Xiu refused to betray the Divine Court, and Qin He realized that it had likely placed a deadly restriction in his divine soul.
• Qin He activated the formation, which bound Zhang Xiu and began stripping memories from his sea of consciousness.
• Zhang Xiu threatened Qin He as his memories concerning the Divine Court gathered above the formation.

Qin He escaped the Demon Abyss after searching Zhang Xiu's soul and learned that the Divine Court had mobilized nearly the entire Divine Punishment Department to hunt him. He raced toward Langhuan Mountain, determined to leave Sin City before the reinforcements arrived.

• Qin He sealed the fissure behind him and recovered from the strain of escaping Li LInfeng's detection.
• Qin He concluded that Zhang Xiu's soul-hosting art confirmed the Divine Court's cultivators could leave behind empty bodies when their souls were lost.
• Qin He reviewed the limited information he had extracted, including the Divine Court's outposts, the Merit Pool's approximate location, and divisions within the Divine Punishment Department.
• Qin He learned that dozens of Punishment Hunters and their subordinates were converging on Sin City, while the department's chief god had issued a decree to capture and kill him.
• Qin He sped toward Langhuan Mountain, fearing he would be trapped if he remained in Sin City or the Demon Abyss.

Qin He returned to Langhuan Mountain and activated the Sacrificial Formation as Evernight ended, summoning and empowering a Void Wraith to break through the super formation. The barrier gave way just as Li LInfeng and the Divine Court cultivators approached.

• A wounded Fugitive of Sin warned Qin He that people from Sin City and the Divine Court were attacking Langhuan Mountain.
• Qin He drove the attackers away from the Demon Web and entered the mountain's belly, where Da Yajin and the others had retreated.
• When sunlight reached the Sacrificial Formation, Qin He poured his Demonic Essence into it and completed the ritual, killing the bound Skeleton Pavilion cultivators.
• A Void Wraith emerged from a rift and damaged the super formation's light screen, but the barrier quickly repaired itself.
• Qin He used Berserk Art to enlarge the Void Wraith, which smashed a hole through the barrier as Li LInfeng arrived with the Divine Court cultivators.

Qin He fought Li LInfeng while activating the Teleportation Array, but Li LInfeng forced him into a deadlock by threatening to destroy the formation as Qin He escaped. Qin He left Li LInfeng facing a choice between saving his gathered subordinates and stopping the teleportation, then entered the array with Da Yajin and the others.

• Qin He used Spirit Stones to activate the Teleportation Array as Li LInfeng arrived and attacked its core.
• Qin He summoned more than a hundred clones to hold back the Divine Court cultivators and Sin City soldiers while he continued powering the array.
• Li LInfeng called Qin He by name, startling him and landing a deep wound on his left shoulder.
• Qin He and Li LInfeng fought beside the array, but Li LInfeng withdrew and waited for Qin He to make himself vulnerable by entering it.
• Qin He drove the gathered soldiers and cultivators together, then sent a powerful demonic palm toward them and left a strong clone to delay Li LInfeng.
• Qin He swept up Da Yajin and the others and charged into the Teleportation Array, forcing Li LInfeng to choose between his subordinates and stopping their escape.

Qin He escaped the cavern with Da Yajin, Liu Shan, and the others, but Li LInfeng tracked them to the wasteland outside Sin City. Qin He drew Li LInfeng away so his companions could flee, then broke off their fight and left.

• Qin He used a demonic palm to give Li LInfeng a chance to save himself, then teleported away with Da Yajin, Liu Shan, and the others.
• Li LInfeng revealed that he had placed a tracking restriction on Qin He and pursued him southwest.
• Qin He discovered that the teleportation had carried them less than ten li from Sin City, and he concealed his companions before drawing Li LInfeng after him.
• Da Yajin and the others fled while Qin He fought Li LInfeng above the wasteland.
• After confirming his companions had escaped, Qin He dodged Li LInfeng's strike and left.

Qin He spent seven days evading Li LInfeng across the Upper Realm, using decoys, traps, and varied escape routes to stay ahead. After escaping from Gale Ridge, he left Li LInfeng pursuing him as the Divine Punishment Department’s main force closed in.

• Qin He flew through the Upper Realm’s dense spiritual energy and reached Ancient Lin seven days later.
• Qin He used avatar marks, an underground river, and misleading tracks to evade Li LInfeng, while taunting him about the chase.
• Li LInfeng received an ultimatum from the Divine Punishment Department to capture and execute Qin He within ten days or face punishment.
• Qin He set a wind-powered Demonic Flame trap at Gale Ridge, then escaped south while Li LInfeng was delayed.
• Li LInfeng received word that the Divine Punishment Department’s main force was approaching and resumed the pursuit, exhausted.

Qin He used demonic clones and the tracking mark on his shoulder to mislead Li LInfeng at the Three-River Estuary, then escaped west. Li LInfeng pursued the wrong trail and faced a three-day ultimatum from the Divine Punishment Department.

• Qin He reached the Three-River Estuary, planted demonic runes, and sent three identical clones up separate rivers while hiding beneath the water.
• Li LInfeng arrived and followed the clone carrying the tracking mark, believing he had identified Qin He's true route.
• Qin He removed the tracking mark beneath the riverbed and waited until Li LInfeng's Divine Light disappeared.
• Qin He burst from the river and fled west, away from all three routes.
• Li LInfeng reached a dead end in Miasma Valley, discovered the clone had vanished, and received an ultimatum to find the Sky Demon's trail within three days or return to the Divine Court for punishment.

Qin He visited Yunlai City to buy a detailed map of Xuanwu Continent and used the Truth Spell to uncover a hidden geographical chronicle. He left with the map book after forcing the shopkeeper to sell it for a low price.

• Qin He arrived at Yunlai City after evading the Divine Punishment Department's pursuers and entered the Dragon Rhyme Trading Company seeking a detailed map.
• Qin He spotted the shopkeeper's hidden compartment and used the Truth Spell to make him reveal a secret map book.
• Qin He examined the book, which recorded regional factions, Divine Court connections, and secret teleportation points.
• Qin He used the Truth Spell again to expose the map book's actual price and made the shopkeeper agree to sell it for two hundred and twenty High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Qin He paid one hundred High-grade Spirit Stones and left with the map book, while the shopkeeper realized he had made almost no profit.

Qin He discovered that Long Qingyun, a former Divine Court World Patrol Envoy, had been trapped in the Ghost Ship Sea and decided to approach him by joining the rescue effort. He left the teahouse to register with the Dragon Clan.

• Qin He studied the atlas and learned that Long Qingyun had once reached the Saint Realm, making him too dangerous to approach directly.
• Qin He considered seeking information from a former Divine Court archivist in Qinghe Town instead.
• Merchants in the teahouse said Long Qingyun was trapped in the Ghost Ship Sea while seeking a Soul-Returning Herb for his injuries.
• The merchants reported that the Dragon Clan was recruiting cultivators to rescue Long Qingyun and offering rewards for their help.
• Qin He decided to join the rescue effort so he could get close to Long Qingyun, then left to register with the Dragon Clan.

Qin He joined the Dragon Clan’s rescue mission under the alias Wei Wu and formed a party with Zhou Shan, Liu Yuer, Zhao Xiaojia, and Wu Gou. The Dragon Clan moved the departure forward, ordering the cultivators to collect supplies the next day and board at dawn two days later.

• Qin He noticed the Dragon Clan’s anxious preparations and registered for its ancestor-rescue mission as Wei Wu, claiming to be at the middle stage of the Dao Palace Realm.
• The Dragon Clan steward gave Qin He fifty Spirit Stones and told him the group would leave in three days.
• Zhou Shan invited Qin He to join his party with Liu Yuer, Zhao Xiaojia, and Wu Gou, and Qin He accepted.
• After a bell rang, the steward announced that the cultivators would collect miasma-warding talismans and ship tickets the next day and board at dawn the day after.

Qin He learned more about Ghost Ship Sea and the Dragon Clan ancestor Long Qingyun, while also hearing that the Divine Court was hunting a Sky Demon. He left the conversation alarmed by the possibility that the Divine Punishment Department's High God might be powerful enough to capture him.

• Zhou Shan set the group's rules, and Liu Yu, Zhao Xiaojia, Wu Gou, and Qin He agreed to follow his lead.
• Qin He asked Zhou Shan about Old Ancestor Long, and learned that Long had served as a Divine Court Inter-Realm Inspector who had traveled through more than thirty realms.
• Zhou Shan and Wu Gou described Ghost Ship Sea's ghostly vessels and said Long had entered it seeking Soul-Returning Herbs for his damaged divine soul.
• Qin He considered using Long's weakened condition to gain intelligence from him.
• Zhou Shan reported that the Divine Court was searching for a Sky Demon and that the Divine Punishment Department's High God had sent down an avatar.
• Qin He feared the High God's immense power as Zhou Shan said the group would collect Miasma-Guard Talismans the next day and board a ship the day after.

Qin He joined the Dragon Clan’s fleet as it sailed through storms to Ghost Ship Sea, where the search for the trapped Dragon Patriarch began. After the fleet split up, Qin He’s five-man squad was left alone in the vast sea region.

• Qin He observed the Dragon Clan’s heavily armed fleet and saw seven Other Shore Realm experts and dozens of Divine Bridge Realm cultivators guarding it.
• Qin He and Liu Yuer discussed the worsening weather and the likely battle ahead as the fleet sailed for three days and nights through storms.
• Zhou Shan identified the black, seemingly living waters as Ghost Ship Sea, where Qin He sensed dense Resentful Energy rising from below.
• The Dragon Clan ordered teams to search the sea for clues and offered ten thousand High-grade Spirit Stones for discoveries.
• The fleet dispersed, leaving Qin He’s five-man squad alone in Ghost Ship Sea with Jade Tablets to send messages.

Qin He and the others killed an injured Divine Bridge Realm Ink Flood Dragon and divided its valuable remains. They noticed a strange deathly aura on its tail, then saw an ancient ship drift toward them through the black miasma.

• Liu Yuer spotted an injured Ink Flood Dragon, and Zhou Shan, Zhao Xiaojia, Wu Gou, and Qin He joined her in attacking it.
• Qin He struck the dragon's wound with Demonic Essence, giving Liu Yuer, Zhao Xiaojia, Wu Gou, and Zhou Shan the opening to kill it.
• Zhou Shan divided the dragon's hide, sinews, blood, and Demon Core among the five, while Qin He examined strange deathly bite marks on its tail.
• Wu Gou spotted an ancient, decayed ship approaching through the miasma, and the five were overcome with fear.

Qin He and his four companions encountered a Black Ship that pursued them no matter how they fled. The ship’s supernatural suction dragged them into its dark cabin.

• Qin He sensed that the Black Ship was a projection from another realm, and Zhou Shan urged the group to flee.
• Zhou Shan, Zhao Xiaojia, Liu Yuer, Wu Gou, and Qin He tried changing direction and fleeing at full speed, but the ship followed them and grew enormous.
• Liu Yuer noticed the ship closing in, while Zhao Xiaojia’s acceleration talismans stopped working.
• The Black Ship’s cabin unleashed a powerful suction that pulled Zhou Shan, Zhao Xiaojia, Liu Yuer, and Wu Gou toward it despite their attempts to resist.
• Qin He used his demonic wings and Southern Ming Li Fire to escape the pull, but the force overwhelmed him and dragged him into the cabin.

Qin He and over a thousand cultivators were trapped above a corrosive Blackwater Mire, where a Black Shadow began devouring them. After Zhou Shan rallied the survivors to attack, Qin He secretly wounded the creature with a faint Black Radiance, leaving it weakened.

• Qin He failed to escape the spatially sealed ship and was thrown into a darkness that opened above the Blackwater Mire.
• The mire drained cultivators’ vital essence and dissolved those who fell into it, while Qin He used the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art to slow his losses.
• A Black Shadow rose from the mire and drew cultivators into its black threads to absorb their vital essence.
• Zhou Shan urged the cultivators to unite against the Black Shadow, but their attacks barely damaged it.
• Qin He secretly struck the Black Shadow with Black Radiance, making it shrink and weakening its pressure.