Chapter Summaries

Qin He lured Purple Sun High Person into the City Lord’s Mansion and revealed his overwhelming power. After defeating and killing him, Qin He absorbed his soul and took on his identity.

• Purple Sun High Person eagerly reached for Qin He’s Southern Ming Li Fire, but Qin He’s Gold-Black Law power forced him back and exposed his strength.
• Qin He sealed the hall with demonic vapor and blocked Purple Sun High Person’s attacks and attempts to escape.
• Purple Sun High Person invoked his Divine Court status and unleashed Blazing Sun Burns Heaven, but Qin He countered with the Black Demon Banner and Azure Cloud Dawnbreaker.
• Qin He wounded Purple Sun High Person, devoured his spiritual power and Merit Divine Light, then crushed his body and trapped his soul in the Black Demon Banner.
• Qin He reshaped himself to resemble Purple Sun High Person.

Qin He watched Long Qingyun interrogate Purple Sun High Person inside the Black Demon Banner while investigating the fire-attribute materials in Purple Sun High Person's palace. The interrogation began to uncover how the Divine Shrines were managed, and Qin He realized the materials were being used to refine a Fire Seed.

• Long Qingyun confronted the bound Purple Sun High Person inside the Black Demon Banner and accused him of causing his downfall.
• Long Qingyun asked Qin He to lend him the banner’s True Demonic Qi, and Qin He agreed so he could learn about the Divine Shrines and Purple Sun High Person’s activities.
• Long Qingyun tortured Purple Sun High Person until he revealed that city government offices jointly administered the Divine Shrines and that inspections occurred every three years.
• Long Qingyun pressed Purple Sun High Person for the inspector’s identity and recent news, but continued torturing him when he claimed not to know.
• Qin He examined Purple Sun High Person’s palace, found a Fire-Gathering Formation collecting power from stolen fire-attribute materials, and identified the flame in the cauldron as a Fire Seed.

Qin He discovered that the flame in the cauldron contained an unusual power of life and had Long Qingyun torture the Purple Sun High Person until he revealed it was azurewood demonic flame. Qin He realized his Source-Birth Law might let him interact with the demonic fire, leaving him considering whether he could gain control of it.

• Qin He examined the crimson flame in the cauldron and found a green core radiating pure life origin power.
• Qin He noticed that the Purple Sun High Person's ziyang pill fire would not merge with the cauldron's flame, so he ordered Long Qingyun to interrogate him.
• Long Qingyun intensified the torture, and the Purple Sun High Person admitted the cauldron held azurewood demonic flame, one of the Nine Great Demonic Fires.
• The Purple Sun High Person explained that he had tried to merge his ziyang pill fire with the demonic flame to control it, but had failed.
• Qin He considered that his Source-Birth Law might allow him to connect with the azurewood demonic flame.

While interrogating Purple Sun High Person, Qin He learned that the Divine Court’s attempt to fuse demon flames had ended in a catastrophic explosion and discovered that he possessed two flames from the required sequence. He stopped his own fusion attempt when their laws clashed and continued questioning Purple Sun High Person about what the Divine Court’s method had lacked.

• Purple Sun High Person revealed that the Fire God Hall’s High God had tried to fuse nine demonic fires, but the sixth step triggered an explosion that destroyed half the hall and scattered demon flame origins into the Lower Realm.
• Qin He realized that the southern ming li fire and azurewood demonic flame matched the first two steps of the fusion, and began bringing them together.
• The flames’ laws clashed, disrupting the City Lord’s Mansion’s restrictions and cracking the ground, so Qin He used the Gold-Black Law to separate them before they could cause a disastrous explosion.
• Qin He ordered Long Qingyun to keep questioning Purple Sun High Person, who said he knew no further details about the Fire God Hall’s method.
• Purple Sun High Person guessed that the Divine Court had forced the flames together without something to guide their origins, then pleaded that he could not know what the Divine Court lacked.

Qin He refined the azurewood demonic flame, broke through to the Mid Other Shore Realm, and impersonated Purple Sun High Person to order Divine Shrine officials to install statues of himself across Everbright Commandery. He expected the hidden statues to crack the Divine Court’s sky before its next inspection in three years.

• Qin He sealed Purple Sun High Person’s soul in the Black Demon Banner and began refining the azurewood demonic flame.
• Qin He merged the azurewood demonic flame with Southern Ming Li fire using the source-birth law and broke through to the Mid Other Shore Realm.
• Qin He impersonated Purple Sun High Person and summoned the Divine Shrine officials from all thirty-six cities.
• Qin He ordered the officials to discreetly place his statue in each city’s Divine Shrine and rewarded them with spiritual materials.
• Long Qingyun warned Qin He that the Divine Court’s inspection could expose them, and Qin He said three years would be enough.

Qin He used Merit thought power to answer a mortal’s prayer, sending a pill that saved Zhao Da’s mother and made the Bull-Riding Immortal Venerable famous across the thirty-six cities. As the resulting devotion strengthened his soul and cultivation, the Demon Shell and sacred soul began to show signs of merging.

• Qin He absorbed Merit thought power from the thirty-six cities, stabilizing his cultivation and strengthening his soul.
• Qin He heard Zhao Da pray in Liangcheng for his mother’s recovery and sent him a Merit-wrapped Flesh-Reforming Pill.
• Zhao Da gave the pill to his dying mother, who recovered, and he thanked the Bull-Riding Immortal Venerable at the Divine Shrine.
• People in Liangcheng flocked to pray, and Qin He answered selected requests with pills and golden light.
• Word of the bull-riding deity’s miracles spread through all thirty-six cities, bringing Qin He more Merit thought power.
• Qin He’s soul became as solid as a True Person, and his Demon Shell and sacred soul began to merge.

Qin He expanded his following by granting cultivators law insights while the Divine Court withdrew its investigation. He spent months using the source-birth law to fuse the Southern Ming Li Fire and azurewood demonic flame, but the newly balanced flames suddenly released a fierce aura.

• Qin He gathered merit and thought power from Divine Shrines across thirty-six cities as Long Qingyun explained that the Divine Court was unlikely to notice before its inspection.
• Lin Yan received Qin He's thunderwind law insights at the Azure Wind City shrine, broke through to the Divine Bridge Realm, and vowed to spread Qin He's worship.
• Cultivators carried Qin He's statues and spread his reputation across the Upper Realm, and Qin He sensed that distant faith resonated with his origin laws.
• A returning investigator reported that the Divine Court had withdrawn its personnel and ended its surveillance of Everbright Commandery.
• Qin He used the source-birth law to fuse the Southern Ming Li Fire with the azurewood demonic flame over several months until they reached a balance.
• The fused flames hovered above Qin He's palm, then erupted with a fierce aura.

Qin He struggled to control the rampaging Fusion Flame after its power destroyed his formation and threatened the City Lord's Mansion. He finally subdued it with the Sourcebirth Law and Merit Golden Light, leaving him in possession of a Lotus Flame that could also repair his meridians.

• The Fusion Flame broke Qin He's formation and unleashed heat that melted buildings and scorched the City Lord's Mansion.
• Long Qingyun warned Qin He that the intelligent Heaven-Earth Origin Flame would either burn him or escape if he could not suppress it.
• Qin He bound the flame's origin with the Sourcebirth Law and used Merit Golden Light to restrain its fury.
• Qin He threaded the Sourcebirth Law into the flame and imprinted it with his soul mark until its rampage subsided.
• Qin He formed the controlled Fusion Flame into a Lotus Flame, and its gentle power began repairing his damaged meridians.

After fusing the life-and-death laws into a lotus flame, Qin He emerged from seclusion and took charge of Ziyang City’s corpse-mutation crisis. He discovered the corpses were controlled by an ancient forbidden talisman and resolved to investigate White Bone Ridge himself.

• Qin He tested the fused lotus flame, found it more than ten times stronger than expected, and spent a month stabilizing his cultivation and repairing the chamber’s restrictions.
• Qin He ordered all cultivator corpses in Ziyang City delivered to the City Lord’s Mansion, then heard how mutated corpses had terrorized the city for months.
• Qin He learned that someone had stirred the yin balefulness beneath White Bone Ridge and gathered the resentful energy of the cultivators killed there.
• Qin He examined a corpse and used the lotus flame to uncover a Rotting Bone Talisman controlling it.
• Long Qingyun identified the rune as an ancient forbidden art, and Qin He sensed that its creator was likely at least at the Other Shore Realm.
• Qin He destroyed the rune and announced that he would go to White Bone Ridge the following morning.

Qin He confronted a Black Robed Man cultivating forbidden yin-evil arts at White Bone Ridge and overwhelmed him with his life-and-death law. As Qin He tried to stop the man from detonating his law origin, a powerful Saint Tier bone creature emerged from beneath the ridge.

• Qin He traveled to White Bone Ridge and discovered a Yin-Nourishing Baleful Gathering Formation fueled by cultivator remains and vengeful spirits.
• Qin He attacked the formation, but its runes healed until the Black Robed Man appeared and revealed himself as its creator.
• The Black Robed Man summoned skeletal warriors and a giant hand of baleful yin, but Qin He burned the warriors and shattered the hand with his source-birth law and lotus flame.
• Qin He struck the Black Robed Man, who then claimed to know where Qin He could find more demon flame fragments connected to Fire God Hall.
• The Black Robed Man tried to detonate his law origin, but Qin He suppressed it with the life-and-death law.
• A huge bone creature carrying Saint Tier pressure emerged from beneath White Bone Ridge.

Qin He drained the yin balefulness sustaining the skeletal behemoth and destroyed it with a single stomp. He confronted the Bone Sage Monarch, who emerged from underground and challenged his motives, and Qin He dared him to come out and fight.

• Qin He summoned a demonic vortex that drained the skeletal behemoth's yin balefulness and weakened its Saint-tier aura.
• Qin He transformed into a hundred-foot demonic body and stomped the skeletal behemoth to pieces.
• Qin He struck deep underground, drawing out the Bone Sage Monarch in a shadowy form above the fissure.
• The Bone Sage Monarch accused Qin He of pretending to seek justice despite his demonic nature, and Qin He challenged him to come out and fight.

Qin He learned that Bone Sage Monarch belonged to the Longevity Church, a powerful evil sect pursued by the Divine Court, but refused to back down from his threats. After striking Bone Sage Monarch’s underground origin with a devastating stomp, Qin He declared Everbright Commandery his territory and warned him to control his followers.

• Bone Sage Monarch invoked the Longevity Church and threatened Qin He, demanding he leave White Bone Ridge and surrender his Strange Flame.
• Long Qingyun explained that the Longevity Church was a ruthless, ancient evil sect with powerful members and warned Qin He against provoking it.
• Bone Sage Monarch tried to persuade Qin He to withdraw, threatening to expose his identity as a counterfeit Earth God to the Divine Court.
• Qin He rejected the threat and stomped again, blasting through the earth and striking Bone Sage Monarch’s origin power underground.
• Qin He told Bone Sage Monarch that Everbright Commandery was his territory and threatened to dig him out and burn him to ashes if he did not rein in his followers.

Qin He forced the Bone Sage Monarch to yield, then demanded that he remove the Soul-Eating Curse binding the Black Robed Man. After freeing the man, Qin He took him away, while the Bone Sage Monarch vowed revenge.

• The Bone Sage Monarch backed down after sensing that Qin He's power could ruin his plans, and promised to rein in his people.
• Qin He examined the Black Robed Man and discovered a soul-bound restriction that had forced him to obey his master.
• Qin He demanded that the Bone Sage Monarch remove the restriction, threatening White Bone Ridge with another devastating kick.
• The Bone Sage Monarch removed the Soul-Eating Curse, and the Black Robed Man confirmed that he was free.
• Qin He took the Black Robed Man away, and the Bone Sage Monarch swore to avenge the humiliation before retreating into the ravine.

Qin He interrogated Wan Yuangu and learned that a fragment of the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame had reportedly been seen in Blackwind Abyss more than twenty years ago. He captured Wan Yuangu’s soul for further questioning and headed toward Ziyang City, intending to resolve matters in Everbright Commandery before pursuing the flame.

• Qin He used Lotus Flame to force Wan Yuangu to explain that the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame was last reported in Blackwind Abyss of the Northern Continent.
• Wan Yuangu offered to guide Qin He to Blackwind Abyss, but Qin He rejected the offer and burned away his body with Lotus Flame.
• Qin He captured Wan Yuangu’s soul in the Black Demon Banner and ordered Long Qingyun to interrogate him about his past and his service to Bone Sage Monarch.
• Qin He set off for Ziyang City, planning to settle matters in Everbright Commandery before searching for the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame.

Qin He entered the City Lord's Mansion to burn the Undying Bones held in its western side courtyard. He used the Lotus Flame and Life-and-Death Law to destroy them completely, leaving the courtyard cleansed and the flame brighter than before.

• Qin He examined the dozens of restrained Undying Bones and found that ordinary force and fire could not harm them.
• Qin He ordered the guards out of the courtyard and summoned the red-blue Lotus Flame.
• Qin He spread golden-black law patterns over the courtyard and sent threads of Lotus Flame into each Undying Bone.
• Qin He strengthened the flames with the Life-and-Death Law, refining the corpses' inauspicious power into energy.
• After half an hour, Qin He had burned every Undying Bone without leaving ashes, and the courtyard's chill had faded.

Qin He received cultivation techniques and treasures, then used his expanding faith network to answer prayers across the Xuanwu Continent. After sensing that the Divine Court had noticed the surge in faith, he decided to leave Everbright Commandery early and head for Blackwind Abyss.

• Qin He stored his rewards, including cultivation arts, pills, talismans, and a fragment of the Devouring Spirit Banner.
• Qin He answered sincere prayers through the Merit Thought Power, spreading his faith network across the Xuanwu Continent.
• Qin He sensed the Divine Court probing his Merit light membrane and realized it had noticed the rapid growth in his followers.
• Qin He questioned Long Qingyun, who reported that Wan Yuangu's soul had revealed Blackwind Abyss's location, dangers, and the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame's characteristics.
• Qin He reinforced the secret chamber's restrictions and ordered that he be left undisturbed when he closed his doors in three days.

Qin He fled Ziyang City toward Blackwind Abyss but was trapped by the Merit Divine Prohibition and confronted by Wei Canglan of the Merit Department. Their clash escalated as Wei Canglan prepared another attack and Qin He gathered his demonic qi and merit light to meet it.

• Qin He took the mansion’s fire-attribute materials, formation talismans, and ox-riding statue before leaving Ziyang City for the Northern Continent.
• A Merit Divine Prohibition sealed Qin He inside a golden barrier, and Long Qingyun identified it as a treasure used by Saint Tier experts of the Divine Court’s Merit Department.
• Wei Canglan, accompanied by a blue-robed deputy, accused Qin He of impersonating Purple Sun High Person and gathering merit unlawfully.
• Wei Canglan summoned a ten-zhang Merit Golden Body and struck at Qin He with its golden palm.
• Qin He met the blow with a Fire Lotus Blade, then gathered his Gold-Black Law, demonic qi, and merit light into a two-colored pillar as Wei Canglan prepared another attack.

Qin He was exposed as a Sky Demon, and Wei Canglan sought to capture him for the Divine Court. Qin He resisted Wei Canglan’s Merit Golden Body and the Merit Divine Prohibition, leaving their battle unresolved.

• A blue-robed cultivator recognized Qin He as the Sky Demon who had escaped the Divine Punishment Department a year earlier.
• Wei Canglan realized Qin He was the Sky Demon and saw the chance to earn a promotion by capturing him.
• The blue-robed cultivator urged Wei Canglan to request reinforcements, but Wei Canglan refused and attacked Qin He with his Merit Golden Body.
• Qin He strengthened his gold-and-black barrier, challenged Wei Canglan, and attacked with his Lotus Flame fused with demonic patterns.
• Qin He charged Wei Canglan’s golden sphere as Wei Canglan struck with repeated fists, and the two fought evenly inside the golden bowl.

Qin He fused Merit Law and Demonic Law through the Sourcebirth Law, injuring Wei Canglan and killing the green-robed cultivator. Wei Canglan then unleashed his Saint Realm power, and their battle continued with Qin He narrowly evading his spear and striking the Merit Golden Body before it kicked down at him.

• Wei Canglan used Merit Law threads to trap Qin He, but Qin He fused Merit Law and Demonic Law through the Sourcebirth Law and dissolved them.
• Qin He struck Wei Canglan's Merit Golden Body with a sphere of fused law power, cracking it and forcing Wei Canglan to spit golden blood.
• Qin He killed the green-robed cultivator with a golden-black arrow before he could activate his communication jade talisman.
• Wei Canglan summoned platinum radiance into his Merit Golden Body and formed the Merit: Demon Suppression war spear.
• Qin He formed the Demonflame Longblade and evaded Wei Canglan's spear thrust, then struck the Merit Golden Body's knee and left a shallow crack.
• Wei Canglan's Merit Golden Body kicked down toward Qin He.

Qin He overwhelmed Wei Canglan with a three-law fusion, but Wei Canglan broke through the golden bowl and escaped. After collecting the blue-robed cultivator’s corpse, Qin He headed toward Blackwind Abyss in the Northern Continent.

• Qin He poured his cultivation and source-birth law into a three-law fusion, forcing Wei Canglan’s Merit Golden Body to crack and dim.
• Wei Canglan used the golden bowl’s repulsive force to interrupt Qin He’s attack, then shattered the bowl’s wall and fled through the breach.
• Qin He let the unstable fusion dissipate and reflected that its backlash had made a prolonged fight dangerous.
• Qin He collected the blue-robed cultivator’s corpse and flew through the breach toward Blackwind Abyss in the Northern Continent.