Chapter Summaries

After helping Wei Yuanji reclaim his cultivation and settle his revenge, Qin He secluded himself to strengthen his soul with the believers’ Power of Merit. Months later, he completed the first stage of his Merit Soul Body and emerged with greatly enhanced perception.

• Wei Yuanji reported that Steward Li and Zhao Dekun had been executed, and Qin He gave him resources to advance toward the Divine Bridge Realm.
• Qin He sent Wei Yuanji to Aurora Village to cultivate in peace.
• Qin He concealed himself in a secluded valley and used the Power of Merit gathered by his believers to temper his soul.
• Qin He endured repeated near collapses as the Power of Merit cleansed and solidified his soul under the protection of the Sourcebirth Law.
• Months later, Qin He completed the minor stage of his Merit Soul Body and gained perception that reached a hundred li.

After reaching minor mastery in his merit soul body, Qin He fused a Devouring Spirit Banner fragment into the Black Demon Banner, giving it the power to devour souls and demonic energy. He then gave Long Qingyun a Soul-Condensing Pill to repair his damaged soul, leaving Long Qingyun to suspect Qin He had profited greatly in the Merit Tower.

• Qin He reached minor mastery in his merit soul body and drew out the Black Demon Banner.
• Qin He fused the Devouring Spirit Banner fragment into the Black Demon Banner, strengthening it with devouring law that refined spiteful soul qi into demonic power.
• Long Qingyun recognized the banner's devouring law and marveled at its power.
• Qin He gave Long Qingyun a Soul-Condensing Pill to help restore his damaged soul body.
• Long Qingyun accepted the pill with surprise and suspected Qin He had reaped a rich harvest in the Merit Tower.

Several months later, Qin He traveled to Blackwind Abyss to obtain the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame, hoping to strengthen his Lotus Flame. After weighing the risk of a Divine Court ambush, he found no warning of danger and entered the abyss.

• Qin He examined the chaotic Wind Laws surrounding Blackwind Abyss and protected himself with the Gold-Black Sourcebirth Law.
• Qin He considered how the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame could strengthen his Lotus Flame, while worrying that the flame might have escaped or been taken.
• Qin He asked Long Qingyun whether the Divine Court could deduce his location, and Long Qingyun said it was possible but difficult after Qin He had hidden his traces for over a year.
• Qin He sensed no danger and decided to proceed with his plan to obtain the flame.
• Qin He wrapped himself in Gold-Black Law and flew toward Blackwind Abyss.

Qin He entered Blackwind Abyss and discovered an ancient battlefield preserved by Time Law, where remnants of an ancient battle still clashed. He sensed the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame deeper in the chaos, but an ancient Time Law fluctuation surrounded it.

• Qin He crossed into Blackwind Abyss and used his Gold-Black Law and concealed True Demonic Qi to withstand the torrents of clashing laws.
• Qin He examined a colossal broken blade and saw armor fragments destroyed by the lingering Metal, Water, and Dark Laws.
• Qin He touched a law fragment with Merit Soul Qi and witnessed visions of Divine Buddhas and Demon Shadows fighting before a dazzling light and a black shadow perished together.
• Qin He realized that Time Law had imprisoned the ancient battle at its most intense moment and wondered whether Time Law could truly grant immortality.
• Qin He suppressed his questions about immortality and focused on finding the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame, whose firelight resonated with an ancient fluctuation of Time Law.

Qin He found the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame trapped inside seven Order Divine Chains in the Ancient Battlefield and searched for a safe way to free it. He then noticed an enormous, intact dark-golden skeleton beneath the chains, whose ancient power surpassed that of any Saint he had seen.

• Qin He followed the dark-red firelight through the chaos and found the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame imprisoned by seven Order Divine Chains.
• He recognized that severing the chains could trigger the turbulent laws around them, so he concealed himself and studied their Runes for a weakness.
• Qin He noticed the Flame’s unpredictable movements were stirring the chains and making it difficult to find a safe chance to act.
• He spotted a dark-golden skeleton standing beneath the chains and cautiously approached it with a faint strand of Soul Qi.
• Qin He saw that the skeleton had endured the chains and the chaos without damage, then retreated and raised his Gold-Black Law barrier to its limit.

Qin He spent three days trying and failing to find a safe way to break the seven Order Divine Chains and claim the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame. He identified a rare opening near the chains’ northwest convergence and, weighing the danger against abandoning the flame, decided to wait for a chance to act.

• Qin He watched the dark-gold skeleton for signs of awakening, then turned his attention to the seven Order Divine Chains.
• Qin He spent three days and nights deducing the chains’ structure and testing the Power of Merit and wind-element laws, but every attempt failed.
• Qin He considered forcibly taking the flame but rejected the plan because the resulting law fluctuations might awaken the skeleton.
• Qin He noticed the flame sometimes drifted toward the chains’ northwest convergence, briefly disrupting their laws and creating a possible opening.
• Qin He weighed waiting against leaving and, after rubbing the Black Demon Banner, resolved to wait for an opportunity.

Qin He used the dangerous Blackwind Abyss to cultivate and broke through to the Late Other Shore Realm. After the Divine Court detected his breakthrough and stirred the abyss’s laws against him, Qin He prepared to resist its attempt to kill him.

• Qin He chose a concealed corner of Blackwind Abyss to temper his Sourcebirth Law and attempt a breakthrough.
• Qin He spent three months drawing in Demonic Baleful Qi and law fragments until he shattered his bottleneck and reached the Late Other Shore Realm.
• Qin He began stabilizing his new realm, but the laws and Chaos Qi around him suddenly grew far more violent.
• Qin He recognized the Divine Court’s aura and realized it had found his location by detecting the fluctuations from his breakthrough.
• The Divine Court gathered Blackwind Abyss’s chaotic laws into a vortex to attack Qin He, who prepared to face the assault.

Qin He struggled through the Law Vortex while hiding his aura from the Divine Court and searched for shelter from the violent torrents. He reached the calm area beside a dark-gold skeleton and cautiously settled there, though the greater danger remained ahead.

• Qin He evaded the Law Vortex’s deadly laws and used Sourcebirth Law to deflect attacks while suppressing his True Demonic Qi.
• Qin He concealed his aura to prevent the Divine Court from tracking his condition and searched the vortex for a safe place.
• Qin He discovered that the currents were calm within one zhang of a dark-gold skeleton guarded by seven Order Divine Chains.
• Qin He risked approaching the skeleton and entered its sheltered area, where the violent laws abruptly weakened.
• Qin He checked for traps, sat at the point farthest from the skeleton, and kept a thin barrier ready for emergencies.

The Divine Court gathered outside Blackwind Abyss to trap Qin He, but even the High God could not derive the secrets within it. The High God ordered the forbidden Heavenly Derivation Technique, and the Nine-Ring Star Disk was sent for its use.

• Red Lotus urged the Divine Court cultivators to finish the Abyss-Locking Array before the High God arrived.
• The High God appeared, and the Divine Court forces bowed and welcomed the avatar.
• The white-robed Saint King reported that Qin He was trapped in the raging abyss and presumed dead.
• The High God tried to derive the situation but found the heavenly secrets in chaos.
• The Heavenly Secrets Bureau Saint confirmed Qin He had not escaped, and the High God ordered the Heavenly Derivation Technique.
• The High God announced that the Nine-Ring Star Disk was on its way.

Qin He exploited a brief disruption in the Order Divine Chains to seize and seal the devouring heaven and earth flame. He left the chapter injured but in possession of a potential advantage against the Divine Court.

• Qin He sensed a Divine Court High God outside Blackwind Abyss and noticed the Order Divine Chains briefly opening gaps as the law torrent grew more violent.
• Qin He pierced a gap with a thread of Gold-Black Law and endured the chains' backlash as the flame core attacked him.
• Qin He combined his source-birth law, true demonic qi, and merit soul qi to suppress the devouring flame and pull it through the closing gap.
• Qin He sealed the flame core with more than a dozen Sealing Runes and claimed it despite the pain in his meridians.

Qin He fused the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame with his Lotus Flame, creating a power that combined birth, destruction, and devouring. The fusion exposed his position, and as the Sky-Seeking Divine Realm targeted him again, he used the new flame to consume part of its probing light.

• Qin He began fusing the sealed Devouring Heaven and Earth Flame with his Lotus Flame inside the Skeletal Domain Field.
• The Devouring Flame tried to consume the Lotus Flame, but Qin He suppressed it and used the Source-Birth Law and Merit Soul Qi to guide the fusion.
• After several hours, the three flames formed a new Lotus Flame whose laws of birth, destruction, and devouring coexisted.
• The fusion burst through the Chaos Barrier and briefly revealed Qin He's location above Blackwind Abyss.
• The Sky-Seeking Divine Realm locked onto Qin He with its pillar of light, and his new Lotus Flame consumed part of its probing beam.

The Divine Court used the Nine-Ring Star Disk and Heaven-Seeking Divine Mirror to locate Qin He in Blackwind Abyss, allowing the High God to strike him with Order Heavenly Punishment. Qin He’s defenses failed, but the Dark-Gold Skeleton intervened with a pillar of law light, leaving the High God demanding to know who had obstructed him.

• The Nine-Ring Star Disk amplified the Heaven-Seeking Divine Mirror and revealed Qin He’s position inside Blackwind Abyss.
• The High God summoned Order Divine Chains and attacked Qin He through the breach in the chaos barrier.
• Qin He raised a barrier with the three-colored lotus flame and his law power, while Long Qingyun warned him that escape was impossible.
• The Dark-Gold Skeleton stirred and briefly checked the Order Divine Chains as the High God’s strike overwhelmed Qin He’s flame barrier and wounded him.
• The Dark-Gold Skeleton raised its hand and sent a pillar of law light against the High God’s enormous hand.
• The High God demanded to know who had obstructed his enforcement of the law, while the skeleton’s location in the Sky-Seeking Divine Realm became a blur.

Bone Liuli’s Glazed Dao Principle overwhelmed the Divine Court forces outside Blackwind Abyss and destroyed the Divine Punishment Department High God’s avatar. Qin He watched from within the abyss as Bone Liuli’s power receded and the Divine Court retreated.

• The dark-gold pillar suppressed the Divine Punishment Department High God’s giant palm, and the High God recognized Bone Liuli.
• Bone Liuli’s Glazed Dao Principle transformed the battlefield, suppressed the Divine Court cultivators, and disabled their tracking artifacts.
• Bone Liuli manifested a glaze jade finger, and the High God’s avatar transformed and attacked it with a golden warblade.
• The glaze jade finger shattered the warblade and disintegrated the High God’s avatar.
• The White-Robed Saint King ordered a retreat of three hundred li, while Qin He watched from inside Blackwind Abyss as the skeleton’s Runes and pressure faded.

Qin He thanked the silent Dark-Gold Skeleton for saving him, wondered whether it could be Bai Liuli, and then used an avatar to distract the Divine Court while he escaped Blackwind Abyss. He left the Divine Court forces in chaos as the skeleton remained behind in the abyss.

• Qin He thanked the Dark-Gold Skeleton and asked its name, but it gave no answer.
• Qin He wondered whether the skeleton was Bai Liuli, then concluded that their shared connection to the bone path and the name Liuli might be coincidence.
• Qin He realized the Divine Punishment Department's High God might send stronger forces after him and decided to flee through the passage cleared by the skeleton's strike.
• Qin He created an avatar and sent it out of Blackwind Abyss to attack the Divine Court forces and draw their attention.
• Qin He concealed his aura and escaped while the Divine Court forces fought the avatar.

Qin He was ambushed by the White-Robed Saint King and the barefoot man, who trapped him in a desperate battle. He unleashed a Devouring Domain that turned their Laws against them, leaving the two Saints on the defensive as he pressed forward.

• The White-Robed Saint King and the barefoot man used Order Marks to intercept Qin He after he escaped the chaotic passage.
• The two Saints struck Qin He above Meteor Plain, but he countered with the Three-Colored Lotus Flame and the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art.
• Qin He fought back despite severe injuries, burning the barefoot man's sleeve and forcing him to retreat.
• Qin He poured his Law power and golden Soul Qi into the Lotus Flame, expanding it into a Devouring Domain that eroded both Saints' domains.
• Qin He wounded the White-Robed Saint King and devoured much of the barefoot man's Order Law, shifting the fight in his favor.
• Qin He advanced on the two Saints as his Devouring Domain grew stronger and both opponents fell back on the defensive.

Qin He transformed into a towering demonic body and drove back the two Saint Kings, but he could not defeat them before the High God descended. After his attempt to eliminate the barefoot man failed, Qin He fled again, deciding to seek favorable terrain.

• Qin He unleashed his Devouring Domain and colossal flaming saber, shattering the two Saint Kings’ shield and sending them crashing to the ground.
• The white-robed Saint King and the barefoot man retreated beyond the domain and followed Qin He from a distance, planning to keep him in place until the High God arrived.
• Qin He dispelled his demonic form and fled, but the Saints’ law marks kept them locked onto his aura.
• Qin He created an avatar to attack the white-robed Saint King while he targeted the injured barefoot man, but the barefoot man evaded his repeated attacks.
• The white-robed Saint King destroyed Qin He’s avatar and joined the barefoot man in a pincer attack, forcing Qin He to flee again and search for favorable terrain.

With the white-robed Saint King and the barefoot man pursuing him, Qin He learned from Long Qingyun about Bone Liuli’s terrifying history and ties to the Divine Court. With no safe refuge from the approaching High God, Qin He chose to return to Blackwind Abyss and gamble on Bone Liuli’s protection.

• Qin He concealed his aura, summoned Long Qingyun, and told him about his breakthrough, his escape from Blackwind Abyss, and the saints pursuing him.
• Long Qingyun warned Qin He about Bone Liuli and recounted how the Divine Court’s forces failed to capture him before the God Lord reportedly negotiated a reconciliation.
• Qin He and Long Qingyun realized the nearby dangerous places could not protect him from a High God, while the two saints continued to track him.
• Long Qingyun urged Qin He to return to Blackwind Abyss and gamble on Bone Liuli blocking the High God’s attack.
• Qin He turned back toward Blackwind Abyss, and the white-robed Saint King and the barefoot man reacted with alarm.

Qin He fought the Saint King in white and the barefoot brawny man, overpowering them with his strengthened Devouring Domain and Demonic Body as he drove them back toward Blackwind Abyss. An icy pressure revealed the High God’s presence, forcing Qin He to strike the barefoot man and flee into the abyss, leaving the two Saints behind.

• The barefoot brawny man and the Saint King in white chased Qin He, but Qin He turned to fight and blocked the man’s punch before counterattacking the Saint King.
• Qin He unleashed his Three-Colored Lotus Flame and strengthened Devouring Domain, trapping the two Saints and draining their laws and power.
• Qin He used Heavenly Law, Earthly Form to overwhelm the Saints’ delaying tactics and drive them back toward Blackwind Abyss.
• As Qin He prepared to finish them, the High God’s icy pressure descended, and Qin He struck the barefoot man hard enough to make him cough blood.
• Qin He fled into Blackwind Abyss, leaving the battered Saint King in white and barefoot brawny man behind.

The High God descended over Blackwind Abyss and nearly destroyed Qin He with the force of its Dao Principles. The Dark-Gold Skeleton intervened, transformed into a young man who looked exactly like Bai Liuli, and faced the High God.

• The High God’s presence stilled Blackwind Abyss, and its gaze struck Qin He, causing his powers and body to falter.
• Qin He activated the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art and the Three-Colored Lotus Flame to survive the High God’s pressure, but he was left badly injured.
• The Dark-Gold Skeleton released a Glazed Domain that weakened the High God’s pressure and rose to confront it.
• The skeleton clashed with the High God’s golden light, grew flesh over its bones, and transformed into a young man.
• Qin He recognized the young man’s face as identical to Bai Liuli, the Bone Corpse Leader he had brought from the Eastern Land.

Qin He saw that Bone Liuli looked exactly like Bai Liuli as Bone Liuli fought a High God, then fled Blackwind Abyss. After escaping, he killed a squad of Divine Court criminal investigators and continued away from the battle.

• Qin He recognized Bone Liuli's face and bearing as identical to Bai Liuli's and wondered how they could be connected.
• Bone Liuli and the High God clashed, and their laws devastated the land around Blackwind Abyss and killed Divine Court troops caught in the aftermath.
• Qin He fled through Blackwind Abyss, using the Three-Colored Lotus Flame to block stray currents of law.
• Qin He escaped into a desolate valley and raced away while Bone Liuli and the High God continued fighting behind him.
• A squad of Divine Court criminal investigators tried to stop Qin He, and he killed them all with a force of law before disappearing beyond the horizon.