Chapter Summaries

Qin He challenged the Burning Heaven Lord’s fire domain by using the Sourcebirth Law to devour its power. The Burning Heaven Lord fused the Flame Dragon Scale into his body and unleashed a stronger attack.

• Qin He pierced the Burning Heaven Lord’s law barrier with the Sourcebirth Law, but the Burning Heaven Lord burned his arm in retaliation.
• The Burning Heaven Lord summoned the Flame Dragon Scale’s power and sealed Qin He inside his Heaven-Burning Domain.
• Qin He’s attempts to break the domain with the Space Law and Sourcebirth Law failed, so he let the flames envelop him.
• Qin He used the Sourcebirth Law, True Demon Law, and Merit Golden Light to devour the domain’s fire energy and strengthen his Lotus Flame.
• The enraged Burning Heaven Lord merged the Flame Dragon Scale into his body and invoked “Burn Heaven, Ten Thousand Calamities!”

The Burning Heaven Lord unleashed the Flame Dragon Scale’s origin power and struck Qin He with the Dragon-Scale Origin Strike, but Qin He survived by using an Ultimate Dao Defense Talisman. The two faced each other again, and Qin He renewed his demand for the Divine War Department’s coordinates.

• The Burning Heaven Lord released the Flame Dragon Scale’s origin power, suppressing Qin He’s laws and causing his source-birth law to falter.
• The Burning Heaven Lord attacked Qin He with the True Dragon Flame Claw, destroying the formations and killing the trapped Fire God Hall attendants.
• Qin He emerged alive from the devastation, protected by the Ultimate Dao Defense Talisman.
• The Burning Heaven Lord realized Qin He had survived and could not immediately unleash another attack of the same power.
• Qin He repaired his source-birth law and told the Burning Heaven Lord they could discuss the Divine War Department’s coordinates again.

Qin He defeated Burning Heaven Lord despite being only at the Late Other Shore Realm and demanded the Divine War Department’s coordinates. Burning Heaven Lord revealed that it was in the Returning Ruins Realm, where a High God-level formation awaited.

• Burning Heaven Lord realized Qin He was truly at the Late Other Shore Realm and unleashed another attack, but Qin He countered with the Space Law and Sourcebirth Law.
• Qin He exploited a flaw in Burning Heaven Lord’s fiery barrier and struck him, disrupting his Burning Heaven Law and drawing golden blood.
• Burning Heaven Lord burned his origin essence and attacked with the Flame Dragon Scale, but Qin He endured the strike and continued dismantling his barrier.
• Qin He broke through Burning Heaven Lord’s barrier with a combined-law punch and defeated him, shattering his pride.
• Qin He demanded the Divine War Department’s coordinates, and Burning Heaven Lord said it was in the Returning Ruins Realm, protected by a High God-level formation.

After defeating the Burning Heaven Lord, Qin He tried to leave, but the enraged opponent unleashed his Burning Heaven Law and pursued him. Qin He continued fleeing toward the Grand Teleportation Array, ignoring the Burning Heaven Lord’s taunts and attacks.

• The Burning Heaven Lord rose after his defeat and declared that their battle had to end in death.
• Qin He judged that fighting the reckless Burning Heaven Lord was not worth the risk and used space law to flee toward the Grand Teleportation Array.
• The Burning Heaven Lord called Qin He a coward and pursued him by combining his Burning Heaven Law with space power.
• Qin He kept teleporting and used source-birth law to block and neutralize the fire blades chasing him.
• The Burning Heaven Lord burned his vital essence and sent the Flame Dragon Scale’s dragon shadow after Qin He, who continued without looking back.

Qin He used a duplicate and a law-powered beam to wound the Burning Heaven Lord, then escaped through the Grand Teleportation Array. The Burning Heaven Lord was left behind, furious and vowing to pursue him.

• Qin He created a weaker duplicate to distract the Burning Heaven Lord, then struck him with a beam of Sourcebirth, True Demon, and Space Laws.
• Qin He teleported toward the Grand Teleportation Array while the Burning Heaven Lord burned his origin essence and chased him.
• Qin He activated an isolation formation that weakened the Burning Heaven Lord’s fireblade before it reached the array.
• Qin He completed the teleportation as the array’s defenses blocked the remaining attack.
• The Burning Heaven Lord failed to stop Qin He and vowed to pursue him and avenge his humiliation.

The Burning Heaven Lord tried to use the Teleportation Array, but Qin He’s Blood Thunder Pearls corrupted it and delayed his pursuit. Qin He continued toward the Returning Ruins Realm, intending to use the time he had gained to break through to the Saint Tier.

• The Burning Heaven Lord shattered Qin He’s isolation formation and vowed to make him suffer if he went to the Returning Ruins Realm.
• The Burning Heaven Lord prepared to activate the Teleportation Array, but spotted three Blood Thunder Pearls hidden among the rubble.
• The Blood Thunder Pearls unleashed a lightning net that corrupted the array patterns and left the Teleportation Array risky to use for several days.
• The Burning Heaven Lord realized Qin He had used the pearls to trap him in the Eastern Domain and expected further schemes.
• Qin He sensed that the Burning Heaven Lord’s aura had changed and planned to use the delay to recover, reach the Saint Tier, and prepare for the Returning Ruins Realm.

Qin He staged Liu Chengan’s return to the Realm Patrol Bureau and arranged for a clone to leave for the Lower Realm, making it appear that Liu had vanished after a dangerous mission. He returned to his own residence with an alibi in place, leaving the investigation pointed away from him.

• Qin He entered the Realm Patrol Bureau disguised as Liu Chengan, displaying demonic energy and hurrying past the guards without explanation.
• Qin He obtained a Lower Realm Teleportation Token and authorization from the Internal Affairs Office.
• Qin He went to Liu Chengan’s residence and created a clone that reproduced his appearance and demonic aura.
• The clone left the bureau through the Teleportation Array, while Qin He’s incarnation returned quietly to his own residence.
• Qin He relied on his recent appearances and time spent with Zhao Yan, Li Lie, and others to establish an alibi and keep suspicion away from himself.

Qin He learned that the Realm Patrol Bureau controlled access to the hidden Return to Ruins Realm, then spent five days consolidating his cultivation and reached the perfected Late Other Shore Realm. His progress was interrupted when the Burning Heaven Lord’s flames erupted at the Teleportation Array, signaling that the danger had arrived sooner than expected.

• Qin He asked Long Qingyun about the Return to Ruins Realm and learned that its coordinates were concealed and its teleportation permissions were likely held by senior members of the Realm Patrol Bureau.
• Qin He decided to lie low and consolidate his cultivation to avoid drawing attention while the Burning Heaven Lord remained trapped in the Eastern Domain.
• Qin He used the Source-Birth Law to refine the devoured ultimate fire seed and heal and strengthen his body over five days.
• Qin He reached the perfected Late Other Shore Realm, leaving only a barrier before the Saint Realm.
• The Burning Heaven Lord’s flames erupted near the Teleportation Array, and Qin He and Long Qingyun realized the storm had arrived.

The Fire God Hall stormed the Realm Patrol Bureau and demanded that Ling Tianfan answer for the Burning Heaven Lord’s injuries. Ling Tianfan defended his guards and rallied the bureau’s cultivators, leaving both sides poised for a fight.

• The Fire God Hall’s seven members arrived at the Realm Patrol Bureau, and two realm patrol guards lay unconscious at the entrance after being beaten.
• A Fire God Hall elder used the Burning Heaven Law to shatter the bureau’s defensive formation and force its cultivators back.
• Wei Cang accused the Fire God Hall of violating Divine Court regulations, but the elder demanded that Ling Tianfan come out.
• Ling Tianfan appeared, condemned the Fire God Hall for attacking the guards, and challenged its claim to power within the Divine Court.
• Realm Patrol Bureau cultivators surrounded the seven Fire God Hall members as Wei Cang warned them that leaving would not be easy.
• The elder’s expression darkened, and the Burning Heaven Lord raised his eyes with killing intent.

The Burning Heaven Lord demanded that the Realm Patrol Bureau hand over the man who had ambushed him, while Wei Cang said the man’s whereabouts were unknown and disputed that he had acted on Fire God Hall’s orders. After the two sides entered the bureau to discuss the matter, Qin He waited outside, then went to answer a sudden assembly order.

• The Burning Heaven Lord demanded the bureau hand over the Realm Patrol Bureau member who had traveled to the Eastern Domain five days earlier, and Wei Cang identified him as Liu Chengan, who had since vanished into the Lower Realm.
• Wei Cang said Liu Chengan had traveled on a private Fire God Hall assignment, but the old woman in black denied that the hall had issued one.
• The Burning Heaven Lord accused the missing man of ambushing him and sending four Fire God Hall warriors into the Resurrection Pool, where their souls were damaged and their cultivation regressed.
• Ling Tianfan stopped Wei Cang from arguing and invited the Fire God Hall delegation inside to establish what had happened.
• Qin He watched from a secluded alley as the delegation entered the bureau, then saw its gates open about two hours later and heard an order for all personnel to assemble at the drill ground within three breaths.

The Burning Heaven Lord examined the Realm Patrol Bureau’s assembled cultivators for traces of the Flowing Flame and focused on Qin He, who was posing as Lin Yan. His secret art found nothing suspicious, but Li Wuming remained convinced that Qin He’s spotless condition was deliberate.

• Qin He saw that 437 cultivators, including more than thirty Saint Tier experts, had gathered on the drill ground.
• Ling Tianfan told the Burning Heaven Lord to begin examining the assembled cultivators.
• The Burning Heaven Lord used the Burning Heaven Tracing Secret Art to search the ranks and stopped in front of Qin He.
• Qin He introduced himself as Lin Yan and gave an account of his Eastern Domain mission that matched the bureau’s records.
• The Burning Heaven Lord’s intensive examination found no traces of the Flowing Flame or Burning Heaven Law in Qin He.
• Qin He realized Li Wuming had tipped off the Burning Heaven Lord, while Li Wuming grew more suspicious of how clean Qin He appeared.

Ling Tianfan’s investigation found no fire traces among the cultivators, and the Fire God Hall left the Realm Patrol Bureau after a violent dispute. Qin He learned that his concealment had fooled the Burning Heaven Lord and chose to pursue a breakthrough to the Saint Realm before seeking the Return to Ruins Realm’s coordinates.

• The Burning Heaven Lord searched the drill grounds with his origin-seeking art but found no trace of the battle’s fire energy.
• Ling Tianfan dismissed the gathering, and the Fire God Hall’s party departed after smashing the bureau hall’s doors.
• The Realm Patrol Bureau issued a domain-wide warrant for Liu Chengan, accusing him of abandoning his post and colluding with evil entities.
• Qin He told Long Qingyun that One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones had concealed his origins and erased every trace of his involvement.
• Long Qingyun warned Qin He that investigating the Return to Ruins Realm would draw surveillance, so Qin He agreed to break through to the Saint Realm first.

Qin He decided he needed to break through to Saint Tier in the Lower Realm, where the tribulation would be harder for the Divine Court to detect, but he had no way to travel there secretly. The Realm Patrol Bureau then organized a search for Liu Chengan, giving Qin He a chance to descend with a team.

• Long Qingyun told Qin He that the Lower Realm was the safest place for his Saint Tier breakthrough because its chaotic energies would conceal the tribulation’s signs.
• A clerk summoned Qin He to the drill ground, where he learned that the Realm Patrol Bureau was preparing to search the Lower Realm for Liu Chengan.
• Qin He joined Zhao Yan, Li Lie, and Su Qinghan as his four-person team.
• Ling Tianfan ordered fifty teams to search for Liu Chengan for one month and warned them to avoid reckless fights and prioritize their safety.
• Qin He cleaned his quarters, merged his avatar back into himself, and prepared to descend to the Lower Realm.

Qin He and his team arrived at Qingwu Mountain to search for the fugitive Liu Chengan, though they expected the mission to be little more than a formality. As they headed into the dangerous forest, Qin He sensed an ancient deathly aura underground, which stirred the Black Demon Banner.

• Zhao Yan gave Qin He, Su Qinghan, and Li Lie Spirit-Tracking Rings that could detect disturbances and lock onto souls.
• The team teleported to Qingwu Mountain, where rampant wood-law vegetation drained the vitality of living creatures.
• Li Lie showed the search-area map and warned the team to avoid Bone-Burial Abyss, Black Miasma Valley, and Withered God Ridge.
• The Spirit-Tracking Rings detected no recent cultivator traces, while ink-black vines crushed a pebble near Zhao Yan.
• Qin He sensed an ancient deathly aura beneath the mountain, and Long Qingyun confirmed it was unlike anything a recent sinister cultivator could create.
• After the team set off into the forest, a faint white bone mark appeared where the pebble had fallen and sank underground.

Qin He and the Realm Patrol Bureau cultivators were attacked by wood-law vines in the woods beneath Qingwu Mountain, and their coordinated response revealed that an ancient corpse underground controlled the assault. The corpse fully awakened as Qin He and the others faced the danger.

• Qin He sensed an icy divine presence beneath the woods and told Long Qingyun that the thing underground was awake.
• Qin He reflected on the Divine Court's waning control and sought a secluded place to break through to the Saint Realm and escape the Realm Patrol Bureau.
• Black vines and life-draining green mist erupted throughout the forest, attacking Qin He, Zhao Yan, Li Lie, and Su Qinghan.
• Zhao Yan used his Merit Badge to suppress the vines, Li Lie severed them, and Su Qinghan bound and burned them while Qin He watched.
• Su Qinghan and Li Lie traced the vines' laws underground, and Qin He identified their controller as a corpse as an ancient skeleton fully awakened.

Qin He and the three Realm Patrol Bureau inspectors escaped Qingwu Mountain’s forbidden core while an ancient skeletal evil watched them. Once safe, they agreed their search for Liu Chengan was a pretense and decided to visit a city and enjoy their month in the Lower Realm.

• Zhao Yan, Li Lie, and Su Qinghan used their laws to guard the group as Qin He sensed an ancient evil trailing them beneath the soil.
• The four left Qingwu Mountain’s forbidden core without confronting the creature.
• Li Lie and Zhao Yan complained about the teleportation that had dropped them in the dangerous area, and Su Qinghan asked what they should do next.
• Qin He reminded the others that they had been ordered to find Liu Chengan, prompting them to explain that the search was only a show for the Fire God Hall.
• Qin He suggested they treat the month as a chance to relax, and the four decided to visit a city and ask around for news.

The four arrived in Taicang City and ate at Moonwatch Tower before Qin He left with Su Qinghan to explore the streets. As they shared candied hawthorn, Qin He sensed that one of his Merit faith points was in the city and traced it toward a dilapidated charity hall.

• Zhao Yan and Li Lie brought Qin He and Su Qinghan to Moonwatch Tower for food and wine.
• Su Qinghan found the restaurant too noisy and asked Qin He to walk with her.
• Qin He sensed one of his Merit faith points in Taicang City and bought Su Qinghan a candied hawthorn skewer.
• Su Qinghan tried the street food and listened as Qin He described sweet potatoes as a coarse grain used to feed pigs.
• Qin He looked toward a dilapidated charity hall in the east, where mortals' prayers flowed into his ocean of Merit.

Qin He released cultivation insights, healing methods, and blessings that stirred Taicang City’s faith in the Immortal Green Ox and strengthened his Merit. He and Su Qinghan went to the Blue Ox Temple, where they found the city’s people gathered in prayer at an unauthorized shrine.

• Qin He saw that prayers to the Immortal Green Ox had formed a vast sea of Merit and clarified his path toward the Saint Realm.
• Qin He spread insights, simple healing techniques, and blessings through the Merit Map to maintain the people’s faith.
• Taicang City’s residents rushed toward the Blue Ox Temple after a golden light appeared, while Su Qinghan wondered who was secretly gathering Merit.
• Qin He and Su Qinghan walked to the temple as Long Qingyun remarked that Qin He’s teachings could win over the whole city.
• Su Qinghan saw crowds praying at the crude, unauthorized temple despite the Divine Court’s presence in the city.

Qin He and Su Qinghan investigated the mysterious Immortal Green Ox Temple in Taicang City, where the city lord Lu Hengsan arrived to offer incense. Qin He sensed a high-grade Deathly Aura mark on Lu Hengsan and realized the ancient skeleton beneath Qingwu Mountain had begun making plans.

• Su Qinghan said the temple's unauthorized collection of faith should be reported to the Divine Court, while Qin He suspected its existence had a deeper reason.
• Qin He examined the shabby Green Ox Immortal Hall as crowds gathered to pray.
• Lu Hengsan arrived, offered incense, and instructed the crowd to keep order.
• Qin He sensed pure Deathly Aura in Lu Hengsan's injured leg and a dead patch on his neck, identifying the power as the Law of Death.
• Long Qingyun told Qin He that the ancient skeleton beneath Qingwu Mountain had planted a Deathly Aura mark on Lu Hengsan rather than killing him.

At the Green Ox Immortal Hall, Qin He used the Spirit Crossing Sutra and a Three Suns Body Tempering Pill to free Lu Hengsan from the Death Imprint left by the skeleton beneath Qingwu Mountain. The ancient remains sensed the purifying power, recoiled, and began spreading deathly aura through its underground cavern.

• Lu Hengsan prayed to the great immortal for a way to escape the evil from Qingwu Mountain and protect the city.
• The Death Imprint blackened Lu Hengsan's neck and burrowed between his brows as Qin He and Su Qinghan detected its presence.
• Qin He snapped his fingers and sent golden power into Lu Hengsan, imprinting the Spirit Crossing Sutra and Three Suns Body Tempering Pill in his sea of consciousness.
• The sutra and pill suppressed the Death Imprint, restored Lu Hengsan's flesh, and forced the ancient skeleton's influence to retreat from his soul.
• Deep beneath Qingwu Mountain, the skeletal remains sensed the golden power, recoiled, and spread a shroud of deathly aura through the cavern.