Chapter Summaries

After breaking through to the fifth level of the Core Formation Realm and further strengthening his cultivation, Qin Yang traveled toward Tianyin Sect and encountered Chang Lingshuang being carried away as a captive by Black Soul Temple cultivators. He rescued her with a devastating display of Sword Intent, leaving Chang Lingshuang overwhelmed with relief.

• Qin Yang consumed spirit stones and immortal embryos during his seclusion, breaking through to the fifth level of the Core Formation Realm and gaining fifteen years of lifespan.
• Qin Yang left seclusion and traveled to Purple Demon City on his way to Tianyin Mountain, where the Tianyin Sect was located.
• Qin Yang spotted Chang Lingshuang captive among a group of Black Soul Temple cultivators and followed them out of the city.
• Qin Yang unleashed scarlet Sword Qi and killed the Black Soul Temple cultivators, including their leader, before they could retaliate.
• Chang Lingshuang recovered from her shock and felt her resentment and unwillingness disappear.

Chang Lingshuang warned Qin Yang that Creation Holy Sect was hunting him over a divination that he possessed an Immortal Spirit Sacred Artifact. The sect’s three Core Formation experts arrived with Lingjian Sect’s leaders, and Qin Yang stood between them and Chang Lingshuang as the confrontation began.

• Chang Lingshuang told Qin Yang that Creation Holy Sect had divined his supposed sacred artifact and that she had come to warn him.
• Qin Yang questioned how the sect had learned about the artifact, then concealed the truth and thanked Chang Lingshuang for warning him.
• Xiao Bienian, Wei Qingyou, Wang Xu, and three Creation Holy Sect experts arrived after secretly following Chang Lingshuang.
• Gu Chao accused Chang Lingshuang of betraying her Household but said her actions had helped them find Qin Yang.
• Qin Yang shielded Chang Lingshuang and challenged the three Creation Holy Sect experts to try to take the artifact.
• Gu Chao and the other experts mocked Qin Yang’s challenge and prepared to confront him.

Qin Yang confronted Gu Chao, Fang Lan, and Li Fengxing of the Creation Holy Sect, who demanded the Immortal Spirit Sacred Artifact they believed he possessed. After Qin Yang matched their combined attack, Gu Chao activated the Three Yuan Creation Heaven Sealing Array, which hindered Qin Yang’s Spiritual Power and left the battle unresolved.

• Wei Qingyou tried to persuade Gu Chao and the others not to threaten Qin Yang, but Gu Chao dismissed her and demanded that Qin Yang hand over the artifact.
• Qin Yang attacked Gu Chao with a crimson sword beam, and the three Creation Holy Sect disciples joined forces to meet it.
• Qin Yang emerged unhurt from the clash, while Gu Chao, Fang Lan, and Li Fengxing realized his strength exceeded their expectations.
• Gu Chao activated a formation plate, and Fang Lan and Li Fengxing helped deploy the Three Yuan Creation Heaven Sealing Array around Qin Yang.
• The array restricted the Spiritual Power in Qin Yang’s body, and Wei Qingyou and Wang Xu reacted with alarm.

Qin Yang tested his swordsmanship while trapped in the Creation Holy Sect’s Three Yuan Creation Heaven Sealing Array, and the array’s operators struggled to contain him. As the array broke, Xiao Bienian sided with the Creation Holy Sect over Qin Yang, despite Wei Qingyou and Wang Xu’s objections.

• Wei Qingyou and Wang Xu opposed Xiao Bienian’s plan to help Gu Chao capture Qin Yang, reminding him that Qin Yang had saved their lives.
• Xiao Bienian dismissed their objections, saying Qin Yang’s Immortal Spirit Sacred Artifact mattered more than his past kindness.
• Qin Yang unleashed the Cloud Sea Returning Sect Sword Scripture and used his Innate Sword Embryo to shake the Three Yuan Creation Heaven Sealing Array.
• Gu Chao, Fang Lan, and Li Fengxing reinforced the array, but one of its flags shattered under Qin Yang’s sword intent.
• Gu Chao cast the Creation Demon Subduing Curse, but it had little effect on Qin Yang.
• Qin Yang sent two spirit swords from his eyes and shattered the array, leaving Gu Chao, Fang Lan, and Li Fengxing stunned.

Qin Yang broke the Three Yuan Creation Heaven Sealing Array and fought back against Gu Chao, Fang Lan, and their allies. Xiao Bienian joined the attackers after subduing Wei Qingyou and Wang Xu, and the chapter ended as Qin Yang unleashed the Cloud Sea Returning Sect Sword Scripture against the four men surrounding him.

• Qin Yang broke the Three Yuan Creation Heaven Sealing Array and slashed Fang Lan with his Innate Sword Embryo.
• Gu Chao called on Xiao Bienian to help attack Qin Yang, and Xiao Bienian agreed in exchange for the Creation Holy Sect’s promised benefits.
• Wei Qingyou and Wang Xu blocked Xiao Bienian and urged him to spare Qin Yang, but Xiao Bienian subdued them and sealed their cultivation.
• Xiao Bienian joined Gu Chao and the others, and their battle with Qin Yang shook the mountains around Purple Demon City as evil cultivators watched for a chance to intervene.
• Qin Yang invoked the Cloud Sea Returning Sect Sword Scripture and unleashed a powerful strike at the four attackers surrounding him.

Qin Yang killed Fang Lan after she tried to withstand his sword, then vowed to kill the remaining Creation Holy Sect disciples. As Gu Chao and Li Fengxing fought back with Xiao Bienian, Qin Yang broke through Xiao Bienian’s attack and turned his sword toward Li Fengxing.

• Fang Lan charged Qin Yang with a three-colored lotus, but his crimson Sword Qi shattered it and killed her.
• Wei Qingyou and Wang Xu were shocked by Qin Yang’s strength and worried that the Creation Holy Sect would seek revenge.
• Gu Chao threatened Qin Yang with the backing of the Creation Holy Sect, but Qin Yang said none of them would leave alive.
• Qin Yang attacked again, and Gu Chao called on Xiao Bienian to join him and Li Fengxing.
• Xiao Bienian unleashed six spiritual swords, but Qin Yang broke through his attack and slashed toward Li Fengxing.

Qin Yang killed Li Fengxing and pursued Gu Chao, wiping out the Creation Holy Sect disciples who had attacked him. He then confronted Xiao Bienian, whose life was spared for the moment when Wei Qingyou, Wang Xu, and Chang Lingshuang pleaded on his behalf.

• Li Fengxing unleashed a Wind Lightning Talisman, but Qin Yang shielded himself with the Cloud Sea Returning Sect Sword Scripture and killed him with crimson Sword Qi.
• Wei Qingyou and Wang Xu watched in terror as Qin Yang killed another Core Formation cultivator.
• Gu Chao fled after seeing Li Fengxing die, but Qin Yang caught up with him and killed him despite Gu Chao invoking the Creation Holy Sect.
• Qin Yang returned to Xiao Bienian, who begged for his life and regretted having ignored Wei Qingyou's warning.
• Wei Qingyou, Wang Xu, and Chang Lingshuang pleaded with Qin Yang to spare Xiao Bienian, their Lingjian Sect grand elder.

Qin Yang killed Xiao Bienian after the Grand Elder attacked him rather than sincerely accepting mercy, then forced the surviving Lingjian Sect members to swear they would keep the killing secret. He let them leave with Xiao Bienian's corpse after extracting his high-grade Innate Sword Spirit Root to nurture the Immortal Embryo Spirit Seed.

• Wei Qingyou asked Qin Yang to spare Xiao Bienian, while Xiao Bienian offered cultivation resources but continued to speak arrogantly.
• Qin Yang unleashed his sword intent, and Xiao Bienian transformed into a cyan spiritual sword and attacked him.
• Qin Yang overwhelmed Xiao Bienian with his peerless Sword Qi and killed him, destroying both his body and soul.
• Qin Yang threatened to kill Wei Qingyou, Wang Xu, Chang Lingshuang, and the others unless they kept the incident secret, and they swore upon their Dao Hearts to do so.
• Qin Yang allowed the Lingjian Sect members to take Xiao Bienian's corpse and extracted his high-grade Innate Sword Spirit Root for the Immortal Embryo Spirit Seed.

Duan Buyi and Zhao He ambushed Qin Yang and Wei Qingyou’s group, but Qin Yang’s sword broke their opening attacks and protected Wei Qingyou. The two evil cultivators then joined forces against him, unleashing their ghost and blood-soul techniques.

• Duan Buyi and Zhao He revealed themselves as Wei Qingyou and the others prepared to leave, and threatened to seize Qin Yang and the women.
• The gathered evil cultivators identified Duan Buyi’s Blood Soul Technique and Zhao He’s Ghost Nurturing Technique, recounting their brutal deeds.
• Zhao He attacked Wei Qingyou’s group while Duan Buyi sent the Blood Soul Iron Book’s blood souls toward Qin Yang.
• Qin Yang swept out with the Innate Sword Embryo, splitting Duan Buyi’s blood-soul attack and stopping Zhao He’s strike.
• Duan Buyi and Zhao He agreed to attack Qin Yang together, releasing the Myriad Ghost Gourd’s ghosts and activating the Blood Soul Iron Book again.

Qin Yang killed Duan Buyi and Zhao He after they attacked him, then accepted a Sound Transmission Jade Slip from Chang Lingshuang, who offered to warn him about the Creation Holy Sect. The others left, while Qin Yang suspected Chang Lingshuang had another motive and kept the jade slip as a possible source of information.

• Duan Buyi and Zhao He attacked Qin Yang with Yin lightning and their evil treasures, but Qin Yang shattered both treasures with his Innate Sword Embryo.
• Qin Yang trapped Duan Buyi and Zhao He in a vast ocean of Sword Qi and killed them as the nearby evil cultivators fled in terror.
• Wei Qingyou and Wang Xu thanked Qin Yang, and he warned them to leave before he moved on.
• Chang Lingshuang offered Qin Yang a Sound Transmission Jade Slip, explaining that her Lingjian Sect had close ties to the Creation Holy Sect and could learn of its movements.
• Chang Lingshuang left with Wei Qingyou and Wang Xu, while Qin Yang kept the jade slip and considered using her for information.

After looting the fallen cultivators, Qin Yang disguised himself as a Tianyin Sect disciple and headed for Tianyin Mountain to settle his debt with the sect. He was drawn into a confrontation with Feng Qichang and Feng Yan after a fleeing Tianyin Sect cultivator led them to him.

• Qin Yang harvested the corpses’ souls, blood qi, and Innate Spirit Roots, then took spirit stones, pills, and herbs from the Creation Holy Sect disciples’ bags.
• Qin Yang set out for Tianyin Mountain and disguised himself as a Tianyin Sect disciple to travel through Lingzhou and gather information.
• A wounded Tianyin Sect cultivator named Sun Yan rushed to Qin Yang for help while fleeing Feng Qichang and his pursuers.
• Feng Qichang and Feng Yan arrived with Foundation Establishment cultivators and identified Qin Yang as another evil remnant to capture or kill.
• Feng Qichang attacked Qin Yang with the Wind-Cloud Overturning Seal, unleashing a storm that reduced a mountain to dust.

Qin Yang, disguised as a Tianyin Sect evil cultivator, fought off Feng Qichang’s attack and was mistaken for a Core Formation senior by Sun Yan. When Feng Qichang and Feng Yan joined forces against him, Qin Yang turned to the Cloud Sea Returning Sect Sword Scripture, leaving the Feng brothers startled by his crimson Sword Qi.

• Sun Yan warned Qin Yang as Feng Qichang attacked with the Wind-Cloud Overturning Seal over the Tianyin Sect’s killing of Feng family descendants.
• Qin Yang used the Heavenly Yin Blood Sucking Technique to hold up the seal, leading Feng Yan and Sun Yan to recognize him as a powerful Tianyin Sect Core Formation cultivator.
• Feng Qichang summoned Feng Yan to help kill Qin Yang, and Feng Yan unleashed the Nine-Line Profound Fire.
• Qin Yang realized his Tianyin Sect techniques could not counter the Feng brothers’ powerful attacks and decided to use the Cloud Sea Returning Sect Sword Scripture.
• Qin Yang released a terrifying expanse of crimson Sword Qi, throwing Feng Qichang and Feng Yan into disarray.

Qin Yang used the Cloud Sea Returning Sect Sword Qi to overwhelm the Feng family’s Core Formation experts and revealed a righteous sword art despite being from the Tianyin Sect. After killing Feng Qichang and Feng Yan, he left no survivors among those who had witnessed his abilities.

• Qin Yang’s sword light shattered Feng Yan’s Nine-Line Profound Fire and forced Feng Qichang and Feng Yan to question his identity.
• Qin Yang attacked Feng Qichang and Feng Yan with the Innate Sword Embryo and Cloud Sea Returning Sect Sword Qi.
• Feng Qichang summoned a storm with a talisman while Feng Yan strengthened his profound fire with heart essence blood, but Qin Yang split the storm and cut off Feng Qichang’s head.
• Feng Yan fled, then sacrificed his remaining essence blood to unleash nine fire dragons at Qin Yang.
• Qin Yang’s Innate Sword Embryo cleaved through Feng Yan’s sea of fire and killed him.

Qin Yang killed the Feng Household experts and the Dragon Spirit Gate pursuers, then intimidated Sun Yan into revealing the Tianyin Sect’s plans. After learning the Sect Master was leading an attack on the Lingwu Palace, Qin Yang decided to go there and confront him.

• Qin Yang slaughtered the Dragon Spirit Gate elders and disciples after killing the Feng Household’s two experts.
• Qin Yang severed Sun Yan’s left leg as punishment, and Sun Yan thanked him for sparing his life.
• Sun Yan explained that the Feng Household and Dragon Spirit Gate had pursued him over the deaths of Feng Household disciples in Dragon Spirit City.
• Sun Yan told Qin Yang that the Tianyin Sect’s Grand Elder and three Holy Daughters had gone missing in Tianzhou and that the Sect Master had allied with the Death Spirit Sect and Black Soul Temple against the Lingwu Palace.
• Qin Yang agreed to head to the Lingwu Palace, intending to find and kill the Tianyin Sect’s Sect Master.

Qin Yang accompanied Sun Yan to the siege of Lingwu Palace and posed as a veteran Tianyin Sect cultivator named Bai Feng. He remained at the sect’s encampment, hoping the elders would summon the Sect Master, while learning that Lingwu Palace was close to falling.

• Sun Yan told Qin Yang that Tianyin Sect Elders Lai Canghai and Tian Feng had arrived near Lingwu Palace and that the Sect Master had not yet come.
• Qin Yang and Sun Yan reached Lingwu Palace and saw that Death Spirit Sect, Black Soul Temple, and Tianyin Sect had surrounded it with more than a thousand disciples.
• Lai Canghai and Tian Feng approached them, and Qin Yang introduced himself as Bai Feng, claiming he had cultivated in Tianyin Sect before the elders joined.
• Lai Canghai and Tian Feng escorted Qin Yang to Tianyin Sect’s encampment and said the Sect Master would be pleased to see him.
• Lai Canghai explained that the alliance had besieged Lingwu Palace for nearly two months and expected to breach its defenses within days.

Qin Yang killed Lai Canghai and Tian Feng after they suspected him of being an outsider, then searched their souls for information. He learned Tianyin Sect was weakened and that its Sect Master was hiding nearby with little life span remaining.

• Lai Canghai and Tian Feng explained that Tianyin Sect's disciples would lead the assault on Lingwu Palace to break through its formation and claim resources.
• That night, Lai Canghai and Tian Feng agreed to placate Bai Feng and report their suspicions about him to Tianyin Sect's Sect Master.
• Qin Yang broke through their barrier, revealed his intent to kill them, and beheaded Lai Canghai and Tian Feng with scarlet Sword Qi.
• Qin Yang searched their souls and confirmed that Tianyin Sect's disciples would bear the brunt of the attack on Lingwu Palace.
• Qin Yang learned that Tianyin Sect had lost much of its strength and that its Sect Master was hiding nearby, weakened and short on life span.

Qin Yang revived Lai Canghai and Tian Feng as puppets, then used them to conceal his plans while the demonic sects prepared to attack Lingwu Palace. As the Tianyin Sect’s disciples charged into battle, Qin Yang joined them to gather living souls for his Immortal Embryo Spirit Seed.

• Qin Yang used the Nether Blood Puppet Technique and his Innate Fiendish Soul to revive Lai Canghai and Tian Feng as convincing corpses with borrowed souls.
• Zhong Yong told Lai Canghai that the demonic sects would attack Lingwu Palace the next day and expected the Tianyin Sect to lead the assault.
• Qin Yang decided to use the coming battle to collect living souls, regardless of the Tianyin Sect’s casualties.
• The Death Spirit Sect and Black Soul Temple surrounded Lingwu Palace, while Jiyang killed a captured female disciple with his blood-colored kasaya.
• Lai Canghai agreed to send the Tianyin Sect’s disciples into battle, and Qin Yang joined their charge to gather souls for his Immortal Embryo Spirit Seed.

Tianyin Sect's disciples charged into Lingwu Palace but were trapped between Lingwu Palace's killing formation and Zhong Yong's Taiyin Xuanyou Great Formation, which forced them to fight as cannon fodder. Qin Yang harvested their lingering souls while waiting for Tianyin Sect's Sect Master to appear, but the Sect Master remained absent.

• Tianyin Sect's disciples charged Lingwu Palace and were slaughtered by its Lingwu Huayuan Formation, which the white-haired elder activated.
• Zhong Yong revived the Taiyin Xuanyou Great Formation, trapping Tianyin Sect's disciples between it and Lingwu Palace's formation and driving them forward.
• Sun Yan begged Qin Yang to intervene, but Qin Yang threw him into Lingwu Palace, where the formation killed him; Qin Yang collected his lingering soul.
• Qin Yang absorbed lingering souls to mature his Immortal Embryo Spirit Seeds while Tianyin Sect's dwindling forces pressed Lingwu Palace's exhausted defenders.
• Qin Yang noticed Tianyin Sect's Sect Master had not appeared and continued waiting among the corpses for him to reveal himself.

Qin Yang helped Tianyin Sect overwhelm Lingwu Palace while Jiyang and Zhong Yong revealed that the attack was bait to draw out Jing Tian Palace. When Jing Tian Palace arrived, Lingwu Palace's Grand Elder warned that it was a trap, and a vast Taiyin Xuanyou Great Formation sealed the surrounding area.

• Qin Yang killed a Lingwu Palace elder and three Foundation Establishment Realm Ninth Layer experts, further weakening Lingwu Palace.
• Jiyang and Zhong Yong discussed forcing out Lingwu Palace's Sect Master and said Jing Tian Palace was their true target because a Nascent Soul opportunity had appeared there.
• Chu Linsheng and Chen Zhikong led Jing Tian Palace forces to Lingwu Palace, believing they were coming to reinforce it.
• Lingwu Palace's bloodied Grand Elder burst out and warned everyone to flee because the battle was a trap.
• Chu Linsheng tried to lead Jing Tian Palace away, but a vast Taiyin Xuanyou Great Formation appeared across five hundred li and enclosed them.

Jing Tian Palace’s Chu Linsheng and his companions were caught in the Taiyin Xuanyou Great Formation, where the three evil sect leaders revealed their scheme to lure them out and seize a Nascent Soul opportunity. Qin Yang concealed himself and planned to wait for both sides to weaken each other, as the formation unleashed a monstrous claw against Chu Linsheng and Chen Zhikong.

• Chu Linsheng recognized the Taiyin Xuanyou Great Formation and reassured Chen Zhidong that Jing Tian Palace could still break it.
• Zhang Ming, Jiyuan, and Lü Xing appeared with their forces and revealed they had used the siege of Lingwu Palace to draw Jing Tian Palace into a trap.
• Chu Linsheng revealed that Jing Tian Palace possessed a Nascent Soul opportunity, startling the gathered cultivators and drawing Qin Yang’s attention.
• Qin Yang decided to stay hidden and wait for the battle to weaken both sides before pursuing the Nascent Soul opportunity and his grievance with the Tianyin Sect Master.
• Zhang Ming, Jiyuan, Lü Xing, and their disciples activated the formation, which tore open space and sent an unknown creature’s claw toward Chu Linsheng and Chen Zhikong.