Chapter Summaries

Qin Yang watched as Qingxu Palace's inner disciples betrayed Jiang Boyuan and fought him for the Heavenly Pill, while he concealed his strength to avoid becoming their next target. The five disciples launched a joint attack, leaving Jiang Boyuan surrounded and in mortal danger.

• The Heavenly Pill appeared above the clouds, and Qin Yang decided to wait for the battle to weaken both sides before making a move.
• Qiao Long urged Junior Brother Zhao to help Jiang Boyuan, but Qin Yang claimed that acting again would trigger a fatal backlash.
• Xiang Ming and Qi Junliang revealed that Qingxu Palace intended to take the Heavenly Pill and kill Jiang Boyuan, dismissing the Shudao Sect as a sect they had raised for later exploitation.
• Jiang Boyuan realized that Qingxu Palace had betrayed him and bitterly regretted trusting his former sect.
• Xiang Ming led the five inner disciples in a joint attack on Jiang Boyuan using the True Absolute Qingxu Sword Dao.

Jiang Boyuan and the Shudao Sect disciples were cornered by five ninth-stage Core Formation experts from Qingxu Palace, who sought the Heavenly Pill and the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual. Jiang Boyuan revealed the manual to protect his disciples, and the Qingxu Palace disciples claimed it belonged to their sect.

• Five Qingxu Palace experts overwhelmed Jiang Boyuan, wounding him as he tried to defend the Heavenly Pill.
• Jiang Boyuan fell beside the Deity Transformation Pool, where Qiao Long and the other Shudao Sect disciples rushed to help him.
• Xiang Ming sealed the area with the five experts’ Sword Domain and threatened to kill Jiang Boyuan, his disciples, and everyone in the Shudao Sect.
• Jiang Boyuan summoned the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual, frightening the Qingxu Palace experts with its murderous aura.
• Xiang Ming and Qi Junliang recognized the manual and claimed Qingxu Palace had ordered them to reclaim it.
• Jiang Boyuan rejected their claim and challenged them to have Qingxu Ancestor come retrieve the manual personally.

Jiang Boyuan unleashed the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual against Xiang Ming and the Qingxu Palace disciples, but his depleted strength left him vulnerable. Xiang Ming summoned a portrait containing the power of True Person Qingxu, and Jiang Boyuan realized Qingxu Ancestor truly wanted him dead.

• Qiang Ming claimed Qingxu Ancestor had ordered Jiang Boyuan's death, while Jiang Boyuan rejected the accusation and activated the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual.
• Xiang Ming explained that the manual held nine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Sword imprints and that gathering all nine could make it a Heaven-tier treasure.
• Jiang Boyuan revived the first sword imprint, nearly piercing Xiang Ming's celestial crown and thrilling Qin Yang with the manual's power.
• Xiang Ming warned that Jiang Boyuan lacked the strength to unleash the manual's full might and revealed a portrait containing Nascent Soul Power from True Person Qingxu.
• Jiang Boyuan recognized True Person Qingxu in the portrait and accepted that Qingxu Ancestor had ordered his death.

Jiang Boyuan used the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual to fight Xiang Ming’s group, but True Person Qingxu’s portrait overwhelmed him. He gave the manual to Qiao Long and sacrificed himself to help the Shudao Sect disciples escape, leaving them stranded and hunted.

• Xiang Ming revealed that Qingxu Palace had prepared a portrait containing Nascent Soul Power to suppress Jiang Boyuan’s sword manual.
• Jiang Boyuan sacrificed his essence blood to awaken four Heaven and Earth Spiritual Sword imprints, but True Person Qingxu’s palm crushed them and gravely wounded him.
• Jiang Boyuan handed the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual to Qiao Long and activated a Space-Breaking Talisman to send the Shudao Sect disciples away.
• Jiang Boyuan self-destructed to stop Xiang Ming’s group from pursuing the escaping disciples, while Xiang Ming sent Lu Gao after them.
• Qiao Long and the other disciples emerged far from the Deity Transformation Pool, where they feared Qingxu Palace’s pursuit and looked to Qiao Long for direction.

Qin Yang accepted the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual and the Shudao Sect disciples’ trust, taking responsibility for leading them. When Lu Gao of Qingxu Palace caught up and demanded the manual, Qin Yang struck him down with a devastating sword.

• Qiao Long and the Shudao Sect disciples agreed that Qin Yang should safeguard the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual and lead them.
• Qin Yang accepted the manual and silently resolved to bear the karma of this life for the others.
• Lu Gao appeared, threatened the disciples, and demanded the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual.
• Qin Yang shielded the group and challenged Lu Gao to avenge the Sect Master.
• Qin Yang used his Innate Sword Embryo to cleave Lu Gao in half, leaving him near death.

Qin Yang killed Lu Gao, a ninth-layer Core Formation Realm inner disciple of Qingxu Palace, and revealed his overwhelming strength to the Shudao Sect disciples. Despite their warnings, he decided to return to the Deity Transformation Pool and confront the remaining enemies, believing that hiding would not evade a Nascent Soul True Person’s karmic deduction.

• Lu Gao tried to escape after Qin Yang cleaved his body in half, but Qin Yang sealed the area and destroyed his soul with the Innate Sword Embryo.
• Qiao Long and the Shudao Sect disciples were stunned that Qin Yang had killed Lu Gao so easily, then worried that Qingxu Palace would pursue him.
• Qiao Long asked Qin Yang what they should do next, and Qin Yang announced that he would kill his way back to the Deity Transformation Pool.
• Qiao Long and the other disciples urged Qin Yang to avoid the four remaining Qingxu Palace inner disciples and lie low to preserve their lives.
• Qin Yang argued that a Nascent Soul True Person could locate them through karmic deduction, so they had to walk into danger and fight for a chance to survive.

Qin Yang convinced Qiao Long and the Shudao Sect disciples that they had to seize the heavenly elixir in the Deity Transformation Pool to reach the Nascent Soul Realm and stand against Qingxu Palace. He briefly cultivated Qingxu Palace’s sword techniques and prepared to refine a new sword treasure before the remaining Qingxu Palace disciples found them.

• Qin Yang told Qiao Long that he intended to seize the heavenly elixir and break through to the Nascent Soul Realm to avenge the Sect Master and escape Qingxu Palace’s pursuit.
• Qiao Long and the others agreed to support Qin Yang, and Qin Yang claimed he had one hundred percent confidence in obtaining the elixir.
• Qin Yang took the True Absolute Qingxu Sword Dao from Lu Gao’s Small Universe Bag and began a brief secluded cultivation while Qiao Long and the others guarded him.
• Qin Yang comprehended the Qingxu Sword Art and began studying the True Absolute Qingxu Sword Dao, but stopped before fully mastering it because Qingxu Palace’s remaining disciples might find them.
• Qin Yang took out the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual to refine it into his magic treasure.

Qin Yang refined the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual and used its nine sword imprints to greatly advance his swordsmanship, bringing him to the threshold of the Sword Domain. He tested his new power with a devastating strike, then placed his Innate Sword Embryo into the manual, where it managed to harmonize with it.

• Qin Yang refined the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual after finding that the Shudao Sect master's imprint had vanished.
• Qin Yang comprehended the imprints of the nine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Swords and advanced his swordsmanship to the threshold of the Sword Domain.
• Qiao Long sensed Qin Yang's surging Sword Intent and was shocked by how much stronger he seemed.
• Qin Yang tested his swordsmanship with a scarlet strike that carved a canyon more than a thousand miles long.
• Qin Yang placed the Innate Sword Embryo in the sword manual's first position, and the two treasures ultimately harmonized despite some rejection.

After merging with the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual, Qin Yang emerged from seclusion and set out immediately. At the Deity Transformation Pool, Zhuang Chuqing ambushed Xiang Ming and his companions after they obtained the Heavenly Pill, then unleashed the pool’s Deity Transformation power against them.

• Qin Yang emerged from seclusion with a powerful sword intent and told Qiao Long he would set out at once.
• Xiang Ming and the others waited for Lu Gao, speculating that he might be keeping the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual for himself.
• Xiang Ming took the Heavenly Pill from the Deity Transformation Pool, but noticed that only one unfamiliar junior sister remained nearby.
• Zhuang Chuqing sprang her prearranged formation, revealed her identity, and said she had come to take back what belonged to her.
• Zhuang Chuqing used the formation to mobilize the pool’s Deity Transformation power, overwhelming Xiang Ming and the others.

Zhuang Chuqing revealed that she had returned to reclaim her lineage’s inheritance, while Xiang Ming and his companions fought her using a painting that held True Person Qingxu’s power. After Zhuang Chuqing’s formation overwhelmed their combined attack, Xiang Ming insisted her incomplete formation left them an opportunity.

• Zhuang Chuqing demanded the Heavenly Pill and declared that she had come to reclaim her lineage’s inheritance.
• Xiang Ming used the painting of True Person Qingxu to shield his group and identified Zhuang Chuqing as a descendant of the Deity Transformation Daoist’s lineage.
• Xiang Ming told Qi Junliang and the others that capturing Zhuang Chuqing could let them enter the Deity Transformation Daoist’s cave dwelling and claim its fortune.
• Qi Junliang and the other two joined Xiang Ming in attacking Zhuang Chuqing, but her formation shattered their combined strike and wounded all four.
• Xiang Ming claimed that Zhuang Chuqing’s formation patterns were incomplete and said they still had an opportunity.

Qin Yang entered the Deity Transformation Pool restriction alone to seek the Heavenly Pill while Qiao Long and the Shudao Sect disciples waited outside. Worried they could not help him directly, Qiao Long organized them to pool spirit stones and treasures to buy a killing array.

• Qin Yang assured Qiao Long and the others that he could handle the four Qingxu Palace disciples, then used the Void Breaking and Restriction Opening Talisman to enter the Deity Transformation Pool alone.
• The Shudao Sect disciples voiced their fears, and Qiao Long realized they could prepare outside to stop Qin Yang's opponents if they emerged.
• Qiao Long proposed buying a killing array from the ruined city, but the group lacked enough spirit stones.
• Qiao Long offered his Mid-grade Profound Tier Imperial Sword Heart Art, and Junior Brother Che contributed Three-Colored Divine Mud.
• Kong Shuangshuang and other disciples offered treasures and spirit stones, allowing the group to gather a substantial amount.

Qin Yang returned to the Deity Transformation Pool and found Zhuang Chuqing fighting Xiang Ming and three other Qingxu Palace disciples for the Heavenly Pill. He concealed himself and watched as the scroll powering the disciples’ attacks began to run out, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Qin Yang sensed that the Deity Transformation Pool’s power had revived and hurried to its core area.
• Qin Yang discovered Zhuang Chuqing battling Xiang Ming and three other Qingxu Palace disciples while mobilizing the pool’s power through formation patterns.
• Qin Yang recognized Zhuang Chuqing as the mysterious woman he had encountered earlier and deduced that she was the inheritor of the former Deity Transformation domain.
• Qin Yang concealed his cultivation aura and watched, hoping both sides would weaken each other before he acted.
• Zhuang Chuqing continued to gain the upper hand as Xiang Ming’s scroll rapidly exhausted its Nascent Soul Power.

Xiang Ming and his companions fought Zhuang Chuqing for control of the Deity Transformation Pool and its hidden Cave Mansion, but her powerful treasures overwhelmed their attack. As Xiang Ming tried to use the Heaven Pill to create an opening, Zhuang Chuqing unleashed another Earth-tier treasure, leaving him facing a devastating wave of heavenly flames.

• Xiang Ming urged Qi Junliang and Lin Nianzhen to join him in attacking Zhuang Chuqing while the Nascent Soul Power in their ancestor’s scroll remained.
• Qin Yang learned that Zhuang Chuqing could open the Deity Transformation Daoist’s Cave Mansion but stayed hidden rather than risk becoming everyone’s target.
• Zhuang Chuqing used the Seven Stars Shifting Talisman to counter the four cultivators’ combined sword attack, and the clash exhausted the scroll’s Nascent Soul Power.
• Xiang Ming threw out the Heaven Pill to distract Zhuang Chuqing and prepared to exploit an opening with his companions.
• Zhuang Chuqing activated the Primordial Rune Jade, unleashing overwhelming Fire Dao Power that shocked Xiang Ming.

Xiang Ming and his companions used the Qingxu Sword Star Chart to survive Zhuang Chuqing’s heavenly fire, but they were badly injured and remained outmatched. As Zhuang Chuqing attacked again, Qin Yang found a way to stop her from wielding the Deity Transformation power and struck at the formation runes beside her.

• Xiang Ming summoned the Qingxu Sword Star Chart, and the four Qingxu Palace cultivators used it to withstand the heavenly fire, though they suffered severe injuries.
• Zhuang Chuqing mocked Xiang Ming and attacked again with Dharma Heaven Dharma Earth, while he ordered his companions to keep fighting for the Heavenly Pill.
• Qin Yang realized Zhuang Chuqing drew on the Deity Transformation power through nearby formation runes and prepared to destroy them.
• Zhuang Chuqing’s attack shattered the Qingxu Sword Star Formation and left Xiang Ming’s group near death.
• Qin Yang sent a crimson sword strike into a corner of the formation runes beside Zhuang Chuqing, destroying it.

Qin Yang broke the Primordial Array’s markings, then killed Xiang Ming and seized the Heavenly Pill. He drove Zhuang Chuqing back with the Heavenly Pill in hand.

• Qin Yang destroyed part of the array markings, causing the Deity Transformation power supporting Zhuang Chuqing to dissipate.
• Xiang Ming and the others mistook Qin Yang for a rescuer before realizing he had come to kill them and claim the Heavenly Pill.
• Zhuang Chuqing charged after Qin Yang, while Xiang Ming hid behind a junior brother; Qin Yang killed that junior brother with one sword strike.
• Qi Junliang fled, and Xiang Ming offered Qin Yang a share of the Heavenly Pill and Deity Transformation fortune, but Qin Yang refused.
• Qin Yang beheaded Xiang Ming and took the Heavenly Pill before Zhuang Chuqing could reach him.
• Qin Yang used the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual and the Innate Sword Embryo to force Zhuang Chuqing back.

Qin Yang fought Zhuang Chuqing over the Heavenly Pill, countering three powerful talismans with the Golden Core Yuan Transformation Sword Manual. After gaining the upper hand, he tried to leave, but Zhuang Chuqing summoned the Primordial Chaos Array again.

• Zhuang Chuqing attacked Qin Yang with the Seven Stars Shifting Talisman to seize the Heavenly Pill.
• Qin Yang awakened five Heaven and Earth Spiritual Sword imprints and fought the talisman to a draw.
• Zhuang Chuqing used the Universe One Qi Talisman, and Qin Yang countered with six sword imprints.
• Zhuang Chuqing unleashed the Innate Five Elements Talisman, but Qin Yang used all seven sword imprints to overcome it.
• Qin Yang tried to escape with the Heavenly Pill, but Zhuang Chuqing brought forth the Primordial Chaos Array again.

Zhuang Chuqing used another section of the Primordial Great Formation to trap Qin Yang and unleash the Deity Transformation Pool’s power against him. Qin Yang countered with the Spiritual Immortal Ascension Heavenly Merit and, when Zhuang Chuqing pressed her attack, awakened the Sword Venerable Sacred Artifact to break the seal.

• Zhuang Chuqing revealed another section of the Primordial Great Formation and mobilized the Deity Transformation power to trap Qin Yang.
• Qin Yang used the Spiritual Immortal Ascension Heavenly Merit to replenish his Spiritual Power and strengthen his sword attacks, destroying Zhuang Chuqing’s golden palm.
• Zhuang Chuqing recognized the Spiritual Immortal Ascension Heavenly Merit and attacked again with the Primordial Rune Jade.
• Qin Yang awakened the Sword Venerable Sacred Artifact, whose sword light collapsed the Deity Transformation power sealing heaven and earth.

Qin Yang used the Sword Venerable Sacred Artifact to escape Zhuang Chuqing, but its power triggered the Deity Transformation Pool’s ancient defenses and brought forth the Deity Transformation Cave Mansion. Qin Yang and Zhuang Chuqing survived, and she returned the Heavenly Pill as they set aside their grudge for now.

• Qin Yang invoked the Sword Venerable Sacred Artifact, whose Immortal Spirit Power broke through Zhuang Chuqing’s Deity Transformation seal and opened a path of escape.
• The Deity Transformation Pool shook as the sacred artifact’s disturbance awakened the Ancient Ancestor’s true Deity Transformation power, sweeping Qin Yang and Zhuang Chuqing away.
• Qin Yang and Zhuang Chuqing awoke near each other, unable to use their Spiritual Power, and found the Deity Transformation Cave Mansion standing open where the pool had been.
• Zhuang Chuqing returned Qin Yang’s Heavenly Pill and explained that it had been one of the keys to opening the cave mansion.
• Zhuang Chuqing thanked Qin Yang for the sacred artifact’s protection and said she would let their grudges go for now.

Qin Yang declined Zhuang Chuqing’s invitation to enter the Deity Transformation Cave Mansion and left, while Zhuang Chuqing entered alone to claim her Ancient Ancestor’s inheritance. As the Sword Venerable Sacred Artifact’s backlash struck Qin Yang, he found Qi Junliang and Lin Nianzhen trapped near the Deity Transformation Pool and approached them as potential sacrifices.

• Zhuang Chuqing introduced herself as the Hunyuan Divine Mansion’s inheritor and invited Qin Yang into her Ancient Ancestor’s cave mansion, but he refused because he suspected it was too dangerous.
• Qin Yang left, and Zhuang Chuqing admired his caution before entering the cave mansion to seek the Ancient Ancestor’s inheritance.
• The Sword Venerable Sacred Artifact’s backlash caused Qin Yang intense pain, and he realized he needed a sacrifice immediately.
• Qin Yang found Qi Junliang and Lin Nianzhen trapped by a formation outside the Deity Transformation Pool’s restrictions and decided they could serve as sacrifices.
• Qi Junliang and Lin Nianzhen discussed breaking through the restrictions and the formation, then sensed a sudden chill behind them.

Qin Yang killed Lin Nianzhen and Qi Junliang after confronting them, then saved Qiao Long and the Shudao Sect disciples from Qi Junliang’s attack. Qiao Long asked whether Qin Yang had obtained the Heavenly Pill, leaving the outcome of Qin Yang’s quest unanswered.

• Qi Junliang and Lin Nianzhen recognized Qin Yang and feared him, while Qi Junliang tried to stall and put Lin Nianzhen between them.
• Qin Yang struck Lin Nianzhen with his sword, and Qi Junliang kicked her into the attack, killing her.
• Qi Junliang broke through the formation laid by Qiao Long and the others, then attacked Qiao Long to take him hostage.
• Qin Yang killed Qi Junliang before he could reach Qiao Long and reunited with the Shudao Sect disciples.
• Qiao Long thanked Qin Yang for saving them and asked whether he had obtained the Heavenly Pill.