Chapter Summaries

Shen Qian broke Lin Qiaoyin’s formation controlling the Heavenly Scale, forcing Jiang Chengye and Lin Qiaoyin to flee while Ding Yi watched her mother leave. The Heavenly Scale recognized Shen Qian as its master, and he set out with Ding Yi to investigate where the fugitives had gone.

• Jiang Chengye used the Heavenly Scale to suppress Shen Qian, but Shen Qian found Lin Qiaoyin controlling it through a hidden formation and shattered her formation disc.
• Shen Qian disabled the formation, punched the wounded Jiang Chengye, and watched Lin Qiaoyin take him away with a spatial talisman despite Ding Yi’s presence.
• Ding Yi broke down in tears after Lin Qiaoyin left, and Shen Qian comforted her while considering Lin Qiaoyin’s possible involvement in past crimes.
• The Heavenly Scale recognized Shen Qian as its master, and he stored the Star-Class Weapon in his consciousness space.
• Shen Qian recognized the spatial talisman’s destination and invited Ding Yi to investigate it with him; she took his hand, and they headed into the Heaven Realm.

Shen Qian and Ding Yi discovered that Lin Qiaoyin and others had used the blood sacrifice of six cities to complete a formation and restore an overseas Gate, possibly to send terrifying creatures and Scavengers beyond human surveillance. After returning to Earth through the sealed Kunlun Gate, Shen Qian learned that Ding Yi and the Numinous Lady of the Nine Heavens shared a merged soul, while Ding Yi kept the full truth from him.

• Shen Qian and Ding Yi found blood-red formation markings around the overseas Gate and realized that the lives lost in six cities had completed its dead formation.
• Shen Qian deduced that Scavengers had sent mythical creatures through the Gate using fragments of the Fengshen Bang, and he and Ding Yi agreed to investigate overseas later.
• Shen Qian and Ding Yi returned to Earth through the concealed Gate in the Kunlun Mountains and reunited with Cheng Qingqing and the others.
• Ding Yi told Shen Qian that the Numinous Lady of the Nine Heavens could leave her body and was being given a new one, but privately admitted that their souls had merged and separation would be difficult.
• Ding Yi returned to the North Capital to question her father, while Shen Qian descended through the snow toward a waiting woman.

Shen Qian questioned Cheng Qingqing about the White-robed Man in her memories and learned of her ancient origins and the Demon King's connection to Gao Wenyuan. After reporting the Heaven Realm's collapse, Shen Qian asked to meet Wu Wei and learned that the minister was injured.

• Shen Qian learned that Great Sage's inheritance had advanced it to an O-Class demon beast, allowing it to enter Earth's Core City as his contracted demon beast.
• Shen Qian asked Cheng Qingqing about the White-robed Man, and she explained that he was the long-dead Demon King who had once saved the demon clan and been like a father to her.
• Cheng Qingqing revealed that Gao Wenyuan was the Demon King's only disciple and that the Demon King had been an Emperor-level powerhouse who died under unclear circumstances.
• Shen Qian traveled to Jiangzhou, briefed Wu Jingcai on the Heaven Realm's collapse, and asked to meet Wu Wei.
• Wu Jingcai told Shen Qian that Wu Wei appeared to be injured.

Shen Qian visited Wu Wei at his estate on Lords' Street and asked about the forces targeting humanity and the secrets behind Earth. Wu Wei explained the ancient rumor of a key hidden in Primal Land and the possible existence of Chaos Power, while Shen Qian connected the discussion to humanity's efforts to conceal Earth's coordinates.

• Shen Qian arrived at Wu Wei's estate on Lords' Street and learned that the butler, Old Yang, had reached the peak of Mountains and Seas despite opening only three orifices.
• Wu Wei reassured Shen Qian that overseas forces would not act rashly soon, explaining that King Zhouyi was guarding the coast and that rival groups were caught in a period of chaos.
• Shen Qian asked why the doors appeared on Earth and why other races sought to suppress humanity, and Wu Wei identified Earth with the ancient Primal Land.
• Wu Wei told Shen Qian that the myriad races believed Primal Land concealed a key to Chaos Power, and that King of Jiangling had encountered a trace of that power and may have reached the Emperor Realm.
• Wu Wei said humanity had repeatedly explored Earth without finding the key and had relocated Primal Land to hide its coordinates; Shen Qian recalled the First-Generation Wang Hou discussing plans to conceal Earth.

Shen Qian learned that he would lead a Mountain Sea patrol squad in the southwestern defense zone under Marquis Ling Tian, then spent days training and advancing his strength. The chapter ended with Shen Qian receiving his reforged Mountain River Saber, now graded SS+.

• Wu Wei told Shen Qian that China would establish provincial War Zones and Mountain Sea patrol squads, and that Shen Qian would captain one in the southwest under Marquis Ling Tian.
• After Shen Qian left, Wu Wei coughed up freezing, rainbow-colored blood and worried that the Witch Clan had gained a formidable powerhouse and that disaster was approaching.
• Shen Qian spent nearly ten days training in Earth's Core City, testing his avatar at over four hundred thousand combat power and his main body at ninety-eight thousand.
• Shen Qian broke through to the Second Restriction in origin energy and advanced to Mountain Sea Third Heaven after consuming three bottles of high-grade serum.
• Shen Qian opened the Military Industry Bureau's case and found that his reforged Mountain River Saber had been upgraded to SS+ grade.

Shen Qian assessed the upgraded Mountain River Saber and the Star-Class Weapons wielded by his avatar as he prepared for an escalating calamity. He received orders to join the Southwestern War Zone under Marquis Ling Tian and named his patrol squad Old Days.

• Shen Qian inspected the SS+ Mountain River Saber, which had gained powerful new effects while retaining Hidden Edge.
• Shen Qian tested his avatar’s Star-Class Weapon Heavenly Nether and reviewed its strength alongside the incomplete Heavenly Scale.
• Shen Qian considered the growing crisis as the number of gates opening across China rose to sixty-three, and wondered about the value of three Chaos Stones.
• Shen Qian received orders to report within three days as captain of Patrol Squad No. 033 in the Southwestern War Zone under Marquis Ling Tian.
• Shen Qian named his patrol squad Old Days.

Shen Qian arrived at the Southwestern War Zone headquarters and learned about its forces and network of linked doors. He watched a battered team return from the A-Class door near Mountain City, revealing the devastating losses they had suffered.

• Shen Qian reviewed the black mist research and Mountain Sea squad rosters as his airship descended toward the Southwestern War Zone headquarters.
• Dao Jiu greeted Shen Qian, having advanced to Mountain Sea Fifth Heaven, and said the Old Days squad members had all arrived, though he hesitated to explain more.
• Shen Qian followed the crowd to the linked doors after Dao Jiu said three patrol squads were returning from Mountain City.
• The Mountain City door opened, and the returning fighters urgently called for Spirit Doctors as the crowd saw their bloodied, badly injured condition.
• Shen Qian realized that only about thirteen or fourteen people had returned from the roughly sixty-person force, including renowned expert Yao Jinyang, who had lost a leg.

Shen Qian witnessed the devastating return of an A-rank gate expedition and reunited with Wei Sijian, who described the survivors’ unusual urgency. When Shen Qian reached Old Days Squad’s lounge, he found only nine squad members present, despite expecting eleven more.

• Shen Qian recognized the badly injured Yao Jinyang as a renowned Mountain Sea powerhouse as a formation examined and treated the returning expedition members.
• Dao Jiu struggled with the deaths of more than forty Mountains and Seas, and Shen Qian comforted him as they left the plaza.
• Wei Sijian reunited with Shen Qian, revealed he had become a Two-Star Alchemy Grandmaster, and said Yao Jinyang had urgently wanted to see the Marquis of Qingcheng or Marquis Ling Tian.
• Wei Sijian and Shen Qian discussed the unusually high casualties from the A-rank gate before Shen Qian and Dao Jiu headed to their assigned lounge.
• Shen Qian found Qu Bai, Lin Sanmo, Zhao Keyi, Bai Fei, Sha Bi, Cao Yi, and Mu Ziyan in the lounge, then realized eleven expected squad members were missing.

Shen Qian arrived at the base to find several assigned members had joined another squad, while he reunited with Li Muyi, whom he knew as Venus. The chapter left the Old Days Squad short-handed but newly equipped with A-Class armor that Shen Qian had paid for himself.

• Zheng Guangxi told Shen Qian that several members had joined Qu Feng's Silver Snake Squad, though they still slept in the Old Days Squad's rooms.
• Li Muyi recognized Shen Qian and greeted him, recalling their past time fighting together in the Spirit Witch World.
• Zhao Keyi and Qu Bai objected to the roster defections, but Zheng Guangxi explained that Wang Hou would not care as long as the martial artists served in the War Zone.
• Dao Jiu confirmed that the defectors still nominally belonged to the Old Days Squad, and Shen Qian set aside the issue while inspecting the squad's reward supplies.
• Qu Bai and the others discovered that Shen Qian had paid for their A-Class psionic half-armors as a welcome gift.

Shen Qian prepared the Old Days Squad with battle armor and reviewed the files of its members, then confronted Shi Changhai and the others after they refused to follow his orders and kept the armor he had provided. The chapter ended with Shen Qian knocking Shi Changhai down with a chair, shocking the squad.

• Shen Qian exchanged five Nine Kings' inheritances with the Martial Arts Department for contribution points and used his resources to equip the Old Days Squad.
• Shen Qian welcomed Lin Sanmo, Li Muyi, and the others, then reviewed the squad files and focused on Shi Changhai, the Mountain Sea Nine Heavens martial artist known as Stone King.
• Shi Changhai returned with Zhu Wenxian and the others, ignored Shen Qian, and revealed that they had kept the battle armor he had given them.
• Shen Qian used Word of Law to remove the stairs and stop Shi Changhai, while the squad mocked him and accused him of trying to provoke an attack.
• Shen Qian locked the room, vanished behind Shi Changhai, and struck him on the head with a chair, sending him flying and leaving the others horrified.

Shen Qian defeated Shi Changhai and drove the Silver Snake Squad members from Room 037, then confronted their captain Qu Feng. Their standoff was interrupted by the arrival of Marquis Ling Tian’s avatar.

• Shen Qian overwhelmed Shi Changhai, exposed the weakness in his Flame Armor, and knocked him unconscious.
• Shen Qian threw Shi Changhai, Zhu Wenxian, and the others out of Room 037, drawing a crowd of Mountains and Seas martial artists.
• Qu Feng arrived, learned Shen Qian was responsible, and challenged him over his actions.
• Shen Qian and Qu Feng faced off until Marquis Ling Tian’s avatar appeared and asked why there was unrest.

Shen Qian used Marquis Ling Tian’s intervention to settle the dispute over Shi Changhai and the others joining Squad 07, then attacked Qu Feng and forced him to clean the corridor. Marquis Ling Tian let Shen Qian’s provocation go, leaving Shen Qian suspicious of Qiao Tianliang’s motives.

• Marquis Ling Tian appeared and heard Shen Qian’s account of Shi Changhai and the others’ insubordination and Qu Feng’s interference.
• Marquis Ling Tian confirmed Shi Changhai, Zhu Wenxian, and the others had joined Squad 07, assigned Qu Feng to settle them in, and allowed Shen Qian to recruit his own members.
• When Qu Feng refused to clean the mess, Shen Qian seized him and dragged his face across the floor until the corridor was clean.
• Marquis Ling Tian warned Shen Qian not to repeat his actions but imposed no further punishment; Shen Qian knocked Qu Feng unconscious and entered Room 037.
• After the door was shut, Shen Qian reflected that something was very wrong with Qiao Tianliang.

Shen Qian stayed wary of Marquis Ling Tian while settling into the Southwestern War Zone and preparing for the possibility of danger. After receiving an orange alert, he headed to the operations hall, where he spotted an unexpected familiar figure.

• Shen Qian considered Marquis Ling Tian's unexpected favor toward him, reminded himself to protect his squad, and agreed to recruit Yue Dakuan, Geng Qianqiu, and Ye Shicong into Old Days.
• Over the next week, Old Days completed two routine Gate missions, and Shen Qian learned that the Fish Clan from Lake Island World had entered Earth because pollution threatened its water supply.
• Shen Qian kept watch for Marquis Ling Tian's intentions, restored the system's energy with Origin Stones, and continued training as he worried that reaching Nine Forbidden would take too long.
• An orange alert summoned the patrol squad captains, so Shen Qian and Li Muyi went to the operations hall while the rest of the squad stood by.
• At the operations hall, Shen Qian recognized several familiar people and frowned when he saw one unexpected figure.

Shen Qian attended an emergency meeting where Marquis Ling Tian and the Marquis of Qingcheng revealed that an altar in the Great Wilderness was teleporting ancient demonic beasts to Earth. They ordered twelve squads to enter Mountain City's A-rank gate and destroy it, leaving the squads to be chosen by lot.

• Shen Qian spotted Xu Nian and Guo Zhouyuan among the gathered patrol squad captains and wondered about Duke of Yanshan's unknown seventh disciple.
• Marquis Ling Tian revealed that the A-15 gate led to a world of demonic beasts and that ancient great demons had killed an eight-thousand-man regiment.
• Marquis Ling Tian explained that an altar beyond the gate was sending demonic beasts to Earth, while the Marquis of Qingcheng warned that Wang Hou-level creatures might eventually arrive.
• The Marquis of Qingcheng announced that twelve squads would enter the gate to destroy the altar and began selecting them by drawing lots.
• Shen Qian opened his squad's metal sphere and reacted with surprise to the result.

Shen Qian’s squad was not selected for the dangerous mission beyond the A-Class door, so he prepared them for a routine rescue assignment and arranged extra protection. Elsewhere in the restricted zone, Huo Ling’er and a group of medical volunteers were stranded after their vehicle broke down, but she was confident her boyfriend would come for her.

• Shen Qian learned that his squad had not been selected for the mission beyond the door, while Xu Nian stayed behind with the chosen squads.
• Shen Qian told his squad they would escort wounded people from a military camp to Mountain City and clear any demonic beasts they encountered.
• Shen Qian arranged for Shang Zuo to send three thousand elite soldiers and sent his clone to the mission site as backup.
• Shen Qian video-called Ding Yi before preparing to leave for the rescue mission.
• A sandstorm separated Master Wang’s armored medical vehicle from its convoy, leaving him and six volunteers stranded in the restricted zone.
• Shen Zongwen offered Huo Ling’er a Heart Protection Pill, but she refused and said her boyfriend would come for her.

Huo Ling'er waited with her medical team inside a damaged armored vehicle in the restricted zone, certain that Shen Qian would rescue them. Shen Qian arrived, defeated the attacking demon beast, and carried the vehicle and its passengers away.

• Huo Ling'er told Shen Zongwen that she had someone she liked, and Shen Zongwen revealed his powerful cultivation and family connections before she rejected him.
• A demon beast battered the armored vehicle, and Huo Ling'er prepared to fight after revealing her peak Advanced Martial Artist aura.
• The beast vanished, and Huo Ling'er ran out to embrace Shen Qian, who had rescued her and defeated the monster.
• Shen Qian told everyone to board their broken vehicle, then lifted it and flew away with them inside.

Shen Qian discovered a newly opened passage to the Great Wilderness and entered it to stop a horde of demonic beasts from reaching Earth. Stranded in the Great Wilderness among hundreds of Mountains and Seas-level beasts, he fled while his clone remained trapped in the passage.

• Shen Qian carried the armored vehicle through the restricted zone and told Huo Ling'er that Mountain City's threat would soon be resolved.
• Huo Ling'er reminded Shen Qian that he had promised to be with her if she became the provincial liberal arts top scorer, and he awkwardly urged her to consider Shenwu University.
• Shen Qian spotted a rift opening onto the Great Wilderness and sent the vehicle toward the ground, relayed its coordinates to Li Muyi and the others, then entered the passage.
• A young man in cloth robes crushed a tsunami with a black chess piece and completed a Gomoku line that defeated the black pieces.
• Shen Qian arrived above the altar beneath seventeen suns and used the Eye of Truth to discover that at least three hundred Mountains and Seas-level demonic beasts were gathered below.
• Shen Qian fled to stall for time after learning his clone could not enter the Great Wilderness, while the demonic beasts chased after him.

Shen Qian fought to stop the Demonic Beasts from crossing through the altar while the Mountain Sea squads converged and prepared to destroy it. As Zhu Yan approached, Shen Qian unleashed his strongest saber strike, leaving its impact unresolved.

• Shen Qian used the Mountain River Saber to kill and repel Demonic Beasts, then repeatedly disrupted their attempts to pass through the altar.
• While fighting, Shen Qian studied the altar’s formation, but its complete patterns overwhelmed him and a Demonic Beast injured him before he escaped with Shifting Form, Changing Shadow.
• Zhu Yan, an ancient Wang Hou-level great demon, arrived, and Shen Qian called on the approaching Mountain Sea powerhouses to destroy the altar while he held it back.
• The three groups converged, and Xu Nian prepared a black scroll to deploy the Marquis Council’s method for destroying the altar, despite the danger to Shen Qian.
• Shen Qian gathered his body, spirit, and vital energy into his strongest strike and unleashed a thousand-meter saber radiance at Zhu Yan.

Shen Qian created and used Perfect Blade Strike to hold off Zhu Yan, but Xu Nian and the other Mountains and Seas experts abandoned him while activating a scroll that pulled a star toward the Great Wilderness World. As the star began destroying the mountain range, Shen Qian lost consciousness under the system’s control.

• Shen Qian used Perfect Blade Strike to force Zhu Yan back, though his blows left only faint marks on the demon’s body.
• Zhu Yan absorbed starlight, grew stronger, and attacked Shen Qian with speed and patterns that disrupted his thoughts.
• Xu Nian completed the formation and fled with Guo Zhouyuan, Nie Han, Ji You, and the other Mountains and Seas experts, leaving Shen Qian to face Zhu Yan.
• The black scroll absorbed the formation’s Star Power and revealed a starfield, while Zhu Yan lunged toward it.
• The scroll pulled the smallest star toward the Great Wilderness World, and its heat began melting the mountain range as Shen Qian struggled to survive.
• The system took control of Shen Qian’s body, and he lost consciousness.

After surviving the fallen star inside Zhu Yan’s body, Shen Qian emerged into the Great Wilderness World and suspected that a chain of coincidences had nearly killed him. He decided to capture Xu Nian and discovered a mysterious pearl inside Zhu Yan’s remains.

• Shen Qian recovered inside Zhu Yan’s body, learned from the system that he had hidden there, and realized Zhu Yan was dead.
• Shen Qian emerged from Zhu Yan and saw that the beast had shattered a fallen star, leaving the Great Wilderness World devastated and its vitality fading.
• Shen Qian considered whether the disasters in the Spirit Witch World and Great Wilderness World were connected, then resolved to investigate the coincidences surrounding his near-death.
• Shen Qian chose to pursue Xu Nian, whom he suspected of holding clues, but first sent his clone to search Zhu Yan’s remains.
• Shen Qian’s clone found a blue, demonic-patterned pearl inside Zhu Yan’s ear, and Shen Qian recognized it as potentially valuable.