Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan passed Qianyuanzi’s trial after breaking his defensive millstone with a powerful sword strike, and Qianyuanzi prepared to grant him the inheritance. Before he could receive it, a mysterious spear shattered the inheritance space’s array foundation, forcing Zhang Qingyuan and Niu Jingru to flee as the cave began to collapse.

• Zhang Qingyuan’s sword shattered Qianyuanzi’s defensive trial, but Qianyuanzi’s void vortices dispersed the remaining Sword Qi.
• Qianyuanzi praised Zhang Qingyuan’s talent, declared that he had passed, and invited him to receive the inheritance.
• Zhang Qingyuan stepped toward Qianyuanzi as Niu Jingru watched with anticipation.
• A mysterious divine spear pierced through the restrictions and destroyed the ancient stone platform that served as the inheritance space’s array foundation.
• Niu Jingru warned Zhang Qingyuan to escape as the inheritance space began collapsing.

Zhang Qingyuan tried to survive the collapse of the inheritance space after Wang Xinheipao shattered its formation core. He used Four Seas Suppress Heaven to halt the collapse briefly, leaving Niu Jingru to repair the array while his strength faded.

• Wang Xinheipao shattered the expansion array's core, triggering the collapse of the inheritance space as Zhang Qingyuan began receiving Qianyuanzi's inheritance.
• Wang Xinheipao left, believing the spatial collapse would kill Zhang Qingyuan, and went to search for other intact inheritance chambers.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked Niu Jingru to repair the damaged Stone Platform Array Base while he suppressed the collapsing space.
• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed Four Seas Suppress Heaven, combining the inherited palm technique with his Suppression True Intent to halt the collapse temporarily.
• Niu Jingru recovered from his shock and flew toward the shattered stone platform as Zhang Qingyuan's Aura rapidly faded.

Zhang Qingyuan nearly ran out of True Essence while suppressing the collapsing inheritance space so Niu Jingru could repair its array. Qianyuanzi intervened by teaching him the Heaven-Shattering Finger of Qiankun, and Zhang Qingyuan’s strength surged as the chapter ended.

• Zhang Qingyuan used the power of Dao Essence to hold the collapsing inheritance space steady, but his True Essence rapidly ran out.
• Niu Jingru hurried to repair the spatial expansion array while the unstable space threatened to collapse around them.
• Qianyuanzi recognized Zhang Qingyuan’s Four Seas Suppressing Heaven Palm and decided to help him as a successor of the ruined Spirit Sea Sword Sect.
• Qianyuanzi taught Zhang Qingyuan the Heaven-Shattering Finger of Qiankun by demonstrating its immense power in his consciousness.
• Qianyuanzi’s memories entered Zhang Qingyuan, and the Royal Jelly’s residual medicinal power replenished his True Essence until his aura surpassed its previous peak.

Zhang Qingyuan broke through to the True Essence Third Layer and inherited Qianyuanzi’s Heaven-Shattering Finger of Qiankun. He and Niu Jingru escaped the collapsing inheritance core, only for Zhang Qingyuan to recognize someone waiting outside and erupt in anger.

• Zhang Qingyuan recovered his True Essence, broke through to the True Essence Third Layer, and received Qianyuanzi’s Heaven-Shattering Finger of Qiankun.
• Niu Jingru warned Zhang Qingyuan that their attempt to stabilize the collapsing inheritance space had failed.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the sealed power of Qianyuanzi’s final strike to blast open a passage through the shattered space.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Niu Jingru escaped the inheritance core through the void passage.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized a figure in the stone-wall passage and angrily exclaimed, “It’s you?!!!”

Zhang Qingyuan escaped the collapsing inheritance space and realized Black-Robed Cultivator Wang had caused the disaster. He killed Wang with overwhelming force and left the scene victorious.

• Zhang Qingyuan escaped the collapsing inheritance space and encountered Black-Robed Cultivator Wang outside.
• Zhang Qingyuan attacked in fury, and Wang used the Triple Origin Mystic Formation and Myriad Phenomena Formation Disk to block his first strike.
• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed his perfected Three Waves Covering the Sea, overwhelming Wang’s defenses.
• Zhang Qingyuan crushed Black-Robed Cultivator Wang Xing into the earth and resented that the death had been too easy.

After Zhang Qingyuan killed Black-Robed Cultivator Wang and escaped the collapsing inheritance cave mansion with Niu Jingru, he learned that a Half-Spirit Artifact had been left behind in the Spirit Sea Sword Sect Ruins. Zhang Qingyuan set out for Yangjin Peak to seek the artifact while Niu Jingru declined to compete for it, and the two parted ways.

• Zhang Qingyuan took Black-Robed Cultivator Wang's Storage Bag and Myriad Phenomena Formation Disk after killing him, then left the collapsing inheritance cave mansion with Niu Jingru.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked Niu Jingru about the Spirit Artifact that had been under construction when the Spirit Sea Sword Sect was destroyed.
• Niu Jingru explained that a powerful figure had returned the unfinished Half-Spirit Artifact to the ruins to continue being nurtured for a destined person.
• Zhang Qingyuan resolved to head to Yangjin Peak and seek the artifact, while Niu Jingru said he would not contend for it.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Niu Jingru bid farewell and flew toward their separate destinations.

Zhang Qingyuan flew through the ruins while ordinary cultivators discussed his rise and fled from the terrifying spectacle of the Heaven-Shattering Finger of Qiankun. Seven or eight days after the upheaval in the Land of the Forsaken, more cultivators continued entering the ruins, while Zhang Qingyuan focused on mastering his newly acquired Martial Skill and the unexpected gains it had brought him.

• Ye Tongwei and his middle-aged friend hid from Zhang Qingyuan as he streaked across the sky, then discussed his advancement to True Essence and his clash with Mad Saber Nangong Bantian.
• The two recalled the immense finger-shaped phenomenon that had erupted in the ruined mountains and hurried away to avoid cultivators investigating it.
• Zhang Qingyuan passed the pair without paying them much attention and continued traveling through the ruins.
• More cultivators entered through the still-open Space Channel, and the Gold Devouring Bees relocated under the Bee Queen after suffering heavy losses.
• Zhang Qingyuan focused on the Heaven-Shattering Finger of Qiankun and the unexpected harvest it had brought him.

Zhang Qingyuan comprehended the Qiankun Dao hidden in Qianyuanzi’s Heaven-Shattering Finger of Qiankun, gaining a path to refine his cultivation and potentially raise his cultivation speed. He reached Yangjin Peak to seek the Spirit Artifact nurtured beneath the Daluo Golden Pool and found more than twenty True Essence Realm cultivators gathered there.

• Zhang Qingyuan recognized that the Heaven-Shattering Finger of Qiankun embodied Qianyuanzi’s martial path, the Qiankun Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan tested the technique while flying and sensed how it might combine with his Water Intent and Suppression True Intent.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the technique’s principles to temper his True Essence, stabilize his Third Layer realm, and gradually improve his cultivation.
• Zhang Qingyuan reached Yangjin Peak and recalled that its lava and Gengjin Qi veins formed a natural furnace where the Spirit Artifact beneath the Daluo Golden Pool was being nurtured.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed more than twenty True Essence Realm auras on Yangjin Peak, including several near the Late Stage, and held back after concealing his own aura.

A gathering of True Essence Realm cultivators assembled at Yangjin Peak to enter the Spirit Sea Sword Sect Ruins and reach the Daluo Golden Pool. After Nangong Bantian organized them to break the mountain’s restrictions, Zhang Qingyuan remained concealed among the crowd as the way opened and the cultivators rushed toward the ruins.

• True Essence Realm cultivators arrived at Yangjin Peak and discovered that damaged, tangled restrictions blocked the way up the mountain.
• Nangong Bantian proposed that the cultivators work together to break the restrictions, then demanded that everyone seeking to ascend contribute.
• Zhang Qingyuan concealed his identity among the cultivators and considered his lack of nearby allies.
• The cultivators launched a joint assault and shattered the weakened restrictions over the course of a quarter of an hour.
• With the route open and several paths leading to ruined buildings, the cultivators scattered and charged up Yangjin Peak.

Zhang Qingyuan searched Yangjin Peak and found a defensive Dharma Treasure in a ruined palace. After he took the shield and cauldron, the Yanluo Twin Ghosts arrived and demanded to know what he had taken.

• Zhang Qingyuan broke through the palace's weakened formation and entered the ruins to search for treasures.
• Zhang Qingyuan found a golden defensive shield inside a cauldron and stored both the shield and cauldron in his Storage Bag.
• The Yanluo Twin Ghosts arrived, blocked Zhang Qingyuan's escape, and demanded to know what he had taken.

The Yanluo Twin Ghosts tried to rob Zhang Qingyuan after seeing him collect a great cauldron, then attacked him with their strongest combined martial skill. Zhang Qingyuan used his Qiankun Dao to twist and absorb their attack, leaving the brothers horrified as its power turned back on them.

• The Yanluo Twin Ghosts cornered Zhang Qingyuan and demanded that he show them the treasure he had obtained.
• Zhang Qingyuan called out their intent to kill and rob, and the brothers attacked him with their Two-Seal Heavenly Nether Hand.
• The brothers’ powerful palm seal descended on Zhang Qingyuan, but he calmly searched for a flaw in their move.
• Zhang Qingyuan reached into the Void with his Qiankun Dao, twisting the brothers’ attack and swallowing its power.
• The shorter Yanluo Twin Ghost cried out in fear as Zhang Qingyuan absorbed the palm seal and turned its power back against them.

Zhang Qingyuan defeated the Yanluo Twin Ghosts after using his understanding of Qiankun Dao to break their attack, but Green-faced Ghost sacrificed White-faced Ghost and fled. Zhang Qingyuan caught up with him, only for Green-faced Ghost to falsely accuse him before Mad Saber Nangong Bantian arrived.

• Zhang Qingyuan exploited White-faced Ghost’s hesitation and crushed him with a powerful Qiankun vortex.
• Green-faced Ghost struck White-faced Ghost to escape, leaving his younger brother to die in Zhang Qingyuan’s attack.
• Zhang Qingyuan pursued Green-faced Ghost with his perfected Wind Cloud Formless Body and caught up with him.
• Green-faced Ghost begged Mad Saber Hero to save him and falsely claimed Zhang Qingyuan had stolen their treasure and killed his brother.
• Zhang Qingyuan stopped when he recognized the burly newcomer as Mad Saber Nangong Bantian of the South Sea.

Nangong Bantian pretended to side with Green-faced Ghost so he could claim Zhang Qingyuan’s treasure, but Zhang attacked before they could join forces. Their clash revealed Zhang’s face to Nangong Bantian, who recognized him and turned murderous.

• Nangong Bantian inferred that Green-faced Ghost wanted his help against Zhang Qingyuan and decided to seize the treasure for himself.
• Nangong Bantian vowed to uphold justice, and Green-faced Ghost pretended to thank him while both concealed their real intentions.
• Zhang Qingyuan attacked Nangong Bantian with a punch, refusing to let them frame him as unrighteous.
• Nangong Bantian met Zhang Qingyuan’s punch with a powerful palm strike, and their True Essence collision shook the surrounding forest and drew nearby cultivators.
• The clash blew open Zhang Qingyuan’s black robe, and Nangong Bantian recognized him and unleashed killing intent.

Nangong Bantian encountered Zhang Qingyuan in the Spirit Sea Sword Sect ruins and launched a full-strength attack to kill him. Zhang Qingyuan answered with his Sword Drawing Technique, and their collision devastated the surrounding terrain and injured nearby cultivators.

• Nangong Bantian recognized Zhang Qingyuan, recalled their earlier clash, and resolved to kill him before he could grow stronger.
• Nangong Bantian rejoiced at finding Zhang Qingyuan amid the ruins and attacked with the full power of his True Essence Sixth Layer.
• Zhang Qingyuan faced the descending blade light solemnly and countered with Sword Drawing Technique: One Sword Slash Heaven and Earth.
• The two attacks collided, shattering the ground and trees as nearby cultivators fled the shockwaves.
• Several spectators were caught in the shockwaves, struck by the force, and driven into the mud while spitting blood.

Zhang Qingyuan fought Nangong Bantian, the Mad Saber, and matched his escalating attacks despite being only at the True Essence Third Layer. As Nangong Bantian reached the peak of his strength and began to fear being suppressed, the chapter ended with a reminder that he had once defeated the previous Mad Saber, a True Essence Sixth Layer cultivator, while at the Fifth Layer.

• Nangong Bantian marveled that Zhang Qingyuan had advanced to the True Essence Third Layer in a day and could contend with him.
• Nangong Bantian unleashed successive, increasingly powerful saber strikes, and Zhang Qingyuan met each one with his Black Sky Longsword and Great River Sword Technique.
• Their battle tore through the sky and land, forcing nearby True Essence Realm Cultivators to retreat and drawing more onlookers.
• After thirty-six slashes, Nangong Bantian reached his peak but realized Zhang Qingyuan was restraining him and growing stronger as the fight continued.
• Nangong Bantian feared Zhang Qingyuan as he recalled defeating the previous Mad Saber at the peak of the True Essence Fifth Layer.

Zhang Qingyuan suppressed Nangong Bantian while their battle helped him unify his Techniques and Martial Arts under the Qiankun Dao. Nangong Bantian summoned allies for a surprise attack, and Zhang Qingyuan detonated a Low-grade Magic Treasure to counter the encirclement.

• Zhang Qingyuan and Nangong Bantian fought on as their auras and battle techniques grew more powerful.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized that the Qiankun Dao had unified his Techniques and Martial Arts into a fluid whole.
• Nangong Bantian secretly contacted several True Essence Realm Cultivators and persuaded them to join the fight.
• Nangong Bantian and the cultivators launched a coordinated attack that trapped Zhang Qingyuan in a killing formation.
• Zhang Qingyuan summoned a Low-grade Magic Treasure and detonated it as the attacks converged.

Zhang Qingyuan escaped Nangong Bantian and the others by using a Void Escape Talisman, then hid beneath the Daluo Golden Pool to recover and avoid detection. As he healed, he discovered that the pool’s Geng Metal Power was strengthening his body.

• Nangong Bantian and the others discussed Zhang Qingyuan’s escape and the price he had promised them.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the self-destruction’s impact to flee, then activated Zeng Mingshi’s Void Escape Talisman and reappeared above the Daluo Golden Pool.
• Zhang Qingyuan plunged into the lake to hide, knowing Nangong Bantian and the others would likely come there to search for the Spirit Artifact.
• Zhang Qingyuan concealed himself beneath a cluster of reefs and began healing his injuries.
• Zhang Qingyuan refined the Geng Metal Power in the pool, strengthening his body as his injuries gradually recovered.

After recovering and tempering his body in the Daluo Golden Pool, Zhang Qingyuan sensed a Spirit Artifact at its core and discovered that it resonated with his Sword Seed. He secretly advanced toward it despite the shattered, dangerous formations and the battle raging inside.

• Zhang Qingyuan recovered from his injuries over three days and strengthened his body with the Geng Metal Power in the Daluo Golden Pool.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed a huge battle and a blazing Aura at the pool’s core, then concealed himself and swam toward the disturbance.
• Zhang Qingyuan reached the core region and saw the broken Magic Array, where its fragments killed a cultivator who tried to charge through.
• The cultivators outside discussed the Spirit Artifact and the powerful True Essence Realm cultivators already fighting inside, while some adventurers attempted to cross the shattered formations.
• Zhang Qingyuan felt the core’s Aura draw him in and saw his Sword Seed resonate with it, so he moved toward the core beneath the water.

Zhang Qingyuan secretly entered the core of the Daluo Golden Pool and discovered a Spirit Artifact growing inside a giant golden tree. As powerful cultivators fought around the island, he resolved to obtain the artifact but struggled to see how he could take it without becoming their target.

• Zhang Qingyuan followed the Linghai token's increasingly strong vibrations and carefully crossed the dangerous outer formations beneath the lake.
• Zhang Qingyuan reached the core and saw Tan Nansheng battling Purple Bamboo True Person amid more than a dozen clashes between True Essence cultivators.
• Zhang Qingyuan spotted a golden tree drawing in Geng Metal Power and nurturing a nearly blooming Golden Bud that radiated a heaven-shaking Aura.
• Zhang Qingyuan suspected the Spirit Artifact was inside the Golden Bud and connected its growing resonance with his Seed Sword Technique.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided he must obtain the Spirit Artifact but worried that the gathered experts would turn against him if he intervened.

Zhang Qingyuan tried to slip through the Daluo Golden Pool toward the Spirit Artifact while the True Essence Realm cultivators fought above. Nangong Bantian spotted him and struck him into the surrounding formations, then proposed an alliance with Tan Nansheng to seize the artifact before fighting over it.

• Zhang Qingyuan decided to risk infiltrating the battlefield because the opposing sides might unite against newcomers.
• Zhang Qingyuan hid his Aura beneath the lake and used his Round Shield Treasure to endure the battle’s aftershocks as he swam toward the Golden Giant Tree.
• Tan Nansheng and two other cultivators overwhelmed Nangong Bantian, destroying his defensive Magic Tool and knocking him onto the water.
• Nangong Bantian noticed Zhang Qingyuan’s shadow underwater and struck him with the Thunder Severing Blade, sending him flying into the surrounding formations.
• Nangong Bantian proposed that he and Tan Nansheng join forces to seize the Spirit Artifact and drive away the other cultivators; Tan Nansheng questioned who would hold it.