Chapter Summaries

Qin Mu broke through Xing Tian’s Sky-Opening Axe Technique, prompting Xing Tian to unleash his full strength and his Three Axes of Heaven-Opening. As the attacks bore down on him, Qin Mu triggered Heaven-Defying Comprehension and created One Sword to Open Heaven, then prepared to meet Xing Tian’s assault.

• Qin Mu broke through Xing Tian’s axe strike with his sword, and Xing Tian praised him as the first outsider to overcome his Sky-Opening Axe Technique.
• Xing Tian grew into a thousand-zhang giant and unleashed his Three Axes of Heaven-Opening, while Kuafu wondered whether Qin Mu could survive them.
• Qin Mu triggered Heaven-Defying Comprehension and witnessed Pangu split Chaos to create Heaven and Earth.
• Qin Mu comprehended One Sword to Open Heaven, summoned the phantom of his Innate Green Lotus Sword Grass, and challenged Xing Tian with his new sword.

Qin Mu defeated Xing Tian with his newly comprehended Heaven-Opening Sword, though its power nearly exhausted him and destroyed the Witch Clan's Small World. After Xing Tian awarded him the promised treasures, Qin Mu set off for Kunlun Mountain to report to his master.

• Qin Mu's Heaven-Opening Sword annihilated Xing Tian's Three Axes of Heaven-Opening and sent the Small World into collapse.
• Kuafu and Xing Tian joined forces to withstand the remaining sword force, and they escaped the collapsing Small World with Qin Mu.
• Xing Tian admitted defeat, and Qin Mu apologized for the destruction while reflecting on the sword's immense power and cost.
• Xing Tian gave Qin Mu the Creation Jade Disk Fragment and a drop of his Quintessential Blood as the wager's prize.
• Kuafu and Xing Tian invited Qin Mu to visit the Houtu tribe, and Qin Mu accepted before leaving for Kunlun Mountain.

While traveling from Buzhou Mountain, Qin Mu triggered Heaven-Defying Comprehension and created the Gate of Space, then returned to Kunlun Mountain. He learned that Yuqing Yuanshi had taken on a new disciple named Daoxing and wondered whether Duobao and Yu Ding had also joined the Three Pure Ones.

• During his void leaps, Qin Mu triggered Heaven-Defying Comprehension and comprehended the Gate of Space, which let him create teleportation gates to places he had marked.
• Qin Mu used the Gate of Time and Space to return to Kunlun Mountain, though he noted that it consumed a great deal of mana.
• At Kunlun Mountain's gate, a young daoist confronted Qin Mu after he opened the Mountain-Protecting Array.
• Qin Mu introduced himself as Tongtian's eldest disciple, and the daoist revealed that he was Daoxing, a disciple of Yuqing Yuanshi.
• Daoxing apologized and bowed to Qin Mu, who realized the Three Pure Ones had begun recruiting disciples and wondered whether Duobao and Yu Ding had found their places there.

Qin Mu returned to Kunlun Mountain and learned that the Three Pure Ones had separated, with Yuanshi now holding Kunlun Mountain. At Yuxu Palace, he confronted Guangchengzi’s disrespect with his overwhelming cultivation before Yuanshi invited him inside.

• Daoxing told Qin Mu that Taishang and Tongtian had moved to their own Dao Fields and that Kunlun Mountain belonged to Yuanshi.
• Daoxing led Qin Mu toward Yuxu Palace, where Yu Ding greeted him and said Duobao had become Tongtian’s disciple.
• Qin Mu and Yu Ding arrived at Yuxu Palace with Daoxing, and Guangchengzi questioned who Qin Mu was.
• After Yu Ding introduced Qin Mu, Guangchengzi greeted him without respect, so Qin Mu released his Great Principle Golden Immortal aura and overwhelmed him.
• Yuanshi’s voice dispelled Qin Mu’s pressure and invited him into Yuxu Palace, and Qin Mu entered.

Qin Mu visited Yuanshi at Yuxu Palace, declined his invitation to stay on Kunlun Mountain, and set off to visit Taishang at Eight Sceneries Palace. After Qin Mu left, Daoist Randeng arrived at Kunlun and asked Yuanshi to accept him as a disciple.

• Yuanshi praised Qin Mu's Great Principle Golden Immortal cultivation and invited him to remain on Kunlun Mountain.
• Qin Mu declined the invitation, saying he would return to Jin'ao Island to pay respects to Tongtian.
• Qin Mu decided to visit Taishang at Eight Sceneries Palace before returning to Jin'ao Island, hoping to find a Red Packet.
• Daoist Randeng arrived at Kunlun Mountain, and Guangchengzi led him to Yuxu Palace.
• Daoist Randeng told Yuanshi that he wished to become his disciple.

Daoist Randeng failed to become Yuanshi’s disciple but agreed to stay on Kunlun Mountain and oversee his disciples. Qin Mu arrived at Shouyang Mountain and was stopped at the gate by Golden Horn and Silver Horn.

• Randeng asked Yuanshi to accept him as a disciple, hoping to secure a path to Sainthood.
• Yuanshi refused to take Randeng as a disciple but offered him a place on Kunlun Mountain managing affairs and overseeing the disciples.
• Randeng accepted Yuanshi’s offer, while Guangchengzi was relieved to remain Yuanshi’s chief disciple.
• Qin Mu reached Shouyang Mountain and admired the Dao Field of Taishang as he made his way toward Eight Sceneries Palace.
• Golden Horn and Silver Horn appeared at the mountain gate, challenged Qin Mu for trespassing, and blocked his way.

Qin Mu visited Taishang at Shouyang Mountain, where the system dropped a Large Red Packet and Taishang gifted him a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir. After Qin Mu asked about his cultivation, Taishang answered his questions over a hundred years.

• Golden Horn Boy and Silver Horn Boy challenged Qin Mu at the entrance to Shouyang Mountain until Taishang called him up and confirmed his identity.
• Qin Mu discovered a Large Red Packet on Shouyang Mountain and collected it, but postponed opening it to pay his respects to Taishang.
• Taishang praised Qin Mu’s cultivation and gave him a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir.
• Qin Mu asked Taishang several questions about cultivation, and Taishang answered them over the next hundred years.

After receiving the Great Law of Self-Transformation into Freedom from a Large Red Packet, Qin Mu began cultivating with Xing Tian’s Quintessential Blood and Taishang’s Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir. Meanwhile, conflict between the Demon Race and East King Duke’s Immortal Court intensified, and Dijun went to Wa Huang Palace to address the threat.

• Taishang warned Qin Mu that changes were coming to the Primordial Wilderness, and Qin Mu left Shouyang Mountain for East Sea Jin'ao Island.
• Qin Mu opened his Large Red Packet in a secluded valley and received the enhanced Great Law of Self-Transformation into Freedom.
• Qin Mu took out Xing Tian’s Quintessential Blood and the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir and began cultivating the method.
• The Demon Race and East King Duke’s forces continued clashing, while the Witch Clan watched from Buzhou Mountain.
• Donghuang Taiyi demanded that Dijun let him attack Purple Mansion, but Dijun warned that Jieyin and Zhunti would intervene and then left for Wa Huang Palace.

Dijun visited Wa Huang Palace to discuss the Demon Race’s growing conflict with the Immortal Court, but Nuwa was away seeking an opportunity to Attain Sagehood. He lent Fuxi the River Diagram and Luo Book to help perfect a formation, while Qin Mu secluded himself and broke through to the Mid Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, gaining new powers.

• Dijun arrived at Wa Huang Palace and learned from Ling Zhuzi that Nuwa had left to seek an opportunity to Attain Sagehood.
• Fuxi met Dijun and asked to borrow the River Diagram and Luo Book to study a formation he had begun deducing from the All Heavenly Stars.
• Dijun lent Fuxi the River Diagram and Luo Book, hoping to win over the Demon Race’s skilled deducer.
• Qin Mu used Taishang’s Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir and Xing Tian’s Quintessential Blood with the Great Law of Self-Transformation into Freedom, advancing from the early to the middle stage of the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm.
• Qin Mu condensed Xing Tian’s Transformed Body, solidified a second Innate Green Lotus Sword Leaf, and gained the ability to create past, future, and present Dao Bodies that could cultivate independently and revive him if his original body fell.

After his retreat, Qin Mu advanced his cultivation, manifested two Innate Green Lotus Sword Leaves, and gained the ability to create three independent Clones before heading toward Jin'ao Island. He intervened when he found the San Xiao Fairies fighting a Great Principle Golden Immortal who wanted their treasures, leaving them face-to-face with their unfamiliar new ally.

• Qin Mu completed his retreat with stronger cultivation, two manifested sword leaves, and a new Clone ability, then set out for Jin'ao Island.
• Qin Mu sensed Shangqing Tongtian's aura and followed it to a gorge where three women fought a Great Principle Golden Immortal.
• The Great Principle Golden Immortal demanded the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors and Primal Chaos Golden Cauldron, threatening the three women when they refused.
• The Great Principle Golden Immortal suppressed the sisters' treasures and broke their formation as they struggled to resist him.
• Qin Mu appeared and challenged the Great Principle Golden Immortal, and the San Xiao Fairies turned toward him with a sense of familiarity.

Qin Mu refused to be intimidated by Xuan Mingzi’s ties to the Purple Mansion Immortal Court and killed him with a single strike of his Grass Sword. The San Xiao were left stunned by Qin Mu’s power, while Bixiao openly admired his sword strike.

• Xuan Mingzi identified himself as a cultivator of the Purple Mansion Immortal Court and ordered Qin Mu to leave, hoping to claim the San Xiao and their treasures.
• The San Xiao feared Qin Mu might back down, but he mocked East King Duke and the Purple Mansion Immortal Court.
• Qin Mu drew his Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Grass Sword, and showed it to the San Xiao.
• Qin Mu used his Heaven-Opening Sword to annihilate Xuan Mingzi’s body and soul in one strike.
• Yunxiao and Qiongxiao were stunned by Qin Mu’s strength, while Bixiao exclaimed over how cool his sword strike was.

Qin Mu saved Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao from Xuan Mingzi and revealed that he was their senior brother. After the reunion, Yunxiao explained that the sisters were searching for an Innate Secret Realm marked on a Treasure Map.

• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao thanked Qin Mu for saving them from Xuan Mingzi.
• Qin Mu recognized the Three Xiao as disciples of Shangqing Tongtian and revealed that he was their senior brother.
• Yunxiao welcomed Qin Mu, while Bixiao eagerly clung to him until Yunxiao told her to behave.
• Qin Mu told the sisters that he was traveling overseas to find Tongtian after learning that Tongtian had parted ways with his two senior brothers.
• Yunxiao showed Qin Mu the Treasure Map that the sisters were following to find an Innate Secret Realm.

Qin Mu joined Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao to follow an ancient treasure map and broke the natural formation hiding a secluded small world. There, they discovered a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and Yunxiao and Bixiao said it should belong to Qin Mu.

• Qin Mu sensed that the treasure map came from the Primordial Era, and Yunxiao invited him to seek the treasure with her and her sisters.
• Qin Mu followed the map with Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao, then used the Eye of Shattering Delusion to find and break an Innate Grand Formation.
• The four entered the revealed island and found a small world filled with Innate Spiritual Jade, spirit springs, and distant mountains.
• Five-Colored Radiance appeared at the small world's center, and an Ancient Mirror emerged from the twisting void.
• Qin Mu recognized the mirror as a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and Yunxiao and Bixiao said it should belong to him.

Qin Mu turned down San Xiao’s offer of the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror and revealed that he already possessed several Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures. When Yunxiao tried to claim the mirror, it wounded her, prompting Qin Mu to confront the ancient being hiding inside it.

• Qin Mu refused to take San Xiao’s opportunity and showed them several Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures he possessed.
• Qin Mu told Yunxiao to claim the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, and she accepted before trying to bind it with her magical power.
• The mirror absorbed Yunxiao’s power and struck her with black-and-white divine light, injuring her; Qin Mu caught her and handed her to Qiongxiao and Bixiao.
• Qin Mu attacked the mirror with the Grass Sword, drawing out a powerful ancient being in Black Mist who revealed that the Treasure Map had lured victims to become his food.
• Qin Mu stood in front of San Xiao with his sword and promised to handle the Quasi-Saint-level threat.

Qin Mu faced the remnant soul of Yin-Yang Ancestor, who recognized him as Hongjun’s grand-disciple and attacked him. After Qin Mu shattered Yin-Yang Ancestor’s spear, the ancestor unleashed a Law Suppression Domain, and Qin Mu answered with the Great Law of Self-Transformation into Freedom.

• Yin-Yang Ancestor discovered Qin Mu was an innate demon god and sought to use him as nourishment.
• Qin Mu sent the San Xiao Fairies into the Small World inside his Purple Gold Chaos Gourd.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor learned that Hongjun was Qin Mu’s Grandmaster and attacked him with the Yin Yang Divine Spear.
• Qin Mu activated the Secret of All and used Heaven-Opening Sword to shatter the spear and its Yin Yang Laws.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor summoned Heaven and Earth Suppression, and Qin Mu released the Great Law of Self-Transformation into Freedom.

Qin Mu transformed into a Xing Tian body using Xing Tian's Quintessential Blood and fought Yin-Yang Ancestor's Remnant Soul. He destroyed the Yin Yang Mirror's protective domain and annihilated Yin-Yang Ancestor, whose final roar echoed through the Small World.

• Yin-Yang Ancestor recognized the Pangu's Aura from Qin Mu and trembled in fear.
• Qin Mu revealed his Transformed Xing Tian Body, formed with the drop of Quintessential Blood Xing Tian had given him.
• Qin Mu summoned a giant axe and cleaved through Yin-Yang Ancestor's Yin Yang Laws with the Sky-Opening Axe Technique.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor used the yin side of the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, but Qin Mu remained unharmed because the mirror only affected native beings of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Qin Mu's axe shattered the yang side's Guardian Domain and pierced Yin-Yang Ancestor, annihilating his divine consciousness.

After Qin Mu defeated Yin Yang Old Ancestor’s remnant soul, Yunxiao claimed the Taiji Yin Yang Mirror, and he returned to Jin'ao Island with San Xiao. There, he reunited with Duobao and paid his respects to Tongtian, who praised his cultivation.

• Qin Mu, weakened after destroying Yin Yang Old Ancestor’s remnant soul, released San Xiao and told Yunxiao she could claim the now-uncontrolled mirror.
• Yunxiao collected the Taiji Yin Yang Mirror, a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure whose Yin side destroyed primordial spirits and whose Yang side reversed life and death.
• After recovering, Qin Mu set a spatial coordinate and Gate of Space in the Small World, then traveled to Jin'ao Island with San Xiao.
• During the journey, Bixiao asked Qin Mu about his travels while Yunxiao and Qiongxiao discussed the Dao with him.
• Duobao welcomed Qin Mu back to Jin'ao Island, and Qin Mu praised Duobao’s Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Qin Mu entered Biyou Palace to see Tongtian, who recognized his Mid Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal cultivation and praised his solid foundation.

Qin Mu told Tongtian about his travels and suggested that Tongtian establish a great sect to teach all beings, revealing a path to sainthood. Tongtian resolved to announce something to his disciples and rang the Golden Bell across Jin'ao Island.

• Tongtian questioned Qin Mu about his travels, and Qin Mu recounted his experiences, including killing a remnant soul of Yin-Yang Ancestor.
• Tongtian praised Qin Mu and admitted he still had not found the path to sainthood.
• Qin Mu suggested Tongtian establish a great sect to instruct all beings under Heaven.
• Tongtian realized that establishing a sect and gathering fortune could lead him to sainthood, and thanked Qin Mu for showing him the path.
• Tongtian summoned his disciples by ringing the Golden Bell, and they hurried toward Biyou Palace.

Tongtian summoned his disciples to Biyou Palace, introduced Qin Mu as his first disciple, and entrusted him with Jin'ao Island while he entered seclusion to pursue Sagehood. He left Qin Mu with the Qingping Sword and disappeared.

• Tongtian's disciples gathered at Biyou Palace after the Golden Bell rang, where they saw Qin Mu standing beside their Master.
• Tongtian introduced Qin Mu as his first disciple and the disciples' senior brother, and they bowed to greet him.
• Tongtian announced that he would enter seclusion to strive for Sagehood and put Qin Mu in charge of Jin'ao Island.
• Tongtian handed Qin Mu the Qingping Sword and told him to watch over the other disciples.
• Tongtian vanished, leaving Qin Mu to oversee the island.

After Tongtian entered seclusion, Qin Mu took charge of Jin'ao Island, while the conflict between the Purple Mansion Immortal Court and the Demon Race intensified. East King Duke ordered Xuan Feng to demand the Four Seas Dragon Clan submit, and Ao Guang went to receive the Purple Mansion envoy.

• Duobao, Golden Spirit Mother, Zhao Gongming, and the other disciples accepted Qin Mu's authority after hearing of his strength, and Qin Mu invited them to ask him about cultivation.
• Over the next thousand years, Qin Mu guided San Xiao and the other disciples as Jin'ao Island remained peaceful and the wider world grew more turbulent.
• After Donghuang Taiyi killed a Purple Mansion Quasi-Saint, East King Duke blamed the Demon Race for the death and disappearance of Purple Mansion members, including Xuan Mingzi.
• A celestial official urged East King Duke to annex the Dragon Clan for its fortune, and East King Duke ordered Xuan Feng to demand the Four Seas Dragon Clan submit or face destruction.
• When Xuan Feng arrived at the East Sea Dragon Clan's Crystal Palace, Ao Guang worried that the Purple Mansion intended to pull his weakened clan into its conflict and went to greet the envoy.