Chapter Summaries

After claiming Tian Hu’s treasures, Qin Jiuge mastered several techniques and broke through to the eighth layer of the Nirvana Realm. He revealed his identity to Tian Jing and reassured her she could remain by his side, then visited Lan Yanran and let her massage him while asking about his next destination.

• Qin Jiuge sorted through Tian Hu’s treasures and rewards, keeping the Ten Absolute Immortal Grass and Heavenly Dust Pill and learning Myriad Miles Nether Art.
• Qin Jiuge learned Snow Blowing Buddha Transformation, the Lightning Emperor Treasure Technique, and the Guiyi Profound Art, then broke through to the eighth layer of the Nirvana Realm.
• Qin Jiuge visited Tian Jing and confessed that his real name was Qin Jiuge, the Divine Son of the Qin Family Imperial Clan.
• Qin Jiuge told Tian Jing she could stay by his side even though he could not make her his principal wife, and she agreed to serve as his maid.
• Qin Jiuge went to Lan Yanran’s room, ordered her to massage his shoulders, and she asked where he planned to go next.

Qin Jiuge learned about the Blue Mountain Secret Realm from Lan Yanran and decided to head there immediately. He accepted Lan Yanran as his companion after she disguised herself and taught him the Lan Family’s secret disguise technique, then set out for the secret realm.

• Lan Yanran told Qin Jiuge that the Blue Mountain Secret Realm would open soon and was rumored to have been an ancient Great Emperor’s palace.
• Qin Jiuge chose to leave at once and initially planned to travel without Lan Yanran so he could keep a low profile.
• Lan Yanran disguised herself as an ugly, bloated woman and begged to accompany him, offering to serve him along the way.
• Qin Jiuge asked Lan Yanran to teach him her disguise technique, mastered it, and concealed his appearance and cultivation.
• Qin Jiuge allowed Lan Yanran to join him after she changed her disguise to look prettier, then prepared to travel by flying boat with Tian Jing and Wuchang Supreme on standby.

Blue Mountain City filled with cultivators preparing for the Blue Mountain Secret Realm, and teahouse rumors focused on which powerful young prodigies would attend. Qin Jiuge entered in disguise with Lan Yanran and heard the crowd praise him, leaving him surprised by how far his reputation had spread.

• Cultivators gathered in Blue Mountain City ahead of the Secret Realm’s opening and discussed the expected arrival of Holy Son Luo Heng, Ice Frost Sacred Land’s Holy Son and Saintess, and the Jiang Family.
• A purple-robed cultivator declared that he was waiting for Qin Jiuge, claiming Qin was stronger than Taichu Sacred Land’s Holy Son.
• Qin Jiuge entered the crowded teahouse in disguise with Lan Yanran to gather intelligence and overheard the discussion.
• The teahouse patrons praised Qin Jiuge’s strength and said the other prodigies might need to join forces to face him.
• Qin Jiuge was surprised by the strength of his reputation, while Lan Yanran privately delighted in the praise and knew he was even stronger than the rumors suggested.

Xiao Yan'er prepared to enter the Blue Mountain Secret Realm as powerful factions gathered for its opening. Taichu Holy Son Luo Heng and War God Jiang Family Second Sequence Jiang Jinglong arrived, while Qin Jiuge watched in disguise and Jiang Jinglong confronted a mocking cultivator.

• Xiao Yan'er worried that the many prodigies entering the Secret Realm would make it difficult to find Great Emperor Blue Mountain's Supreme Treasure, and the Azure Emperor urged her to keep a low profile.
• Blue Mountain rose into the sky, opening the Secret Realm as cultivators and powerful factions assembled outside it.
• Taichu Sacred Land arrived with Holy Son Luo Heng, who searched the crowd for Qin Jiuge; Qin Jiuge watched in disguise with Lan Yanran and dismissed Luo Heng as unworthy of being his opponent.
• The War God Jiang Family arrived, and Jiang Jinglong announced that he was its Second Sequence and would kill anyone who blocked him in the Secret Realm.
• After a Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator mocked Jiang Jinglong, Jiang Jinglong fixed his gaze on the man and descended toward him on a Snow-Treading Flying Eagle.

Jiang Jinglong killed a fourth-level Dharma Aspect prodigy and clashed verbally with Luo Heng before the Ice Frost Sacred Land arrived to halt their confrontation. Qin Jiuge watched as the Eternal Qin Family made a grand entrance, leaving Luo Heng shaken by the prospect of facing him again.

• Jiang Jinglong killed a fourth-level Dharma Aspect prodigy with a single spear thrust and warned the Taichu Sacred Land against insulting him.
• Luo Heng challenged Jiang Jinglong's arrogance, and the two prepared to fight before Bing Xingyuan arrived with the Ice Frost Sacred Land and interrupted them.
• Qin Jiuge watched the exchange and wondered why Bing Qiluo, the Saintess he had rejected, had approached him.
• The Eternal Qin Family arrived in war chariots pulled by Dragon Yang Crimson Spirit Dragons, drawing the crowd's attention to Qin Jiuge.
• Luo Heng recognized the Qin Family's arrival and trembled as he recalled Qin Jiuge's strength and the people he had killed.

The factions gathered at the Blue Mountain Secret Realm, but Qin Jiuge stayed hidden while Qin Lang led the Qin Family contingent. When the 999-step stairway appeared, the cultivators rushed to climb it, while Qin Jiuge calmly waited with Lan Yanran.

• Bing Qiluo hoped to draw closer to Qin Jiuge, while Bing Xingyuan grew resentful of the Qin Family and Jiang Jinglong dismissed the rumors about Qin Jiuge's strength.
• Qin Lang arrived with the Qin Family and told Bing Qiluo that even the clan elders did not know where Qin Jiuge was.
• Lan Ling led the Lan Family to the gathering, and the cultivators recognized him as a renowned young sword genius.
• The 999-step stairway appeared, and more than ten thousand cultivators surged toward it as Jiang Jinglong killed people blocking his way.
• Qin Jiuge watched the frantic climbers without hurrying, and Lan Yanran massaged his back as he waited for the right moment.

Qin Jiuge carried Lan Yanran up the Blue Mountain Stairway and entered the Blue Mountain Secret Realm before the gathered prodigies. The other leaders followed, while Qin Lang reached the summit ahead of the Taichu Holy Son, Luo Heng.

• Jiang Jinglong, Bing Xingyuan, and the other prodigies raced up the 999 steps as Xiao Yan'er slipped into the crowd.
• Qin Jiuge carried Lan Yanran up the stairway with the Myriad Miles Netherworld Art and Within Reach, Yet Miles Away, reaching the summit ahead of everyone.
• Qin Jiuge dismissed himself as a nobody and entered the Blue Mountain Secret Realm with Lan Yanran, provoking Jiang Jinglong and the other prodigies.
• An unidentified woman reached the summit and entered the secret realm before Jiang Jinglong forced his way up and followed.
• Bing Xingyuan and the Ice Frost Saintess reached the summit together, then Lan Ling entered the secret realm.
• Qin Lang reached the summit ahead of Luo Heng, while the other heirs caught up; Qin Lang's Nine Dragon Divine Body remained unknown to them.

Qin Jiuge entered the Blue Mountain Secret Realm and fought through a trap-filled cave, killing a powerful Black-Patterned Python with his Black Dragon Sword and Twin Pupils. He emerged into a vast plaza with a golden, jade-filled building at its center.

• Only one thousand of the more than ten thousand gathered people passed the stone gate into the Blue Mountain Secret Realm.
• Qin Jiuge warned Lan Yanran that their paths would be separate and told her to meet him at the end; they entered different circles of light.
• Qin Jiuge used his Twin Pupils to spot traps and hidden monsters as he fought through a dark cave full of giant spiders.
• A Black-Patterned Python attacked Qin Jiuge, but he dodged its strike and killed it with the Black Dragon Sword.
• Qin Jiuge left the cave and found a vast plaza with a resplendent building at its center.

Qin Jiuge waited at the plaza in the Blue Mountain Secret Realm and reunited with his fiancée, Xiao Yan'er, who mistook his attention for lechery. As other powerful entrants arrived and tensions rose, Qin Jiuge stayed unfazed, while Lan Ling asked who had passed the path first just as three more doors opened.

• Qin Jiuge waited outside the plaza and watched Xiao Yan'er emerge from a door across from him.
• Xiao Yan'er warned Qin Jiuge not to stare at her because she had a fiancé, and Qin Jiuge teased her about liking him.
• Jiang Jinglong emerged third, demanded Qin Jiuge and Xiao Yan'er identify themselves, and cursed Qin Jiuge when they ignored him.
• Lan Ling appeared in Jiang Jinglong's path, prompting Jiang Jinglong to hold back from attacking Qin Jiuge and threaten him instead.
• Lan Ling asked which of the three had passed the path first, and three doors opened almost simultaneously.

Qin Jiuge and the other geniuses watched as deadly Golden Puppets ambushed cultivators who entered the plaza, leaving the group wondering how to pass the trial. The chapter ended with the plaza quiet again and the surviving contestants facing the threat ahead.

• Bing Xingyuan suggested that the group inspect the plaza, but Jiang Jinglong refused to enter because he suspected a trap.
• Ji Heng arrived expecting to be ahead, only to find many people had reached the passageway before him, and Jiang Jinglong mocked Luo Heng until Luo challenged him to a duel in the plaza.
• Lan Yanran emerged from the first trial, joined Qin Jiuge, and asked about the plaza while he predicted that a cultivator rushing inside would die.
• A Golden Puppet rose from the plaza floor and killed a Dharma Aspect Sixth Layer cultivator with a single spear thrust before disappearing.
• More than a dozen cultivators charged into the plaza, where a group of Golden Puppets surrounded and slaughtered them before vanishing along with their victims.
• The plaza returned to silence, and the survivors wondered how they could pass the trial.

Jiang Jinglong argued that late arrivals should be sent to fight the Golden Puppets, but Qin Jiuge secretly struck the house with a throwing knife and dropped everyone into the plaza. Five hundred Golden Puppets and ten generals emerged, and the geniuses began choosing their opponents.

• Jiang Jinglong proposed sending two hundred people, especially late arrivals from the Imperial Clans and Holy Lands, down to fight the Golden Puppets, provoking Luo Jusheng and Luo Heng.
• Qin Jiuge threw a knife at the house door, shattering the passageways and forcing everyone into the plaza under a powerful pressure.
• Five hundred Golden Puppets rose from the ground, led by ten generals wielding Supreme Artifact-grade sabers.
• Lan Ling called for the geniuses to fight the ten generals while everyone else worked together against the ordinary Golden Puppets.
• Bing Xingyuan, Qin Lang, Luo Heng, Lan Ling, Jiang Jinglong, Xiao Yan'er, Bing Qiluo, Luo Jusheng, and Lan Ping charged at different generals, while Qin Jiuge and Lan Yanran had yet to choose an opponent.

Qin Jiuge and the other prodigies fought the Ten Great Generals and five hundred Golden Puppets, revealing powerful Divine Bodies as the battle grew desperate. With more than two hundred people dead and the puppets gaining the upper hand, Lan Ling and Bing Xingyuan urged everyone to unleash their true trump cards.

• Qin Jiuge charged the Demon General while holding back his strength, and Lan Yanran prepared to fight alongside Xiao Yan'er.
• Jiang Jinglong revealed his War King Divine Body and fought the Heaven General, while Lan Ling revealed his Sword God Body against the Yao General.
• The two Ice Extreme Divine Body wielders fought the Fire General and Earth General, and Qin Lang revealed his Nine Dragon Divine Body.
• Luo Heng revealed his Black Tiger Divine Body, and Xiao Yan'er awakened the Dragon Phoenix Divine Body to hold off a Golden Puppet despite her lower cultivation.
• More than two hundred people died as the seemingly tireless puppets gained the advantage, prompting Lan Ling and Bing Xingyuan to call for everyone to use their trump cards.

Jiang Jinglong won the contest to defeat the Golden Puppet Generals and claimed leadership, while Qin Jiuge concealed his strength until the generals were nearly defeated. After the second trial ended with half the group dead, Jiang Jinglong demanded that the treasures be distributed according to merit.

• Jiang Jinglong and the other geniuses wagered that whoever defeated a Golden Puppet General first would lead the group.
• Jiang Jinglong used War King Transformation to rise to the Nirvana Sixth Layer and killed the Heaven General with his Imperial-level spear technique.
• Lan Ling, the Ice Frost Saint Son and Saintess, Xiao Yan'er, and the other geniuses defeated their generals, while Qin Jiuge revealed his strength, killed the Demon General, and helped Lan Yanran defeat the Water General.
• Jiang Jinglong ordered everyone to destroy the remaining Golden Puppets, and the battle ended after half of the five hundred people were lost.
• Jiang Jinglong declared that the treasures would be distributed according to merit, leaving the other survivors dissatisfied but unwilling to oppose him.

Qin Jiuge and Lan Yanran entered the palace within the golden building and discovered that its sphere, the Emperor Weapon Blood-Devouring Pearl, controlled nine Supreme Artifacts that slaughtered anyone who approached. Jiang Jinglong demanded that the remaining cultivators attack together, but no one dared move.

• Qin Jiuge led Lan Yanran through the golden doors, prompting Jiang Jinglong and the other cultivators to follow.
• Inside the enormous palace, Qin Jiuge recognized the sphere’s hidden danger and waited while its nine Supreme Artifacts killed three cultivators.
• Jiang Jinglong and the other prodigies concealed themselves as about fifty cultivators rushed toward the treasures and were slaughtered.
• Lan Ling identified the sphere as Great Emperor Blue Mountain’s Emperor Weapon, the Blood-Devouring Pearl.
• Jiang Jinglong urged the remaining cultivators to attack together and threatened them when they hesitated, calling on Lan Ling and Bing Xingyuan to act.

Xiao Yan'er rallied the gathered cultivators against Jiang Jinglong and the other Imperial Clan and Holy Land prodigies, who had ordered them to face the nine Supreme Artifacts. Qin Jiuge intervened to protect her, and the palace erupted into battle as Xiao Yan'er faced Bing Qiluo.

• Jiang Jinglong ordered everyone outside the Imperial Clans and Holy Lands to confront the nine Supreme Artifacts, and Xiao Yan'er protested that he was sending them to their deaths.
• Xiao Yan'er urged the gathered cultivators to resist, uniting them against Jiang Jinglong and the other prodigies.
• Jiang Jinglong pressured Xiao Yan'er and offered to spare her if she became his companion, but Qin Jiuge stepped in and challenged him.
• Qin Jiuge blocked Jiang Jinglong's attacks while the gathered cultivators fought the prodigies, with Lan Ling and Bing Xingyuan joining the battle.
• Jiang Jinglong drew a black spear and threatened to kill Qin Jiuge, while Xiao Yan'er began fighting Bing Qiluo.

Qin Jiuge defeated and killed Jiang Jinglong, the War God Jiang Family's Second Sequence, while concealing his identity and Twin Pupils. The battle ended with the surrounding prodigies stunned and gathering together.

• Lan Yanran challenged Lan Ling while Bing Xingyuan, Qin Lang, and Luo Heng revealed their Divine Body Phenomena and helped suppress more than a hundred opponents.
• Qin Jiuge blocked Jiang Jinglong's attacks and mocked him, prompting Jiang Jinglong to activate War King Transformation.
• Qin Jiuge used Within Reach, Yet Miles Away and the Black Dragon Sword to strike Jiang Jinglong and send him flying, despite his Supreme-grade armor.
• Jiang Jinglong unleashed Ming King Demon Spear, but Qin Jiuge used his Twin Pupils to disrupt him, severed his arm, and pierced his chest with the sword.
• The fighters stopped when Jiang Jinglong died, and the Imperial Clan and Holy Land prodigies gathered in alarm over Qin Jiuge's power.

Qin Jiuge rallied the surviving families after killing Jiang Jinglong, while Qin Lang and Bing Qiluo withdrew their forces from the alliance preparing to fight him. Bing Xingyuan rejected Bing Qiluo’s decision and insisted the remaining allies could still win.

• Qin Jiuge warned the Jiang Family and the other factions to stop fighting after he killed Jiang Jinglong, and the surviving families gathered behind him.
• Jiang Hongxue, Lan Ling, and Luo Heng argued that they still needed the other group to probe the mysterious sphere, while Qin Lang recognized Qin Jiuge and led the Qin Family survivors away from the conflict.
• Bing Xingyuan mocked the withdrawing Qin Family, and Lan Ling arranged for the remaining allies to attack Qin Jiuge’s side.
• Bing Qiluo withdrew the Ice Frost Sacred Land to protect its people, despite Bing Xingyuan’s protests.
• Bing Xingyuan refused to accept Bing Qiluo’s decision and urged the others to fight without the Ice Frost Sacred Land.

Bing Qiluo and six women joined Qin Jiuge's side, and he insisted on facing Lan Ling, Bing Xingyuan, and Luo Heng alone. After the three heavenly geniuses raised their cultivation and unleashed coordinated attacks, the chapter left their decisive clash unresolved.

• Bing Xingyuan persuaded fifteen of the remaining twenty-one people to follow him, while Bing Qiluo led six women to Qin Jiuge and asked him to spare the Ice Frost Sacred Land members.
• Bing Qiluo declared that she was changing sides, and Qin Jiuge accepted her group and ordered the women to handle the followers while he fought the three heavenly geniuses.
• Xiao Yan'er offered to help Qin Jiuge, but he refused and demanded that his allies leave no other enemies alive; he agreed to spare the Ice Frost Sacred Land members except Bing Xingyuan.
• Lan Ling, Bing Xingyuan, and Luo Heng attacked Qin Jiuge, who used the Black Dragon Sword to repel their strikes as their Divine Body Phenomena filled the battlefield.
• The three geniuses raised their cultivation and launched Sword Questions the Nine Heavens, Drifting Frost Shatter, and Black Tiger God-Slaying Claw at Qin Jiuge.

Qin Jiuge tested the Lightning Emperor Treasure Technique against Lan Ling, Bing Xingyuan, and Luo Heng while the others fought across the palace. After Qin Jiuge revealed his Twin Pupils, Luo Heng recognized him as the Qin Family Divine Son and ordered the Taichu Sacred Land fighters to stop.

• Qin Jiuge dodged the trio’s combined attack and unleashed the Lightning Emperor Treasure Technique, smashing their offensive with waves of thunder and lightning.
• Lan Ling raised his cultivation to the ninth level of the Nirvana Realm, Bing Xingyuan created an Ice Whirlwind, and Luo Heng transformed into a giant black tiger.
• Xiao Yan'er fought Luo Jusheng, Lan Yanran battled Jiang Hongxue, and Bing Qiluo took on members of the Lan Clan.
• Qin Jiuge used a lightning sword to repel Lan Ling and turn Bing Xingyuan’s Ice Whirlwind into a lightning whirlwind, then struck Luo Heng with lightning.
• Qin Jiuge appeared before Luo Heng and knocked him down with a palm; Luo Heng recognized the Twin Pupils and ordered the Taichu Sacred Land fighters to stop.

Qin Jiuge fought Luo Jusheng, Lan Ling, and Bing Xingyuan while Xiao Yan'er held off the Taichu Sacred Land fighters. After Qin Jiuge killed Luo Jusheng and beheaded the others, Lan Ling and Bing Xingyuan launched their strongest attacks against him.

• Luo Jusheng ignored Luo Heng's warning and attacked Qin Jiuge, while Xiao Yan'er pinned him down with her Dragon Phoenix Divine Body pressure.
• Qin Jiuge used the Lightning Emperor Treasure Technique to strike Luo Jusheng, Lan Ling, and Bing Xingyuan with devastating lightning.
• Bing Xingyuan summoned the Ice God's power as Lan Ling merged with his sword and raised his strength.
• Qin Jiuge's Thunder Dragon coiled around Luo Jusheng and burned him to a charred corpse.
• Qin Jiuge killed the Taichu Sacred Land fighters with the Black Dragon Sword, leaving Luo Heng begging for his life.
• Lan Ling unleashed God's One Sword as Bing Xingyuan attacked Qin Jiuge with Ice God Subdues Demons.