Chapter Summaries

Zhao Huanhuan resisted her brother Zhao Tianming’s pressure to marry Qin Jiuge, then was ambushed by Blood Robe Society assassins outside the Cloud Sea Secret Realm. She fought them off with her Cold Jade Bracelet and threatened them with Jade Slips, forcing the attackers to hesitate.

• Zhao Tianming told Zhao Huanhuan to marry Qin Jiuge for Cloud Sea Island’s sake, and she stormed away, refusing.
• Zhao Huanhuan went to the outskirts of the Cloud Sea Secret Realm and vented her anger about the Qin Family.
• Blood Robe Society assassins appeared and trapped Zhao Huanhuan with formations as she tried to flee.
• Zhao Huanhuan fought the Supreme Realm assassins with her Cold Jade Bracelet but was gradually driven into a dead end.
• Zhao Huanhuan threatened the assassins with Jade Slips containing Supreme Realm strikes, making them hesitate.

Qin Jiuge rescued Zhao Huanhuan from the Blood Robe Society assassins and brought her back to the Chen Family. Zhao Tianming responded by pushing for Qin Jiuge to marry his younger sister.

• The surviving Blood Robe Society assassins attacked Zhao Huanhuan again after her Jade Slip helped wipe out most of their group.
• Qin Jiuge appeared, learned Zhao Huanhuan was Zhao Tianming's younger sister, and killed all three remaining assassins.
• Qin Jiuge offered to take Zhao Huanhuan to the Zhao Family, and she agreed before fainting from exhaustion.
• Qin Jiuge carried the unconscious Zhao Huanhuan back to the Chen Family and explained the rescue to Zhao Tianming.
• Zhao Tianming suggested Zhao Huanhuan marry Qin Jiuge to repay him, leaving Qin Jiuge speechless.

Qin Jiuge returned to the Qin Family after the Cloud Sea Secret Realm and ordered surveillance of factions that had submitted to it. The Blood Robe Society suspended its operations against the Cloud Sea Begonia region, while Bing Qingqing returned to the Ice Frost Sacred Land and asked to see her father.

• Zhao Tianming left the Chen Family with his younger sister after proposing that she stay by Qin Jiuge’s side.
• Qin Jiuge left the Chen Family and sent Bing Qingqing back to the Ice Frost Sacred Land, where she admitted to herself that she had developed feelings for him.
• The Blood Robe Society’s vice president learned Qin Jiuge had left Cloud Sea Island and suspended operations against the Cloud Sea Begonia region until the president emerged from seclusion.
• Back at the Qin Family, Qin Jiuge learned that the Lan Family, Taichu Sacred Land, and Flame Sacred Land had submitted, then ordered Qin Run to monitor them and punish any suspicious moves.
• Bing Qingqing returned to the Ice Frost Sacred Land and asked Bing Wuhen where her father was.

Bing Qingqing returned to the Ice Frost Sacred Land, where the Frost Sacred Master decided to pursue a marriage between her and Qin Jiuge. While Bing Qingqing wrestled with her feelings for Qin Jiuge, Xu Lang revealed to Li Xuanmiao that he planned to exploit Chen Xuanxuan’s Furnace Cauldron Body.

• The Frost Sacred Master asked Bing Qingqing about Qin Jiuge and agreed to arrange a marriage with the Qin Family after she asked for more time together first.
• Bing Qingqing returned to her chambers and privately vacillated over whether she wanted to marry Qin Jiuge.
• At Sky Profound Mountain, Chen Xuanxuan disparaged the Sky Profound Divine Son and Qin Jiuge while praising Xu Lang.
• Xu Lang told Li Xuanmiao that Chen Xuanxuan had a Furnace Cauldron Body and that he intended to harvest its benefits someday.
• Li Xuanmiao teased Xu Lang about Chen Xuanxuan’s feelings, and Xu Lang said she owed him for flourishing at his side.

Li Xuanmiao admitted to his father, Li Tianran, that he was inferior to Qin Jiuge and urged Sky Profound City never to make an enemy of him. Qin Jiuge’s return then calmed the Qin Family, leaving him as its reassuring presence.

• Xu Lang discussed rumors that a prince of the Sky Phoenix Dynasty would visit Sky Profound City and asked whether the great dynasties had Great Emperor Realm experts, but Li Xuanmiao declined to speculate.
• After Xu Lang, Chen Xuanxuan, and Liu Shihan left, Li Xuanmiao received a message and went to Sky Profound City’s City Lord’s Mansion.
• Li Tianran asked Li Xuanmiao to compare himself with Qin Jiuge, and Li Xuanmiao plainly said he was inferior and would likely die in a life-and-death battle against him.
• Li Xuanmiao warned Li Tianran that Sky Profound City must never become Qin Jiuge’s enemy, and Li Tianran agreed.
• Li Tianran asked his steward whether Sky Profound City’s technique and a Quasi-Emperor Treasure could defeat Qin Jiuge, and the steward admitted he had no confidence.
• Qin Jiuge returned to the Qin Family, and his presence quickly settled its unsettled atmosphere.

Feng Hu Supreme tried to persuade Lan Tianba to accept the Qin Family’s rule and then forced him to help expand the Lan Family’s bloodline. The chapter ended with Lan Tianba powerless in his room as the Lan Family maidens approached him, while Feng Hu Supreme declared the clan’s revival was near.

• Feng Hu Supreme told Lan Tianba that the Lan Family needed the Qin Family’s protection and had no hope of defying Qin Jiuge.
• Lan Tianba accepted that the Lan Family could not rise again on its own and returned to brooding late into the night.
• Feng Hu Supreme brought Lan Family maidens to Lan Tianba’s room and argued that he should help the clan grow by having children.
• Feng Hu Supreme subdued Lan Tianba, sealed away his power, and ordered the maidens to serve him.
• Several maidens approached Lan Tianba as Feng Hu Supreme left, pleased that the Lan Family’s flourishing was in sight.

Qin Jiuge promised Feng Hu Supreme that the Lan Family could return to its ancestral lands if Feng Hu brought it fully under Qin Family control. Jiang Haoyu reported that the Jiang Family had agreed to submit, but Jiang Teng’s plan to use her personal relationship with Qin Jiuge for the family’s benefit angered her.

• Qin Jiuge told Feng Hu Supreme that the Lan Family could rebuild its ancestral home and that Feng Hu might become its head if he secured the family’s submission.
• Jiang Haoyu told Qin Jiuge that Jiang Haohan had resigned and Jiang Teng now commanded the Jiang Family, with the other Supreme Realm elders’ agreement.
• Qin Jiuge urged Jiang Haoyu to reach the Life and Death Realm soon, while Jiang Haoyu mistook his concern for personal affection.
• Jiang Teng asked Jiang Haoyu how her meeting with Qin Jiuge had gone, revealing he expected her to sacrifice her happiness for the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Haoyu rebuked Jiang Teng for treating her personal life as a family bargaining chip, leaving him stunned and fearing Qin Jiuge had won her over.

The Qin Family’s elders praised Qin Jiuge and discussed his future while the family prepared to receive the Frost Sacred Master. Rumors spread that Qin Jiuge would marry Bing Qingqing, but Qin Run told the Ice Frost Sacred Land’s representatives that the alliance depended entirely on Qin Jiuge’s wishes.

• Jiang Teng lamented that the Jiang Family had gained nothing and lost a future Dao Master Realm cultivator, while Qin Run and the Qin Family’s Quasi-Emperor experts watched the aftermath.
• The Qin Family’s Quasi-Emperor experts praised Qin Jiuge’s potential and discussed persuading him to take more Confidantes while affirming his principal wife’s worth.
• Several days later, the Frost Sacred Master arrived at the Qin Family, and the younger generation began spreading rumors that Qin Jiuge would marry Bing Qingqing.
• Ice One, Ice Two, and Ice Three greeted Qin Jiuge, then discussed the proposed marriage alliance with Qin Run and other Qin Family members.
• Qin Run told the Ice Frost Sacred Land’s representatives that the marriage alliance would happen only if Qin Jiuge agreed.

The Ice Frost Sacred Land struggled to secure its marriage alliance with the Qin Family, whose Divine Son Qin Jiuge’s wishes could override the elders’ plans. As news of Bing Qingqing’s proposed marriage spread, Bing Tian Ce confronted her and Bing Wuhen knocked him unconscious to stop his Inner Demon from worsening.

• Ice One, Ice Two, and Ice Three left after Qin Run warned them that Qin Jiuge’s will carried decisive weight in the Qin Family.
• Qin Family Quasi-Emperors told the Frost Sacred Master that Qin Jiuge’s father was away and would likely prioritize his son’s wishes, leaving the Frost Sacred Master unable to find a way to control the Divine Son.
• Rumors of Bing Qingqing’s marriage alliance with Qin Jiuge spread through the Ice Frost Sacred Land and beyond, while its members discussed Bing Tian Ce’s lost chance to marry her.
• Bing Tian Ce confronted Bing Qingqing’s chambers and demanded an explanation, insisting she had always hated people like Qin Jiuge.
• Bing Wuhen struck Bing Tian Ce three times, knocked him into a deep sleep, and warned that his Inner Demon could prevent him from reaching the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

Bing Wuhen stopped Bing Tian Ce from pursuing Bing Qingqing and took him to Repentance Cliff, where Bing Tian Ce accepted that their relationship had no future. Old Mo then devoured his Inner Demon and urged him to challenge the Qin Family Divine Son, but Bing Tian Ce remained reluctant to interfere with Bing Qingqing’s marriage.

• Bing Wuhen rescued Bing Tian Ce, questioned Bing Qingqing about her feelings, and warned her to prepare for the marriage alliance.
• Bing Wuhen brought Bing Tian Ce to Repentance Cliff and ordered him to end his feelings for Bing Qingqing.
• Bing Tian Ce accepted that he and Bing Qingqing had no fate together and began cultivating to suppress his Inner Demon.
• Old Mo appeared, devoured Bing Tian Ce’s Inner Demon, and promised that his guidance could help Bing Tian Ce match the Qin Family Divine Son.
• Bing Tian Ce acknowledged Old Mo’s help but said the Qin Family was stronger and Bing Qingqing seemed to favor the Qin Family Divine Son.

Old Mo urged Bing Tian Ce to pursue Bing Qingqing and challenge Qin Jiuge, while rumors about Bing Tian Ce stirred the Ice Frost Sacred Land. Qin Xue weighed whether to keep Chen Xuanxuan, his Extreme Yin Physique cauldron, or give her to Qin Jiuge, and Jiang Haohan negotiated his place in the battered Jiang Family.

• Old Mo told Bing Tian Ce that he had to compete with Qin Jiuge for the chance to become a Great Emperor, but Bing Tian Ce fell silent.
• Rumors about Bing Tian Ce spread through the Ice Frost Sacred Land, while its Elders used the commotion to protect Bing Qingqing and limit the incident’s impact.
• Qin Xue gave Chen Xuanxuan and Liu Shihan accessories, then considered whether to keep Chen Xuanxuan as a cauldron or offer her to Qin Jiuge.
• Jiang Haohan accused Jiang Teng and Jiang Haoyu of possibly wanting to use him for the Jiang Family’s reproduction, but Jiang Teng said they only wanted him to cooperate and become an Elder.

Jiang Haoyu urged Jiang Haohan to accept the Jiang Family’s submission to the Qin Family, while Jiang Haohan found that most clansmen supported the decision as their best chance to survive and rebuild. He withdrew from family life, and Jiang Haoyu and Jiang Teng watched as the clan adjusted to its new reality.

• Jiang Haoyu told Jiang Haohan that serving the Qin Family and deepening her relationship with the Qin Family Divine Son could benefit both her and the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Haohan disguised himself and questioned Jiang Family clansmen, who argued that submission had saved their lives and was preferable to defying the Qin Family.
• Jiang Haohan asked whether the clan would forget its losses, but clansmen cited the Qin Family’s strength and warned that resistance would destroy the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Haohan returned to his room and shut himself away, while Jiang Haoyu challenged Jiang Teng’s decision to let him hear the clansmen’s views.
• Jiang Teng argued that the clansmen only wanted to live, and Jiang Haoyu accepted that their choice did not make them disloyal.

Jiang Haoyu and the Taichu Sacred Land faced their defeat and accepted that they could not oppose the Qin Family. As Taichu’s Holy Lord and Luo Xinghe considered the Qin Family’s possible rise to a dynasty, Taichu’s members increasingly hoped to align themselves with Qin Jiuge.

• The Taichu Holy Lord and Luo Xinghe agreed not to blame each other for Taichu Sacred Land’s defeat, acknowledging that they could not act against the Qin Family.
• Luo Xinghe and the Taichu Holy Lord discussed watching the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, Sky Profound City, and the two great dynasties as the Qin Family continued to grow.
• Luo Xinghe speculated that Qin Jiuge might become the crown prince of a new dynasty, while the Taichu Holy Lord lamented that Qin Jiuge was not a member of Taichu Sacred Land.
• Taichu Sacred Land members discussed preserving their dignity within a possible Qin Family dynasty and forming a marriage alliance with Qin Jiuge.
• Quasi-Emperors on Qin Family territory observed the major forces through the Sky Profound Treasure Mirror and smiled.

Qin Jiuge rejected the Qin Family’s rumored plan to establish a royal dynasty, arguing that the family lacked a Great Emperor and should avoid rushing into a risky move. After the Quasi-Emperors left the decision in his hands, he ordered the Elders to soothe the clansmen and suppress rumors, then silenced an Elder who objected.

• Qin Jiuge told the Qin Family Quasi-Emperors that the family should not establish a royal dynasty before producing a Great Emperor.
• The Quasi-Emperors praised Qin Jiuge’s judgment and left future family decisions to him.
• Qin Jiuge summoned Qin Run, Qin Shidi, Qin Wuchen, and the other Supreme Realm cultivators and Elders to discuss the dynasty rumors.
• Qin Jiuge announced that the Qin Family would not establish a royal dynasty and ordered the Elders to calm the clansmen and dispel the rumors.
• When an Elder questioned the decision, Qin Jiuge challenged him to persuade the Quasi-Emperors, and the Elder backed down.

Qin Jiuge reassured himself that Qin Run, Qin Shidi, and Qin Wuchen remained loyal, then decided to test who truly supported the Qin Family. At the Flame Sacred Land, Huo Linglong ordered the elders to follow the Qin Family’s lead and hunt down their fugitive Great Elder, prompting Tianxuan Elder to pursue the position of Great Elder.

• Qin Shidi, Qin Run, and Qin Wuchen each pledged to follow Qin Jiuge’s decisions about the Qin Family’s imperial dynasty.
• Qin Jiuge watched them leave and resolved to see how many people were truly loyal to the Qin Family.
• Huo Linglong ordered the Flame Sacred Land’s elders to follow the Qin Family’s lead and put their fugitive Great Elder on the wanted list.
• The Flame Sacred Land elders speculated that whoever captured the Great Elder could succeed him, and they identified Tianxuan Elder as the strongest candidate.
• Tianxuan Elder agreed to pursue the position, and his younger brother promised to find the fugitive and secure the post for him.

The Flame Sacred Land's former Great Elder hid as Apothecary Proprietor Wang in Clear Water Town, resentful of the Qin Family and the Holy Land’s defeat. After he evaded a town-wide manhunt, someone arrived at his apothecary and greeted him as the Great Elder.

• The former Great Elder lived in disguise as Old Wang, selling cheap medicinal herbs in Clear Water Town while keeping his Supreme Realm cultivation hidden.
• He brooded over his defeat, blamed the Qin Family and an assassin organization, and feared being discovered if he fled elsewhere.
• Monk-robed cultivators posted wanted notices offering rewards for information leading to the Great Elder’s capture.
• Old Wang joined the townspeople in loudly condemning the Great Elder to conceal his identity, then remained undiscovered when Flame Sacred Land cultivators searched the town.
• After a knock at the apothecary door, Old Wang opened it, and the visitor greeted him as the Great Elder.

Tian Xuan and his allies trapped the Flame Sacred Land’s Great Elder in the Sky Burning Great Formation, but he escaped with the Yin Yang Treasure Bottle. Meanwhile, Liu Shihan confronted Chen Xuanxuan’s continued insults toward the Qin Family and prepared to raise the matter with Xu Lang.

• Tian Xuan revealed the Purification Lotus and fought the Flame Sacred Land’s Great Elder inside the formation surrounding the Wang Family Medicine Shop.
• Clear Water Town’s residents watched the battle and realized that the apparently ordinary Old Wang was the Flame Sacred Land’s Great Elder.
• Tian Xuan activated the Sky Burning Great Formation, but the Great Elder used the Yin Yang Treasure Bottle and a thread of Nine-Origin Heavy Water to break through and flee.
• Tian Xuan revealed that the Sacred Lord had also come to pursue the traitor, while the Great Elder escaped and wondered how his hiding place had been discovered.
• On Sky Profound Mountain, Chen Xuanxuan disparaged the Qin Family’s ambition to establish a Divine Dynasty, and Liu Shihan decided she could no longer let the insults continue.
• Chen Xuanxuan challenged Liu Shihan for ignoring her and invoked their equal standing before Xu Lang.

Xu Lang sent Chen Xuanxuan to the Qin Family after confronting her about her treatment of Liu Shihan. Meanwhile, Huo Linglong executed the Flame Sacred Land's Great Elder, and Xu Lang arrived at the Qin Residence to see Qin Jiuge.

• Liu Shihan tried to tell Xu Lang about Chen Xuanxuan but found herself unable to speak, so Xu Lang questioned Chen Xuanxuan instead.
• Chen Xuanxuan claimed she had disciplined Liu Shihan on Xu Lang's behalf, and Xu Lang ordered her to go to the Qin Family.
• Huo Linglong arrived with the Flame Lotus and told the Great Elder that his true offense was fleeing from battle; the Emperor Weapon then burned him to ashes.
• Tian Xuan arrived after the Great Elder's execution, and a companion asked whether Huo Linglong or Tian Xuan would receive credit for it.
• Xu Lang visited the Qin Residence and said he had missed Qin Jiuge since their meeting on Cloud Sea Island.

Xu Lang visited Qin Jiuge and gave him Chen Xuanxuan, whose Heavenly Yin Physique made her a valuable auxiliary cultivator. After Chen Xuanxuan revealed her arrogant nature and tried to return to Xu Lang, Qin Jiuge ordered Qin Run to find her a place among the Qin Family and planned to demand compensation from Xu Lang.

• Qin Run escorted Xu Lang and his two maidservants into the Qin Residence, where Qin Jiuge welcomed him in the Ten-Mile Peach Grove.
• Xu Lang presented Chen Xuanxuan, who had the Heavenly Yin Physique, and revealed that he had reached the Supreme Realm.
• After Xu Lang left, Chen Xuanxuan tried to chase after him and demanded to be sent back, while Qin Run explained her reputation for arrogance and contempt toward Qin Jiuge.
• Chen Xuanxuan ordered Qin Jiuge and Qin Run around, then attacked them with Sword Qi, which Qin Jiuge dispersed with his Half-step Supreme Realm aura.
• Qin Jiuge ordered Qin Run to arrange Chen Xuanxuan's placement with a Qin Family young man and said Xu Lang would have to compensate him.

Qin Run dealt harshly with Chen Xuanxuan, while the Flame Sacred Land appointed Tian Xuan to lead cooperation with the Qin Family. Xu Lang explained why he had given Chen Xuanxuan away and worried about the Rogue Cultivator Alliance’s First Prodigy emerging from seclusion; the chapter ended with Mo Wushang practicing swordsmanship as the Divine Sword Sect’s prodigy.

• Qin Run slapped Chen Xuanxuan and ordered his subordinates to deal with her.
• Sacred Lord Huo Linglong appointed Tian Xuan as Great Elder and tasked him with handling cooperation negotiations with the Qin Family.
• Liu Shihan questioned Xu Lang about giving Chen Xuanxuan to the Qin Family, and Xu Lang explained his reasons and voiced concern about the Rogue Cultivator Alliance’s First Prodigy.
• Mo Wushang practiced the Divine Sword Sect’s sword arts and emerged from the bamboo forest, impressing his fellow disciples.