Chapter Summaries

Blood Sea Daoist revealed that the dispute with the Xu Family arose from a marriage arrangement, which was suspended while Qin Jiuge escaped blame and Xu Lang blamed Li Xuanmiao. Meanwhile, Zhao Huanhuan and Zhao Tianming entered the Sky Profound Grand Competition, which began under the three hall masters’ supervision.

• Blood Sea Daoist explained the marriage arrangement behind the conflict, and the Rogue Cultivator Alliance’s Quasi-Emperors let him leave as the arrangement was put on hold.
• Qin Jiuge blamed Xu Lang for the trouble, and Xu Lang questioned his father, who clarified that the engagement involved a spirit body capable of growing spirit herbs, not Xu Lang’s marriage.
• Father Xu punished Xu Lang for his outburst, and Xu Lang decided Li Xuanmiao was responsible for his mistaken suspicion.
• Qin Jiuge remained a guest of the Xu Family, while Zhao Huanhuan told Zhao Tianming that her efforts were going well.
• Zhao Huanhuan and Zhao Tianming entered the competition venue, where White Tiger, Green Phoenix, and Shadow took their places and the chief steward announced the start of the Sky Profound City Competition.

As the Sky Profound City Grand Competition began, Qin Jiuge learned that the Heavenly Demon Palace Saintess Chen Jiaojiao had marked him as a target. He agreed to fight Li Xuanmiao on Sky Profound Mountain, and Xu Lang followed to watch.

• Li Xuanmiao showed Qin Jiuge and Xu Lang an intelligence slip listing Qin Jiuge among Chen Jiaojiao’s priority targets for absorbing yang energy.
• Li Xuanmiao warned that Chen Jiaojiao had nearly tempted a young monk from the Sound of Dharma Temple onto the demonic path.
• As the competition began, Li Xuanmiao challenged Qin Jiuge to a match, and Qin Jiuge accepted.
• Qin Jiuge chose Sky Profound Mountain as the place for their fight, and Li Xuanmiao agreed.
• Xu Lang hurried after Qin Jiuge and Li Xuanmiao, while the three Hall Masters watched their departure.

As Qin Jiuge prepared to face the Sky Profound Divine Son at Sky Profound Mountain, the surrounding powers debated whether to intervene and many factions headed there to watch. The chapter ended with Sky Profound Mountain crowded with Human Race cultivators and Demon Race members as the Grand Competition continued in the background.

• Green Phoenix said Qin Jiuge and the Sky Profound Divine Son would settle their conflict themselves, and the Hall Masters decided not to interfere.
• Li Piaomiao and Dai Quan left for Sky Profound Mountain, followed by Divine Maidens, prodigies, True Persons, and forces from several Sacred Lands and Immortal Imperial Clans.
• The Taichu Holy Lord kept Luo Xinghe away from the Sacred Land's center of power, while Luo Xinghe said Qin Jiuge would be safe.
• Lan Tianba decided not to lead the Lan Family to bolster Qin Jiuge, and Feng Hu Supreme declared that Qin Jiuge remained the Qin Family's hope for the future.
• The Sky Profound City Grand Competition continued as attention shifted toward Sky Profound Mountain, where crowds of Human Race cultivators and Demon Race members gathered.

Qin Jiuge and Li Xuanmiao fought atop Sky Profound Mountain, where Qin Jiuge’s mastery of the Kunpeng and Lightning Emperor Treasure Techniques pushed the duel into a stalemate. Li Piaomiao and Dai Quan recognized Qin Jiuge’s extraordinary potential, while Xu Lang watched and noted that Qin Jiuge had grown stronger.

• A Golden Flood Dragon in Tian Xuan Forest refused its servants’ request to intervene in the duel.
• Qin Jiuge used the Kunpeng Treasure Technique to evade Li Xuanmiao’s concealed approach and praised the Tian Xuan Secret Technique.
• Qin Jiuge unleashed the Lightning Emperor Treasure Technique, expanding a lightning domain that kept Li Xuanmiao from closing in.
• Li Piaomiao admitted she was no match for Qin Jiuge, and Dai Quan judged him a peerless prodigy who might become a fourth leading figure of the next generation.
• Xu Lang watched the battle and remarked that Qin Jiuge had grown stronger again.

Qin Jiuge and Li Xuanmiao continued their spar, with Qin Jiuge revealing that he had mastered the Lightning Emperor Treasure Technique to a terrifying degree. The crowd recognized Qin Jiuge’s potential to reach the Great Emperor Realm as the tournament’s leaders gathered to watch.

• Xu Lang lamented that Qin Jiuge and Li Xuanmiao had far outpaced him despite his own rapid cultivation.
• Li Xuanmiao used the Heavenly God Secret Technique’s strange footwork to evade Qin Jiuge’s lightning and close the distance between them.
• Li Xuanmiao struck at Qin Jiuge, but hit a clone, and Qin Jiuge revealed more clones within the lightning while declaring that Li Xuanmiao had lost.
• Li Xuanmiao asked for another chance to fight as Xu Lang and the onlookers realized Qin Jiuge had brought the Lightning Emperor Treasure Technique close to perfection.
• Dai Quan warned Li Piaomiao never to make an enemy of Qin Jiuge, who might reach the Great Emperor Realm.
• The tournament faded into the background as the First Hall Master, Green Phoenix, the Third Hall Master, and others gathered near the summit of Sky Profound Mountain to watch the spar.

Li Xuanmiao and Qin Jiuge continued their spar as Sky Profound City’s elders recognized Qin Jiuge’s exceptional talent and his insight into the Tian Xuan Secret Technique. Green Phoenix intervened when the fight intensified, ending the match and leaving Qin Jiuge composed before her.

• The Third Hall Master praised Qin Jiuge’s talent and said he might contend with the era’s greatest Child of Destiny candidates.
• Qin Jiuge questioned Li Xuanmiao about his foreknowledge and its possible connection to the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, but Li Xuanmiao answered only with a knowing smile.
• Young monk Zhishan briefly interrupted the spar, then withdrew after Qin Jiuge explained they were fighting in a controlled match.
• Li Xuanmiao attacked Qin Jiuge, striking a clone before Qin Jiuge’s Lightning Clones unleashed a Half-step Quasi-Emperor-level assault.
• Green Phoenix used her Quasi-Emperor Weapon to remove Li Xuanmiao from the battlefield and offered to face Qin Jiuge, who calmly declared the match over.

After Qin Jiuge defeated Li Xuanmiao, his growing reputation made competitors surrender rather than face him. Meanwhile, Chen Jiaojiao of the Heavenly Demon Palace plotted to use Qin Jiuge as a cultivation furnace and set her sights on Sky Profound City.

• The First Hall Master criticized Green Phoenix for intervening in Qin Jiuge and Li Xuanmiao’s fight, but Green Phoenix defended her actions and left.
• Qin Jiuge returned to the Xu Family, where Xu Lang marveled at his strength and tried to keep his mistaken marriage arrangement secret.
• Chen Jiaojiao studied Qin Jiuge’s abilities, planned to travel to Sky Profound City, and ordered her subordinates to exploit the Sound of Dharma Temple’s ties to the Qin Family.
• At the Sky Profound City competition, Qin Jiuge’s opponents surrendered as soon as they saw him, while the spectators praised his overwhelming deterrence.
• Qin Jiuge rejoined Xu Lang, Zhishan, and Zhao Tianming, then changed the subject when Zhao Tianming seemed eager to become his brother-in-law.

Qin Jiuge escaped Zhao Tianming’s marriage proposal and returned to the Xu Family after watching fierce tournament battles. There, Sikong Changfeng challenged his reputation but declined to fight, judging Qin Jiuge too weak to be his opponent.

• Zhao Tianming proposed an alliance through marriage between Cloud Sea Island and the Qin Family, but Qin Jiuge fled before he could answer.
• Zhishan admired Zhao Tianming’s persistence, while Qin Jiuge’s tournament matches ended with opponents surrendering and other cultivators fought fiercely.
• The spectators watched Myriad Souls Old Demon and Blood Drinking Sword battle at the Sky Profound City Grand Tournament.
• Qin Jiuge returned to the Xu Family and met Sikong Changfeng, the Rogue Cultivator Alliance’s First Prodigy, who praised his bearing but said he was too weak to fight.

Qin Jiuge challenged Sikong Changfeng, whose overwhelming strength pushed him to the brink and helped him break through to the second level of the Supreme Realm. Sikong Changfeng told Qin Jiuge he expected them to have a true battle someday, leaving their rivalry open for the future.

• Qin Jiuge followed Sikong Changfeng to the rear mountain region of Sky Profound Mountain and challenged him to a fight.
• Sikong Changfeng attacked with spear techniques, and Qin Jiuge used the Lightning Emperor Treasure Technique to keep pace despite the gap in their cultivation.
• Sikong Changfeng revealed that he had used only a small portion of his strength and challenged Qin Jiuge to continue fighting with lightning arts.
• Sikong Changfeng carefully maintained pressure as they exchanged blows, helping Qin Jiuge break through to the second level of the Supreme Realm.
• Qin Jiuge thanked Sikong Changfeng for his help, and Sikong Changfeng said they might someday fight as equals.

Qin Jiuge and Sikong Changfeng parted after their spar, which left the demon beasts of Tian Xuan Forest terrified and spread news of their draw. As Qin Jiuge consolidated his breakthrough, he explained to Li Xuanmiao and Xu Lang how badly they would fare against Sikong Changfeng, while Li Changge and the imperial family’s Great Elder watched footage of the battle.

• Sikong Changfeng departed after sparring with Qin Jiuge, and the demon Quasi-Emperor decided its forces would stay in Tian Xuan Forest while the two prodigies remained nearby.
• News spread that Qin Jiuge and Sikong Changfeng had fought to a draw, and Qin Jiuge consolidated his realm at the Xu Family.
• Li Xuanmiao returned to Qin Jiuge’s courtyard and asked how he and Qin Jiuge compared with Sikong Changfeng; Qin Jiuge said they would lose within thirty exchanges and could be killed within a hundred.
• Xu Lang asked the same question, and Qin Jiuge told him he would lose within ten exchanges, be killed within twenty, or be captured within thirty.
• Li Changge and the Great Elder of the imperial family watched the battle through a Profound Light Treasure Mirror, and the Great Elder praised Qin Jiuge’s performance against Sikong Changfeng.

Li Changge arranged for her younger sister Li Piaomiao to befriend Qin Jiuge, while the Sky Origin Dynasty considered a possible marriage alliance with him. As Qin Jiuge’s rising reputation stirred the continent, Bing Tian Ce accepted his inner elder’s guidance and Xu Lang agreed to spar with Qin Jiuge.

• Li Changge and the Imperial Great Elder agreed to have Li Piaomiao approach Qin Jiuge, and an imperial decree was sent to her in Sky Profound City.
• The Sky Origin Dynasty’s Crown Prince ordered Fan Wujiu to tell the princess at Sky Profound Mountain that he would consider a marriage alliance with Qin Jiuge.
• After hearing of Qin Jiuge’s battle and Sikong Changfeng’s recognition, Bing Tian Ce accepted the old man’s guidance and was told to break through at Repentance Cliff.
• Xu Lang admitted that he resented the gap between himself and Qin Jiuge, who offered to spar with him, and Xu Lang immediately made his move in the courtyard.

Qin Jiuge sparred with Xu Lang, who used his family’s speed-based secret arts and the Ghost Soul Bell to attack. Qin Jiuge matched his speed with the Kunpeng Treasure Technique, defeated him with lightning techniques, and left Xu Lang trapped in a lightning net after he tried a surprise attack.

• Xu Lang unleashed his speed-enhancing secret art and attacked Qin Jiuge with the Ghost Soul Bell’s sound-wave blades.
• Qin Jiuge dodged Xu Lang’s rapid strikes until Xu Lang warned that the sparring match would be pointless if he had to keep holding back.
• Qin Jiuge activated the Kunpeng Treasure Technique to match Xu Lang’s speed, then used the Lightning Emperor Treasure Technique to land a kick that sent Xu Lang crashing into a mountain wall.
• Qin Jiuge charged into the pit and beat Xu Lang until Xu Lang admitted defeat and begged him to stop.
• Xu Lang attacked again with the Ghost Soul Bell, but Qin Jiuge evaded the sound waves and trapped him in a lightning net.
• Xu Lang admitted defeat again and asked Qin Jiuge to release him from the net.

Qin Jiuge defeated Xu Lang and heard Zhishan Young Monk warn that powerful factions had come to Sky Profound City seeking to tie red strings with him. As Demonic Sect members arrived and argued over their plans, Chen Jiaojiao ordered her followers to locate Qin Jiuge.

• Qin Jiuge defeated Xu Lang, then told him that his weaker cultivation and limited experience had made the loss inevitable.
• Zhishan Young Monk warned Qin Jiuge that the Sky Phoenix Dynasty, the Sky Origin Dynasty, overseas factions, and the Demonic Sect had come seeking him.
• Zhishan Young Monk cautioned Qin Jiuge about the Demonic Sect's women, then ran off before Qin Jiuge could question him further.
• Demonic Sect members gathered in Sky Profound City and argued over Chen Jiaojiao's interest in Qin Jiuge and the Divine Blade Sect's plans to test him.
• Chen Jiaojiao ordered her followers to find Qin Jiuge while other Demonic Sect members prepared their own schemes or waited to see what would happen.

Qin Jiuge learned that Demonic Sect forces planned to target him, and the Li Family deployed the Sky Profound Guards to search Sky Profound City. Chen Jiaojiao infiltrated the Xu Family but entered an illusion formation, where she believed she had captured Qin Jiuge.

• Qin Jiuge rejected calling in Qin Family forces, and Xu Lang urged Li Xuanmiao to use the Sky Profound Guards instead.
• The Sky Profound Guards imposed martial law, investigated newcomers, and expelled several Demonic Sect disciples.
• Chen Jiaojiao used a talisman to disrupt the Xu Family's outer formations and slipped inside.
• Xu Lang noticed the intruder and chose to let her enter the Xu Family's illusion formation rather than alert Qin Jiuge.
• Chen Jiaojiao saw an illusory Qin Jiuge and imagined making him her cultivation furnace.

Qin Jiuge left Chen Jiaojiao to Xu Lang, but she emerged furious and publicly accused Qin Jiuge of humiliating her, ruining his reputation across Sky Profound City. Qin Jiuge confronted Xu Lang, who denied spreading the story, leaving Qin unsure who had caused the scandal.

• Xu Lang arrived to find Qin Jiuge watching Chen Jiaojiao undress, and Qin left Xu Lang to deal with her.
• Chen Jiaojiao shouted threats at Qin Jiuge outside the Xu Family formation, furious that he had written two humiliating characters on her body without doing anything else to her.
• News spread through Sky Profound City that Qin Jiuge had humiliated Chen Jiaojiao, and Lian Hongshang and Zhao Huanhuan confronted him with scorn.
• Qin Jiuge used the Kunpeng Treasure Technique to reach Xu Lang and punched him, accusing him of spreading the story.
• Xu Lang defended himself with the Black Tortoise Shield and insisted that he had not caused the scandal, leaving Qin Jiuge to wonder who had.

Sikong Changfeng admitted to arranging a scheme against Qin Jiuge and used Li Xuanmiao’s favor to make him take the blame. As Qin Jiuge and Xu Lang confronted Li Xuanmiao, he realized Sikong had chosen him because his apparent motive would make him seem unlikely to be responsible, leaving him fearing what would happen when the truth emerged.

• Li Xuanmiao confronted Sikong Changfeng, who admitted he had arranged the scheme to give Qin Jiuge some fun.
• Sikong Changfeng invoked Li Xuanmiao’s debt to him and left, making Li fear he had been saddled with the blame.
• Xu Lang grabbed Li Xuanmiao and accused him of playing tricks as Qin Jiuge arrived beside him.
• Li denied involvement, suggested the Xu Family could also command City Lord’s Mansion guards, and ordered an investigation.
• Qin Jiuge remained suspicious while Xu Lang began to believe Li, who realized Sikong had chosen him because his apparent motive made him seem unlikely to be responsible.
• Li concluded that his fate was doomed when the truth came to light.

Xu Lang and Li Xuanmiao agreed to find a culprit within three days, then planned to blame the Demonic Sect as rumors exposed their scheme and the sect members fled. Liu Shiyi tried to tell Qin Jiuge that Sikong Changfeng was behind the slander, but Qin Jiuge repeatedly claimed he was not curious and left before she could reveal the name.

• Xu Lang and Li Xuanmiao asked Qin Jiuge for three days to investigate, and he warned them to produce a result or take responsibility.
• Unable to find clues, Xu Lang and Li Xuanmiao decided to make the Demonic Sect take the blame, but rumors spread about their plan and they rushed to find the sect members.
• Li Xuanmiao found a Demonic Sect hiding place empty and accused Sikong Changfeng of orchestrating the situation.
• Liu Shiyi visited Qin Jiuge in her male disguise and teased him about the rumors involving Chen Jiaojiao.
• Liu Shiyi hinted that she had discovered the culprit, but Qin Jiuge repeatedly said he was not curious and left before she could name Sikong Changfeng.

Liu Shiyi accepted that she could not help Qin Jiuge, while Chen Jiaojiao plotted to turn the other Demonic Sect factions against him. Three days later, Li Xuanmiao claimed responsibility for the attack as Qin Jiuge arrived to investigate.

• Old Man Su calmed Liu Shiyi, who wondered whether Qin Jiuge had already guessed what happened.
• Mietiansheng and other Demonic Sect members mocked Chen Jiaojiao, but she refused to challenge Qin Jiuge again.
• Chen Jiaojiao told her disciples to watch for the other factions’ attempts against Qin Jiuge so the Heavenly Demon Palace could regain face when they failed.
• Three days later, Qin Jiuge found Xu Lang and Li Xuanmiao fighting over who was responsible for the attack.
• Li Xuanmiao claimed he had arranged the matter and said he could not stand Qin Jiuge.

Li Piaomiao learned that the Sky Phoenix Dynasty had arranged a marriage alliance between her and Qin Jiuge, then visited him at the Xu Family to discuss it. Qin Jiuge refused the alliance, leaving their arrangement unresolved.

• Xu Lang praised Li Xuanmiao for his bold words, while Li Xuanmiao privately blamed Sikong Changfeng for making him say them.
• Qin Jiuge ended the confrontation and left, while Li Xuanmiao realized he had guessed who was behind the trouble and Xu Lang unsuccessfully pressed him for an explanation.
• Li Piaomiao received a message ordering her to marry Qin Jiuge and reluctantly accepted the Imperial Clan's decision.
• Li Piaomiao went to the Xu Family and explained the marriage alliance to Qin Jiuge, arguing that such arrangements were normal for their families.
• Qin Jiuge told Li Piaomiao that he refused the marriage alliance.

Qin Jiuge rejected Li Piaomiao’s proposed marriage alliance with the Sky Phoenix Dynasty, while she struggled with the consequences of failing the Eldest Princess’s mission. Rumors then spread that several major powers were seeking an alliance with the Qin Family, and Zhao Huanhuan began to regret her doubts about Qin Jiuge.

• Qin Jiuge told Li Piaomiao he had no interest in marrying her and argued that an unwilling alliance would not benefit either the Qin Family or the Sky Phoenix Dynasty.
• Li Piaomiao left without securing an agreement, and the Guardian reminded her that failing the Eldest Princess’s assignment could hinder her cultivation prospects.
• Li Piaomiao wondered whether she could choose someone other than Qin Jiuge, but the Guardian told her to ask the Eldest Princess.
• Rumors spread through Sky Profound City that the Sky Phoenix Dynasty, the Sky Origin Dynasty, and possibly the Rogue Cultivator Alliance were seeking an alliance with the Qin Family.
• Zhao Huanhuan asked Zhao Tianming whether Qin Jiuge had acted shamefully, and Zhao Tianming said he had likely been framed; Zhao Huanhuan regretted her mistake.