Chapter Summaries

The Golden Silver Elders intercepted Qin Jiuge, Lian Nishang, and Shi Feiyu and escorted them toward the Sky Origin Dynasty’s capital. Qin Jiuge explained the dynasty’s strength and the danger of provoking it, while the news of Jian Shisan’s injuries reached Lin'an City.

• The Golden Silver Elders blocked Qin Jiuge’s departure and released Lian Nishang and Shi Feiyu after he demanded it.
• Lian Nishang protested the Sky Origin Dynasty’s treatment, while Shi Feiyu urged her to show the elders respect.
• The Golden Silver Elders invited Qin Jiuge and his companions aboard a Divine Boat bound for the dynasty’s capital.
• Qin Jiuge explained that the Sky Origin Dynasty rivaled or surpassed the Sky Phoenix Dynasty and warned that they could not act recklessly.
• Lian Nishang recognized the risk of being detained as hostages, and Qin Jiuge agreed they had to consider their decisions carefully.
• News of Jian Shisan’s injuries reached Lin'an City, the capital of the Sky Origin Dynasty.

Crown Prince Zhu Chengan refused his retainers’ proposal to seize Qin Jiuge and planned to involve his younger sisters in the imperial family’s efforts. After Qin Jiuge arrived in Lin'an City, news of his stay spread, and Vermilion Bird urged Li Xuanmiao to go to the Sky Origin Dynasty before its schemes made him the imperial son-in-law.

• Zhu Chengan rebuked his retainers for suggesting that the Eastern Palace seize Qin Jiuge and said his younger sisters should act.
• The Golden Silver Elders left Qin Jiuge after bringing him to Lin'an City, and Shi Feiyu explained that his presence affected the Sky Origin Dynasty’s National Destiny.
• Shi Feiyu went to visit a Cihang Jingzhai base, and Lian Nishang followed her after Qin Jiuge gave permission.
• Word spread that Qin Jiuge remained in the Sky Origin Dynasty, drawing the attention of powers across the continent.
• Li Xuanmiao thanked Vermilion Bird for helping her master the Tian Xuan Divination Method, and Vermilion Bird urged her to go to the Sky Origin Dynasty to help Qin Jiuge.

Li Xuanmiao, Sikong Changfeng, and Li Changge responded to Qin Jiuge’s troubles with the Sky Origin Dynasty by making plans to go to Sky Origin Capital. Li Piaomiao was ordered to accompany them, and she asked Sima Lang for a way out of her predicament.

• Li Xuanmiao welcomed news that the Sky Origin Dynasty was scheming against Qin Jiuge, and he and the Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor decided to visit Lin'an City.
• Sikong Changfeng told Xu Lang about Zhu Chengan’s treacherous nature, and the two eagerly prepared to travel to the Sky Origin Dynasty to watch Qin Jiuge’s troubles unfold.
• Li Piaomiao and Feng Ming returned to the imperial capital and went to Wutong Pavilion, where Li Piaomiao warned Li Changge that Zhu Chengan would not easily let Qin Jiuge go.
• Li Changge ordered Li Piaomiao, Feng Ming, and Sima Lang to go to Sky Origin Capital and protect the Qin Family and Qin Jiuge, while Wutong Pavilion’s affairs were suspended.
• After Li Changge left, Li Piaomiao complained about having to appease Qin Jiuge again and asked Sima Lang to help her escape the situation.

Li Piaomiao and Sima Lang prepared to travel to the Sky Origin Dynasty as attention gathered around it, while Qin Jiuge rejected a princess’s attempt to seduce him and focused on cultivation. In the Eastern Palace, Zhu Chengan learned that none of his younger sisters had succeeded and was advised to offer them tangible incentives.

• Sima Lang told Li Piaomiao that the Eldest Princess’s arrangements were reasonable, then agreed with Feng Ming that they should leave for the Sky Origin Dynasty as soon as possible.
• A Sky Origin Dynasty Princess tried to seduce Qin Jiuge, but after six hours he sent her away without giving in.
• Shi Feiyu praised Qin Jiuge, while Lian Nishang offered herself to him and asked him not to be with other women in the Sky Origin Dynasty; he declined and returned to cultivating.
• Shi Feiyu considered asking Lian Nishang to help Cihang Jingzhai gain Qin Jiuge’s favor.
• Zhu Chengan learned from Liu Sanshui that none of his younger sisters had succeeded, and Liu Sanshui advised him to offer them tangible conditions instead of relying on pressure.

Zhu Chengan offered the Ageless Flower as a reward for the Princesses to win over Qin Jiuge, drawing Zhu Jiang to demand it from him. After Qin Jiuge insulted her and refused to help, Zhu Jiang camped outside his residence, while Lian Nishang and Shi Feiyu avoided confronting her.

• Liu Sanshui suggested that Zhu Chengan use the Ageless Flower to motivate the Princesses to win over Qin Jiuge, and Zhu Chengan agreed.
• News of the reward spread through the capital, and Zhu Jiang went to the Eastern Palace to ask Zhu Chengan for the Ageless Flower, but he refused unless she helped secure a marriage alliance with Qin Jiuge.
• Zhu Jiang went to Qin Jiuge's residence and asked him to persuade Zhu Chengan, but Qin Jiuge called her a madwoman and walked away.
• Zhu Jiang demanded an apology and threatened Qin Jiuge, but he reacted indifferently and she refused to leave.
• Lian Nishang and Shi Feiyu avoided confronting Zhu Jiang because of her status, while Zhu Jiang guarded Qin Jiuge's entrance until night.

Zhu Jiang kept demanding an Ageless Flower from Qin Jiuge, while Zhu Chengan secretly saw her harassment as a way to secure a marriage alliance. Meanwhile, Li Piaomiao and other powerful figures arrived in Sky Origin Capital to seek Qin Jiuge, and Sikong Changfeng’s party reached his courtyard.

• Zhu Jiang returned to Qin Jiuge the next morning and demanded an Ageless Flower, but Qin Jiuge refused to seek one from Zhu Chengan and walked away.
• Qin Jiuge asked Zhu Chengan to stop Zhu Jiang from pestering him, but Zhu Chengan insisted that their marriage alliance would benefit the Sky Origin Dynasty.
• After Qin Jiuge left, Zhu Chengan laughed with Liu Sanshui and revealed that he had deliberately used Zhu Jiang’s harassment to bring Qin Jiuge into the imperial family.
• Li Piaomiao and Feng Ming arrived in Sky Origin Capital and began searching for Qin Jiuge.
• Sikong Changfeng arrived at Qin Jiuge’s courtyard with Xu Lang, who asked Lian Nishang and Shi Feiyu whether they would let the group enter or make them fight first.

Sikong Changfeng and Xu Lang plotted to make Qin Jiuge suspicious of those around him, intending to profit from the turmoil in Sky Origin Capital. The chapter ended with Zhu Jiang returning to Zhu Chengan to complain about Qin Jiuge after failing to obtain the Ageless Flower.

• Lian Nishang and Shi Feiyu withdrew after Sikong Changfeng demonstrated that he could easily overpower them.
• Qin Jiuge confronted Sikong Changfeng and Xu Lang, but Sikong silenced Xu Lang and claimed he had come to help.
• Qin Jiuge remained suspicious of Sikong Changfeng's explanation and left the two men alone.
• Sikong Changfeng revealed that he wanted Qin Jiuge to suspect his allies so the dispute in Sky Origin Capital would become more profitable.
• Xu Lang agreed to cooperate with Sikong Changfeng and said the Rogue Cultivator Alliance would avoid internal strife.
• Zhu Jiang returned to Zhu Chengan, still upset that she had not obtained the Ageless Flower, and began complaining about Qin Jiuge.

Zhu Chengan explained to Zhu Jiang that the Sky Origin Dynasty needed Qin Jiuge’s support to counter the Sky Phoenix Dynasty, while Li Piaomiao proposed a fake marriage to Qin Jiuge. The chapter ended with Qin Jiuge demanding that Li Piaomiao break through to the late stage of the Supreme Realm so the Sky Phoenix Dynasty might replace her.

• Zhu Chengan told Zhu Jiang that the imperial family’s effort to win over Qin Jiuge involved the Old Ancestor and was essential to prevent the Sky Phoenix Dynasty from gaining an overwhelming advantage.
• Zhu Jiang regretted offending Qin Jiuge and resolved to make amends, while her maid Cui Cui suggested that she marry him.
• Zhu Chengan told Liu Sanshui that he would accept even his own sacrifice to protect the Sky Origin Dynasty.
• Li Piaomiao dismissed Feng Ming and told Qin Jiuge that she had been pressured into pursuing him by the Sky Phoenix Dynasty’s royal family and Old Ancestors.
• Li Piaomiao offered Qin Jiuge a fake marriage and asked him to name his price, but Qin Jiuge told her to break through to the late stage of the Supreme Realm so the dynasty might replace her.

Qin Jiuge rejected Li Piaomiao’s marriage proposal as the Red Armored Guards surrounded his residence to pressure him into submission. As Sikong Changfeng, Xu Lang, the Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor, and Li Xuanmiao wagered on whether he could escape, the night remained silent and Qin Jiuge’s fate was unresolved.

• Qin Jiuge rejected Li Piaomiao’s proposal and suggested they keep dragging out their dispute.
• After Li Piaomiao left, the Red Armored Guards descended on Tianxing Courtyard, where Qin Jiuge was staying.
• Xu Lang urged Qin Jiuge to submit, but Qin Jiuge pointed out that the Sky Phoenix Dynasty would still pursue them.
• Xu Lang and Sikong Changfeng wagered on whether Qin Jiuge could escape, and the Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor and Li Xuanmiao joined them.
• The four men offered treasured items as stakes and watched Qin Jiuge’s residence, but nothing happened before the night ended.

Zhu Chengan watched rival factions gather in the Sky Origin Capital while Qin Jiuge stabilized his cultivation and the wager over his choice grew more complicated. After Qin realized a teleportation formation could help him escape, the Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor and Sikong Changfeng left together to make their own plans.

• Zhu Chengan learned that envoys from Sky Phoenix City and Sky Profound City had arrived, then stayed in the Eastern Palace to project calm authority.
• Qin Jiuge stabilized his cultivation at the seventh level of the Supreme Realm while Sikong Changfeng praised him and Xu Lang warned him about the Sky Origin Dynasty.
• Xu Lang mentioned teleportation formations, giving Qin Jiuge the idea that he could use one to leave the capital.
• Li Xuanmiao and Xu Lang discussed using methods to influence Qin Jiuge's choice, while the Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor and Sikong Changfeng listened.
• The Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor and Sikong Changfeng departed together, and the Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor asked Sikong Changfeng whether he knew what to do.

Qin Jiuge and his allies tried to escape Sky Origin Capital through teleportation arrays, but Zhu Chengan’s blockade stopped them. Zhu Chengan then pressed Qin Jiuge to join the Sky Origin Dynasty while Li Xuanmiao and Xu Lang urged him to accept, leaving their real motives unclear.

• Li Xuanmiao and Xu Lang asked Zhu Chengan to support their wager, and Zhu Chengan agreed to help them win Qin Jiuge over.
• The Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor and Sikong Changfeng told Qin Jiuge about the wager and blamed Xu Lang for starting it.
• Qin Jiuge, the Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor, and Sikong Changfeng tried to reach a teleportation array, but Liu Sanshui blocked them at an Eastern Palace-controlled site.
• Zhu Chengan’s blockade order led to the teleportation arrays outside the capital being heavily guarded or destroyed, thwarting Qin Jiuge’s escape plan.
• Zhu Chengan confronted Qin Jiuge in his courtyard and urged him to stay, while Li Xuanmiao and Xu Lang publicly encouraged him to join the Sky Origin Dynasty.

Qin Jiuge tried to buy time as Zhu Chengan sought to secure the Qin Family’s support for the Sky Origin Dynasty. The next morning, Zhu Chengan challenged Li Changge to a duel that could decide which dynasty gained the Qin Family’s allegiance.

• The Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor and Sikong Changfeng revealed they had countered Li Xuanmiao and Xu Lang’s wager, then agreed to stop interfering after Zhu Chengan offered more stakes.
• Qin Jiuge told Zhu Chengan to resolve the conflict with the Sky Phoenix Dynasty and consult the Qin Family’s First Hall Master before expecting him to commit; Zhu Chengan agreed and left to arrange matters.
• Sikong Changfeng told Li Xuanmiao that Qin Jiuge was only delaying, while Qin Jiuge explained to Lian Nishang that they might have to remain in the Sky Origin Dynasty and seek refuge near its border.
• Qin Jiuge reassured Lian Nishang, who stayed in his room that night.
• The next morning, Zhu Chengan issued a challenge letter to Li Changge, intending to make a fair duel determine which dynasty could claim the Qin Family’s support.

Zhu Chengan challenged Li Changge to a decisive battle over the Qin Family’s allegiance, leaving Qin Jiuge worried that the conflict would make his position in the Sky Origin Dynasty more difficult. After Zhu Jiang blamed him for the challenge, Qin Jiuge slipped away while Xu Lang distracted her.

• Li Changge accepted Zhu Chengan’s challenge and declared she would fight him on the thirteenth of July.
• Sikong Changfeng told Qin Jiuge he would stay neutral and let the battle create opportunities for him.
• Zhu Jiang accused Qin Jiuge of causing Zhu Chengan to challenge Li Changge, and Qin Jiuge asked Xu Lang to handle her before escaping.
• Xu Lang calmed Zhu Jiang by promising Qin Jiuge would speak with Zhu Chengan, then Sikong Changfeng warned that Zhu Jiang might turn on Xu Lang when she learned Qin Jiuge had left.

On July thirteenth, Li Changge and Zhu Chengan prepared to face each other at Great Snow Dragon Lake, with the continent's factions watching closely. As the duel approached, Qin Jiuge and his companions discussed their bets, while the chapter left Sikong Changfeng's true pick unclear.

• Li Changge arrived at Tranquil Heart Island with Wutong Pavilion and used the Wutong Seven Transformations Technique to establish a defensive formation.
• Qin Jiuge and Sikong Changfeng declined to predict whether Zhu Chengan or Li Changge would win when Zhu Chengan asked them.
• Xu Lang asked Sikong Changfeng which prodigy to bet on, and Sikong Changfeng prompted him to reconsider his choice; Xu Lang left to adjust his bet.
• Qin Jiuge gave Xu Lang a token and asked him to adjust his own bet before returning to the warship.
• Qin Jiuge told Zhu Chengan he had bet on him, while Sikong Changfeng said he had never clearly stated his position.

Zhu Chengan and Li Changge began their decisive battle over Great Snow Dragon Lake, opening with a clash between the National Destiny of their dynasties. As the battle drew powerful observers to the lake, the Four Symbols Quasi-Emperor celebrated Lian Nishang’s connection to the Qin Family, while the Divine Sword Quasi-Emperor searched in vain for his prized disciple.

• Qin Jiuge and Zhu Chengan exchanged confident words aboard the ship before the Sky Origin Dynasty’s Flying Divine Boat landed near Tranquil Heart Island.
• Zhu Chengan faced Li Changge above the lake, and their auras clashed before either attacked.
• Li Changge sent a phoenix-fire attack at Zhu Chengan, who summoned a golden dragon; their embodiments of National Destiny fought fiercely.
• Powerful experts, including Luo Xingchen and the Divine Sword Quasi-Emperor, arrived to watch the battle.
• The Divine Sword Quasi-Emperor joined Lian Nishang, while the Four Symbols Quasi-Emperor praised her ties to the Qin Family and celebrated the prospect of a marriage alliance.

The Four Symbols Quasi-Emperor welcomed Qin Jiuge as his son-in-law and followed his bet on Zhu Chengan. Above Great Snow Dragon Lake, Zhu Chengan and Li Changge began a fierce duel, which prompted Quasi-Emperor experts from both factions to intervene.

• The Four Symbols Quasi-Emperor urged Qin Jiuge to treat Lian Nishang well and pledged the Four Symbols Sect's support for them.
• Qin Jiuge said he had bet on Zhu Chengan, so the Four Symbols Quasi-Emperor wagered the sect's resources on Zhu Chengan too.
• Shi Feiyu watched Qin Jiuge and Lian Nishang grow closer and resolved to fight for a chance with Qin Jiuge.
• Zhu Chengan attacked Li Changge with ice pillars, but Li Changge melted them with her Phoenix True Flame.
• Zhu Chengan and Li Changge traded increasingly powerful attacks as Sikong Changfeng warned that their battle could evaporate the lake.
• Quasi-Emperor experts from the Heavenly Phoenix Dynasty and the Sky Origin Dynasty arrived around Great Snow Dragon Lake and began forming seals.

Zhu Chengan and Li Changge unleashed their dynasties’ peerless secret arts, and their clash left the battlefield hidden in vapor. Zhu Chengan claimed victory, but Qin Jiuge and the Four Symbols Quasi-Emperor recognized that Li Changge remained protected and had grown stronger after Nirvana, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Zhu Chengan and Li Changge fought evenly until they stopped holding back and activated their peerless secret arts.
• Zhu Chengan summoned the Earth Fire Furnace while Li Changge used Nine Revolutions Nirvana, and their attacks collided beneath sealing vapor.
• Zhu Chengan emerged holding Li Changge’s Sky Phoenix Long Spear and announced that she had lost by one move.
• Qin Jiuge doubted Zhu Chengan’s claim, and the Four Symbols Quasi-Emperor confirmed that Li Changge remained protected by her destruction secret art.
• Li Changge declared that Nirvana had made her stronger than ever and challenged Zhu Chengan to withstand more of her moves.

Li Changge revealed that her earlier passivity had been a plan to unleash her Nirvana power, while Qin Jiuge learned the duel’s risks had been contained by a formation. With the crowd focused on the battle, he tried to leave the Sky Origin Dynasty, but Zhu Jiang noticed and Xu Lang blocked her long enough for him to act.

• Li Changge used her Nirvana secret art to recover her strength and surge toward Zhu Chengan with greater power.
• Sikong Changfeng told Qin Jiuge that the Black Tortoise Heavenly Mechanism Formation would keep the duel’s impact on the dynasties’ Fortune within acceptable limits.
• Qin Jiuge arranged with the Four Symbols Quasi-Emperor and other factions to help him leave the Sky Origin Dynasty unnoticed.
• Zhu Jiang spotted Qin Jiuge’s plan and moved to stop him, but Xu Lang stepped in and held her off.

Qin Jiuge escaped the Sky Origin Dynasty after its elders chose not to provoke the powerful factions supporting him. As he set out to handle the Sky Phoenix Dynasty and dangers within the Qin Family, Yin Tingting and a group of overseas geniuses ambushed him and gave chase.

• Sikong Changfeng disrupted the flying divine ark's formations, allowing Qin Jiuge to escape while Zhu Jiang learned that the Sky Origin Dynasty had never intended to hold him indefinitely.
• Qin Jiuge left Great Snow Dragon Lake with Lian Nishang, Shi Feiyu, and the others, planning to address the Sky Phoenix Dynasty and threats within the Qin Family.
• Yin Tingting appeared from the forest and confronted Qin Jiuge alongside more than a dozen overseas geniuses, including the Young Sect Master of the Heavenly Saber Sect and the unwilling Sky Covering Divine Child.
• Qin Jiuge used the Kunpeng Treasure Tree's power to fly away at great speed, but the overseas geniuses activated their spiritual treasures and pursued him.

Qin Jiuge fled from the overseas prodigies while the hidden Quasi-Emperors of the Qin Family Alliance secretly followed, refusing to intervene. The pursuers trapped him and revealed that they intended to take him to Jianghua Island for a short stay, offering a Heavenly Blood Pool as compensation.

• Qin Jiuge called for the First Hall Master and Feng Hu Supreme to help, then cursed when no one answered and sped away from his pursuers.
• The First Hall Master, Feng Hu Supreme, Lan Batian, Jiang Haoyu, Jiang Teng, and other Quasi-Emperors secretly followed Qin Jiuge, planning to let the younger generation temper him.
• The Sky Fox Woman celebrated the prospect of capturing Qin Jiuge, while the Sky Covering Divine Child urged the overseas prodigies to hurry before the Qin Family's Quasi-Emperors arrived.
• The overseas prodigies surrounded Qin Jiuge with formations, weapons, and demon beasts, leaving him no way to escape.
• Han Qing told Qin Jiuge that they wanted to take him to Jianghua Island for several days and offered him a Heavenly Blood Pool.