Chapter Summaries

Qin Jiuge and Tian Yao Kui watched Yao Wuchang return to the Three-Eyed Royal Clan, where his victory over the Pitcher Plant Dragon earned him a reward and the clan’s attention. His success gave the Magic Eye Faction hope that he could challenge the clan’s other prodigies.

• Tian Yao Kui questioned Qin Jiuge about his motives, and he said he wanted the Three-Eyed Royal Clan’s Fortune for a secret cultivation method.
• Qin Jiuge explained that his method required the Fortune of a Person of Destiny and could aid his cultivation.
• Yao Wuchang delivered the Pitcher Plant Dragon’s corpse to the Mission Hall, where the Elder confirmed he had killed it using the Three Lives Method.
• The Mission Hall Elder gave Yao Wuchang his reward, and clan members praised his strength and potential.
• The Three-Eyed Royal Clan’s higher-ups considered Yao Wuchang a possible challenger to Yao Tianran and Yao Qingmie, and the Magic Eye Faction pinned its hopes on his rise.

Yao Wuchang joined the Three-Eyed Royal Clan’s Magic Eye Faction, which provided resources for his breakthrough and warned him that the other factions viewed him as a threat. He resumed cultivating while Yao Tianran and Yao Qingmian prepared to advance their own positions.

• Qin Jiuge advised Yao Wuchang to stay calm and warned him not to overestimate the unity of any faction.
• An Elder invited Yao Wuchang to join the Magic Eye Faction, tested his resolve, and gave him a mark and resources for his breakthrough to the Quasi Emperor Realm.
• The Elder warned Yao Wuchang that the Life-Eye and Death-Eye Factions had set their sights on him and told him to avoid going out.
• After the Elder left, Qin Jiuge sent Yao Wuchang back to cultivation instead of letting him celebrate.
• Yao Tianran dismissed Yao Wuchang’s new backing as no real obstacle while the Death-Eye Elders guarded his breakthrough.
• Yao Qingmian considered Yao Wuchang’s potential, but the Life-Eye Elders urged him to focus on reaching the Quasi Emperor Realm and contending with Yao Tianran.

Qin Jiuge and Tian Yao Kui waited in Three-Eyed Royal City for the Three-Eyed Royal Clan to fall into chaos, while strange activity suggested other forces were moving ahead of their plan. The King of Zhenbei’s people and the Purple-Clothed County Marquis’s Residence arrived to confront the Heavenly Yao Emperor’s growing influence.

• Qin Jiuge explained that Heavenly Yao City, Heavenly Yao Palace, and his Qin Family would strike when the Three-Eyed Royal Clan fell into chaos, and Tian Yao Kui reluctantly agreed to wait.
• Unrest spread through Three-Eyed Royal City as unfamiliar faces appeared and the Armored Ant Army increased its patrols.
• Tian Yao Kui prepared to reveal her cultivation and confront the hidden actors, but Qin Jiuge restrained her and told her their plans remained secure.
• Tian Yao Kui clung to Qin Jiuge and agreed to listen to him as a group of uninvited guests arrived in Three-Eyed Royal City.
• Han Qin Hu argued with a representative of the Purple-Clothed County Marquis’s Residence, acknowledging that they had helped uncover the Heavenly Yao Emperor’s plans while complaining about their repeated reminders.

Wu Jianzhang and Han Qin Hu arrived in Three-Eyed Royal City, prompting the Three-Eyed Royal Clan's Patriarch to challenge its three factions' prodigies to repel them in exchange for a rare divine ability seed. The factions prepared their candidates, while the Magic Eye Faction's Elders approached Yao Wuchang with an urgent matter.

• Wu Jianzhang and Han Qin Hu entered Three-Eyed Royal City, alarming its residents and drawing the attention of the Three-Eyed Royal Clan.
• The clan's Patriarch rebuked his Elders for panicking and offered the Three-Eyed Divine Ability to whichever of the clan's three prodigies could repel the visitors.
• The Life-Eye and Death-Eye Factions urged Yao Qingmian and Yao Tianran to win the reward, while Yao Wuchang cultivated to close the gap with them.
• The Magic Eye Faction's Elders came to Yao Wuchang, whose recent breakthrough to the Supreme Realm gave their faction a chance to compete, and he asked what had happened.

Yao Wuchang accepted the Magic Eye Faction’s aid and prepared to contend for the Three-Eyed Divine Ability, relying on Qin Jiuge for support. Meanwhile, Qin Jiuge assessed the arrival of Wu Jianzhang and Han Qin Hu in Three-Eyed Royal City as a move to pressure the Three-Eyed Royal Clan, while Tian Yao Kui urged him to kill them.

• A Magic Eye Faction Elder explained the contest for the Three-Eyed Divine Ability and gave Yao Wuchang a Divine Ability Jade Slip, treasures, and a Devouring Tiger Blade.
• Yao Wuchang absorbed the jade slip, learned the Three Inner-Born Blades, and asked Qin Jiuge to help him face Yao Tianran and Yao Qingmian.
• Qin Jiuge reassured Yao Wuchang that he might profit from the conflict between his rivals, and Yao Wuchang kept pressing him until he received a guarantee.
• Wu Jianzhang and Han Qin Hu arrived in Three-Eyed Royal City, prompting speculation that King of Zhenbei's Residence and Purple-Clothed County Marquis's Residence were challenging the Three-Eyed Royal Clan.
• Qin Jiuge told Tian Yao Kui that the visitors had likely come to intimidate the Three-Eyed Royal Clan, while she proposed killing them and he left the choice to her.

Tian Yao Kui ignored Qin Jiuge’s refusal to help and went to recruit Yao Wuchang, hoping to provoke a rescue if she fell into danger. She offered to help Yao Wuchang face his rivals, leaving him unsure whether to trust her.

• Tian Yao Kui persuaded herself that Qin Jiuge would come to save her if she got into trouble, then set off to find Yao Wuchang.
• Yao Wuchang arrived in Three-Eyed Royal City with the Treasure Pouch and Universe Bag and planned to wait for others to weaken his opponents.
• When Yao Wuchang sensed someone nearby, he attacked with his Bloodthirsty Saber, but found no one and headed for the city gates.
• Tian Yao Kui appeared, teased Yao Wuchang, and demanded that he call her Immortal Sister.
• Tian Yao Kui offered to help Yao Wuchang fight Yao Tianran and Yao Qingmian, and he weighed whether to accept her suspicious offer.

Qin Jiuge demanded that the Three-Eyed Royal Clan become vassals of the Heavenly Yao Emperor, and the Patriarch agreed, splitting the clan between those willing to submit and those who refused. The Patriarch then moved against the dissenters as the Heavenly Yao Emperor arrived and urged him to serve, promising help toward a breakthrough.

• Qin Jiuge told the Three-Eyed Royal Clan to surrender within three days or face the consequences.
• The Patriarch declared that the Three-Eyed Royal Clan would surrender, despite objections from several Elders.
• The Patriarch ordered the clansmen to choose a side, and the clan divided between supporters and opponents of surrender.
• Qin Jiuge crushed a transmission talisman to summon the Heavenly Yao Emperor, who arrived behind him.
• The Patriarch activated a formation against the dissenters, while the Heavenly Yao Emperor promised to help him reach the Great Emperor Realm.

The Three-Eyed Royal Clan submitted to the Heavenly Yao Emperor, and its Patriarch used the Eternal Spirit-Devouring Array to kill the Elders who had opposed the submission. As the clan’s assets and forces came under control, Yao Wuchang’s Fortune flowed to Qin Jiuge, opening his path toward a higher realm.

• The Patriarch of the Three-Eyed Royal Clan activated the Eternal Spirit-Devouring Array and killed the Elders who had chosen the wrong side.
• The Patriarch submitted the far southern lands to the Heavenly Yao Emperor, and the Vermilion Bird’s Fortune returned to the heavens.
• Han Qin Hu and Wu Jianzhang tried to flee Three-Eyed Royal City, but Yao Tianran and Yao Qingmian moved to stop them.
• Yao Qingmian called Yao Wuchang out of hiding, while Tian Yao Kui vanished to seek Qin Jiuge.
• Qin Jiuge and the Heavenly Yao Emperor took control of the Three-Eyed Royal Clan’s assets and restrained its forces.
• The system told Qin Jiuge that Yao Wuchang’s Fortune and will had become available to him, and Qin Jiuge sensed the threshold of a higher realm before vanishing.

The King of Zhenbei and the Purple-Clothed County Marquis pursued plans involving the Sky Origin Dynasty and the sealed Sky Origin Ancestor, while the King of Zhenbei secretly considered turning to the Heavenly Yao Emperor. Back in Heavenly Yao City, Li Changge reached the Half-step Great Emperor Realm with the help of the Vermilion Bird Fortune, leaving Qin Jiuge to congratulate his newly advanced wife.

• Tian Yao Kui confronted the Heavenly Yao Emperor, who blamed Qin Jiuge for keeping her out of the matter.
• The Purple-Clothed County Marquis urged the King of Zhenbei to join forces with the Sky Origin Dynasty to free the Sky Origin Ancestor, but the King of Zhenbei privately rejected the plan and set out to seek other allies.
• Yao Wuchang realized Qin Jiuge had stopped communicating with him and accepted that he would walk the Great Dao alone.
• Qin Jiuge returned to Heavenly Yao City and sensed Li Changge’s breakthrough, which resonated with the Vermilion Bird Fortune of the Far Southern Land.
• Feng Ming, Sima Lang, and Wang Jian congratulated Li Changge and said the Fortune of the Far Southern Land would help her approach the Great Emperor Realm.

After Li Changge reached the Half-step Great Emperor Realm, she and Qin Jiuge shared an intimate moment and reaffirmed their bond. Feng Ming and Tian Yao Kui each fled after Qin Jiuge teased them, while the Heavenly Yao Emperor reassured his daughter that such matters were normal.

• Li Changge said her breakthrough had left her just short of the Great Emperor Realm, and Qin Jiuge arrived as she thanked him for helping her.
• Qin Jiuge and Li Changge shared intimacy, and he insisted that she owed him a great deal; she accepted his words before leaving.
• Feng Ming entered the room, rejected Qin Jiuge's teasing, and ran to Li Changge for protection.
• Tian Yao Kui appeared, and Qin Jiuge bluntly told her what had happened with Li Changge, making her flee in embarrassment.
• Tian Yao Kui complained to the Heavenly Yao Emperor, who comforted her and said that Qin Jiuge was her future husband.

Qin Jiuge visited Sky Phoenix Quasi-Emperor to learn whether the Sky Phoenix Dynasty would support the Qin Family amid the conflict over the Human Realm. He then went to Sky Profound City, where Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor confronted him about Li Changge’s breakthrough and the Yao Realm’s fortune.

• Tian Yao Kui cooled off and searched for Qin Jiuge, but he had already disappeared.
• Qin Jiuge met Sky Phoenix Quasi-Emperor, who assured him the Sky Phoenix Dynasty would help protect the Qin Family’s interests in the Human Realm.
• After Qin Jiuge left, Sky Phoenix Quasi-Emperor told the Elders that Heavenly Mystery Old Man’s prophecy made it wise to build a good relationship with Qin Jiuge.
• Qin Jiuge went to Sky Profound City, where Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor asked whether Li Changge had reached the Half-step Great Emperor Realm.
• Qin Jiuge confirmed Li Changge’s breakthrough, and Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor angrily accused her of taking the Vermilion Bird fortune that should have been hers.

Qin Jiuge agreed to take Sikong Changfeng and Xu Lang to the Yao Realm but refused Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor, Azure Dragon Quasi-Emperor, and Sky Profound City’s other members. After leaving Sky Profound City, Qin Jiuge and Sikong Changfeng prepared to settle their old rivalry with another fight.

• Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor’s baleful outburst frightened Qin Jiuge and the people nearby, and Sikong Changfeng explained that her resentment came from love turning into hatred.
• Sikong Changfeng asked Qin Jiuge to help him go to the Yao Realm, and Qin Jiuge agreed before also accepting Xu Lang’s request to join them.
• Qin Jiuge refused to take Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor, Azure Dragon Quasi-Emperor, and the Sky Profound City group, reminding them that he had already repaid his favor by giving them a past opportunity.
• Li Xuanmiao said he could not help because his friendship with Qin Jiuge had ended after Sky Profound City refused to support the Qin Family, leaving the group disappointed.
• At the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, Xu Lang supported Qin Jiuge’s decision, and Qin Jiuge said only he and Sikong Changfeng would travel with him.
• Qin Jiuge and Sikong Changfeng challenged each other to fight again over their previous clash.

Qin Jiuge and Sikong Changfeng fought a rematch in Tian Xuan Forest, displaying their rapidly growing strength as spectators gathered to watch. The battle continued as the Sky Profound Four Elders arrived and recognized how formidable the younger fighters had become.

• Qin Jiuge and Sikong Changfeng raced to Tian Xuan Forest and began their rematch while Xu Lang followed to observe.
• Qin Jiuge used the Kunpeng Secret Technique to match Sikong Changfeng's speed and clash with him at close range.
• Disciples of the Rogue Cultivator Alliance and others from Sky Profound City arrived and watched the battle.
• Qin Jiuge summoned the Lightning Treasure Tree, which shattered the spear energy surrounding him.
• Sikong Changfeng and Qin Jiuge traded challenges and continued fighting as their mutual respect showed through their fierce clash.
• The Sky Profound Four Elders arrived and watched, with the White Tiger Quasi-Emperor remarking on the younger generation's strength.

Qin Jiuge and Sikong Changfeng continued their fierce duel, and Qin Jiuge recognized the Rogue Cultivator Alliance secret art as orthodox Yin Evil Mad Qi. Elsewhere, Li Tianran arrived and revealed little about Sky Profound City, leaving Li Xuanmiao troubled by how much he did not know.

• The Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise Quasi-Emperors discussed whether Qin Jiuge could defeat the long-established prodigy Sikong Changfeng as the battle intensified.
• Sikong Changfeng invoked the Rogue Cultivator Alliance's secret art, surrounding himself with blood-colored Qi, while Qin Jiuge answered with a lightning spear.
• Sikong Changfeng formed a Blood-colored Evil Weapon and tore through Qin Jiuge's thunder net, but Qin Jiuge realized the power was orthodox Yin Evil Mad Qi rather than sinister Qi.
• Qin Jiuge withdrew his lightning spear and drew his Quasi-Emperor Weapon to continue the fight on equal terms.
• Li Tianran arrived, remarked that neither fighter was connected to Sky Profound City, then disappeared after the Sky Profound Four Elders joined his camp.
• Li Xuanmiao watched his father vanish and wondered what hidden matters within Sky Profound City had left him feeling like an outsider.

Qin Jiuge and Sikong Changfeng ended their battle without a decisive victor after gaining insight into the Great Dao. In Sky Profound City, Moro demanded flesh and blood from Li Tianran, while a rumor spread that Qin Jiuge had been injured and could not be reached.

• Li Xuanmiao realized Sky Profound City could not stand against Great Emperor-level power and concluded he needed to become a Great Emperor to learn what Li Tianran was hiding.
• Qin Jiuge and Sikong Changfeng agreed to settle their battle with one final move, then stopped without deciding a victor and departed after gaining insight from the clash.
• Cultivators in Tian Xuan Forest speculated that both geniuses had ended the fight to preserve their chances of reaching the Great Emperor Realm, and the spectators dispersed.
• Moro demanded that Li Tianran provide him with flesh and blood from the Sky Origin Imperial Family, while claiming he could help Li Tianran reach a higher realm.
• A rumor spread near Sky Profound City that Qin Jiuge had been injured in Tian Xuan Forest and that no one could contact the Qin Family.

Qin Jiuge left Tian Xuan Forest with Zhao Huanhuan and learned that his injury had become known, while he considered using the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill to catch up to Sikong Changfeng. The chapter left him preparing to cultivate in a cave as Zhao Huanhuan attended to him.

• Qin Jiuge killed a group of Life and Death Realm cultivators who tried to ambush him outside Tian Xuan Forest.
• Qin Jiuge confronted Zhao Huanhuan about his injury and suspected she had revealed it, but she denied doing so.
• Qin Jiuge recalled that Sikong Changfeng had reached the Half-step Great Emperor Realm and resolved to close the gap between them.
• Qin Jiuge considered taking the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill to advance from the initial to the late stage of the Quasi-Emperor Realm, estimating his chance of success at seventy percent.
• Zhao Huanhuan tended to Qin Jiuge while he sat cultivating in a cave.

Zhao Huanhuan asked Qin Jiuge what he intended to do with her, hoping to become more than a distant admirer. Qin Jiuge offered to make her a close maid and concubine by his side, and she eagerly accepted.

• Zhao Huanhuan lamented that Qin Jiuge had not noticed her feelings, but he told her that her expression gave them away.
• Zhao Huanhuan asked Qin Jiuge for a clear answer about their relationship and worried that she would lose her chance to be near him.
• Qin Jiuge asked Zhao Huanhuan whether she knew Feng Ming, and she confirmed that she knew his confidantes.
• Qin Jiuge offered to make Zhao Huanhuan a close maid and concubine by his side.
• Zhao Huanhuan accepted eagerly, and Qin Jiuge told her to put her clothes back on and assured her he would keep his word.

Qin Jiuge had Zhao Huanhuan spread rumors about the treasures he carried, luring opportunists to Tian Xuan Forest to build pressure and strengthen his cultivation. After she realized he was being hunted to consume the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, he explained the scheme behind his apparent abandonment by the Qin Family.

• Qin Jiuge told Zhao Huanhuan to publicize his supposed treasures and agreed that she could inform the Zhao Family, provided its direct-line disciples stayed away.
• Zhao Huanhuan contacted Zhao Tianming, who agreed to spread the news, then returned to guard Qin Jiuge.
• Rumors brought cultivators flocking to Tian Xuan Forest, where they fought among themselves while Qin Jiuge used the danger to deepen his cultivation foundation.
• After several days beside Qin Jiuge, Zhao Huanhuan sensed something was wrong, and Qin Jiuge explained that the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill was behind his predicament.

Qin Jiuge continued his planned pursuit, drawing a stronger wave of hunters while Zhao Huanhuan concealed herself to let them close in. Xu Lang prevented the Rogue Cultivator Alliance prodigies from joining the chase and decided they should ask Qin Jiuge before acting.

• Zhao Huanhuan praised herself for helping with Qin Jiuge’s plan, and Qin Jiuge said the pursuit and his opportunities had only just begun.
• Zhao Huanhuan disappeared to cover for Qin Jiuge as more powerful pursuers entered Tian Xuan Forest.
• The pursuers used a Treasure-Seeking Mouse to locate Qin Jiuge and discussed dividing his wealth while he provoked them to catch him.
• Xu Lang spotted the Rogue Cultivator Alliance prodigies growing restless and warned them not to pursue his close friend Qin Jiuge.
• The prodigies claimed they meant to target the pursuers instead, and Xu Lang said they should ask Qin Jiuge before making any decisions.

Xu Lang confronted Qin Jiuge about the rumors surrounding his defeat, then learned Qin Jiuge planned to obtain the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and challenge Sikong Changfeng. Xu Lang left to draw more pursuers toward Qin Jiuge, while Zhao Huanhuan offered to involve overseas forces too.

• Xu Lang appeared before Qin Jiuge and demanded to know why people were spreading stories about his defeat.
• Qin Jiuge complained that Xu Lang had disrupted his plan, and Xu Lang signaled the Rogue Cultivator Alliance prodigies to clear away the pursuers and bring over the Treasure-Seeking Rat.
• Qin Jiuge explained his plan involving the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and Xu Lang questioned how he could compete with Sikong Changfeng while still two minor realms behind.
• Xu Lang promised to bring even more people to hunt Qin Jiuge, then departed without revealing his plan.
• Zhao Huanhuan suggested that overseas forces could join in, and Qin Jiuge agreed to let them participate.