Chapter Summaries

Qin Jiuge arrived at Taichu Sacred City, broke through to the Dharma Aspect sixth layer, and joined Ye Wufeng and Luo Jusheng in a wager at the Gambling Stone House. Luo Jusheng revealed more than a hundred jin of Source, while Qin Jiuge and Ye Wufeng had yet to show what their stones contained.

• Qin Jiuge arrived in Taichu Sacred City aboard the Qin Family’s flying boat, drawing attention from the crowds below.
• Qin Jiuge returned to his room and broke through to the Dharma Aspect sixth layer, shocking Uncle Li and Wuchang Supreme.
• Taichu Sacred Land’s servants escorted Qin Jiuge, Uncle Li, and Wuchang Supreme to their assigned residence and invited Qin Jiuge to an evening banquet.
• Qin Jiuge spotted Ye Wufeng wagering fifty thousand jin of Source against Luo Jusheng at the Gambling Stone House and asked to join them.
• Qin Jiuge selected a raw stone while Ye Wufeng and Luo Jusheng prepared theirs, and Luo Jusheng opened more than a hundred jin of Source.

Qin Jiuge defeated Ye Wufeng in a stone-gambling wager, then arrived at a Taichu Sacred Land banquet as the Qin Family’s Divine Son. The gathered prodigies moved to the Training ground for sparring, where Luo Heng resolved to use Ye Wufeng’s challenge to teach him a lesson.

• Ye Wufeng opened a rough stone containing several hundred jin of source and believed his luck made him unbeatable at stone gambling.
• Qin Jiuge opened his rough stone to reveal several thousand jin of source, breaking the Gambling Stone House’s record, and Ye Wufeng handed over fifty thousand jin of source before leaving.
• Qin Jiuge arrived at the banquet with Wuchang Heavenly Venerable and Uncle Li, and Luo Heng greeted him as the Qin Family’s Divine Son.
• Ye Wufeng learned Qin Jiuge had Twin Pupils and understood how he had chosen the valuable rough stone, while Luo Jusheng felt relieved that his earlier defeat had been to the Qin Family’s Divine Son.
• At the Training ground, Luo Jusheng challenged Ye Wufeng, and Luo Jia warned Ye Wufeng about Luo Jusheng’s Dragon Elephant Divine Body and Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.
• Luo Heng watched Luo Jia defend Ye Wufeng and decided to use the duel to teach Ye Wufeng a lesson and reclaim what he believed belonged to him.

Ye Wufeng effortlessly defeated Luo Jusheng in front of the Taichu Sacred Land’s prodigies, then faced Qin Jiuge, who stepped forward to challenge him. Qin Jiuge and Ye Wufeng announced their names as their bout was about to begin.

• Luo Jusheng activated his Dragon Elephant Divine Body and attacked Ye Wufeng out of jealousy over Luo Jia’s closeness to him.
• Ye Wufeng lifted, kicked, and relentlessly struck Luo Jusheng until he lay on the ground with broken bones.
• Ye Wufeng taunted the crowd, and Luo Heng urged the gathered Divine Sons to challenge him.
• Qin Jiuge stopped another Divine Son from taking the fight and offered to face Ye Wufeng himself.
• Luo Jia warned Qin Jiuge about the cultivation gap, but he defended his challenge and entered the training ground.
• Qin Jiuge and Ye Wufeng introduced themselves before their fight began.

Qin Jiuge effortlessly dominated Ye Wufeng in their fight, even matching his greatest strength with one hand. After being blasted away, Ye Wufeng revealed his Primordial Divine Body, and an ancient mountain range appeared in the sky.

• Ye Wufeng charged Qin Jiuge, but Qin Jiuge evaded his first strike and kicked him to the ground before his own kick could land.
• Qin Jiuge casually defended against Ye Wufeng's repeated attacks and blocked his full-strength collision with one hand.
• Qin Jiuge blasted Ye Wufeng away, leaving him bleeding and enraged.
• Ye Wufeng invoked his Primordial Divine Body, releasing a powerful aura that conjured an ancient mountain range in the sky.

Ye Wufeng revealed his Primordial Divine Body and attacked Qin Jiuge, but Qin easily overpowered him and unleashed his Chaos Body. When Luo Jia urged Qin to seal his cultivation and fight Ye on equal terms, Qin recognized the trap and refused.

• The crowd discussed Ye Wufeng's Primordial Divine Body and its need for vast resources as he brought it to bear against Qin Jiuge.
• Ye Wufeng used the Ancient Desolate Heaven-Overturning Seal as a distraction and charged Qin, but Qin caught the seal one-handed, tossed it aside, and struck Ye with a knee.
• Enraged, Ye Wufeng began bleeding from his seven orifices and used a secret method that caused his aura to surge.
• Qin Jiuge fully unfolded his Chaos Body, overwhelming Ye Wufeng with his aura and prompting the crowd to doubt Ye could win.
• Luo Jia called on Qin to seal his cultivation and fight Ye on equal terms, but Qin recognized the suggestion as a trap and refused.

Qin Jiuge overwhelmed Ye Wufeng in their arena battle, first crushing his ultimate attack with the Chaos Body and then unleashing a devastating Kunpeng technique. Ye Wufeng lay burned and battered in a crater, while Luo Jia’s attempt to have her guardian save him received no response.

• Qin Jiuge revealed his Chaos Body and Twin Pupils, leaving the spectators and Luo Heng in awe of his strength.
• Ye Wufeng used the Primordial Myriad Manifestations Wheel, but Qin Jiuge blocked it with his Chaos Body and sent Ye crashing into a crater.
• Qin Jiuge mocked Ye Wufeng and launched a divine technique that summoned countless Kunpeng phantoms to attack him.
• Luo Jia asked her guardian, Uncle Zhang, to save Ye Wufeng, but her voice transmission received no response.
• The Kunpeng attack filled the arena with dust, and Ye Wufeng was left burned black and badly injured in the crater.

Qin Jiuge defeated Ye Wufeng in the arena, earning a system reward while Ye Wufeng and Luo Jia swore revenge. At a banquet that night, Luo Jia proposed that the gathered geniuses travel to Purple Mountain to seek a rare treasure.

• Qin Jiuge severely wounded Ye Wufeng in their sparring match, and Luo Jia treated Ye Wufeng with the Holy Land's healing medicine.
• Qin Jiuge received the Nine Heavens Sword as a system reward for striking at Ye Wufeng's Fortune and decided to kill him later.
• After the matches ended, Ye Wufeng vowed to take revenge, while Uncle Zhang explained that a rival Half-step Life and Death Realm expert had prevented him from intervening.
• At the banquet, the gathered geniuses praised Qin Jiuge, and Luo Jia invited them to search Purple Mountain for its emerging rare treasure.

Luo Jia urged Qin Jiuge to explore Purple Mountain, where Primordial Mother Qi and mysterious bell chimes had appeared, and Qin Jiuge agreed while suspecting she planned to ambush him. After learning he meant to kill Luo Jia, Qin Hai rallied three Qin Family Great Elders, and the four Supremes set out for the Holy Land.

• Luo Jia told the gathered prodigies about the strange treasures in Purple Mountain and invited Qin Jiuge to join the expedition.
• Qin Jiuge agreed to go to Purple Mountain, suspecting Luo Jia intended to ambush him while he pursued the treasures and Ye Wufeng.
• Qin Jiuge ordered Uncle Li to tell Qin Hai to bring the Supreme Artifact, saying he might kill Taichu Saintess Luo Jia.
• Uncle Li informed Qin Hai, who concluded Luo Jia had bullied Qin Jiuge and summoned the three Great Elders of the Qin Family branch.
• Qin Hai and the three Great Elders set out for the Holy Land to support Qin Jiuge.

Qin Wuchen learned that Qin Hai and three other Supremes had left to protect Qin Jiuge, so he sent Second Elder Qin Run after them with a Quasi-Emperor Weapon and the Family Head’s Command Token. Five days later, Qin Jiuge and the other young cultivators entered Purple Mountain, where Ye Wufeng tried and failed to disperse a Mist Barrier.

• Qin Wuchen suspected that the Taichu Sacred Land had threatened Qin Jiuge after sensing Qin Hai and three Supremes leave the family.
• Qin Wuchen ordered Qin Run to take a Quasi-Emperor Weapon and the Family Head’s Command Token to protect Qin Jiuge.
• Five days later, Qin Jiuge, Luo Heng, Luo Jia, the other Divine Sons, and the still-bandaged Ye Wufeng arrived at Purple Mountain.
• Luo Jia warned the gathered cultivators that Purple Mountain was deadly, but they chose to enter.
• The group encountered a vast Mist Barrier that impaired their senses, and Ye Wufeng attempted to clear it with a formation.
• Ye Wufeng’s formation had no effect on the Mist Barrier.

Qin Jiuge used his Twin Pupils to open a path through the Mist Barrier after Ye Wufeng’s formation failed, earning the other heirs’ praise and deepening Ye Wufeng’s resentment. The group reached a vast plaza in Purple Mountain, where strange figures emerged from the darkness.

• Ye Wufeng failed to affect the Mist Barrier with his formation and said a powerful expert had altered the local momentum of heaven and earth.
• Luo Jia defended Ye Wufeng when Qin Jiuge criticized him, and Qin Jiuge opened the Mist Barrier with his Twin Pupil Divine Ability, Insight into Origin.
• Qin Jiuge led the group through the barrier while the other Divine Sons and Holy Sons praised him and mocked Ye Wufeng.
• Ye Wufeng grew furious and suspected Qin Jiuge was deliberately taking the glory and opportunities that should have been his.
• Qin Jiuge led the group to a vast plaza with towering black pillars, where strange figures emerged as Purple Mountain’s eerie omens.

Qin Jiuge unleashed his Chaos Body and carved a path through the aberrations, drawing the trapped Divine Sons and Holy Sons away from Ye Wufeng’s protective array. Ye Wufeng and Luo Jia abandoned the array to follow him, and the system rewarded Qin Jiuge with the Six Paths Samsara Fist.

• The aberrations attacked the crowd, and Ye Wufeng set up an array that repelled them but could only shelter a small group.
• Luo Jia taunted Qin Jiuge and offered to ask Ye Wufeng to let him into the array if he apologized, but Qin Jiuge ignored her and unleashed his Chaos Body.
• Qin Jiuge slaughtered the aberrations along a broad path, and other Divine Sons and Holy Sons left the array to join him beneath his chaotic radiance.
• Ye Wufeng and Luo Jia left the weakening array and followed Qin Jiuge, while Ye Wufeng resented how Qin Jiuge overshadowed him again.
• The system announced that Qin Jiuge had struck at the Child of Destiny’s fortune and awarded him the Six Paths Samsara Fist.

Qin Jiuge led the group to a Bronze Gate guarded by four powerful Bronze Giants, then revealed that all four had to be destroyed at once to stop them from reviving. As the others struggled to find a way forward, Qin Jiuge prepared to face the giants alone with his Six Paths Samsara Fist.

• Qin Jiuge and the other Divine Sons and Holy Sons fought across the plaza and reached a massive Bronze Gate guarded by four Bronze Giants.
• Holy Son Luo Heng rallied the group to attack one giant, and Luo Jia bound it with her crimson ribbon while the others battered it into fragments.
• The shattered Bronze Giant reassembled, and Qin Jiuge explained that the four giants shared breath and spirit and could only be killed by destroying all their cores at once.
• Luo Jia accused Qin Jiuge of mocking them, but other Divine Sons supported his explanation, and Luo Heng asked him to lead the group.
• Qin Jiuge refused Luo Heng's offer of help, unleashed a powerful aura, and declared that he would suppress all four giants alone with the Six Paths Samsara Fist.

Qin Jiuge destroyed the four Bronze Giants with the Six Paths Samsara Fist, then led the others into the hall where the Primordial Mother Qi bell stood. As a hundred powerful aberrations emerged and killed several fleeing prodigies, Qin Jiuge climbed the stairs toward the bell.

• Qin Jiuge used the Six Paths Samsara Fist to shatter all four Bronze Giants, astonishing the gathered Divine Sons and Holy Sons.
• Qin Jiuge eyed Ye Wufeng with greed, while Ye Wufeng grew wary of him, and the bronze doors opened.
• Qin Jiuge led the group into a ruined battlefield and they saw an ancient bronze bell releasing Primordial Mother Qi beyond a flight of 999 steps.
• The group recognized the remains and weapons of past prodigies and began to suspect the stairs were dangerous.
• A hundred aberrations formed from smaller creatures and attacked; several prodigies fled and were killed.
• Qin Jiuge stepped onto the stairs and strode toward the bell.

Qin Jiuge led a group of surviving geniuses to the bronze bell, where they discovered a stele that sent challengers into trials. Qin Jiuge entered the trial and learned that passing the ninth layer would make the Emperor Weapon Primordial Beginning Bell acknowledge him as its master.

• Qin Jiuge and more than a dozen geniuses, including Luo Heng, Luo Jia, and Ye Wufeng, escaped the aberrations by reaching the platform beside the bronze bell.
• The geniuses found a stele listing past challengers and their completed layers, and Lin Wuyai vanished after touching it.
• Lin Wuyai returned and explained that the stele sent people to a tower trial where they could earn rewards by surpassing the recorded ranks.
• Qin Jiuge touched the stele and was transported to a trial space, where he was told to kill ten Dharma Aspect First Layer Blazing Light Tigers within one minute to pass the first challenge.

Qin Jiuge advanced through the Stone Tablet Trial, defeating beasts up to the fifth layer before using his Twin Pupils to clear the challenge and reach the seventh layer. Outside, the other prodigies watched his ranking rise to first place and wondered how quickly he had overcome the sixth layer.

• Qin Jiuge crushed the beasts in the first four layers with his aura and reached the fifth layer, where twenty Howling Sky Wolves forced him to use his Twin Pupils and Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Qin Jiuge defeated the Howling Sky Wolves and continued deeper into the Stone Tablet Trial.
• The eliminated prodigies gathered outside the stone tablet and discussed the trial’s difficulty, while Saintess Luo Jia hoped Ye Wufeng would succeed.
• The stone tablet displayed Qin Jiuge in tenth place at the sixth layer, then quickly moved him to first place at the seventh layer.
• The onlookers marveled at Qin Jiuge’s speed and speculated that he had used the Chaos Body and Twin Pupils to clear the sixth layer.

Qin Jiuge advanced through the trial to the ninth level, astonishing the prodigies watching outside, while Ye Wufeng also ranked among the top ten. Facing twenty Dharma Aspect Ninth Layer demon beasts, Qin Jiuge unleashed his full power and began clearing the level.

• Qin Jiuge's ranking changed to the eighth level, and the watching prodigies marveled at his progress.
• Luo Jia recalled trusting Ye Wufeng because of his extraordinary Fortune and felt reassured when he appeared in tenth place.
• Ye Wufeng fought through the sixth level using nimble footwork to conserve his strength.
• The prodigies learned that Qin Jiuge had reached the ninth level and wondered whether he could claim the Primordial Beginning Bell.
• Qin Jiuge confronted twenty Dharma Aspect Ninth Layer demon beasts, unleashed his Chaos Body and Twin Pupils, and destroyed five with the Six Paths Samsara Fist.

Qin Jiuge fought through the ninth layer of the trial, slaughtering most of its demonic beasts as he raced to claim the Primordial Beginning Bell before Ye Wufeng. Outside, Luo Jia and the other prodigies waited for the result, but Ye Wufeng suddenly appeared among them as the bell released a terrifying aura.

• Qin Jiuge used the Twin Pupil Divine Ability and Kunpeng Treasure Technique to slow and crush the demonic beasts, leaving ten alive.
• Qin Jiuge unleashed chaos energy and a Green Lotus, killing more beasts in close combat as he hurried to finish the trial before Ye Wufeng.
• Luo Jia hoped Ye Wufeng would win, while the gathered prodigies wondered whether Qin Jiuge could defeat the ninth layer's demonic beasts.
• The Primordial Beginning Bell erupted with a powerful aura, and Ye Wufeng appeared among the prodigies outside.

Qin Jiuge subdued the Primordial Beginning Bell and escaped Purple Mountain with the surviving prodigies. A Supreme ambushed him aboard the flying boat, but Wuchang Supreme appeared to block the attack.

• The aberrations in Purple Mountain turned to ash, and the bewildered survivors realized they had been saved.
• Qin Jiuge appeared and received the Primordial Beginning Bell, revealing that he had passed the ninth layer of the trial.
• The young prodigies congratulated Qin Jiuge, who urged them to leave Purple Mountain before more trouble arose.
• Aboard the flying boat, the Yellow Springs Illustrated Record's Artifact Spirit praised Qin Jiuge and marveled at the Primordial Beginning Bell.
• After Wuchang Supreme warned him that a Supreme was following them, Qin Jiuge went onto the deck and faced a crescent-shaped slash; Wuchang Supreme appeared and blocked it.

Wuchang Supreme protected Qin Jiuge from an assassination attempt and fought the attacking Supreme while Ye Wufeng and Luo Jia were ordered to target Qin Jiuge. At the Holy Land, Luo Heng and the others felt the distant battle’s shockwaves, and a senior concluded that two powerful Supremes were fighting.

• Qin Jiuge’s Guardian, Wuchang Supreme, appeared and revealed that he was also a Supreme, surprising Ye Wufeng and Luo Jia.
• The attacking Supreme ordered Ye Wufeng and Luo Jia to deal with Qin Jiuge, then clashed with Wuchang Supreme using their weapons.
• Wuchang Supreme and the attacking Supreme fought at great speed, carving craters and trenches into the surrounding ground.
• Luo Heng returned to the Holy Land shaken by Qin Jiuge’s strength and his victory at Purple Mountain.
• Luo Heng and the other gathered experts felt the distant battle shake the Holy Land, and a Life and Death Realm senior guessed that two powerful Supremes were fighting.

Luo Jia led a force of Holy Land experts to kill Qin Jiuge and the Qin Family, but the Dark Guards fought them to a standstill. Luo Jia then revealed another Supreme, Bright Moon Supreme, who appeared aboard the Qin Family’s flying boat as the Dark Guards closed ranks around Qin Jiuge.

• Qin Jiuge mocked Luo Jia for bringing three Life and Death Realm experts, seventeen Nirvana Realm experts, and thirty-five Dharma Aspects to confront him.
• Luo Jia ordered her forces to kill Qin Jiuge and leave no member of the Qin Family alive.
• Qin Jiuge sent the Qin Family Dark Guards into battle, and they clashed with the Holy Land experts in an evenly matched fight.
• Qin Jiuge taunted Luo Jia and Ye Wufeng, but Luo Jia said she had prepared for his strength and clapped three times.
• Bright Moon Supreme appeared on the Qin Family’s flying boat, and the Dark Guard captain ordered the guards to protect Qin Jiuge.