Chapter Summaries

Qingluan entered the Small World and slaughtered the men mining Dragon Blood Ore at the Martial Training Ground. The officials accepted that they could not resist Heaven Beyond Heaven, while Qin Jiuge condemned their selfishness and asked how long they had been enslaved.

• After Wang San left, Qingluan entered the Small World and chose to visit the Martial Training Ground.
• Qingluan arrived at the mining ground, formed a Ring-Pommel Spear, and began killing the men there.
• The Official Robe Old Man and the other officials watched as Qingluan slaughtered the miners, while a young official questioned why they did not resist.
• The Official Robe Old Man showed the young official Qingluan’s overwhelming power and explained that their country could not oppose Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Qin Jiuge called the people of Daughter Country selfish, then asked how many years the officials had been enslaved.

Qin Jiuge met with the Heavenly National Country’s officials and revealed that he belonged to a rival force stronger than Daughter Country, while Qingluan tested a demonic cultivation method by killing people there. After leaving, Qingluan told Wang San she planned to enter the Guard Selection and rise in rank, and Wang San noted that other Feng Ming Guards were pursuing the same ambition.

• Qin Jiuge spoke with the Official Robe Old Man, who refused to trust his claim that his forces surpassed Daughter Country, and Qin Jiuge left after saying the old man would soon see for himself.
• Qingluan’s blood qi stopped increasing as she killed the Heavenly National Country’s weak inhabitants, and her red ring returned to its original form on her finger.
• Qingluan crushed her token and left the country while the Official Robe Old Man and his officials quietly resolved to act on the hope she represented.
• Qingluan met Wang San outside the government office, thanked him for helping her, and admitted she had been practicing a Demonic Path cultivation method.
• Qingluan told Wang San she wanted to join the Guard Selection and rise in rank so her younger sister would no longer exploit her.
• Wang San recorded Qingluan’s visit and mused that Qing She and Green Phoenix would also seek advancement, despite the Feng Ming Guards’ outward pretense of not competing.

From Wuliang Taoist Temple, Qin Jiuge watched Xianglin's Wife grow stronger through her killings, while Qingluan accepted a Feng Ming Guard mission to hunt her. When the two met, they recognized that they served the same demonic-path camp, and Xianglin's Wife offered to work with Qingluan.

• Qin Jiuge watched Xianglin's Wife use the Blood Qi from her victims to cross the threshold of cultivation and continue killing in secret.
• Feng Wumian assigned Qingluan to investigate the vicious criminal after the other guards refused the mission.
• Qingxuan asked Qingluan if she had given up on the Guard Selection, and Qingluan said the mission and selection did not conflict.
• Qingluan intercepted Xianglin's Wife, and the Devil Sword and Red Ring resonated, revealing their connection to the same camp.
• Xianglin's Wife offered Qingluan information and support, arguing that they should cooperate rather than risk destroying Qin Jiuge's plan.

Qin Jiuge freed Feng Youya, the imprisoned ruler of Daughter Country, and offered to help him oppose the Old Ancestor who had deposed him. They arrived at Wuliang Taoist Temple, where Feng Youya recognized the place and remarked that he could not meet Wuliang Daoist.

• Xianglin's Wife warned Qingluan to stop committing crimes in the imperial city, and Qingluan dismissed her before turning in a corpse as a scapegoat.
• Qin Jiuge entered the Ministry of Justice Prison and found Feng Youya, the former Daughter Country Ruler, imprisoned and sealed.
• Feng Youya explained that he had opposed the Old Ancestor because he believed the ruler's position should have been his by the rules of succession.
• Qin Jiuge refused to reveal his identity, declared that he could help Feng Youya, and destroyed the prison restraints and seals.
• Qin Jiuge brought Feng Youya to Wuliang Taoist Temple, where Feng Youya recognized it and said Wuliang Daoist had always avoided Daughter Country's affairs.

Qin Jiuge arranged for Feng Youya to recover and rally allies in Daughter Country, while Feng Liuxing underwent a painful tribulation in the Sky Phoenix Dynasty as he advanced toward the Great Emperor Realm. The chapter ended with Feng Liuxing enduring the effects of two heavenly treasures as those watching waited to see whether he would break through.

• Qin Jiuge told Feng Youya to regain his strength and contact allies in Daughter Country, explaining that Feng Youya had to handle the country's fortune and weaken its current Country Lord himself.
• Wuliang Daoist emerged from seclusion and warmly welcomed Feng Youya, while Ou Qingmiao urged Qin Jiuge to keep his promise to help her.
• Qin Jiuge left after Feng Youya blinked at him, making him uncomfortable.
• The Heavenly Poison Great Emperor, Feng Jiuqing, and the Sky Phoenix Quasi-Emperor watched Feng Liuxing undergo a Lightning Tribulation and praised the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor's help.
• Feng Liuxing swallowed the Heart of Nirvana and the Purification Lotus, whose power began reshaping his body and caused him intense pain.
• The Heavenly Poison Great Emperor laughed as Feng Liuxing struggled through the tribulation, while Feng Jiuqing smiled and the onlookers waited for his breakthrough.

Feng Liuxing endured Heavenly Poison Great Emperor’s painful cultivation and broke through to the Great Emperor Realm, then received advice about the long road ahead. The chapter ends back at the Life and Death Gate, where Xiao Yan was still building his foundation despite receiving part of Qin Jiuge’s fortune.

• Heavenly Poison Great Emperor explained that he had put Feng Liuxing through painful cultivation to prepare him for the Great Emperor Realm and the Eternal Star Gate.
• After another half day, Feng Liuxing’s aura enveloped Sky Phoenix Imperial City, and cultivators celebrated his imminent breakthrough.
• Feng Liuxing broke through to the Great Emperor Realm and marveled at his new understanding of it.
• Heavenly Poison Great Emperor cautioned Feng Liuxing against arrogance and reminded him that Feng Jiuqing, Qin Jiuge, and others were still ahead of him.
• Feng Liuxing accepted his master’s advice, and the scene shifted to Xiao Yan, who was still accumulating his foundation within the Life and Death Gate.

Xiao Yan slowed her cultivation after the Azure Emperor urged her to build foundations strong enough to surpass Qin Jiuge. Meanwhile, Daughter Country launched reforms that opened a fiercely contested Feng Ming Guard Selection, leaving Qingluan uncertain whether she could compete with veteran guards.

• The Azure Emperor told Xiao Yan that her foundations only matched Qin Jiuge's and urged her to continue cultivating before attempting a breakthrough.
• The Daughter Country Old Ancestor decided Daughter Country needed more providence and issued decrees to strengthen it and advance her cultivation.
• Feng Wumian announced a Guard Selection with unusually generous rewards, judged by combat ability rather than potential.
• Qingxuan encouraged Qingluan to compete, while veteran third-rank guards eagerly seized the chance to keep their posts and advance in rank.
• Qingluan worried that her recent gains and violet-red demonic ring would not be enough to overcome the veteran guards.

Qingluan confronted the demonic-qi-tainted outlaws gathered by Xianglin's Wife and easily defeated the Glamorous Woman while forcing the butcher woman to back down. He demanded to know what they wanted from him and who his enemies were, determined to grow stronger for the upcoming Guard Selection.

• Qingluan met Xianglin's Wife and the other wanted outlaws in the wilderness after insisting they reveal themselves.
• The Glamorous Woman and the butcher woman challenged Qingluan, but the butcher woman withdrew after he repelled her attack.
• Qingluan used Dragon-Soaring Phoenix Flight to outmaneuver the Glamorous Woman and knock her down.
• Qingluan demanded that Xianglin's Wife explain what they needed him to do and identify his enemies before the Guard Selection.

Qingluan left Xianglin's Wife, the Butcher Woman, and the Glamorous Woman after demonstrating her strength, while Qin Jiuge secretly rewarded Xianglin's Wife with a magical artifact and authority in the Demon Sect. Days later, Qingluan won an internal Feng Ming Guard selection battle.

• Qingluan departed after learning why the three women had been chosen, and Xianglin's Wife urged the Butcher Woman and the Glamorous Woman to support Qingluan and focus on growing stronger.
• Qin Jiuge watched the women and appointed Xianglin's Wife a Demon Sect envoy, giving her the Blood Flute, which could briefly control members of the sect.
• Xianglin's Wife accepted the Blood Flute and realized it gave her an advantage over the Butcher Woman and the Glamorous Woman.
• Qingluan won an arena battle during the internal selection of the Feng Ming Guard, and Feng Wumian announced the result.

After passing the guard selection as Second-Class Guards, Qingluan and Qingxuan revealed that they had both joined the Demon Sect and agreed to support each other. They arrived at a Demon Sect gathering point, where Xianglin's Wife and two powerful allies welcomed them and eyed their strength with interest.

• Qingxuan revealed to Qingluan that she had joined the Demon Sect, and Qingluan agreed that they should help each other.
• The other Feng Ming Guards envied Qingluan and Qingxuan after they both passed the selection and became Second-Class Guards.
• Qingluan and Qingxuan went to a Demon Sect gathering point near Black Tortoise Park, where the sect had grown rapidly and gained Life and Death Realm experts.
• Xianglin's Wife welcomed Qingluan and Qingxuan, while the Butcher Woman and the Glamorous Woman watched them with interest.

Xianglin's Wife gathered the Demon Sect elites and summoned Qin Jiuge as their Gods and Devils Lord. The elites sought his blessing to grow stronger and transform the Daughter Country into a Gods and Devils Country.

• Xianglin's Wife announced that she could communicate with the Gods and Devils Lord, prompting the Demon Sect elites to demand proof.
• Xianglin's Wife silenced the doubters and warned them that disrespecting the Gods and Devils Lord would bring punishment under sect rules.
• Xianglin's Wife transformed the altar's strange stone into the Eighteen-Armed Heavenly Devil statue, which resonated with the elites' cultivation methods.
• Qin Jiuge spoke through the statue and asked why the elites had summoned him.
• Qingluan and Qingxuan sensed Qin Jiuge's overwhelming aura and wondered whether he was a genuine Great Emperor Realm expert.
• Xianglin's Wife asked Qin Jiuge to bless the Demon Sect elites so they could advance and eventually turn the Daughter Country into a Gods and Devils Country.

Qin Jiuge blessed the Demon Sect Elites with a surge of Blood Qi that greatly increased their cultivation, strengthening their loyalty to him and their deference to Xianglin's Wife. After the gathering ended, Qingxuan and Qingluan privately questioned how they should proceed and what realm the Gods and Devils Lord had reached.

• Qin Jiuge sent Blood Qi from the statue into the Demon Sect Elites, raising their cultivation and prompting them to pledge loyalty to him.
• The Butcher Woman, the Glamorous Woman, and the other Demon Sect Elites apologized to Xianglin's Wife and praised her as their leader.
• Qingxuan and Qingluan bowed to Xianglin's Wife, who told them to follow the Demon Sect's orders and trust the Gods and Devils Lord.
• The Demon Sect's gathering ended after half a day, and Qingxuan and Qingluan privately discussed their suspicions about Qin Jiuge and how they should proceed.

Qin Jiuge decided to strengthen the Demon Sect by turning its disciples into Blood Qi puppets and gave Xianglin's Wife a divine oracle about a new way to reach the Quasi Emperor Realm. The chapter left Xianglin's Wife ready to follow his instructions, though the Blood Spirit Pearl came with a price.

• Qingluan and Qingxuan concluded that they could not safely abandon the foreign Great Emperor Realm after accepting its benefits.
• The Butcher Woman and the Glamorous Woman continued following Qingluan and Qingxuan, planning to summon Xianglin's Wife or Qin Jiuge if trouble arose.
• Qin Jiuge decided to test a plan to refine Demon Sect disciples into Blood Qi puppets whose strength would begin at the Quasi Emperor Realm.
• Qin Jiuge sent Xianglin's Wife a divine oracle and explained that his new Blood Spirit Pearl could rapidly strengthen its user but carried a price.
• Xianglin's Wife welcomed the oracle and pledged to follow Qin Jiuge's instructions.

Xianglin's Wife received the Blood Spirit Pearl from the Gods and Devils Lord and summoned the Demon Sect elites again. She revealed her new reward and praised Qingluan and Qingxuan, leaving the sect members to recognize that her summons had a deeper purpose.

• Xianglin's Wife awoke with the Blood Spirit Pearl and realized it could help the Demon Sect flourish, even though her own cultivation path would end at the Quasi Emperor Realm.
• Xianglin's Wife summoned the Demon Sect elites to the earth altar, prompting Qingluan, Qingxuan, and the others to gather again.
• The Demon Sect elites complained about being summoned so soon, while Qingluan and Qingxuan suggested Xianglin's Wife might have received another gift from the Gods and Devils Lord.
• Xianglin's Wife arrived with the Blood Spirit Pearl, praised Qingluan and Qingxuan for considering her purpose, and displayed an aura that shocked the two guards.

Xianglin's Wife revealed that the Blood Spirit Pearl could raise a cultivator to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, though the recipient would be unable to advance further and would remain dependent on the Gods and Devils Lord. Zhang Qianchou became the first to use it, and his cultivation rose rapidly to the ninth level of the Supreme Realm.

• Xianglin's Wife told the Demon Sect Elites that the Gods and Devils Lord had given her the Blood Spirit Pearl, which could create a Quasi-Emperor.
• Qingluan and Qingxuan praised the Gods and Devils Lord and pledged to help the Demon Sect occupy Daughter Country.
• Xianglin's Wife warned that pearl recipients could not advance beyond the Quasi-Emperor Realm and would lose their cultivation if they betrayed the Gods and Devils Lord.
• Many Demon Sect followers rushed forward to claim the chance, while the Butcher Woman and the Glamorous Woman held back.
• Xianglin's Wife chose Zhang Qianchou first and sent refined Blood Qi into him, raising his cultivation from the first to the ninth level of the Supreme Realm.

Zhang Qianchou and six other Demon Sect believers became Quasi-Emperors through the Blood Spirit Pearl, while Xianglin's Wife maintained control of the sect. Qin Jiuge returned to Wuliang Taoist Temple, where he questioned Wuliang Daoist about his origins and learned that he came from the Ancient Sect, the Dao Lineage.

• The Blood Qi merged into Zhang Qianchou and raised him to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, prompting him to praise Gods and Devils Lord.
• The believers queued before Xianglin's Wife to request the same power, and she used the Blood Spirit Pearl to create six more Quasi-Emperors.
• Xianglin's Wife ended the selection and warned the Demon Sect to keep developing, while the seven new Quasi-Emperors pledged to follow her.
• Qin Jiuge watched the Demon Sect's establishment from the clouds, then returned to Wuliang Taoist Temple.
• Qin Jiuge asked Wuliang Daoist where he came from, and Wuliang Daoist said he came from the Ancient Sect, the Dao Lineage.

Wuliang Daoist explained that Qin Jiuge had unknowingly completed the Wuliang Dao Lineage’s plan to cleanse Daughter Country, and gave him a Red Luan Jade Pendant to hide him from its National Destiny. Unable to trace her enemies or find the vanished Tianji Lineage, Daughter Country’s ancestor set out to rally old allies while leaving her female general dead.

• Wuliang Daoist explained the Fetus-Dropping Spring and the Wuliang Dao Lineage’s plan, then thanked Qin Jiuge for completing it.
• Wuliang Daoist gave Qin Jiuge a Red Luan Jade Pendant that concealed him from Daughter Country’s National Destiny, as the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty and Wuliang Dao Lineage prepared to join forces.
• Daughter Country’s ancestor searched her National Destiny for whoever was scheming against her, but could find no trace and suspected they had an item that obscured heavenly mysteries.
• Daughter Country’s ancestor and her female general hurried to the Purple Bamboo Forest, where they found no trace of the Tianji Lineage.
• Daughter Country’s ancestor struck down her female general, searched the Purple Bamboo Forest in vain, and went to seek old allies to hunt for the Tianji Lineage.

The Daughter Country Old Ancestor failed to locate the Tianji Lineage’s successor and realized its people were likely avoiding her to stay out of trouble in Daughter Country. She sought help from Tu Xingsun, but he demanded to dual cultivate with her, so she refused and he left.

• The Daughter Country Old Ancestor asked the Yellow Robe Monster and Hundred Flowers Fairy where the Tianji Lineage had gone, but they denied knowing and refused to help her.
• The Hundred Flowers Fairy destroyed the Spirit Stone the Daughter Country Old Ancestor offered, and the Yellow Robe Monster chose to stand by his Dao Companion.
• The Daughter Country Old Ancestor left and later realized the Tianji Lineage was probably avoiding her because of the trouble in Daughter Country.
• The Daughter Country Old Ancestor went to the Five Peaks Mountain Range and asked Tu Xingsun for help in exchange for a favor.
• Tu Xingsun demanded that the Daughter Country Old Ancestor dual cultivate with him, and after she refused to change her condition, he burrowed underground and left.

Qin Jiuge launched the Demon Sect’s takeover of Daughter Country after Wuliang Daoist withdrew, ordering his forces to seize its places of Fortune. Qingluan and Qingxuan rebelled within the Feng Ming Guard, leaving the capital’s defenses in Demon Sect hands as the assault began.

• The Daughter Country Old Ancestor agreed to Tu Xingsun’s demand, and he took her hand as they returned to Daughter Country.
• Wuliang Daoist warned Qin Jiuge that the Old Ancestor’s return would bring disaster, then departed with Wuliang Taoist Temple, the Three Pure Ones Statues, and the Daoist Sect Destiny.
• Qin Jiuge ordered the Demon Sect’s Quasi Emperor Realm experts to seize Daughter Country’s places of Fortune and replace its rule.
• The Demon Sect attacked the places of Fortune while poisoning disabled the Feng Ming Guard members who might have resisted.
• Qingluan admitted to Feng Wunian that she was rebelling, then sealed and incapacitated her former colleagues without killing them.
• Qingluan and Qingxuan seized the two major Feng Ming Guard forces in the Imperial City, giving the Demon Sect more time to advance.

The Daughter Country Old Ancestor rushed back to defend Daughter Country after her Fortune began transferring to Qin Jiuge, who summoned allies to help defeat her. The Old Ancestor and Tu Xingsun waited for Qin Jiuge to reveal himself, while Qin ignored her insults.

• The Daughter Country Old Ancestor noticed her Fortune rapidly draining and hurried to Daughter Country with Tu Xingsun.
• Qin Jiuge gained more than forty percent of the Old Ancestor's Fortune, bringing his progress to fifty percent, and sent messages to recruit help.
• Feng Jiuqing and Feng Liuxing prepared to aid Qin Jiuge, while the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor stayed behind to pursue a breakthrough.
• The Heavenly Yao Emperor went to Daughter Country after arranging for Golden Face and Silver Face to protect Tian Yao Kui, and other Great Emperor Realm cultivators decided whether to join.
• The Daughter Country Old Ancestor taunted Qin Jiuge while Tu Xingsun hid underground and searched for his aura, but Qin ignored her insults.