Chapter Summaries

Zhao Huanhuan used her silver bell to expose members of the Cloud Sea Kingdom’s Imperial Clan who had plotted against the immortals. The Country Lord and princes begged for mercy as more controlled royals revealed their hostility, while Qin Jiuge watched and left the matter to Zhao Tianming.

• Qin Jiuge asked Zhao Tianming whether he or Zhao Huanhuan would investigate the Imperial Clan’s children, and Zhao Tianming chose his younger sister.
• Zhao Huanhuan warned the princes and princesses to confess, but they all remained silent.
• Zhao Huanhuan rang her silver bell, causing several princesses to reveal that they had plotted against the immortals and intended to teach them a lesson.
• The Cloud Sea Country Lord and the princes knelt and pleaded that the princesses’ words did not represent the Imperial Clan.
• Zhao Tianming had Zhao Huanhuan ring the bell again, and more people emerged to curse the immortals and boast of future schemes against them.

Zhao Tianming gave the Imperial Clan three days to find the Child of Destiny, or he would destroy them, driving the clan and Imperial Capital City’s other powers into a frantic search. Lin Qingyang finally appeared, was surrounded and attacked by the gathered prodigies, and Qin Jiuge arrived after allowing the confrontation to begin.

• Zhao Tianming killed those who had spoken rudely and gave the Imperial Clan three days to find the missing prodigy or be wiped out.
• The Imperial Clan and other powers threatened clans and hunted desperately as the deadline approached.
• Lin Qingyang entered Imperial Capital City, where the Luck Formation marked him with divine light and revealed him as the Child of Destiny.
• The gathered prodigies surrounded Lin Qingyang and attacked while he tried to escape using a spatial teleportation Secret Treasure.
• The Country Lord of Cloud Sea Kingdom reported Lin Qingyang’s appearance to Qin Jiuge, who said he knew and arrived at the scene.

As Qin Jiuge and his companions set out to claim the final Destiny Shard, Lin Qingyang learned that the Immortal’s Fortune had supposedly brought him his success and that the Immortal intended to take it back. Lin Qingyang tried to escape, but the Cloud Sea King blocked him with a bronze cauldron, leaving him locked in a desperate struggle.

• Zhao Tianming and Zhao Huanhuan joined Qin Jiuge and urged him to hurry before the final Destiny Shard’s Child of Mandate escaped.
• A prince told Lin Qingyang that his rise had come from a wisp of the Immortal’s Fortune, and the Imperial Clan and noble families demanded that he return it.
• Lin Qingyang rejected their claims and broke through the encirclement, racing toward the city gate.
• The Cloud Sea King stopped Lin Qingyang outside the city and attacked him with a bronze cauldron, while Lin Qingyang called on the living beings and Fortune to help him resist.
• The Imperial Clan members and noble-family scions mocked Lin Qingyang as he struggled against the cauldron, insisting he had no right to possess the Immortal’s Destiny Shard.

Immortal Qin Jiuge reclaimed the final Fortune Shard from Lin Qingyang, restoring his strength as the Child of Destiny, but chose to spare him and offer compensation. Lin Qingyang left the choice of reward to Qin Jiuge, who was prepared to grant him resources suited to his circumstances.

• Several immortals arrived at the city gate, and Qin Jiuge reclaimed the final Fortune Shard from Lin Qingyang.
• Qin Jiuge stopped Zhao Huanhuan from killing Lin Qingyang and explained that he wanted to preserve their karmic connection.
• Qin Jiuge recounted how he had formed karmic ties with Daughter Country and the Yellow Springs Blood River.
• Qin Jiuge offered to fulfill Lin Qingyang's wishes, and Lin Qingyang said he would accept whatever the Immortal decided.

Qin Jiuge arranged for Zhao Tianming to take Lin Qingyang back to Cloud Sea Island, then returned to the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty with Zhao Huanhuan. After Qin Jiuge became the Child of Destiny blessed by Fortune, the dynasty’s fortunes and its powerful cultivators began to rise.

• Qin Jiuge sent Lin Qingyang with Zhao Tianming, promising that his talent and cultivation resources would improve and that he could return to Cloud Sea Kingdom in the future.
• Zhao Tianming told Cloud Sea Quasi-Emperor that Qin Jiuge had agreed to deepen ties with Cloud Sea Island, and his father prepared resources for Zhao Tianming’s breakthrough to the Quasi Emperor Realm.
• Zhao Huanhuan left Cloud Sea Island with Qin Jiuge, who promised to provide her with the resources to pursue the Quasi Emperor Realm.
• Qin Jiuge returned to the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty and entered secluded cultivation to adapt to his new status as the Child of Destiny blessed by Fortune.
• The First Hall Master and other powerful figures saw their strength and cultivation speed increase as the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s Fortune changed.

Several years after Qin Jiuge entered seclusion, he emerged with his status as the Child of Destiny fully stabilized, prompting the Old Monsters to reconsider opposing him. The Azure Emperor then met Qin Jiuge again, and Qin Jiuge agreed that he would have gone to visit him about the Demon Realm.

• Several years after Qin Jiuge entered the Secret Chamber, he emerged with his fortune fused with that of the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty and its vassal forces.
• The Old Monsters gathered at the Clear Terrace recognized that opposing Qin Jiuge and the three great dynasties would likely lead to their destruction, so they dispersed to seek Fortune and strengthen themselves.
• The Heavenly Heart Python condemned the Old Monsters for refusing to cooperate and set out toward the Demon Realm, intending to make an issue of a woman in the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty's forbidden grounds.
• The Azure Emperor visited Qin Jiuge despite Xiao Yan's earlier warning and said he would take responsibility if anything went wrong.
• Qin Jiuge told the Azure Emperor that he understood his concern for Xiao Yan and would have visited him sooner or later.

Qin Jiuge prepared to travel to the unfamiliar Demon Realm and recruited the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master to guide him. After agreeing to form a team, Qin Jiuge set out to find his older brother-in-law next.

• The Azure Emperor gave Qin Jiuge several spirit treasures and warned him to stay vigilant in the Demon Realm.
• The Great Qin Imperial Dynasty's higher-ups promised to manage affairs while Qin Jiuge was away, and he entrusted the dynasty to them.
• Qin Jiuge went to Purple Bamboo Forest and told the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master he wanted him to accompany him to the Demon Realm.
• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master reluctantly agreed to serve as a guide after Qin Jiuge promised to recruit others for a temporary team.
• Qin Jiuge and the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master left to find Qin Jiuge's older brother-in-law.

Qin Jiuge used the favor Feng Liuxing owed him to recruit him for a trip to the Demon Realm, then learned they needed clues from Feng Liuxing’s friend Sheng Tianxing. They arrived at Chaos Town to question Sheng Tianxing, whose guarded reception left them poised to ask about the Demon Realm.

• Qin Jiuge pressured Feng Liuxing into joining the trip to the Demon Realm by invoking his outstanding favor.
• Feng Liuxing explained that he did not know the Demon Realm’s location but had heard clues from Sheng Tianxing in Chaos Town.
• Heavenly Mystery Tower Master reasoned that Feng Liuxing could help them find those clues, and Qin Jiuge proposed visiting Sheng Tianxing.
• Qin Jiuge, Feng Liuxing, and Heavenly Mystery Tower Master arrived in Chaos Town, where their Great Emperor auras drew the attention of its residents.
• Sheng Tianxing greeted Feng Liuxing with restraint and asked why the group had come without warning.

Qin Jiuge and his companions found the Demon Realm’s sealed entrance in Chaos Town, and Qin Jiuge used a treasure from Azure Emperor to open a passage. After they entered the Demon Realm, Vengeful Spirits began awakening across the Human Realm and Yao Realm, prompting powerful figures to confront Azure Emperor over her role in Qin Jiuge’s departure.

• Qin Jiuge offered Sheng Tianxing a spiritual treasure in exchange for information, and Sheng Tianxing revealed that the Demon Realm entrance lay beneath the southernmost part of Chaos Town.
• Qin Jiuge, Feng Liuxing, and the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master reached the sealing ground but could not break it without endangering countless lives.
• After the ancient powers ignored his messages, Qin Jiuge released an azure-blue pearl that opened a passage beside the seal.
• Qin Jiuge, Feng Liuxing, and the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master entered the Demon Realm, and Vengeful Spirits began awakening across the Human Realm and Yao Realm.
• The Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s fortune declined, and the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor, the Sky Phoenix Ancestor, the Heavenly Yao Emperor, and the Heavenly Mystery Old Man confronted Azure Emperor about letting Qin Jiuge enter the Demon Realm.

The Azure Emperor refused to back down over the consequences of Xiao Yan’s Heaven-Defying Secret Technique, while the other Great Emperor Realm experts withdrew from the dispute. Meanwhile, Qin Jiuge and Feng Liuxing reached a demonic realm with the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master, who struggled against its corrupting power.

• The Heavenly Poison Great Emperor and the other Great Emperor Realm experts left the Azure Emperor to face the consequences, while the Sky Phoenix Ancestor warned her that she had gone too far.
• Xiao Yan blamed herself for the backlash, but the Azure Emperor reassured her and urged her to trust that Qin Jiuge’s returning identity as a Child of Destiny would restore matters.
• Xiao Yan stopped crying and vowed to help the Azure Emperor resolve the crisis, earning her master’s approval.
• Qin Jiuge and Feng Liuxing used their Great Emperor Realm power to block the demonic chants after arriving in a realm filled with pure demonic qi.
• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master nearly fell into demonic deviation, cursed Qin Jiuge for bringing him there, and drew Feng Liuxing’s rebuke for failing to take responsibility.

Qin Jiuge kept the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master from leaving the Demon Realm, but lost his companions’ trust and had to face danger alone. After Qin Jiuge defeated a group of undead, a hidden Vengeful Spirit told him to go to the Three Lives River to learn how to resolve the Heavenly Dao’s backlash.

• Qin Jiuge revived the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master and used Great Emperor power to promise he would be safe from the demonic path’s conditions, but the Tower Master still wanted to return to the Demon Realm.
• Feng Liuxing sided with the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master, and Qin Jiuge took the lead through dangerous parts of the journey while his companions mocked him for his earlier mistake.
• Qin Jiuge, Feng Liuxing, and the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master encountered undead spirits who welcomed the chance to feast on humans.
• Qin Jiuge killed most of the undead with the Ghost Soul Blade, then heard a hidden Vengeful Spirit accuse the humans of seeking to occupy the Demon Realm’s fortune.
• Qin Jiuge explained that they sought to reduce the Heavenly Dao’s backlash by removing the Demon Realm’s demonic energy, and the hidden Vengeful Spirit directed them to the Three Lives River.

Qin Jiuge and his companions reached the Three Lives River, where the Heavenly Demon Insect revealed itself and explained the Demon Realm’s decline. After learning of its immense merit and Fortune, they asked what it wanted them to do.

• Qin Jiuge and the others arrived at the Three Lives River, whose dangerous waters appeared impossible even for Great Emperor Realm cultivators to cross.
• The Heavenly Demon Insect appeared and introduced itself to Qin Jiuge, the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master, and Feng Liuxing.
• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master explained that the Heavenly Demon Insect was once favored by the Demon Realm’s Fortune, but its lineage and the realm had since fallen into decline.
• The Heavenly Demon Insect said its remaining kin fed on Vengeful Spirits to keep them from turning the Demon Realm into the Spirit Realm.
• Qin Jiuge used the Qi Gazing Technique and saw the Heavenly Demon Insect’s twelve Merit Golden Wheels, confirming its identity.
• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master asked the Heavenly Demon Insect what it wanted from them, while he and Feng Liuxing considered the benefits its merit could bring.

Feng Liuxing and Qin Jiuge agreed to help the Heavenly Demon Insect eliminate Vengeful Spirits in exchange for merit and a share of the Demon Realm’s Fortune. After Feng Liuxing tested the Three Lives River’s power, the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master learned he still had a role to play and prepared to meet the Heavenly Demon Insect.

• Feng Liuxing considered that he would need to suppress or defeat Feng Jiuqing to secure the Sky Phoenix Dynasty’s acknowledgment, then offered the Heavenly Demon Insect help.
• The Heavenly Demon Insect dismissed Feng Liuxing’s offer until Qin Jiuge promised to help honestly and said the Demon Realm could share its rewards with them.
• The Heavenly Demon Insect explained that they had to bind Vengeful Spirits and throw them into the Three Lives River to earn merit, warning that only Great Emperor Realm beings could safely handle them.
• Feng Liuxing used his Earth Realm power to throw a Vengeful Spirit into the river and absorbed golden threads of merit.
• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master received a message from the Heavenly Demon Insect, then told Qin Jiuge and Feng Liuxing to capture Vengeful Spirits while he went to meet it.

Qin Jiuge and Feng Liuxing hunted Vengeful Spirits for merit while the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master built a habitat for the Heavenly Demon Insects. After gaining Merit Golden Wheels and learning that the Tower Master had obtained a Great Emperor method, they asked the insect about the Vengeful Spirits’ source, but it warned them that even a Great Emperor would have little effect.

• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master left Qin Jiuge and Feng Liuxing to establish formations for the Heavenly Demon Insects.
• Qin Jiuge used the Ghost Soul Blade fragments to capture Vengeful Spirits as Feng Liuxing hunted them with his illusory great palm.
• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master built formations for the insect and its arriving larvae, creating a habitat for them.
• After more than a month of hunting, Feng Liuxing condensed one Merit Golden Wheel and Qin Jiuge condensed three.
• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master said he had obtained the Heavenly Demon Insect’s Great Emperor method and might soon attempt a breakthrough after returning to the Ninja Realm.
• Feng Liuxing asked the Heavenly Demon Insect about the source of the Vengeful Spirits, and it warned that even a Great Emperor would have little effect.

Qin Jiuge and his companions bargained with the Heavenly Demon Insect over confronting the source of the vengeful spirits and learned that Merit Golden Wheels alone could not quell the Heavenly Dao’s wrath. They continued gathering merit while the insect withheld further information, leaving their negotiations unresolved.

• Feng Liuxing identified Qin Jiuge as the human race’s Child of Destiny, and the Heavenly Demon Insect confirmed he could help resolve the source of the vengeful spirits.
• Qin Jiuge, Feng Liuxing, and the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master pressured the Heavenly Demon Insect into admitting that they needed a Merit Heavenly Book, not just Merit Golden Wheels, to fully appease the Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Demon Insect refused to explain how to obtain a Merit Heavenly Book, so Qin Jiuge refused to help unless it met his demands.
• Qin Jiuge and Feng Liuxing continued sending vengeful spirits into the Three Lives River to earn merit while they waited for the Heavenly Demon Insect to yield.
• The Heavenly Demon Insect paid the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master with Golden Merit Beads for his array work, and he continued setting up arrays without raising his price.

The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master told the last mature Heavenly Demon Insect about Qin Jiuge while the insect considered his request. In the Human Realm, Vengeful Spirits from the Demon Realm threatened to grow into a new faction, and Wen Tiansheng demanded that the Great Emperors answer for the crisis.

• The Heavenly Demon Insect asked the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master to tell him more about the Human Realm, and the Tower Master agreed while continuing to describe Qin Jiuge's adventures.
• The Heavenly Demon Insect laughed at Qin Jiuge's hardships as a Child of Destiny while Merit Golden Wheels gathered around Qin Jiuge and Feng Liuxing.
• The Heavenly Mystery Old Man, Ouye Zi, the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor, the Sky Phoenix ancestor, and Feng Jiuqing tried to protect the Human Realm and find the source of the Vengeful Spirits.
• Wen Tiansheng warned that the Vengeful Spirits could become a Great Emperor-led faction and demanded that the other Great Emperors account for the damage to the Merman Clan.
• The Heavenly Poison Great Emperor disclaimed responsibility because his Life Contract was with Qin Jiuge, leaving the Azure Emperor and the Sky Phoenix Ancestor to explain themselves to Wen Tiansheng.

Wen Tiansheng accepted compensation from Azure Emperor and Sky Phoenix Ancestor, while their allies refused to take responsibility for the crisis. In the Demon Realm, Heavenly Demon Insect helped Qin Jiuge by revealing that Spirit Ghost Forest was behind the Vengeful Spirits and the Demon Realm’s ruin.

• Wen Tiansheng took Fortune, treasures, and resources from Azure Emperor and Sky Phoenix Ancestor as compensation on behalf of the Overseas Region’s living beings.
• Heavenly Poison Great Emperor, Heavenly Mystery Old Man, Heavenly Yao Emperor, and Sky Phoenix Ancestor each declined to help Azure Emperor further, leaving Azure Emperor and Xiao Yan to suppress the Vengeful Spirits.
• Azure Emperor and Xiao Yan spent their foundations to temporarily hold back the Vengeful Spirit tide in the South Sea.
• Heavenly Demon Insect told Qin Jiuge that their efforts to form the Merit Golden Wheel would fail without the Merit Heavenly Book, then agreed to help after hearing the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master’s story.
• Heavenly Demon Insect directed Qin Jiuge east along the Three Lives River to Spirit Ghost Forest, identifying it as the source of the Vengeful Spirits and the force responsible for the Demon Realm’s condition.

Qin Jiuge and Feng Liuxing entered the Spirit Ghost Forest and faced its master and the Vengeful Spirits under his control. Qin Jiuge used merit and treasure techniques to restore the spirits’ clarity, and they recognized him as a Child of Destiny and thanked him.

• The Heavenly Demon Insect gave Qin Jiuge and Feng Liuxing information about the Spirit Ghost Forest, while the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master stayed behind to build arrays for the insects.
• Qin Jiuge and Feng Liuxing reached the Spirit Ghost Forest and were confronted by its master and former Demon Realm experts controlled as Vengeful Spirits.
• Feng Liuxing engaged the Half-step Great Emperor Realm Vengeful Spirits while Qin Jiuge tried to break through toward the forest’s depths, but more spirits surrounded him.
• Qin Jiuge asked whether he could restore the spirits’ clarity, then used the Kunpeng Treasure Technique, the Lightning Treasure Technique, and his Merit Golden Wheels to free them temporarily.
• The restored Vengeful Spirits remembered their defeat and transaction with the Spirit Ghost Forest, then thanked Qin Jiuge for helping them.

Qin Jiuge learned that he had to make a transaction with Spirit Ghost Forest to resolve its calamity, and the Heavenly Demon Insect stayed to help. The Spirit Ghost Forest Master appeared and demanded that Qin Jiuge become his subordinate and place his Life Contract in his hands.

• The Vengeful Spirits vanished into Spirit Ghost Forest after agreeing to help Qin Jiuge.
• Feng Liuxing tried to enter Spirit Ghost Forest, but the Demon Realm’s power and Fortune rejected him.
• The Heavenly Demon Insect explained that Qin Jiuge had to make a transaction with Spirit Ghost Forest and that its fate would depend on the deal.
• Feng Liuxing and Qin Jiuge persuaded the Heavenly Demon Insect to stay and assist them.
• Qin Jiuge declared that he wanted to trade with Spirit Ghost Forest, summoning the Spirit Ghost Forest Master.
• The Spirit Ghost Forest Master demanded that Qin Jiuge become his subordinate, surrender his Life Contract, and swear not to betray him.

Qin Jiuge agreed to Spirit Ghost Forest’s three trials to gain control of it and passed the first trial by identifying its true body among a hundred Vengeful Spirits. Spirit Ghost Forest then sent him into the second trial, where he had to save a Demon Realm family in the long river of history.

• Qin Jiuge accepted Spirit Ghost Forest’s deal and entered its hide-and-seek trial, where a wrong choice would make him its puppet.
• Feng Liuxing panicked over Qin Jiuge’s one-percent odds, but Heavenly Demon Insect reassured him that a Child of Destiny had better chances.
• Qin Jiuge used his Fiery Golden Eyes and Fortune to identify Spirit Ghost Forest’s true body and win the first trial.
• Spirit Ghost Forest gave Qin Jiuge a jade disc and set the second trial: save a Demon Realm family in the long river of history.
• Qin Jiuge left the illusory space and arrived outside Spirit Ghost Forest with the jade disc.