Chapter Summaries

Qin Jiuge entered Yanming City for his second trial, which required him to resolve the city's three great oddities. After witnessing a dangerous will beheaded at the city gates, he learned about the power of the four great families and the harsh conditions facing ordinary people.

• The Heavenly Demon Insect told Qin Jiuge he had passed the first trial and expected him to win the second, while Feng Liuxing left to help build the Heavenly Demon Insect lineage's home.
• Qin Jiuge crushed the Jade Token and arrived in a crowded line outside Yanming City.
• The Spirit Ghost Forest Master told Qin Jiuge to resolve Yanming City's three great oddities, and Qin Jiuge patiently observed the anxious crowd.
• A rider named Zhao Tianhai killed a person turning into a will with his blade, while Qian Xiaonuo praised his skill.
• Qin Jiuge heard that Zhao Tianhai and Qian Xiaonuo belonged to Yanming City's powerful Zhao and Qian families, and learned that ordinary people lived under the four great families' rule.

Qin Jiuge entered Yanming City after refusing Qian Xiaonuo’s offer to become a servant of the Qian Family. As he continued toward his goal of finding the Evil God, Zhao Tianhai and Qian Xiaonuo discussed his refusal with hostility.

• Qian Xiaonuo cleansed the lingering aura around the destroyed will, earning praise and gratitude from the commoners while drawing their karmic fortune to himself.
• Qian Xiaonuo noticed Qin Jiuge’s cultivation and offered to take him as a Qian Family servant, but Qin Jiuge refused.
• Qian Xiaonuo dismissed Qin Jiuge’s strength, warned him that he would still live under the Four Great Families in Yanming City, and left.
• The commoners gossiped about Qin Jiuge’s refusal and wagered on how long he would survive, while Qin Jiuge entered Yanming City without trouble because he was a cultivator.
• Zhao Tianhai told Qian Xiaonuo that Qin Jiuge had acted recklessly by refusing her offer and complained angrily about the commoners.

Qin Jiuge entered Yanming City and refused to bow during the Beast God’s procession, challenging the High Priest’s authority. The High Priest rejected his defiance and attacked him.

• Zhao Tianhai and Qian Xiaonuo dismissed Qin Jiuge as unimportant and hurried to the Evil God’s temple for its Sacrificial Ceremony.
• Qin Jiuge entered Yanming City as the Beast God’s procession passed and observed the common people kneeling and offering their devotion.
• The Red-Robed High Priest demanded that Qin Jiuge bow to the Beast God and offered him a place in the Beast God Temple.
• Qin Jiuge asked why he should bow when the Beast God could also behold him, alarming the surrounding common people.
• After Qin Jiuge refused to kneel or accept his offer, the Red-Robed High Priest raised his Ghost-Faced Zen Staff and attacked.

Qin Jiuge killed the Red-Robed High Priest, destroyed the Beast God’s statue, and cut down several fanatical priests before leaving to explore Yanming City. The Beast God then roused the Zhao Family to defend its prestige, and Zhao Wuliang pledged his family’s support.

• Qin Jiuge erased the Red-Robed High Priest’s attack and killed him as he tried to shield the Beast God’s temple.
• Qin Jiuge destroyed the Beast God’s statue and silenced the believers who threatened him.
• Qin Jiuge killed several fanatical High Priests who charged at him, then left to wander around Yanming City.
• The Beast God sensed the statue’s destruction and grew angry inside the Zhao Family’s temple.
• Zhao Wuliang promised the Beast God that the Zhao Family would protect its prestige throughout Yanming City.

Zhao Wuliang ordered Zhao Tianhai to find and kill whoever had destroyed the Beast God Statue, while Qin Jiuge continued through Yanming City, disrupting another procession and smashing a Heavenly Fox statue. Zhao Tianhai and Qian Xiaonuo identified Qin Jiuge as the likely culprit, but someone reached him before they did and confronted him as a god-slayer.

• Zhao Wuliang told Zhao Tianhai to bring back the head of the person who destroyed the Beast God Statue.
• Zhao Wuliang sent out another Beast God procession to keep the Beast God drawing in faith.
• Qian Xiaonuo joined Zhao Tianhai as he set off to kill the statue destroyer.
• Qin Jiuge disrupted a Heavenly Fox procession and cut down the fanatics who confronted him.
• Qian Xiaonuo and Zhao Tianhai connected the destroyed statues and hurried to find Qin Jiuge.
• An unnamed person confronted Qin Jiuge, accusing him of smashing the Heavenly Gods' statues.

Qin Jiuge defeated Qin Feng, Yanming City's Divine Envoy, and forced him to lead the way to the true gods. Zhao Tianhai and Qian Xiaonuo caught up and confronted Qin Feng.

• Qin Feng arrived and attacked Qin Jiuge while Yanming City's commoners cheered him on.
• Qin Jiuge broke Qin Feng's spear and armor, then knocked him down in their first clash.
• Qin Feng begged Qin Jiuge for mercy and revealed that he was a direct son of the Qin Family, one of Yanming City's Four Great Families.
• Qin Jiuge ordered Qin Feng to lead him to the true gods so he could kill them, and Qin Feng agreed.
• Zhao Tianhai and Qian Xiaonuo followed them and Zhao Tianhai demanded to know what Qin Feng was doing.

Qin Feng sided with Qin Jiuge and fought Zhao Tianhai, while Qin Jiuge easily defeated Qian Xiaonuo. The chapter ended with Qin Jiuge’s Ghost Soul Blade draining Qian Xiaonuo’s Blood Qi as he pleaded for his life.

• Qin Feng declared that he would follow Qin Jiuge, and a warm power helped him resist the Evil God’s control.
• Zhao Tianhai attacked Qin Feng, and the two fought with their weapons as the crowd fled the street.
• Qian Xiaonuo drew his Crimson Blood Sword and attacked Qin Jiuge, who repelled him with the Ghost Soul Blades and Innate Formless Qi.
• Qin Jiuge sent a Ghost Soul Blade through Qian Xiaonuo and drained his Blood Qi while Qian Xiaonuo begged for mercy.

Qin Jiuge killed Qian Xiaonuo and Zhao Tianhai, then ordered Qin Feng to help destroy the Four Great Families in exchange for sparing non-fanatical Qin Family members and granting him the Evil Gods’ origins. While Qin Wuchang secretly tried to keep both sides on his side, Qin Jiuge and Qin Feng reached the Heavenly Fox Temple and confronted its believers.

• Qin Jiuge killed Qian Xiaonuo and Zhao Tianhai as Qin Feng watched in fear.
• Qin Jiuge ordered Qin Feng to lead him against the Four Great Families and promised to spare willing Qin Family members and give Qin Feng the Evil Gods’ origins.
• Qin Feng pledged loyalty to Qin Jiuge and agreed to lead the way, while Qin Jiuge continued hunting the Four Great Families.
• Qin Wuchang pretended to mourn Qin Feng and joined the other family heads in planning a punitive expedition, while secretly trying to keep both sides secure.
• Qin Jiuge and Qin Feng arrived outside the Heavenly Fox Temple, where Qin Jiuge warned the believers to leave if they wanted to live.

Qin Jiuge confronted the Heavenly Fox Lady after killing the Heavenly Fox Temple’s frenzied followers. The Heavenly Fox Lady fled the temple, leaving Qin Feng stunned in hiding.

• The Heavenly Fox Lady and the Heavenly Fox Temple Priest discussed using ordinary people to break Qin Jiuge and make him a puppet.
• Qin Jiuge killed the temple’s frenzied followers and confronted the Heavenly Fox Lady, who realized he was not a righteous cultivator.
• The Heavenly Fox Temple Priest begged Qin Jiuge for mercy and blamed the Heavenly Fox Lady, but she killed him before he could continue.
• Qin Jiuge rebuked the Heavenly Fox Lady for killing the priest and declared that the priest belonged to him.
• The Heavenly Fox Lady fled the Heavenly Fox Temple instead of fighting Qin Jiuge, while Qin Feng watched in shock from hiding.

Qin Jiuge pursued the fleeing Heavenly Fox Lady despite Qin Feng’s warning, and she sought help from the other Evil Gods. She reached the Beast God’s temple, where the Beast God dismissed her fears, just as Qin Jiuge and Qin Feng arrived.

• Qin Jiuge ignored Qin Feng’s advice and chased after the Heavenly Fox Lady, bringing Qin Feng along.
• Qin Feng accepted that Qin Jiuge was powerful and followed him, hoping to secure the Qin Family’s future.
• The Heavenly Fox Lady contacted the other Evil Gods and threatened to bring Qin Jiuge into their territories unless they helped her.
• The other Evil Gods mocked the Heavenly Fox Lady, and she decided to seek the Beast God’s help.
• The Beast God dismissed the Heavenly Fox Lady’s warnings until she reached his temple and urged him to prepare for battle.
• Qin Jiuge and Qin Feng arrived before the Heavenly Fox Lady and the Beast God.

Qin Jiuge overwhelmed the Beast God and the Heavenly Fox Lady, forcing them to call on other Evil Gods to help defeat him. The Four Great Family heads witnessed the confrontation and chose to stay hidden rather than risk facing Qin Jiuge.

• The Heavenly Fox Lady warned the Beast God that Qin Jiuge was far stronger than either of them and that they needed to join forces.
• The Beast God charged Qin Jiuge, but Qin Jiuge hurled him away with a wave of hurricane force.
• The Beast God and the Heavenly Fox Lady decided to summon the Wind-Chasing Beast and another Evil God so all four could attack Qin Jiuge together.
• The Heavenly Fox Lady and the Beast God fled toward the Wind-Chasing Beast, while Qin Feng followed Qin Jiuge with renewed confidence in him.
• The heads of the Four Great Families watched the Evil Gods flee and decided to remain hidden instead of confronting Qin Jiuge.
• Qin Jiuge and Qin Feng arrived before the Wind-Chasing Beast as the other Evil Gods gathered.

Qin Jiuge defeated the Wind-Chasing Beast and drove it to join the other Evil Gods, then pursued all four as they gathered to face him. Qin Jiuge and Qin Feng arrived before the assembled gods, while the four hidden family heads watched uncertainly as the battle was about to begin.

• Qin Jiuge struck the Wind-Chasing Beast down, and the beast admitted it could not beat him.
• The Beast God urged the Wind-Chasing Beast to find the last Evil God so all four could confront Qin Jiuge together, and the Heavenly Fox Lady and the others fled toward him.
• Qin Feng realized Qin Jiuge intended to defeat all four Evil Gods at once, before the others could be warned and become harder to eliminate.
• The Beast God, Heavenly Fox Lady, and Wind-Chasing Beast persuaded the final Evil God to join them, and the four gathered to fight Qin Jiuge.
• Qin Jiuge and Qin Feng arrived before the united Evil Gods, while the four family heads watched from the shadows without confidence that Qin Jiuge could defeat them.

The four Evil Gods joined forces to fight Qin Jiuge, but their distrust of one another disrupted their opening attack. After the Evil God was badly injured, the others prepared to attack Qin Jiuge together.

• Qin Wuchang considered whether the families should do more to help, then fell silent as the family heads watched him.
• The Evil God agreed to test Qin Jiuge after the Wind-Chasing Beast and Beast God boasted that the four Evil Gods could defeat anyone in Yanming City.
• The Evil God charged Qin Jiuge alone while the Heavenly Fox Lady, Beast God, and Wind-Chasing Beast stayed back, and Qin Jiuge pummeled him.
• The Evil God returned to the others and accused them of using him as a shield, but the Heavenly Fox Lady said the attack had shown him Qin Jiuge's strength.
• The Evil God refused to attack first again, so the Heavenly Fox Lady ordered the Beast God to use his secret art while the Wind-Chasing Beast rushed to the front.

Qin Jiuge fought off the Four Evil Gods, who revealed that they had recognized his Great Emperor Realm strength and planned to overwhelm him in Yanming City, where his power was suppressed. The Four Great Families realized he might be their chance to escape the evil gods’ rule and decided to help him.

• Qin Jiuge parried the Wind-Chasing Beast’s hammer and matched the Beast God’s attack while taunting them.
• The Beast God ordered the others to use their secret arts, and the Evil God armed himself and attacked Qin Jiuge with the Heaven-Slaying Black Sword.
• Heavenly Fox Lady and the other Four Evil Gods unleashed their powers, explaining that Yanming City suppressed Qin Jiuge to the peak of the Half-step Great Emperor Realm and that they wanted his Origin of the Earth.
• Qin Wuchang and the other family heads realized Qin Jiuge was a human Great Emperor and resolved to help him rather than remain under the Four Evil Gods’ oppression.

Qin Jiuge faced the Four Evil Gods as they burned their souls and lifespans to try to kill him. He revealed his overwhelming Great Emperor power and explained that he wanted to erase their spiritual intelligence to pass Spirit Ghost Forest’s second trial.

• The Four Evil Gods launched relentless attacks while Heavenly Fox Lady urged them to stay together and kill Qin Jiuge.
• Qin Feng watched from the sidelines and shouted encouragement to Qin Jiuge.
• Qin Jiuge unleashed the Kunpeng Treasure Technique, Demon God Power, and Quasi-Emperor Weapons, raising his strength to the peak of the Half-step Great Emperor Realm.
• Heavenly Fox Lady rallied the Four Evil Gods to keep attacking until Qin Jiuge’s secret art wore off, and they continued fighting at full strength.
• Qin Jiuge summoned four Thunder Dragons that seized the Four Evil Gods and declared he intended to erase their spiritual intelligence to pass the second trial.

Qin Jiuge nearly killed Heavenly Fox Lady, but another Evil God saved her with a puppet. As Yanming City's fortune began draining away, Heavenly Fox Lady sent the Wind-Chasing Beast to attack the Four Great Families while Qin Feng urged Qin Jiuge to exploit the Evil Gods’ weakening.

• Heavenly Fox Lady rallied the Four Evil Gods and drew Qin Jiuge’s attention, so he attacked her directly.
• Qin Jiuge drove off the Wind-Chasing Beast and overwhelmed Heavenly Fox Lady, but an Evil God substituted a puppet and saved her.
• The Wind-Chasing Beast and Beast God regrouped around Heavenly Fox Lady as the Four Evil Gods regained confidence in their cooperation.
• Yanming City’s fortune began draining away, and Heavenly Fox Lady ordered the Wind-Chasing Beast to kill the Four Great Families quickly.
• Qin Feng urged Qin Jiuge to seize the chance to attack while the Evil Gods’ strength declined without fortune.

Qin Jiuge killed the Evil God, Heavenly Fox Lady, and Beast God, then pursued the fleeing Wind-Chasing Beast. The Wind-Chasing Beast became trapped at Yanming City's gate and begged Qin Jiuge to spare him.

• Qin Jiuge seized the Evil God with Demon God Power and shattered his body and essence.
• Qin Jiuge killed the Heavenly Fox Lady, then used Ghost Soul Blades to devour the Beast God.
• The Wind-Chasing Beast sensed the other three Evil Gods' deaths and fled toward Yanming City's gates.
• The formation at the gates trapped the Wind-Chasing Beast, and Qin Jiuge caught up with him.
• The Wind-Chasing Beast knelt and offered to become Qin Jiuge's slave in exchange for his life.

Qin Jiuge defeated the Wind-Chasing Beast and passed Spirit Ghost Forest’s second trial by revealing that he was also the Child of Destiny of the Yao Realm. He began the third trial by attacking Spirit Ghost Forest itself, and their battle left the forest facing Qin Jiuge’s lightning-charged power.

• Qin Jiuge killed the Wind-Chasing Beast, and Qin Feng and the Four Great Families pledged their loyalty to him.
• Qin Jiuge argued that he had never claimed to be only the Human Realm’s Child of Destiny and said he was also the Yao Realm’s Child of Destiny, forcing Spirit Ghost Forest to admit defeat in the second trial.
• Spirit Ghost Forest summoned Qin Jiuge before the true Spirit Ghost Tree and asked whether he was ready to begin the third trial.
• Qin Jiuge guessed that Spirit Ghost Forest itself was the third trial and attacked it, drawing the Demon Realm’s vital forces to his side.
• Spirit Ghost Forest transformed and fought Qin Jiuge at the Great Emperor Realm, claiming it could not be defeated on its own ground.
• Qin Jiuge summoned a sea of lightning and used his Lightning Treasure Technique, declaring that he stood on the true ground where defeat was impossible.

Qin Jiuge gained the Demon Realm’s Fortune and pressed his advantage against the Spirit Ghost Forest, arguing that the Heavenly Dao had abandoned it as a threat to the world. The Spirit Ghost Forest rejected his claims and launched a vast vine attack, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Feng Liuxing and the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master watched as Qin Jiuge’s actions caused the Demon Realm’s Fortune to flow to him, while the Heavenly Demon Insect observed in silence.
• Qin Jiuge attacked the Spirit Ghost Forest and told it that the world had abandoned it because it endangered the Demon Realm.
• The Spirit Ghost Forest protested that it had served the Heavenly Dao and preserved the Demon Realm’s Fortune by imprisoning its inhabitants.
• The Heavenly Dao continued pouring Fortune into Qin Jiuge, who declared that the Spirit Ghost Forest was harmful and charged at it again.
• The Spirit Ghost Forest claimed its millions of years of accumulated power made Qin Jiuge unworthy to kill it, then sent countless vines rushing toward him.

Qin Jiuge used his status as the Demon Realm's Child of Fortune to overcome Spirit Ghost Forest, whose attacks could no longer harm him. With the help of awakened Demon Realm rulers and former powerhouses, he brought about Spirit Ghost Forest's death, and the Heavenly Demon Insect lineage rose as the Demon Realm's foremost race.

• Qin Jiuge dodged Spirit Ghost Forest's attacks and told it that its defeat was inevitable.
• Spirit Ghost Forest gathered the power of its world for a final assault, but Qin Jiuge struck it with the Hand of the Heavens.
• The Overlord of the Northern Heavens and other awakened rulers mocked Spirit Ghost Forest and explained that heaven and earth had turned against it.
• Spirit Ghost Forest blamed Qin Jiuge and launched another attack, so Qin Jiuge summoned former Demon Realm powerhouses to strike it down.
• Spirit Ghost Forest died, and Fortune restored vitality across the Demon Realm.
• The Heavenly Demon Insect celebrated as the Heavenly Demon Insect lineage became the Demon Realm's foremost race.