Chapter Summaries

Xianggu concealed her connection to the Half-step Supreme Realm expert while rumors of his presence spread through the Hehuan Sect. After Xue Niang pressed her to share a furnace, Xianggu returned to Qin Jiuge in alarm, and he calmed her as she asked what they should do next.

• Disciples whispered that a Half-step Supreme Realm expert had entered the Hehuan Sect over an old grudge.
• Xianggu bickered with Xue Niang and denied having any connection to the senior.
• Xue Niang demanded a share of the furnace, arguing that it belonged to Hehuan City.
• After hearing that the sect master had discovered Qin Jiuge's presence, Xianggu rushed back to her courtyard and asked him what to do.
• Qin Jiuge calmed Xianggu with a gesture and asked why she was panicking.

Xianggu calmed down after Qin Jiuge reassured her, then broke through to the fourth realm and became a permanent inner-sect disciple. Her promotion earned Zhao Shuang’s support but fueled Xue Niang and Peony’s jealousy, and rumors about Xianggu’s rapid breakthrough spread through the inner sect.

• Qin Jiuge reassured Xianggu that he would protect her, and she began cultivating to break through to the fourth realm.
• The Hehuan Sect Elders searched for answers but soon abandoned the investigation when the sect master stopped paying attention.
• Xianggu broke through to the fourth realm, exchanged her outer-sect token, and received a permanent inner-sect disciple token.
• Zhao Shuang congratulated Xianggu and promised that the sect and she would support her.
• Peony and Xue Niang blamed Xianggu’s breakthrough on the cauldron, feared she would overpower them, and discussed refusing to submit.
• Rumors about how Xianggu broke through so quickly spread through the inner sect.

Inner-sect disciples plotted to take Xianggu’s supreme cauldron and pressured Xue Niang and Peony to help. After both agreed to cooperate, the groups set out for Xianggu, where another, stronger group of senior disciples was already demanding the cauldron.

• Inner-sect disciples spread the claim that Xianggu’s breakthrough came from her supreme cauldron and began plotting to seize it.
• Senior disciples pressured Xue Niang to join their plan, and she insisted that they sign a contract before agreeing.
• The senior disciples threatened Xue Niang with their power, and she agreed to stand with them.
• Peony also agreed to cooperate with the senior disciples in exchange for a share of the spoils.
• The groups set out for Xianggu, where a stronger group of senior disciples had already arrived to demand her cauldron.

Xianggu refused to surrender the top-grade furnace despite threats from the inner disciples, then confronted Xue Niang and Peony for helping bring them against her. She told the two that their only path to becoming inner disciples was to kill the senior brothers and sisters, leaving the gathering in a tense standoff.

• Xianggu invoked the sect rules and refused to yield, warning the senior brothers and sisters that she could call for an Elder.
• The senior disciples threatened Xianggu over the top-grade furnace, then some departed, leaving Xue Niang and Peony with her.
• Xianggu accused Xue Niang and Peony of pretending to support her and warned they would receive only cultivation pills, not a share of the furnace.
• Peony asked what they should do, while Xue Niang stayed despite Xianggu's taunts because she feared losing her chance to become an inner disciple.
• Xianggu told Xue Niang and Peony to kill the senior brothers and sisters and take their resources to advance, leaving everyone stunned and the situation tense.

Xianggu persuaded Xue Niang and Peony to bring the Yin-Yang Platform so she could fight the senior disciples, with their cooperation depending on the outcome. Zhao Shuang approached to ask how Xianggu had identified the supreme-grade cauldron, but Qin Jiuge came out and ordered her to kneel.

• Xianggu proposed that Xue Niang and Peony bring the Yin-Yang Platform so she could face the senior disciples while they stayed out of danger.
• Xue Niang and Peony agreed to Xianggu's plan and hurried to arrange the fight.
• The senior disciples accepted the challenge, believing Xianggu was too weak to contend with them.
• Zhao Shuang told Xianggu she had come to learn how she identified the supreme-grade cauldron, not to take it.
• Qin Jiuge came out to meet Zhao Shuang and told her to kneel, prompting her to demand why.

Qin Jiuge lent Xianggu his power and ordered her to kill Zhao Shuang, who had threatened them in Xianggu’s courtyard. Xianggu defeated Zhao Shuang, who realized Qin Jiuge was a powerful expert before she died; Xianggu’s borrowed strength then faded.

• Qin Jiuge empowered Xianggu and ordered her to kill Zhao Shuang.
• Zhao Shuang tried to persuade Xianggu to turn against Qin Jiuge, then attacked when Xianggu refused.
• Xianggu struck Zhao Shuang down with a single blow and left her gravely injured inside the courtyard formation.
• Zhao Shuang recognized Qin Jiuge as a powerful expert but died before she could finish speaking.
• Qin Jiuge watched as his power receded from Xianggu, leaving her weak again.

After Xianggu and Qin Jiuge concealed Zhao Shuang’s death, the Hehuan Sect’s disciples grew wary of Xianggu, and she enjoyed a brief period of peace. When an Elder was killed in her courtyard, Qin Jiuge told Xianggu he would stage her death to change his plan for drawing out the sect’s Sect Master.

• Qin Jiuge ordered Xianggu to dispose of Zhao Shuang’s body and hide the killing, reassuring her that such deaths were common in the Hehuan Sect.
• Other disciples speculated about Zhao Shuang’s disappearance, then grew suspicious of Xianggu when she failed to reappear for three days.
• The disciples’ wariness gave Xianggu a peaceful stretch in which her strength steadily increased.
• An Elder connected to Zhao Shuang died in Xianggu’s courtyard, leaving her shocked and afraid of an investigation.
• Qin Jiuge told Xianggu she had to die, then clarified that he only meant to fake her death because his plan to lure out the Sect Master had failed.

Qin Jiuge decided to draw out the Hehuan Sect’s master by staging an apparent opportunity at Sky Flame Valley after the sect’s Elders refused to investigate the killings. As the Hehuan Sect’s people flocked to discuss the spectacle, its Elders returned to face Xuan Tiesen.

• Qin Jiuge told Xianggu that he would help her become Hehuan Sect’s master, and she resolved to help him get what he wanted quickly.
• The deaths of an Elder and two others caused an uproar, but the Hehuan Sect’s Elders refused to risk investigating whoever was behind them.
• Xuan Tiesen appeared before the Elders through a puppet avatar and cursed them for expecting him to test the danger on their behalf.
• Qin Jiuge sensed that Xuan Tiesen was using a puppet avatar and decided not to destroy it, choosing his Plan B instead.
• A dazzling beam of light erupted from Sky Flame Valley, prompting Hehuan Sect disciples and Elders to speculate that a great opportunity had appeared.
• The Hehuan Sect’s Elders gathered before Xuan Tiesen again after the Sky Flame Valley spectacle.

Qin Jiuge entered the emptied Hehuan Sect to seize its primordial yin and clashed with Sect Master Xuan Tiesen. After several exchanges, Xuan Tiesen realized Qin Jiuge was far stronger than him but insisted that Qin Jiuge could not be a true Supreme and could only defeat him.

• Xuan Tiesen promised the Hehuan Sect Elders a vice sect master position if one of them obtained resources and broke through to the Supreme Realm, prompting them to head for Sky Flame Valley.
• Qin Jiuge secretly entered the Hehuan Sect while its Elders were away, and Xuan Tiesen confronted him, having anticipated his arrival.
• Qin Jiuge admitted that he targeted Xuan Tiesen because the Hehuan Sect's primordial yin could help resolve a hidden danger in his cultivation.
• Qin Jiuge and Xuan Tiesen began fighting, while the sect's disciples and Xianggu watched from a distance.
• After several clashes, Xuan Tiesen was shocked by Qin Jiuge's strength but argued that Qin Jiuge could at most defeat him, not injure or capture him.

Qin Jiuge defeated and killed Xuan Tiesen, the Hehuan Sect master, then captured the sect members and ordered them to obey Xianggu. The Hehuan Sect members accepted Qin Jiuge's rule and proclaimed him their leader.

• Xuan Tiesen attacked Qin Jiuge, but he easily stopped her and bound her with the Kunpeng Treasure Technique.
• Qin Jiuge extracted Xuan Tiesen's Primordial Yin Power, killing her before the Hehuan Sect members.
• Qin Jiuge froze the fleeing Hehuan Sect members, and Xianggu bound them with sealing talismans.
• The captured sect members begged Xianggu to plead for them, but she waited for Qin Jiuge to decide their fate.
• Qin Jiuge ordered everyone to obey Xianggu and asserted his authority over the Hehuan Sect, which the members accepted.

Qin Jiuge took control of the Hehuan Sect with Xianggu and brought its members to Sky Flame Valley, where he confronted the gathered factions. He captured the Hehuan Sect’s inner elders and declared himself their new Sect Master.

• Xianggu ordered the Hehuan Sect’s outer elders and inner disciples to sign Blood Contracts under Qin Jiuge’s protection.
• Qin Jiuge brought Xianggu and the Hehuan Sect members back to Sky Flame Valley to strengthen his forces on the Northern Continent.
• The gathered experts questioned why Sky Flame Valley’s mysterious power and opportunity had vanished.
• Qin Jiuge arrived at Sky Flame Valley and told the gathered factions to disperse, displaying Primordial Yin Power and Half-step Supreme Realm strength.
• The Hehuan Sect’s inner elders questioned Qin Jiuge and attempted to encircle him, but he seized them with the Lightning Treasure Technique.
• Qin Jiuge declared himself the Hehuan Sect’s Sect Master and threatened to execute anyone who refused to submit.

Qin Jiuge and Xianggu forced the Hehuan Sect’s inner Elders to choose between submission and death after Xuan Tiesen’s disappearance. The Elders accepted Qin Jiuge as their new sect master, leaving Xianggu poised to become the sect’s second-in-command.

• Qin Jiuge made the Hehuan Sect’s inner Elders sign Life Contracts while the Heavenly Demon Palace, Martial Dao Sect, and other neutral forces watched without intervening.
• Xianggu told the Elders that Xuan Tiesen was dead and demanded that they obey the new sect master or face death.
• The Elders debated whether Xuan Tiesen had truly died and weighed the risks of choosing a side.
• Mo Tianchou stepped forward, welcomed Qin Jiuge as sect master, and the other inner Elders soon knelt in agreement.
• Xianggu felt relief as she anticipated becoming the Hehuan Sect’s second-in-command with Qin Jiuge’s support.

Qin Jiuge appointed Xianggu and Mo Tianchou as co-vice sect masters to keep the Hehuan Sect under control, then left after ordering the sect to send Yin-Yang Essence to him every three months. Back in Heavenly Absolute City, he found several powerful figures waiting and suspected that someone had revealed where he had gone.

• Mo Tianchou argued that Xianggu lacked the strength to govern the Hehuan Sect alone.
• Qin Jiuge made Mo Tianchou and Xianggu co-vice sect masters, with Xianggu holding real authority as his confidante.
• Xianggu agreed to cooperate with Mo Tianchou, and the inner elders supported the arrangement.
• Qin Jiuge ordered the Hehuan Sect to send Yin-Yang Essence to Xianggu every three months for delivery to him, then departed.
• Qin Jiuge returned to Heavenly Absolute City and found Li Xuanmiao, the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor, the Heavenly Yao Emperor, and Feng Liuxing waiting for him.
• Qin Jiuge suspected that Li Xuanmiao or the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor had disclosed his whereabouts.

Qin Jiuge accidentally revealed a private secret while discussing the condition of his body, leaving the Great Emperors and his confidantes aware of it. After fleeing Tian Yao Kui’s teasing comfort, he encountered Xu Lang, who reassured him that his bodily deficit was a consequence of his sudden breakthrough as the Child of Destiny.

• Qin Jiuge mistakenly implied that everyone already knew the intimate details of his condition, and the Great Emperors, Heavenly Yao Emperor, Heavenly Mystery Old Man, and Feng Liuxing reacted in shock.
• Li Xuanmiao explained that they had only learned the general state of Qin Jiuge’s body, prompting Qin Jiuge to flee in embarrassment.
• The others pretended they knew nothing about the details, while Li Xuanmiao and the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor quickly left.
• Tian Yao Kui appeared to comfort Qin Jiuge, but her teasing made him flee again, and she privately resolved to win favor with him.
• Xu Lang found Qin Jiuge on the main street and told him his bodily deficit came from his sudden breakthrough as the Child of Destiny.

Supreme Realm experts in Chaos City discussed Qin Jiuge’s actions and agreed that Chris and Monk Wudang would summon him, while turning their attention to the Ancient Spirit-Sealing Venerable’s Secret Realm. After receiving the summons, Qin Jiuge agreed to travel with Fahai to Chaos Main City, leaving Qing She complaining that he was treating her sister unfairly.

• Gaoshan Qiong and other Supreme Realm experts questioned Chris about Qin Jiuge’s actions at the Hehuan Sect, and Chris said she would summon him alongside Monk Wudang’s true disciple.
• The leaders discussed the Ancient Spirit-Sealing Venerable’s Secret Realm, then Chris and Monk Wudang sent summons toward Heavenly Absolute City.
• Qin Jiuge received the message at his residence, and Fahai arrived with Qing She.
• Qin Jiuge pointed Qing She toward her sister, who was handling affairs near the Qiantang River, then discussed the summons with Fahai.
• Fahai proposed that he and Qin Jiuge travel together to Chaos Main City, and Qin Jiuge agreed.
• Qing She complained that Qin Jiuge was treating her sister poorly and said she regretted allowing them to be together.

White Snake joined Xiao Qing, Fahai, and Qin Jiuge on a journey to Chaos Main City, where the Heavenly Yao Emperor gave her a treasure that could strengthen her bloodline. The chapter left White Snake considering the possibility of reaching the Great Emperor Realm and perhaps even the Half-step Supreme Realm.

• White Snake told Xiao Qing that Qin Jiuge treated her well and advised her younger sister to be more restrained.
• Xiao Qing insisted that White Snake accompany her and Fahai to Chaos Main City, and Qin Jiuge agreed.
• Xu Lang saw Qin Jiuge's spirit ship depart and joked that Qin Jiuge had forgotten loyalty for beauty, while Li Xuanmiao said he was used to Qin Jiuge's ways.
• The Heavenly Poison Great Emperor and Heavenly Yao Emperor arrived, and the Heavenly Yao Emperor gave White Snake a Heavenly Demon Star to purify her bloodline.

The Heavenly Yao Emperor and Heavenly Poison Great Emperor gave White Snake and Qing She treasures before the group arrived at Chaos Main City. There, they learned that outsiders below the Supreme Realm had to wait and pass inspections before entering, a rule Fahai said was meant to guard against the East Sea Dragon Clan’s transformations.

• White Snake and Qing She accepted Heavenly Demon Stars from the Heavenly Yao Emperor, and the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor gave them the Red Poison Toad and Heavenly Snake Poison.
• After three days, Qin Jiuge and the others reached Chaos Main City and landed their spirit ship outside the city.
• The group learned that visitors below the Supreme Realm had to stay in the outer city for half a month, undergo inspections, and obtain permission before entering the inner city.
• Fahai explained that the strict rules were intended to counter the East Sea Demon Race, whose Dragon Clan could imitate another person’s appearance, spirit, abilities, and aura.

After settling at a Buddhist temple in Chaos Main City, Qin Jiuge teased Xiao Qing when she confronted him. As Qin Jiuge left the temple, an unseen figure followed him, while another person appeared before Fahai.

• Fahai explained that visitors had to remain in the outer city for half a month so the Spirit Gathering Mirror could verify them, then arranged for everyone to stay at a temple in Wancheng.
• Qing She criticized the worshippers' prayers and approached Qin Jiuge while Fahai was away handling matters.
• Qin Jiuge restrained Xiao Qing with a spell, flicked her away, and continued strolling around the outer city.
• White Snake received pilgrims at the temple while Qin Jiuge left Wanmiao.
• An unseen figure followed Qin Jiuge without his noticing, and another person appeared before Fahai.

Monk Wudang praised Fahai for surviving his tribulation before revealing that the East Sea Dragon Clan was the reason he had summoned everyone. Meanwhile, Qin Jiuge met the disguised Supreme Chris at a pleasure boat and played along with her act.

• Monk Wudang praised Fahai for passing the Half-step Supreme Realm tribulation and said the Buddhist Sect’s rules would not prevent him from acting.
• Monk Wudang solemnly told Fahai that the East Sea Dragon Clan was the real reason he had summoned them.
• Qin Jiuge waited at a pleasure boat in Flower Harmony and called for the hidden senior to reveal herself.
• Chris appeared in a red robe and pretended not to know Qin Jiuge or understand why he had addressed her as Chris.
• Chris continued acting like a songstress seeking redemption, while Qin Jiuge played along after recognizing her identity.

Qin Jiuge played along when a silkpants disciple tried to claim Chris, even accepting money and siding with the disciple to maintain their act. Chris was stunned by Qin Jiuge’s easy compliance, but the scene ended when the disciple began laying hands on Qin Jiuge and Chris stopped pretending.

• Qin Jiuge grabbed Chris and theatrically claimed he wanted her to follow him, while wondering what she was planning.
• A silkpants disciple offered Qin Jiuge money for Chris, and Qin Jiuge accepted it and prepared to leave.
• Chris bewitched the disciple into changing his mind and ordering Qin Jiuge to stay and watch.
• Qin Jiuge joined the disciple’s lackeys and loudly encouraged him, then scolded Chris as if she were a brothel woman.
• The disciple praised Qin Jiuge and told him to follow along, then began laying hands on him as Chris finally stopped pretending.