Chapter Summaries

Qin Jiuge revealed that he had been acting as the spoiled young master's lackey, then calmly drove the young master and his followers away. Chris invited Qin Jiuge to join his camp and offered help with his breakthrough to the Supreme Realm, leaving him with a Ginkgo Token.

• Chris told Qin Jiuge to stop provoking him, and Qin Jiuge dropped his lackey act and announced that everyone should leave.
• The spoiled young master and his followers cursed Qin Jiuge and demanded that he be killed, but Qin Jiuge drove them out with a gentle breeze.
• Qin Jiuge explained to Chris that he had spared them because they had not truly offended Chris, earning Chris's approval.
• Qin Jiuge inferred that Chris had sought him out for an important reason, and Chris invited him to join his camp and offered to help him reach the Supreme Realm.
• Chris gave Qin Jiuge a Ginkgo Token and left; Qin Jiuge turned the token over in his hand and considered leaving as well.

Qin Jiuge learned that the Ginkgo Token granted access to an Ancient Secret Realm and entered Chaos Main City’s inner city with his companions. Powerful figures watched his arrival, while one woman warned her faction against infighting over the realm.

• Chris told a black-shrouded figure that Qin Jiuge interested him because he was entertaining, not merely because of his potential.
• Qin Jiuge learned from Fahai that the Ginkgo Token involved a quota for an Ancient Secret Realm, and Fahai urged him to avoid stirring up trouble with other races inside it.
• After several days, a Supreme Realm expert granted Qin Jiuge’s group passage into the inner city without further delay.
• The Heavenly Poison Great Emperor complained about the city’s hierarchy, while the Heavenly Yao Emperor urged the group to focus on cultivation.
• Observers in the inner city recognized Qin Jiuge as a Half-step Supreme from Chris’s faction, and an imposing woman ordered her companions to stop bickering because the secret realm concerned every faction.

After the factions in Chaos Main City treated the newcomers as disposable pawns, Qin Jiuge and his companions decided to strike back and seize their enemies’ resources. Fahai joined them, and the group prepared to attack immediately.

• Several figures in Chaos Main City agreed to use the other factions to eliminate the Demon Race and the Dragon Clan of the East Sea's pawns.
• The Heavenly Poison Great Emperor suggested killing their hostile rivals, and Fahai explained that factional fighting among Half-step Supreme Realm figures was tolerated.
• Qin Jiuge and the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor vowed to plunder their enemies’ resources and Blood Qi and turn their factions’ power to their own use.
• Fahai asked to join the group, and the Heavenly Yao Emperor welcomed him as family.
• Qin Jiuge, Fahai, and the others prepared to attack at once, eager to vent their anger and establish their strength in the inner city.

Qin Jiuge decided to attack the rival Half-step Supreme Realm cultivators who had mocked his faction, then faced Nan Batian and Huang Jianmu as they challenged him. The chapter left Qin Jiuge poised to fight while Fahai mingled with the other cultivators.

• Qin Jiuge urged the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor, the Heavenly Yao Emperor, and Fahai to help take down rival Half-step Supreme Realm cultivators and earn Lord Chris's favor.
• The rival cultivators mocked Qin Jiuge's faction for being cautious and began to disperse, unaware that Qin Jiuge was watching them.
• Qin Jiuge confronted the group, and Nan Batian and Huang Jianmu challenged him to prove his strength.
• Nan Batian and Huang Jianmu rushed Qin Jiuge with their weapons, but his Demon God Power made their attacks ineffective.
• The Heavenly Poison Great Emperor and the Heavenly Yao Emperor arrived, while Fahai greeted True Lord Tianquan and joined the other cultivators.

Qin Jiuge overwhelmed Nan Batian and Huang Jianmu in their fight, while Fahai explained Qin Jiuge’s background to the Half-step Supreme Realm cultivators. Nan Batian surrendered to avoid having his cultivation foundation damaged.

• Fahai joined True Lord Tianquan and the others after their tensions eased.
• Qin Jiuge used Demon God Power and the Azure Treasure Blade to seize control of the fight against Nan Batian and Huang Jianmu.
• True Lord Tianquan praised Qin Jiuge’s strength and asked Fahai to explain his background.
• Fahai introduced Qin Jiuge, and the surrounding cultivators showed him measured friendliness.
• Qin Jiuge threatened to damage Nan Batian and Huang Jianmu’s cultivation foundations, and Nan Batian surrendered.

Qin Jiuge freed Nan Batian but continued to torment Huang Jianmu despite the warnings of Star Lord Tianquan and Huang Jianmu’s allies. The chapter left Huang Jianmu begging for mercy as Qin Jiuge’s destructive chaos power ravaged his body.

• Qin Jiuge released Nan Batian and tightened his control over Huang Jianmu, whose threats failed to stop him.
• Star Lord Tianquan severed Qin Jiuge’s control over the Demon God Power and urged him to avoid conflict, but Qin Jiuge rejected his interference.
• Star Lord Tianquan withdrew and gathered with Star Lord Yaoguang and Star Lord Tianmu while Huang Jianmu taunted Qin Jiuge about his support.
• Qin Jiuge consulted Fahai, then decided to teach Huang Jianmu a lasting lesson rather than kill him.
• Qin Jiuge sent destructive chaos spiritual power through Huang Jianmu’s body, leaving him in agony and begging for mercy.

Qin Jiuge crippled Huang Jianmu and defended his actions as a way to benefit Chris, despite the risk of conflict with Jianmu Supreme’s faction. Chris demanded an explanation, and Qin Jiuge proposed that she swallow the Jianmu Faction.

• Qin Jiuge ignored Huang Jianmu’s shouts and inflicted enough pain to make him faint, leaving him crippled.
• Onlookers discussed the danger of Qin Jiuge provoking Jianmu Supreme, while Qin Jiuge told Star Lord Yaoguang that the feud might earn the favor of the Supreme figures.
• Fahai warned Qin Jiuge that Huang Jianmu would seek revenge, but Qin Jiuge remained confident that the danger would turn into good fortune.
• Chris confronted Qin Jiuge over risking a feud between their factions and threatened to punish him unless he explained himself.
• Qin Jiuge asked Chris whether she wanted to swallow the Jianmu Faction.

Qin Jiuge persuaded Chris to back his plan to kill Jianmu Supreme, with Qin’s own life at stake if he failed. Meanwhile, Huang Jianmu begged the Jianmu Faction’s Old Ancestor to avenge the damage to his foundation.

• Chris questioned Qin Jiuge’s ability to become Supreme and considered handing him over unless he offered sufficient benefits.
• Qin Jiuge promised he could help Chris become the strongest Supreme and asked for thirty years to achieve it.
• Chris agreed to the gamble: Jianmu Supreme had to die before the Ancient Secret Realm matter ended, or Qin Jiuge would be offered as a gift to their two factions.
• After Qin Jiuge left, Chris told the black shadow that he was unafraid to fight Jianmu and wanted to see how Qin Jiuge’s scheme unfolded.
• At the Jianmu Faction, Huang Jianmu knelt before the Old Ancestor and asked him to avenge the damage to Huang Jianmu’s foundation.

Jianmu Supreme reviewed proof of Huang Jianmu’s conflict with Qin Jiuge and expelled him to appease the Chris Faction. Qiu He delivered Huang Jianmu and a valuable treasure to Chris at the Nether Spring Ancient Pool as an apology.

• Jianmu Supreme rejected the elders’ call for retaliation and declared that the Jianmu Faction would stop supplying spiritual items to the Chris Faction.
• Jianmu Supreme showed evidence of Huang Jianmu’s actions, then stripped him of faction membership and ordered him sent to the Chris Faction.
• Qiu He bound Huang Jianmu, sealed his spiritual power, and took charge of delivering him.
• Qiu He brought Huang Jianmu to the Nether Spring Ancient Pool, apologized to Chris on Jianmu Supreme’s behalf, and offered a Supreme-level treasure.

Qiu He offered Chris the Exquisite New Moon, and the Jianmu Faction settled its dispute with her, leaving Huang Jianmu to be thrown into the Ancient Pool. After learning the factions had made peace, Star Lord Yaoguang decided to provoke them into fighting again by making their people die on both sides.

• Qiu He presented Chris with the Exquisite New Moon, and she accepted it as a sincere settlement from the Jianmu Faction.
• Qiu He left Huang Jianmu behind, and Chris tossed him into the Ancient Pool, where the black shadow absorbed his spiritual power and briefly took on his appearance.
• Chris told Qin Jiuge that the Jianmu Faction had compromised, so Qin Jiuge abandoned his plan to escalate the dispute and discussed the news with Fahai.
• Star Lord Yaoguang and the other Star Lords learned that the two factions had made peace and lamented the failure of their efforts to provoke internal conflict.
• Star Lord Yaoguang said they would make the factions fight by causing deaths on both sides until hatred made peace impossible.

Star Lord Yaoguang committed to scheming against his rivals as the conflict worsened for the Jianmu and Chris Factions. Jianmu Supreme ordered Qiu He to repair the damage, then met Qin Jiuge and Chris to propose cooperation against the hidden instigator.

• Star Lord Yaoguang gained confidence in his plan after his followers pledged their support, and the clashes between the two sides continued to claim lives.
• Qiu He angrily questioned who was targeting the Jianmu Faction before a messenger summoned him to Jianmu Supreme.
• Qiu He admitted his mistakes and blamed an unknown schemer, while Jianmu Supreme ordered him to contain the crisis and later accompany him to the Chris Faction.
• Jianmu Supreme met Qin Jiuge and Chris, praised Qin Jiuge, and proposed that the factions work together to expose the hidden enemy.
• Qin Jiuge exchanged compliments with Jianmu Supreme while Qiu He praised the Chris Faction to Chris.

Qin Jiuge and Elder Qiu He agreed to stage open conflict between their factions to draw out the hidden conspirator. Before departing, Qin Jiuge secured a Jade Slip from Chris, unaware that the black shadow had overheard their exchange.

• After the Supremes left, Qin Jiuge and Elder Qiu He discussed how to expose the person plotting against their factions.
• Qin Jiuge proposed staging a real-looking conflict between the two factions, and Qiu He agreed to the plan.
• Qiu He vowed to punish the hidden enemy and voiced suspicion that they belonged to a great faction.
• Chris warned Qin Jiuge to be careful, and he persuaded her to give him a Jade Slip containing a full-power Supreme Realm strike.
• As Qin Jiuge departed, the black shadow wearing Huang Jianmu's face overheard him and rushed toward Chris.

Chris and her aide discussed Qin Jiuge’s audacity and potential to help them, while Qin Jiuge returned to Locust Flower Courtyard and allied with Fahai for the Ancient Secret Realm. The chapter ended with Fahai asking for Qin Jiuge’s support in reaching the Buddhist Sect’s Heavenly Pool Holy Land.

• Chris praised Qin Jiuge’s boldness, and her aide suggested they might one day have to rely on him.
• Qin Jiuge returned to Locust Flower Courtyard, where the black shadow and Chris discussed the Jianmu Faction and the younger generation’s role in the Ancient Secret Realm.
• Fahai explained that the Ancient Secret Realm held opportunities related to the Supreme Realm, though they were subject to strict restrictions.
• Qin Jiuge proposed that he and Fahai join forces to gather candidates from Chaos Main City and lead the younger generation.
• Fahai agreed and told Qin Jiuge that he needed his help to enter the Buddhist Sect’s Heavenly Pool Holy Land after reaching the Supreme Realm.

Qin Jiuge and Fahai established a force to prepare for the Ancient Secret Realm, drawing in defeated challengers and building its strength. Lei Wuming of the Thunderbolt Faction arrived to challenge them, setting up a clash between the three factions' prodigies.

• Qin Jiuge explained to Fahai that their cooperation could help both factions gain greater authority, and Fahai agreed.
• Word spread that the Jianmu Faction had admitted defeat, while Qin Jiuge and Fahai began recruiting members for their new force by inviting challengers to test their auras.
• A peerless prodigy admitted defeat and praised Qin Jiuge and Fahai as the strongest in the Half-step Supreme Realm, and other challengers joined after failing as well.
• The crowd recognized Lei Wuming of the Thunderbolt Faction as he arrived, expecting him to take over the force.
• Lei Wuming's aura clashed with Qin Jiuge and Fahai's, and the two appeared before him to defend their force.

Qin Jiuge and Fahai fought Lei Wuming together, combining their lightning arts and spiritual techniques to put him at a disadvantage. Qin Jiuge urged Lei Wuming to end the spar before the contest escalated into a real fight.

• Qin Jiuge and Fahai attacked Lei Wuming together, with Fahai leading using Buddhist techniques and Qin Jiuge supporting him with blade and lightning arts.
• Lei Wuming summoned his Samsara Dharma Aspect and struck at both opponents with Black Yang Lightning and purple Yin Lightning.
• Lei Wuming's lightning arts overpowered Qin Jiuge's thunder dragon, but Fahai shook Lei Wuming's soul and gave Qin Jiuge an opening.
• Qin Jiuge surrounded Lei Wuming with a lightning net and placed a spiritual treasure above his head before Fahai lost control of Lei Wuming's soul.
• Lei Wuming broke free of the soul disruption, but Qin Jiuge argued that their contest should stop short of a fight to the death.

Lei Wuming joined the Heavenly Gate after conceding his sparring match, helping Qin Jiuge and Fahai consolidate their alliance. As disguised demons approached Chaos Main City, Qin Jiuge and the emperors began a covert hunt, while Qing She joined Fahai and challenged Qin Jiuge’s teasing remarks.

• Lei Wuming conceded to Qin Jiuge and Fahai, then registered with the Heavenly Gate.
• Rumors spread that Lei Wuming had been defeated, but news of approaching demons soon displaced the gossip.
• Fahai watched the city’s hostility toward the East Sea Dragon Clan and reflected on his Buddhist beliefs.
• Qin Jiuge, the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor, and the Heavenly Yao Emperor began hunting demons disguised as humans in the inner city.
• Qing She appeared from Fahai’s sleeve, explained that her sister had gone to the Buddhist Sect’s Zen Courtyard, and accused Qin Jiuge of being a womanizer.
• Qin Jiuge argued with Fahai about love by recounting the story of the Buddha Ancestor’s disciple Anan.

Lei Wuming earned a wisp of fortune by killing demons, prompting Qing She to urge Fahai to act for the Buddhist Faction while Qin Jiuge left to meet Feng Jiuqing and Feng Ming. Feng Jiuqing revealed her plan to infiltrate the East Sea Dragon Clan and coordinate with Qin Jiuge, who stayed behind with Feng Ming after she departed.

• Lei Wuming received a wisp of fortune for slaying thirty demons, and people praised him while criticizing the Buddhist and Heavenly Evil Factions for inaction.
• Qing She urged Fahai to take action, and Fahai was left to answer for the Buddhist Faction after Qin Jiuge slipped away.
• Fahai and Qing She set out to kill demons after the Heavenly Evil Faction earned a wisp of fortune for killing more than ten.
• Feng Jiuqing told Qin Jiuge she had infiltrated the East Sea Dragon Clan and proposed that they coordinate their efforts in the Ancient Secret Realm.
• Feng Jiuqing departed, leaving Feng Ming with Qin Jiuge, who teased and then disciplined him.

Feng Jiuqing established himself among the Demon Race while Qin Jiuge prepared for the Ancient Secret Realm with support from the Heavenly Evil Faction’s Emperors. As the secret realm opened, Chris backed Qin Jiuge despite the factions’ lack of young prodigies, and Lei Wuming warned Qin Jiuge and Fahai to leave Chaos Main City afterward.

• Feng Jiuqing returned to the Demon Race and used his phoenix bloodline and an information gap to gain their trust.
• Heavenly Poison Great Emperor and Heavenly Yao Emperor returned to Qin Jiuge, chose treasures to exchange for, and prepared to cultivate before the Ancient Secret Realm opened.
• Chris threatened Qin Jiuge, who answered with extravagant flattery, while Black Shadow questioned Chris’s faith in him.
• Chris explained that the Supreme Realm cultivators had consumed many opportunities meant to nurture younger prodigies, leaving the factions with few promising candidates.
• Lei Wuming joined Qin Jiuge and Fahai and warned them to leave Chaos Main City after their trip to the Secret Realm.

Lei Wuming told Qin Jiuge and Fahai how the Firmament Immortal World's powerful factions controlled access to opportunities before the three entered the Ancient Secret Realm. They found evidence of a massacre inside and prepared to fight the East Sea Dragon Clan and Demon Race forces.

• Lei Wuming explained that Supreme Realm beings took the opportunities they wanted, leaving others to make do with what remained.
• After the Ancient Secret Realm opened, cultivators from the major factions hurried inside, while the East Sea Dragon Clan and Demon Race entered through a separate passage.
• Lei Wuming led Qin Jiuge and Fahai into the realm, where they sensed a heavy stench of blood and heard fighting.
• Fahai chanted the Rebirth Mantra as Lei Wuming condemned the Dragon Clan and Demon Race forces for their bloodshed.
• Qin Jiuge said they should intercept and kill the Demon Race members, and Lei Wuming agreed as Fahai followed them.

Qin Jiuge persuaded Lei Wuming and Fahai to attack the Demon Clan's main camp while the demons were mobilized elsewhere. The three reached the camp, where human cultivators were scarce.

• Fahai's Buddhist Dharma concealed Qin Jiuge, Lei Wuming, and their companions from the demons' probing auras as they continued their assault.
• The Demon Clan's Half-step Supreme Realm experts arrived, forcing Qin Jiuge, Fahai, Lei Wuming, and the others to hide.
• Qin Jiuge proposed attacking the Demon Clan's main camp to seize Demon Essence, and Fahai supported his plan despite Lei Wuming's objections.
• Lei Wuming agreed to join Qin Jiuge and Fahai, and the three made their way to the Demon Clan's main camp.