Recaps

Qin Guan and Tianji Zi, Lan Xiu, and Wu Bu fought the weakened Ao Lie until they were all gravely wounded. Qin Guan launched a final attack with the Killing Gate and severed Ao Lie into pieces, but a surge of black energy suppressed his Killing Gate Gang Qi.

• Qin Guan and his allies attacked Ao Lie, and Qin Guan wounded the dragon with the Dragon Slaying Sword before Ao Lie knocked him away.
• Xiao Man asked the Little Black Tower to let her help, but it warned her that Ao Lie was targeting her, so she stayed inside.
• After a prolonged battle left both sides badly injured, Qin Guan drank dragon blood, healed himself, and brought Tianji Zi, Lan Xiu, and Wu Bu into the tower.
• Qin Guan activated the Killing Gate and charged through Ao Lie's Dragon Breath, stabbing its throat and pouring Chaos Power into its body.
• Five Qin Guans appeared and cut Ao Lie into pieces; as the dragon died, it warned that the Dragon Clan of the Divine Realm would seek revenge.
• A surge of black energy suppressed Qin Guan's Killing Gate Gang Qi.

Xiao Man cared for the unconscious Qin Guan as Long Jiuxuan awoke and learned that Qin Guan had killed Ao Lie and rescued Xiao Man. After hearing how the Ancient God Clan had mistreated her and how many Elders had died, Long Jiuxuan accepted Xiao Man’s account and recognized Qin Guan as a powerful benefactor.

• Long Jiuxuan woke in the Divine Power Pool and asked whether Ao Lie was dead, and Xiao Man told him Qin Guan had killed him.
• Long Jiuxuan learned that Long Zaitian had stolen Xiao Man’s Divine Spark and driven her from the Ancient God Clan, while Qin Guan had saved her and killed Long Zaitian.
• An Elder explained that nearly all the other Elders had died, and Long Jiuxuan heard how Long Zaitian had plotted against Xiao Man.
• Long Jiuxuan apologized to Xiao Man, who said meeting Qin Guan had led her to find and rescue her grandfather.
• Tianji Zi, Lan Xiu, and Wu Bu woke at noon with their injuries mostly healed.

Qin Guan celebrated the Ancient God Clan’s victory over the Evil Dragon and learned that the Dragon Slaying Sword had acknowledged him as its master. He planned to seek a Body Refining Technique from the Li Family in the South Realm, but Tianji Zi warned him about the family’s formidable Old Ancestor, Li Yuan.

• Qin Guan reunited with Xiao Man and joined Long Jiuxuan, Wu Bu, Lan Xiu, and Tianji Zi for a celebratory feast, where he teased Wu Bu and Lan Xiu about their wedding.
• Wu Bu gave Qin Guan a Storage Bag containing enough Purple Extreme Sky Marrow for him to break through once he found a suitable Body Refining Technique.
• Long Jiuxuan distributed portions of the Evil Dragon and returned the Dragon Slaying Sword, explaining that it had acknowledged Qin Guan after absorbing Ao Lie’s dragon soul and opening its tenth Dragon Rune.
• The Dragon Slaying Sword’s spirit told Qin Guan that it wanted to eat dragon souls, and Qin Guan realized it might push him to hunt dragons.
• Qin Guan said he planned to return home and then visit the Li Family in the South Realm to seek a Body Refining Technique, and Tianji Zi warned him about Li Yuan, the continent’s only Thirteenth Realm Martial God.

Qin Guan returned to the Back Mountain of Great Strength Peak, reunited with Nan Rou, and told her that Xiao Man was safe and had found Grandpa. The chapter ended as Qin Guan put off explaining Wu Bu’s revenge and turned his attention to Nan Rou.

• Qin Guan gave the Netherworld Dog thirty strands of Golden Chaos Qi, and the dog accepted them before leaving to the mountaintop.
• Qin Guan entered the cozy cave mansion and found Nan Rou cultivating in the Eleventh Realm, having fused the Water Dao Principles with her state of mind.
• Nan Rou sensed Qin Guan, embraced him, and asked whether he had rescued Xiao Man.
• Qin Guan told Nan Rou that Xiao Man was safe and had found Grandpa, making her overjoyed.
• Nan Rou asked whether Wu Bu had gotten his revenge, but Qin Guan said he would explain later and squeezed her from behind.

Qin Guan and Nan Rou talked about how their affection grew into love, then spent the night together. The next morning, Qin Guan learned about the Nan Family and planned to visit them with Nan Rou before visiting Bai You.

• Nan Rou asked when Qin Guan had fallen in love with her, and Little Black Tower advised him to explain how their shared life and hardships had built their love.
• Qin Guan told Nan Rou that their experiences together had formed their love, and Nan Rou said she felt lucky to have married him.
• Nan Rou kissed Qin Guan, and the two began another round together.
• At breakfast, Nan Rou told Qin Guan that the Nan Family had grown powerful and that Qiao'er and Lianyue planned to join the Dao Sect; Qin Guan said he would visit her family the next day.
• Qin Guan visited Bai You at her Cultivation Cave Mansion, and she reproached him for visiting Nan Rou before her.

Qin Guan returned to the Dao Sect and intervened when Wei Hongyan was accused of stealing an Earth tier cultivation method. After Jiu Tuzhi arrived and recognized Qin Guan, Qin Guan challenged the accusation, leaving Jiu Tuzhi demanding an explanation from Qingsong.

• Qin Guan kicked the Green Robe Old Man and told him to bring Jiu Tuzhi, while Wei Hongyan urged Qin Guan to leave because the Old Ancestor was powerful.
• Qin Guan reassured Wei Hongyan, learned that Elder Qingsong had accused her of stealing a cultivation method, and questioned Li Jinjia about the missing item.
• Li Jinjia denied stealing the method and stalled for time until Qingsong arrived with Jiu Tuzhi.
• Jiu Tuzhi recognized Qin Guan and greeted him warmly, surprising the Dao Sect disciples.
• Qin Guan defended Wei Hongyan and questioned why she would want an Earth tier cultivation method; Jiu Tuzhi then pressed Qingsong to explain the accusation.

Qin Guan defeated Jiu Tuzhi in a spar, shocking the Dao Sect’s Elders and disciples. He urged Jiu Tuzhi to keep the sect’s members in line so they could establish themselves on the Yuanyang Continent, and Jiu Tuzhi agreed.

• Jiu Tuzhi introduced Qin Guan as the Dao Sect Saint Son and warned the sect against abusing authority.
• Jiu Tuzhi challenged Qin Guan to a spar, hoping to rein in his arrogance.
• Qin Guan destroyed Jiu Tuzhi’s Golden Palm Seal with one sword slash and held a Glazed Sword between his brows.
• Jiu Tuzhi admitted Qin Guan had grown powerful and promised to discipline the Dao Sect’s members.

Qin Guan returned to Luyun City with Nan Rou, Nan Qiao, Jiang Lianyue, and Wei Hongyan, and brought them to the Nan Family mansion. Nan Yunqi welcomed him warmly and introduced him to his business partners.

• Qin Guan flew toward Luyun City with the women, while Wei Hongyan reflected on how he had saved her from Qing Song and Li Jinjia's trap.
• Jiang Lianyue teased Qin Guan for not recognizing the greatly expanded Luyun City and explained that Nan Rou Tian Xing had helped turn it into a thriving commercial center.
• Qin Guan spotted the Nan Family plaque and landed at the mansion with Nan Rou, Nan Qiao, Jiang Lianyue, and Wei Hongyan.
• The gate guards greeted Nan Rou and Nan Qiao, and Nan Rou introduced Qin Guan as the Nan Family's son-in-law and Wei Hongyan as the princess of Wei Kingdom.
• Nan Yunqi met Qin Guan in the main courtyard, welcomed him back after more than seven months, and introduced him proudly to his business partners.

Qin Guan endured the Second Floor’s crushing pressure and finally reached the Third Floor of Little Black Tower, where he discovered a massive golden cauldron. Little Black Tower identified it as the Heaven and Earth Creation Cauldron and revealed that its inscriptions contained crafting recipes.

• After the group returned to the Nan Family, Qin Guan went to the Second Floor to search for the way up to the Third Floor.
• Qin Guan repeatedly entered and left the Second Floor, enduring its pressure until he found the stairs near midnight.
• Qin Guan forced himself up the final steps and collapsed after reaching the Third Floor.
• Qin Guan followed Little Black Tower’s direction and found an enormous golden cauldron covered in ancient writing.
• Little Black Tower called it the Heaven and Earth Creation Cauldron and said each column of writing represented a crafting recipe.

Qin Guan obtained Bai You’s heart blood for modifying his Demon Sword and learned why the refinement required heart blood from people with special physiques. He then asked Nan Rou to obtain a drop from her younger sister, and wondered whether Nan Rou’s Immortal Bow could also be modified.

• Bai You scolded Qin Guan for asking whether she was a certain kind of person, then gave him her heart blood after he explained that he needed it for the weapon modification.
• Little Black Tower explained that the Heaven and Earth Creation Cauldron needed heart blood with strong spiritual-blood resonance and pure Innate Spiritual Power.
• Qin Guan asked Nan Rou to find out whether her younger sister Qiao'er had a special physique and, if so, obtain a drop of her heart blood.
• Nan Rou returned with a drop of heart blood, and Little Black Tower told Qin Guan that Nan Rou’s Immortal Bow could be modified if he had enough materials.

Qin Guan left the Nan Family manor and asked Jiu Tuzhi to spread spirit veins across the Yuanyang Continent while supporting the Dao Sect. He then visited the Taixu Sect to thank Wu She, where their spar ended with Qin Guan’s sword at Wu She’s throat.

• Qin Guan said farewell to the Nan Family and took Nan Qiao and the others to the Dao Sect.
• Qin Guan gave Jiu Tuzhi spirit veins to restore Spiritual Energy across the Yuanyang Continent and resources for the Dao Sect, then took the young women with him.
• Qin Guan brought Nan Qiao and the others to the Taixu Sect to thank Wu She for saving Nan Rou in the Secret Realm.
• Wu She challenged Qin Guan to a spar, and the two exchanged powerful sword strikes on the Training Ground.
• Qin Guan and Wu She stopped with Wu She’s sword near Qin Guan’s brow and Qin Guan’s sword at Wu She’s throat.

Wu She left Taixu Sect with Qin Guan, who brought Nan Rou and the others to Xuantian Sect and arranged for them to settle there. The chapter ends with Qin Guan preparing to remodel Wei Hongyan’s dantian.

• Wu She left Taixu Sect with Qin Guan, and Yue You told Xuehong Shangren that Qin Guan was unmatched on Baqi Continent.
• Qin Guan brought Nan Rou, Nan Qiao, Jiang Lianyue, and Wei Hongyan to Xuantian Sect and gave Yan Zhaoxue resources to build the three women Cultivation Cave Mansions.
• Qin Guan visited the Blood Sword Alliance, gave Qian Hun cultivation resources, and obtained another drop of Special Physique blood essence.
• Nan Rou explored Xuantian Sect with the three women, then entered the Little Black Tower to cultivate before Qin Guan left to see Wei Hongyan.
• Qin Guan offered to remodel Wei Hongyan’s dantian, and she eagerly accepted.

Qin Guan returned to Tianji Pavilion and learned that the Li Family of the South Realm planned to rescue someone in Li Country in seven days. He rushed to a newlywed disciple's bridal chamber to request a virgin's blood essence, but his arrival was mistaken for an attempt to take the bride.

• Xuan Yan Zhenren told Qin Guan that the Li Family of the South Realm planned a rescue mission in Li Country in seven days.
• Qin Guan learned that Cai Ling, the pavilion's only female disciple with a Special Physique, was getting married and hurried to her bridal chamber for a drop of blood essence.
• Xuan Yan Zhenren warned Tianji Zi that Qin Guan was going to take the bride, prompting Tianji Zi to rush after him.
• Qin Guan found Xiao Shi at the bridal chamber and clarified that he only needed Cai Ling's blood essence, not the bride herself.
• Tianji Zi asked Xiao Shi to wait until the next day to consummate the marriage, and Qin Guan gave him a wedding gift before leaving.

Qin Guan and Wu She visited the Li Household, where they learned that its ancestor, Li Zang, was Qin Guan’s Senior Brother. After meeting Old Ancestor Li Yuan, Qin Guan revealed that he had come hoping to study the Li Household’s Great Strength God Stele, leaving Li Yuan and Li Feng stunned.

• A gate guard realized Qin Guan was the Li Household ancestor’s Junior Brother and regretted failing to recognize him sooner.
• Li Feng welcomed Qin Guan and Wu She into the Li Household and learned that Li Zang had left Qin Guan no special instructions.
• Wu She asked about Qin Guan’s many identities, and Qin Guan said he had fought his way to each one.
• Li Yuan arrived and welcomed Qin Guan, then learned that Qin Guan had met Li Zang about a year earlier.
• Qin Guan admitted he had come to study the Great Strength God Stele, and Li Yuan and Li Feng stiffened because it was the household’s forbidden supreme treasure.

Qin Guan awakened all nine supreme Body Refining Techniques from the Great Strength God Stele but learned that he could choose only one. After giving Li Yuan time to memorize the complete Great Void Hegemon Body Art, Qin Guan chose the Eight Desolations Battle Body Art.

• The Great Strength God Stele revealed nine supreme Body Refining Techniques, astonishing Qin Guan and Li Yuan.
• Little Black Tower explained that the Great Emperor’s restriction allowed Qin Guan to choose only one technique and warned that trying to memorize the others would trigger it.
• Qin Guan decided to choose the Eight Desolations Battle Body Art, but waited while Li Yuan memorized the complete Great Void Hegemon Body Art.
• After Li Yuan finished memorizing the art, Qin Guan absorbed the Eight Desolations Battle Body Art into his sea of consciousness, and the other eight techniques returned to the Great Strength God Stele.

Li Yuan introduced Qin Guan and Wu She to the Li Family before sending them with an advance team into Woma Forest for a rescue mission. After Li Tian insulted them, Qin Guan and Wu She attacked and overwhelmed him, leaving the group stunned.

• Li Yuan revealed that Qin Guan was Li Zang's junior brother and introduced Wu She as Qin Guan's honored guest.
• Qin Guan, Wu She, and ten Li Family elites left at night to cross Woma Forest toward the rescue mission.
• Li Po explained that a strange force field and powerful Demonic Beasts made flying through the forest dangerous.
• Li Tian mocked Qin Guan and Wu She for thinking the forest was a place to train.
• Qin Guan punched Li Tian, and he and Wu She beat him until he could no longer fight back.

Li Po’s group planned to infiltrate the Li Country Imperial Palace to find Han Yue, while Qin Guan used the Heaven and Earth Creation Cauldron to improve his Invisibility Cloak recipe. The new recipe required a Thousand Year Bat King Wing Membrane, and Little Black Tower began searching Qin Guan’s messy treasury for one.

• Li Tian complained that Qin Guan and Wu She had caught him off guard, while Li Jie and the other Elders discussed Qin Guan’s strength and warned Li Tian against acting recklessly.
• Li Po explained that Han Yue was held in the Heavenly Prison and that the group would sneak into the Imperial Palace to gather information before the Old Ancestor’s team arrived.
• Qin Guan asked Little Black Tower whether the Heaven and Earth Creation Cauldron could improve the Invisibility Cloak to hide them from Fifteenth Realm experts.
• Little Black Tower analyzed the cloak and produced an improved recipe that replaced Shadow Beast fur with Thousand Year Bat King Wing Membrane.
• Qin Guan asked Little Black Tower to search his treasury for the missing material, and Little Black Tower complained about the clutter.

Qin Guan and Wu She helped fight off the Demon King Bats in Woma Forest, but the retreating group was battered and exhausted. After Li Tian and Li Hongxue blamed them for the attack, Qin Guan struck Li Hongxue and fought Li Jie, leaving him badly wounded before four Qin Guans appeared around him.

• Qin Guan, Wu She, and Li Tian slaughtered Demon King Bats as the group fought through the swarm in Woma Forest.
• The Thousand Year Bat King called for reinforcements, and Li Po led the ten fighters out of the forest as bats and Great Demons pursued them.
• Qin Guan gathered bat corpses before Li Po pulled him away, and the exhausted group escaped Woma Forest.
• Li Tian and Li Hongxue blamed Qin Guan and Wu She for provoking the Bat Kings, so Qin Guan punched Li Hongxue and sent him flying.
• Li Jie blocked Qin Guan and struck Wu She away, but Qin Guan unleashed his Sword Momentum and wounded Li Jie with a powerful sword attack.
• Four Qin Guans appeared before the wounded Li Jie, each drawing a sword.

After Li Tian and Li Hongxue drove Qin Guan away, he returned to Woma Forest with Wu She and used the Heaven and Earth Creation Cauldron to refine Invisibility Cloaks. The cauldron’s Artifact Spirit, Xiao Guo, complained about Qin Guan’s greed, and the chapter left off as Qin Guan offered Xiao Guo a wisp of Golden Chaos Qi.

• Li Po blamed himself for not stopping Li Tian sooner, then led the advance team back to the Li Family.
• Qin Guan realized he had forgotten to ask for a map to Li Country and entered the Little Black Tower to refine Invisibility Cloaks.
• Qin Guan used the Heaven and Earth Creation Cauldron to create three Invisibility Cloaks and wore one, which the Little Black Tower said could conceal him from anyone below the Fifteenth Realm if he hid his cultivation.
• Qin Guan learned the cauldron could refine only one batch a day, and its Artifact Spirit, Xiao Guo, complained that he was greedy and tried to overwork it.
• Qin Guan offered Xiao Guo a wisp of Golden Chaos Qi, and Xiao Guo asked in astonishment whether Qin Guan was giving it to him.

Qin Guan gave Wu She an Invisibility Cloak, and the two overheard the emperor of Li Country plotting with the Woma Lord to take the Sixteen States of Cangyun. They entered the Li Country Imperial Palace to rescue Han Yue and reached the Heavenly Prison, where Qin Guan seized two guards to ask where Han Yue was held.

• Qin Guan gave Wu She an Invisibility Cloak and explained how to use it.
• Qin Guan and Wu She hid as the emperor of Li Country discussed annexing the Sixteen States of Cangyun with her advisors.
• After the emperor and her entourage left, Qin Guan decided to go to the Li Country Imperial Palace to rescue someone for the Li Family.
• Qin Guan and Wu She used their Invisibility Cloaks to enter the Heavenly Prison and reach the section for dangerous prisoners.
• Qin Guan dragged two guards around a corner and asked them which cell held Han Yue.

Qin Guan and Wu She remained trapped in the dungeon after the Purple Robe Old Man reinforced its seals, so Qin Guan entered the Little Black Tower to heal and prepare for a rescue. Meanwhile, Li Yuan learned how badly his descendants had mistreated Qin Guan and revealed the extraordinary power and status Qin Guan possessed.

• The Purple Robe Old Man found no intruders, strengthened Han Yue's seals, and ordered three elders to guard the dungeon.
• Qin Guan brought Wu She into the Little Black Tower, gave him a Sword Heart Stone to cultivate with, and began healing his injuries with dragon blood.
• Li Yuan returned to the Li Family after failing to recruit his old friend, then heard from Li Po what had happened in Woma Forest.
• Li Yuan angrily struck Li Tian and Li Jie for mistreating Qin Guan, while Li Hongxue and the elders watched in fear.
• Li Yuan revealed that Qin Guan had awakened nine divine runes on the Great Strength God Stele and obtained the complete Great Void Hegemon Body Art.
• Li Yuan reminded the family that Qin Guan was Li Zang's Junior Brother and the Successor of Great Emperor Yang Tianni.

Qin Guan and Wu She rescued Han Yue from Li Country’s Heavenly Prison, escaping after Wu She drew the pursuers away and was gravely wounded. After Qin Guan healed Wu She in the Little Black Tower, Han Yue thanked them and left, believing Cangyun Country would clear his name and reward him.

• Qin Guan shattered the dungeon entrance while Wu She escaped as a decoy, drawing pursuit from two Shi Xi Realm elders and the Fifteenth Realm Purple Robe Old Man.
• Qin Guan killed Old Qian, broke the dungeon restrictions, rescued Han Yue, and vanished from the Heavenly Prison.
• Wu She regrouped with Qin Guan near the western gate, then collapsed from his severe injuries.
• Qin Guan brought Wu She into the Little Black Tower and healed him with dragon's blood and the Life Gate.
• Han Yue thanked Qin Guan and Wu She, then left, convinced Cangyun Country would restore his reputation and promote him.

After Li Yuan punished the three Li Family members who had offended Qin Guan, Qin Guan accompanied Han Yue back to the Imperial Capital. While Han Yue prepared to reunite with his family, Qin Guan shopped for a hairpin and heard the stall owner try to flatter him into paying more.

• Li Yuan killed Li Tian and the other two, warned the Li Family not to defy him, and apologized to Qin Guan.
• Qin Guan declined the Li Family's hospitality and agreed to accompany Han Yue home with Li Yuan.
• Han Yue returned to the Imperial Capital, overwhelmed by the sight of his homeland after thirty years undercover.
• Li Yuan gave Han Yue money for clothes and gifts, and Han Yue accepted it on the understanding that he could repay him after being honored.
• While Han Yue washed at an inn, Qin Guan browsed the stalls and asked the price of a Blue Jade Hairpin for Nan Rou.
• The stall owner praised Qin Guan and the intended recipient while defending the hairpin's price of ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Han Yue returned to the Han Mansion expecting to reunite with his family, but learned they had been killed after the Second Prince seized the throne. As despair overwhelmed him, Zhang Ge Lao told him his wife and children were still alive.

• Han Yue, Qin Guan, and Li Yuan went to the Han Mansion and found it deserted and ruined, with signs of a struggle.
• Zhang Ge Lao arrived and told Han Yue that the Second Prince had sent men to kill his family two years earlier.
• Zhang Ge Lao explained that the Second Prince had known Han Yue was a spy but sacrificed him to secure the throne, while eliminating Ning Lao Jiang Jun and dismissing Zhang Ge Lao.
• Han Yue broke down, questioned whether his sacrifice for Cangyun Country had been wrong, and spat out a Blood Arrow.
• Zhang Ge Lao caught Han Yue as he fell and told him his wife and children were still waiting for him, leaving Han Yue stunned with hope.

After learning that Han Yue wanted revenge on the Zhao Family, Qin Guan investigated the forces supporting Cangyun Country and prepared to attack the Zhao Family. He learned that the Dugu Family and Tianyin Zen Temple would likely intervene, but dismissed their two Fifteenth Realm experts as easy opponents.

• Qin Guan told Han Yue to become emperor of Cangyun Country, and Han Yue accepted as his hatred for the Zhao Family grew.
• Li Yuan sent Zhang Ge Lao to take Han Yue's family to the Li Family for safety.
• Qin Guan returned to Tianji Pavilion and asked Xuan Yan Zhenren to investigate Cangyun Country's allies.
• Xuan Yan Zhenren reported that the Dugu Family and Tianyin Zen Temple supported the Zhao Family and each had a Fifteenth Realm expert.
• Qin Guan declared that he wanted to wipe out the Zhao Family and said the two Fifteenth Realm experts would be easy to defeat.