Recaps

Qin Guan learned from Crab Boss that Xiao Guo's completed evolution would reveal a Supreme Treasure sealed within it, then faced Mu Lingze's attempts to test his strength. The chapter ended with the Little Black Tower urging Qin Guan to use Fu Tian's Invisibility Cloak to sneak into Mu Lingze's cave mansion.

• Qin Guan gave Crab Boss five hundred strands of Chaos Qi, and Crab Boss revealed that Xiao Guo had to complete its evolution by devouring the fire dragon vein to uncover a Supreme Treasure sealed inside it.
• Mu Lingze confronted Qin Guan about giving the Zhao Family fire essence, then arranged for Liu Shang to spar with him and probe his strength.
• Liu Shang attacked Qin Guan fiercely, but he pretended to be badly injured and conceded without revealing his abilities.
• Mu Lingze struck at Qin Guan with a much stronger sword technique, but he stood still until she stopped her attack, angering her further.
• The Little Black Tower told Qin Guan to use Fu Tian's Invisibility Cloak to sneak into Mu Lingze's cave mansion.

Qin Guan used Fu Tian’s Invisibility Dao Robe to enter Mu Lingze’s cave mansion and watch her help Liu Shang break through to the Primordial Unity Realm. After Liu Shang succeeded, Mu Lingze decided to confront Qin Guan and torture him if he refused to reveal his purpose, but an immense pressure suddenly descended.

• Qin Guan put on the Invisibility Dao Robe and entered Mu Lingze’s cave mansion unseen.
• Qin Guan watched Mu Lingze support Liu Shang through her breakthrough into the Primordial Unity Realm.
• Liu Shang thanked Mu Lingze, then asked why she had treated Qin Guan with suspicion.
• Mu Lingze and Liu Shang decided to question Qin Guan and use torture if he kept concealing the truth.
• An immense pressure descended as Mu Lingze finished speaking.

Qin Guan incapacitated Mu Lingze and Liu Shang, then followed Little Black Tower’s scheme to drug them and catch them in a compromising situation. After Qin Guan intervened, Mu Lingze suspected him but left without proof, warning him to keep quiet.

• Qin Guan sealed Mu Lingze’s and Liu Shang’s powers and struck them while they were unconscious, then fed them strengthened Great Strength Pills and secretly released the seals.
• The pills overwhelmed Mu Lingze and Liu Shang, and Qin Guan entered their cave and watched before suppressing the drug’s effects.
• Mu Lingze and Liu Shang regained some clarity and angrily ordered Qin Guan out, while he claimed he had come to rescue them.
• Mu Lingze told Liu Shang they had been attacked and poisoned, then confronted Qin Guan in his cave and questioned whether he was responsible.
• Mu Lingze warned Qin Guan not to reveal what had happened, then turned back and accused him of doing it.

Qin Guan admitted to striking Mu Lingze, then overpowered her when she attacked and threatened her. After he released her, Mu Lingze’s humiliation and fury shattered her composure, causing her Pure Heart Dao cultivation to begin declining.

• Mu Lingze identified a distinctive herbal fragrance on Qin Guan’s hand as proof that he had struck her, and Qin Guan admitted it.
• Mu Lingze attacked Qin Guan, but he pierced through her Pure Heart Dao Power with Sword Qi and stopped her sword with two fingers.
• Qin Guan restrained Mu Lingze against the cave wall and threatened her until she stopped resisting.
• Qin Guan released Mu Lingze and warned her not to target him again, but she remained furious and silent.
• Mu Lingze suddenly vomited blood as her Pure Heart Dao Power surged and her cultivation began to decline under the weight of her humiliation.

Qin Guan tried to heal Mu Lingze’s Dao Injury with Chaos Power, but the attempt worsened her condition and caused her cultivation to fall to the Golden Immortal Realm. After Mu Lingze concealed what happened from the sect, Qin Guan sought the library for a way to treat her, leaving Liu Shang furious and suspicious.

• Mu Lingze destroyed part of her cultivation to stabilize herself at the Primal Origin Realm, and Qin Guan learned that her Great Dao Tablet was cracked.
• Qin Guan sealed Mu Lingze’s dantian and tried to repair her Great Dao Tablet with Chaos Power, but it spread the cracks and dropped her cultivation to the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Qin Guan realized that Mu Lingze’s Primordial Realm foundation was incompatible with his Chaos Power, while Mu Lingze left the cave and returned to her Cultivation Cave Mansion.
• Mu Lingze told Liu Shang to hide Qin Guan’s involvement and claim that she had suffered a cultivation deviation; the Divine Sword Sect’s upper ranks visited after hearing of her fall.
• Qin Guan asked Zhao Jianfeng for access to the sect’s library so he could find a cure, and Mu Lingze summoned Liu Shang into her cave.

Qin Guan entered the Divine Sword Pavilion to search for a way to repair Mu Lingze’s shattered Great Dao Tablet and restore her cultivation. After reading every book on the first floor in a day, he learned that the Primordial Dao Root was likely guarded by the Mandate Temple and moved on to the second floor.

• Zhao Jianfeng took Qin Guan to the Divine Sword Pavilion after explaining that Mu Lingze’s Great Dao Tablet had been severely damaged.
• Qin Guan insisted on starting with the first floor’s historical and regional records, despite Zhao Jianfeng warning him that the collection was enormous.
• Fang Wentian challenged Qin Guan’s claim that he could read the pavilion’s books in less than half a month, but Qin Guan began reading at astonishing speed.
• Zhao Jianfeng left to check on Mu Lingze while Qin Guan continued reading alone.
• By evening, Qin Guan had read all 2,343 books on the first floor and learned that the Mandate Temple likely guarded the Primordial Dao Root.
• Fang Wentian began to question whether Qin Guan had truly read the books as Qin Guan headed to the second floor.

After spending ten days reading in the Divine Sword Pavilion, Qin Guan met the mysterious Lin Suisui on its seventh floor and began studying the Primordial Heaven and Earth Principles. His comprehension revealed why Chaos Power was rejected by Mu Lingze’s body, and he realized his realm was about to break through.

• Qin Guan reached the empty seventh floor of the Divine Sword Pavilion and found an ancient scroll there.
• Lin Suisui appeared, introduced herself, and remarked that Qin Guan carried a strange aura.
• Lin Suisui handed Qin Guan the Primordial Heaven and Earth Principles, then vanished before he could question her.
• Qin Guan studied the scroll and discovered that the Primordial Realm’s intricate principles differed greatly from those of the Chaos Realm.
• Qin Guan understood why his Chaos Power had been violently rejected by Mu Lingze’s body and realized his realm was about to break through.

Qin Guan broke through to the Limitless Realm after comprehending the primordial laws, then visited the injured Mu Lingze. Mu Lingze asked what he was trying to accomplish, still unable to understand his motives.

• Qin Guan entered the Little Black Tower and broke through the Primordial Unity Realm into the Limitless Realm.
• Qin Guan discussed his new strength with the Little Black Tower, which warned him about powerful Demonic Beasts and urged him to comfort Mu Lingze.
• Qin Guan left to check on Mu Lingze, and Liu Shang confronted him before Mu Lingze allowed him inside.
• Qin Guan found Mu Lingze healing on her Jade Bed, and she asked what he was trying to do.

Qin Guan continued searching the Divine Sword Pavilion for a cure for Mu Lingze, while Mu Lingze worried that her disciples had missed the Ten Thousand Demon Tower registration. Liu Shang discovered Qin Guan speaking with the unseen Lin Suisui, leaving Qin Guan, Liu Shang, and Fang Wentian wondering who—or what—she was.

• Mu Lingze learned that her disciples had missed the Ten Thousand Demon Tower registration while she was unconscious, and she blamed herself for letting them down.
• Qin Guan caught Mu Lingze when she nearly fell, then promised to seek a cure and restore her lost realm before leaving.
• Mu Lingze sent Liu Shang to investigate Qin Guan, and Elder Fang told Liu Shang that Qin Guan had been reading in the Divine Sword Pavilion.
• Liu Shang secretly watched Qin Guan speak to empty air on the Seventh Layer and reported what she saw to Fang Wentian.
• Fang Wentian and Liu Shang saw Qin Guan discussing the book with Lin Suisui, whom neither of them could see or sense.
• Qin Guan learned from Lin Suisui that ordinary people could not see or hear her, and all three were shaken by the revelation.

Qin Guan studied the principles of the Primordial Heaven and Earth with Lin Suisui, while Fang Wentian and Liu Shang wondered who she was and feared her power. Lin Suisui offered to take Qin Guan into the Ten Thousand Demon Tower in five days, and she asked him whether he was curious about her as he prepared to leave.

• Lin Suisui explained to Qin Guan how reversing the principles could cause backlash, and they continued studying the ancient book.
• Fang Wentian and Liu Shang left the pavilion and speculated that Lin Suisui might be tied to the Ten Thousand Demon Tower or the Mandate Temple.
• Fang Wentian decided to inform the Old Ancestor about Lin Suisui and the profound Daoist discussion he had witnessed.
• After finishing the book, Qin Guan learned that the Ten Thousand Demon Tower held a deeper text on principles and that Lin Suisui could enter it freely.
• Lin Suisui agreed to take Qin Guan into the tower in five days, then asked whether he was curious about her as he left.

Qin Guan discovered a way to repair Mu Lingze’s damaged Pure Heart Dao Tablet by combining Chaos Power, Primordial aura, and simulated Pure Heart Dao under his divine power. He began treating her in her cave mansion, where Liu Shang interrupted and accused him of wrongdoing.

• Lin Suisui revealed that she could sense the treasure concealing Qin Guan’s origins, and Qin Guan left to prepare for Mu Lingze’s treatment.
• After four days of study, Qin Guan used his divine power to fuse Chaos Power, Primordial aura, and simulated Pure Heart Dao into a compatible force.
• Qin Guan arrived at Mu Lingze’s cave mansion, and she reluctantly agreed to let him attempt the treatment.
• Qin Guan sealed Mu Lingze’s Dantian Purple Mansion and began repairing her Great Dao Tablet, causing her intense pain as the tablet gradually healed.
• Liu Shang entered, saw Mu Lingze on the bed, and accused Qin Guan of mistreating her, so Qin Guan restrained her and ordered her to stay quiet.

Qin Guan repaired Mu Lingze's Dao injury, restoring her cultivation and raising it to the peak of the Limitless Realm. Mu Lingze told Liu Shang to keep the treatment secret so the Divine Sword Sect would not draw Qin Guan into the spotlight.

• Qin Guan restrained Liu Shang and focused on repairing the cracks in Mu Lingze's Great Dao Tablet while she endured intense pain.
• Mu Lingze's cultivation surged from the middle Limitless Realm to the peak of the Limitless Realm, and she confirmed that her Pure Heart Dao Tablet was even stronger than before.
• Liu Shang realized Qin Guan had been healing Mu Lingze rather than harming her, and Qin Guan freed her before leaving the cave abode.
• Mu Lingze ordered Liu Shang not to reveal that Qin Guan had healed her Dao injury, explaining that he did not care about the Divine Sword Sect and that drawing attention to him could drive him away.

After Mu Lingze’s Dao Injury treatment, Liu Shang discovered that she had reached the Primordial Unity Realm and confronted eight Spirit Marsh Peak disciples who defected to Azure Cloud Peak. The chapter ended with Liu Shang promising that the peak would enter the Ten Thousand Demon Tower next year as disciples worried about Mu Lingze and Spirit Marsh Peak’s future.

• Liu Shang left Mu Lingze’s cave after being warned not to ask about Qin Guan, while Qin Guan recovered his divine power and joked with Little Black Tower.
• The namesake Qin Guan and seven other Spirit Marsh Peak disciples announced they were defecting to Azure Cloud Peak, and Zhao Jianfeng condemned them for abandoning Mu Lingze.
• Liu Shang arrived, revealed her Primordial Unity Realm pressure, struck Zhou Tong, and demanded that the defectors repay Spirit Marsh Peak’s resources.
• Di Hu arrived with Azure Cloud Peak disciples, claimed the defectors as registered members of his peak, and invited Liu Shang to join them; she refused.
• After Di Hu and the defectors left, Liu Shang told Spirit Marsh Peak’s disciples they would enter the Ten Thousand Demon Tower next year, and they asked how Mu Lingze was doing.

Liu Shang and Zhao Jianfeng learned that Qin Guan had cured Mu Lingze, who ordered them to keep his role secret. As rumors about the Sacred Blade Sect and the Qi Yuan Civilization inheritance spread, Mu Lingze let Qin Guan remain in the cave beside hers, then visited him at night.

• Liu Shang reassured the Spirit Marsh Peak disciples that Mu Lingze would recover, and she revealed to Zhao Jianfeng that Qin Guan had returned.
• Mu Lingze told Zhao Jianfeng that Qin Guan had cured her and warned him not to tell outsiders.
• Mu Lingze learned that the Three Great Powers were pressuring the Sacred Blade Sect and that rumors connected Xing Dao to the Qi Yuan Civilization inheritance.
• Mu Lingze allowed Qin Guan to keep cultivating in the cave beside hers after he declined to move into Qin Guan's former cave.
• Mu Lingze went to Qin Guan's cave at night, and the Little Black Tower told him someone was waiting outside.

After Mu Lingze failed to secure entry slots for Spirit Marsh Peak, Qin Guan arrived at the Ten Thousand Demon Tower with Lin Suisui, whose presence frightened the tower servant into letting them pass. Qin Guan invited Mu Lingze’s disciples to join him, while Fang Wentian and the White-Haired Old Man watched and wondered who Lin Suisui was.

• Mu Lingze offered Qin Guan cultivation resources to thank him for healing her, and he returned to cultivating.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Tower opened, but the tower servant refused Mu Lingze’s request to admit Spirit Marsh Peak’s twelve disciples after registration had closed.
• Di Hu mocked Mu Lingze as Azure Cloud Peak entered, while Qin Guan and Zhou Tong avoided meeting her eyes.
• As Mu Lingze and her disciples prepared to leave, Qin Guan approached the tower, and Lin Suisui made the tower servant retreat in fear.
• Qin Guan entered the tower with Lin Suisui and invited Zhao Jianfeng, Liu Shang, and the other Spirit Marsh Peak disciples to follow.
• Fang Wentian asked the White-Haired Old Man if Lin Suisui came from the Mandate Temple, and the Old Ancestor warned him not to speculate.

Pei Qin and Fang Wentian realized Mu Lingze’s cultivation had recovered and suspected Qin Guan had repaired her Great Dao Tablet, while growing uneasy about the mysterious Qin Guan and Lin Suisui. Inside the Ten Thousand Demon Tower Secret Realm, Qin Guan learned that entrants were restricted by age, and Liu Shang questioned his ignorance of the tower’s origins.

• Pei Qin noticed Mu Lingze’s restored cultivation and clearer Great Dao Tablet, and Fang Wentian suspected Qin Guan had healed her.
• Pei Qin and Fang Wentian discussed Qin Guan and Lin Suisui’s origins, concluded they could not control the pair, and decided not to drive them away.
• Pei Qin left Fang Wentian in charge of reporting any developments, after scolding him for suggesting they ask Qin Guan and Lin Suisui to leave.
• Qin Guan, Lin Suisui, Zhao Jianfeng, and Liu Shang arrived in the crowded Ten Thousand Demon Tower Secret Realm plaza.
• Zhao Jianfeng explained that sect disciples were teleported into the tower, and Liu Shang said cultivators over a thousand years old were barred because they could interfere with Hongmeng Soul Stone condensation.
• Liu Shang questioned Qin Guan when he asked why age affected the tower, noting that everyone knew its origins.

Qin Guan learned the Ten Thousand Demon Tower’s origin and led Spirit Marsh Peak into the dangerous Primordial Unity Realm trial. He cleared the trial alone, leaving his companions to search the slain beasts for Primordial Soul Stones.

• Liu Shang told Qin Guan that an ancient Dao demon was sealed beneath the tower and that its leaked demonic aura formed Primordial Soul Stones.
• Di Hu and Azure Cloud Peak’s disciples entered the Primal Origin Realm trial, while Qin Guan chose the Primordial Unity Realm trial for his group.
• Lin Suisui declined to join Qin Guan, saying she would wait for him in the final trial, and then vanished.
• Qin Guan entered the dark trial passage alone and killed every demonic beast, including the final Great Demon.
• Liu Shang ordered the stunned disciples to inspect the corpses for Primordial Soul Stones.

Qin Guan’s team cleared a Primordial Unity Realm trial, registered their kills for points, and learned they could repeat trials throughout the month. They entered the higher-reward Limitless Realm trial, where the powerful Demon Qi and beasts made their danger clear.

• Qin Guan’s team searched the defeated Demon Beasts but found no Primordial Soul Stones, and Liu Shang explained that the beasts endlessly formed from the Dao Demon’s Evil Qi.
• Zhao Jianfeng realized the team had entered without Soul Tablets, so Qin Guan asked Tower Slave to register them and their completed trial earned one thousand points.
• Tower Slave wondered about Qin Guan’s connection to Lin Suisui, the Dao Root Origin Spirit, and suspected Qin Guan was no ordinary mortal.
• Qin Guan learned that each higher trial level offered ten times the points and chose to lead the team into the Limitless Realm trial.
• Qin Guan, Liu Shang, Zhao Jianfeng, and the others arrived in a dense forest where the Demon Qi pressed down on them and even the ordinary beasts outmatched them by a major realm.

Qin Guan slaughtered the Demonic Beasts in the trial while Little Black Tower joked with him and secretly stirred up Liu Shang’s suspicions about Qin Guan. The group prepared to enter another trial, and Liu Shang was left flustered by Little Black Tower’s claims about Qin Guan’s feelings for her.

• Qin Guan left Liu Shang, Zhao Jianfeng, and the disciples waiting while he slaughtered the Demonic Beasts, and Liu Shang warned the disciples not to pry into his identity.
• Qin Guan told Little Black Tower that he had obtained the intelligence he needed and was not worried about the factions investigating him.
• Qin Guan returned with the slain Great Demons, and the group dug out Primordial Soul Stones as he announced they would enter another trial.
• Little Black Tower secretly warned Liu Shang that Qin Guan desired her, causing her to become uneasy and change how she stood near him.
• Little Black Tower told Liu Shang that it was the Ten Thousand Demon Tower’s spirit and claimed men who liked women wanted to sleep with them, leaving Liu Shang flustered.

After quickly clearing the Limitless Realm trial, Qin Guan led Liu Shang and the others toward higher-level trials. When Azure Cloud Peak’s disciples mocked them, Qin Guan changed course and entered the Primal Origin Realm trial to leave them no Demonic Beasts to farm.

• Liu Shang blushed after Little Black Tower suggested Qin Guan had romantic intentions toward her, while the others praised his swift Limitless Realm clear.
• The group found no Primordial Soul Stones among the Demonic Beast corpses, and Qin Guan proposed trying the Dao Origin Realm trial while agreeing to split rewards evenly.
• The tower servant watched Qin Guan’s group emerge and marveled that they had cleared the Limitless Realm trial in less than an incense stick.
• Di Hu and the Azure Cloud Peak disciples mocked Liu Shang’s group for having only thirteen people and accused them of lacking the strength to clear higher-level trials.
• After the rival disciples entered the Primal Origin Realm trial, Qin Guan changed plans and led his group inside, intending to leave them without Demonic Beasts to farm.

Qin Guan led Liu Shang, Zhao Jianfeng, and their team through the Primal Origin Realm trials at incredible speed, eventually exhausting the Demonic Beasts there and provoking the other factions. After Tower Slave defended their right to compete, Qin Guan’s team moved on to the Primordial Unity Realm trial, leaving the hall’s disciples furious and envious.

• Qin Guan used a single Sword Qi strike to kill every Demonic Beast in a Primal Origin Realm trial, then sliced open their heads so his team could collect any Primordial Soul Stones.
• Qin Guan’s thirteen-person team repeatedly cleared the Primal Origin Realm trials in moments, astonishing the other factions and prompting Tower Slave to rule that they were not cheating.
• After twelve hours, Qin Guan’s team had earned 298,000 points and eight Primordial Soul Stones, and the Demonic Beasts in the Primal Origin Realm trials were gone.
• The other Qin Guan complained to Tower Slave, and Tower Slave expelled Zhou Tong when he accused Qin Guan’s team of cheating.
• Qin Guan led his team into the Primordial Unity Realm trial, where they quickly earned another Primordial Soul Stone and continued farming while the other factions protested.

Qin Guan and his team kept clearing the Ten Thousand Demon Tower trials at extraordinary speed, leaving the other factions angry and suspicious. The Divine Sword Sect was blamed for their success, and after two days of everyone farming the Primordial Unity Realm trial, its Demonic Beasts were gone too.

• Qin Guan the namesake and Di Hu suspected Qin Guan was responsible for the team's rapid trial clears, though they assumed he must have found a loophole.
• A group from the Sacred Blade Sect accused the Divine Sword Sect of conspiring to monopolize the Tower's points and Primordial Soul Stones, and other factions joined in threatening them.
• Qin Guan the namesake demanded that Qin Guan, Liu Shang, and Zhao Jianfeng explain how they cleared the trials, but they ignored him and entered another trial.
• The factions formed dozens of large teams to farm the Primordial Unity Realm trial, and the remaining Divine Sword Sect disciples joined them.
• Two days later, the Primordial Unity Realm trial ran out of Demonic Beasts, prompting another round of curses in the main hall.

After Qin Guan promised to bring the other cultivators into the Dao Origin Realm trial, most followed him despite Tower Slave’s warning. Qin Guan protected the survivors while defeating Great Demons, then reunited with Lin Suisui, who revealed their target could be exchanged for Primordial Soul Stones.

• Qin Guan announced that he and his companions had earned twelve million points and eighty-eight Primordial Soul Stones, then agreed to take the other cultivators into the next trial.
• Qin Guan refused to bring Di Hu and the Azure Cloud Peak group, and more than two thousand cultivators withdrew after Tower Slave warned them about the Dao Origin Realm Great Demons.
• Qin Guan entered the trial with the remaining cultivators and used his Sword Domain to shield them from the crushing pressure.
• Qin Guan fought dozens of Great Demons alone, stunning the cultivators with his strength as they watched from behind his barrier.
• Lin Suisui appeared beside Qin Guan near the trial’s depths and told him the giant chicken demon could be exchanged for Primordial Soul Stones.

Qin Guan fought the Fragrant Chicken Demon while Lin Suisui gave him a spatial ring and promised to trade each chicken for ten Primordial Soul Stones. After Lin Suisui left, Qin Guan showed he could control the demon’s Dao Fire and opened its flame shield, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Qin Guan blocked the Fragrant Chicken Demon’s flaming attacks and traded blows with it, suffering the force of its strength.
• Lin Suisui gave Qin Guan a spatial ring for storing Fragrant Chickens, told him each was worth ten Primordial Soul Stones, and left the trial.
• Little Black Tower warned Qin Guan to be wary of Lin Suisui, but Qin Guan said he trusted her and resumed fighting the demon.
• Qin Guan redirected the Fragrant Chicken Demon’s fire breath, burning the demon with its own flames and explaining that he could control its Dao Fire.
• Qin Guan turned the demon’s fire shield aside and exposed its belly, making the Fragrant Chicken Demon retreat in fear.

Qin Guan defeated the Fragrant Chicken Great Demon alone, then shared the trial’s Primordial Soul Stones with the crowd in exchange for their support of Spirit Marsh Peak. As he led them back into the trial to farm more rewards, Di Hu cast out Qin Guan the namesake and his six companions, who began arguing over their betrayal of Spirit Marsh Peak.

• Qin Guan fought the Fragrant Chicken Great Demon with his physical strength and cleared the Dao Origin Realm trial alone, obtaining two Primordial Soul Stones.
• Qin Guan offered to divide the Primordial Soul Stones among the more than two thousand people and asked them to look after the disciples of Spirit Marsh Peak; the crowd eagerly agreed.
• Qin Guan led the group out of the Secret Realm and immediately entered the trial again, while those who had withdrawn regretted missing the rewards.
• Di Hu blamed Qin Guan the namesake and his companions for Azure Cloud Peak’s conflict with Qin Guan, then left with his disciples and told the seven former Spirit Marsh Peak disciples not to follow.
• Qin Guan the namesake argued with one of the six disciples about who was responsible for their betrayal, and another disciple suggested apologizing to Eldest Senior Sister and Senior Brother Zhao when they returned.