Chapter Summaries

Qin Guan offered the Demon Moon Divine Palace a chance to cultivate in the Primordial Tower, then proved his skill by facing Zhao Huang’s sword techniques without using cultivation. The Primordial Tower Spirit allowed the visitors to stay for three days, and Qin Guan left Zhao Huang staggering after challenging him to back up his boasts.

• Zi Qing insulted Qin Guan for his shameless approach, and Qin Guan offered the Demon Moon Divine Palace a year of cultivation to apologize.
• Bai You warned Yao Niang about Qin Guan, while Nan Rou pointed out the value of cultivating in the Primordial Tower.
• Yao Niang asked the Primordial Tower Spirit for permission to stay, and the Spirit allowed everyone to remain for three days.
• Qin Guan told Yao Niang she could stay for a year, though the Spirit had only granted three days.
• Zhao Huang attacked Qin Guan with sword techniques alone, and Qin Guan blocked every strike with two fingers.
• Qin Guan clamped Zhao Huang’s sword between his fingers and sent him staggering back, telling him not to just talk.

Qin Guan and Zhao Huang fought in a Spatial Array, where Qin Guan’s Great Dao overpowered Zhao Huang’s God-Slaying Great Dao. Wounded and enraged, Zhao Huang summoned God-Slaying Mountain’s deadly Five God-Slaying Swords, and an elder urgently told him to withdraw them.

• Zhao Huang released his Half-Step Heaven-Wielding Realm cultivation, and a Great Sovereign Heaven elder enclosed him and Qin Guan in a Spatial Array.
• Zhao Huang attacked Qin Guan with God-Extinguishing Slash and God of Slaughter Break, but Qin Guan held his ground and praised Zhao Huang’s swordsmanship.
• Zhao Huang used God-Slaying Chop, and Qin Guan cut through his sword Qi and blasted him hundreds of meters back, leaving him wounded.
• Zhao Huang summoned the Five God-Slaying Swords, prompting a disciple to identify God-Slaying Mountain’s supreme killing move.
• God-Slaying Mountain’s elder urgently ordered Zhao Huang to withdraw the swords, warning that their use could damage his Dao Yuan foundation and lower his cultivation.

Qin Guan endured Zhao Huang’s Five God-Slaying Swords as a five-colored divine sword at God-Slaying Mountain reacted to him, then defeated Zhao Huang and shattered his confidence. After God-Slaying Mountain withdrew, Qin Guan invited Yao Niang and the Demon Moon Divine Palace to visit his cultivation dojo, while Cang Chong urged the other sects to divine Qin Guan’s origins.

• Zhao Huang unleashed all five elemental swords, but Qin Guan sensed that something was calling to him and that the sword Qi did not want to harm him.
• The White-Haired Old Man suppressed the restless Five-Colored Divine Sword in God-Slaying Mountain’s forbidden grounds.
• Qin Guan struck with overwhelming sword momentum, broke the formation, and wounded the God-Slaying Mountain Grand Elder when he intervened to protect Zhao Huang.
• Qin Guan’s taunts worsened Zhao Huang’s cracked Dao heart, and the Grand Elder took him and the God-Slaying Mountain disciples back to their sect.
• Qin Guan invited Yao Niang and the Demon Moon Divine Palace group to his cultivation dojo, and she accepted.
• Cang Chong told the other sects that Qin Guan had won through his Great Dao, and a Northern Dipper Palace disciple proposed divining Qin Guan’s origins.

The Northern Dipper Palace declined to divine Qin Guan’s identity after Cang Chong warned that even the Southern Pole Continent Heavenly Dao had refused to investigate him. Cang Chong then appealed to the other factions to avenge the Mandate Temple, but the chapter ended before they answered.

• A Northern Dipper Palace disciple urged Lu Heng to divine Qin Guan’s identity, but Cang Chong warned that the Southern Pole Continent Heavenly Dao had refused to reveal it.
• The disciple boasted about the Northern Dipper Palace’s divination, so Lu Heng reprimanded him and refused to risk the divination.
• The disciples of the three remaining factions began cultivating in the sacred cultivation ground for the three days they had left.
• Cang Chong asked Zhou Xuan, Fa Tian, and Lu Heng to uphold justice for the Mandate Temple, citing its slain elders and depleted reserves.
• Cang Chong compared the Mandate Temple to a dog owned by the powerful factions and urged them to mind its masters when seeking justice.

Cang Chong persuaded Zhou Xuan, Fa Tian, and Lu Heng to protect the Mandate Temple for half a month, while Qin Guan learned that he was the destined master of the Sword of the Elements. The chapter left Qin Guan considering the forces guiding his fate as Nan Rou and the others shared a meal with him.

• Cang Chong asked Zhou Xuan, Fa Tian, and Lu Heng to hold the fort at the Mandate Temple for half a month, and they agreed.
• Cang Chong left the Primordial Tower, pleased that the Three Great Powers would keep Qin Guan from attacking the Divine Hall.
• Inside the Little Black Tower, Yao Niang demanded a speaking fee before revealing why Zhao Huang's Sword Qi had not harmed Qin Guan; Qin Guan offered resources, and Zhi Yue took half.
• Yao Niang revealed that Qin Guan was the master awaited by the sword behind God-Slaying Mountain's Five God-Slaying Swords, and Nan Rou explained the Sword of the Elements to him.
• Qin Guan worried that events had been steering him like a piece on a chessboard, but Nan Rou and Zi Qing comforted him over crab meat.
• Yao Niang left with Zhi Yue and Xiao Man, who promised to return in ten hours after teasing Qin Guan about playing horsey with Nan Rou.

Qin Guan reunited with Bai You, Nan Rou, and Zi Qing, and told them he had found Lin Suisui, the Primordial Dao Root, who was willing to help. He learned that the women had found the Primordial Fate Marrow, but it was demanding treasures instead of honoring its promise; the chapter ended with Qin Guan recounting Bai Fuzi’s tragic past.

• Xiao Man teased the group before leaving with Yao Niang and Zhi Yue, leaving Qin Guan with Bai You, Nan Rou, and Zi Qing.
• Qin Guan told the women that Lin Suisui was his friend and was willing to help, though the time had not yet come to free her from her shackles.
• Nan Rou and Bai You explained that the Primordial Sword had guided them to the Primordial Fate Marrow, which now claimed to have lost its memory and demanded treasures despite Yuan Bao defeating it.
• Nan Rou told Qin Guan that Yuan Bao was inside the Primordial Sword’s true body, keeping watch over the Primordial Fate Marrow.
• Qin Guan said Bai Fuzi’s past-life Karma had been resolved and told the women the story of his life with the Confucian Sect.

Qin Guan reunited with Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing, but their teasing turned into a misunderstanding about whether he had pursued other women. After the Little Black Tower cleared his name and threatened to leave, Qin Guan made peace with it and asked it to watch the women’s Old Ancestor, whom he suspected.

• Nan Rou urged Qin Guan to take them to see Bai Fuzi, but the Little Black Tower said Bai Fuzi was busy merging with the Vast Righteous Dao Heart.
• Bai You, Nan Rou, and Zi Qing interrogated Qin Guan about other women, then misread the Little Black Tower’s vague answer as evidence he had been unfaithful.
• Qin Guan showed them his scars and left angrily; the Little Black Tower confirmed he had rejected every woman who approached him, and the three women apologized.
• Qin Guan scolded the Little Black Tower for stirring up trouble, and the tower announced it was leaving the Primordial Realm because it felt disrespected.
• Qin Guan refused to let the Little Black Tower go and asked it to keep watch on the women’s Old Ancestor because he suspected something was wrong with her.

Qin Guan ended the misunderstanding with Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing, then challenged them to a sparring match. The four began fighting inside Bai You’s Isolation Array while the Little Black Tower observed and learned from their techniques.

• Qin Guan asked the three women to admit their mistake and promise not to doubt him so readily, then had them massage his shoulders and chest.
• Qin Guan revealed he wanted to release the strength he had accumulated, and Bai You accused him of pretending to be angry.
• Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing pounced on Qin Guan, laughing and roughhousing as they put the misunderstanding behind them.
• Bai You set up an Isolation Array, and the four began sparring after Qin Guan challenged all three women at once.
• Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing coordinated their attacks against Qin Guan, while the Little Black Tower studied their exchanges to help the Sister Great Dao improve.

Qin Guan and three women cultivated under the Little Black Tower’s Sister Great Dao, and Bai You and Zi Qing advanced toward the Divine Ruins Realm. The Little Black Tower explained that Qin Guan and Nan Rou’s sturdier foundations made their own breakthroughs slower, and Qin Guan asked whether the women’s rapid progress would harm their potential.

• Qin Guan sparred and cultivated with Bai You, Zi Qing, and Nan Rou while the Little Black Tower enveloped them in its Sister Great Dao.
• Bai You and Zi Qing broke through their Origin Awakening Realm bottleneck and began advancing toward the Divine Ruins Realm.
• Nan Rou accused Qin Guan of favoring Bai You and Zi Qing, but Qin Guan questioned whether her Taiyin Immortal Physique had affected the results.
• The Little Black Tower explained that Qin Guan and Nan Rou had sturdier Great Dao foundations, so their cultivation was harder to advance.
• Qin Guan asked the Little Black Tower whether Bai You and Zi Qing’s rapid breakthroughs would affect their future potential.

Bai You and Zi Qing broke through to the Divine Ruins Realm after Qin Guan and Little Black Tower helped them cultivate, while Qin Guan pretended to fawn over them to conceal their relationship. After Qin Guan left with Yao Niang, the elders of the Three Great Powers suspected he and Yao Niang shared a hidden connection.

• Little Black Tower explained that Qin Guan’s yin-yang cultivation with Bai You and Zi Qing, aided by Great Dao Source Power, had helped them overcome their bottlenecks.
• Bai You and Zi Qing’s unstable breakthroughs began, so Qin Guan took them to the Second Floor of the Primordial Tower and supplied Primordial Dao Stones.
• Bai You and Zi Qing broke through to the Divine Ruins Realm, astonishing the cultivators and elders of the Three Great Powers.
• Bai You and Zi Qing acted as though Qin Guan had barely helped them, while Qin Guan played along and accepted Zi Qing’s handkerchief to hide their relationship.
• Qin Guan took Yao Niang and the two women away, and Fa Tian, Zhou Xuan, and Lu Heng speculated that Qin Guan and Yao Niang shared a concealed connection.

Lu Heng refused to divine Qin Guan and Yao Niang’s fate profiles, warning that probing their secrets could bring disaster upon the Northern Dipper Palace. Meanwhile, Bai You revealed that she and Zi Qing had advanced to the Divine Ruins Realm after discussing the Yin-Yang Method with Qin Guan, leaving Yao Niang inwardly shocked.

• Lu Heng’s divination led Zhou Xuan and Fa Tian to suspect Qin Guan had a hidden connection to Yao Niang, possibly as her illegitimate son.
• Fa Tian asked Lu Heng to inspect Qin Guan’s and Yao Niang’s fate profiles, but Lu Heng refused, fearing the backlash could endanger the Northern Dipper Palace.
• Zhou Xuan redirected the group’s attention to inspecting Dao Demon’s seal, and the three Hidden Sects resumed cultivating.
• Qin Guan brought the group back into the Little Black Tower, where Yao Niang questioned Bai You and Zi Qing about their sudden breakthrough to the Divine Ruins Realm.
• Bai You told Yao Niang that she and Zi Qing had discussed the Yin-Yang Method with Qin Guan, astonishing Yao Niang with how quickly their cultivation had advanced.

Zi Ran and Wu She reunited with Zi Qing and met Yao Niang, while Qin Guan and Nan Rou shared a quiet, affectionate night together. A sudden portent of the Great Annihilation struck the Primordial Realm, and Lin Suisui feared its aftermath could lead the old monsters to investigate her and expose Qin Guan.

• Zi Ran and Wu She joined Zi Qing, and Yao Niang praised Zi Ran’s aptitude and Wu She’s sword heart.
• Nan Rou and Qin Guan teased each other, spoke about the pressures of the Great Annihilation, and reaffirmed that they would face danger together.
• Purple lightning and destructive portents appeared across the Primordial Realm, alarming its hidden old monsters.
• Lin Suisui told the Primordial Tower Spirit that the portent was the order of the Great Annihilation reacting to a perceived threat, not an attempt to erase Qin Guan.
• Lin Suisui warned that the old monsters might investigate her and the Fate Marrow, potentially exposing Qin Guan.

After a portent of the great annihilation appeared unexpectedly in the Primordial Realm, Lü Zheng'an and the other ancient powerhouses investigated whether the Cross-Realm Secret Technique had failed. They summoned Lin Suisui and the primordial fate marrow to inspect their imprints, and Lin Suisui voiced their suspicion as the chapter ended.

• Lü Zheng'an summoned the elders of Great Sovereign Heaven, Northern Dipper Palace, and God-Slaying Mountain after the portent appeared.
• Su Wangchen divined that two forces were entangled in the Primordial Realm's fate, but he could not identify the second force.
• The four elders suspected something had gone wrong with the primordial Dao root or primordial fate marrow that sustained the Cross-Realm Secret Technique.
• Lü Zheng'an used the Order Dao Platform to forcibly bring Lin Suisui and the primordial fate marrow before the elders.
• Lin Suisui asked whether they suspected the Cross-Realm Secret Technique imprints in her and the Red-Haired Monster had been damaged.

Lü Zheng'an examined Maomao and Lin Suisui’s marks for signs of a problem with the Cross-Realm Secret Technique, while Maomao repeatedly demanded compensation and threatened to harm itself. Both marks were intact, leaving the cause of the approaching Great Annihilation unknown, and Lü Zheng'an wondered why Yao Niang had not arrived.

• Lin Suisui and Maomao traded insults until Lü Zheng'an freed them and insisted they discuss the danger to the Primordial Realm.
• Maomao demanded a hundred million Divine Stones for an examination, but Lü Zheng'an restrained it and inspected its mark by force.
• Lü Zheng'an found Maomao’s mark intact, then examined Lin Suisui and found her mark stable as well.
• Su Wangchen divined that the marks were unharmed, but the group still could not identify the source of the problem.
• Maomao threatened to stab itself with a Blood Energy dagger, so Lü Zheng'an and the others suppressed it before it could act.
• Lü Zheng'an asked why Yao Niang had not come despite his earlier voice transmission.

Lü Zheng'an and the other Old Ancestors discussed Yao Niang’s absence and the early signs of the Great Annihilation, while Lin Suisui questioned whether their Cross-Realm Secret Technique could truly avert the calamity. Lü Zheng'an kept Lin Suisui and Maomao at Zhengyang Dharma Manor, and Lin Suisui asked whether their food and lodging were included.

• Xiao Changfeng explained that Yao Niang remained at the Primordial Tower after encountering Qin Guan, a young man who had defeated Zhao Huang.
• The Old Ancestors questioned Lin Suisui about the Great Annihilation’s signs, and she said their source lay outside the realm.
• Lin Suisui warned that the Cross-Realm Secret Technique might not hide the Primordial Realm from the Great Annihilation because the Chaos Realm shared its root.
• Lin Suisui asked to return home, but Lü Zheng'an said she and Maomao had to stay at Zhengyang Dharma Manor until they found the cause of the problem.
• Lin Suisui asked Lü Zheng'an whether food and lodging were included.

Lü Zheng'an and the other sect leaders sought the Primordial Realm Lord after the Great Annihilation omen appeared, while Qin Guan learned that the Hongmeng Holy Son could expose his actions. Yao Niang warned Qin Guan of the danger, and the Little Black Tower revealed another secret about him.

• Lü Zheng'an sent Lin Suisui and Maomao to Order Heaven Mountain under guard, then decided the sect leaders needed to negotiate with the Primordial Realm Lord.
• Lü Zheng'an summoned Yao Niang, and she joined him and the other leaders on their way to find the Realm Lord.
• The Primordial Tower Spirit told Qin Guan that the Great Annihilation omen had appeared early because a will sensed a threat, while seven yellow-robed elders decided to investigate the Primordial Realm.
• Seven days later, Yao Niang returned to the Primordial Tower with the core fighting force of the Demon Moon Divine Palace and warned Qin Guan that the Hongmeng Holy Son might trace his actions after awakening.
• Yao Niang explained that the sect leaders had agreed to give the Primordial Realm Lord four Hongmeng Dao Seals to revive his son, and Qin Guan disclosed that he possessed a Sage's treasure and the Qi Yuan Civilization Inheritance.
• The Little Black Tower revealed that Qin Guan also had the Chaos Body, which could break through cultivation barriers through dual cultivation.

Yao Niang brought Qin Guan into the Little Black Tower to ask for his Chaos Yin Yang Fire, not to practice Dual Cultivation as he mistakenly assumed. She received the flame, which could help her balance her Heavenly Heart Great Dao and attempt to reach the Saint Realm.

• The Little Black Tower told Qin Guan that his Chaos Origin could help others break through, and Yao Niang asked him to enter the tower with her.
• Qin Guan misunderstood Yao Niang's request and refused to practice Dual Cultivation with her, prompting her to slap him and accuse him of improper thoughts.
• Yao Niang brought Qin Guan into the Little Black Tower and asked whether he had cultivated Chaos Yin Yang Fire.
• Qin Guan confirmed he had the fire and gave Yao Niang a wisp of it.
• Yao Niang recognized the fire as the yang complement to her perfected, yin-based Heavenly Heart Great Dao and hoped it would let her break through to the Saint Realm.

Qin Guan learned that the Primordial Realm Lord intended to seize the Hongmeng Dao Body from its son, and Yao Niang helped him plan for the coming conflict. The chapter ended with Yao Niang leaving to cultivate while Qin Guan waited for Xiao Guo’s evolution and the Qi Yuan Civilization Secret Method.

• Qin Guan gave Yao Niang more Chaos Yin Yang Fire, and she explained that the Primordial Realm Lord had fathered a son with the Hongmeng Dao Body to seize his body and gain power.
• Yao Niang warned Qin Guan that his enemies were gathering and that he lacked enough powerful allies to face the Primordial Realm Lord and Lü Zheng'an.
• Qin Guan showed Yao Niang an image of Xiao Guo evolving and explained that the cauldron’s Restriction would open after the evolution finished.
• Yao Niang advised Qin Guan to wait for the Qi Yuan Civilization Secret Method, then target the Hongmeng Dao Body while the Primordial Realm Lord was weakened by trying to seize it.
• Yao Niang said the Sword of the Elements could counter the Primordial Realm’s Heavenly Dao power, and she left to cultivate with the Chaos Yin Yang Fire.

Qin Guan helped Yao Niang prepare to merge his chaos yin yang fire with her Heavenly Heart Great Dao foundation, aiming to strengthen her enough to face Lü Zheng'an and the Primordial Realm Lord. After seven days of cultivation inside the Little Black Tower, Yao Niang’s Dao foundation continued to circulate, but her breakthrough had not yet been shown.

• Qin Guan asked Yao Niang not to ascend to sainthood, and she explained that her million-year foundation meant she would not break through soon.
• The Little Black Tower advised Yao Niang to let Qin Guan control the chaos yin yang fire as she cultivated, and she agreed to have him guard her.
• The Little Black Tower urged them to cultivate steadily inside it rather than rush in the Primordial Tower, and Qin Guan agreed to proceed.
• Yao Niang laid down restrictions and began cultivating while Qin Guan guarded her inside the Little Black Tower.
• Seven days later, Yao Niang’s Heavenly Heart Great Dao Stele stood in her dantian as two dragons of Dao Rhythm spiraled up its surface.

Yao Niang suffered a devastating backlash after reaching toward the Saint Gate, and her Heavenly Heart Great Dao Stele began to collapse. Qin Guan rebuilt it by combining his power of Divinity with Chaos Yin Yang Fire, while the Little Black Tower ended by asking him for an intimate favor involving Demon Fairy, which he refused.

• Yao Niang reached toward the Saint Gate and triggered a backlash that cracked her Heavenly Heart Great Dao Stele and left her gravely weakened.
• Qin Guan failed to stop the crack with Chaos Yin Yang Fire, then used his power of Divinity to break down the damaged stele and preserve its Heavenly Heart Great Dao Origin.
• Qin Guan fused his divine power with Yao Niang's Dao Origin and used Chaos Yin Yang Fire to forge a new stele around a divine dragon bone.
• Yao Niang sensed that the new stele was stronger and purer than before, while Qin Guan completed the reconstruction.
• The Little Black Tower asked Qin Guan to help its Sister Great Dao attain the Dao by becoming intimate with Demon Fairy, but Qin Guan refused.