Chapter Summaries

Meng Qi and Gu Xiaosang explored the Grey Stone Great Hall, where Yang Jian’s message pointed them toward the Jade Void Palace, then escaped the immortal realm after harmonizing their powers. Gu Xiaosang admitted she had lied about needing the dual-cultivation method to escape and warned Meng Qi that she might try to kill him next time.

• Gu Xiaosang fed Meng Qi two mysterious Three Lives Fruits and said Six Paths should not learn what they did.
• Meng Qi used Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun’s Waist Token on the ancient bronze door and heard that everything he wanted was in the Jade Void Palace.
• Gu Xiaosang proposed using Shang Shui Fairy’s method to recover, and Meng Qi and Gu Xiaosang harmonized their powers, overcoming their backlash and breaking through to higher levels.
• Gu Xiaosang used the Great Dao Tree to carry them from the immortal realm to a path beside the Golden Water River.
• Gu Xiaosang confessed that she had lied about needing the method to leave, warned Meng Qi that she could have attacked him while his guard was down, and disappeared.

After leaving the Heavenly Court, Meng Qi questioned Gu Xiaosang’s motives and discovered that the eerie peach had followed him out and merged into his Thunder Mark. He investigated the mysterious objects at Xuantian Sect, then began considering how to prepare for the coming Death Mission.

• Meng Qi wondered why Gu Xiaosang had chosen to dual cultivate with him and what she meant by her earlier words about falling in love and having a child.
• The bloodlit peach appeared beside Meng Qi, vanished when he brought out the Great Dao Tree, then returned and burrowed into his purple Thunder Mark.
• Meng Qi visited Xuantian Sect and showed Qing Yu images of the strange tree, green fruit, and eerie peach, but Qing Yu said the sect’s classics contained no information about them.
• After a quiet night at an inn, Meng Qi concluded that Xuantian Sect knew nothing about the objects and considered traveling to the Southern Wilderness to study the Blood Robe Sect’s techniques before the Death Mission.

Meng Qi visited Yuan Yang to learn about the Southern Wilderness, the Blood Robe Sect, and a tribe with reincarnation abilities. After discovering the sect had destroyed that tribe, he decided to attack one of its branch altars before traveling to Long Snake Mountain.

• Yuan Yang returned from training, met Meng Qi in her hut, and described the Southern Wilderness and the Blood Robe Sect’s cruelty.
• Meng Qi asked about reincarnation, and Yuan Yang told him of the Eternal Life Clan, whose members reincarnated with their memories and personalities intact.
• Yuan Yang revealed that the Blood Robe Sect’s Cult Master had wiped out the Eternal Life Clan more than ten years earlier.
• Meng Qi connected the clan’s destruction to Du Huai Shang and Blood Sea Rakshasa, then asked whether any clan members had escaped.
• After learning the location of Long Snake Mountain, Meng Qi said he would first attack a Blood Robe Sect branch altar, while Yuan Yang hesitated to join him because her tribe remained in the Southern Wilderness.

Meng Qi slaughtered the Blood Robe Sect disciples and their branch leader after discovering their atrocities in a stockade. He deliberately left a trail as he flew toward Long Snake Mountain, drawing the attention of the sect’s Supreme Elder, Venerable Ten Thousand Insects.

• A tortured youth saw Meng Qi arrive at the stockade, where the red-robed man and Blood Robe Sect disciples were brutalizing captives.
• Meng Qi appraised the sect members’ poisons and attacks, then killed the red-robed man’s disciples and summoned the branch leader by activating the stockade’s signal.
• The branch leader attacked Meng Qi with the Blood God Art and Great Sea of Blood Technique, but Meng Qi defeated him and stopped his escaping Primordial Spirit.
• Venerable Ten Thousand Insects discovered that an Outer Scenery Expert’s Soul Lamp had gone out and followed the trail with a tracking Gu.
• Meng Qi flew toward Long Snake Mountain, deliberately leaving traces so the Blood Robe Sect’s upper ranks would pursue him.

Meng Qi entered Eternal Life Valley to investigate the Eternal Life Clan's reincarnation secret and discovered that the valley's aura had a hidden pivot. He buried himself alive to test it, while a tomb-raider who arrived afterward found Meng Qi's hand gripping him from the grave.

• Meng Qi entered the blood-soaked Eternal Life Valley and considered the unexplained destruction of the Past Life Hall and Future Life Hall.
• Meng Qi met Xiao Ru, who explained that dying experts came to the valley hoping to reincarnate and that she raided their tombs for treasures.
• Meng Qi confronted Huang, who guarded the tomb of the Flying Heaven Tribe's Supreme Elder, Ancient Bronze.
• Meng Qi used Yuxu Divine Calculation to locate the valley's aura pivot, dug a pit, and buried himself while preserving his Primordial Spirit and vitality.
• A wretched middle-aged man arrived and began digging up Meng Qi's grave, but Meng Qi's pale hand suddenly seized him.

Meng Qi questioned Song Bingde about what the dead experienced before death, then found a message in Yi Meng’s coffin that revealed a mystery in Eternal Life Valley. The chapter ended as Huang opened Gu’s grave and released a terrifying aura despite Meng Qi’s warning.

• Meng Qi returned to life, released Song Bingde, and asked whether tomb robbers had found messages left by the dead.
• Song Bingde said he had never seen such messages and explained that a curse kept him from leaving the Southern Wilderness.
• Yi Meng attacked Meng Qi when he and Yi Xin arrived to bury Yi Meng, but Meng Qi suppressed his aura and let the brothers proceed.
• Meng Qi reminded Yi Xin that the Eternal Life Clan left clues to find their reincarnated members, prompting Yi Xin to open Yi Meng’s coffin.
• Meng Qi and Yi Xin found the words “I saw another self...” written inside Yi Meng’s coffin.
• Huang opened Gu’s grave, and a terrifying aura surged out before Meng Qi could stop him.

Meng Qi and Huang fought the resurrected Gu, whose body spoke with many conflicting voices and wielded overwhelming strength. After Meng Qi wore Gu down until he collapsed, Huang returned him to the coffin, where Meng Qi found an inscription and learned Su Wuming had once visited Eternal Life Valley; Xiao Ru then began suffering in the rubble.

• Huang opened Gu's coffin, and Gu attacked him until Meng Qi intervened with his sword.
• Gu spoke in many different voices and fought Meng Qi, Huang, and Yi Xin with immense strength.
• Meng Qi realized Gu relied on brute force and used speed and repeated strikes until Gu collapsed.
• Huang thanked Meng Qi and described a swordsman who had visited the valley, whom Meng Qi recognized as Su Wuming.
• Huang returned Gu to the coffin, where Meng Qi read the inscription, “Who are they, and who am I...”
• Xiao Ru clutched her head and writhed in pain among the rubble.

After Xiao Ru awakened as the last survivor of the Eternal Life Clan, she explained its reincarnation method to Meng Qi. Using the secret method, Meng Qi glimpsed a scene connected to the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and a faceless figure that might have been his true self, then jolted out of the ground in terror.

• Xiao Ru recovered from the pain caused by Meng Qi's swordplay, and she and Song Bingde left Eternal Life Valley while Yi Xin departed with his brother's corpse.
• Huang questioned Meng Qi's opposition to reincarnation, then revealed that Song Bingde and Xiao Ru seemed to be searching for something, prompting Meng Qi to pursue them.
• Yi Xin confronted Xiao Ru and accused her of being a remnant of the Eternal Life Clan seeking to protect its reincarnation method.
• Meng Qi caught up with them, and Xiao Ru explained that the Eternal Life Clan's method let a dying person catch another version of themselves from a personal fishpond and send it away as a reincarnated self.
• Meng Qi used the secret method in Eternal Life Valley and saw a memory of his previous life, then a golden fragment showing a scene at Spirit Mountain and a mysterious shadow that turned to face him.
• Meng Qi leapt from his burial place after the faceless figure's cold eyes appeared in his mind, while Yi Xin lay stunned deep in Long Snake Mountain.

Meng Qi questioned Xiao Ru about his strange visions and learned that he might be a fish in an angler’s pond, with the figure at Spirit Mountain possibly still alive. After discovering Yi Xin’s death, he followed the trail to Xiao Ru and Song Bingde, where powerful enemies surrounded them seeking the reincarnation method.

• Meng Qi used karma to trace his path and found Yi Xin’s corpse, stripped of much of its flesh and missing his storage pouch and Silver Sword.
• Meng Qi reached Xiao Ru and Song Bingde’s hidden cave and asked Xiao Ru about his visions and the secret method.
• Xiao Ru suggested that Meng Qi might be a fish in the pool, able to see only the angler above him; Meng Qi feared the Spirit Mountain figure was still alive and resolved to prepare for the threat.
• Meng Qi asked why Xiao Ru had given him the reincarnation method so readily, and she explained that Yi Xin had recognized her and asked about it first.
• Granny Parting, Venerable Blood Infant, and Demon Lord Dry Bones surrounded the cave and revealed that Yi Xin had been planted with a Gu by Venerable Ten Thousand Insects.
• Venerable Blood Infant demanded that Xiao Ru and Song Bingde surrender, but Xiao Ru refused and challenged them over the reincarnation method.

Meng Qi intervened when the Blood Robe Sect surrounded Xiao Ru and Song Bingde, then launched a surprise attack against the three peerless experts. He outmaneuvered their coordinated defenses and unleashed a lethal strike on Granny Parting, hoping to frighten Venerable Blood Infant into retreating.

• Xiao Ru offered to reveal the Eternal Life Clan's greatest secret if Meng Qi helped her and Song Bingde escape, and Meng Qi agreed.
• Venerable Blood Infant taunted the group while Meng Qi assessed the enemy and decided he had to act before reinforcements arrived.
• Meng Qi attacked Demon Lord Dry Bones with a barrage of sword rays and thunder, forcing Venerable Blood Infant and Granny Parting to defend themselves against his wide-area attacks.
• Meng Qi used a false image to draw the trio's attacks, then appeared behind Granny Parting and struck with two sabers and two swords.
• Demon Lord Dry Bones and Venerable Blood Infant warned Granny Parting as Meng Qi's Grandly Bury the Star River descended on her.

Meng Qi broke Venerable Blood Infant’s encirclement, killed Granny Parting, and drove Venerable Blood Infant and Demon Lord Dry Bones to flee by bluffing with the destroyed Xuan Shui Demon Quelling Banner. He then fought off the Beast God and wounded the Dragon Bear before leaving with Song Bingde and Xiao Ru.

• Meng Qi’s Star Burial River killed Granny Parting and left Venerable Blood Infant and Demon Lord Dry Bones unable to intervene.
• Venerable Blood Infant recognized Meng Qi as Mad Saber Su Meng and fled after seeing what he believed was a damaged divine weapon; Demon Lord Dry Bones fled as well.
• Meng Qi dismissed Dharma Heaven Manifestation Earth, collected Granny Parting’s silver hook and treasures, and cleared the encirclement for Song Bingde and Xiao Ru.
• The Beast God arrived with the Grandmaster-level Dragon Bear, and Meng Qi charged them despite having just finished a battle.
• Meng Qi endured the Beast God’s attacks, battered the Dragon Bear with Yin Thunder and All Things Return to Void, and wounded it with a powerful slash.
• The Beast God escaped underground with a life-saving talisman, and Meng Qi left with Song Bingde and Xiao Ru while the remaining experts kept their distance.

Meng Qi learned that the Eternal Life Clan’s reincarnation art only delayed the loss of identity, while Xiao Ru revealed a hidden place beyond ordinary Heaven and Earth. After Meng Qi and Xiao Ru entered it, Song Bingde revealed his true nature and absorbed the blood covering Eternal Life Valley.

• Xiao Ru told Meng Qi that repeated reincarnation eroded a person’s identity and limited the Eternal Life Clan’s strength, then secretly described a wondrous place hidden beyond Heaven and Earth.
• Xiao Ru used a secret art to put Song Bingde into a deep sleep, and Meng Qi agreed to go with her to Eternal Life Valley.
• Venerable Ten Thousand Insects punished Venerable Blood Infant and Demon Lord Dry Bones with ten strikes of the Soul-Whipping Rod and let them leave.
• At the ruined valley, Meng Qi and Xiao Ru combined their secret arts to find a special surface in the void and entered the hidden place.
• Song Bingde appeared after they vanished, revealed his composure, and drew the valley’s blood into himself as his aura surged.

Meng Qi and Xiao Ru discovered that the wondrous place was tied to the Haotian Mirror, but Blood Sea Rakshasa appeared in Song Bingde’s body and revealed his plan to trap them. Meng Qi reached for the mirror with the Great Dao Tree and prepared to escape with Xiao Ru.

• Meng Qi sensed that the wondrous place showed countless worlds and alternate versions of himself behind its shifting doors.
• Meng Qi learned that the Ancient Mirror could not be touched, and Song Bingde appeared and revealed himself as Blood Sea Rakshasa.
• Blood Sea Rakshasa identified the mirror as the Haotian Mirror and explained that it connected to the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds and revealed other selves.
• Meng Qi deduced that Blood Sea Rakshasa was stalling while laying a Blood Baleful Formation to prevent their escape.
• Meng Qi raised the Great Dao Tree toward the Haotian Mirror, pulled Xiao Ru close, and gripped the Void Breaking Ancient Talisman as Blood Sea Rakshasa summoned a blood sea.

Meng Qi used the Great Dao Tree to absorb the Haotian Mirror’s Remnant Soul and escaped Blood Sea Rakshasa with Xiao Ru by seeking refuge at Lanke Temple. After parting ways with Xiao Ru near the Pure Yang Sect, he set out to visit Daoist Chong He.

• Meng Qi’s Great Dao Tree touched the Haotian Mirror and absorbed its Remnant Soul, causing the void to collapse.
• Meng Qi used the Void Breaking Ancient Talisman to flee north with Xiao Ru, but Blood Sea Rakshasa’s true body disrupted their escape and pursued them.
• Meng Qi and Xiao Ru vanished from Blood Sea Rakshasa’s reach and appeared at Lanke Temple, where Meng Qi greeted the Bodhisattva as if returning.
• Meng Qi and Xiao Ru arrived near the Pure Yang Sect, and he advised her to seek safety near a righteous sect and avoid places where Blood Sea Rakshasa might find her.
• Xiao Ru lamented that the loss of the Haotian Mirror meant the end of reincarnation and the Eternal Life Clan, then flew away as Meng Qi set off for the Pure Yang Sect.

Meng Qi reported his discoveries and troubles to Chong He, who helped him assess his ties to Gu Xiaosang and promised protection from Blood Sea Rakshasa. After recognizing a copy of the Dao De Jing as written by the Moral Heavenly Venerable, Chong He sent Meng Qi to teach children scripture, where their vitality calmed his heart.

• Meng Qi told Chong He that Han Guang had secretly connected with Gao Lan, who now possessed the Human Emperor Sword, and described his encounters with Gu Xiaosang and the Southern Wilderness.
• Chong He asked what Meng Qi would do if Gu Xiaosang again harmed innocents; Meng Qi said he would stop her, cripple her martial arts, and protect her, while remaining alert to the possibility that she might return to evil.
• Meng Qi explained why he had fought Blood Sea Rakshasa over the Haotian Mirror, and Chong He gave him a Reversed Great Evolution Talisman and promised to deter the Blood Robe Sect after his breakthrough.
• Chong He tried Meng Qi's secret technique but could not sense another self without the Haotian Mirror's aura, then explained that the Gu God could be reborn through Southern Wilderness worshippers' faith.
• Chong He recognized the handwriting in Meng Qi's Dao De Jing as identical to the Moral Heavenly Venerable's cultivation text and sent Meng Qi to teach children at the Sutra Lecture Hall.
• Meng Qi met the children and felt his heart grow calm as sunlight illuminated their faces.

Before the Death Mission, Meng Qi reunited with his companions at the Reincarnation Plaza, explained the rumors surrounding Gu Xiaosang and the Blood Sea Rakshasa, and learned more about the angler-and-fish secret. The group exchanged their recent gains for Merit Points, leaving Meng Qi with 43,890 points and the team ready to prepare for the mission.

• Meng Qi reached the sixth layer of Heaven after harmonizing motion and stillness, then went to retrieve the Great Dao Tree before the Death Mission.
• At the Reincarnation Plaza, Ruan Yushu teased Meng Qi about rumors linking him to Gu Xiaosang, and Jiang Zhiwei defended his character before Meng Qi explained the situation.
• Jiang Zhiwei recalled that her master had mentioned the angler-and-fish saying, while Zhao Heng wondered where Su had learned of Eternal Life Valley; Meng Qi connected Su's knowledge to Azure Emperor Dong Wang Gong and the Haotian Mirror.
• Qi Zhengyan claimed to have found a fallen Grandmaster's grotto-heaven abode and reported having 20,000 Merit Points; Jiang Zhiwei, Ruan Yushu, and Zhao Heng also exchanged their gains and described their cultivation progress and equipment.
• Meng Qi revealed that he had reached the sixth layer of Heaven and had more than 24,000 Merit Points, then exchanged his items and Six Doors salary for a total of 43,890 Merit Points.

Meng Qi and his companions spent their Merit Points preparing weapons, armor, and healing pills for a Death Mission. The mission sent them to join Du Huai Shang's rebels in a campaign against the imperial court, with failure meaning execution.

• Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei arranged for the team to borrow Merit Points and redeemed two batches of Eastern Extreme Longevity Pills, leaving one as a spare.
• Jiang Zhiwei upgraded the Seamless Heavenly Robe, while Qi Zhengyan bought a Heavenly Crystal Battle Robe and upgraded the Dragon Pattern Red Gold Sword.
• Meng Qi upgraded Heaven's Wound, chose a Jade Cutting Saber, and redeemed a Kunlun Dao Robe.
• Zhao Heng revealed that he had traded his surplus items for an Xuanhuang Emperor Robe and used borrowed Merit Points to upgrade the Fish Dragon Sword.
• The Lord of Six Paths Samsara sent the five Reincarnators to help Du Huai Shang defeat the imperial court's forces and advance toward the capital, warning that failure meant execution.

Meng Qi and his companions entered the Gods and Demons World and reached the rebel camps beside the Angry River, where they learned Du Huai Shang had been gravely wounded. King Ping Hai tried to recruit them while the rebel army fractured into rival factions, and Meng Qi planned to investigate the Red Clad Army and assess Du Huai Shang's injuries.

• Meng Qi, Jiang Zhiwei, Qi Zhengyan, Ruan Yushu, and Zhao Heng arrived beside the Angry River and found the camps of the Eighteen Rebel Armies.
• Meng Qi and his companions approached the Red Clad Army camp, but Xu Wei led them to King Ping Hai, the leader of the Zhenhai Army.
• King Ping Hai told Meng Qi that Du Huai Shang had been ambushed by the Martial Emperor and lay unconscious, while rival rebel leaders were plotting amid the turmoil.
• King Ping Hai attempted to recruit Meng Qi and his companions, and Xu Wei escorted them to an empty tent.
• Jiang Zhiwei sensed a powerful expert watching them, and Meng Qi planned to change his appearance and seek information from his Red Clad Army acquaintances.

Meng Qi reached the Red Clad Army’s camp and learned that Du Huai Shang’s mysterious wound and the rebel armies’ internal crisis threatened the mission. After discovering a cursed Gu worm bound to Du Huai Shang’s Primordial Spirit, Meng Qi traced its master and set out alone to find them.

• Meng Qi slipped into the central camp and met Hou Yue, Hu Zhigao, and True Person Wanshi.
• True Person Wanshi explained that Du Huai Shang had been gravely wounded in battle by the Shadow King, while Zhu Shou and other rebel leaders were maneuvering to seize command.
• Meng Qi urged the Red Clad Army to hold together and examined the unconscious Du Huai Shang, discovering a cursed Gu worm entwined with his Primordial Spirit.
• Meng Qi used the Yuxu Divine Calculation to trace the Gu worm’s master and decided to pursue them alone.
• True Person Wanshi asked Meng Qi’s companions to investigate possible aid to the court within the rebel armies, and Meng Qi agreed before heading toward the Angry River.

Meng Qi infiltrated the enemy’s river blockade by seizing Senluo Tianjun and taking his place, while the enemy leaders discussed their plans against the Rebel Army. The chapter ended with Qi Zhengyan and the others moving to the Zhenhai Army’s camp.

• Meng Qi found the Angry River crossing guarded by boats and Senluo Tianjun, so he used the Wisdom Eye to assess the defenses.
• In a tent, Wen Jing assured the man in the Bright Yellow Loose Robe and his teacher that the Rebel Army would fall apart within five days if they attacked within two.
• Meng Qi transformed into water, endured the river’s poisonous black vapor, and silently seized Senluo Tianjun with a sealing technique.
• Meng Qi transformed into a flea, entered Senluo Tianjun’s eye, and emerged disguised in his armor and aura-concealing boots.
• Xu Wei told Qi Zhengyan, Jiang Zhiwei, and the others that King Ping Hai had asked them to move to the Zhenhai Army’s camp.