Chapter Summaries

Qin Shaofeng faced Zhang Zhentao, whose Wind-Fire Dual Spiritual Root and Legend Realm Tenth Layer strength made him a formidable opponent. After Zhang Zhentao unleashed a barrage of massive wind blades, Qin Shaofeng faced an attack that could overwhelm even ordinary experts at the same realm.

• Zhang Zhentao mocked Qin Shaofeng's challenge, while Zhu Zichen dismissed him as foolish.
• Zhang Zhentao attacked at high speed, but Qin Shaofeng dodged and countered with Lightning Blade, revealing his lightning spiritual root.
• Qin Shaofeng recognized Zhang Zhentao's Wind-Fire Dual Spiritual Root, and Zhang Zhentao sent Zhu Zichen to fight Zhao Yun'er.
• Qin Shaofeng used his Sharingan and Lightning Release: Dual Handed Raikiri to block Zhang Zhentao's rapid attacks, though he could not counterattack.
• Zhang Zhentao launched a massive wind blade, which Qin Shaofeng countered with the Profound Iron Heavy Sword and Heavy Sword Without Edge.
• Zhang Zhentao summoned seven or eight massive wind blades and sent them crashing toward Qin Shaofeng.

Qin Shaofeng fought Zhang Zhentao, whose wind-and-fire attacks overwhelmed the limits of Qin’s sword technique. After dodging a devastating strike, Qin seized Zhang’s moment of vulnerability and launched a Little Li Flying Dagger at him.

• Qin Shaofeng used the Nine Swords of Dugu’s Qi Breaking Style to destroy Zhang Zhentao’s wind blades, including a giant blade, while worrying about his limited remaining uses.
• Zhang Zhentao revealed his mastery of wind and fire and attacked Qin with a blazing wind blade that Qin had to break with two Qi Breaking Style strikes.
• Zhang Zhentao launched another flaming wind blade, but Qin dodged it with Lingbo Weibu and the Sharingan, leaving it to blast a huge crater into the ground.
• Zhang Zhentao grew furious when Qin mocked him for dodging and began gathering spiritual energy for another attack.
• Qin launched a Little Li Flying Dagger at Zhang while he was condensing a wind blade, and Zhang tried to dodge but was too slow.

Qin Shaofeng wounded Zhang Zhentao with his Little Li Flying Dagger, then survived Zhang Zhentao’s devastating Explosive Flame Slash by redirecting it with the Grand Unity Style. Qin Shaofeng used Amaterasu against Zhang Zhentao’s defenses, and Zhang Zhentao’s Spiritual Qi rapidly dwindled as he struggled to resist the black flames.

• Qin Shaofeng pierced Zhang Zhentao’s right shoulder with the Feather Blade, enraging and humiliating him.
• Zhang Zhentao unleashed Explosive Flame Slash, and Qin Shaofeng used the Grand Unity Style to redirect the giant saber into the ground.
• Qin Shaofeng saw Zhang Zhentao preparing another attack and activated his Mangekyo Sharingan to cast Amaterasu.
• Zhang Zhentao formed an Inner Qi Wall, but black flames spread across it and began weakening his defense.
• Qin Shaofeng endured pain in his right eye as Zhang Zhentao’s Spiritual Qi Value fell below two million points.

Qin Shaofeng defeated Zhang Zhentao but was knocked unconscious by a golden spirit talisman, then fell into a hidden Spirit Path beneath Spiritless Peak. After waking five days later inside it, he learned from Qiuqiu that he had entered the Spirit Path while unconscious.

• Zhang Zhentao's Inner Qi Wall collapsed under Amaterasu, and his body was consumed by the black flames.
• Zhang Zhentao fired a golden spirit talisman at Qin Shaofeng, blasting him away; Qin Shaofeng defeated him but lost consciousness and fell into the pit.
• Qiuqiu discovered that the pit led to a Spirit Path and let Qin Shaofeng continue falling into it.
• Du Meng and Tang Qijian returned with Zhao Yun'er after killing Xu Yang, then the three left Spiritless Peak to continue cultivating.
• Qin Shaofeng woke inside the Spirit Path, and Qiuqiu told him he had been unconscious for five days.

Qin Shaofeng learned that Qiuqiu had begun absorbing the Spirit Path Space into his Origin World Space, greatly expanding it and giving it the ability to produce spiritual energy. The absorption was still underway, and Qin Shaofeng discovered that Qiuqiu had spent nearly all his resources to make it happen.

• Qiuqiu explained that Qin Shaofeng had fallen into the Spirit Path Space after Zhang Zhentao's spirit talisman attack briefly opened its entrance, and said Yun'er and the others had already left safely.
• Qiuqiu told Qin Shaofeng it had begun absorbing the Spirit Path Space into his Origin World Space, prompting him to discover that the space had grown to three hundred meters in each dimension and contained spiritual energy.
• Qiuqiu explained that completing the absorption would let Qin Shaofeng's Origin World Space produce spiritual energy and eventually support his cultivation and spirit herbs.
• Qin Shaofeng saw that Qiuqiu had spent his points, spirit stones, Space Stones, and other stored items to set up the absorption, leaving him nearly broke.
• Qin Shaofeng accepted that the benefit was worth the cost but suspected Qiuqiu had kept him unconscious for five days to prevent him from objecting.

After the Spirit Path Space was absorbed into his Origin World, Qin Shaofeng emerged on Mountain Peak No. 88 and gained a Spiritual Source that could generate and refine spiritual energy. He hunted Demonic Beasts until he advanced to Legend Realm Ninth Layer, then reached Ninetieth Peak, where he learned the final ten peaks formed a mysterious Nine Stars Embracing the Moon arrangement.

• Qin Shaofeng and Qiuqiu emerged from the absorbed Spirit Path Space on Mountain Peak No. 88.
• Qin Shaofeng inspected his strengthened Origin World and discovered its Spiritual Source could generate spiritual energy and produce spirit stones from spiritual materials.
• Qin Shaofeng hunted Demonic Beasts on Mountain Peak No. 88, using fivefold Experience Bonus Cards as he worked toward Legend Realm Tenth Level.
• Qin Shaofeng slaughtered Demonic Beasts for three days and three nights and advanced to Legend Realm Ninth Layer.
• Qin Shaofeng reached Ninetieth Peak and learned from Zhao Kun's map and Qiuqiu that the final ten peaks formed a Nine Stars Embracing the Moon formation that might conceal a Thousand Mountain Sect secret.

Qin Shaofeng learned that the bounty on his group had been withdrawn and that the three-month assessment had drawn crowds toward Hundredth Peak. After finding very few demon beast corpses with Thousand Mountain Token fragments for sale on Ninetieth Peak, he suspected other people were collecting them too, while Liu Yongyuan watched him from nearby.

• Qin Shaofeng learned that Zhao Yun'er, Du Meng, and Tang Qijian had become the Legend Trio and had advanced to the Legend Realm Ninth Layer.
• Qin Shaofeng learned that Geng Can and Fourth Miss Geng had helped force Luo Chaokun to withdraw the bounty, though the Geng family shop owner warned him to beware the Luo family.
• Qin Shaofeng learned that assessors who reached Hundredth Peak within three months could earn extra rewards, and that Legend Realm experts could qualify by passing a special test.
• Qin Shaofeng found few Thousand Mountain Token fragments among the demon beast corpses sold on Ninetieth Peak and suspected others had begun collecting them.
• Qiuqiu noticed someone secretly watching Qin Shaofeng but stayed silent and grinned from the Origin World Space.
• Liu Yongyuan, who had grown powerful by robbing other assessors, watched Qin Shaofeng from a Cultivation Cave on Ninetieth Peak.

Liu Yongyuan discovered mysterious fragments inside demon beasts and began gathering them, while Qin Shaofeng prepared to leave Ninetieth Peak and enter the final ten peaks. As Qin Shaofeng arrived at Ninety-first Peak, Liu Yongyuan’s men watched his movements, and the slaughter for the Hundredth Peak’s hundred slots had begun.

• Liu Yongyuan learned that a lone Legend Realm Ninth Layer cultivator was buying demon beast corpses, and ordered his subordinates to watch for the man to leave Ninetieth Peak.
• Qin Shaofeng returned to the Geng family's shop, sold his demon beast corpses, refined several hundred pills, and prepared to enter the final ten peaks.
• Qin Shaofeng left Ninetieth Peak, unaware that a group was already pursuing him.
• Qin Shaofeng reached Ninety-first Peak and was astonished by its immense height and size.
• Qiuqiu mocked Qin Shaofeng's reaction, comparing the peaks to the mountains of the Origin Continent, which could rise over a hundred thousand meters.

Qin Shaofeng searched Ninety-first Peak for Cloud Spirit Grass and hunted demon beasts while pursuing his advancement plans. He discovered that Liu Yongyuan and his men were tracking him for Thousand Mountain Token fragments, and prepared to face them.

• Qin Shaofeng decided to search the peaks for ten-year Cloud Spirit Grass while continuing to hunt demon beasts and collect Thousand Mountain Token fragments.
• Qiuqiu refused to warn Qin Shaofeng about danger, urging him to learn from his earlier injury, so Qin Shaofeng used Fiery Golden Eyes to assess his pursuers himself.
• Liu Yongyuan and more than a dozen subordinates caught up with Qin Shaofeng, who first suspected they had been sent by the Luo or Su family.
• Liu Yongyuan demanded that Qin Shaofeng hand over his fragments and showed him a Thousand Mountain Token fragment.
• Qin Shaofeng realized Liu Yongyuan's group was hunting for fragments without knowing about Thousand Mountain Tokens, and judged them weak.

Qin Shaofeng discovered that Liu Yongyuan’s group was seeking Thousand Mountain Token fragments and effortlessly killed Chen Yun and the rest of the attackers. He caught the fleeing Liu Yongyuan, crippled him, learned what he knew, and killed him after revealing his own name.

• Qin Shaofeng recognized that Liu Yongyuan might be behind the purchase of demon beast corpses containing Thousand Mountain Token fragments, and Liu Yongyuan ordered Chen Yun to capture him.
• Qin Shaofeng killed Chen Yun with one punch, shocking Liu Yongyuan and his subordinates.
• Liu Yongyuan ordered his dozen-plus subordinates to attack while he fled, but Qin Shaofeng killed them all with Chidori Stream.
• Qin Shaofeng chased Liu Yongyuan and crippled his dantian with the Feather Blade’s Silver Light Saber Aura.
• Liu Yongyuan answered Qin Shaofeng’s questions, asked who would kill him, and laughed with relief after Qin Shaofeng gave his name.
• Qin Shaofeng killed Liu Yongyuan with a condensed strand of spiritual qi.

Qin Shaofeng gained 20,000 Thousand Mountain Token fragments from Liu Yongyuan, while Zhao Yun'er and her companions collected Cloud Spirit Grasses and encountered the Fifth Prince, Huo Lie. Huo Lie ruled out the Legend Trio as his seventh brother's killers, but his arrival left Zhao Yun'er facing a powerful group whose intentions remained unclear.

• Qin Shaofeng killed Liu Yongyuan, gained 20,000 Experience Points, and found more than 20,000 Thousand Mountain Token fragments in his Storage Ring.
• Zhao Yun'er, Du Meng, Tang Qijian, and their War Beasts defeated over 300 Azure-Eyed Demon Tigers and found thirteen Cloud Spirit Grasses, including one ten-year-old plant.
• Tiger Lord warned Zhao Yun'er that more than ten people were approaching, including six Legend Realm Tenth Level experts and one whose aura made her uneasy.
• Huo Lie, the Fifth Prince of Huoyun Kingdom, arrived with his group and recognized Zhao Yun'er's companions as the Legend Trio.
• Huo Lie investigated the Legend Trio's demon wolf War Beast and concluded they were not responsible for killing his seventh brother.

After the Fifth Prince’s attempt to approach Zhao Yun'er was halted by Lin Yi’s warning, he suspected his rivals had manipulated him and ordered surveillance of Su Yunjin and He Qiang. The sudden appearance of Bronze Light then sent him and other token holders racing to claim the first Bronze Tier Thousand Mountain Token.

• The Fifth Prince introduced himself to Zhao Yun'er and offered friendship, but she refused and cautiously withdrew with Du Meng and Tang Qijian.
• Lin Yi warned the Fifth Prince not to act against Zhao Yun'er, sensing that doing so would bring them extreme danger; Zhao Yun'er and her companions escaped toward Ninetieth Peak.
• The Fifth Prince learned that He Qiang, Su Yunjin's cousin, had supplied the accusation against Zhao Yun'er and concluded that his Third Brother had plotted against him.
• The Fifth Prince ordered his subordinates to treat the encounter as if it had never happened and to watch Su Yunjin and He Qiang.
• Bronze Light spread across the first hundred peaks, and the Fifth Prince followed the glow of his Thousand Mountain Token toward the first Bronze Tier Thousand Mountain Token while Lin Yi stayed behind.

After Qin Shaofeng fused one hundred Rankless Thousand Mountain Tokens into a Bronze Tier Thousand Mountain Token, its radiance revealed that the token carried the Thousand Mountain Sect’s fortune and triggered a hidden assessment. The token announced that Qin Shaofeng could enter the Inheritor Disciple Reserve Camp if he still possessed it after ten days, leaving him alarmed about what would happen next.

• Qin Shaofeng fused one hundred Rankless Thousand Mountain Tokens into a Bronze Tier Thousand Mountain Token, reducing his assessment count from 327 to 228.
• The Bronze Tier Thousand Mountain Token emitted azure light that shone across the cave and the surrounding peaks.
• Qin Shaofeng learned that the token granted a threefold experience bonus and qualifications to become an Inheritor Disciple.
• Qiuqiu identified the light as the Thousand Mountain Sect’s fortune and suspected the token was part of the true entry assessment.
• The token announced that Qin Shaofeng could enter the Inheritor Disciple Reserve Camp if he still possessed it after ten days.
• Qin Shaofeng realized that keeping the token might put him in danger.

An elder of Thousand Mountain Sect noticed Qin Shaofeng had triggered the Bronze Light through his own strength and warned everyone against interfering. Qin Shaofeng prepared to fight the people converging on his cave, while the first group of challengers entered his illusion array and lost two men.

• An old man inspected Qin Shaofeng’s fortune token, approved of his progress, and sent a warning that anyone interfering in the Bronze Light contest would be killed without mercy.
• Qiuqiu hid in Qin Shaofeng’s Origin World after sensing the powerful inspection, then warned him that a large group of people would reach the cave within half an hour.
• Qin Shaofeng checked his supplies and decided to fight the approaching challengers, treating the danger as a chance to level up.
• A young leader and his squad arrived at Ninety-first Peak, and he dismissed his peak Legend Realm Tenth Level guard’s concerns as they headed for Qin Shaofeng’s cave.
• The squad neared the cave and triggered Qin Shaofeng’s illusion array, whereupon two Legend Realm Ninth Layer subordinates died.

Qin Shaofeng used an illusion array to ambush and kill a group of powerful pursuers, then questioned their Eldest Young Master about the Bronze Tier Thousand Mountain Token. He learned that the assessment’s hidden route to the Preparatory Camp was limited to ten people, leaving the true purpose of the competition clear.

• Qin Shaofeng lured the group into his illusion array and killed two Legend Realm Ninth Layer experts before defeating their Legend Realm Tenth Level peak expert with a sword attack and a Little Li Flying Dagger.
• Qin Shaofeng killed the rest of the group within a quarter of an hour but kept their Eldest Young Master alive for questioning.
• The Eldest Young Master told Qin Shaofeng that Thousand Mountain Sect was recruiting for its Inheritor Disciple Reserve Camp after many of its thousand places had opened up.
• Qin Shaofeng learned that the top one hundred assessment finishers only earned eligibility to compete with Thousand Mountain Sect’s own Legend Realm cultivators.
• The captive explained that candidates who fused a Bronze Tier Thousand Mountain Token from fragments collected from assessment demon beasts and ignited Bronze Light could enter the Preparatory Camp directly, but the available fragments allowed at most ten such candidates.

After wave upon wave of pursuers came for Qin Shaofeng’s Bronze Light, he realized he could no longer avoid conflict and needed to protect his token. When a force arrived with more than a hundred Legend Realm Tenth Level experts, Qiuqiu proposed strengthening the illusion array to trap them.

• Qin Shaofeng learned that Bronze Light guaranteed a chance to enter the Thousand Mountain Sect’s Preparatory Camp, but also made its bearer a target until the assessment ended.
• Qin Shaofeng killed the first three waves of pursuers, though the third wave’s leader wounded him and forced him to use a specially modified First-grade Ninefold Spirit Pill.
• Qin Shaofeng found no ten-year-old Cloud Spirit Grass among the defeated enemies and recycled their leftover possessions while waiting for another group.
• Qiuqiu warned Qin Shaofeng that the fourth wave included a young Legend Realm Ninth Layer leader and more than a hundred Legend Realm Tenth Level fighters.
• Qiuqiu urged Qin Shaofeng not to flee and proposed strengthening the illusion array to trap the powerful team.

Qin Shaofeng escaped a powerful group by trapping them in an illusion array, then chose to flee to Cloud Sparrow Peak, where the enormous Fire Cloud Sparrow population could deter anyone pursuing him. He arrived at Ninety-ninth Peak and prepared to use its dangers to his advantage.

• A young master learned that someone had activated the first Bronze Light, ordered his subordinates to kill that person, and realized their pursuit had led them into an illusion array.
• Qin Shaofeng fled after spending three hundred and sixty Low-grade Spirit Stones and the Illusion Dust Pearl to trap the group in a Minor Heavenly Cycle Illusion Array.
• Qin Shaofeng decided not to go to Hundredth Peak, where many powerful geniuses were gathering, and instead chose a more dangerous destination.
• Qin Shaofeng headed for Ninety-ninth Peak, or Cloud Sparrow Peak, which was home to billions of Fire Cloud Sparrows and was avoided by most geniuses.
• Qin Shaofeng stepped onto Cloud Sparrow Peak, intending to use the Fire Cloud Sparrows to discourage his pursuers.

After Qin Shaofeng survived three days of pursuit inside Cloud Sparrow Peak, the Fifth Prince Huo Lie and his sixteen followers entered the dangerous territory to claim Qin Shaofeng’s Bronze Tier Thousand Mountain Token. Qin Shaofeng lured Huo Lie into an illusion array and prepared to face him alone.

• A young boy escaped Qin Shaofeng’s illusion array after three days, but abandoned the pursuit when he learned Qin Shaofeng had entered Cloud Sparrow Peak.
• The Fifth Prince decided to pursue Qin Shaofeng into Cloud Sparrow Peak despite the danger, hoping to win a place in Thousand Mountain Sect’s Preparatory Camp.
• Qin Shaofeng fought off pursuers and Fire Cloud Sparrows for three days, then sensed Huo Lie’s group approaching and learned that Huo Lie was the Fifth Prince of Huoyun Kingdom.
• Huo Lie found more than twenty corpses and guessed Qin Shaofeng had been injured, so he hurried after him with his subordinates.
• Qin Shaofeng’s illusion array separated Huo Lie from his followers, and Huo Lie realized he had been trapped but remained confident he could defeat Qin Shaofeng.

Qin Shaofeng lured the Fifth Prince and his men into an illusion array, killed the subordinates, and confronted the prince over the Bronze Tier Thousand Mountain Token. After their fight began, Qin Shaofeng used Amaterasu to burn the Fifth Prince to death.

• Qin Shaofeng bought a fivefold Experience Bonus Card, entered the illusion array, and killed the Fifth Prince's subordinates.
• Qin Shaofeng revealed himself to the Fifth Prince, who demanded the Bronze Tier Thousand Mountain Token and then attacked him.
• The Fifth Prince discovered Qin Shaofeng was at the Legend Realm Ninth Layer and launched powerful Huoyun Sword Art attacks.
• Qin Shaofeng shattered the Fifth Prince's flaming Sword Qi with Sword Breaking Style.
• Qin Shaofeng used Amaterasu, and its black flames burned the Fifth Prince to death.

After killing the Fifth Prince, Qin Shaofeng encountered a mysterious Heavenly Origin Realm expert who recognized him but let him leave. The expert secured his little sister Lan Yatou a place in the Thousand Mountain Sect Inheritor Disciple Reserve Camp, while a hidden little fellow looted the Fifth Prince’s corpse and vanished through a spatial rift.

• Qin Shaofeng killed the Fifth Prince, gained 1.1 million Experience Points from the battle, and sensed a powerful newcomer approaching.
• A young man appeared, and Qin Shaofeng recognized that he was a Heavenly Origin Realm expert; the young man revealed he knew Qin Shaofeng and ordered him to leave.
• Qin Shaofeng fled without collecting the Fifth Prince’s spoils, and the young man examined the illusion array and the effects of Qin Shaofeng’s black flames.
• Elder Lei confronted the young man, then agreed to let Lan Yatou enter the Thousand Mountain Sect Inheritor Disciple Reserve Camp and sent him flying away.
• A hidden little fellow emerged from the grass, looted the Fifth Prince’s corpse, and entered a spatial rift after being called by a voice from within.