Chapter Summaries

Qin Shaofeng tested the mantises’ formidable defenses before summoning Si Beast Mad Lightning, shocking the onlookers with how quickly he had comprehended the ability. As his lightning attack struck a mantis, Luo San discovered that his own attacks were far stronger than expected and fought off the approaching Strange Beasts.

• Qin Shaofeng let the mantises’ scythes strike his Radiant God's Garment, then failed to pierce one mantis’s armor with his counterattack.
• Qin Shaofeng summoned Si Beast Mad Lightning, and the phantom charged a mantis as thunderbolts gathered overhead.
• Shen Wang, Long Haoyue, Ren Tiankuang, Lu Liu, and the others were stunned that Qin Shaofeng had comprehended the ability so quickly.
• Luo San was distracted by Qin Shaofeng’s feat, then struck back at the scorpion Strange Beasts with Dark Night Seven Stars Palm and sent them flying.
• Si Beast Mad Lightning struck the mantis, unleashing a storm of lightning that shook the ground.

Qin Shaofeng discovered that the cave mansion restored his vitality after he used Si Beast Mad Lightning, then rapidly killed the Strange Beasts and advanced through the Cosmic Moon Tier. After the battle, he learned that his Martial Body could no longer improve until he upgraded it.

• Nine cultivators, including Long Haoyue and three Earth Ranking figures, decided to return toward Qin Shaofeng, hoping to find allies or seize the Si Beast Mad Lightning opportunity.
• Qin Shaofeng realized the cave mansion restored his vitality after Si Beast Mad Lightning and seemed to strengthen the Si Beast phantom, so he unleashed the ability again.
• Qin Shaofeng killed more Strange Beasts with Si Beast Mad Lightning, then used Ghost Slash to finish off beasts Luo San had weakened.
• Qin Shaofeng's cultivation advanced to the fifth-stage and then sixth-stage Cosmic Moon Tier as he killed the forty-four charging Strange Beasts.
• Qin Shaofeng received a prompt that his Martial Body experience had reached its maximum and that he needed to improve his Martial Body.

After rising five levels during the battle, Qin Shaofeng had his group search the Strange Beast corpses while Luo San concealed his strength. A party led by Qi Mu arrived, and Qin Shaofeng introduced himself while explaining that he had met Yun Lan during the joint Autumn Hunt.

• Qin Shaofeng checked his character interface, realized he had advanced from Fourth-tier to Ninth-tier Cosmic Moon Tier, and ordered the others to search the corpses for useful materials.
• Luo San warned Qin Shaofeng that people were approaching, then concealed his cultivation aura and continued to follow him as his guard.
• Nine people arrived and assessed Qin Shaofeng's group and the many Strange Beast corpses, finding the scene and Luo San's apparent strength difficult to understand.
• Qi Mu of the Honored Immortal Hall greeted Qin Shaofeng, who asked about his connection to Yun Lan and learned that she belonged to the Honored Immortal Hall's direct bloodline.
• Qin Shaofeng introduced himself as an insignificant nobody from Endless Academy and said Yun Lan had been his opponent in the joint Autumn Hunt.

Qin Shaofeng joined forces with Qi Mu and the others as they ventured deeper into the Demonic Beast Cave Mansion, using them to hold off the Strange Beasts while he practiced Si Beast Mad Lightning. He unleashed the inherited lightning ability on the approaching beasts as Qi Mu watched closely.

• Qi Mu praised Qin Shaofeng and asked about Luo San, and Qin Shaofeng made up a story about the academy sending him an unnamed helper.
• Qin Shaofeng claimed he had already obtained Si Beast Mad Lightning and was bringing his friends onward so they could comprehend it too.
• Qi Mu invited Qin Shaofeng to travel with the group and kill Strange Beasts while the others held them back.
• The group continued deeper into the cave mansion, and the Strange Beasts they had shaken off caught up with them.
• Qin Shaofeng summoned the Si Beast phantom and launched Si Beast Mad Lightning at the Strange Beasts while Qi Mu watched.

Qin Shaofeng repeatedly used Si Beast Mad Lightning to devastate the Strange Beast horde, revealing that the returning Si Beast restored his qi and blood power. Qi Mu recognized that the group needed to conserve their strength, so he ordered everyone to protect Qin Shaofeng as they advanced.

• Qi Mu observed Qin Shaofeng's faint Cosmic Moon Tier aura and wondered how he could unleash such power despite appearing exhausted.
• Qin Shaofeng's Si Beast phantom pierced three Strange Beasts, and its lightning killed them as the system awarded him Shining Star Value and Martial Body Value.
• Qin Shaofeng immediately cast Si Beast Mad Lightning again, and the others saw the returning phantom restore his qi and blood power to full.
• Qi Mu told everyone to fall back and protect Qin Shaofeng so they could conserve their strength for the advance.
• The group retreated to Qin Shaofeng's side, and several Rogue Cultivators used their defensive abilities to protect him.

Qin Shaofeng upgraded his Martial Body to the eighth tier and discovered that his Si Beast Mad Lightning had transformed into a vastly more powerful blood-red lightning. As he continued attacking the Strange Beasts, Qi Mu grew eager to obtain the inheritance, while the allied cultivators saw a chance to claim it.

• Qin Shaofeng upgraded his Illusory Star Spirit Martial Body to the eighth tier and saw that the next upgrade required 20,000 Martial Body Value.
• Qin Shaofeng killed three Shining Star Position Strange Beasts, gained 30,000 Star-Moon Value, and cast Si Beast Mad Lightning again.
• Qin Shaofeng's Si Beast phantom absorbed three blood-red lightning bolts and destroyed five Strange Beasts in a single attack.
• Qi Mu became increasingly eager to obtain Si Beast Mad Lightning after witnessing its power.
• Qin Shaofeng continued attacking the Strange Beast horde as the allied cultivators grew hopeful of obtaining the inheritance.

Qin Shaofeng and the others reached the great hall believed to hold the Si Beast Mad Lightning inheritance, passing through the Strange Beasts and arriving at a gravity trial. The chapter ended as they entered the hall’s gravity zone.

• Qin Shaofeng killed Strange Beasts as the group advanced, gaining Star-Moon Value and leveling up to the first level of Universe Moon Tier.
• Qi Mu warned the group to stay alert when the Strange Beasts dwindled near the mountain’s summit.
• Long Haoyue wondered whether the Si Beast had been an ancient beast or a human, and Qi Mu explained that ancient races could build elaborate structures and treasures.
• Qi Mu entered the gravity zone before the great hall and appeared unaffected, prompting the others to follow.
• Qin Shaofeng entered the gravity zone and passed through easily with his increased cultivation.

Qin Shaofeng and his companions entered a great hall containing the Si Beast Mad Lightning inheritance, which everyone could comprehend by visualizing its central sculpture. As the others began their study, Qin Shaofeng released his hidden allies and raised his cultivation from First-order to Fourth-order Universe Moon Tier.

• Qin Shaofeng led the group through the gravity zone and into the hall after Qi Mu and the others opened its doors.
• The Black Tortoise explained that its bloodline let it sense fragments of memories from the Cangming Realm's divine beasts.
• Long Haoyue recognized that the Si Beast sculpture offered an inheritance through visualization, and Qin Shaofeng invited everyone to comprehend it.
• Qi Mu and the Rogue Cultivators thanked Qin Shaofeng for bringing them to the inheritance, and he said they had helped one another.
• Qin Shaofeng released the Prison Lord and the others so they could also visualize the sculpture while Luo San concealed their auras.
• Qin Shaofeng used three upgrades to rise from First-order to Fourth-order Universe Moon Tier.

Qin Shaofeng and Luo San spent three days slaughtering Strange Beasts, allowing Qin Shaofeng to reach the Ninth-order Universe Moon Tier and transform Si Beast Mad Lightning into golden lightning. After the beasts burrowed underground and became impossible to find, they returned to the mountain summit, where the others had gathered around a bonfire.

• Qin Shaofeng returned Li Naling and the others to the fan mansion space, rested, then left the summit with Luo San to continue cultivating.
• Qin Shaofeng and Luo San spent three days attacking Strange Beasts, and Si Beast Mad Lightning evolved into powerful golden lightning.
• Qin Shaofeng reached the Ninth-order Universe Moon Tier, but Luo San reported that the Strange Beasts had fled underground.
• Qin Shaofeng searched the area, found no Strange Beasts, and returned with Luo San to the great hall.
• Qi Mu noticed Qin Shaofeng's return as the group gathered around a bonfire to roast Star Beast meat.

After securing the inheritance, Qin Shaofeng learned the names and reputations of the Rogue Cultivators who had fought alongside him and earned their gratitude. Old Zhen offered to help him in the future, and the group gathered around a bonfire to eat.

• Qin Shaofeng asked whether the group had received the inheritance, and the Rogue Cultivators thanked him for helping them survive the mountain expedition.
• Zhen Kui introduced himself, and Qin Shaofeng learned that the highly ranked expert’s name sounded like a phrase meaning “what a loss.”
• Old Zhen offered Qin Shaofeng help with future matters, and Qin Shaofeng considered whether the Rogue Cultivators might assist him in secretly looking for Ximen Bingning.
• Old Zhen introduced A Le, Zhang Shuang, and Sun Zhi, whose Earth Rankings showed the group’s formidable strength.
• Qi Mu introduced the three people he had brought, and Qin Shaofeng greeted them without much interest.
• Old Zhen led the exhausted and hungry Qin Shaofeng to Liao Bufan’s freshly roasted meat by the bonfire.

After Qin Shaofeng woke to learn that the Strange Beasts were attacking from underground, he led the group down the mountain with Luo San probing beneath them. They narrowly avoided a scorpion’s ambush, then seized the chance to attack it with Si Beast Mad Lightning.

• Qin Shaofeng told the group that his slaughter had driven the Strange Beasts underground, and they agreed to rest before deciding whether to leave.
• After nearly a day, Qi Mu reported that the Strange Beasts were attacking from below, so Qin Shaofeng ordered everyone to gather and leave the mountain.
• Luo San detected danger beneath Liao Bufan, and Qin Shaofeng warned him to leap clear of a scorpion’s sudden attack.
• Luo San dragged the scorpion from the ground, and Qi Mu led all seventeen cultivators in unleashing Si Beast Mad Lightning.

Qin Shaofeng and the others tested Si Beast Mad Lightning on a scorpion Strange Beast, then reached the exit without further attacks. There they encountered a Qin Family expedition, whose young man insulted Liao Bufan and provoked Zhang Shuang.

• Seventeen members of the group unleashed Si Beast Mad Lightning together and destroyed the scorpion Strange Beast before Liao Bufan could join in.
• Qin Shaofeng said they would have more chances to practice, but the group encountered no more Strange Beasts and soon reached the exit.
• Qi Mu decided they should leave, and Liao Bufan eagerly urged everyone to get out of the place.
• More than twenty Qin Family members emerged from the mist, led by a sixteen-year-old girl and accompanied by a Ninth-tier Heavenly Moon Tier young man.
• Liao Bufan refused to tell the Qin Family youth what lay inside, and the youth mocked him as a coward.
• Zhang Shuang demanded that the Qin Family youth give his name.

Zhang Shuang confronted a Qin Family youth who had insulted Liao Bufan, and the group’s standing on the Earth Rankings terrified Qin Qiaoqiao and the other Qin Family members. Zhang Shuang demanded the youth surrender a hand or foot, but Qin Shaofeng intervened, leaving Zhang Shuang to ask whether the offender should simply be let go.

• The Qin Family youth tried to explain that his insult had been aimed at Liao Bufan, but Zhang Shuang and the others mocked him for calling Zhang Shuang brother.
• Sun Zhi rebuked a Qin Family expert, and the Rogue Cultivators backed away from Qin Qiaoqiao’s group rather than risk offending the powerful figures.
• A Rogue Cultivator identified the group by their Earth Rankings and Qi Mu’s Honored Immortal Hall affiliation, frightening Qin Qiaoqiao and the youth.
• Zhang Shuang demanded the youth give his name and choose whether to lose his hands or feet, then rejected his plea for forgiveness.
• Qin Shaofeng intervened, and Zhang Shuang asked whether he was suggesting that the youth be let go.

Qin Shaofeng persuaded Zhang Shuang to spare Qin Ersi in exchange for his belongings, then the group escaped the Demonic Beast Cave Mansion after witnessing its deadly Shining Star Position Strange Beasts. The Qin Family members emerged soon after, having lost three people, while the dangers inside became clear to the waiting Rogue Cultivators.

• Qin Shaofeng suggested that Zhang Shuang demand compensation instead of crippling Qin Ersi, and Qin Ersi handed over his possessions and Qin Qiaoqiao’s peak Heaven Tier longsword.
• Zhang Shuang dismissed Qin Ersi and led Qin Shaofeng, Old Zhen, and the others onward through the cave mansion.
• A Shining Star Position Strange Beast attacked the Qin Family members, killing a peak Heavenly Moon Tier expert and forcing the survivors to flee.
• Qin Shaofeng’s group left the cave mansion and headed deeper into the Si Beast Ruins as onlookers speculated about what they had found.
• The other Rogue Cultivators and the Qin Family survivors emerged, and a Rogue Cultivator reported that underground attacks by Strange Beasts had killed three Qin Family members.

Qin Shaofeng's team reached the outer boundary of the Si Beast Ruins, and the group debated whether to venture into the dangerous central region. Qin Shaofeng persuaded them to go, while Bloodse led the Blood Clan and its allies toward the same destination, despite their fear of encountering him.

• After traveling rapidly for three days and nights, Qin Shaofeng's group reached the boundary of the Si Beast Ruins.
• Zhang Shuang and Qi Mu discussed the ruins' size and the ancient methods used to build it, while Long Haotian and the others listened in amazement.
• Old Zhen proposed that the group head to the central region, and Qi Mu asked Qin Shaofeng what he thought.
• Qin Shaofeng said their powerful team should go to avoid arousing suspicion and suggested they could tell the Blood Clan they were withdrawing from the competition.
• Zhang Shuang agreed to lead the group into the central region.
• Bloodse decided that the Blood Clan and the newly gathered powerhouses of other races would also head toward the central region.

After breaking through to the Void Realm, Ximen Lingzhong left Jun Zhan behind with a promise from the seven Ghost Corpse Kings not to kill him for a thousand years. He crossed the ocean through hordes of Sea Star Beasts and returned to the Cangming Realm, eager to confront Ximen Wujin.

• Ximen Lingzhong broke through to the Void Realm after a year of fighting the seven Ghost Corpse Kings alongside Jun Zhan.
• Ximen Lingzhong told the Ghost Corpse Kings that he was leaving and secured their promise not to kill Jun Zhan for a thousand years.
• Ximen Lingzhong flew over the ocean, slaughtering the Sea Star Beasts that tried to stop him.
• Ximen Lingzhong crossed the ocean in half a day and declared that he had returned to the Cangming Realm.

Ximen Lingzhong broke through the Cangming Realm’s defensive barrier and headed to find Qin Shaofeng, discovering that he had entered the Si Beast Ruins. There, Qin Shaofeng’s group and the Blood Race unexpectedly met near the assessment grounds, leaving Zhang Shuang asking where the Heavenly Machine Tower’s experts were.

• The barrier’s guardians discovered that an attacker had used its functions to break through, then searched for the intruder as Ximen Lingzhong escaped unnoticed.
• Ximen Lingzhong reflected that his Void Realm cultivation had reduced the True Demon Body’s side effects and decided to check on Qin Shaofeng.
• Ximen Lingzhong sensed Qin Shaofeng in the Si Beast Ruins and saw that he had brought Night Assassin while leaving Li Naling and the others in a spatial dwelling.
• Qin Shaofeng’s group and the Blood Race encountered each other near the ruins’ central assessment grounds, where three peak Heavenly Moon Tier Blood Race members and two Shining Star Position Star Beasts posed a threat.
• A Shining Star Position Rogue Cultivator urged Zhang Shuang to join forces against the Blood Race, but Zhang Shuang asked where the Heavenly Machine Tower’s experts were.

Qin Shaofeng confronted Xue Se, who revealed that Huang Tianji had sent him away as a target and that the Blood Clan had deliberately let him survive. Qi Mu and the Rogue Cultivators secured a chance to leave, but Zhang Shuang warned that the Blood Clan might attack them later.

• Xue Se told Qin Shaofeng that Huang Tianji had planned to use him to draw Blood Clan forces away, and Qin Shaofeng loudly denied it.
• Xue Se claimed he had deliberately spared Qin Shaofeng and would take him to obtain the Si Beast inheritance, alarming the Rogue Cultivators about the consequences for Qin Shaofeng.
• Qi Mu and the other Rogue Cultivators united against Xue Se, and Xue Se let them depart rather than risk a fight.
• Near the ruin's entrance, Qi Mu reasoned that the Blood Clan had suffered losses fighting the Heavenly Machine Tower and facing dangers in the ruins.
• Han suggested searching the ruins further, but Zhang Shuang warned that the Blood Clan was unpredictable and known for slaughter and Words Manifestation.

After the group abandoned their search for the Si Beast Mad Lightning inheritance, Qin Shaofeng explained how the blood clan had secretly helped them escape. Ximen Lingzhong then emerged from hiding and revealed that he had broken through to Great Power, leaving Qin Shaofeng and his companions stunned.

• Han, Zhang Shuang, Qi Mu, and the other rogue cultivators decided the inheritance was too dangerous to pursue and left the Si Beast Ruins with Qin Shaofeng's group.
• After the others departed, Qin Shaofeng told Zhang Shuang and the others that the blood clan had warned him to run, and they thanked him and promised to repay him.
• Luo San reported that the two Shining Star Position cultivators who had been eavesdropping had left.
• Ximen Lingzhong emerged from the void and accused Qin Shaofeng of hiding the truth about the Heavenly Machine Tower and his dealings with the blood clan.
• Ximen Lingzhong said that surviving the threat of the seven Ghost Corpse Kings had helped him break through his final shackle, and Qin Shaofeng realized he had become a Great Power.

Ximen Lingzhong took Qin Shaofeng toward the Ghost Sealing Land to improve his ghost mark and train him, while Qin Shaofeng sent Long Haoyue and the others to safety. Before they set out, Ximen Lingzhong explained why Qin Shaofeng needed to strengthen his body and learned that he planned to enter the Honored Immortal Hall's war ruins in half a year.

• Qin Shaofeng asked Long Haoyue to take Shen Wang and the others to the Shining Star Alliance instead of joining the dangerous trip to the Ghost Sealing Land.
• Ximen Lingzhong transported Qin Shaofeng and Luo San to a city and said Luo San would train as Qin Shaofeng's guardian in the Ghost Sealing Land.
• Ximen Lingzhong explained that Qin Shaofeng needed to temper his body and gain insight as well as raise his cultivation.
• Qin Shaofeng told Ximen Lingzhong he had promised to enter the Honored Immortal Hall's war ruins in half a year, so Ximen Lingzhong told him to prepare supplies for six months.
• Ximen Lingzhong said Chaos and Nine Infants had perished in the war ruins and offered to investigate the site after Qin Shaofeng settled in the Ghost Sealing Land.