Chapter Summaries

Qi Mu and Qin Shaofeng encountered Star Lord Luo and his four surviving companions from the Heavenly Machine Tower inside the ruin. Qin Shaofeng distrusted them and refused to cooperate, leaving the groups at odds over how they would share the Ancient Beast inheritance.

• Star Lord Luo explained that the Heavenly Machine Tower had found other entrances into the ruin, and Qi Mu realized his group’s difficult route had also helped them survive.
• Star Lord Luo asked Qi Mu about his missing companions, and Qi Mu said he had sent them elsewhere and parted ways with the Lingyun Immortal Palace group.
• Qin Shaofeng noticed Star Lord Luo’s group maintaining a guarded formation despite appearing relieved, and suspected they were ready to fight.
• Star Lord Luo asked about Qin Shaofeng’s group and proposed cooperating with Qi Mu, but Qin Shaofeng refused.
• Qin Shaofeng challenged Star Lord Luo to say who would receive the Ancient Beast inheritance if the groups found only one or a few inheritances.

Qin Shaofeng established that he would receive the first inheritance, with Qi Mu and Qi Xian next, and secured Star Lord Luo’s agreement to cooperate and prevent anyone from fighting over treasures. As the group prepared to cross the desert, Star Lord Luo described the forest’s strange trials, deepening Qin Shaofeng’s concern about the challenges ahead.

• Star Lord Luo used the Heavenly Machine Technique on Qin Shaofeng but found his heavenly secrets obscured by layers of concealment.
• Qin Shaofeng told Star Lord Luo that he would take the first inheritance, Qi Mu the second, and Qi Xian the third, and Qi Mu’s calm response confirmed the arrangement.
• Star Lord Luo accepted Qin Shaofeng’s conditions that the group help one another through future trials and not fight over inheritances.
• Qin Shaofeng asked Star Lord Luo to recount what the Heavenly Machine Tower group had encountered in the forest.
• Star Lord Luo described illusions, blades, fire, oceans, wilderness, attacks, and lightning, and Qin Shaofeng stared gravely toward the desert ahead.

Qin Shaofeng led the group through a stretch of forest that seemed safe while he and Star Lord Luo compared their findings. When Qi Xian questioned the lack of danger, Qin Shaofeng recognized a serious problem, recalled the scouts, and had Qi Xian set up a Void Realm grand formation.

• Qin Shaofeng sent Xiao Liu and Qi Zhen ahead to scout the desert, assigning two of Star Lord Luo's people to protect them.
• Qin Shaofeng led the others after the scouts, while Star Lord Luo and his companions helped calculate the conditions along the way.
• After an hour without danger, Qi Xian asked whether they had been worrying over nothing, and Qin Shaofeng ordered Star Lord Luo to investigate Qi Mu and the scouts to call everyone back.
• Qin Shaofeng gave Qi Xian Illusion-Breaking Grand Formation Foundation Stones, and Qi Xian began setting up a Void Realm grand formation.
• Star Lord Luo learned that Qi Xian had recently become a Void Formation Master as the group gathered to rest.

Qin Shaofeng discovered that Qi Xian’s nearly completed Illusion-Breaking Grand Formation had awakened hostile figures surrounding everyone. He used talismans to defend the group and destroyed one figure with an Honored Immortal Seal, but the remaining figures attacked.

• Qin Shaofeng saw illusory human figures surrounding everyone and realized they were turning toward the group as Qi Xian’s formation neared completion.
• Qin Shaofeng warned Qi Xian to slow down, and Star Lord Luo used Heaven’s will calculations to confirm extreme danger.
• Star Lord Luo tried to reach Qin Shaofeng but was repeatedly thrown back by invisible barriers, and Huang Tiancheng and Lu Yao suffered the same fate.
• Qin Shaofeng ordered everyone to stay put and used Defense Talismans to shield the group with the Void Realm.
• Qin Shaofeng used an Attack Talisman to summon an Honored Immortal Seal, which shattered one figure before the others roared and attacked.

Qin Shaofeng and his companions were attacked in the desert by phantom copies that used their own strongest techniques. Qin Shaofeng protected Qi Xian so he could continue building the grand formation, then effortlessly hurled away the four phantoms attacking him as the others watched in shock.

• Qin Shaofeng recognized the attackers’ saber techniques and used an Illusion Breaking Talisman to reveal that they were shadows of the group.
• Qin Shaofeng ordered everyone to protect Qi Xian while he finished constructing the grand formation, and the others struggled against phantoms matching their combat strength.
• Qin Shaofeng used three Attack Talismans to destroy the phantoms surrounding him, then rushed to Qi Xian as the phantoms began reforming.
• Qin Shaofeng urged Qi Xian to resume placing the Formation Foundation Stones, and Qi Xian continued building the formation.
• Qin Shaofeng grabbed and kicked away all four phantoms attacking Qi Xian, astonishing the others.

Qin Shaofeng fought off four regenerating phantoms while Qi Xian worked to set up a Defense Formation. After the illusions broke, the group discovered they had been led into a hall far from the forest, and the phantoms soon attacked again.

• Qin Shaofeng revealed overwhelming strength by sending a powerful opponent flying, shocking both factions.
• Qin Shaofeng tried to stop four phantoms from reaching Qi Xian, but they rapidly recovered after he cut them apart.
• Qi Xian completed the Illusion-Breaking Grand Formation, revealing that the group stood inside a hall and had been led there by the phantoms.
• Qin Shaofeng renewed everyone’s Defense Talismans and gave Qi Xian Formation Foundation Stones to set up a Defense Formation.
• Qin Shaofeng used four Attack Talismans to erase the phantoms again while Qi Xian continued building the formation.

Qin Shaofeng completed a Defense Formation and coordinated the group’s retreat while holding off the phantoms with his defensive treasures. The others reached the formation, and he joined Qi Huang in rescuing the five Heavenly Machine Tower members.

• Qin Shaofeng finished the Defense Formation and kicked Qi Xian into it to control the formation and receive the others.
• Qin Shaofeng used Attack Talismans to relieve Qi Mu, who charged the four phantoms attacking him with his full strength.
• Qin Shaofeng destroyed the phantoms attacking Qi Zhen, then blocked three phantoms attacking Qi Huang with his defenses.
• Qi Zhen and Qi Huang helped Qin Shaofeng get all seven others, including Long Haoyue, into the Defense Formation within two breaths.
• Qin Shaofeng and Qi Huang charged to rescue the five members of the Heavenly Machine Tower as a phantom turned back toward them.

Qin Shaofeng held back the phantoms while the others attacked, but the group discovered the phantoms could copy his defensive techniques and use Void Talismans. As they fled toward the Defense Formation, Star Lord Luo moved behind Huang Tiancheng with three talismans in hand.

• Qin Shaofeng stood among the densest phantoms and endured their attacks, giving the others a chance to strike.
• Qi Zhen kicked a Qin Shaofeng phantom and was sent flying when it used Qin Shaofeng’s defensive technique.
• Qin Shaofeng ordered everyone to retreat after realizing the phantoms might use Void Talismans.
• Qin Shaofeng’s four phantoms produced Void Talismans, and Huang Tiancheng and Lu Yao dodged away from him.
• Star Lord Luo released Qin Shaofeng, fled behind Huang Tiancheng, and produced three talismans.

Star Lord Luo used Huang Tiancheng as a living bomb to drive off Qin Shaofeng’s attackers, then got everyone inside the Defense Formation. He defended his ruthless actions as necessary to protect Qin, though Qin Shaofeng and the others remained suspicious of him.

• Star Lord Luo immobilized Huang Tiancheng with talismans, drove him into the four phantoms, and detonated him to send them flying.
• Star Lord Luo placed talismans on another Heavenly Machine Tower cultivator, while Qi Mu carried Qin Shaofeng into the Defense Formation ahead of the four Void Realm attacks.
• The Defense Formation endured the attacks but lost one-tenth of its energy, and Star Lord Luo and the others hurried inside as Qi Xian began setting up three more formations.
• Qin Shaofeng’s phantoms and the other conjured phantoms attacked the Defense Formation directly instead of using more Void Talismans.
• A talisman-covered Heavenly Machine Tower cultivator and Lu Yao confronted Star Lord Luo for sacrificing Huang Tiancheng and nearly sacrificing another member.
• Star Lord Luo said Qin had to survive and vowed to kill anyone who fled during another crisis, but Qin Shaofeng and the others sensed that his explanation was not the whole story.

Qin Shaofeng’s group waited for Qi Xian to prepare formations while Star Lord Luo tried to win Qin Shaofeng’s trust by presenting himself as an ally. The outer Defense Formation neared collapse, and Qi Xian began setting up an Attack Formation as Star Lord Luo offered to help.

• Xiao Liu and the others supported Star Lord Luo, while Qin Shaofeng and the Heavenly Machine Tower’s people suspected his pledge was driven by fear of dying.
• Qi Xian completed the third Defense Formation as the phantoms’ attacks pushed damage to the outer formation past half.
• Qin Shaofeng told Qi Xian to set up an Attack Formation before the remaining Defense Formations were destroyed.
• Qi Xian began arranging the Attack Formation with the materials Qin Shaofeng provided.
• Star Lord Luo joined Qin Shaofeng’s side and offered to follow his orders, and Qin Shaofeng accepted that he might need his help.

Qin Shaofeng discovered that the phantoms could not copy every formation or ability and had Qi Xian prepare a formation to help them pass into the next stage. The group entered the dark passage, where the phantoms continued to reform, leaving Qi Xian to finish a defensive formation before they could pursue.

• Qin Shaofeng realized the phantoms had only replicated the Void Talismans he had used and had not copied the group’s formations.
• Qin Shaofeng gave Qi Xian a Formation Foundation Stone and ordered him to prepare a one-directional Defense Formation for the passage.
• Qi Xian activated the Attack Formation, shattering the phantoms, and Qi Mu and Qi Zhen rushed him into the dark opening to begin setting up the formation.
• Star Lord Luo carried Qin Shaofeng into the passage as the group followed before the phantoms could reform.
• Qin Shaofeng ordered Qi Zhen, Qi Huang, and three Heavenly Machine Tower martial cultivators to block the entrance if the phantoms reformed before Qi Xian finished.

Qin Shaofeng’s group held off the phantoms while he called for Lu Yao to be restrained after noticing his suspicious retreat. Star Lord Luo backed Qin Shaofeng and ordered Lu Yao seized, but Lu Yao looked for a chance to capture Qin Shaofeng and save himself.

• Qin Shaofeng’s group gathered at the cave entrance as the phantoms solidified, and Qi Xian’s Defense Formation repelled their charge.
• Qin Shaofeng asked Star Lord Luo to use a control talisman on Lu Yao after noticing him edge backward.
• Star Lord Luo backed Qin Shaofeng, threatened Lu Yao with execution, and ordered Zhou Zecheng and Luo An to restrain him.
• Lu Yao threatened Qin Shaofeng and Star Lord Luo, then realized he might survive by capturing Qin Shaofeng.

Lu Yao tried to escape death by taking Qin Shaofeng hostage, but Qin’s powerful defense talisman stopped his attack. Lu Yao was subdued, and Star Lord Luo used three talismans on him.

• Lu Yao unleashed talismans and rushed to Qin Shaofeng, holding a dagger to his throat and threatening to kill him.
• Lu Yao accused Star Lord Luo of acting out of fear and exposed the Tower’s internal conflict, while Qi Mu and Qi Xian watched.
• Qin Shaofeng revealed that Lu Yao had chosen the wrong hostage and allowed him to attack.
• Qin Shaofeng’s defensive light blocked Lu Yao’s Heavenly Rank attack, and he ordered the others to seize him.
• Star Lord Luo, Zhou Zecheng, and Luo An subdued Lu Yao, and Star Lord Luo used three talismans on him.

Qin Shaofeng and his group entered a canyon where survivors from several factions were wasting away from unnatural hunger. After learning that touching the corpses caused people to become so hungry they stuffed themselves to death, Qin Shaofeng began to feel hunger too.

• Qin Shaofeng led the group out of the mountain cave and found gaunt survivors searching the canyon for food.
• Qi Jin recognized Qi Mu and explained that everyone in the canyon felt ravenously hungry and could not open their storage equipment.
• Qi Xian identified the other surviving factions as Cloud Immortal Hall, the Wolf Alliance, and Xiaoyao Pavilion.
• The Wolf Alliance's White Wolf warned that touching a corpse multiplied a person's hunger, while Yun Tianxing said those victims had stuffed themselves to death.
• Qi Mu introduced Yun Tianxing, White Wolf, and Xiaoyao Zui to Qin Shaofeng, whose companions' deferential behavior surprised them.

Qin Shaofeng took command of the group as they investigated a dangerous canyon, while Qi Xian revealed his skill by quickly setting up a Void Realm Illusion-Breaking Grand Formation. The formation proved insufficient to dispel the canyon’s strange conditions, leaving the group still facing its dangers.

• Qin Shaofeng introduced himself, then ordered Shen Jun to investigate the canyon and assigned the others to protect Qi Xian and explain the situation.
• Star Lord Luo warned Qin Shaofeng that the canyon held dangers greater than those they had encountered before, so Qin Shaofeng ordered Yun Tianxing and Lu Yao to use the Heavenly Machine Technique to find its hazards.
• Yun Tianxing questioned Qi Mu about Qin Shaofeng’s authority, but Qi Mu only said Qin Shaofeng was his friend.
• Qi Xian refused Qi Jin’s offer of help and independently laid out the Formation Foundation Stones for a Void Realm Illusion-Breaking Grand Formation.
• Qi Xian finished the formation with ease, but it was not enough to dispel the situation in the canyon.

Qin Shaofeng identified nine dangerous locations in the gorge and ordered his companions to guard them while Qi Xian dismantled the Illusion-Breaking Grand Formation. He warned Yun Tianxing, White Wolf, and Xiaoyao Zui that anyone who disrupted their work would be left behind as they tried to break the gorge’s killing formation.

• Qi Xian’s Illusion-Breaking Grand Formation eased the hunger of the survivors, and Yun Tianxing was shocked by Qi Xian’s skill and deference to Qin Shaofeng.
• Qi Mu told Yun Tianxing that Qin Shaofeng was merely their friend, while Qin Shaofeng waited for Shen Jun’s group to report their findings.
• Shen Jun identified seven suspicious locations, and Qin Shaofeng confirmed that nine locations were contributing to the gorge’s deadly effects.
• Qin Shaofeng consulted Wang Sheng through the fan residence and learned how to address the grand formation.
• Qin Shaofeng ordered Qi Mu and Star Lord Luo to guard the nine locations and told Qi Xian to dismantle his formation.
• Qin Shaofeng warned Yun Tianxing, White Wolf, and Xiaoyao Zui to control their people or he would abandon the attempt to break the killing formation.

Qin Shaofeng ordered Qi Xian to dismantle and replace the Illusion-Breaking Grand Formation, drawing hostility from the factions gathered in the gorge. Star Lord Luo and Qi Mu protected Qin Shaofeng, while Qi Xian set up powerful formations; the chapter ended with Qi Jin realizing that Qi Xian had become a Void Realm Formation Master.

• Yun Tianxing and the other young masters withdrew their factions from the formation to stop them from provoking Qin Shaofeng.
• Qi Mu suppressed the unrest, and Star Lord Luo threatened the crowd with the Heavenly Machine Tower’s pursuit and ordered everyone to the edge of the gorge.
• Star Lord Luo revealed that Huang Tiancheng was dead and the Lu Family heir had become his puppet, frightening the factions into retreating despite their growing hatred of Qin Shaofeng.
• Qi Xian accepted Qin Shaofeng’s Formation Foundation Stones and went to set up nine Illusion-Breaking Grand Formations at locations around the gorge.
• Qin Shaofeng gave Qi Xian nine Void Realm Attack Formations to set up over the Illusion-Breaking formations, leaving Yun Tianxing and the others astonished by Qi Xian’s obedience and ability.
• After watching Qi Xian set up both groups of formations, Qi Jin realized that Qi Xian had become a Void Realm Formation Master.

Qi Xian finished setting up the formations, and Qin Shaofeng ordered the gathered factions to stop following his group once they resolved the danger, until the inheritance was obtained. The crowd rebelled against his demand, and the chapter ended when someone from the Honored Immortal Hall spoke up.

• Qi Xian completed the formations, and Qin Shaofeng told him to add two Defense Formations at the center.
• Qin Shaofeng gathered the people before the formations and said the other factions could not follow his group until they obtained the inheritance.
• The frightened crowd cursed Qin Shaofeng and refused to give up their chance to seek the inheritance.
• White Wolf, Yun Tianxing, and Xiaoyao Zui tried to silence the crowd, but only White Wolf briefly restrained the Wolf Alliance members.
• White Wolf defended Qin Shaofeng’s actions, and a voice from the Honored Immortal Hall agreed with him, making the crowd wait to hear more.

Qin Shaofeng faced a faction leader who urged the Honored Immortal Hall disciples to rebel, and asked Qi Mu to address them. He proposed a vote to decide what to do, setting weighted votes that left the group uncertain about the outcome.

• A Honored Immortal Hall man claimed the group should proceed together and pressured Qi Mu to support them.
• Qin Shaofeng asked Qi Mu to speak, and Qi Mu urged everyone to trust the decision while explaining that the journey had another purpose.
• The man accused Qin Shaofeng and Star Lord Luo of controlling the princes and urged the disciples to resist.
• Qin Shaofeng proposed a vote and assigned ten votes each to Yun Tianxing, White Wolf, Xiaoyao Zui, Qi Jin, Qi Rang, and Qi Beiying, while ordinary disciples received one vote apiece.
• The Honored Immortal Hall man agreed to the voting arrangement despite suspecting something was wrong.

Qin Shaofeng let the gathered factions choose whether to follow his arrangements, while White Wolf tried to persuade the Wolf Alliance and was met with furious accusations. After the group’s crude threats enraged Qin Shaofeng, he tossed a dogtail grass stalk that triggered a sudden change in the formation, hiding him and the others from the seventy-odd people within it.

• Qin Shaofeng told the gathered disciples to choose sides and gave each side ten sentences to canvass for votes.
• Qi Jin, Qi Rang, Qi Beiying, Yun Tianxing, and two others chose to follow Qin Shaofeng’s arrangements.
• White Wolf called on the Wolf Alliance members, who accused him of exploiting them and threatened him.
• Qin Shaofeng shouted at the Wolf Alliance and tossed a dogtail grass stalk toward them.
• The stalk touched the ground, dark clouds and icy winds appeared, and the people within the restriction formation could no longer see Qin Shaofeng or his companions.