Chapter Summaries

Qin Shaofeng killed the Two Elders of Xuan Mountain with a Nihility attack while they were trapped in Di Shan’s spatial seal, then gained a huge reward that triggered an automatic system upgrade. The upgrade raised his inheritance but consumed all his Shining Star Value, leaving him shocked at the cost.

• Di Shan offered to release his spatial seal as soon as Qin Shaofeng attacked, and Qin Shaofeng moved toward the trapped Two Elders of Xuan Mountain.
• Qin Shaofeng struck with an unseen sword, and Li Naling recognized the attack as Nihility before the two elders died.
• Qin Shaofeng received 20,000 Shining Star Value and 2 Martial Body Value for killing the Void Realm experts.
• The system automatically upgraded Qin Shaofeng to Human Tier Level 2 and raised his Seven-Colored Inheritance to Seven-Colored Second Grade.
• Qin Shaofeng checked his character interface and realized the automatic upgrades had consumed all his Shining Star Value.

After killing the Two Elders of Xuan Mountain, Qin Shaofeng discovered that reaching the Shining Star Position had transformed his cultivation and unlocked a strange new quality in his Ghost Fire Golden Core. He returned to Tianbei City and confirmed to the waiting residents that he had killed the elders.

• Qin Shaofeng noticed his Ghost Fire Golden Core had changed and sensed an unfamiliar aura circulating within it.
• Qin Shaofeng collected the Two Elders of Xuan Mountain’s Storage Bags and unused talismans, then told Mo Ya and Di Shan he planned to inspect Chongming Pool.
• Qin Shaofeng sent Li Naling and the others, along with Heart Crystals and Soul Crystals, into the Ghost Mansion before studying his new Shining Star Position cultivation.
• Qin Shaofeng flew back to Tianbei City, where Zhan Zuixin was shocked to see that he had advanced to the Shining Star Position.
• Qin Shaofeng told the gathered residents that the Two Elders of Xuan Mountain had been weak opponents and that he had killed them.

After the battle, Qin Shaofeng learned that Chongming Pool could be opened in two months and agreed to help Sha Pojun rescue Lone Wolf from the Tianxing Trading Firm under Endless Mountain. The group finished the banquet and set out to find him.

• Zhan Zuixin invited Qin Shaofeng to Beitian, but Qin chose to wait for a place in Chongming Pool, learning that it could admit only three people once every hundred years and would open in two months.
• Sha Pojun asked Qin Shaofeng to help rescue Lone Wolf, his brother in arms, from the Tianxing Trading Firm under Endless Mountain.
• Chu Huan recognized Lone Wolf's name and agreed to help Sha Pojun.
• Qin Shaofeng agreed to go with them, joking that Lone Wolf might become his next book boy.
• Qin Shaofeng, Sha Pojun, and Chu Huan quickly finished the banquet and prepared to leave.

Qin Shaofeng and his companions reached Baiyue City while racing to rescue Lone Wolf, and went to Tianxing Arena to find out whether he was still there. At the gate, Chu Huan showed five Soul Crystals, shocking Elder Xu and the attendants.

• Qin Shaofeng’s group traveled toward Endless Mountain, with Qin Shaofeng taking all the good wine from Zhan Zuixin’s Storage Bag before they set out.
• After two days of travel, Sha Pojun led the group through Baiyue City toward Tianxing Arena, where he hoped to find Lone Wolf and arrange a ransom.
• The gate attendant demanded proof that they possessed at least fifty thousand Heaven Crystals before allowing them inside.
• Chu Huan produced five Soul Crystals, which the attendant could not identify.
• Elder Xu arrived to inspect the crystals and cried out in alarm when he recognized them as Soul Crystals.

Chu Huan learned that Guardian Molin had taken Lone Wolf to a birthday banquet to use him in a cruel pill-refining ritual, and he rushed to rescue him with his companions. Qin Shaofeng stayed behind at Tianxing Arena, hinting that its wealth should earn him a reward.

• Chu Huan revealed his Endless Seal to Elder Xu and demanded that Tianxing Arena hand over Lone Wolf.
• Elder Xu explained that Guardian Molin had taken Lone Wolf and planned to use him as soil for spiritual herbs before refining them together in a pill furnace.
• Elder Xu told Chu Huan that Molin would attend Elder Yunyi's birthday banquet at an estate three hundred li south of the city.
• Qin Shaofeng told Chu Huan to leave Tianxing Arena a jade slip for seeking aid, and Chu Huan tossed one to Elder Xu before departing with the others.
• Qin Shaofeng stayed behind and asked Elder Xu for appreciation, noting that Tianxing Arena seemed rich.

Qin Shaofeng demanded fine wine from Tianxing Trading Firm and accepted its finest batch, then gave its president a Jade Crystal talisman that could summon his help or show him the scene of their destruction. He left at astonishing speed to join the rescue effort.

• Qin Shaofeng told Elder Xu he wanted at least two hundred jars of fine wine, then raised his demand to three hundred before agreeing to visit the firm headquarters.
• Qin Shaofeng flew Elder Xu to Tianxing Trading Firm, where Elder Xu explained that Qin Shaofeng was a friend of an Endless Mountain Inner Disciple going to rescue someone.
• The president of Tianxing Trading Firm personally opened the wine cellar and let Qin Shaofeng take whatever he wanted.
• Qin Shaofeng took every jar from the finest batch and gave the president a Jade Crystal talisman that could call him for help or send him the scene if the firm faced destruction.
• Qin Shaofeng flew away, leaving the president to recognize the talisman as a precious means of protection.

Qin Shaofeng flew into Elder Yunyi’s birthday celebration and crashed into the polished ground, then rose unharmed and began drinking and reciting poetry. Elder Yunyi suspected a plot but kept quiet as Qin Shaofeng acted like he did not know where he was.

• Qin Shaofeng approached Elder Yunyi’s manor while concealing his aura, then let a drunkard’s aura show and plunged toward the birthday celebration.
• Elder Yunyi focused on the gifts arriving for his birthday and failed to notice Qin Shaofeng’s approach.
• Qin Shaofeng crashed into the ground, leaving a human-shaped crater and scattering dust across the polished surface.
• Qin Shaofeng climbed out unharmed, drank from his battered wine gourd, and recited poetry.
• Elder Yunyi suspected someone had sent Qin Shaofeng to attack him, but chose to keep quiet.

Qin Shaofeng concealed his identity while waiting for a chance to rescue Lone Wolf at Elder Yunyi’s birthday celebration. Guardian Molin arrived to refine a Life-Transforming Pill, and Qin Shaofeng recognized the green-haired medicine slave as Lone Wolf.

• Elder Yunyi saw Qin Shaofeng appear but stayed quiet, and the guests resumed celebrating.
• The announcement that Guardian Molin would refine a Life-Transforming Pill made Elder Yunyi eagerly order that he be admitted.
• Qin Shaofeng considered rescuing Lone Wolf without revealing his identity and decided to pose as Li Taibai, the Poetic Sword Immortal.
• Guardian Molin arrived with a green-haired medicine slave and asked Elder Yunyi who Qin Shaofeng was.
• Qin Shaofeng interrupted Elder Yunyi and recognized the medicine slave as Lone Wolf.

Qin Shaofeng used Guardian Molin’s attempt to probe him to kill him and create an opening to seize Lone Wolf. He escaped into the sky with Lone Wolf as Elder Yunyi discovered Guardian Molin was dead.

• Qin Shaofeng pretended to be too drunk to stand and let Guardian Molin help him up, then secretly activated Nihility of Life.
• Qin Shaofeng struck Guardian Molin and accused him of launching a sneak attack, prompting Elder Yunyi to hesitate as he tried to intervene.
• Qin Shaofeng kicked Guardian Molin toward Elder Yunyi and waited as distant fighting sounds signaled that help had arrived.
• Qin Shaofeng grabbed Lone Wolf and flew into the sky with him before anyone could react.
• Elder Yunyi tried to pursue Qin Shaofeng, but Guardian Molin fell to the ground and Elder Yunyi discovered he was dead.

Elder Yunyi discovered that Qin Shaofeng had killed Guardian Molin and offered a favor to anyone who captured or killed him. Qin Shaofeng rescued Lone Wolf and brought him to Chu Huan, but Elder Yunyi confronted them and vowed revenge over the loss of Molin and his Life-Transforming Pills.

• Elder Yunyi found Guardian Molin dead and realized that Molin's death had deprived him of the Life-Transforming Pills he relied on.
• Elder Yunyi urged martial cultivators above the Heavenly Moon Tier to capture or kill Qin Shaofeng, promising a favor to their Lineage.
• Qin Shaofeng reached the courtyard gates, seized Lone Wolf, and used the Emerald Dragon King's poisonous mist as he descended toward Chu Huan and the others.
• Qin Shaofeng handed Lone Wolf to Chu Huan and told the group to leave, but they saw crowds approaching and feared they were trapped.
• Elder Yunyi appeared before the group and demanded to know why Qin Shaofeng had killed Guardian Molin.
• Qin Shaofeng condemned Molin for using living people to refine pills, while Elder Yunyi raged that Molin's death had destroyed his path to the Void Realm.

Qin Shaofeng revealed that Elder Yunyi had not fully transcended into the Void Realm and drew Ghost Melody, a Radiant Divine Weapon, before ordering Chu Huan and the others to flee. He sent them away with the power of heaven and earth just before Elder Yunyi’s Spatial Lockdown trapped him, while the crowd pursued the escaping group.

• Qin Shaofeng recognized that Elder Yunyi’s Void Realm cultivation was incomplete and laughed at the thought that he could not be held by it.
• Sha Pojun gave Qin Shaofeng his broken sword, and Qin Shaofeng revealed a Radiant Divine Weapon from a black vortex.
• Elder Yunyi and the crowd reacted with shock as Qin Shaofeng named the weapon Ghost Melody and told Chu Huan to take the others away.
• Qin Shaofeng tore the Storage Bag from his waist, handed it to Chu Huan, and used the power of heaven and earth to send the five of them away.
• Elder Yunyi’s Spatial Lockdown descended on Qin Shaofeng, and the crowd ordered all Heavenly Moon Tier martial cultivators to pursue Chu Huan and the others.

Qin Shaofeng used Ghost Melody to cut through Elder Yunyi’s Void Lock, though the spatial backlash badly strained him. Yun Chongxin identified him as Li Taibai and warned him to stop interfering with the Cloud Immortal Hall, so Qin Shaofeng flew away, leaving Yunyi furious and his advancement thwarted.

• Qin Shaofeng merged with Ghost Melody and used its sword art to sever Elder Yunyi’s Void Lock, while suppressing the backlash that nearly made him spit blood.
• Elder Yunyi called for reinforcements, and Yun Chongxin appeared through the talisman image and recognized Qin Shaofeng as Li Taibai.
• Yun Chongxin explained that Qin Shaofeng had killed the Two Elders of Xuan Mountain and interfered with Chongming Pool, then threatened him on behalf of the Cloud Immortal Hall.
• Qin Shaofeng asked whether he was free to leave and flew away.
• Elder Yunyi protested that Qin Shaofeng had killed Guardian Molin and ruined the hall’s plans, but Yun Chongxin cut him off and ended the image.

Yun Chongxin ordered the Dark Hall to hunt down Qin Shaofeng, while Elder Yunyi also set out after him in anger. Qin Shaofeng caught up with Chu Huan’s group and urged them to flee, but Sha Pojun objected to leaving him behind.

• Yun Chongxin gave tracking talismans to more than a hundred Dark Hall Void Realm experts and ordered them to find and kill Li Taibai, also known as Wine Immortal and Qinglian Jushi.
• Elder Yunyi ended his birthday banquet and flew off in the direction Qin Shaofeng had gone, prompting the guests to suspect he was pursuing him.
• Qin Shaofeng caught up with Chu Huan and the fleeing group, warned them to reach Endless Mountain or another safe place, and said he had to continue toward Chongming Pool.
• Chu Huan told the others to head to Baiyue City and borrow a flying vessel from Tianxing Trading Firm, saying he had already sent for help.
• Sha Pojun objected to leaving Qin Shaofeng behind, saying Qin Shaofeng had fallen into danger while helping them.

Qin Shaofeng faced Elder Yunyi, who pursued him despite knowing he could kill Void Realm experts. Qin Shaofeng used the superior Ghost Melody to break Yunyi’s sword and then teleported behind him to strike, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Chu Huan told Sha Pojun and the others that Qin Shaofeng was far more powerful than he appeared, then sent them toward Baiyue City.
• Elder Yunyi returned and challenged Qin Shaofeng, admitting he had prepared to die rather than abandon the fight.
• Qin Shaofeng used his illusions to distract Yunyi and slashed through Yunyi’s Heaven-grade longsword with Ghost Melody.
• Elder Yunyi attacked in fury, but Qin Shaofeng teleported behind him and swung Ghost Melody at his back.

Qin Shaofeng wounded Elder Yunyi with his sword techniques until Elder Yunyi fled, then discovered more than a hundred Cloud Immortal Hall experts were tracking him. He headed for Endless Mountain, where Xuanwu advised him to combine the abilities he had inherited with his Luo Tian Zen Shadow.

• Qin Shaofeng used his Radiant Divine Weapon and phantoms to wound Elder Yunyi while reciting the Ballad of the Swordsman.
• Elder Yunyi fled after Qin Shaofeng stabbed him again, leaving Qin Shaofeng to wonder whether to pursue him.
• Qin Shaofeng used the Heavenly Machine Technique to see more than a hundred Cloud Immortal Hall experts carrying talismans and heading toward him.
• Qin Shaofeng flew toward Endless Mountain and asked Xuanwu how to evade the tracking talismans.
• Xuanwu told Qin Shaofeng to try the abilities passed on to him in combination with his Luo Tian Zen Shadow.

Qin Shaofeng used a Chaos restriction to hide his aura and traveled toward Tianbei City disguised as a little monk carrying a dead branch. After evading the hunters for weeks, he ran into three men and began revealing one man’s secrets with the Heavenly Machine Technique.

• Qin Shaofeng used a Chaos restriction and several restriction items to conceal his aura, then set off on foot toward Tianbei City while pretending the dead branch in his hands was alive.
• Qin Shaofeng traveled for weeks as more than a hundred hunters searched for him, passing beneath their noses without being recognized.
• Qin Shaofeng ran into three men and pretended to be a monk who believed the dead branch was about to enter nirvana.
• Qin Shaofeng nearly released his killing intent, then stopped himself and claimed his master had forbidden him to kill.
• Qin Shaofeng secretly activated the Heavenly Machine Technique and began reciting precise details about one man’s family, leaving the man unnerved.

Qin Shaofeng pretended to be a helpless monk while evading three searchers and others secretly monitoring him. After the pursuers finally moved on, he continued toward the monastery, relieved that he had avoided a fight with the many experts searching for the drunkard.

• Qin Shaofeng claimed his master taught him to endure attacks but slaughter an enemy’s entire clan if necessary, making the three men suspect he was connected to a terrifying monk from the Bodhidharma Institute.
• Qin Shaofeng asked the men to take him back to the monastery, but they refused and hurried away to continue their search for the drunkard.
• Qin Shaofeng grew angry at their departure, then rushed onward while pretending to protect a benefactor who was only a dried-up tree branch.
• Several figures emerged from the void and discussed the alarming monks from the Bodhidharma Institute before splitting up to search for the drunkard.
• Hidden auras continued following Qin Shaofeng for more than half an hour before disappearing, and he realized that many Cloud Immortal Hall experts were searching nearby.

Disguised as a monk, Qin Shaofeng traveled toward Tianbei City while evading Cloud Immortal Hall's search. Three days before Chongming Pool opened, he intercepted Zhan Cangkong's convoy, revealed himself, and asked the Young Emperor of Northern Heaven to protect him.

• Qin Shaofeng entered Northern Heaven in his monk disguise and slowed his journey as Cloud Immortal Hall continued searching for him.
• Qin Shaofeng ate meat and drank wine at a tavern, then joked to the waiter that he was traveling to save someone whose life he had crushed with a kick.
• Cloud Immortal Hall's searchers heard about Qin Shaofeng's tavern visit, and the story briefly eased their oppressive mood.
• Qin Shaofeng reached Tianbei City's outskirts with three days remaining before Chongming Pool opened and decided to keep traveling.
• Qin Shaofeng intercepted Zhan Cangkong's convoy, recognized the Young Emperor of Northern Heaven, revealed his identity, and asked him to prevent Cloud Immortal Hall from taking him on Northern Heaven's territory.

Qin Shaofeng revealed that Cloud Immortal Hall was hunting him because he had killed a protector who used living people to refine Life-Transforming Pills, angering Zhan Cangkong and Northern Heaven. He fought three Cloud Immortal Hall experts and apparently killed them, earning Shining Star Value and Martial Body Value.

• Zhan Cangkong recognized Qin Shaofeng as the wine-mad Li Taibai and asked what he had done to provoke Cloud Immortal Hall.
• Qin Shaofeng explained that he had killed Mo Lin, a Cloud Immortal Hall protector who used living people to refine Life-Transforming Pills, and Zhan Cangkong turned against the three pursuing experts.
• The three Cloud Immortal Hall men ignored Northern Heaven's guardians and charged Qin Shaofeng, who met them with a strange technique that created multiple seemingly real figures.
• The three men struck a Qin Shaofeng figure that vanished, and the guardians used Space Lockdown to freeze them.
• Qin Shaofeng slashed at the frozen men while laughing, and the system announced that he had slain three Void Realm experts and gained 30000 Shining Star Value and 3 Martial Body Value.

Qin Shaofeng killed the three Cloud Immortal Hall experts and reached Ninth Rank, then secured Zhan Cangkong’s promise of protection in Tianbei City. As they entered the city drinking together, the crowd began to recognize Zhan Cangkong’s status.

• Qin Shaofeng’s system notifications announced his level-up to Ninth Rank and an increase in his Seven-Colored Inheritance experience after the battle.
• A guardian elder accused Li Taibai of deliberately killing the Cloud Immortal Hall experts, and Qin Shaofeng defended himself by saying he had the right to fight back.
• Qin Shaofeng asked Zhan Cangkong whether Northern Heaven would protect him from trouble in Tianbei City, and Zhan Cangkong reaffirmed its promise.
• Qin Shaofeng recited a poem while drinking on the carriage, and Zhan Cangkong joined him with a jar of wine.
• The convoy entered Tianbei City as Qin Shaofeng and Zhan Cangkong drank together, prompting the crowd to infer Zhan Cangkong’s identity.