Chapter Summaries

Qin Shaofeng killed two more Greater Origin Core experts, completing a mission that granted him 100 million Experience Points and raised him to the Lesser Origin Core Tenth Level. As Lin Shaoyan attacked, Qin Shaofeng revealed Susanoo’s first form and prepared to test its power against the remaining enemies.

• Lin Shaoyan urged the surviving experts to attack Qin Shaofeng, believing Qin Shaofeng could use his Mental Power attack only once.
• Qin Shaofeng and his allies charged; Qin Shaofeng killed two Greater Origin Core First Layer experts with his Profound Iron Heavy Sword.
• Qin Shaofeng’s kills completed the mission to defeat ten Greater Origin Core experts, earning him 100 million Experience Points and raising him to the Lesser Origin Core Tenth Level.
• Lin Shaoyan attacked Qin Shaofeng with Thunder Flame Radiance, but Qin Shaofeng’s spiritual power blocked the strike.
• Qin Shaofeng manifested the first form of Susanoo, a towering blue skeleton, and judged that he could defeat the remaining enemies before its brief duration ran out.

Qin Shaofeng used Susanoo to defeat the Greater Origin Core experts sent by the Third Prince, then escaped the Giant Peak Secret Realm with Du Meng and Tang Qijian. After recovering, he reviewed his rewards and the demanding Fourth Stage mission, while the furious Third Prince headed to the Supervisory Office to pursue another way to deal with him.

• Qin Shaofeng killed seventeen Greater Origin Core experts with Susanoo and spared the unconscious Lin Shaoyan at Qiuqiu's request, bringing him into the Origin World Space.
• Qin Shaofeng took Du Meng and Tang Qijian back to the Preparatory Camp after the formation broke, and the three returned safely despite Du Meng and Tang Qijian's injuries.
• Qin Shaofeng recovered his spiritual power, checked his attributes, and found a Spirit Power Fruit and six Special Draw Chances among his rewards.
• Qin Shaofeng inspected the Fourth Stage mission, which required him to take first place in Lesser Origin Core Realm Origin Spirit Beast kills in the Origin Secret Realm.
• The Third Prince learned that his plan had failed and that he had lost eighteen subordinates and a Fortune Crystal, then went to the Supervisory Office to seek another way to target Qin Shaofeng.

Qin Shaofeng absorbed the power extracted from Lin Shaoyan’s Dark Thunder Spirit, evolving his Body of Thunder into a Dark Thunder Body. He discovered that his spiritual root had risen to seventh grade and doubled his Spiritual Power Value.

• Qiuqiu explained that Lin Shaoyan had used his Dark Thunder Spirit to devour spiritual roots and evolve his own, and that it had extracted the spirit for Qin Shaofeng to absorb.
• Qiuqiu argued that Qin Shaofeng should not fear gaining a Dark Spiritual Root because he already possessed a Demon King Body, and Qin Shaofeng decided to absorb the ball of light.
• Qin Shaofeng spent three hours absorbing the ball of light and received System Prompts confirming that his Body of Thunder had evolved into a Dark Thunder Body.
• Qin Shaofeng checked his new seventh-grade spiritual root and found that his Spiritual Power Value had doubled to two million, or twelve million with his Cloud Pills.

Qin Shaofeng went to the Preparatory Camp Supervisory Office to answer for killing fifty-one disciples in Giant Peak Secret Realm Number Fourteen. His evidence exposed Huoxinghai’s plot, and the Enforcement Elder ordered Huoxinghai’s cultivation abolished and his expulsion from the Thousand Mountain Sect.

• Qin Shaofeng received a notice summoning him to the Supervisory Office and calmly went there with Du Meng and Tang Qijian.
• Huoxinghai accused Qin Shaofeng of killing Lu Renjia, Lin Shaoyan, and the other disciples for the Fortune Crystal, citing a message he claimed Lin Shaoyan had sent.
• Qin Shaofeng admitted killing the fifty-one disciples but said he had acted in self-defense and submitted an Imprint Stone as evidence.
• The Enforcement Elder viewed the Imprint Stone, angrily accused Huoxinghai of manipulating the rules, and showed images that exposed him.
• Huoxinghai begged for mercy, but the Enforcement Elder ordered his cultivation abolished and expelled him from the Thousand Mountain Sect.

After exposing the Third Prince, Qin Shaofeng investigated the Origin Secret Realm and realized that surpassing the sect’s centuries-old record would require an almost impossible feat. Just as he considered giving up, Qiuqiu insisted he still had a chance.

• Qin Shaofeng’s Imprint Stone evidence proved the Third Prince had plotted against him and framed other disciples, so the Enforcement Elder punished the prince by abolishing his cultivation and summoned Huoyun Kingdom to answer for him.
• Qin Shaofeng went to the Preparatory Camp library to study the Origin Secret Realm and learned that his Fourth Stage mission required beating a record set centuries ago by a legendary Thousand Mountain Sect ancestor.
• Qin Shaofeng learned that the ancestor had reached the Ninth Level’s First Checkpoint, defeating nine Greater Origin Core Eighth Layer Origin Spirit Beasts, and realized he would need to clear the Second Checkpoint to surpass the record.
• Qin Shaofeng doubted he could withstand eighteen Greater Origin Core Ninth Layer beasts and considered giving up on the mission.
• Qiuqiu scolded Qin Shaofeng for losing heart, and Qin Shaofeng promised to try his best and see how far he could go.
• Qiuqiu told Qin Shaofeng that the Greater Origin Core Realm was not as overwhelming as he imagined and that he still had a chance.

Qin Shaofeng learned that his spiritual power was far greater than his Lesser Origin Core rank suggested, giving him a chance to pass the Origin Secret Realm’s trials. When he arrived to enter, Xie Zijun brought him into a hall filled with powerful experts, where Qin discovered the Thousand Mountain Sect’s Young Sect Master Xiang Qinyang was the Sect Master’s own heir.

• Qiuqiu explained that the Nine Cloud Continent’s Origin Core levels were really the Core Condensation Realm, where strength depended on accumulated spiritual power.
• Qin Shaofeng realized his spiritual power was comparable to the Greater Origin Core Tenth Layer and believed he might pass the Origin Secret Realm’s trials.
• Three days later, Qin Shaofeng went to enter the Origin Secret Realm but was stopped by two Earth Origin Realm experts.
• Xie Zijun arrived and told Qin Shaofeng to enter with him, despite the guards’ surprise.
• Qin Shaofeng entered the hall and sensed several peak Saint Origin Realm experts before Xie Zijun introduced him to the Sect Master.
• Qin Shaofeng recognized Xiang Qinyang beside the Sect Master and realized he had beaten up the Young Sect Master.

Qin Shaofeng entered the Origin Secret Realm alongside Xiang Qinyang and Xu Tianyang, who were set to compete there. Separated into his own space, Qin Shaofeng faced a strange beast formed from the gray mist.

• Qin Shaofeng discovered Xiang Qinyang had reached Lesser Origin Core Tenth Level Peak with thirteen million Spiritual Power Value, and learned Xu Tianyang had the same level, ten million Spiritual Power Value, and a Saint Tier First Grade Ice Water Spirit.
• Xie Zijun explained that the Origin Secret Realm had been fully opened for Xiang Qinyang and Xu Tianyang to compete, and that Qin Shaofeng had been included; he also identified Xu Feiyang as the sect’s Vice Sect Master and Qin Shaofeng’s enemy.
• The Thousand Mountain Sect Master ordered two elders to open the Origin Secret Realm, and Xie Zijun told Qin Shaofeng that outstanding results could earn him extra rewards from Martial Grandmaster.
• Xiang Qinyang, Xu Tianyang, and Qin Shaofeng entered the realm, while a light screen outside displayed their names among the recorded challengers.
• Qin Shaofeng found himself alone in a mist-surrounded space, where the gray vapor gathered and transformed into a strange beast.

Qin Shaofeng discovered that Origin Spirit Beasts were condensed from the Thousand Mountain Sect’s fortune and spiritual power, and that their spirit essence could raise his Spiritual Power Value limit. He found that Amaterasu burned the beasts away with exceptional efficiency, leaving him confident he could clear all nine levels.

• Qin Shaofeng inspected an Origin Spirit Beast, learned of its unusual origins, and killed it to obtain a low-grade spirit essence that could increase his maximum Spiritual Power Value.
• Xiang Qinyang and Xu Tianyang raced through the checkpoints and reached the third level, drawing the Thousand Mountain Sect’s attention while Qin Shaofeng lagged behind.
• Qin Shaofeng killed two Greater Origin Core Second Layer Origin Spirit Beasts, then tested Tsukuyomi and found it had no effect on them.
• Qin Shaofeng used Amaterasu to incinerate four Origin Spirit Beasts almost instantly and concluded that the black flames were their ultimate nemesis.
• Qin Shaofeng calculated that Amaterasu’s low cost and his stock of Second-grade Ninefold Spirit Pills gave him confidence in clearing all nine levels.

Qin Shaofeng abandoned Amaterasu after it burned away the spirit essence from the Origin Spirit Beasts and fought his way into the Fourth Level. Meanwhile, Xiang Qinyang and Xu Tianyang unleashed their full strength, reached the Eighth Level, and surpassed Xie Zijun’s record.

• Qiuqiu pointed out that Amaterasu had burned away the spirit essence of the four Origin Spirit Beasts, so Qin Shaofeng switched to fighting with the Profound Iron Heavy Sword.
• Qin Shaofeng cleared the Second and Third Levels, then faced Fourth Layer Mid Stage Origin Spirit Beasts wearing spiritual armor.
• Xiang Qinyang used his full strength to clear the Third Checkpoint of the Sixth Level and advanced to the Seventh Level.
• Xu Tianyang entered the Seventh Level, and he and Xiang Qinyang quickly cleared its checkpoints as the Thousand Mountain Sect Master and Xu Feiyang watched their rivalry unfold.
• Xiang Qinyang and Xu Tianyang reached the Eighth Level and surpassed Xie Zijun, who recognized them as monster-level geniuses.

Qin Shaofeng used the Profound Iron Heavy Sword’s Heavy Force to race through the fourth to seventh layers, then relied on Chidori Stream to defeat the seventh layer’s strongest beasts. While Xu Tianyang and Xiang Qinyang drew attention at the eighth layer, Qin Shaofeng secretly cleared the second checkpoint of the seventh layer, leaving Xie Zijun stunned by his speed.

• Qin Shaofeng discovered that Heavy Force immobilized Origin Spirit Beasts and used it to clear checkpoints across the fourth, fifth, and sixth layers.
• Qin Shaofeng reached the first checkpoint of the seventh layer, where his Heavy Sword Without Edge broke the beasts’ spiritual armor but did not defeat them.
• Qin Shaofeng unleashed Chidori Stream and destroyed all seven late-stage Greater Origin Core Seventh Layer Origin Spirit Beasts.
• Xu Tianyang cleared the second checkpoint of the eighth layer before Xiang Qinyang, drawing the sect masters’ attention.
• Qin Shaofeng cleared the second checkpoint of the seventh layer within thirty breaths, and Xie Zijun alone noticed how quickly he had advanced.

Xu Tianyang passed the third checkpoint of the eighth layer but withdrew from the ninth after discovering its beasts were protected by Origin Armor. Xiang Qinyang then reached the ninth layer and revealed the Spirit of the White Tiger, drawing attention across the Thousand Mountain Sect while Qiuqiu watched through a hidden investigative method.

• Xu Tianyang froze and shattered the twenty-four Origin Spirit Beasts at the third checkpoint of the eighth layer, then failed to defeat the nine beasts in the ninth layer and withdrew.
• Xu Tianyang recognized that the ninth-layer beasts wore Origin Armor and returned to the main hall convinced he had beaten Xiang Qinyang.
• Xiang Qinyang defeated the twenty-four beasts with twenty-four Thousand Mountain Fist phantoms and advanced to the ninth layer.
• Xiang Qinyang determined that the nine beasts wore powerful spirit armor rather than Origin Armor, then summoned the phantom of a White Tiger.
• The Hall of Fortune and a presence within the sea of flames sensed Xiang Qinyang's Spirit of the White Tiger, while a little fellow rushed off to eat Ice Lotus Bodhi.
• Qiuqiu watched Xiang Qinyang through a virtual mirror and judged that his Spirit of the White Tiger was still too weak to summon a near-physical White Tiger.

Xiang Qinyang passed the Ninth Layer’s first checkpoint but failed to break the Origin Armor of the beasts at the second, while Qin Shaofeng reached the same checkpoint and learned that the Nine Swords of Dugu could counter its beasts. Qin Shaofeng began a Qi Breaking Style strike as the hall discovered that he had risen to third place.

• Xiang Qinyang used the White Tiger phantom to unleash seventy-two Thousand Mountain Fist shadows and defeat the nine beasts at the Ninth Layer’s first checkpoint.
• Xiang Qinyang attacked eighteen Greater Origin Core Tenth Layer beasts with 108 Thousand Mountain Fist shadows, failed to damage their Origin Armor, and left the Origin Secret Realm.
• The hall saw Xiang Qinyang’s name turn gold and rise to second place, while Xu Feiyang reacted with hostility and Xu Tianyang fell to eleventh.
• Qin Shaofeng exhausted his Spiritual Power Value attacking the first-checkpoint beasts, but Qiuqiu told him that the Nine Swords of Dugu countered them.
• Qin Shaofeng remembered the technique and slashed at the nine beasts with the Profound Iron Heavy Sword, using the Qi Breaking Style.

Qin Shaofeng cleared the Ninth Layer’s checkpoints, using Susanoo to destroy the final wave of Origin Spirit Beasts and claim first place in the Origin Secret Realm records. After teleporting out to a stunned crowd, he was confronted by Xu Feiyang, who offered to take him as a disciple, but Qin Shaofeng rejected the idea inwardly.

• Qin Shaofeng used the Nine Swords of Dugu to clear the Second Checkpoint and collected eighteen intermediate Spirit Essences.
• Qin Shaofeng faced thirty-six peak Greater Origin Core Tenth Layer Origin Spirit Beasts and failed to kill any with an ordinary Qi Breaking Style.
• Qin Shaofeng formed Susanoo, wielded a Lightning Blade, and used the Qi Breaking Style to kill all thirty-six beasts in one strike.
• Qin Shaofeng was teleported out with the intermediate Spirit Essences as the crowd stared at his first-place record in silence.
• Xu Feiyang appeared before Qin Shaofeng and declared that he was qualified to become his disciple, while Qin Shaofeng inwardly refused.

Qin Shaofeng refused Xu Feiyang’s offer to become his disciple, but Xu tried to pressure and persuade him until the Thousand Mountain Sect’s Martial Uncle Ancestor suddenly appeared. The old man claimed Qin Shaofeng as a disciple, ended the dispute, and took Qin and Xie Zijun away, leaving Xiang Wanshan wondering why he had intervened.

• Qin Shaofeng politely refused Xu Feiyang’s offer, and Xu responded by pressuring him with his aura until Xiang Wanshan intervened.
• Xiang Wanshan reminded Xu Feiyang that Qin’s achievement in the Origin Secret Realm gave him special protection, but Xu offered Qin extra resources and promised to help him reach the Three Yuan Realm within three years.
• Xu Feiyang disparaged Qin’s current master, prompting the lightning-wreathed Martial Uncle Ancestor to appear and challenge Xu’s claim.
• Xie Zijun identified the old man as the Martial Uncle Ancestor, who claimed Qin as a disciple and made Xu Feiyang apologize.
• The Martial Uncle Ancestor took Qin Shaofeng and Xie Zijun away, while Xu Feiyang left with his son and Xiang Wanshan suspected the old man had intervened because of Qin’s trial results.

Elder Lei explained Thousand Mountain Sect’s history and internal division to Qin Shaofeng, then revealed he believed Qin could help reunite the sect. He proposed making Qin part of the Xiang Family and left him stunned by revealing that Xiang Qinyang was actually a girl.

• Elder Lei told Qin Shaofeng that Thousand Mountain Sect had split into three factions and was at risk of decline.
• Elder Lei revealed that he was Thunder God Peak’s master and the leader of the neutral faction, but did not explain why he had not united the sect.
• Elder Lei traced the factions’ origins to the sect’s legendary ancestor, whose son and two disciples established the lineages behind Five Spirit Peaks, Thunder God Peak, and Divine Sword Peak.
• Elder Lei said he saw hope for the sect’s reunification in Qin Shaofeng, who protested that he did not belong to the Xiang Family line.
• Elder Lei suggested making Qin a member of the Xiang Family, then revealed that Xiang Qinyang was actually a girl.

Qin Shaofeng learned that Elder Lei had tricked him into becoming his disciple and arranging a marriage to Xiang Qinyang, who was actually a girl in disguise. After Qiuqiu revealed Elder Lei’s failing spirit body and the danger facing the Thousand Mountain Sect, Qin Shaofeng accepted that he had been pulled into the sect’s conflicts and turned to check his next system mission.

• Elder Lei declared Qin Shaofeng his youngest disciple and ordered him to win the upcoming competition so he could propose marriage to Xiang Qinyang.
• Elder Lei sent Qin Shaofeng back to the Preparatory Camp, where Qin Shaofeng cursed him and angrily rejected Xie Zijun’s address of him as Little Martial Uncle.
• Qiuqiu explained that Elder Lei had lost his physical body and was a declining spirit body condensed from Power of Thunder.
• Qiuqiu told Qin Shaofeng that Elder Lei had staked his hopes on him because the Thousand Mountain Sect could face turmoil once Elder Lei disappeared.
• Qin Shaofeng set aside his worries and prepared to check the fifth-stage mission of 'First Person of Thousand Mountains,' finding that the fourth-stage reward had been converted into three Experience Orbs.

Qin Shaofeng learned that the competition was a massive event for the Three Sects and Seven Schools, giving him a chance to pursue his system missions and level up. He used a Super Draw Card and obtained the powerful skill Shift of Stars.

• Qin Shaofeng worried that the Purple Gold Tier token and Extreme Winning Streak missions would be nearly impossible to complete in the Preparatory Camp competition.
• Xie Zijun sent Qin Shaofeng news that the competition was the Strongest Origin Core Hegemony Competition, open to Origin Core Realm disciples from the Three Sects and Seven Schools.
• Qin Shaofeng realized that the competition’s huge pool of participants could make a thousand consecutive victories achievable.
• Qin Shaofeng used his Super Draw Card and won the special skill Shift of Stars, which could absorb and return attacks at three times their power cost.

Qin Shaofeng prepared for the Strongest Origin Core Hegemony Competition by boosting his Spiritual Power Value, strengthening his War Beasts, and refining Ninefold Spirit Pills. He set a trap for Xu Tianyang through Tang Qijian, but Xu Tianyang gained a powerful new opportunity just before the competition began.

• Qin Shaofeng raised his Spiritual Power Value to 15.6 million, prepared Little Fox Bai Xue and Tiger Lord for battle, and refined special and ordinary Third-grade Ninefold Spirit Pills.
• Du Meng became an Inheritor Disciple under Thousand Mountain Sect Master Xiang Wanshan, while Divine Sword Peak sought to recruit Tang Qijian.
• Qin Shaofeng told Tang Qijian to demand immediate Inheritor Disciple status from Xu Tianyang and use a treasure with a fatal weakness to lure him into a trap.
• Xu Feiyang accepted Tang Qijian as his disciple and granted him an Inheritor Disciple slot in the Thousand Mountain Sect.
• The day before the Hegemony Competition, Xu Tianyang unleashed a powerful wave of cold and declared that he would take first place.

Qin Shaofeng entered the Hegemony Competition’s Secret Realm Space and overwhelmed the Lesser Origin Core contestants who appeared near him. After killing some and accepting the surrender of the rest, he advanced his Identity Token to Bronze Tier, only to find his ranking already falling.

• Qin Shaofeng gathered with the Preparatory Camp contestants as the Hegemony Competition began, while Geng Qiutong warned him to give up if he encountered danger before she was teleported away.
• Qin Shaofeng entered the Secret Realm Space and immediately struck the surrounding contestants with Heavy Sword Without Edge and Heavy Force, killing more than thirty of them.
• Qin Shaofeng offered the surviving contestants a chance to surrender, and most gave him their Battle Record Points rather than risk fighting.
• Qin Shaofeng’s Identity Token advanced to Bronze Tier, but he discovered his 117 Battle Record Points placed him only in the region’s sixties and his ranking was dropping.

Qin Shaofeng hunted opponents in the Secret Realm Space to build Battle Record Points and consecutive victories, but increasingly coordinated teams forced him to avoid large groups. As Xia Yan’s group was about to surrender to the Azure Cloud Sect, Xia Yan sensed Qin Shaofeng and called for help.

• Qin Shaofeng defeated and killed opponents across several groups, earning Battle Record Points and raising his consecutive victories.
• Qin Shaofeng found that powerful teams were forming, so he stopped targeting large groups and sought lone fighters or small teams.
• Qin Shaofeng earned more than eight hundred Battle Record Points on the first day, then upgraded his Identity Token to Silver Tier after surpassing one thousand points.
• Qiuqiu warned Qin Shaofeng about a large force gathering nearby, and Qin Shaofeng escaped before it could surround him.
• Xia Yan’s small group was nearly overwhelmed by more than a hundred members of the Azure Cloud Sect, and he prepared to abandon the competition.
• Xia Yan sensed Qin Shaofeng nearby and shouted, “Little Martial Uncle Ancestor, save me!”