Chapter Summaries

Qin Shaofeng used Xian Xiaoying’s bell to slow the Moon-Howling Wolf King, then trapped it with more than a hundred Starry Sky Talismans. He began taking out costly treasures to continue his counterattack, leaving the onlookers stunned by his wealth.

• Xian Xiaoying rang her bell to slow the Moon-Howling Wolf King, while Qin Shaofeng prepared to attack.
• Qin Shaofeng slashed at the wolf king with One Sword Heaven and Earth to buy time to recover.
• Qin Shaofeng threw over a hundred Spatial Jade Stones at the wolf king, using them to imprison it.
• Qin Shaofeng boasted that he could have subdued the wolf king with a Demon Binding Chain, stunning the onlookers with his claims and spending.
• Qin Shaofeng took out a Heaven and Earth Bloom, a Golden Leaf, and Starry Sky Jade Marrow, then ate the bloom to replenish his Origin Power.

Qin Shaofeng used a terrifying, resource-intensive ability to kill the Moon-Howling Wolf King, then cut down the remaining wolves. His lavish use of spiritual medicines stunned the onlookers and was meant to warn those plotting against him.

• Qin Shaofeng absorbed immense amounts of Heaven and Earth spiritual energy and used the Yellow Springs Road to draw the Moon-Howling Wolf King into a vortex, killing it.
• The onlookers realized Qin Shaofeng had powered his attack with a Heaven and Earth Bloom and a Golden Leaf, then watched him recover with Starry Sky Jade Marrow.
• Qin Shaofeng explained that his conspicuous display would make those behind the attack wary and help keep him safe.
• Qin Shaofeng used Shrink Ground into Inches and Heavenly Dao Blade to kill the remaining Moon-Howling Wolves.
• Qin Shaofeng turned toward the Shuiyue Mountain disciples, frightening several of them with his killing-intent-filled gaze.

Qin Shaofeng openly admitted killing the Shuiyue Mountain disciples who had cursed at him and threatened anyone who challenged his actions. When he attacked two young masters who questioned him, they vanished before his blade landed, and he demanded that the hidden assailants be handed over.

• Qin Shaofeng returned to Xian Xiaoying and Xian Mengyao after killing the Moon-Howling Wolf King and boasted that he had slain the wolves with ease.
• A young master pointed out the dead Shuiyue Mountain disciples, and Qin Shaofeng admitted that he had killed them for cursing at him.
• When the young master objected, Qin Shaofeng threatened him and advanced with killing intent.
• The young master's older brother urged Qin Shaofeng to follow the sect's rules, but Qin Shaofeng declared that anyone who did not understand him should be killed.
• Qin Shaofeng attacked the two brothers, but they and the other young masters vanished before his saber struck; he demanded that someone reveal where they had gone.

Qin Shaofeng threatened the young masters who had provoked him, but Xian Mengyao explained that Jun Simian had teleported them away. Outside the stele realm, Xian Wuhuan refused to shield the young masters from the consequences, leaving their elders to find a solution.

• Xian Mengyao told Qin Shaofeng that Jun Simian had teleported the young masters away, and Qin Shaofeng said Jun Simian would help him kill them.
• The people in the stele realm suspected Qin Shaofeng was the disciple of an Eternal Expert and quietly avoided him.
• The young masters appeared before Jun Simian and Xian Wuhuan and demanded that they uphold justice against Qin Shaofeng.
• Xian Wuhuan reminded the young masters that they had provoked Qin Shaofeng and said he could not guarantee their safety if Qin Shaofeng refused to let the matter go.
• An elder questioned why Qin Shaofeng needed an explanation, and Xian Wuhuan replied that he and Jun Simian would not be the villains.

Xian Wuhuan declared that those who had endangered Shuiyue Mountain would be punished, while Qin Shaofeng’s master made two powerful elders realize the danger of targeting him. The elders left to investigate and eliminate anyone in their families who might threaten Qin Shaofeng.

• Xian Wuhuan told the elders to handle those who had offended Zi Xiaoyao and vowed to personally punish anyone who had tried to destroy Shuiyue Mountain.
• Xian Wuhuan accused someone of deliberately using the Marrow Sucking Vine and Howling Moon Wolf Pack to kill Qin Shaofeng, then left to investigate.
• Two old men watched Qin Shaofeng use Yellow Springs Road and realized he was the disciple of an Eternal Expert.
• Fourth Brother and Second Brother decided to return and deal with anyone in their families who had shown hostility toward Qin Shaofeng.

After the Monument Realm closed, Qin Shaofeng discovered that observing the severed plane had earned him 37 million small-world experience points. Back at Shuiyue Mountain, elders sealed the plaza and summoned Qin Shaofeng and the Mountain Lord’s family to a platform to address the Monument Realm incident.

• Qin Shaofeng slaughtered the Monument Realm’s beasts, then spent his remaining time observing the severed plane.
• As the Monument Realm closed, Qin Shaofeng gained another burst of insight and returned to Shuiyue Mountain with 37 million small-world experience points.
• Qin Shaofeng saw the frightened young men who had offended him, and two of them begged him for mercy.
• The previous generation’s Fifth Elder arrived, ordered the other disciples away, and silenced the two young men who called him grandfather.
• Four elders sealed the plaza, and Xian Zhui invited Qin Shaofeng, the Mountain Lord, his wife, and Ying'er onto a platform to explain the Monument Realm incident.

Shuiyue Mountain’s elders and Patriarch sealed the mountain and gathered their strongest figures after the former Great Elder promised Qin Shaofeng an explanation. Shuiyue Old Demon arrived as well, and the Great Elder began exposing misconduct by his descendants, leaving the crowd to wonder whether Qin Shaofeng was an Eternal Expert’s successor.

• The former Great Elder said he would explain Shuiyue Mountain’s actions to Qin Shaofeng, and the Patriarch arrived with two elders.
• An elder activated Shuiyue Mountain’s Mountain Protection Formation and ordered every elder to gather at Central Peak Plaza.
• Jun Simian brought Qin Shaofeng and Xian Xiaoying onto the platform as Shuiyue Old Demon appeared in black mist.
• More than a hundred powerful experts assembled, leaving Qin Shaofeng alarmed by the scale of the gathering.
• An elder displayed a cave residence filled with corpses and another corpse, and the former Great Elder condemned his descendants for disregarding the sect rules.

The Fifth Ancestor publicly exposed Shuiyue Mountain’s elders’ crimes and sentenced Second Elder Xian Ning for his long record of wrongdoing, including the massacre of the Qi Family. The hearing also revealed an attempt on Zi Xiaoyao’s life, while Qin Shaofeng’s identity remained concealed.

• The previous generation Fifth Elder listed Great Elder Xian Shu’s past violations and ordered him to retain his position while contributing ten million merits within a hundred years.
• The Fifth Ancestor accused Second Elder Xian Ning of plotting to seize the Mountain Lord’s position and massacring more than 1.33 million members of the Qi Family.
• The Fifth Ancestor continued listing Xian Ning’s crimes, and Qin Shaofeng, Xian Wuhuan, Jun Simian, and Xian Xiaoying felt relief that Qin Shaofeng’s identity was not being exposed.
• The Fifth Ancestor accused Xian Ning of arranging an attempt to kill Zi Xiaoyao through an Evil Cultivator and prepared vicious beasts.
• Xian Ning admitted the charges, and the Fifth Ancestor ordered his cultivation crippled, his imprisonment in the Eighteen Hells of Nine Nether for two years, and his execution afterward.

The Fifth Ancestor purged Shuiyue Mountain’s corrupt leadership, executing thousands while imposing regular investigations to prevent future abuses. After the executions, Xian Xiaoying reflected on the power Qin Shaofeng possessed and wondered whether strength could let her choose whom to marry.

• The Fifth Ancestor sentenced more than seventeen thousand Shuiyue Mountain officials and experts, including over nine thousand to death, after listing their crimes.
• The four ancestors executed the condemned, and the Shuiyue Mountain ancestor warned the survivors that the elders would investigate the mountain every hundred years.
• Jun Simian asked Qin Shaofeng whether he still wanted two brothers killed, but he fled in disgust before answering.
• Xian Xiaoying said that Qin Shaofeng’s strength had forced the old fellows to bow their heads and asked whether becoming an Eternal Expert would let her marry whom she wanted.
• Jun Simian told Xian Xiaoying that even Sage Realm strength would keep others from dictating her marriage.

After the events at the stele realm, Qin Shaofeng panicked over the danger posed by his tangled identities and asked Jun Simian to send him away. Jun Simian gave him a plan to lie low in the Ruthless Star Mansion for three years and return to the sect under a new identity.

• Xian Xiaoying left, resolved to cultivate diligently, while Jun Simian and Xian Wuhuan discussed the risks surrounding Xiaoyao's identity.
• Qin Shaofeng returned to his room and feared that his connections to powerful figures and his false identity would expose him to the Starry Sky Sacred Hall.
• Jun Simian entered Qin Shaofeng's room and heard him ask to be sent to a Barbaric Continent so he could hide and cultivate.
• Jun Simian gave Qin Shaofeng a Ruthless Star Mansion Entry Token that would let him lie low for three years before returning as a Rogue Cultivator.
• Jun Simian handed Qin Shaofeng a ring containing supplies and her insights, and urged him to study them and gain experience in the Star Mansion.

Qin Shaofeng examined Jun Simian’s supplies and studied her handwritten guide before she gathered his escorts and took him and Xian Xiaoying toward Ruthless Star Mansion. After three days of flight through the starry sky, they were still far from their destination.

• Qin Shaofeng inspected the supplies Jun Simian had left him and concluded that Ruthless Star Mansion was likely a training ground.
• Qin Shaofeng spent more than half a day reading Jun Simian’s handwritten guide about the Starry Sky World.
• Jun Simian introduced Ding Yuxin and Jun Sisi as their protectors, and Jun Sisi revealed his original form as a powerful Golden Monkey.
• Jun Simian brought Qin Shaofeng, Xian Xiaoying, Ding Yuxin, and Jun Sisi aboard her blood-red silk scarf and set off for Ruthless Star Mansion.
• Qin Shaofeng slept for three days as the group flew through the starry sky, and he awoke to find the others resting while their journey continued.

Qin Shaofeng and his companions passed through the Gate of Lightning and entered a strange grassland world where overwhelming gravity made movement difficult. Qin Shaofeng began using the heavy equipment Luo Yan had given him to train, and Jun Sisi encouraged the others to do the same.

• Jun Simian warned Qin Shaofeng and the others that the Gate of Lightning could blind them, then waited for their return before they entered Ruthless Star Mansion.
• After crossing the Gate of Lightning, Qin Shaofeng, Ding Yuxin, Xian Xiaoying, and Jun Sisi found themselves on a hot grassland under crushing gravity.
• Ding Yuxin identified the place as a higher-level world comparable to the nightmare-level Barbaric Continent, while Qin Shaofeng declared that it could help him cultivate.
• Qin Shaofeng took out Luo Yan's heavy armor and other equipment, but found he could not move in the armor and settled for wearing two iron wrist rings.
• Jun Sisi agreed that the gravity offered a rare chance to train, prompting Ding Yuxin to choose equipment while Xian Xiaoying remained unable to move beyond standing steadily.

Qin Shaofeng and the others endured months of weighted training before spotting an oasis, where dangerous beasts clashed over the lake. As the group prepared to approach, Qin Shaofeng warned that the oasis might contain the dangers of Ruthless Star Mansion.

• Qin Shaofeng and the others repeatedly rested, studied their booklets, ate, and continued walking under the burden of heavy iron implements.
• At the oasis, a gray bear tried to drink from the lake, but a Two-tailed Fish startled it and a Golden-striped Horse struck the fish with lightning, leaving it grilled.
• The angered Golden-striped Horses galloped away from the oasis after the disturbance.
• More than half an hour later, Qin Shaofeng, Ding Yuxin, another young woman, and a Golden Monkey reached the area and spotted the oasis.
• The young woman and Ding Yuxin welcomed the prospect of bathing, but Qin Shaofeng told the group to rest first and warned that the oasis might hold dangers.

Qin Shaofeng sensed danger near an oasis and discovered a charred two-headed fish, while Jun Sisi confirmed that a terrifying presence had recently been there. When Qin Shaofeng tried to lead everyone away, he saw a deadly storm blocking their path, but it vanished when he turned back, leaving him drenched in cold sweat.

• Ding Yuxin doubted Qin Shaofeng's caution until Jun Sisi shuddered and warned that the oasis held the lingering aura of something terrifying.
• Qin Shaofeng and Jun Sisi compared their impressions, describing a presence that seemed weak yet powerful enough to threaten them.
• Qin Shaofeng spotted a charred two-headed fish that Jun Sisi identified as having possessed at least Saint Realm cultivation before it died.
• Qin Shaofeng tried to hurry everyone away, but saw black storm clouds and a violent sandstorm blocking their way behind them.
• Qin Shaofeng turned around and found only clear skies and prairie, then broke into a cold sweat as the others questioned what he had seen.

Qin Shaofeng realized that looking back and thinking of retreat triggered a deadly black windstorm, so he led the group onward without turning around. Near the oasis, he chose caution over escape and began preparing a formation while sending Jun Sisi and Ding Yuxin to scout.

• Qin Shaofeng discovered that the black windstorm advanced whenever he considered retreating, and he ordered everyone to face forward and press on.
• Xian Xiaoying grabbed Qin Shaofeng's arm and demanded an explanation, but he told her to prepare herself and not ask questions.
• Jun Sisi warned Ding Yuxin not to act recklessly or interfere, and Ding Yuxin followed Qin Shaofeng and Xian Xiaoying toward the oasis.
• Qin Shaofeng found no immediate danger at the oasis but decided not to leave, then ordered Ding Yuxin to scout around it and Jun Sisi to inspect the forest.
• Qin Shaofeng took formation stones from his Space Ring and began setting up a formation between the forest and the lake as Jun Sisi and Ding Yuxin went to scout.

Qin Shaofeng and the others took shelter in his Defense Formation after a piranha shattered his saber and Jun Sisi fled from fierce tigers. Convinced the oasis was a dangerous formation or illusion, Qin Shaofeng hinted that they might need to enter the lake to escape it.

• Qin Shaofeng finished setting up a Defense Formation and went to inspect the clear lake, where a piranha struck and nearly destroyed his saber.
• Jun Sisi fled from two powerful tigers, and Qin Shaofeng carried Xian Xiaoying into the formation while Jun Sisi followed.
• Ding Yuxin warned that Black Wind storms surrounded the oasis and would kill them if they left.
• Qin Shaofeng suspected the grassland was an illusion or a great formation and told the women they would need courage to break through it.
• Xian Xiaoying asked whether they needed to enter the lake after noticing Qin Shaofeng watching it and the damaged saber.

Qin Shaofeng learned that he and his companions were on the first floor of the Ruthless Tower, a dangerous trial ground where even a fish had Primordial Chaos True Monarch-level strength. After noticing that the forest’s animals seemed to contradict the usual order of the food chain, he suspected their surroundings concealed a way to pass the trial.

• Qin Shaofeng warned Xian Xiaoying, Jun Sisi, and Ding Yuxin not to stare at the strange saber-shaped weapon, then explained that Burial Heaven had given it to him for comprehension.
• Eternal Burial Heaven appeared to identify the place as the first floor of the Ruthless Tower and told Qin Shaofeng to figure out how to escape for himself.
• Qin Shaofeng killed the Ruthless Fish with the strange weapon and learned from the system that it had been a real creature at the Primordial Chaos True Monarch Realm.
• Qin Shaofeng questioned Jun Sisi about the forest and realized that its rabbits and foxes living alongside tigers and black bears suggested something was wrong.

Qin Shaofeng and the others realized a powerful beast king might rule the dangerous lake, but Qin Shaofeng decided to force a way across before it returned. He used the Seven-Colored Exquisite Crown to provoke a Saint Realm squid, whose pressure threatened to break his defensive formation.

• Ding Yuxin asked Qin Shaofeng to explain the strange scene, but he admitted he did not know and told her to analyze the clues.
• Jun Sisi concluded that a powerful beast king must be suppressing the lake creatures and the ferocious beasts nearby.
• Qin Shaofeng decided the group could not wait for the beast king and sent the Seven-Colored Exquisite Crown over the lake.
• A Saint Realm squid leaped from the water and attacked the crown, but its tentacles melted under the crown's Seven Colors Light.
• The squid unleashed a crushing pressure that uprooted trees and made Qin Shaofeng's defensive formation flicker as it neared breaking.

Qin Shaofeng used the Seven-Colored Exquisite Crown’s Eternal aura to dissolve the squid, absorb it and the lake, and reveal the exit beneath. While he reinforced the crown’s seal, Lightning Patterned Colts appeared and trapped the group in the ruined oasis.

• Qin Shaofeng discovered that the Seven-Colored Exquisite Crown’s lingering Eternal aura could dissolve the Saint Realm squid, then collected the squid, lake water, and piranhas into the crown.
• Qin Shaofeng saw a great door at the bottom of the drained lake and hurried to seal the crown’s unstable Eternal Power.
• A dozen Lightning Patterned Colts appeared before Qin Shaofeng’s group as he focused on reinforcing the seal.
• Jun Sisi recognized the Lightning Patterned Colts and realized Qin Shaofeng’s actions had destroyed the peaceful oasis they were meant to inhabit.
• The Lightning Patterned Colts roared and unleashed lightning, while the Black Wind storm and a burst of plants sealed off the group’s escape routes.

While Qin Shaofeng focused on sealing the lake, the Lightning Patterned Colt King led its herd in unleashing a devastating black lightning attack against Xian Xiaoying, Jun Sisi, and Ding Yuxin. The group fought to hold it back with their talismans and shield, hoping Qin Shaofeng would finish sealing the piranhas before the colts attacked again.

• Qin Shaofeng continued using Eternal Power to seal the lake, unaware of the upheaval outside.
• The Lightning Patterned Colt King roared, and more than a dozen Lightning Patterned Colts combined their lightning patterns into a powerful bolt of black lightning.
• Xian Xiaoying urged Jun Sisi and Ding Yuxin to use their prepared talismans, and they unleashed attacks and defensive barriers against the approaching lightning.
• The black lightning tore through their attacks and destroyed nearby beasts, while Jun Sisi and Ding Yuxin feared their defenses would not hold.
• Xian Xiaoying raised a massive shield and reminded Jun Sisi and Ding Yuxin that Qin Shaofeng was still sealing the piranhas, restoring their hope that he could stop the colts.