Chapter Summaries

Jun Sisi, Ding Yuxin, and Xian Xiaoying struggled to survive repeated lightning attacks from the Lightning Patterned Colt King while Qin Shaofeng completed his task. Qin Shaofeng returned, diverted the final bolt with a Time-Space Distortion talisman, and captured the Lightning Patterned Colts with the Exquisite Pagoda.

• Jun Sisi, Ding Yuxin, and Xian Xiaoying used talismans, a Defense Formation, and a shield to block the Lightning Patterned Colts' first lightning strike, leaving Jun Sisi badly injured.
• The Lightning Patterned Colt King led another attack, and Jun Sisi again used the shield to protect the others after their defenses ran low.
• As the Lightning Patterned Colts prepared a third strike, Xian Xiaoying noticed that Qin Shaofeng had finished, and he returned to find the group in danger.
• Qin Shaofeng activated a silver Eternal Realm talisman and used Time-Space Distortion to draw the lightning bolt into a Spatial Rift.
• Qin Shaofeng summoned the Exquisite Pagoda and captured the dozen or so Lightning Patterned Colts beneath it.

Qin Shaofeng watched the Seven-Colored Exquisite Pagoda destroy the Lightning Patterned Colts and sent the tower into his small world, wary of its power. After finding a mysterious, spirit-rich stone at the bottom of the pit, he led the others through a stone door into a pitch-black passage.

• The Seven-Colored Exquisite Pagoda summoned phantoms that killed the Lightning Patterned Colts and left their lightning-pattern markings behind.
• Qin Shaofeng recalled the pagoda into his small world, deciding he no longer needed Seven-Colored's inheritance and would not risk trusting the tower.
• Qin Shaofeng and the others descended into the pit, where he dug up and stored a hard, spirit-rich stone near the remaining water stains.
• An unseen giant hand inside the Vast Void Starry Sky Realm took the stone as Qin Shaofeng approached the stone door with Xian Xiaoying and the others.
• Qin Shaofeng opened the stone door and led the group into a passage so dark they could not see, though he could feel its walls on either side.

In the Ruthless Tower’s first-level chamber, Qin Shaofeng learned from Xue Ji that Divine Runes were an ancient cultivation path and that the hexagonal Space Divine Rune could support his Starry Sky abilities. He chose to study it with Xian Xiaoying and the others before leaving the chamber.

• Qin Shaofeng and the women entered a circular chamber where Jun Sisi recognized diagrams as Divine Runes from the Ruthless Dynasty.
• Xue Ji contacted Qin Shaofeng, borrowed his Spiritual Earth, and explained that Divine Runes came from the late Moon Worship Dynasty and represented a separate cultivation path.
• Xue Ji identified the chamber’s hexagonal rune as a Space Divine Rune and advised Qin Shaofeng to study it only as an auxiliary to his Starry Sky abilities.
• Xue Ji taught Qin Shaofeng a seven-level physical-body Divine Rune and told him the Ruthless Dynasty guarded the first five levels as a secret.
• Qin Shaofeng told Xian Xiaoying that they should stay and study the rune, surprising her, Jun Sisi, and Ding Yuxin.

After leaving the Ruthless Tower, Qin Shaofeng and his companions found a bustling city where the ruined Ruthless Star Mansion should have been. Unable to make sense of their surroundings, Qin Shaofeng sent the others away so he could consult Ghost Face, while Xian Xiaoying kept Ding Yuxin and Jun Sisi from spying on him.

• Qin Shaofeng, Ding Yuxin, Jun Sisi, and the Golden Monkey left the Ruthless Tower after failing to make progress with divine inscriptions.
• The group emerged into a thriving city despite expecting to find ruins, then reached a poorer district where occasional fights broke out.
• Ding Yuxin asked Qin Shaofeng whether they were truly in Ruthless Star Mansion, and he admitted he had no explanation for the strange city.
• Qin Shaofeng asked the others to leave so he could use a private divine ability, then went behind a building and called Ghost Face through his sea of consciousness.
• Xian Xiaoying blocked Ding Yuxin and the Golden Monkey's Spiritual Sense probes, saying she would keep watch on Qin Shaofeng herself.

Gui Yan chastised Qin Shaofeng for overestimating his importance and explained that he was being used as cannon fodder in conflicts among powerful figures. She warned him about Eternal Burial Heaven, revealed Aunt Jun’s likely ties to the Ruthless Dynasty, and urged him to preserve his hidden trump cards and learn divine inscriptions.

• Gui Yan scolded Qin Shaofeng for relying on his connections and confronting powerful enemies as though he were invincible.
• Gui Yan explained that she had been recovering and had asked her elder brother to find Qin Shaofeng a way out after he offended Huo Gude.
• Qin Shaofeng realized Eternal Burial Heaven had been using him as cannon fodder in a struggle against a Starry Sky Sacred Hall Elder.
• Gui Yan warned Qin Shaofeng that Eternal Luohu could be trusted because of Luo Yan, but Eternal Burial Heaven could not be allowed to learn that Qin Shaofeng understood his plans.
• Gui Yan told Qin Shaofeng that Aunt Jun was likely a high-ranking member of the Ruthless Dynasty and urged him to learn its divine inscriptions.
• Gui Yan revealed that Azure Sky Snow had awakened but remained asleep, and told Qin Shaofeng to keep her hidden if Poison Immortal’s cultivation came near her.

After learning from Gui Yan how enormous the gap was between Heaven and Earth Envoys, Primordial Chaos True Monarchs, and Eternal Experts, Qin Shaofeng returned to the inn with Xian Xiaoying, Ding Yuxin, and Jun Sisi. He secretly entered Xian Xiaoying’s room to discuss what he had learned, but surprised her as she came out of the bathroom.

• Qin Shaofeng reflected on Gui Yan’s explanation and realized how little his cultivation compared with the Starry Sky World’s strongest experts.
• Qin Shaofeng returned to the bustling district with Xian Xiaoying, Ding Yuxin, and Jun Sisi, exchanged spiritual herbs for Ruthless Marks, and booked four rooms at an inn.
• Qin Shaofeng told Xian Xiaoying to leave her door unlocked, and she mistakenly thought he wanted to be intimate with her.
• After bathing and changing, Qin Shaofeng slipped into Xian Xiaoying’s room to speak with her privately.
• Qin Shaofeng entered the bedroom just as Xian Xiaoying came out of the bathroom, startling them both.

Qin Shaofeng and Xian Xiaoying became intimate after he unexpectedly found her, then discussed the dangers surrounding him and how he might survive them. Xian Xiaoying’s advice helped Qin Shaofeng see possible opportunities in Jun Simian, the Xia Dynasty remnants, and the Ruthless Dynasty.

• Qin Shaofeng tried to explain himself to Xian Xiaoying, but she said she had already prepared herself and belonged to him.
• Guiyan urged Qin Shaofeng to accept Xian Xiaoying’s feelings, and they spent several hours together.
• Xian Xiaoying asked whether Qin Shaofeng regretted taking her, and he told her about the dangers and pressures he faced.
• Xian Xiaoying advised Qin Shaofeng to focus on improving his cultivation and consider whether her mother intended to help him.
• Qin Shaofeng realized that Jun Simian, the Xia Dynasty remnants, and the Ruthless Dynasty could offer him opportunities, then embraced Xian Xiaoying again.

After resting, Ding Yuxin and Jun Sisi discovered Qin Shaofeng was missing from his room and feared something had happened. They found him with Xian Xiaoying, who concealed that they had spent the night together, while Jun Sisi began to suspect the truth.

• Ding Yuxin and Jun Sisi emerged after resting and found Qin Shaofeng's room empty, with signs he had washed and changed but had not slept there.
• Ding Yuxin knocked on Xian Xiaoying's door and called to her, waking Xian Xiaoying and Qin Shaofeng, who were together in bed.
• Qin Shaofeng dressed, arranged his papers in the sitting room, and told Xian Xiaoying to say she would come out shortly.
• Ding Yuxin and Jun Sisi entered and saw Qin Shaofeng apparently absorbed in research while Xian Xiaoying looked exhausted.
• Xian Xiaoying said Qin Shaofeng had too much energy for her to keep company, and Jun Sisi grew suspicious from her reactions and scent.

Jun Sisi realized that Jun Simian had anticipated the relationship between Xian Xiaoying and Qin Shaofeng and had ordered him to protect them during their journey. After Jun Sisi left to gather information, Qin Shaofeng and Xian Xiaoying discussed Jun Simian’s possible knowledge of his identity and focused on learning about the region.

• Jun Sisi recalled Jun Simian's instructions to protect Xian Xiaoying and Zi Xiaoyao, and to bring Xian Xiaoying home if Zi Xiaoyao died.
• Jun Sisi noticed signs of intimacy between Xian Xiaoying and Qin Shaofeng and concluded that Jun Simian had permitted their relationship.
• Jun Sisi asked Qin Shaofeng what they should do next, and Qin Shaofeng sent him to investigate the region and obtain a map of its territories and forces.
• Xian Xiaoying worried that Jun Sisi had discovered what happened between them, and Qin Shaofeng explained that Jun Sisi likely already knew.
• Qin Shaofeng and Xian Xiaoying agreed to learn about the region before deciding how to cultivate and develop there.

Jun Sisi explained the Ruthless Dynasty’s origins, regions, races, and strict rules to Qin Shaofeng. After learning how the dynasty controlled conflict and accepted a high death toll, Qin Shaofeng considered establishing a faction there.

• Jun Sisi explained that the Ruthless Dynasty’s last experts had joined forces with three World Lords to refine the imperial continent into a hidden small world.
• Jun Sisi described the Ruthless Realm and the three powerful territories: the Divine Realm, the Nether Race’s lands, and the Demonic Cultivation Territory.
• Jun Sisi explained that the Ruthless Dynasty allowed different races and factions but forbade faction wars without its approval.
• Jun Sisi told Qin Shaofeng that the dynasty’s dangerous wilderness and treasure lands caused annual deaths to exceed births.
• Qin Shaofeng considered establishing a faction in the Ruthless Dynasty.

Qin Shaofeng decided to leave the city with Xian Xiaoying, Ding Yuxin, and Jun Sisi to establish their own faction in the dangerous wilderness. After gathering supplies and formations, they set out and immediately witnessed a ferocious beast devour a horned beastman.

• Qin Shaofeng rejected the three women's warnings and insisted that they would establish a faction outside the city.
• Qin Shaofeng prepared a year's worth of food and acquired three powerful formations by trading spiritual herbs.
• Xian Xiaoying, Ding Yuxin, and Jun Sisi joined Qin Shaofeng, and the four chose a nearby location and set out after lunch.
• Qin Shaofeng and the others saw a tiger-like ferocious beast swallow a horned beastman a few li from the city.
• The tiger-like ferocious beast turned its attention toward Qin Shaofeng and his companions.

Qin Shaofeng led Xian Xiaoying, Jun Sisi, and Ding Yuxin into the dangerous wilderness beyond the city, where he killed an Azure String Tiger and earned Starry Sky Value. As they neared a mountain range in the rain, a convoy of three war chariots arrived, and a purple-clad young master fixed his leering attention on Xian Xiaoying and Ding Yuxin.

• Qin Shaofeng heard the system announce that he had slain a seventh-tier, three-striped Azure String Tiger and gained 200,000 Starry Sky Value.
• Qin Shaofeng led Xian Xiaoying, Jun Sisi, and Ding Yuxin through the grasslands, where they fought off low-level beasts and encountered a mid-stage Primordial Chaos True Monarch giant python.
• Qin Shaofeng reassured the group as rain began falling and they approached the mountain range.
• Qin Shaofeng told the others to hide when three war chariots approached, but the convoy reached them before they could conceal themselves.
• A purple-clad young master stepped from the central chariot and stared eagerly at Xian Xiaoying and Ding Yuxin.

Qin Shaofeng and his companions were confronted in the wilderness by Ya Youyou, a lecherous young master traveling with three chariots. As Ya Youyou threatened them over the two women, Qin Shaofeng challenged him, prepared to use Li Naling’s power if necessary.

• Xian Xiaoying and Ding Yuxin worried that Ya Youyou’s group contained powerful experts and regretted not hiding their beauty and presence.
• Ya Youyou noticed Jun Sisi was a tamed primate fierce beast and questioned the group about their origins and lack of guards.
• Ya Youyou grew jealous when Xian Xiaoying moved toward Qin Shaofeng, and Ding Yuxin offered to hold off their attackers so Qin Shaofeng could escape with Xian Xiaoying.
• Qin Shaofeng recalled that Li Naling could now make a few powerful attacks and had been told not to enter closed-door cultivation before he settled the nest.
• Qin Shaofeng confronted Ya Youyou, claiming the women as his and threatening to kill the group and take their chariots.

Ya Youyou invited Qin Shaofeng and his companions onto his chariot while trying to work out who Qin Shaofeng was. Qin Shaofeng gave the name Zi Xiaoyao, and Ya Youyou warned him that other lecherous young masters were nearby.

• An aged voice warned Ya Youyou that Qin Shaofeng and his companions were suspicious, but Ya Youyou offered them a ride anyway.
• Qin Shaofeng accepted the invitation and secretly told Li Naling to prepare for a possible trap.
• Jun Sisi persuaded Xian Xiaoying and Ding Yuxin to board the chariot, believing Qin Shaofeng’s reputation would deter Ya Youyou from harming them.
• Qin Shaofeng drank Ya Youyou’s fruit wine and called the Ruthless Continent damned, prompting Ya Youyou to suspect he came from the Divine Realm.
• Qin Shaofeng gave Ya Youyou the name Zi Xiaoyao and demanded more wine, and Ya Youyou warned him that three nearby factions had lecherous young masters.

Qin Shaofeng intimidated Ya Youyou into treating him like a powerful patron, then ordered him to bring over three rival faction leaders who had been shouting about the women in the war chariot. He released Sage Realm pressure through the Ghost Mansion and suppressed their groups.

• Qin Shaofeng asked about White Cliff Mountain’s strength, and Ya Youyou explained that it had seven Venerables but no Sage.
• Ya Youyou offered Qin Shaofeng a One-Pattern Vermilion Fruit, then peeled an ordinary fruit for him when Qin ignored the gift.
• Du Chen, Jiao Xiaotian, and Lan Kai shouted outside the war chariot and argued over the women inside.
• Qin Shaofeng ordered Ya Youyou to stop the chariot and bring the three men over.
• Dozens of people from the three groups flew out, and Qin Shaofeng used the Ghost Mansion to unleash Sage Realm pressure and suppress them.

Qin Shaofeng forced three young masters to punish themselves after they threatened his woman, while Ya Youyou eagerly tried to win his favor. The chapter ended with Ya Youyou claiming Jiao Xiaotian offered him Hundred Fresh Fruits out of admiration, and Qin Shaofeng pressed Jiao Xiaotian to confirm it.

• Ya Youyou ordered Elder Long and Elder Kong to seize the six Venerables, but they surrendered and Qin Shaofeng allowed only Du Chen, Jiao Xiaotian, and Lan Kai into the chariot.
• Qin Shaofeng ordered the three young masters to slap themselves, and they obeyed until he dismissed them.
• Ya Youyou suggested Jiao Xiaotian offer Qin Shaofeng some Hundred Fresh Fruits, and Jiao Xiaotian went to fetch them.
• Qin Shaofeng objected to being treated as someone who bullied others for gifts, so Ya Youyou claimed Jiao Xiaotian offered the fruits willingly out of admiration.
• Qin Shaofeng fixed Jiao Xiaotian with a threatening look and asked whether he truly admired him.

Qin Shaofeng used his Sage Realm aura and threats to make Jiao Xiaotian offer him four Hundred Fresh Fruits, then let both Jiao Xiaotian and Ya Youyou compete to curry favor with him. Jiao Xiaotian invited Qin Shaofeng to White Snake Hollow and offered him a map, an identity plaque, and his superior war chariot.

• Jiao Xiaotian agreed to give Qin Shaofeng four Hundred Fresh Fruits and knelt to beg him to accept them.
• Qin Shaofeng accepted the fruits, and Jun Sisi and the others marveled at how easily he had made the small-faction leaders submit.
• Jiao Xiaotian offered to escort Qin Shaofeng, but Ya Youyou argued that his own war chariot was fast enough and told Jiao Xiaotian to leave.
• Jiao Xiaotian invited Qin Shaofeng to visit White Snake Hollow when its three Hundred Fresh Fruit trees ripened and gave him a map and an identity plaque.
• Jiao Xiaotian offered Qin Shaofeng his war chariot as a convenient way to travel, while Ya Youyou insisted Qin Shaofeng should use his own chariot instead.

Qin Shaofeng chose Jiao Xiaotian’s Flood Dragon War Chariot over Ya Youyou’s, then accepted Ya Youyou’s ring-shaped jade pendant containing the first pattern of the Body Refining Divine Pattern. He left the convoy with a valuable opportunity and the risk of attracting the Ruthless Dynasty’s attention.

• Qin Shaofeng ended Jiao Xiaotian and Ya Youyou’s argument and ordered the Flood Dragon War Chariot to join the convoy.
• Jiao Xiaotian thanked Qin Shaofeng and left, while Ya Youyou worried about how to offer him a suitable gift.
• Ya Youyou presented a ring-shaped jade pendant and explained that it sealed the first pattern of the Body Refining Divine Pattern, a forbidden treasure of the Ruthless Dynasty.
• Ya Youyou knelt and asked Qin Shaofeng to take the pendant to spare White Cliff Mountain from danger.
• Qin Shaofeng accepted the jade pendant, deciding its benefits outweighed the risk of the Ruthless Dynasty pursuing him.

Qin Shaofeng and his companions established a concealed cultivation cave in the Ruthless Continent, where he considered his next steps and decided to focus on raising his cultivation. He leveled up twice to Starry Sky Envoy Rank Nine, but his character panel quickly dampened his joy.

• Qin Shaofeng left Ya Youyou’s convoy with his companions and traveled by Flood Dragon Flying Boat to a secluded mountain hollow.
• Qin Shaofeng set up three layers of formations to conceal and defend their hideout, then the four companions dug out a cave abode and furnished its rooms.
• After several days, Jun Sisi and Ding Yuxin began extended seclusion while Qin Shaofeng studied the ring-shaped jade pendant and weighed his next move.
• Qin Shaofeng decided to prioritize cultivation and raise his realm at least to peak Primordial Chaos True Monarch.
• Qin Shaofeng leveled up twice to Starry Sky Envoy Rank Nine, then looked at his character panel and turned ashen.

Qin Shaofeng used the system to absorb the Body Refining Divine Pattern from a ring-shaped jade pendant, but the process subjected his left arm to unbearable destruction and rebirth. Xian Xiaoying heard his groans and rushed into his room, finding him suffering through the process.

• Qin Shaofeng realized he needed to unseal the divine pattern inside the ring-shaped jade pendant and poured Origin Power into it until the pendant cracked apart.
• The golden divine pattern emerged, and Qin Shaofeng used the system to absorb it at the cost of nearly twenty-five million Starry Sky Value.
• The divine pattern branded itself onto Qin Shaofeng's left hand, repeatedly destroying and regrowing his arm while strengthening it and causing him intense pain.
• Xian Xiaoying heard Qin Shaofeng's low growls, rushed into his bedroom, and found him sitting amid blood and sweat as his left arm collapsed and healed.