Chapter Summaries

Qin Shaofeng swiftly killed Zhang Cheng, Song Yunlong, and their subordinates, then turned toward Lin Yihan's group as He Shaotian pushed them to the brink. Lin Yihan and Hong Kun were still alive, but badly injured, and Lin Yihan could barely keep fighting.

• Qin Shaofeng used Tsukuyomi to kill five of Zhang Cheng and Song Yunlong's subordinates, though it failed to incapacitate the two Divine Sons.
• Qin Shaofeng broke through Zhang Cheng's Origin Armor with five dagger strikes and killed him with the Feather Blade.
• Song Yunlong fled, but Qin Shaofeng struck him down with a massive Raikiri Greatsword.
• He Shaotian killed Lin Yihan's two Lin Family companions and gravely injured Hong Kun and Lin Yihan while Qin Shaofeng fought the Divine Sons.
• Qin Shaofeng looked toward Lin Yihan's group and saw that Lin Yihan was near collapse, with his left arm nearly crippled and his secret technique's backlash still to come.

Qin Shaofeng saved Lin Yihan and Hong Kun, then confronted He Shaotian, who revealed a half-step Domain and his hidden strength. Qin Shaofeng answered with a true Lightning Prison Domain that began tearing He Shaotian’s Domain apart.

• He Shaotian nearly killed the helpless Lin Yihan, but Qin Shaofeng intervened and knocked him back.
• Qin Shaofeng gave Lin Yihan and Hong Kun special sixth-grade Ninefold Spirit Pills, allowing them to recover enough to survive.
• Qin Shaofeng and He Shaotian exchanged attacks, and He Shaotian unleashed an immense Origin Power field that destroyed Qin Shaofeng’s Lightning Dragon.
• He Shaotian revealed his concealed strength and half-step Domain, with an Origin Power Value exceeding forty billion.
• Qin Shaofeng summoned his Lightning Prison Domain, which began forcibly tearing apart He Shaotian’s Domain.

Qin Shaofeng battered He Shaotian’s half-finished domain until He Shaotian swallowed a Super Grade Spirit Crystal and attempted a desperate breakthrough into the Saint Realm. Qin Shaofeng fled with Lin Yihan and Hong Kun, but a distant spiritual-energy blast confirmed that He Shaotian had succeeded.

• Qin Shaofeng used Lightning Prison to break through He Shaotian’s domain and repeatedly struck his defenses with Thousand Mountain Fist.
• As He Shaotian’s domain power dwindled, he swallowed the Super Grade Spirit Crystal and began forcing his way into the Saint Realm.
• Qin Shaofeng sensed He Shaotian’s rapidly rising aura, grabbed Lin Yihan and the unconscious Hong Kun, and fled.
• Lin Yihan recognized He Shaotian’s aura reaching the Saint Realm, and a distant blast confirmed He Shaotian’s breakthrough had succeeded.

Qin Shaofeng survived He Shaotian’s strongest wind blade by using Kamui Phasing, then was trapped when He Shaotian unleashed a true Saint Realm Domain. Qin Shaofeng countered with Demon King’s Power and Lightning Release: Thunder Prison, tearing apart the domain and leaving He Shaotian in disbelief as Qin Shaofeng attacked him.

• He Shaotian’s wind blade shattered Qin Shaofeng’s Susanoo and its Illusion Clones, but Qin Shaofeng survived by phasing with Kamui.
• Qin Shaofeng realized He Shaotian’s Saint Realm attack had destabilized his Kamui space and shortened his remaining Phasing time.
• He Shaotian expanded a true Saint Realm Domain across a thousand meters, forcing Qin Shaofeng out of Phasing and pinning him with crushing pressure.
• He Shaotian formed three wind blades and sent them toward Qin Shaofeng, but Qin Shaofeng unleashed Demon King’s Power and Lightning Release: Thunder Prison.
• Qin Shaofeng’s Thunder Prison tore apart He Shaotian’s domain and blasted away the wind blades, while He Shaotian insisted the result was an illusion.
• Qin Shaofeng flicked his Feather Blade and hurled a Little Li Flying Dagger at He Shaotian.

Qin Shaofeng killed He Shaotian but was left badly injured, and reinforcements arrived just as Spirit Beasts threatened him, Lin Yihan, and Hong Kun. On the final day of the Trial of Spirits, Qin Shaofeng hunted down the He, Song, and Zhang Families before the trial ended.

• Qin Shaofeng killed He Shaotian, looted his belongings, and joined the severely injured Lin Yihan and unconscious Hong Kun to recover.
• A horde of Spirit Beasts led by a Super-grade Spirit Beast approached, but Geng Qiutong, the Little Princess, Du Meng, Xiang Qianqian, and Tiger Lord arrived and wiped them out.
• Geng Qiutong and the others told Qin Shaofeng they had advanced to the Saint Origin Realm Tenth Layer, and he later searched for another Super Grade Spirit Crystal with Geng Qiutong, the Little Princess, Little Fox, and Tiger Lord.
• After finding no second Super-grade Spirit Beast, Qin Shaofeng ambushed and killed the He Family members and members of the Song and Zhang Families he encountered.
• The Trial of Spirits ended with the He, Song, and Zhang Families wiped out and fewer losses among the other factions than usual.

After the Trial of Spirits, Qin Shaofeng refined Seven Grade Ninefold Spirit Pills and helped his companions advance into the Saint Realm while the He and Song Families plotted to take revenge on the Lin Family. Nearly a month later, Qin Shaofeng learned that the Mansion Lord had summoned the surviving divine sons and other experts to cultivate in the Nine Cloud Continent’s strongest Fortune Array, leaving him suspicious of the purpose.

• He Baicheng and Song Changyuan blamed the Lin Family for their Families’ losses but postponed retaliation until after the envoy departed.
• Qin Shaofeng refused requests to sell his Spirit Crystals, refined Seven Grade Ninefold Spirit Pills, and gave them to Geng Qiutong, the Little Princess, the Little Fox, and Tiger Lord so they could break through into the Saint Realm.
• The master of Heavenly Pride Gate summoned Qin Shaofeng and other experts to a cultivation site, where Qin Shaofeng found Jun Yunxuan, Jun Yunchen, and Yao Jian had all reached the Saint Realm.
• The master of Heavenly Pride Gate announced that the Mansion Lord would activate the Nine Cloud Continent’s strongest Fortune Array to help the group cultivate before they left the continent.
• Qin Shaofeng questioned why Lord Nine Cloud would risk using the continent-wide Fortune Array for their cultivation.

Qin Shaofeng cultivated in the Divine Prefecture’s Fortune Array, raising his Fortune Origin Crystal to Level 3 and Thousand Mountain Fist to Level 6. As he continued quietly gathering qi luck, a figure in black mist watched him and Yao Jian, noticing the false sign of advancement caused by Qin Shaofeng’s upgrade.

• Qin Shaofeng absorbed qi luck in the Fortune Array for a month and raised his Fortune Origin Crystal to Level 3.
• Qin Shaofeng recycled his mortal-grade skills and spent the resulting Skill Proficiency to raise Thousand Mountain Fist to Level 6.
• Qin Shaofeng resumed quietly collecting qi luck while others advanced; the Jun Family brothers reached the Fourth or Fifth Tier of the Low-level Saint Realm, and Yao Jian struggled against an unknown aura.
• A figure in black mist watched Yao Jian and revealed that it wanted to obtain the sword intent in his heart.
• The figure in black mist observed Qin Shaofeng and noticed his aura’s apparent advancement when the Fortune Origin Crystal reached Level 3.

A sinister figure in the black mist suspected Qin Shaofeng had inherited a powerful expert’s legacy and sent an evil force to seize him. Trapped in an overwhelming domain that shattered his Divine Might space, Qin Shaofeng boosted his power but remained barely able to move.

• The figure in the black mist sensed Qin Shaofeng’s cultivation method advancing and concluded he might have inherited the ancient expert’s legacy.
• The figure sent a sinister, invisible force through the Fortune Array space toward Qin Shaofeng.
• Qin Shaofeng sensed danger, but the force surrounded and immobilized him, then dispersed his Lightning Prison.
• Qin Shaofeng tried to escape using Divine Might Phasing, but the force expelled him and shattered his Divine Might space, temporarily disabling his Sharingan.
• Qin Shaofeng activated fivefold King Kai’s Fist and the Demon King’s Forbidden Hand, reaching the Saint Realm and regaining only slight movement.

Qin Shaofeng used Lightning Prison and his Demon King Set skills to resist the force trapping him in the Fortune Array, but he could not escape. Nine Cloud Lord revealed himself and sent a beam of Mental Power into Qin Shaofeng's consciousness to possess his soul.

• Qin Shaofeng swallowed his last Origin Power Fruit and used Lightning Prison to break free from the force long enough to flee toward the Fortune Array entrance.
• Nine Cloud Lord intensified his domain, suppressing Lightning Prison and preventing Qin Shaofeng from escaping even after he empowered it with Demon King's Power.
• Qin Shaofeng launched over a hundred attacks, but they vanished in the domain, and he was once again immobilized.
• Nine Cloud Lord appeared from the black mist, and Qin Shaofeng identified him as the master of the Divine Mansion and the Nine Cloud Continent.
• Nine Cloud Lord said Qin Shaofeng was the inheritor of a powerful expert and sent a beam of Mental Power into his consciousness to devour it.

Nine Cloud Lord tried to devour Qin Shaofeng’s soul and take over his body, but Old Man Alchemist’s Inheritance Mark could only delay him before its power ran out. As Qin Shaofeng began to disappear, a familiar woman’s purple light awakened his soul, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Qin Shaofeng realized Nine Cloud Lord was trying to possess him, but Qiuqiu could not answer his desperate calls.
• Old Man Alchemist’s Inheritance Mark shattered more than a dozen of Nine Cloud Lord’s attacks before its power was exhausted.
• Nine Cloud Lord began devouring Qin Shaofeng’s soul, then decided to take his body after discovering his special dark-and-lightning spiritual-root physique.
• Nine Cloud Lord transferred his soul and Saint Origin Power into Qin Shaofeng as Qin Shaofeng lost consciousness and began to vanish.
• Qiuqiu watched helplessly from the sealed Origin World Space until a purple light awakened and restored Qin Shaofeng’s soul, revealing a familiar graceful figure.

Gong Qingzi awakened just as Nine Cloud Lord was devouring Qin Shaofeng’s soul and turned the possession attempt against him. After absorbing Nine Cloud Lord’s power and most of his Soul Power, she left him alive at Qin Shaofeng’s request.

• Gong Qingzi awakened, restored Qin Shaofeng’s nearly destroyed soul, and began absorbing the Saint Origin Power Nine Cloud Lord had poured into his body.
• Nine Cloud Lord lost control of his Saint Origin Power and discovered his right hand was stuck to Qin Shaofeng’s forehead.
• After Nine Cloud Lord’s Saint Origin Power was drained, Gong Qingzi’s suction began absorbing the power within his body, while her light absorbed his attacks.
• Gong Qingzi absorbed all of Nine Cloud Lord’s Saint Origin Power and more than ninety-nine percent of his Soul Power, leaving him helpless.
• Qin Shaofeng asked Gong Qingzi to spare Nine Cloud Lord, who collapsed in an extremely weakened state.

Qin Shaofeng learned that Nine Cloud Lord possessed the rare Innate Soul Splitting ability and used Kotoamatsukami to enslave him. After questioning him, Qin Shaofeng discovered that the man was actually Xiang Chengfeng, the missing genius of Thousand Mountain Sect, whose identity had been stolen centuries earlier.

• Gong Qingzi told Qin Shaofeng that Nine Cloud Lord possessed Innate Soul Splitting, convincing Qin Shaofeng to spend his Kotoamatsukami activation on him.
• Qin Shaofeng waited for his Sharingan to recover, then used Tsukuyomi to ensure Nine Cloud Lord was unconscious before branding his soul with Kotoamatsukami.
• Qin Shaofeng helped Nine Cloud Lord recover, then questioned him when he awoke.
• Nine Cloud Lord revealed that he was Xiang Chengfeng, who had taken the real Nine Cloud Lord's place after his soul was devoured three hundred years earlier.
• Qin Shaofeng learned that the original Nine Cloud Lord had targeted Xiang Chengfeng to steal the body of the Divine Mansion's greatest genius and extend his own lifespan.

Qin Shaofeng learned how Xiang Chengfeng had used split souls to replace Saint Realm experts across the Nine Cloud Continent, then subdued him and completed the First Person of Thousand Mountains mission. The mission was finished, but Qin Shaofeng remained at the Saint Origin Realm Tenth Layer because Demon King's Forbidden Hand had consumed a large amount of his experience.

• Xiang Chengfeng recounted how he escaped Nine Cloud Lord's Soul Possession, took over his identity, and spent centuries replacing geniuses and Saint Realm experts with split-soul avatars.
• Qin Shaofeng learned that Xiang Chengfeng had nearly devoured Yao Jian, and they convinced Yao Jian that his ordeal had been sword-intent training.
• Qin Shaofeng received Xiang Chengfeng's accumulated wealth and realized that subduing him had completed the First Person of Thousand Mountains mission.
• The system awarded Qin Shaofeng the completed Ninth Stage, but he remained at the Saint Origin Realm Tenth Layer after Demon King's Forbidden Hand consumed his experience.

Qin Shaofeng gained Planting Technique and an Immortal Bean Seed as rewards, then used his draw chances to obtain a desired item. After learning Elder Lei was close to vanishing, Qin Shaofeng hurried back to Thousand Mountain Sect, where Xie Zijun welcomed him.

• Qin Shaofeng discovered that Planting Technique could accelerate the growth of medicinal herbs and recognized its value for his Origin World Space.
• Qin Shaofeng received an Immortal Bean Seed as the Mysterious Grand Prize and stored it until he could safely plant it.
• Qin Shaofeng used his Super Draw Card and accumulated draw chances to obtain the item he wanted.
• Xie Zijun inherited Thunder God Peak's Lightning Power and reached the peak of the Saint Origin Realm, while Elder Lei's remaining life dwindled.
• Geng Qiutong and the Little Princess delivered Xie Zijun's urgent message to Qin Shaofeng, who returned to Thousand Mountain Sect and was greeted by Xie Zijun.

Qin Shaofeng returned to the Thousand Mountain Sect and found Elder Lei close to dissipating after sacrificing his remaining time to help Xie Zijun inherit Thunder God Peak. He gave Elder Lei an enhanced Lightning Fruit that he believed would let his master be reborn, leaving Elder Lei with renewed hope.

• Qin Shaofeng hurried back to the Thousand Mountain Sect with Geng Qiutong and the other disciples after Xie Zijun's month-old message warned that Elder Lei's time was running short.
• Xie Zijun explained that Elder Lei had shortened his remaining time to help him inherit Thunder God Peak, and Qin Shaofeng told him not to blame himself.
• Qin Shaofeng found Elder Lei's spiritual root incarnation faint and translucent, but promised that he would not let his master die.
• Qin Shaofeng recalled obtaining an enhanced Lightning Fruit through the Super Draw System because it could strengthen Elder Lei's lightning spiritual root and had no seawater weakness.
• Qin Shaofeng gave Elder Lei the Lightning Fruit and told him to eat it, then left the cave while Elder Lei watched him with emotion.

Qin Shaofeng confirmed that Lei Lao had recovered and waited at the Thousand Mountain Sect while Gong Qingzi completed her transformation. Gong Qingzi emerged as Qin Shaofeng’s familiar, shared an intimate farewell with him, and left, promising they would meet again when he was strong enough to keep her by his side.

• Qin Shaofeng reassured Xie Zijun that Lei Lao was fine, and Lei Lao’s surging Lightning Power confirmed his recovery.
• Qin Shaofeng returned to his residence, left Tang Qijian spirit crystals and Seven Ninefold Spirit Pills, and began cultivating.
• Gong Qingzi emerged from Qin Shaofeng’s sea of consciousness and confronted him about the master-and-servant-like contract between them.
• Qin Shaofeng and Gong Qingzi became intimate, then shared a quiet moment together.
• Gong Qingzi told Qin Shaofeng she had to leave, and Qin Shaofeng understood that she was a member of the Divine Demon Race and resolved to grow strong enough to keep her with him.

After Gong Qingzi awakened and returned to Glazed Palace, Qin Shaofeng was taken to a volcanic magma lake by a powerful being connected to his father. The being recognized Qin Feiyang and asked Qin Shaofeng for his mother's Void Source Ring.

• Qin Shaofeng woke to find Gong Qingzi gone and vowed to keep her by his side when they met again.
• Gong Qingzi's guard realized that she had awakened, and Gong Qingzi ordered her to return with her to Glazed Palace.
• An overwhelming force seized Qin Shaofeng from Thousand Mountain Sect and brought him to a magma lake, where a gigantic firebird-like being emerged.
• The being asked whether Qin Feiyang was Qin Shaofeng's father, then cursed Qin Feiyang for keeping him trapped under an agreement with Thousand Mountain Sect's ancestor.
• The being asked about Qin Shaofeng's mother's Void Source Ring, and Qin Shaofeng took it out.

Qin Shaofeng learned that reaching Dan Sheng Sect’s peak Saint Realm would reveal his parents’ whereabouts, while the man warned that their troubles exceeded even his power. After Qin Shaofeng gave him an Ice-Ice Fruit, the man explained that the Origin Continent’s supreme realm was only a starting point in the wider worlds.

• The man confirmed that Qin Shaofeng’s mother was safe and said Qin Shaofeng needed to reach his true master Dan Sheng Sect’s realm to learn his parents’ whereabouts.
• The man reactivated Qin Shaofeng’s Void Source Ring with his Origin Fire and identified it as a Demon-Slaying Saint Artifact tied to Qin Shaofeng’s maternal bloodline.
• After learning Qin Shaofeng had no more Lightning Fruits, the man praised him for using one to save Lei Shi and explained the value of Origin Fruits.
• Qin Shaofeng offered the man an Ice-Ice Fruit, and the man eagerly promised to grant him a favor in return.
• Qin Shaofeng asked the man to resolve his parents’ troubles, but the man refused and warned that intervening could worsen their situation.
• The man revealed that powerful worlds beyond the Origin Continent held beings who could destroy its Supreme experts, making the supreme position only a starting point.

Qin Shaofeng gave the handsome man the Ice-Ice Fruit, and the man repaid him by reforging the Profound Iron Heavy Sword with rare materials and blood. After being sent back to Cloud Sparrow Peak, Qin Shaofeng began to suspect deeper ties between the peak’s mysterious resident and the Thousand Mountain Sect’s founding grand ancestor.

• Qin Shaofeng gave the handsome man the Ice-Ice Fruit and warned him that it made its user weak around seawater.
• The handsome man accepted the fruit and began reforging Qin Shaofeng’s Profound Iron Heavy Sword with Vermilion Flame, rare materials, and a drop of his own golden blood.
• At the handsome man’s request, Qin Shaofeng added three drops of Vital Blood to the molten sword, and the man shaped the mixture into a golden sphere for further tempering.
• The handsome man noticed purple-gold traces in Qin Shaofeng’s blood and wondered whether he had awakened the True Demon Blood like his father, Xu Feiyang.
• The handsome man sent Qin Shaofeng away and speculated about the conflict between True Demon descendants, the Demon Slaying Clan, and the Jiang Family.
• Back at Cloud Sparrow Peak, Qin Shaofeng considered the mysterious resident’s possible connection to the Thousand Mountain Sect’s founding grand ancestor and the Xiang Family.

Qin Shaofeng returned to the Divine Mansion after being separated from Zhao Yun'er and his friends, helped Little Fox and Tiger Lord reach the Saint Realm, and prepared for the arrival of powerful envoys. When the envoys demanded far more cultivators than usual, Qin Shaofeng filled the quota with Xiang Chengfeng's clones and planned to use the disruption to strengthen the Thousand Mountain Sect's position.

• Qin Shaofeng left the Thousand Mountain Sect after learning that Xiang Qianqian, Du Meng, Tang Qijian, Geng Qiutong, and the Little Princess had been taken away, while Zhao Yun'er sent word that she would wait for him at the Meng Family with Xin'er.
• Qin Shaofeng had Xiang Chengfeng activate the Fortune Array, and Little Fox and Tiger Lord advanced to the Saint Realm with unusually high Saint Origin Values.
• Qin Shaofeng ground monsters in the Illusionary Star Tower and repaid the system the ten billion points he had borrowed for the Nine Swords of Dugu.
• Three powerful envoys arrived aboard a giant flying ship and ordered Nine Cloud Lord to provide twenty Saint Realm cultivators and one thousand disciples at the Saint Origin Realm Seventh Layer or higher within an hour.
• Qin Shaofeng assembled the required Saint Realm cultivators from Xiang Chengfeng's clones and selected disciples from the Jun, Lin, and He Families to meet the envoys' demand.
• Qin Shaofeng planned to use the Divine Mansion's loss of strength to help the Thousand Mountain Sect gain Saint Realm experts and establish itself within the Divine Mansion.