Chapter Summaries

Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun watched the righteous sects gather to defend the Myriad Sword Sect, then faced a female demonic cultivator who tried to seize them as supplements. Qin Shaofeng destroyed her soul-bound ribbon with Soul Refining Divine Lightning, leaving her badly wounded and resentful.

• Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun observed demonic and righteous powers assembling across the Heavenly Curtain and judged that the Myriad Sword Sect was unlikely to fall.
• A female demonic cultivator arrived at their courtyard and declared that she intended to harvest Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun.
• Qing Daoxun attacked the woman while Qin Shaofeng restrained one of her Gold Rings with Soul Refining Divine Lightning.
• The female demonic cultivator empowered her Gold Rings with the Killing Intent of souls trapped in her blood-red ribbon, but Qin Shaofeng formed a vast lightning pool and ordered Qing Daoxun to retreat.
• The female demonic cultivator tried to flee, but Qin Shaofeng sent thunder dragons after her and shattered her ribbon, purifying the souls within it and leaving her vomiting blood.

Qin Shaofeng fought off a Demonic Cultivator’s blood-tainted treasure, but she summoned two more Demonic Cultivators to aid her. He countered their poison and bone soldiers with powerful lightning, leaving all three enemies facing his strength.

• Qin Shaofeng used Soul Refining Divine Lightning to purge the blood baleful energy unleashed by the female Demonic Cultivator’s Ruyi Lotus Pestle and cleanse the trapped souls within it.
• The wounded female Demonic Cultivator rang a Golden Bell to summon help, and an old man in green and a black-robed White Bone Dao cultivator arrived.
• The old man in green sent Myriad Gu Soul Poison at Qin Shaofeng, who destroyed it with Grand Unity Wind Fire Lightning.
• The black-robed man sent several hundred White Bone Dao Soldiers to attack, but Qin Shaofeng’s thunder dragon devoured their White Bone Dharma Form and injured him.
• The black-robed man asked Qin Shaofeng which sect he came from, saying the Five Thunder Sect had no one like him.

The black-clad man and Old Poison unleashed their hidden weapons against Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun, but the pair held their ground. Qin Shaofeng shattered the White Bone Demon General while Qing Daoxun fought the Greenish-green Flood Dragon, leaving their opponents at a growing disadvantage.

• The black-clad man activated the White Bone Demon God Banner, while Old Poison released a powerful Green Scaled Demonic Beast from his Hundred Beast Pouch.
• Qin Shaofeng dispersed the flood dragon’s poisonous smoke with Grand Unity Wind Fire Lightning, and Old Poison ordered the beast to attack while the black-clad man combined his White Bone Dao Soldiers into a White Bone Demon General.
• Qing Daoxun took on the Greenish-green Flood Dragon, while Qin Shaofeng formed a thunder dragon from Soul Refining Divine Lightning and shattered the White Bone Demon General’s shield and body.
• The black-clad man sacrificed his blood to summon nine Yin Demons, and Old Poison used his Jade Gourd to hide a volley of silver needles in poisonous smoke.
• Qin Shaofeng blocked the hidden needles with a golden barrier, and neither he nor Qing Daoxun was affected by the Yin Demons’ soul-stealing music, leaving the two attackers panicked and on the defensive.

Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun fought the demonic cultivators and faced a newly summoned Body Integration Realm ancestor. Qin Shaofeng struck the three original enemies down, but the ancestor then tried to recruit him and claimed Qing Daoxun as a servant.

• The man in black attacked Qin Shaofeng with Yin Demons while urging the old man in green and Madam Hong to summon her ancestor.
• Qing Daoxun killed the Greenish-green Flood Dragon, leaving the old man in green gravely weakened.
• Madam Hong summoned a beautiful female Demonic Cultivator at the initial stage of the Body Integration Realm by crushing a red token.
• Qin Shaofeng surprised the man in black, the old man in green, and Madam Hong with Grand Unity Wind Fire Lightning, killing the first two and severely injuring Madam Hong.
• The beautiful female Demonic Cultivator offered to bring Qin Shaofeng into Great Freedom Mountain under a Great Freedom Heart Curse, then claimed Qing Daoxun as a Corpse Concubine servant.

Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun fought a Body Integration Realm female Demonic Cultivator, countering her Soul-Bewildering Bell with powerful lightning and sword abilities. The battle continued as Qin Shaofeng's Nine Heavens Divine Lightning struck her White Bone Shield.

• The female Demonic Cultivator used her Soul-Bewildering Bell against Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun, but its mind-bewitching sound had no effect on them.
• She changed the bell's attack to waves of tangible sound, which Qin Shaofeng blocked with a dragon of Nine Heavens Divine Lightning while Qing Daoxun stopped them with Sword Qi Manifesting as Lotus.
• Qing Daoxun slashed at the female Demonic Cultivator, who slowed the sword light with pink mist and then blocked it with more sound-wave attacks.
• Qin Shaofeng sent his lightning dragon toward the female Demonic Cultivator, forcing her to summon a White Bone Shield.
• The lightning dragon collided with the White Bone Shield, and the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning clashed with its blood Baleful Intent.

Qin Shaofeng faced a Demonic Cultivator who unleashed Corpse Concubines and Great Freedom Mountain’s Soul-Absorbing Heavenly Demon Music. He resisted the music without faltering, leaving the female demon shaken and questioning who he and Qing Daoxun really were.

• The beautiful female Demonic Cultivator summoned Corpse Concubines she had refined from cultivators and threatened Qin Shaofeng with their Soul-Absorbing Heavenly Demon Music.
• Qin Shaofeng stopped Qing Daoxun from joining the fight and faced the female demon himself.
• The Corpse Concubines played their instruments, and their music stirred memories and emotions in Qin Shaofeng despite his sealed senses.
• Qin Shaofeng observed the music without losing his composure, while Qing Daoxun also remained unaffected.
• The female demon poured more magic power into seven Corpse Concubines, but neither Qin Shaofeng nor Qing Daoxun showed any reaction.
• The female demon asked who they were, and Qing Daoxun smiled and told her to guess.

Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun defeated a Demonic Cultivator and freed the souls of her seven Corpse Concubines before Shen Wentian arrived and killed her. As the Heaven Sword Peak Master rushed off to aid the Myriad Sword Sect, Qing Daoxun wondered whether the Demonic Cultivators were targeting the gathered prodigies.

• Qin Shaofeng struck the beautiful female Demonic Cultivator with Soul Refining Divine Lightning, leaving her divine soul in agony.
• Qin Shaofeng destroyed the seven Corpse Concubines with Golden Violet Lightning, and Qing Daoxun helped their lingering souls reincarnate by reciting the Scripture of Spirit Treasures for Delivering Beings.
• The beautiful female Demonic Cultivator used Blood Escape Technique to flee, but Shen Wentian pierced her blood-red cloud with sword phantoms and destroyed her lingering soul.
• Shen Wentian introduced himself as Master of Heaven Sword Peak of the Myriad Sword Sect, then left to support the sect's disciples after Qin Shaofeng explained that he and Qing Daoxun were Tian Xuan Sect disciples.
• Qing Daoxun asked Qin Shaofeng whether the Demonic Cultivators intended to capture the prodigies at the Myriad Sword Sect and the Hundred Sects Competition.

Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun flew to a Heavenly Doctor Peak residence under attack by four Nascent Soul Demonic Cultivators and joined the fight while concealing their strength. Qin Shaofeng faced the Four-tailed Demon Fox, while Qing Daoxun drove the snake-tailed Demonic Cultivator back, leaving him alarmed by her power.

• Qin Shaofeng agreed with Qing Daoxun that they should slay demons and eliminate evil, but told her to show no more than early-stage Spirit Transformation strength.
• Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun arrived at the besieged Heavenly Doctor Peak residence, where four Nascent Soul Demonic Cultivators were overwhelming the defenders.
• The Four-tailed Demon Fox coveted Qin Shaofeng's vital energy, and the snake-tailed Demonic Cultivator declared his interest in Qing Daoxun.
• Qin Shaofeng insulted the two demons and attacked the Four-tailed Demon Fox with Soul Refining Divine Lightning, which injured the Artifact Spirits of her Golden Spirit Scissors.
• The Four-tailed Demon Fox launched a golden hairpin at Qin Shaofeng as Qing Daoxun drew her sword and fought the snake-tailed Demonic Cultivator.
• Qing Daoxun forced the snake-tailed Demonic Cultivator back, and he wondered what cultivation she possessed.

Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun overwhelmed the Demonic Cultivators until the Four-tailed Demon Fox summoned a powerful Ghost Cultivator for help. The white-haired woman unleashed her Myriad Soul Banner, sending countless resentful souls toward Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun.

• Qing Daoxun drove back the Snake Immortal while Qin Shaofeng's lightning battered the Four-tailed Demon Fox.
• The Four-tailed Demon Fox rang her Golden Bell, summoning a white-haired Ghost Cultivator.
• The white-haired woman arrived and recognized Qin Shaofeng as a promising vessel, while he revealed enough of his aura to show early-stage Spirit Transformation cultivation.
• Qing Daoxun beheaded the Snake Immortal and moved to aid Qin Shaofeng, drawing the white-haired woman's covetous attention.
• The white-haired woman ordered her followers to capture Qing Daoxun alive and activated her Myriad Soul Banner, unleashing countless resentful souls at both opponents.

Qing Daoxun devastated the white-haired woman’s soul army, prompting the Four-tailed Fox Demon to summon her mother, a Body Integration Realm cultivator. When the woman attacked Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun with a White Bone Pagoda, Peak Master Chen arrived and shielded them.

• Qing Daoxun used Sword Qi Dividing Light to destroy many wronged souls and wound the Ghost Kings, forcing the white-haired woman to ask the Four-tailed Fox Demon to summon her mother.
• The Four-tailed Fox Demon rang a Golden Bell, and a beautiful woman in palace robes arrived in demonic smoke.
• The woman invited Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun to join the Myriad Ghost Sect, but they refused and mocked her offer.
• The woman summoned a White Bone Pagoda and unleashed its sinister yin wind at Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun.
• Peak Master Chen flew in and blocked the attack with a pale-blue streak of light.

Chen Shiyao used the Heavenly Law Ruler to shatter White Bone Madam’s White Bone Pagoda and weaken her, then Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun joined the chase. White Bone Madam was battered by their attacks and knocked from the air by Chen Shiyao, her beauty gone as she faced the righteous cultivators.

• Chen Shiyao confronted White Bone Madam and used the Heavenly Law Ruler to break her White Bone Pagoda as she fled.
• Chen Shiyao asked Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun to pursue the weakened White Bone Madam, and both cultivators gave chase.
• White Bone Madam used the Red Powder Skeleton Fan to ensnare Qing Daoxun in an illusion, but Qing Daoxun shattered it with her powerful divine sense and wounded the Rakshasa Ghost King.
• Qin Shaofeng attacked White Bone Madam with lightning while Qing Daoxun struck her with sword qi, destroying her defensive sash.
• Chen Shiyao struck White Bone Madam from the air with the Heavenly Law Ruler, and she lost her youthful appearance as the righteous cultivators looked on.

Chen Shiyao defeated White Bone Madam, sealed her true spirit for punishment, and learned that Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun were from the Tian Xuan Sect. After Chen Shiyao left to aid the battle, Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun rested at Heavenly Doctor Peak while the fighting continued across the Myriad Sword Sect.

• Chen Shiyao destroyed White Bone Madam's body and sealed her escaping divine soul inside a bell of Vast Righteous Qi.
• Chen Shiyao told Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun that White Bone Madam's true spirit would be tormented above the Soul Refining Divine Fire for centuries or millennia.
• Qing Daoxun revealed that she and Qin Shaofeng were from the Tian Xuan Sect, and Chen Shiyao offered them a place to recover before leaving to support the battle.
• Heavenly Doctor Peak disciples gave Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun medicinal pills, but they kept only a few and returned the rest for injured disciples.
• Lin Qianfeng thanked Qin Shaofeng for saving him, and Qin Shaofeng urged him to recover and keep fighting demons.
• Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun found a place to rest while the battle continued.

Qin Shaofeng reached a mountain plaza where four righteous cultivators, including Lian Qingyi, were trapped in the Four Symbols Formation against six demonic fiends. After destroying the Ghost Cultivator with Soul Refining Divine Lightning, he turned his attention to the Corpse Cultivator.

• Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun rested briefly, then split up to search for demonic fiends.
• Qin Shaofeng found four Spirit Transformation Realm righteous cultivators fighting six demonic fiends in the Four Symbols Formation.
• Qin Shaofeng discovered that Lian Qingyi was defending the formation’s White Tiger position, and she urged him to leave.
• Qin Shaofeng attacked the Ghost Cultivator with Soul Refining Divine Lightning, breaking through his defenses and scattering his soul.
• Qin Shaofeng switched to Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning and faced the Corpse Cultivator.

Qin Shaofeng defeated the demonic cultivators attacking Lian Qingyi’s group with his divine lightning, killing three and capturing the Soldier Path Cultivator. He handed the prisoner to Lian Qingyi and flew off to the next location, while she prepared to help the others.

• The Corpse Cultivator used a Human Skin Umbrella to resist Qin Shaofeng’s Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning, but the lightning broke through and severely weakened him.
• The Soldier Path Cultivator sent his Dao soldiers to hold back the Four Symbols Formation while the beautiful young woman attacked Qin Shaofeng with flowers and Illusory Rainbow Smoke Silk.
• Qin Shaofeng unleashed the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, which destroyed the woman’s treasures, killed her, and shattered the Corpse Cultivator’s defenses and Dharma Body.
• The Soldier Path Cultivator tried to flee, but Qin Shaofeng trapped him in a lightning net and captured him.
• Lian Qingyi thanked Qin Shaofeng, who handed her the prisoner and left for the next location; she bound the captive and urged her companions to support the others.

After the demonic invasion was repelled, the Myriad Sword Sect’s Grand Elder Yan Mingshuang decided to befriend Qin Shaofeng, suspecting he possessed an Immortal Realm inheritance. Yan Mingshuang arrived at Qin Shaofeng’s courtyard and thanked him for helping the sect.

• The Myriad Sword Sect and allied cultivators drove back the Demonic Cult, but the battle left heavy casualties, and Lian Qingyi reported Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun’s contributions to Yan Qiouming.
• Yan Mingshuang declared he would meet Qin Shaofeng himself and provide a suitable gift, reasoning that Qin’s unusual lightning arts suggested an Immortal Realm inheritance.
• Yan Mingshuang warned Yan Qiouming and Lian Qingyi to treat Qin Shaofeng with courtesy and avoid provoking him, and Yan Qiouming ordered the sect to extend the same courtesy to Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun.
• After recovering in his courtyard, Qin Shaofeng watched Yan Mingshuang arrive and politely asked his business.
• Yan Mingshuang introduced himself as a Grand Elder of the Myriad Sword Sect and thanked Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun for their assistance.

Yan Mingshuang thanked Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun for saving Myriad Sword Sect disciples and gave them rare treasures. After they accepted the gifts, Yan Mingshuang asked to speak with Qin Shaofeng alone.

• Yan Mingshuang praised Qin Shaofeng and Qing Daoxun for eliminating demonic cultivators and saving Myriad Sword Sect disciples.
• Yan Mingshuang gave Qin Shaofeng a Void Nether Lightning Stone, and Qin Shaofeng initially refused it before accepting after Yan Mingshuang insisted.
• Qing Daoxun opened her gift and learned that the wood was Soul Nurturing Wood, which could be made into a sheath to help her Dharma sword develop a sword spirit.
• Qing Daoxun thanked Yan Mingshuang for the Soul Nurturing Wood.
• Yan Mingshuang asked Qin Shaofeng to speak with him alone, and Qin Shaofeng agreed.

Yan Mingshuang asked Qin Shaofeng to promise that he would help the Myriad Sword Sect by sharing news of the Lower Realm if he ascended, and offered him a box of Void Nether Lightning Stones in return. Qin Shaofeng accepted, while Yan Qiouming questioned Yan Mingshuang's decision after Qin Shaofeng left.

• Yan Mingshuang tested Qin Shaofeng's flying speed as they traveled to his cave abode, then hosted him with Spirit Wine.
• Yan Mingshuang explained that the Myriad Sword Sect had not produced another ascendant in thousands of years and asked Qin Shaofeng to tell its disciples about the Lower Realm if he reached the Immortal Realm.
• Qin Shaofeng said he could not guarantee the promise but would do his utmost.
• Yan Mingshuang gave Qin Shaofeng a spatial wooden box filled with high-quality Void Nether Lightning Stones, and Qin Shaofeng accepted it.
• After Qin Shaofeng departed, Yan Qiouming appeared and asked Yan Mingshuang whether his bargain had been worth it.

After Qin Shaofeng received better-quality Void Nether Lightning Stones from Yan Mingshuang, he prepared to begin cultivating the Lightning Body and went to find materials for a concealing formation. He instead received gifts from the people he had saved, leaving him with useful spiritual medicines and spirit stones.

• Yan Mingshuang persuaded Yan Qiouming to surrender Void Nether Lightning Stones in exchange for a chance at hope.
• Qin Shaofeng told Qing Daoxun that Yan Mingshuang had given him enough Void Nether Lightning Stones to begin cultivating the Lightning Body.
• Qin Shaofeng planned to find materials for a Breath Concealment Formation after resting for a day.
• A Heavenly Doctor Peak disciple brought Qin Shaofeng a Thousand-year Ginseng and a personal gift of Crimson Blood Ganoderma.
• The disciples Qin Shaofeng had saved gave him medicinal herbs and around fifty thousand High-grade Spirit Stones.

Qin Shaofeng visited Wan Cang Xuan to buy materials for formations and cultivating the Lightning Body, but lacked enough High-grade Spirit Crystals. Wan Baoyun offered him a chance to join an expedition against the Baleful Intent God Congregation in exchange for help recovering stolen Spirit Tooth Crystals, and Qin Shaofeng agreed.

• Qing Daoxun told Qin Shaofeng that the Hundred Sects Competition final round would take place in seven days, giving him time to work on the Lightning Body.
• Qin Shaofeng disguised himself and entered Wan Cang Xuan, where he asked for materials suitable for Calamity Tribulation stage cultivators.
• Qin Shaofeng gave his surname as Feng and listed the materials he needed; Wan Baoyun estimated their cost at twenty to thirty million High-grade Spirit Crystals.
• Qin Shaofeng offered ten million High-grade Spirit Crystals and Void Nether Lightning Stones, and Wan Baoyun proposed that he help recover Spirit Tooth Crystals stolen by the Baleful Intent God Congregation.
• Qin Shaofeng accepted Wan Baoyun's offer and asked when the expedition would leave; Wan Baoyun said they could depart immediately through a Space Teleportation Array.

Qin Shaofeng joined Wan Cang Xuan’s campaign against the Baleful God Cult, studied intelligence on the sect, and traveled with the other cultivators to the Wood Remote Mountain Range. They reached Xiao Qiong Peak, where Qin Shaofeng detected hidden cave entrances protected by restrictions.

• Qin Shaofeng signed a Spiritual Contract with Wan Cang Xuan and met Chen Jianhong, Hu Fangfei, Liu Zhi'ang, and the other cultivators assigned to the campaign.
• Hu Fangfei gave Qin Shaofeng a Jade Slip describing the Baleful God Cult’s use of fear and other negative emotions to gain cultivation from the Baleful God.
• Chen Jianhong led the group through the Myriad Sword Sect’s teleportation formation to the Wood Remote Mountain Range.
• The group met Nascent Soul cultivators at an outpost, who reported that the Baleful God Cult was staying near Xiao Qiong Peak.
• At Xiao Qiong Peak, Qin Shaofeng used his divine sense to find restrictions near several natural cave entrances.