Chapter Summaries

Qin Shaofeng revealed his Earth Saint-tier Third Layer cultivation and killed Zhang Guang with a Tsukuyomi-assisted sword strike. Wang Long then challenged him to avenge Wang Hu and revealed his Shadow Clone technique, leaving the fight underway.

• Qin Shaofeng revealed his Earth Saint-tier Third Layer aura, used Tsukuyomi to destroy Zhang Guang’s spiritual body, and blasted him apart with a sword strike.
• Qin Shaofeng received a cross-rank kill reward and prepared to leave the arena, but Wang Long stepped up and vowed to kill him for revenge.
• Qin Shaofeng assessed Wang Long’s peak Earth Saint-tier Fifth Layer strength and chose to evade his opening attack to conceal his abilities from the Black Tiger Saint King.
• Wang Long used the Shadow Clone technique to create seven copies of himself, while the Black Tiger Saint King watched with satisfaction.

Qin Shaofeng killed Wang Long after seeing through his Shadow Clones and countering them with lightning and sword techniques, earning enough experience to rise to Human Saint-tier Eighth Layer. He stayed on the arena, where a hostile challenger appeared, though this newcomer was not seeking the Wang Family reward.

• Wang Long summoned seven Shadow Clones and charged Qin Shaofeng, but Qin used his Fiery Golden Eyes to identify Wang Long's true body.
• Qin Shaofeng unleashed Chidori Stream, Heavy Sword Without Edge, and Little Li Flying Dagger to destroy five Shadow Clones, then swept aside Wang Long and the remaining two clones with a lightning greatsword.
• Qin Shaofeng killed Wang Long with the Feather Blade as he fell from the arena, angering the Black Tiger Saint King, who began devising another scheme.
• Qin Shaofeng received 9% experience from the kill and leveled up to Human Saint-tier Eighth Layer.
• Qin Shaofeng remained on the arena, and another hostile figure appeared; Qin mistook him for someone seeking the Wang Family reward.

Qin Shaofeng fought a string of opponents arranged to exhaust him for Shao Yun Jie, then killed one who tried to concede and faced Shao Yun Jie himself. He discovered that Shao Yun Jie’s apparent ninth-level Earth Saint-tier strength came from a temporary pill, while his true cultivation remained at the sixth level.

• Shao Yun Jie paid Zhu Dapeng and other contestants to drain Qin Shaofeng’s Saint Origin Power, and several opponents attacked before conceding.
• Jun Haicheng and Jun Shaoyang worried about the scheme, but Qin Shaofeng refused to leave the arena.
• Qin Shaofeng killed an opponent with Tsukuyomi and a sword strike when the man tried to concede, prompting other contestants to withdraw or concede.
• Qin Shaofeng’s eighth opponent was Shao Yun Jie, who claimed he would reveal his true strength.
• Qin Shaofeng used his Fiery Golden Eyes to learn that Shao Yun Jie had temporarily boosted his cultivation to the ninth level with a pill, while his actual level was the sixth.

Qin Shaofeng killed Shao Yun Jie with a devastating Thousand Mountain Fist after Shao Yun Jie revealed his enhanced Earth Saint-tier ninth-level cultivation and threatened him. The Black Tiger Saint King concluded Qin Shaofeng was a Heavenly Saint-tier expert and realized he could not kill him during the preliminaries.

• The Black Tiger Saint King secretly gave Shao Yun Jie a special pill that raised his strength, and Shao Yun Jie displayed Earth Saint-tier ninth-level cultivation and three Shadow Clones.
• Jun Haicheng suspected the Black Tiger Saint King had used a trick to raise Shao Yun Jie's cultivation, though he had no proof.
• Shao Yun Jie threatened Qin Shaofeng, but Qin Shaofeng warned him that villains died from talking too much and unleashed a Thousand Mountain Fist powered by the Demon Energy Divine Ring.
• Qin Shaofeng's seventy-two fist shadows destroyed the arena and blasted Shao Yun Jie into dregs.
• The Black Tiger Saint King decided Qin Shaofeng must have Heavenly Saint-tier cultivation and accepted that he could not kill him during the preliminaries.

Qin Shaofeng won the Twelve Halls preliminary round undefeated, then escaped Black Tiger Saint King's attempt to retaliate against Jun Haicheng and the others. Afterward, his quest rewards advanced him to the Earth Saint-tier Fifth Layer, and he decided to spend Skill Points on his Planting Technique.

• Qin Shaofeng's remaining opponents forfeited, giving him first place with an undefeated record after he had killed four contestants.
• Qin Shaofeng secretly warned Jun Haicheng to leave with Jun Shaoyang and the others, thwarting Black Tiger Saint King's plan to attack them after the competition.
• Black Tiger Hall awarded Qin Shaofeng only one hundred low-grade spirit crystals, while the competition selected a Black Tiger Hall disciple as the twelfth person traveling to Black Cloud Prefecture.
• Qin Shaofeng completed the second stages of two quests, received six level increases, and used a Mid-grade Saint Origin Pill to reach the Earth Saint-tier Fifth Layer.
• Qiuqiu reminded Qin Shaofeng that Skill Points could raise the Planting Technique's level, and Qin Shaofeng confirmed that they could.

Qin Shaofeng awakened Qiuqiu’s Light of Upgrades, then traveled to Black Cloud Prefecture and resolved to reclaim the former Nine Cloud Prefecture. The chapter ended with the Black Tiger Saint King reporting Qin Shaofeng’s talent and concealed cultivation to his master, the Black Cloud Saint Emperor.

• Qin Shaofeng raised Planting Technique to level 5 and used Light of Acceleration on the Immortal Bean Tree sapling.
• Qin Shaofeng used the Skill Awakening Card on Qiuqiu, awakening its Light of Upgrades and learning that its ability could be enhanced under certain conditions.
• Qin Shaofeng traveled with the Black Tiger Saint King and other geniuses by flying vessel to Three Rivers Hall, then used its teleportation array to reach Black Cloud Prefecture.
• Qin Shaofeng decided to reclaim Black Cloud Prefecture and restore it as Nine Cloud Prefecture.
• The Black Tiger Saint King met the Black Cloud Saint Emperor and reported Qin Shaofeng’s talent, cultivation, and ability to conceal his aura.

Black Cloud Saint Emperor arranged for Qin Shaofeng to be targeted in Black Cloud Prefecture’s preliminary round, where all 136 contestants competed for points in a secret realm. After being teleported among a group of Black Cloud Prefecture disciples, Qin Shaofeng fled their pursuit and learned his Identity Token was marked to help them track him.

• Black Cloud Saint Emperor decided Qin Shaofeng would die during the preliminary round, while Black Tiger Saint King warned that killing him then could raise suspicion.
• Qin Shaofeng learned that Black Cloud Prefecture would add 100 disciples to the 36 other contestants and that the contest would take place simultaneously in a secret realm, with points awarded for defeating opponents.
• Qin Shaofeng realized the contest put him at a disadvantage but resolved to continue, keeping token teleportation as a last resort.
• Qin Shaofeng entered the secret realm and was placed near 20 or 30 Black Cloud Prefecture disciples, who attacked him; he used Flash Shift and Rapid Speed to escape.
• Qiuqiu told Qin Shaofeng that his Identity Token had been marked with a spatial formation, allowing his pursuers to keep tracking him.

Qin Shaofeng hid his Identity Token in the Void Source Ring, escaped the pursuit of Black Cloud Prefecture’s disciples, and began hunting them in return. The Black Cloud Saint Emperor realized Qin Shaofeng had foiled his tracking array and resolved to kill him, while Qin Shaofeng prepared to attack a team of Black Cloud Prefecture disciples.

• Qiuqiu told Qin Shaofeng that erasing the tracking array would take one shichen, so Qin Shaofeng hid his Identity Token in the Void Source Ring instead.
• Qin Shaofeng used the Dance of the Sky Technique to escape his pursuers, then erased his aura with the Yi Jin Jing.
• Black Tiger Saint King saw Qin Shaofeng’s name disappear from the light screen, and the Black Cloud Saint Emperor realized Qin Shaofeng had hidden the Identity Token and vowed to kill him.
• Qin Shaofeng replenished the Demon Energy Divine Ring and searched for Black Cloud Prefecture’s disciples while they hunted for him.
• Qin Shaofeng, Tiger Lord, and Little Fox targeted a team of twelve or thirteen disciples, and Qin Shaofeng announced that the hunt would begin.

Qin Shaofeng used the Little Fox’s charm and Tiger Lord’s Thunderlight to ambush and wipe out two Black Cloud Prefecture squads, leveling up and gaining a Mid-grade Saint Origin Pill. The surviving disciples gathered for safety, while Qin Shaofeng paused to consume the pill and prepare for what came next.

• The Little Fox bewitched thirteen Black Cloud Prefecture disciples, and Tiger Lord empowered Qin Shaofeng with Thunderlight as he killed the squad with Lightning Escape: Lightning Blade.
• Tiger Lord collected the thirteen disciples’ spoils, and Qin Shaofeng fled with his Experience Points at 81 percent.
• Black Cloud Prefecture experts found the bodies and suspected Qin Shaofeng, then learned another squad had died and ordered the survivors to gather.
• Qin Shaofeng tracked down a ten-man squad and killed them with another Thunderlight-enhanced Lightning Blade attack, leveling up and obtaining a Mid-grade Saint Origin Pill.
• Qiuqiu warned Qin Shaofeng that the Little Fox and Tiger Lord had only one use of their enhancements left and that the remaining disciples were alert; Qin Shaofeng learned they had gathered and decided to consume the pill.

After reaching the Earth Saint-tier Seventh Level, Qin Shaofeng waited for a chance to strike the Black Cloud Prefecture teams, while the Black Cloud Saint Emperor ordered the Black Tiger Saint King to carry out a secret task. Qin Shaofeng then turned the Black Cloud disciples’ plan to lure him into an ambush against them, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Qin Shaofeng advanced to the Earth Saint-tier Seventh Level and continued waiting for an opportunity to attack the remaining Black Cloud Prefecture disciples.
• The Black Cloud Saint Emperor saw more of his disciples die and sent the Black Tiger Saint King a furious voice transmission ordering him to act secretly.
• Three Black Cloud Prefecture disciples left their main group to lure Qin Shaofeng into a fight, while Wang Ming rushed to join them.
• Qin Shaofeng appeared before the three disciples, who sent up a signal flare and tried to keep him from escaping.
• Qin Shaofeng calmly dodged their attacks and told the disciples that they were the ones who had fallen for it.

Qin Shaofeng countered Wang Ming’s plan to surround him by killing the bait and sending Little Fox and Tiger Lord to ambush the Black Cloud Prefecture disciples in the rear. He reached their ongoing fight first and helped defeat the remaining enemies, while Wang Ming rushed to respond.

• Qin Shaofeng trapped and instantly killed three Black Cloud Prefecture disciples with Lightning Prison and Little Li Flying Dagger before fleeing toward Wang Ming’s encirclement.
• Han Ling told Wang Ming that eighteen Earth Saint-tier disciples in the rear had been killed, and Wang Ming realized Qin Shaofeng was drawing him toward another ambush.
• Little Fox and Tiger Lord ambushed Zhou San’s group, killing two Earth Saint-tier disciples and injuring a Heavenly Saint-tier disciple before fighting the survivors.
• Qin Shaofeng arrived before Wang Ming and used Tsukuyomi to kill four injured Earth Saint-tier disciples.
• Tiger Lord and Little Fox briefly disrupted the two remaining Heavenly Saint-tier disciples, allowing Qin Shaofeng to kill them with Lightning Blade.

Qin Shaofeng confronted the remaining Black Cloud Prefecture disciples and used Little Fox’s mental attacks and Tsukuyomi to kill most of them. He reached the Heavenly Saint-tier and fought the survivors with Susanoo, while Tiger Lord killed a wounded enemy.

• Wang Ming arrived and gathered the thirty-three surviving Black Cloud Prefecture disciples to attack Qin Shaofeng.
• Qin Shaofeng used King Kai's Fist as Little Fox consumed a Level 5 Experience Fruit and advanced to the Heavenly Saint-tier.
• Little Fox struck the group with Mental Storm and Dark Charm, and Qin Shaofeng used Tsukuyomi to kill more than twenty disciples.
• Qin Shaofeng leveled up to the eighth level of the Earth Saint-tier, reached the Heavenly Saint-tier under King Kai's Fist, and manifested Susanoo's arms.
• Qin Shaofeng attacked Wang Ming and the seven remaining Heavenly Saint-tier disciples, while Tiger Lord killed a wounded fourth-level Heavenly Saint-tier disciple.

Qin Shaofeng fought Wang Ming after Wang Ming used a pill to reach the Saint Monarch realm, then killed him with an enhanced Thousand Mountain Fist and Silver Light Saber Aura. The Black Tiger Saint King arrived too late to save Wang Ming and confronted Qin Shaofeng.

• Wang Ming swallowed a pill that raised his aura to the Saint Monarch realm and attacked Qin Shaofeng with the Crimson Cloud Claw.
• Qin Shaofeng activated the Demon Energy Divine Ring and used the Demon King's Power to unleash seventy-two Thousand Mountain Fist shadows, gravely injuring Wang Ming and killing the remaining Black Cloud Prefecture disciples.
• Wang Ming survived inside a Golden Light Shield, but Qin Shaofeng killed him with Silver Light Saber Aura as the Black Tiger Saint King rushed toward them.
• The Black Tiger Saint King arrived after Wang Ming died and realized Qin Shaofeng's strength exceeded his expectations.

Qin Shaofeng killed the Black Tiger Saint King with an ancient jade talisman that held a Saint Emperor's attack, then reached the ninth layer of the Earth Saint-tier. With forty-seven points, he had secured first place in the preliminaries and headed for the opening exit.

• The Black Tiger Saint King trapped Qin Shaofeng in his domain and demanded that he surrender a supposed spatial spirit artifact.
• Qin Shaofeng used Divine Might Phasing to regain limited movement, then drew out an ancient jade talisman and activated it.
• The jade talisman's attack pierced the Black Tiger Saint King's forehead, killing him and collapsing his domain.
• Qin Shaofeng gained enough experience from the kill to reach the ninth layer of the Earth Saint-tier.
• Qin Shaofeng confirmed that his forty-seven points guaranteed first place, collected spoils, and rushed toward the opening exit when the preliminaries ended.

After Qin Shaofeng’s killings devastated Black Cloud Prefecture’s competitors, the Black Cloud Saint Emperor learned that the Black Tiger Saint King had also died but dared not expose the unlawful attack. Qin Shaofeng submitted his completed quests, rose to the seventh layer of the Heavenly Saint-tier with Saint Monarch-level strength, and discovered that his next quest required one thousand consecutive victories in the Divine Prefecture Main Prefecture Grand Selection.

• The Black Cloud Saint Emperor saw that Wang Ming and many other Black Cloud Prefecture disciples had died, then sensed that the Black Tiger Saint King’s Soul Jade Slip had shattered.
• The Black Cloud Saint Emperor suspected Qin Shaofeng had used forbidden power but stayed silent because doing so could expose the Black Tiger Saint King’s unauthorized attack.
• Qin Shaofeng returned to his quarters after the preliminaries, while the Black Cloud Saint Emperor announced that they would end in half an hour and disappeared.
• Qin Shaofeng submitted the completed stages of his two quests and received level increases that brought him to the seventh layer of the Heavenly Saint-tier.
• Qin Shaofeng saw that his next Lord of Nine Clouds quest required one thousand consecutive victories in the Divine Prefecture Main Prefecture Grand Selection and wondered what kind of competition awaited him.

Qin Shaofeng spent Special Draw Chances to obtain a Vassal Skill Exchange Card and revise Bai Xue's shared skills, then used more chances to acquire and upgrade Rasengan. He ended the chapter eager to discover how his Lightning Attribute power would transform the technique.

• Qin Shaofeng spent 10 Special Draw Chances to open a random reward item and obtained a Vassal Skill Exchange Card.
• Qin Shaofeng and Qiuqiu decided to keep Bai Xue's Yi Jin Jing, Sharingan, and Northern Darkness Divine Skill, replace two skills, and give her King Kai's Fist at Level 3.
• Qin Shaofeng inspected Bai Xue's attributes and lamented that her Saint Origin Value surpassed his own.
• Qin Shaofeng spent another 10 Special Draw Chances to obtain the special skill Rasengan.
• Qin Shaofeng used Skill Points to raise Rasengan to Level 6 and wondered how his Lightning Attribute power would change it.

During the three days before the Main Prefecture Grand Selection, Qin Shaofeng raised King Kai's Fist to Level 6 and tested its powerful boosts. He traveled toward the Divine Prefecture's Main Prefecture aboard a top-grade flying ship and arrived before a vast airborne city that Qiuqiu identified as resembling a legendary Sky Fortress.

• Qin Shaofeng upgraded King Kai's Fist to Level 6, allowing him to reach Saint Monarch Second Layer for ten minutes and gain a one-stage increase for one minute.
• A top-grade flying ship arrived at Black Cloud Prefecture to collect Qin Shaofeng and the other contestants heading to the Main Prefecture.
• Qin Shaofeng learned that the ship carried contestants from powerful Lineages as well as Branch Prefectures, including a youth under twenty who had reached Saint King realm.
• The flying ship collected a group of powerful contestants from a small city and then traveled at full speed toward the Main Prefecture.
• Qin Shaofeng saw a colossal city floating in the sky, and Qiuqiu said it resembled an imitation of a legendary Sky Fortress.

Qin Shaofeng learned that the Divine Prefecture Grand Selection would choose contestants for the Origin Continent’s Strongest Genius Battle, but Qiuqiu warned that even reaching the selection’s first place was uncertain. After explaining how powerful cultivated Domains could be, Qiuqiu left Qin Shaofeng wondering how far the top geniuses had advanced their Domains.

• Qin Shaofeng arrived in the Divine Prefecture and learned that its rich spiritual energy and cultivation rooms were reserved for Branch Prefecture first-place winners.
• Qin Shaofeng learned that more than twelve thousand Middle Three Saint Realms disciples would enter the Divine Prefecture Grand Selection, while the Upper Three Saint Realms disciples would not participate.
• Qin Shaofeng discovered that the selection’s top hundred would compete in the Strongest Genius Battle, whose hundred strongest contestants would receive a special opportunity.
• Qiuqiu warned Qin Shaofeng that he could not count on winning the Divine Prefecture Grand Selection or reaching the Strongest Genius Battle’s top hundred.
• Qiuqiu explained the power of Domains and how exceptionally talented cultivators could advance through the Ten Heavens of Domain.
• Qin Shaofeng asked Qiuqiu how many Domain heavens the Strongest Genius Battle’s top hundred contestants might have cultivated.

Qin Shaofeng learned that powerful contestants could wield advanced Domains, but Qiuqiu said his Cloud Dans and Dan Scripture gave him a chance to cultivate one. He entered the Divine Prefecture’s Vast Sky Realm to inspect it and found that it exposed his true cultivation while cutting off contact with the outside world.

• Qiuqiu told Qin Shaofeng that most top contestants had at least Second Heaven Domains and that the Saint King genius aboard the vessel might have a Fifth Heaven Domain.
• Qiuqiu explained that Qin Shaofeng’s fifty Cloud Dans and sufficient Saint Origin Power gave him a chance to cultivate a Domain during the three-month selection.
• The Divine Prefecture announced that contestants qualified for the top hundred by winning one thousand matches, with each hundred victories granting Branch Prefecture disciples another day in the Vast Sky Realm.
• Qin Shaofeng entered the Vast Sky Realm through the capsule in his Cultivation Room to compare it with the realm he had encountered on the Nine Cloud Continent.
• Qin Shaofeng discovered that he could not contact Qiuqiu, that his body was fixed at the first level of the Earth Saint-tier, and that the realm revealed his seventh-level Heavenly Saint-tier cultivation despite the Yi Jin Jing.

Qin Shaofeng discovered that the Vast Sky Realm could copy his abilities and realized it was an ideal place to cultivate his domain. The Divine Prefecture Grand Selection began with many of his strongest skills restricted, and he faced his first opponent, No. 7902.

• Qin Shaofeng tested the Vast Sky Realm and found that it could reproduce his skills, then discussed its potential for domain cultivation with Qiuqiu.
• Qin Shaofeng decided to use the Grand Selection’s matches to spend time cultivating his domain inside the Vast Sky Realm.
• The Grand Selection began, and Qin Shaofeng found that the rules had disabled King Kai's Fist, several Thunder Release skills, Divine Might Phasing, and his equipment abilities.
• The Vast Sky Realm matched Qin Shaofeng, No. 5360, against No. 7902, a seventh-level Heavenly Saint-tier Fatty.
• Fatty attacked Qin Shaofeng from above, but Qin Shaofeng formed a sphere of lightning and blasted him away.