Chapter Summaries

The battle around Qin Wangchuan escalated as the fighters revealed their trump cards and the Three Heavenly Emperors watched from the arena. Qin Wangchuan seized the Iron Sword and unleashed the Ten Directions Profound Sword, leaving Li Qingluan’s Heavenly Sword shattered.

• Wang Xuance held off the Soldier Puppets while Qin Wangchuan and Ye Lingchuan clashed, and Wang Xuance urged the others to create an opening.
• The Three Heavenly Emperors secretly took the best seats in Cloud Mist Heavenly City and discussed the arena’s attempt to gather Qi Yun.
• Qin Zhaoer confronted Feng Qingjue’s group aboard the Flying Ship, where Qin Xuanji revealed himself and Qin Wudao and Qin Qingzheng appeared atop the mast.
• Chu Wujiu summoned the Heaven-Opening War Halberd, and Li Qingluan cut Qin Wangchuan’s Heavenly Sword in half with her own strike.
• Qin Wangchuan foresaw the near future, knocked Zhou Yunyi away from the Iron Sword, seized it, and used the Ten Directions Profound Sword to shatter Li Qingluan’s Heavenly Sword.

Zhou Yunyi’s side struggled to stop Qin Wangchuan and the descending Giant Sword, but Chu Wujiu unleashed his Heaven and Earth Law to shatter the Ten Directions Profound Sword. Yun Zexuan then restrained Qin Wangchuan, leaving him trapped as Chu Wujiu’s war halberd rushed toward him.

• Zhou Yunyi was badly injured after trying to seize Qin Wangchuan’s sword, while Zhao Lingyun caught him and recognized that the descending Giant Sword threatened to end the battle.
• Ye Lingchuan and Zhao Lingyun’s Soldier Puppets tried to hold back the Giant Sword, but they could not stop its descent, and Chu Wujiu remained pinned beneath the Ten Directions Profound Sword.
• Li Qingluan blocked Qin Wangchuan from reaching the others, shattered his counterattack with her Mind’s Eye, and forced him to acknowledge her strength.
• Chu Wujiu invoked Heaven and Earth Law—Destiny Aspect of Killing and Judgment, broke the Ten Directions Profound Sword, and swung his war halberd at Qin Wangchuan.
• Yun Zexuan bound Qin Wangchuan with Trigram Patterns, preventing him from seeing the future as Chu Wujiu’s war halberd rushed toward him.

Qin Wangchuan survived the Heaven-Opening War Halberd strike and awakened his Immortal Body, transforming with golden blood and healing from his wounds. As Li Qingluan and Chu Wujiu attacked him with their Dharma Manifestations, Qin Wangchuan fought through their defenses, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Qin Wangchuan rose from the rubble with golden blood and Immortal Bone, then healed as his Immortal Body awakened.
• Li Qingluan and Chu Wujiu attacked Qin Wangchuan with their Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestations, but he vanished from their combined strike.
• Qin Wangchuan raced up Chu Wujiu's Dharma Manifestation while his Soldier Puppet blasted apart Wang Xuance's head.
• Qin Wangchuan used Slaughtering Dao Heavenly Scar to cut through Chu Wujiu's palm and escape its strike.
• Li Qingluan trapped Qin Wangchuan in a Sword Lotus Cage and attacked with her Heavenly Punishment Sword, but he shattered it with Heavenly Ruins Tribulation Finger.
• Yun Zexuan recognized that Qin Wangchuan's Immortal Body had awakened.

Qin Wangchuan defeated Chu Wujiu and Li Qingluan despite their attempts to stop him, then confronted the last conscious opponents. Yun Zexuan realized Yan Wujin could not help, leaving him and Zhao Lingyun to face Qin Wangchuan.

• Qin Wangchuan used his complete Saint Law to break into Chu Wujiu's Dharma Manifestation and pierced Chu Wujiu's chest with Tribulation Light, destroying the manifestation.
• Li Qingluan attacked Qin Wangchuan with her Sword Control Dharma Manifestation, but he used the Void Divine Feather to evade her sword and reach her shoulder.
• Zhao Lingyun triggered the Exploding Flame Talisman hidden on Qin Wangchuan's Divine Feather, but Qin Wangchuan survived the blast and Li Qingluan's Dharma Manifestation collapsed.
• Qin Wangchuan carried the unconscious Li Qingluan to Yun Zexuan and Zhao Lingyun, while Chu Wujiu and Wang Xuance were dead and Zhou Yunyi and Ye Lingchuan were severely wounded.
• Yun Zexuan called for Yan Wujin, but Yan Wujin remained occupied fighting Jiu Jiu, so Yun Zexuan and Zhao Lingyun prepared to attack Qin Wangchuan themselves.

Qin Wangchuan foiled the challengers’ attempts to seize the Immortal Coffin, but Zhou Yunyi freed it and unleashed the Remnant Dao Yuan Corpse. Qin Wangchuan summoned two future versions of himself, whose combined sword strike destroyed the creature and cut Cloud Mist Heavenly City from the sky.

• Qin Wangchuan saw through Yun Zexuan’s and Zhao Lingyun’s decoys, striking Yun Zexuan and severing Zhou Yunyi’s arms before Zhao Lingyun conceded.
• Qin Wangchuan discovered Ye Lingchuan had already passed out and saw Zhou Yunyi crawling toward the Immortal Coffin.
• Zhou Yunyi tore the talisman from the Immortal Coffin, awakening the Remnant Dao Yuan Corpse, which killed him and turned its attention to Qin Wangchuan.
• Qin Wangchuan summoned Sword Dao Qin Wangchuan and Spirit Law Dao Qin Wangchuan from the Wheel of Fate.
• The three Qin Wangchuans’ two swords obliterated the Remnant Dao Yuan Corpse and shattered the formations beneath Cloud Mist Heavenly City.
• Cloud Mist Heavenly City was cut down and began plunging toward the earth.

Qin Wangchuan used the Wheel of Fate to destroy Cloud Mist Heavenly City, but its immense cost left him incapacitated. Dragon Scale killed Yan Wujin before he could strike back, securing Qin Wangchuan’s victory in the Second Prodigy Chaos Battle.

• Qin Taiyi halted Cloud Mist Heavenly City’s fall and revealed that he had not given Qin Wangchuan the Wheel of Fate.
• The Sword Dao and Spirit Law Dao vanished into the Wheel of Fate after warning Qin Wangchuan about the Cleaners and Lv Yingxin.
• The Wheel of Fate’s price drained Qin Wangchuan’s Spiritual Power, and karmic backlash and other injuries left him unconscious before he could attack Yan Wujin.
• Dragon Scale appeared beside the fallen Qin Wangchuan and fatally pierced Yan Wujin while he fought Jiu Jiu.
• Jiu Jiu pinned Yan Wujin’s son to the ground, and Qin Wangchuan was declared the victor of the Second Prodigy Chaos Battle.

Qin Wangchuan woke after the battle and learned that Dragon Scale and Jiu Jiu had helped defeat Yan Wujin. Feng Qingjue declined to attack Heaven, but accepted Qin Wangchuan’s task to take control of the Returnees and the Cleaners in the Xuanhuang World.

• Qin Wangchuan awoke after two days unconscious and told Ji Wuchen that he had lost to Yan Wujin.
• Ji Wuchen explained how Dragon Scale and Jiu Jiu had helped secure Qin Wangchuan’s victory, then returned the Longevity Token and challenged him to a future duel.
• Qin Wangchuan agreed that fighting strong opponents gave meaning and said he looked forward to fighting Ji Wuchen.
• Feng Qingjue told Qin Wangchuan she no longer needed to visit the Immortal Court and that attacking Heaven had never been her wish.
• Feng Qingjue offered to help Qin Wangchuan pursue his ideal, and he gave her a compass and ordered her to take control of the Returnees and the Cleaners in the Xuanhuang World.

Feng Qingjue accepted Qin Wangchuan’s orders to take control of the Returnees and the Cleaners and recruit followers of Attack Heaven, while insisting they were fellow Daoists. After meeting Luo Lingxi, she resolved to prove her worth to Qin Wangchuan rather than let herself be distracted by her growing attraction to him.

• Qin Wangchuan tasked Feng Qingjue with taking control of the Returnees and the Cleaners, searching for Lv Yingxin, and recruiting people who believed in Attack Heaven.
• Feng Qingjue tested Qin Wangchuan by declaring herself his fellow Daoist, and he accepted her claim without arrogance.
• After leaving Qin Wangchuan, Feng Qingjue reflected on his intimidating presence and decided to carry out her mission.
• Luo Lingxi approached Feng Qingjue and explained that Qin Wangchuan had guided her in cultivation, though she still felt lost and wanted more from him.
• Feng Qingjue asked Qin Wangchuan whether she could tell Luo Lingxi about his plans, received permission, and realized she needed to prove her value to him.

Qin Wangchuan received treasures from Qin Zhaoer and used a World-Suppressing Stele Fragment to silence the whispers caused by his growing Qi Yun. After the fragment crumbled, the clamor returned, confirming that he was irreversibly transforming into something beyond his former self.

• Qin Wangchuan ordered the Shadow Guards to investigate Lv Yingxin and considered how to restore the Dragon Scale.
• Qin Zhaoer brought Dragon Marrow Fluid, medicinal treasures, and a World-Suppressing Stele Fragment for Qin Wangchuan, then traded teasing banter with him and their siblings.
• Qin Wangchuan placed the Dragon Scale on the Jade Bed and consumed the Dao Mushroom and pills.
• Qin Wangchuan found that the Stele Fragment suppressed the whispers surrounding him, but it soon crumbled into ash.
• Qin Wangchuan realized the returning clamor confirmed his irreversible transformation into something beyond what he had once been.

Qin Wangchuan checked on the unconscious Li Qingluan, then visited the defeated prodigies as they discussed their loss and Zhou Yunyi’s hidden Feathered Human Transformation. He challenged the claim that Zhou Yunyi could have beaten him, leaving Zhou Yunyi under pressure to prove himself next time.

• Qin Wangchuan confirmed Li Qingluan was still unconscious but in no immediate danger, then went to the courtyard where the defeated contestants were recovering in Resurrection Pools.
• Zhao Lingyun, Yan Wujin, Ye Lingchuan, and the others argued over how Qin Wangchuan and Jiu Jiu had overwhelmed them, while Wang Xuance suggested they might have won by attacking together from the start.
• The group praised Zhou Yunyi for stealing the sword and discussed improving Zhao Lingyun’s Body Swap Talisman, then jokingly urged Zhou Yunyi to lead the charge next time.
• Wang Xuance guessed Zhou Yunyi had not mastered Feathered Human Transformation, and Zhou Yunyi secretly realized the guess was true before promising to show the technique next time.
• Qin Wangchuan entered the courtyard and asked whether Zhou Yunyi could have defeated him with Feathered Human Transformation; Yan Wujin immediately insisted he could, leaving Zhou Yunyi unable to answer.

Qin Wangchuan proposed fusing spirit-energy swords with solid frameworks, including using Paper Soldiers to strengthen Heaven and Earth Law weapons. Zhao Lingyun revealed a nearby Secret Realm rumored to hold an opportunity to condense a Dual Heaven-Earth Method, and the group prepared to investigate it.

• Qin Wangchuan proposed fusing the Heavenly Sword’s spirit energy with the Ten Directions Profound Sword, using the solid sword as bones and the spirit-energy sword as its edge.
• Li Xuan and Chu Wujiu considered applying the idea to Heaven and Earth Law weapons, while Wang Xuance and Yun Zexuan explained why the Heaven-Opening War Halberd could not be wrapped in spiritual power.
• Qin Wangchuan explained that Paper Soldiers could serve as internal frameworks for Heaven and Earth Law weapons, allowing spiritual power to form their outer structure.
• Zhao Lingyun decided to study Qin Wangchuan’s Paper Soldier idea and told the group he had found a nearby Secret Realm rumored to help someone condense a Dual Heaven-Earth Method.
• Several people agreed to investigate the Secret Realm, while Wang Xuance concluded that Qin Wangchuan was confident enough to welcome others surpassing him.

Li Qingluan woke after her battle with Qin Wangchuan and discovered that a crimson-eyed version of herself, a thought left by her future self, had appeared to take over her body. The future Li Qingluan gave her three tasks and warned that her current self was too weak to understand what she had forgotten.

• Li Qingluan woke, learned Qin Wangchuan had visited before leaving for the Meteor Ancient Realm, and recorded that she had held back during their fight.
• Li Qingluan noticed her blood-red eyes and confronted a crimson-eyed figure identical to herself, but the figure stopped her sword with ease.
• The figure identified herself as a thought left by the Supreme Consciousness and demanded that Li Qingluan die and surrender her body and future.
• Li Qingluan inferred that the figure was her future self and questioned her about the memories she had lost.
• The future Li Qingluan told Li Qingluan to find Lv Yingxin and gain her trust to command the Myriad Races of the Foreign Lands, kill Tan Lingfei at Wandao Academy, and gather three Divine Objects to create an Origin Source substitute.

Li Qingluan questioned her future self’s plan to prepare an Origin Source substitute, but accepted her assurance that it was for Qin Wangchuan. At the Meteor Ancient Realm, Qin Wangchuan and his companions prepared to enter, while he considered his dwindling simulation count and an unfinished system task.

• Li Qingluan suspected her crimson-eyed counterpart wanted the Origin Source substitute as a body for herself, but the other Li Qingluan insisted it was meant to protect Qin Wangchuan, and Li Qingluan agreed to seek the rare materials.
• Qin Wangchuan, Chu Wujiu, Zhao Lingyun, Ye Lingchuan, and Yun Zexuan arrived at the Meteor Ancient Realm entrance, where Zhao Lingyun distributed five Meteor Tokens.
• Chu Wujiu suggested breaking through the realm’s barrier, but Zhao Lingyun chose to follow its rules, and Yun Zexuan murmured bitterly about rules.
• Qin Wangchuan checked the available Meteor Ancient Realm simulation and reviewed his unfinished system task, which required defeating a guard captain or mining for at least six months.
• Zhao Lingyun announced that the realm was opening, and the group prepared to enter through the starry vortex.

At the Wen Dao Palace’s behest, Xiao Yun and his companions operated a mine as the Blood Evil Sect, forcing captives to dig while fulfilling a mission about a miner named Qingchuan. Jiang Yan was drawn into the act and discovered that acting like a villain made the miners obey him.

• Xiao Yun made Qingchuan and the other captives dig, explaining to Jiang Yan that the Wen Dao Palace had taken over the work of vanished villainous forces.
• Brother Hei brought in more captives, and Xiao Yun ordered the group to keep mining nearby veins to make the most of their operation as the Blood Evil Sect.
• A captive mocked the Blood Evil Sect, and Xiao Yun gave Jiang Yan a token naming him the sect’s 188th Devilish Son.
• Jiang Yan insisted he was a good person, then used a whip and an exaggerated threat to silence the miners.
• The miners fell quiet and returned to work, while Jiang Yan found his new villainous identity surprisingly useful.

Xu Qing visited the mine, where Jiang Yan’s search for a birthmark was mistaken by the miners as a scandalous Demonic Sect ritual. Outside the Meteor Ancient Realm, Xie Qingshang tried to approach Qin Wangchuan’s group, but they ignored her and entered the realm, leaving her intrigued by their origins.

• Xu Qing warned Xiao Yun not to tarnish the Young Master's reputation and explained that Wen Dao Palace planned to consolidate power across the Jiuqu Realm.
• Jiang Yan asked Xu Qing to check his back for a birthmark, and the miners misread his undressing as evidence of the Demonic Sect’s depravity.
• Xie Qingshang introduced herself to Zhao Lingyun and offered to travel with his group, but Chu Wujiu dismissed her and entered the Light Screen with the others.
• Xie Qingshang watched Qin Wangchuan’s group depart and recognized the immense gulf between herself and Qin Wangchuan.

In the Meteor Secret Realm, Ye Lingchuan admitted that the Immortal Burial Coffin could devour its bearer, while Qin Wangchuan effortlessly stopped Elder Xu from spying on the group. Qin Wangchuan then guided the party through the passages toward the Core Region, leaving Xie Qingshang ready to challenge his choice at an ancient fork.

• Chu Wujiu killed an ambushing Demonic Beast, and the Immortal Burial Coffin absorbed its remains as Ye Lingchuan said he was willing to risk being devoured by it.
• Qin Wangchuan severed Elder Xu's Divine Sense Silk, and Xie Qingshang apologized after Qin warned her not to let it happen again.
• At a three-way fork, Qin Wangchuan chose the left passage, and Xie Qingshang recognized it as the route to the Core Region.
• Qin Wangchuan repeatedly chose the group's route through the Secret Realm, while Chu Wujiu and the others followed without question.
• At an ancient fork, Qin Wangchuan ordered the group down the middle passage, though Xie Qingshang believed the deciphered runes indicated they should go right.

After the group entered a hidden Ancient Forest, Qin Wangchuan killed a powerful Youming Ao with a precisely controlled sword strike and began roasting it. Xie Qingshang sought favor with the group, while Guo Chen arrived and was stunned to see her serving them.

• Chu Wujiu opened a passage through the rock, revealing an Ancient Forest and a distant Giant Tower, and Ye Lingchuan sensed that spiritual power had been cut off to conceal the path.
• A Thirteenth Realm Youming Ao charged the group, but Qin Wangchuan stopped Ye Lingchuan from absorbing it and killed the beast with one sword strike.
• Qin Wangchuan announced that he would roast the Youming Ao, and Xie Qingshang was shocked by his strength and helped gather firewood.
• Guo Chen arrived with more than ten attendants and assumed Xie Qingshang was alone, but she told him to leave and positioned herself between him and the group.
• When Qin Wangchuan remarked that the fire was not hot enough, Xie Qingshang immediately added wood, leaving Guo Chen shocked by her deference and asking who the people were.

Xie Qingshang drove Guo Chen away after he tried to take her to his camp, while Qin Wangchuan and the others discussed the Wanjie Thunder Furnace over dinner. Chu Wujiu recalled ending a romance to pursue cultivation and admitted he feared being forgotten despite becoming the Second Youngest Supreme Being in History.

• Guo Chen urged Xie Qingshang to leave the camp with him, but she slapped him and struck him with the Wanjie Thunder Furnace.
• Elder Xu warned Guo Chen, who left with his attendants while still resentful and infatuated with Xie Qingshang.
• Yun Zexuan, Ye Lingchuan, Zhao Lingyun, and Qin Wangchuan discussed the spread and limits of the Wanjie Thunder Furnace.
• Chu Wujiu said he had ended a relationship after leaving the True Dragon Secret Realm because he feared love would dull his cultivation.
• Chu Wujiu admitted he feared being surpassed and forgotten, then criticized Qin Wangchuan's grilling after tasting the meat.

Around a bonfire, Qin Wangchuan and the others shared their fears and convictions, including Yun Zexuan’s wish to destroy the Heaven-Reaching Pillar. Xie Qingshang explained that rumors of the Dual Heaven-Earth Method were bait to find an Ancient Divine Object, and Qin Wangchuan began considering how to make the rumored method real.

• Qin Wangchuan admitted he feared losing himself as his Immortal Bone transformed, while Ye Lingchuan and Zhao Lingyun described the dangers they faced.
• Yun Zexuan condemned the people of the Lower Realm and declared that, if he became Emperor, he would destroy the Heaven-Reaching Pillar and attack the Foreign Lands.
• Chu Wujiu warned Yun Zexuan against severing the connection between the realms, while Xie Qingshang wondered whether the pillar could truly be destroyed.
• Qin Wangchuan eased the tense mood by joking that everyone was afraid, and the group laughed together as they left the grilling to Ye Lingchuan.
• Qin Wangchuan asked Xie Qingshang about the Dual Heaven-Earth Method, and she explained that the rumor was a trap meant to help someone locate an Ancient Divine Object.
• Qin Wangchuan realized that although the Dual Heaven-Earth Method was currently fabricated, he might be able to make it real himself.

Xie Qingshang revealed that she wanted to know Qin Wangchuan’s name, and he agreed, deepening their karmic connection and allowing her to stay with the group. Qin Wangchuan then began a directional simulation of the Meteor Ancient Realm, which opened on a fallen Half-Venerable seeking a final chance at revenge.

• Xie Qingshang suggested the group could claim the hidden treasure before the person behind the trap appeared, and Qin Wangchuan challenged her use of the word “we.”
• Ye Lingchuan described how he had learned to roast meat while hungry, and he and Chu Wujiu traded jokes about their pasts.
• Qin Wangchuan asked Xie Qingshang what she wanted, and she admitted that she wanted to know his name.
• Qin Wangchuan told Xie Qingshang his name, forming a deeper karmic connection and letting her join the group by the bonfire.
• Qin Wangchuan began a simulation of the Meteor Ancient Realm, which revealed that a disgraced Ma Family Half-Venerable had come seeking a second Heaven and Earth Law and revenge on Ma Hongsheng and Song Yu'an.