Chapter Summaries

Chu Wujiu and Ji Wuchen reached the summit of the Heaven Ascending Ladder, while Yun Zexuan and the other Prodigies fell short. After the candidates gathered to await admission, Elder Liang announced that a fourth trial remained.

• Chu Wujiu overcame the pressure at the Ninety-ninth Tier, reached the Hundredth Tier, and had his name engraved on the Wandao Heavenly Stele.
• Yun Zexuan passed the Heart Demon Road and True Self Mirror, then stopped at the Eighty-ninth Tier of the Heaven Ascending Ladder.
• Ji Wuchen passed the first two trials and reached the Hundredth Tier, earning his name on the Wandao Heavenly Stele.
• Ye Lingchuan, Zhao Lingyun, and Yan Wujin stopped at the Ninety-fifth, Ninety-first, and Ninety-third tiers, while Zhou Yunyi reached only the Seventieth Tier and secretly vowed to cultivate harder.
• Elder Liang congratulated the gathered candidates for passing the three trials and revealed that Wandao Academy admission required a fourth trial.

The Ten Directions Immortal Court prodigies tried Wandao Academy’s newly added Fourth Trial, emerging shaken and silent after only a few breaths. Xiang Haoran entered last, encountered a pair of golden eyes, and was blasted from the hall as Chu Wujiu and the others burst into laughter.

• Elder Liang announced that the incomplete Fourth Trial was newly added for the Ten Directions Immortal Court prodigies, and Chu Wujiu entered first.
• Chu Wujiu returned after five breaths, warned Xiang Haoran not to enter, and fell silent when questioned.
• Yan Wujin and the other prodigies entered one after another, emerged stunned, and sat beside Chu Wujiu without speaking.
• Xiang Haoran entered the dark hall, mistook a pair of opening golden eyes for a point of light, and was blasted through the doorway.
• Chu Wujiu and the others laughed at Xiang Haoran for falling for their apparent warning.

Qin Wangchuan emerged at the palace gates and dominated the Fourth Trial, defeating Xiang Haoran and leaving the crowd in awe of his apparent awakened Immortal Body. As no one dared challenge him, he headed toward the Heart Demon Road after a Wandao Academy disciple called Elder Liang’s attention to something across the square.

• Qin Wangchuan appeared in True Dragon Treasure Armor and invited anyone to challenge the Fourth Trial, while Chu Wujiu and Yan Wujin mocked Xiang Haoran for being kicked away.
• After Elder Liang healed him, Xiang Haoran used a Seven-Character Heaven and Earth Law to attack Qin Wangchuan, but Heavenly Suspended Silk stopped his giant fist.
• Qin Wangchuan pierced Xiang Haoran’s Dharma Manifestation and chest with the Heavenly Ruins Tribulation Finger, causing Xiang Haoran to fall and his manifestation to collapse.
• The crowd speculated that Qin Wangchuan’s Longevity Immortal Body had awakened and, intimidated by his strength, no one accepted his challenge.
• Qin Wangchuan turned toward the Heart Demon Road as a Wandao Academy disciple hurriedly called Elder Liang’s attention to the other side of the square.

Qin Wangchuan followed Qin Xuanji’s instructions through Wandao Academy’s trials, where strange visions and whispers appeared to be gifts from his Second Brother. After passing the first two trials, he began climbing the Heavenly Ladder.

• Qin Wangchuan crossed Heart Demon Road and saw countless possible versions of himself before returning to stand on the trial for ten seconds to complete a system mission.
• Qin Wangchuan received a guarantee that his next sign-in reward would be at least Tier Five, though he had already signed in that day.
• Qin Wangchuan touched the True Self Mirror, where unfamiliar figures whispered, “Don’t stop!” before fading away.
• The Wandao Academy elders were puzzled that Qin Wangchuan passed the True Self Mirror after apparently answering only one question, and Elder Liang suggested inspecting the treasure after the trials.
• Qin Wangchuan stepped onto the first tier of the Heavenly Ladder.

Qin Hongchen explained to Qin Xuanji that he intended to unite his love for a woman of the Alien Race with his duty as the Qin Clan Dao Child. Meanwhile, Qin Wangchuan climbed the Heavenly Ladder with ease, stopping at the Ninety-ninth Tier after sensing a strange fluctuation.

• Qin Xuanji and Qin Hongchen prepared enormous Magic Tools to celebrate Qin Wangchuan's entry into Wandao Academy.
• Qin Hongchen told Qin Xuanji he would wait for the woman he loved and insisted she would come.
• Qin Hongchen declared his Dao was to sweep across the Foreign Lands, bring the Alien Race into the Qin Clan Territory, and fulfill both his love and his clan duties.
• Elder Liang sensed something wrong as Qin Wangchuan steadily climbed the Heavenly Ladder.
• Qin Wangchuan passed the Ninety-fifth Step without difficulty, then halted at the Ninety-ninth Tier after sensing a strange fluctuation.

Qin Wangchuan reached the Hundredth Tier of the Heavenly Ladder, then followed voices from other versions of himself to climb beyond its summit. As the crowd watched his ascent, two purple-skinned Alien Race Prodigies at Wandao Academy identified him and looked forward to challenging the academy’s students.

• Qin Wangchuan stepped onto the Hundredth Tier as Qin Xuanji and Qin Hongchen set off golden fireworks to celebrate his ascent.
• After hearing countless voices urge him not to stop, Qin Wangchuan stepped beyond the summit and climbed on Heavenly Suspended Silk, realizing the voices came from versions of himself across other timelines.
• The crowd saw that Qin Wangchuan’s name had not appeared on the Stone Tablet and realized his ascent was not over; Chu Wujiu complained that Qin Wangchuan was hogging all the opportunities.
• Two purple-skinned Alien Race Prodigies watched Qin Wangchuan climb and discussed putting him and Wandao Academy’s Prodigies in their place.

Qin Wangchuan climbed beyond the hundred-step Heavenly Ladder, enduring tribulation-like attacks that strengthened his Immortal Bone as Dragon Scale stayed by his side. He discovered the hidden continuation of the ancient Heavenly Road, while the prodigies below rallied behind him and He Xuan revealed the Heavenly Step’s history.

• Qin Wangchuan continued climbing through fierce attacks, and Dragon Scale took her true form to join him.
• Qin Wangchuan’s Immortal Bone and Supreme Dao Heart grew stronger as he endured the punishment and recovered from his wounds.
• Qin Wangchuan reached a concealed stone staircase that continued the broken Heavenly Ladder and followed visions of his past selves along the right path.
• The prodigies, including Chu Wujiu, Yan Wujin, Yun Zexuan, Zhao Lingyun, Ye Lingchuan, and Li Xuan, urged Qin Wangchuan to keep moving forward.
• He Xuan arrived and explained that the Heavenly Step was a reforged fragment of the ancient Heavenly Road, which still remained beyond the broken section.

Qin Wangchuan reached the end of the Heavenly Road but sent Dragon Scale onward, then fell unconscious and was caught by Li Qingluan. When the Wandao Heavenly Stele named Dragon Scale instead of him, Qin Xuanji and Qin Wudao inscribed Qin Wangchuan’s name on a section of the Golden Steps.

• At the end of the Heavenly Road, Qin Wangchuan sent Dragon Scale into the sacred structure and fell as the steps vanished.
• The Wandao Heavenly Stele recorded Dragon Scale’s name, while the crowd realized Qin Wangchuan was falling from the sky.
• Yan Wujin sent the Nine-Flame Golden Crow to rescue Qin Wangchuan, but Li Qingluan caught him first and heard him mistake her for Eldest Brother.
• Dragon Scale descended in a transformed form, covered Qin Wangchuan in golden light, then returned to her Dragon Pattern form on his robes.
• Qin Xuanji cut a section of the Golden Steps free and planted it beside the Wandao Heavenly Stele.
• Qin Wudao used Dao Ji to carve Qin Wangchuan’s name into the Golden Steps.

After Qin Wangchuan’s departure, cultivators climbed the Heaven Ascending Ladder to follow the path he had taken, while academy elders recognized the Qin Clan’s strength and Qin Xuanji’s hidden ability. At Wandao Academy, Tan Lingfei and Liu Yunqi condemned Qin Wangchuan’s influence, but their peers dismissed them and left.

• Qin Zhaoer silenced the crowd’s complaints as Li Qingluan, Qin Xuanji, Qin Wudao, and the Qin Clan disciples departed with Qin Wangchuan.
• He Xuan and Elder Liang realized Qin Xuanji had reached the Ninety-ninth Tier and suspected he might be stronger than Qin Wudao.
• Chu Wujiu, Yan Wujin, Zhao Lingyun, Yun Zexuan, Ye Lingchuan, Ji Wuchen, and many other cultivators climbed the Heaven Ascending Ladder to follow Qin Wangchuan’s path.
• Elder Liang watched the pilgrims and thought Qin Wangchuan could transform Wandao Academy and eventually the Ten Directions Immortal Court.
• Tan Lingfei and Liu Yunqi called Qin Wangchuan a fraud and accused him of using cultivators to strengthen the Qin Clan’s authority.
• A Purple Robe Youth and a stern-faced woman mocked Tan Lingfei and left, while he silently suppressed his anger at being called a half-breed.

Qin Wangchuan received the Seventh-Tier Nine-Layer Profound Heaven Ring and discovered that the Heavenly Road’s ancient gift had greatly strengthened Dragon Scale, allowing her to take an adult form. He and Qin Zhaoer then set out for the academy entrance ceremony, with the Myriad Dao Book Palace trial still ahead.

• Qin Wangchuan signed in and received the Nine-Layer Profound Heaven Ring, then tested its layered defensive power with a beam of Spiritual Power.
• Qin Wangchuan learned through their Divine Souls that Dragon Scale had absorbed the ancient aura in the Heavenly Road’s hall and gained power approaching her nearly grown state.
• Dragon Scale transformed into an adult woman before Qin Wangchuan, then returned to his body as a faintly golden Dragon Pattern.
• Qin Zhaoer entered Qin Wangchuan’s room and asked which academy he wanted to join before reminding him about the entrance ceremony.
• Qin Wangchuan and Qin Zhaoer left for the academy assignments and the upcoming Myriad Dao Book Palace trial, trading playful taunts along the way.

Wandao Academy’s entrance ceremony gathered newly selected disciples, and Qin Wangchuan arrived with Qin Zhaoer before being reunited with several familiar faces. The ceremony had not yet begun when he spotted Gu Tianye among the Middle Thousand Provinces group, accompanied by a shy young girl.

• Qin Zhaoer flew into a rage after a disciple mistook her for Li Qingluan, and Qin Wangchuan carried her toward the Academy assignment line.
• Chu Wujiu and Yan Wujin teased Qin Zhaoer, who chased Yan Wujin around the square after Qin Wangchuan set her down.
• Qin Wangchuan noticed Xie Qingshang and Xie Nian among the Upper Thousand Provinces disciples; Xie Qingshang felt hurt when he barely acknowledged her, while Xie Nian challenged him to fight again.
• Qin Wangchuan spotted Gu Tianye among the Middle Thousand Provinces disciples and saw a petite girl hiding beside him.

At Wandao Academy, the guardian spirits assigned the Heavenly Ladder trial survivors to academies, and Gu Tianye reunited with Qin Wangchuan while introducing his sister, Gu Yixuan. The selections ended with Qin Wangchuan chosen by all three academies, making him the first Three Academies Selection in history.

• Gu Tianye confronted Qin Wangchuan, introduced Gu Yixuan, and said he had come to surpass him and seek a cure for her illness.
• Elder Liang quieted the square, and the headmaster announced that the guardian spirits would assign the trial survivors to the three academies.
• The stone lions assigned the cultivators to academies, with Ji Wuchen placed in Lingyun Sword Academy and Zhou Yunyi and Gu Yixuan placed in Xuanyi Academy.
• The crowd discovered that Xie Qingshang had been selected by both Xuanyi Academy and Lingyun Sword Academy.
• The stone lions selected Qin Wangchuan for Xuanyi Academy, Shenwu Academy, and Lingyun Sword Academy, marking the first Three Academies Selection in history.

Qin Wangchuan earned the unprecedented recognition of all three academies and chose Xuanyi Academy as his starting point. The Academy began the Myriad Dao Book Palace trials, and Qin Wangchuan entered with Qin Zhaoer and Zhou Yunyi while Xie Qingshang followed separately.

• The crowd praised Qin Wangchuan after the ancient Saint Spirit selected him for all three academies, while Xiang Haoran silently accepted the gap between them.
• Elder Liang asked Qin Wangchuan to choose an academy, and Qin Wangchuan selected Xuanyi Academy; Xie Qingshang also announced her choice of Xuanyi Academy.
• The White Robe Elder explained the ten-floor Myriad Dao Book Palace, its Eleventh Layer trial, and how the disciples' performances would determine their initial resources and status.
• The White Robe Elder opened the trials, and the disciples surged toward the palace gate.
• Qin Zhaoer pushed Qin Wangchuan toward the gate and joined him, while Zhou Yunyi hurried into their group; Xie Qingshang hesitated before entering with another prodigy.

Chu Wujiu, Li Xuan, and the others entered the Myriad Dao Book Palace in separate groups, while Qin Wangchuan, Qin Zhaoer, and Zhou Yunyi began navigating its maze. Qin Wangchuan said he planned to study a method for condensing two Heaven and Earth Laws before breaking through, leaving Qin Zhaoer admiring his ambition.

• Chu Wujiu and Li Xuan entered the palace together, followed by Zhao Lingyun and Yun Zexuan, while Ji Wuchen, Ye Lingchuan, and Yan Wujin formed another group.
• Qin Wangchuan, Qin Zhaoer, and Zhou Yunyi appeared in a separate space filled with a vast bookshelf maze guarded by Eleventh Realm puppets.
• Qin Wangchuan blasted a straight passage through the maze with his Heavenly Void Tribulation Finger, and Qin Zhaoer transformed her Silver Bell into a Crescent Scythe to cut down an attacking puppet.
• Qin Zhaoer asked Qin Wangchuan why he had not broken through, and he said he would wait until he studied the Dual Heaven-Earth Method and could condense two Heaven and Earth Laws at once.
• Qin Zhaoer reacted with awe to Qin Wangchuan’s plan and reflected on how her childhood resentment toward him had turned into admiration and longing.

Qin Wangchuan and his companions quickly fought their way through the Book Palace, where Qin Wangchuan defeated a powerful Heroic Phantom with one armored punch. At the academy, the elders marveled at his strength, and He Xuan identified Dragon Scale as an ancient taboo Transformation Divine Weapon born from a True Dragon of the Royal Bloodline.

• Qin Wangchuan, Qin Zhaoer, and Zhou Yunyi cleared the first three layers and reached the fourth, where a Heroic Phantom guarded the path forward.
• Qin Wangchuan activated Dragon Scale Armor and shattered the phantom of Lin Yulun with a single physical punch, leaving a crater in the wall.
• Qin Wangchuan continued to the fifth layer while Qin Zhaoer and Zhou Yunyi watched in amazement.
• At Wandao Academy, the elders watched the Light Screen and compared Qin Wangchuan’s strength with the other prodigies.
• He Xuan arrived and identified Dragon Scale as an ancient taboo Transformation Divine Weapon, revealing that it came from a True Dragon with Royal Bloodline.

Qin Wangchuan effortlessly defeated the Heroic Phantoms on the Sixth and Seventh Layers of the Myriad Dao Book Palace. He reached the Eighth Layer, where Qin Zhaoer recognized the formidable phantoms of Qin Kuangge and Qin Qingzheng.

• Qin Wangchuan killed the Sixth Layer's armored phantom with the Heavenly Void Tribulation Finger before its Great Sun Glazed Pure Fire Manifestation could form.
• On the Seventh Layer, Qin Wangchuan trapped Zhou Su with Heavenly Suspended Silks and crushed him with a punch from afar.
• Qin Wangchuan exposed Yun Wuyi's hiding place with a golden Slay character, then killed him with another distant punch.
• Wandao Academy's elders watched in stunned silence as Qin Wangchuan advanced through the layers and Elder Liang predicted he would take first place.
• Qin Wangchuan, Qin Zhaoer, and Zhou Yunyi reached the Eighth Layer, where Qin Zhaoer identified the phantoms as Qin Kuangge and Qin Qingzheng.

Qin Zhaoer and Qin Wangchuan fought the phantoms of Qin Kuangge and Qin Qingzheng in the Book Palace. Qin Wangchuan defeated Qin Qingzheng and realized his Heavenly Derivation Divine Pupil had awakened the power to glimpse the future.

• Qin Zhaoer challenged Qin Kuangge alone, while Qin Wangchuan faced Qin Qingzheng.
• Qin Zhaoer clashed with Qin Kuangge using her strength and then revealed her softer, redirecting fist technique, Soft Water Silk Weave.
• Qin Wangchuan drew the Ten Directions Profound Sword and fought Qin Qingzheng with pure swordsmanship.
• Qin Wangchuan used his newly sharpened insight to anticipate Qin Qingzheng's moves and destroy her phantom.
• Qin Wangchuan recognized that his Heavenly Derivation Divine Pupil could now glimpse the trajectories of the future.

Qin Zhaoer defeated the academy’s phantom of Qin Kuangge and celebrated, while Qin Wangchuan reminded her the real Fourth Brother was far tougher. On the ninth level, they encountered Chu Qingyan, who recognized Qin Wangchuan as a successor and began a battle using his Thunder Pool domain.

• Qin Zhaoer used the Hundred-Weapon Bell’s scythe to defeat Qin Kuangge’s phantom and excitedly told Qin Wangchuan she had won.
• Qin Wangchuan cautioned Qin Zhaoer that the phantom lacked the real Qin Kuangge’s Azure Heaven Hegemon Body, then praised her to end her sulk.
• The group reached the ninth level, where Qin Wangchuan identified its sole phantom as Chu Qingyan, a rival of Qin Wudao and the foremost beneath the ceiling of his era.
• Chu Qingyan recognized Qin Wangchuan’s aura, named him, and declared that he would not hold back against the successor.
• Chu Qingyan transformed into a colossal Dharma Manifestation and turned the ninth level into his Thunder Pool domain with Heaven and Earth Law: Archaic Thunder Emperor’s Execution.

Qin Wangchuan challenged Chu Qingyan’s Thunder Emperor Dharma Manifestation, whose words wielded the laws of thunder, and pressed forward despite its crushing domain. By the end, his Nine-Layer Profound Heaven Ring had withstood three powerful attacks, while he continued advancing under the weight of “Suppress.”

• Qin Wangchuan’s Heavenly Ruins Tribulation Finger was erased by the Thunder Emperor Dharma Manifestation’s “Break.”
• The Dharma Manifestation’s “Decisive Floating Clouds” struck Qin Wangchuan, but his Nine-Layer Profound Heaven Ring blocked it and strengthened its defense.
• Qin Wangchuan charged into the Thunder Pool Emperor Domain, where the Dharma Manifestation’s “Suppress” forced him into the ground.
• Qin Wangchuan stood firm and walked toward the Dharma Manifestation, turning its immense pressure into a source of strength.
• The Nine-Layer Profound Heaven Ring blocked the Dharma Manifestation’s “Judgment” and “Annihilation,” lighting the runes on its second and third rings.
• Zhou Yunyi watched Qin Wangchuan’s advance in shock.

Qin Wangchuan defeated Chu Qingyan’s Thunder Emperor Dharma Manifestation on the ninth layer and advanced with Qin Zhaoer and Zhou Yunyi to the tenth, where they met their sixth brother, Qin Hongchen. A teleportation sent Zhou Yunyi outside the Book Palace, where he was announced as the first to clear the trial, while Qin Wangchuan and the others remained inside with Qin Hongchen.

• Qin Wangchuan caught the Thunder Emperor’s Heavenly Punishment with his Dragon Scale armor, devoured its lightning, and refined the power into his Immortal Bone.
• Qin Wangchuan used the Qianqiu Hegemony Fist to shatter Chu Qingyan’s Dharma Manifestation, then destroyed Chu Qingyan’s remaining figure with the Ten Directions Profound Sword.
• Qin Wangchuan warned Qin Zhaoer and Zhou Yunyi that the next layer would be stronger, and the three climbed to the tenth layer.
• Qin Wangchuan and Qin Zhaoer recognized their sixth brother, Qin Hongchen, in the Dao hall, where he invited them to sit with him.
• A teleportation array sent Zhou Yunyi outside the Book Palace, and an elder announced him as the first to clear the trial.