Chapter Summaries

Zhou Yunyi’s unexpected first-place finish drew Xuanyi Academy’s attention, while the Heaven Reversal Array activated around the Myriad Dao Book Palace. Inside its Eleventh Layer, top prodigies entered expecting to face Qin Wudao but encountered a figure that shocked them, whom Ye Lingchuan identified as Qin Wangchuan.

• He Xuan learned that Zhou Yunyi had reached only the seventieth tier of the Heaven Ascending Ladder, yet had exited the Myriad Dao Book Palace first, and ordered the elders to watch him closely.
• The Myriad Dao Book Palace’s roof burst open, and the academy activated the Heaven Reversal Array to contain the destructive power escaping from within.
• Two hours earlier, Chu Wujiu and Li Clan defeated their opponents on the tenth layer and entered the Eleventh Layer together.
• Chu Wujiu and Li Clan opened the Golden Ancient Gate, glimpsed a monster inside, then hurried back out and sat down to recover.
• Yan Wujin entered the gate to challenge Qin Wudao, froze at the sight of the figure inside, and was followed by Ji Clan and Ye Lingchuan.
• Ye Lingchuan recognized the hovering figure as Qin Wangchuan.

The Prodigies reached the Eleventh Layer and discovered that its challenge was Qin Wangchuan’s overwhelmingly powerful phantom, not Qin Wudao. Seeing him again made Xie Qingshang confront her feelings and resolve to pursue him despite the competition.

• Ji Wuchen confirmed that the phantom was Qin Wangchuan, leaving the gathered Prodigies uncertain how they could fight him.
• Yun Zexuan explained that the Eleventh Layer recorded the strongest individuals from every generation and that Qin Wangchuan had surpassed Qin Wudao.
• Zhao Lingyun, Yun Zexuan, and other Prodigies gathered to assess the phantom, while Xie Qingshang arrived and recognized Qin Wangchuan.
• Hua Qianning teased Xie Qingshang about being in love with Qin Wangchuan, prompting her to reflect on how her affection had grown.
• Hua Qianning urged Xie Qingshang not to give up because Qin Wangchuan had other admirers, and Xie Qingshang resolved to pursue him.

Gu Tianye and several other prodigies tested the Golden Ancient Gate, only to discover that Qin Wangchuan’s imprint could kill them despite the Book Palace’s protections. With the monster awakened and the survivors terrified, Yun Zexuan ordered the Supreme Realm cultivators to form the first line of defense.

• Yun Zexuan called for cooperation against the imprint, but Gu Tianye rejected his proposal and walked toward the Golden Ancient Gate.
• Gu Tianye froze upon crossing the threshold, then immediately returned and agreed to follow Yun Zexuan’s lead.
• Several Upper Thousand Provinces Prodigies entered the Arena, where Qin Wangchuan’s imprint killed them with successive Tribulation Lights.
• The survivors realized they could die, and Yun Zexuan ordered everyone in the Supreme Realm to summon their Heaven and Earth Law and form the first line of defense.

Chu Wujiu used Zhao Lingyun’s Dao Shu Bing to block one of Qin Wangchuan’s Tribulation Fingers, but his counterattack was stopped by Heavenly Suspended Silk and nearly destroyed his Dharma Manifestation. Li Xuan and the others summoned more than ten Dharma Manifestations beneath the Academy’s Heaven Reversal Array, and Yun Zexuan told them to wait for the signal before attacking together.

• Zhao Lingyun threw Chu Wujiu the Dao Shu Bing, which transformed into battle halberds and armored one of his Dharma Manifestation’s arms as Weapon Bone.
• Chu Wujiu used a halberd to withstand Qin Wangchuan’s Tribulation Finger, then charged through the golden gate to counterattack despite Yun Zexuan’s warning.
• Qin Wangchuan’s Heavenly Suspended Silk halted Chu Wujiu’s strike, and another Tribulation Finger erased part of his Dharma Manifestation’s head.
• Li Xuan summoned his Dao-Derived Azure Soul Divine Martial Manifestation, and more than ten others raised their own Dharma Manifestations around Qin Wangchuan.
• The Academy’s Heaven Reversal Array shielded the assembled cultivators, and Yun Zexuan ordered them to wait for his signal before attacking together.

Yun Zexuan coordinated a joint assault on Qin Wangchuan, but Qin’s defenses absorbed the attacks and he countered with overwhelming force. He left Li Clan Xuan’s manifestation badly wounded and embedded in the Arena wall.

• Yun Zexuan ordered the fighters to obscure Qin Wangchuan’s perception before everyone unleashed their strongest attacks.
• Qin Wangchuan’s nine Mystic Heaven Rings activated into a barrier that blocked the barrage without a ripple.
• Li Clan Xuan’s manifestation slipped behind Qin Wangchuan and struck, but Qin stopped the Divine Martial Giant Sword with his Dragon Scale-covered hand.
• Qin Wangchuan shattered Li Clan Xuan’s sword, summoned the Ten Directions Mystic Law Sword, and used Dao Slash to blast Li’s manifestation into the Arena wall.

Qin Wangchuan’s phantom overwhelmed the challengers with powerful techniques, defeating Chu Wujiu and destroying Xiang Haoran’s Dharma Manifestation. The Heaven Reversal Array reconstructed the defeated fighters, while Chu Wujiu realized his warning about Qin Wangchuan’s Supreme Dao Heart had been true.

• Qin Wangchuan summoned the Ten Directions Mystic Law Sword against Chu Wujiu, shattering his twin halberds and forcing him to brace against the blow.
• Qin Wangchuan struck at Yun Zexuan with the Heavenly Sword; Hundred Tribulations, and Ye Lingchuan, Yan Wujin, and Gu Tianye joined forces to defend him.
• Ji Clan Wuchen attacked with the Void Seal, but Qin Wangchuan evaded it and answered with a slash that Zhao Lingyun’s talisman blocked.
• Xiang Haoran ambushed Qin Wangchuan with his Dharma Manifestation, but Qin Wangchuan countered with the Slaughtering Dao Heavenly Scar and destroyed the manifestation with a Heavenly Sword.
• The Heaven Reversal Array reconstructed Xiang Haoran and Chu Wujiu, and Chu Wujiu angrily acknowledged that his warning about Qin Wangchuan’s Supreme Dao Heart had been right.

Qin Wangchuan used his Supreme Dao Heart to overpower the remaining fighters, leaving even the Supremes unable to turn the battle around. As the Half-Venerables watched helplessly, seven Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestations struggled to endure his relentless attacks.

• Xiang Haoran and Chu Wujiu acknowledged Qin Wangchuan's overwhelming strength, then joined forces and summoned their Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestations again.
• Yun Zexuan told Ye Lingchuan and the others that Half-Venerables could not interfere in a battle meant for Supremes, while Gu Tianye realized he was still far behind Qin Wangchuan.
• Xie Qingshang watched Qin Wangchuan and reflected that what they saw of his power might be only a corner of the heaven beneath his feet.
• Qin Wangchuan continued attacking with Tribulation Fingers, sword seals, the Heavenly Sword, and the Ten Directions Profound Sword, overwhelming the remaining fighters.
• The battlefield was reduced to ruins, and only seven Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestations remained to withstand Qin Wangchuan's relentless assault.

Qin Wangchuan overwhelmed the Supreme Prodigies at Myriad Dao Book Palace, while Yun Zexuan explained that Qin Wangchuan's only weakness was not yet being Supreme. In a pavilion, Qin Hongchen explained his resolve to subdue the Foreign Lands for the woman he loved, and Qin Wangchuan revealed that she had returned.

• Yun Zexuan told Gu Tianye that Qin Wangchuan's lack of a breakthrough to Supreme was his weakness and warned that the Wheel of Fate had not yet been used.
• Someone intervened in the battle, forcing Qin Wangchuan to step away as a Heavenly Sword fell where he had stood.
• Qin Hongchen asked Qin Wangchuan how he had learned Law Follows Words, and Qin Wangchuan said he had learned the word 'slash' while practicing swordsmanship.
• Qin Hongchen admitted he planned to subdue the Foreign Lands and create a safe world for the woman he loved and people like them.
• Qin Wangchuan told Qin Hongchen that she had returned.

Qin Wangchuan told Qin Hongchen that the woman he had been searching for had returned, then Qin Hongchen intervened in the battle at the Myriad Dao Book Palace by copying a Heavenly Sword. The copied sword triggered a counterattack from the apparition, and Qin Wangchuan pulled Qin Zhaoer aside as it descended toward Qin Hongchen.

• Qin Wangchuan told Qin Hongchen that the woman he had entrusted to the Yun Clan had returned, and Qin Hongchen said he would remember the kindness if it was true.
• Qin Hongchen analyzed the Ten Directions Profound Sword, failed to replicate it, then copied Qin Wangchuan's earlier Heavenly Sword and sent it crashing toward his apparition.
• Qin Wangchuan moved away from Qin Hongchen and pulled Qin Zhaoer beside him, while Qin Hongchen assumed he had avoided hitting them.
• A new Heavenly Sword appeared and locked onto Qin Hongchen, who realized it was a counterattack from the apparition.
• Qin Wangchuan stood calmly near the descending sword while holding Qin Zhaoer, who wondered what kind of world his Golden Eyes could see.

Qin Hongchen survived Qin Wangchuan’s reflected Heavenly Sword and recognized that Qin Wangchuan had used sight of the future. After the phantom vanished from the Eleventh Layer, the defeated challengers were left realizing it had barely acknowledged them.

• Qin Zhaoer touched Qin Wangchuan’s cheek, then pulled away in indignation when he questioned her.
• Qin Hongchen emerged unharmed from the crater and praised Qin Wangchuan’s sword, identifying his ability as sight of the future.
• Qin Hongchen stopped himself from attacking again to avoid damaging the Book Palace and promised to challenge Qin Wangchuan in person next time.
• Qin Wangchuan agreed that they would fight, with quiet certainty about their future match.
• Qin Hongchen activated a jade talisman, ending the trial and dissolving Qin Wangchuan’s phantom on the Eleventh Layer.
• Chu Wujiu, Xiang Haoran, and the other defeated challengers watched the phantom disappear and realized it had scarcely noticed them.

After Qin Wangchuan’s phantom image defeated the gathered prodigies, the survivors reflected on the gap between them and him. Gu Tianye resolved to use Qin Wangchuan as a challenge while warning Gu Yixuan to stay away, and Xie Nian’s defeat-fueled battle spirit rekindled.

• Chu Wujiu demanded to know why the trial had ended, while Li Xuan said the group could not have won even if it had continued.
• Ji Wuchen, Ye Lingchuan, and others confronted the gulf between themselves and Qin Wangchuan, and Yun Zexuan suspected someone with the Palace Master’s authority had interfered with the Book Palace.
• Chu Wujiu smashed a wall in anger after Li Xuan noted that this was their third challenge to Qin Wangchuan.
• Gu Tianye understood Feng Qingjue’s warning about a calamity of all beings, resolved to catch up to Qin Wangchuan, and warned Gu Yixuan not to approach or investigate him.
• Xie Nian arrived on the Eleventh Layer, learned that the prodigies had lost to Qin Wangchuan’s phantom image, and resolved to challenge him again.

After the Eleventh Layer trial closed, witnesses revealed that Qin Wangchuan’s imprint had defeated a coordinated siege by sixteen Supreme Beings and dozens of Half-Venerables. His overwhelming strength left the plaza stunned, and the trial-takers began calling him the Calamity of All Living Things.

• The Book Palace ended the Eleventh Layer trial and sealed it to anyone who had not already ascended.
• A witness corrected the rumor that Qin Wudao had appeared on the Eleventh Layer and identified Qin Wangchuan as the imprint there.
• The witness described how Qin Wangchuan’s Black Ring absorbed attacks and his Dragon Armor resisted them as he countered with Supreme Dao Techniques and Saint Laws.
• Trial-takers including Chu Wujiu, Xiang Haoran, and Li Xuan returned in silence, confirming the defeat and dispelling the crowd’s doubts.
• Reports spread that Qin Wangchuan’s imprint had routed sixteen Supreme Beings and dozens of Half-Venerables, earning him the name Calamity of All Living Things.

The Myriad Dao Book Palace trial ended with Zhou Yunyi unexpectedly ranked first, despite concealing that he had been sent out early through a back door. After the rewards were distributed, He Xuan announced that Zhou Yunyi would become Xuanyi Academy’s new Academy Head.

• Chu Wujiu asked Zhou Yunyi why he had not seen him on the Eleventh Layer, and Zhou Yunyi vaguely concealed that he had been sent outside from the ninth layer.
• Yun Zexuan and Zhao Lingyun revealed that Zhou Yunyi had placed first and was the only person to pass the Eleventh Layer, leaving the others confused about his claim.
• Qin Wangchuan joined the group, and Chu Wujiu challenged him about his hidden techniques before the trial rankings were announced.
• The ranking scroll named Zhou Yunyi first, while Qin Wangchuan placed tenth; Zhou Yunyi received his rewards as the crowd reacted in disbelief.
• He Xuan announced that Zhou Yunyi would serve as Xuanyi Academy’s new Academy Head, prompting an uproar.

He Xuan appointed Zhou Yunyi as Academy Head, leaving Zhou convinced he could not refuse without exposing his weakness. As the students went to choose Immortal Caves, Qin Wangchuan continued discussing Magic Tool research and followed He Xuan to a secluded courtyard to talk about the Dual Heaven-Earth Method.

• He Xuan appointed Zhou Yunyi Academy Head, and Zhou’s attempt to object was mistaken for acceptance.
• After the assembly, Chu Wujiu, Li Clan Xuan, Ji Clan Wuchen, and others teased Zhou Yunyi as they headed to choose Immortal Caves.
• Zhao Lingyun explained that Qin Wangchuan had joined the academy to discuss new Magic Tool concepts and the Dual Heaven-Earth Method, and that he had developed a prototype called the Dao Shu Bing.
• Qin Wangchuan asked the others to choose an Immortal Cave for him and went to speak with He Xuan.
• He Xuan led Qin Wangchuan to a secluded courtyard and asked whether he had come to discuss the Dual Heaven-Earth Method.

Qin Wangchuan explained to He Xuan that he wanted to pursue the Dual Heaven-Earth Method and combine the Spirit Energy Sword with a corporeal Dao sword to create a path of his own. He Xuan agreed to support his research, and the academy assigned Qin Wangchuan a dojo where he and several elders began work on the Dao Shu Bing; meanwhile, Li Qingluan had collected the second treasure.

• Qin Wangchuan told He Xuan he had come to investigate the Dual Heaven-Earth Method and combine the Spirit Energy Sword with a corporeal Dao sword.
• He Xuan explained why controlling two Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestations was considered impossible and questioned why Qin Wangchuan was seeking an untried path.
• Qin Wangchuan said he wanted to leave behind a method and a path of his own, and He Xuan agreed to help him despite the risks.
• He Xuan assigned Qin Wangchuan an independent dojo and invited elders interested in the Dual Heaven-Earth Method, spirit artifact dao patterns, and sword research.
• Qin Wangchuan, He Xuan, and the assembled elders chose to begin by optimizing the Dao Shu Bing, while Li Qingluan collected the second treasure.

Azure Luan obtained the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and learned from her crimson-eyed future self that Qin Wangchuan would face three deaths, while the future self urged her to kill Tan Lingfei. Beneath Wandao Academy, Tan Lingfei pressed a group of mixed-blood youths to join his plan, arguing they had never had a way back.

• Li You delivered the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil to Azure Luan, who praised her and dismissed her.
• Azure Luan and her crimson-eyed future self discussed gathering three treasures to reforge a body and avert Qin Wangchuan’s final death.
• Crimson-Eyed Azure Luan said Qin Wangchuan would die for a trial, for a transformation, and for devotion, and warned Azure Luan to kill Tan Lingfei after gathering the remaining treasure.
• In an underground chamber beneath Wandao Academy, A Shi worried that violence would leave the mixed-blood youths with nowhere to go.
• Tan Lingfei dismissed A Shi’s fears and told the youths that their Alien Race blood had left them without a road back.

Tan Lingfei persuaded a gathering of mixed-bloods to target Human Race Prodigies as proof of allegiance to a Foreign Lands lord who promised him a King Sovereign title. Left alone, he revealed his guilt over the plan’s likely consequences for mixed-bloods remaining in the Three Thousand Provinces, but resolved to proceed because he saw no other way to secure a future for his people.

• Tan Lingfei argued that mixed-bloods were rejected by both the Human Race and the Alien Race, and that claiming their own territory was their only path to freedom.
• Tan Lingfei explained that a Foreign Lands lord had promised to enfeoff him as king if the group killed Human Race Prodigies and framed radical Foreign Lands factions and rival Alien Race tribes.
• The mixed-bloods overcame their moral hesitation and agreed to begin the plan to pit-trap and kill the Human Race Prodigies.
• After the others left, Tan Lingfei admitted to himself that the killings would provoke retaliation against mixed-bloods still in the Three Thousand Provinces.
• Tan Lingfei handled a rune-bound stone chisel and resolved that the group had only one chance to break out of their situation.

Qin Wangchuan and the elders completed the first versions of the Dao Shu Bing and Dao Shu Body, then prepared to continue researching the Dual Heaven-Earth Method. Zhao Lingyun took responsibility for improving the cumbersome staff, while Qin Wangchuan revealed that he was delaying his breakthrough until the research made progress.

• Elder Liang announced that the Dao Shu Bing was complete, and the elders prepared to turn their research toward the Dual Heaven-Earth Method.
• The elders praised Qin Wangchuan's talent and competed to recruit him for their research; he declined most offers but promised Elder Wu materials on the Artificial Sacred Body.
• Zhao Lingyun volunteered to refine and improve the unwieldy Dao Shu Body so Qin Wangchuan could focus on other work.
• As he left with the staff, Zhao Lingyun reflected on Qin Wangchuan's overwhelming talent and worried that he might lose the courage to keep pursuing him.
• He Xuan asked why Qin Wangchuan had not broken through, and Qin Wangchuan explained that he would wait for progress on the Dual Heaven-Earth Method before advancing.

Qin Wangchuan worked on three cultivation projects and named his partial dharma-manifestation technique Supernatural Law. When Gu Yixuan appeared in place of his usual book boy, he dismissed her from the role, leaving her alarmed and asking why.

• He Xuan warned Qin Wangchuan that a prodigy from the Upper Thousand Provinces had disappeared and that the investigation pointed toward a King Sovereign from the Foreign Lands.
• Qin Wangchuan continued deducing the Dual Heaven-Earth Method, the Wheel of Fate, and a technique that manifested only part of a dharma manifestation.
• Qin Wangchuan named the new partial-manifestation technique Supernatural Law.
• Gu Yixuan arrived to remind Qin Wangchuan to go to class, replacing his usual book boy.
• Qin Wangchuan studied Gu Yixuan, told her not to come the next day, and walked away as she hurried after him and asked why.

Gu Yixuan accompanied Qin Wangchuan to class and learned he knew she had secretly taken the job to earn credits for her brother. After turning aside admirers on the way to Tracing Law Palace, Qin Wangchuan arrived to find Jiang Xuanli waiting there.

• Qin Wangchuan told Gu Yixuan to ask Gu Tianye about the reasons for the job she had taken in secret.
• Gu Yixuan followed Qin Wangchuan to attend his General Theory of Myriad Laws class and record his statements or questions.
• Female cultivators approached Qin Wangchuan for guidance, but he politely redirected them to academy elders and continued on his way.
• Gu Yixuan remembered her instructions to block overly eager admirers, but Qin Wangchuan's glance stopped her from stepping forward.
• Qin Wangchuan and Gu Yixuan reached Tracing Law Palace, where Jiang Xuanli was waiting.