Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xuanli approached Qin Wangchuan before Elder Yan’s class on the Wanjie Thunder Furnace, while Zhou Yunyi watched them from a distance. Elder Yan unexpectedly called on Zhou Yunyi, the Academy Head, to explain the technique, leaving him bewildered.

• Jiang Xuanli greeted Qin Wangchuan and told him Elder Yan would teach the Wanjie Thunder Furnace.
• Qin Wangchuan entered the Tracing Law Palace, where male cultivators questioned him about the Soldier Puppet Technique.
• Jiang Xuanli quieted the crowd and guided Qin Wangchuan to a seat as Elder Yan arrived.
• Zhou Yunyi watched Jiang Xuanli and Qin Wangchuan from the corner and muttered that her gentle demeanor was an act.
• Elder Yan began the lesson and called on Zhou Yunyi to explain the Wanjie Thunder Furnace, startling him.

Zhou Yunyi improvised an explanation of the Wanjie Thunder Furnace and earned Elder Yan’s praise. Qin Wangchuan then took the stage and revealed a fourth gear, leaving the class stunned by its immense pressure.

• Elder Yan called on Zhou Yunyi to explain the Wanjie Thunder Furnace, and Zhou Yunyi improvised by describing its origins and the Five Extremes Body Tempering branch.
• Elder Yan praised Zhou Yunyi’s insight, unaware that Zhou Yunyi had recalled the method from an earlier encounter in the Lower Realm.
• Elder Yan asked Qin Wangchuan to speak about the cultivation method, and Qin Wangchuan agreed to explain points no one had mentioned before.
• Qin Wangchuan declared that the thunder furnace did not stop at three gears and demonstrated a fourth gear that overwhelmed the hall with pressure.

Qin Wangchuan explained how cultivators could adapt their methods into personal laws, prompting Gu Tianye to reconsider his own cultivation path. Gu Tianye resolved to win Heaven Toad Grass for his sister and mother, while Qin Wangchuan turned to the system to begin another simulation.

• Qin Wangchuan demonstrated Fourth Gear's power, then explained that cultivation methods could be reshaped into laws unique to each cultivator.
• Elder Yan urged the disciples not to force an understanding of Qin Wangchuan's lesson, while Gu Tianye wondered whether his attempt to infuse the Wanjie Thunder Furnace with Sacred Body firepower had been worthwhile.
• Gu Tianye confronted Gu Yixuan over her notes on Qin Wangchuan, then learned she had been assigned to record the lesson and understood why Qin Wangchuan had stopped her from approaching him.
• Gu Tianye told Gu Yixuan that winning the End-of-Month Grand Tournament would earn the Heaven Toad Grass needed to treat her and their mother’s Spirit-Devouring Demon Veins.
• Qin Wangchuan checked his system panel during Elder Yan's lecture and activated a simulation.

Yun Wuyi repaired a severed formation in the Heavenly Calculation Platform, which confirmed that Fang Yun had returned to the Three Thousand Provinces; he estimated it would take a year to locate her. The chapter then began a simulation of Lin Yan, later named Feng Jian, recounting his rise from an adopted child to the Mo Tian Sect's young sect master and his early time at Wandao Academy.

• Qin Hongchen told Yun Wuyi that Qin Wangchuan had said Fang Yun returned, so they checked the Yun Clan's tracking device.
• Yun Wuyi discovered damaged sensing formations, repaired them, and saw the needle point to [Yes], confirming Fang Yun was in the Three Thousand Provinces.
• Yun Wuyi began a detailed search for Fang Yun and told Qin Hongchen that locating her would take at least a year; Qin Hongchen agreed to wait and asked how Qin Wangchuan knew.
• A simulation showed that Lin Yan was born in the Mo Tian Sect, survived its destruction, and was adopted by Lin Chengyue before returning to the sect at age twelve as Feng Jian.
• Feng Jian cultivated rapidly, studied at Chuanliu Pavilion, fought Foreign Lands aliens, and entered Wandao Academy, where he met Qin Wangchuan and lost to Gu Tianye in a tournament.
• After Feng Jian mentioned missing a Secret Realm trial where a Divine Object appeared, Qin Wangchuan paused and asked about the Divine Object.

Qin Wangchuan inferred that his future creation of the Supernatural Realm came from finally taking the Supernatural Law seriously after abandoning his Dual Heaven-Earth Method, and he planned to consult Elder He and others. The simulation then ended with the protagonist dying when a Foreign Lands Prodigy attacked Qingsang Town, leaving Qin Wangchuan to choose a reward.

• Qin Wangchuan saw that his future self created the Supernatural Realm and deduced that a failed Dual Heaven-Earth Method had redirected his attention to the Supernatural Law.
• Qin Wangchuan decided to finish watching the simulation before seeking Elder He and others’ advice.
• At age 46, the protagonist returned to Qingsang Town and found it devastated, with his father, Lin Chengyue, among the dead.
• A Foreign Lands Prodigy killed the protagonist and collected his blood in a blood-colored Jade Bottle before Mo Tian Sect’s support arrived.
• The simulation ended with the achievement “One Trapped in a Cage” and offered Qin Wangchuan a choice among lifespan, the Shadow Cold Spear, or Origin.

Qin Wangchuan chose an Origin Source reward and left to focus on reaching the Supernatural Realm. After Xiang Haoran warned him that someone might target him, Qin Wangchuan found his dojo ransacked and recognized the scene as a Human Race attempt to frame the Alien Race.

• Qin Wangchuan chose the third reward, gained Origin Source, and left Elder Yan’s lesson to pursue the Supernatural Realm.
• Xiang Haoran warned Qin Wangchuan that the Alien Race might secretly be targeting him, and Qin Wangchuan replied that they could come.
• Qin Wangchuan and Jiang Xuanli found his dojo wrecked, with its furnishings and belongings destroyed.
• Qin Wangchuan examined the strange aura and concluded that Human Race cultivators had staged the damage to make it look like an Alien Race attack.
• Qin Wangchuan dismissed the framing attempt as a crude failure and said its perpetrators had chosen the wrong person.

After Qin Wangchuan’s research was destroyed, he presented the elders with his new Supernatural Law method, and He Xuan recognized it as the foundation of an entirely new cultivation realm. The elders began preparing to refine it and seek approval, while Qin Wangchuan remained concerned that it might not prevent his future battle from leaving him gravely wounded.

• He Xuan and the other elders arrived at Qin Wangchuan’s dojo and condemned the destruction of his research, suspecting a plot to frame the Alien Race.
• Qin Wangchuan handed the elders his recopied manuscripts, which introduced the Supernatural Law method.
• After reading the manuscript, He Xuan sealed the dojo and explained that a method applicable to all living beings could become a cultivation realm.
• He Xuan declared the new realm to be the Supernatural Realm, and the elders eagerly agreed to verify and refine its principles.
• He Xuan said he would submit the realm to the academy’s highest authorities, the Great Emperors, and the Heavenly Emperor for approval.
• Qin Wangchuan realized that the Supernatural Realm might improve how cultivators wielded Heaven and Earth Law without changing its power limit, leaving his future battle and grave injuries a concern.

Qin Wangchuan continued investigating why the Dual Heaven-Earth Method had failed, while Elder He urged him to add an optional ritual that would gather karmic aspiration from future practitioners to support his cultivation. Qin Wangchuan rejected making the Dao a transaction, but Elder He left to draft rules that would let people choose; the Way of Ten Thousand Laws began to take shape.

• Qin Wangchuan sent the exhausted Gu Yixuan to rest and thought briefly of Ye Jianwei as he worked through his drafts.
• Elder He visited Qin Wangchuan and praised the Supernatural Realm and Chuanliu Pavilion as achievements that could benefit future generations.
• Elder He proposed that practitioners could willingly offer a sliver of karmic aspiration to help Qin Wangchuan advance.
• Qin Wangchuan refused to make his teachings a means of gathering karma for himself, saying that his purpose was to benefit the world and broaden cultivation.
• Elder He proposed making the ritual optional and left to draft clear rules, while Qin Wangchuan watched him go with a warm, helpless smile.

He Xuan presented Qin Wangchuan’s Supernatural Law and Daoshu Talisman to the academy elders, who recognized his extraordinary talent and argued over which academy should host him. The dean submitted the Supernatural Realm outline to the Heavenly Emperors and left Qin Hongchen to handle the attack on the Dojo, while Heavenly Emperor Qin affirmed that Wangchuan had chosen the right path.

• He Xuan showed the elders that ten thousand disciples had successfully begun cultivating Supernatural Law and explained how Qin Wangchuan had also devised the Daoshu Talisman.
• Qi Yue and Wu Qingshan agreed that Qin Wangchuan’s talent warranted greater support, then argued over whether he should study at Lingyun Sword Academy or Shenwu Academy.
• The dean said Qin Wangchuan should not be made to travel between academies yet, confirmed that he had submitted the Supernatural Realm outline to the Heavenly Emperors, and assigned Qin Hongchen to handle the attack on the Dojo.
• Qin Taiyi and Heavenly Emperor Li discussed Qin Wangchuan’s Supernatural Realm, and Qin Taiyi insisted that Wangchuan had taken the right path.
• Heavenly Emperor Li called Qin Taiyi his in-law, leaving Qin Taiyi suspecting that he had been outmaneuvered.

As the Prodigies grew stronger and the Daoshu Talisman spread through the Academy, the Zhuixing Abyss Secret Realm opening drew near. Qin Wangchuan went to meet Li Qingluan and, after seeing her veiled reflection, declared that she was not Li Qingluan.

• Gu Tianye, Xie Qingshang, Qin Zhaoer, and other Prodigies continued their cultivation and pursuits across the Academies.
• The Daoshu Talisman gained popularity after Zhao Lingyun circulated it, though Chu Wujiu criticized it publicly while secretly keeping one.
• Zhou Yunyi was overwhelmed by students seeking his knowledge of the Wanjie Thunder Furnace, while Yun Zexuan quietly investigated a growing undercurrent at the Academy.
• When the Zhuixing Abyss Secret Realm was about to open, Li Qingluan returned and agreed to enter it with Qin Wangchuan.
• Qin Wangchuan visited Li Qingluan's Immortal Cave and saw her wearing a White Veil over her eyes.
• After studying Li Qingluan's reflection in the Shuiyue Mirror, Qin Wangchuan told her that she was not Li Qingluan.

Future Li Qingluan revealed that she had come back because she missed Qin Wangchuan, then told him that his future self had died. Qin Wangchuan accepted that fate, but Li Qingluan refused to accept it and vowed to become immortal.

• Qin Wangchuan discovered that the Li Qingluan before him was a Divine Soul incarnation from the future, and she tearfully admitted she had come back to see him.
• Future Li Qingluan described her longing and loneliness, then revealed that the future Qin Wangchuan had died.
• Qin Wangchuan said he accepted his fate and realized the future and present might form an unchangeable loop of cause and effect.
• Li Qingluan angrily refused to accept Qin Wangchuan's death, and he quieted her with a kiss.
• Li Qingluan begged Qin Wangchuan not to die, then resolved to become immortal.

Future Li Qingluan vowed to stop Qin Wangchuan from dying and promised they would create a new future together. After she vanished and the present Li Qingluan entered the Immortal Cave, she noticed a bite mark on Qin Wangchuan’s lip and bit him in jealous anger, while he chose to comfort and hold her.

• Future Li Qingluan declared that she would become an Immortal Emperor first and stop Qin Wangchuan’s fate, insisting she would remain by his side even if the future changed.
• When someone touched the Immortal Cave’s restriction, future Li Qingluan disappeared and the present Li Qingluan entered.
• Qin Wangchuan concealed what had happened and distracted Li Qingluan by mentioning a future opponent; she asked whether he knew Tan Lingfei, whose possession she needed.
• Li Qingluan spotted the faint bite mark on Qin Wangchuan’s lower lip, climbed onto his lap, and rubbed the mark before biting his lip to cover it.
• Qin Wangchuan stopped himself from pushing Li Qingluan away and held her close, telling her it was all right now.

Li Qingluan confronted Qin Wangchuan over a mark she believed came from someone else, but he reassured her there was no one else and invited her to travel with him when they turned twenty. She accepted, and they remained close in the Immortal Cave as she changed clothes and he prepared to leave for the Secret Realm.

• Li Qingluan angrily pinned Qin Wangchuan down and covered him with kisses, then broke down crying because she thought someone else had left a mark on him.
• Qin Wangchuan comforted Li Qingluan and swore there was no one else.
• Qin Wangchuan proposed that they travel together when they turned twenty, and Li Qingluan accepted while asking him to save her request for the future.
• Li Qingluan nestled against Qin Wangchuan, checked his scent, and asked him to stay while she rested.
• Qin Wangchuan said he would visit the Secret Realm and return, while Li Qingluan got up to change clothes.

At the Zhuixing Abyss entrance, Qin Wangchuan and Li Qingluan shared a quiet, intimate moment as their companions refrained from interrupting them. Qin Wangchuan began a directional simulation of the secret realm and discovered that its protagonist was Tan Lingfei, the person Li Qingluan had said she needed something from.

• Qin Wangchuan and Li Qingluan sat together at the Zhuixing Abyss entrance, and she leaned against his shoulder and fell into a light sleep.
• Several prodigies and then Chu Wujiu, Zhao Lingyun, and Ye Lingchuan chose not to disturb the pair.
• Chu Wujiu speculated about Qin Wangchuan and Li Qingluan's closeness, but Zhao Lingyun stopped him when Li Qingluan opened her eyes and warned him with a look.
• Qin Wangchuan checked the System Interface and learned that the Zhuixing Abyss held opportunities including Star Origin Power body tempering and Star Core Essence.
• Qin Wangchuan started a directional simulation and saw that its protagonist was Tan Lingfei, the man Li Qingluan had said she needed something from.

Qin Wangchuan watched a simulation of Tan Lingfei entering the Zhuixing Abyss to gather Star Origin Power and temper his body, enduring prejudice and fighting for access to powerful sites. The simulation ended with Tan Lingfei ignoring a Divine Object and inheritance, while Qin Wangchuan noted their location.

• Tan Lingfei entered the Zhuixing Abyss after a disciple mocked his half-breed bloodline.
• Tan Lingfei went to ancient ruins and tempered his body with recovered Star Origin Power.
• Tan Lingfei traded Spirit Cleansing Jade Marrow for a spot beside a star-power pool and continued absorbing its energy.
• Tan Lingfei fought two Lingyun Sword Academy disciples for access to a star-power waterfall, then spent ten days tempering his body there.
• Tan Lingfei found the ancient Star Gazing Platform and continued cultivating instead of pursuing the Divine Object or inheritance.
• Qin Wangchuan used the simulation to pinpoint the general location of the Divine Object and inheritance.

Tan Lingfei endured the Secret Realm to obtain a piece of Heavenly Jade Dragon Bone, then revealed his plan to exploit both the Foreign Lands and the Academy during their coming war. Using his father’s Stone Chisel to absorb the clash between the factions, he opened a rift and called for the passage to be used.

• Tan Lingfei fought off three cultivators who tried to seize his treasure ground, then continued tempering his body until he reached a bottleneck.
• After leaving the Secret Realm, Tan Lingfei triggered an almost impossible achievement, and Qin Wangchuan chose to continue the simulation instead of taking its reward.
• Tan Lingfei searched for the Heavenly Jade Dragon Bone while deceiving the Foreign Lands and killing Human Race Prodigies, prompting the Academy to take notice.
• That Lord of the Foreign Lands sent Tan Lingfei a small section of Heavenly Jade Dragon Bone, while Tan Lingfei secretly planned to use both sides to create a war.
• Tan Lingfei discovered that his father’s Stone Chisel could reach the Outer Realm, then waited for the war between Chu Wujiu’s Prodigies and the Outer Academy.
• Tan Lingfei forced his way between the battling factions, used the Stone Chisel to absorb their power, and tore open a rift to the Foreign Lands.

Tan Lingfei died after opening a rift that sent his mixed-blood kin to the Outer Realm, earning the Breaker of Cages achievement. Watching the simulation, Qin Wangchuan resolved to protect the Human Race Prodigies and uncover the Alien Race’s deeper plan by sharing key information with Yun Zexuan.

• Tan Lingfei held the rift open long enough for the mixed-bloods to escape, then died from his injuries after returning to the secluded grove near Wandao Academy.
• Tan Lingfei reflected on his schemes against both the Human Race and Alien Race, and died wondering whether his kin would survive in the Outer Realm.
• Qin Wangchuan watched the simulation and pieced together how the Alien Race, Human Race, and Tan Lingfei had driven the conflict toward war.
• Qin Wangchuan questioned whether he should stop Tan Lingfei, then concluded that stopping him alone would not resolve the underlying prejudice or prevent the war.
• Qin Wangchuan decided to give Yun Zexuan crucial information so he could protect the Human Race Prodigies and trace the Alien Race’s true purpose.

Qin Wangchuan and Li Qingluan openly acknowledged their bond as Dao Companions, while Zhao Lingyun helped Chu Wujiu realize his former fiancée might still be waiting for him. With Zhuixing Abyss open, the group prepared to enter, and Qin Wangchuan glanced toward the route Tan Lingfei had taken in the simulation.

• Qin Wangchuan teased Li Qingluan about watching him, and she declared that she was his Dao Companion; he accepted her claim.
• Chu Wujiu told Zhao Lingyun and Ye Lingchuan that his fiancée had refused to call off their engagement and had told him to find her once he had thought things through.
• Zhao Lingyun explained that Chu Wujiu's words likely hurt his fiancée and used a hypothetical separation from Qin Wangchuan to help Chu Wujiu understand his own feelings.
• Ye Lingchuan asked Zhao Lingyun whether he had many Dao Companions, and Zhao Lingyun awkwardly denied it before the Zhuixing Abyss entrance opened.
• Li Qingluan brushed the wrinkles from Qin Wangchuan's shoulder, and they walked together toward the entrance as Qin Wangchuan glanced toward Tan Lingfei's simulated route.

Qin Wangchuan and Li Qingluan explored the Secret Realm, where Shatong revealed that the Black Mist was driving the Foreign Lands to invade the Three Thousand Provinces. He invited Qin Wangchuan to join his effort to unite the myriad races and defeat the mist, leaving Qin's response unstated.

• Qin Wangchuan and Li Qingluan set off toward an opportunity east of the Secret Realm's central region, and he assured her that their future together would be happy.
• Shatong, a descendant of a King Sovereign, found Qin Wangchuan and said the attack on his Dojo seemed to have been staged by someone from the Human Race to blame the Foreign Lands.
• Shatong explained that the Black Mist was consuming land and life in the Foreign Lands, forcing its tribes to migrate and invade the Three Thousand Provinces.
• Shatong described his ideal of peaceful coexistence between the races and said he needed to become the sole king above all King Sovereigns to unite them against the Black Mist.
• Shatong asked Qin Wangchuan to join him as a companion, and Qin had not yet answered.

Qin Wangchuan considered Shatong’s proposal to pursue coexistence between the Foreign Lands and the Three Thousand Provinces, learning that the Black Mist might conceal [Authority] and beginning to favor investigating it over conquest. Elsewhere, Yun Zexuan confirmed that half-bloods and the Alien Race were behind the Academy’s missing Prodigies and wondered how Qin Wangchuan had learned the truth.

• Qin Wangchuan asked Shatong what lay within the Black Mist, and Shatong admitted that no one knew.
• Li Qingluan recalled that [Authority] was hidden within the Black Mist and that Lv Yingxin’s help was key to claiming it.
• Qin Wangchuan withheld a promise to join Shatong, choosing to learn more about him and the Foreign Lands first.
• Shatong described the ordinary beauty of the Three Thousand Provinces, softening Qin Wangchuan’s resolve to conquer the Foreign Lands by force.
• An Academy elder asked Yun Zexuan to investigate the disappearances of Prodigies, and Qin Wangchuan’s voice transmission confirmed Yun Zexuan’s suspicions about the half-bloods and Alien Race.
• Yun Zexuan concluded that the Alien Race had another motive and wondered how Qin Wangchuan had discovered their involvement.