Chapter Summaries

Qin Wangchuan led Li Qingluan toward the Immortal Path exit while concealing that he was only an illusion, then vanished and left her to face the truth. As Li Qingluan turned back toward the danger, reinforcements poured through the entrance to join the fight.

• Li Qingluan agreed to leave with Qin Wangchuan, while Shen Xinghe headed deeper into the Immortal Path alone.
• Qin Wangchuan told Li Qingluan that ambushers had targeted her, then avoided her reaching hand as they approached the exit.
• Qin Wangchuan revealed himself to be an illusion and disappeared, prompting Li Qingluan to realize he had used the Book of Illusory Worlds and turn back toward the Immortal Path.
• A newcomer stopped Li Qingluan and identified another Black Nail as evidence that the situation inside was dangerous.
• Countless cultivators surged through the Immortal Path entrance, eager to fight the Alien Race and asking where Qin Wangchuan was.

Qin Wangchuan used a Paper Figurine to fool Zangtong and reached the World Devouring Beast, where he ambushed Xu Tianluo and severed his hand. Xu Tianluo restored it, survived Qin Wangchuan’s Dao Slash, and declared himself invincible because only his present existed in this spacetime.

• Zangtong attacked Qin Wangchuan with an ominous Black Nail, only to discover he had pierced a Paper Figurine.
• Shen Xinghe approached the Stone Tablet, but Xu Tianluo appeared and prepared to strike him down.
• Qin Wangchuan revealed himself in Shen Xinghe’s place and cut off Xu Tianluo’s right hand with his Chaos Dao Sword.
• Xu Tianluo regenerated his hand as Qin Wangchuan unleashed Dao Slash, a Giant Sword that threatened to strike him through time.
• Xu Tianluo shattered the attack and declared that he had no past or future, only an immortal and invincible present.

Qin Wangchuan used his Void Divine Feather, defenses, and Dragon Silk Battle Armor to survive Xu Tianluo’s attacks and counter with the Heavenly Ruins Tribulation Finger. Xu Tianluo revealed that he was eternal because his past and future selves did not exist in this world, then wondered how Qin Wangchuan had anticipated his defenses and abilities.

• Xu Tianluo fired a tracking Destructive Radiance at Qin Wangchuan, who escaped through a spatial rift with his Void Divine Feather.
• Qin Wangchuan raised a Sword Intent Barrier and summoned Soldier Puppets, but Xu Tianluo’s attack destroyed them.
• Qin Wangchuan activated his Dragon Silk Battle Armor and shattered the Dark Purple Light Pillar with a punch.
• Qin Wangchuan struck Xu Tianluo with the Heavenly Ruins Tribulation Finger, but Xu Tianluo vanished and reappeared unharmed.
• Xu Tianluo explained that he could only be defeated if his past, present, and future selves died simultaneously, then questioned how Qin Wangchuan had learned so much.

Qin Wangchuan and Xu Tianluo confronted one another as the Wheel of Fate brought figures from the past and future into the present, awakening Yuniang’s forgotten mission. Their attacks reached across time to strike Xu Tianluo in the present, the primordial past, and the future.

• Xu Tianluo revealed that he knew Qin Wangchuan’s hidden weapons and techniques, while Qin Wangchuan recognized Xu Tianluo planned to start over.
• The Wheel of Fate appeared behind Qin Wangchuan, and two figures from other spacetimes fixed their gazes on Xu Tianluo.
• The Phoenix Eye Shadow Figure inscribed “Law” in the void, awakening Yuniang’s memories and breaking a seal on the Small Sword pendant.
• Yuniang tore open a rift into spacetime turbulence and vanished, while Li Qingluan’s voice urged her to return to the beginning and cut down Xu Tianluo.
• Qin Wangchuan activated the Sword Intent Furnace and struck Xu Tianluo with Dao Slash as the figures from the past and future attacked him across time.

Qin Wangchuan killed Xu Tianluo and then annihilated Zangtong, though the strain of his techniques left him vulnerable. Mingfei appeared and focused on his momentary weakness, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Qin Wangchuan cut down Xu Tianluo, who realized Qin had anticipated his schemes and urged him to lift the Black Mist in the Foreign Lands and destroy the Immortals.
• Qin Wangchuan rejected the system's offer to simulate Xu Tianluo as Zangtong appeared and attacked him with the Black Nail.
• Qin Wangchuan used a Tattered Paper Figurine to evade the nail, then beheaded Zangtong with Lixiao Sword.
• Qin Wangchuan used Slaughtering Dao Heavenly Scar to annihilate Zangtong before he could reattach his head.
• Mingfei appeared and focused on Qin Wangchuan as his aura faltered.

Qin Wangchuan killed Mingfei but was left badly injured, just as Shen Xinghe freed the World Devouring Beast and opened a rift to the Alien Domain. As alien creatures poured through, a fleet of Sky Patrol Warships arrived and annihilated them with a barrage of Starfall cannons.

• Qin Wangchuan killed Mingfei with the Hundred Tribulations Heavenly Sword, then coughed blood as Ku Laoren debated attacking him.
• Qin Wangchuan fixed his gaze on Ku Laoren, prompting Ku Laoren to strike, but the Immortal Path suddenly shook as the World Devouring Beast awakened.
• Shen Xinghe fulfilled the Shen Clan's ancient Blood Oath, freeing the World Devouring Beast and breaking the clan's inherited curse.
• The World Devouring Beast smashed through the void and departed, revealing a rift through which Alien Race creatures poured into the Immortal Path.
• Xu Wanyu pulled Shen Xinghe away from the rift, and 129,600 Starfall cannons vaporized the invading creatures and Ku Laoren.
• Sky Patrol Warships bearing the ancient Shen Clan emblem descended through the Immortal Path's restrictions.

The Qin Clan's Xuanqiong-class Sky Patrol Throne and the races' prodigies joined the battle against the Alien Race, while Yun Zexuan organized a plan to divide and contain the enemy. The prodigies took up their positions around the battlefield and advanced toward the breach.

• Qin Qingni, Wen Rou'er, and a hundred cultivators fired the battleship's Spirit Light Cannons into the Alien Race pouring through the breach.
• Chu Wujiu landed amid the enemy and smashed dozens of Alien Race with his bare fists, while Li Xuan cut down flying attackers with a sweep of his sword.
• Ji Wuchen joined Li Xuan and Chu Wujiu in battle, and Yun Zexuan devised a plan to channel the Alien Race through the single breach.
• Zhao Lingyun led Soldier Puppets to form a steel wall on the left flank, while Ye Lingchuan and the Ye Clan held the right flank with the Bronze Ancient Coffin.
• Yan Wujin arrived on the Nine-Flame Golden Crow and swept the sky with Golden Crow Divine Fire.

The Imperial Clan prodigies repelled the Alien Race’s initial assault, but Qin Kuangge warned that the widening Alien Domain Gap would soon admit stronger enemies. As Li Qingluan raced toward Qin Wangchuan with cold fury, it became clear someone was in for trouble.

• The Nine-Flame Golden Crow and Wang Xuance slaughtered Alien Race attackers in the sky while Zhou Yunyi rescued cultivators on the battlefield.
• An energy beam scorched Zhou Yunyi’s wings, sending him crashing into a Scythe Demon General and accidentally driving it onto Qin Wangchuan’s Paper Soldier Blade Edge; Zhou Yunyi let others believe he had killed it himself.
• The Imperial Clan prodigies and Qin Qingzheng’s Sky Patrol Warship stabilized the battle, while Qin Xuanji watched without joining in.
• Qin Kuangge warned Qin Xuanji that the Alien Domain Gap was widening and that stronger invaders would follow once the passage became stable.
• Qin Miaoyan teased Qin Zhaoer about helping Qin Wangchuan, but Zhaoer declined after seeing someone rush toward him; Li Qingluan headed for Qin Wangchuan in a fury.

Qin Wangchuan fought on despite his exhaustion until Ku Laoren’s Dark Scale Dragon Demon pinned him down. Qin Family Wu Dao arrived just as the puppet was about to leave him to the Alien Races.

• Qin Wangchuan killed the Six-Eyed Predator and Earth-Splitting Demonic Rhino, then cut down a Shadow Hunter that ambushed him.
• Ku Laoren controlled a Dark Scale Dragon Demon that crushed Qin Wangchuan into a crater and taunted him.
• Qin Wangchuan used the Dragon Silk Arm Armor to punch through the dragon demon’s chest.
• Qin Family Wu Dao appeared behind the puppet and tore off its dragon head.

Qin Wudao arrived at the Alien Domain Gap, annihilated the attacking Alien Race, and entered the Foreign Lands to seal the source. After Qin Wangchuan survived the battle, Li Qingluan confronted him over his deception and kissed him.

• Qin Wudao crushed Ku Laoren through the puppet’s connection and wiped out the Alien Race pouring through the gap with his Heavenly Sword.
• Qin Wudao manifested his Myriad Calamities Dharma Aspect, suppressed the rift, and entered the Foreign Lands to seal its source.
• Qin Wangchuan collapsed after Qin Wudao disappeared into the gap, which fell silent with no Alien Race emerging.
• Li Qingluan seized Qin Wangchuan’s wrists and told him there was no need to apologize.
• Li Qingluan kissed Qin Wangchuan with anger and relief, turning their confrontation into an intense embrace.

As Li Qingluan helped the wounded Qin Wangchuan away from the battlefield, she vowed to protect him, and he told her he believed her. Their conversation turned to the Supreme Realm and his ambition to become invincible, while Li Qingluan privately realized how much he had grown and promised to help him.

• Li Qingluan supported Qin Wangchuan across the scorched ground and vowed that she would protect him, but he simply told her that he believed her.
• Qin Wangchuan wondered about Li Qingluan's future and noticed the System Interface offering a Special Simulation called Enemy of This World, but he chose not to begin it yet.
• Qin Wangchuan and Li Qingluan discussed Eldest Brother's Heaven and Earth Law and the path toward the Supreme Realm.
• Qin Wangchuan declared that he would surpass everyone and become the strongest in history, while Li Qingluan noticed how much he had grown.
• Li Qingluan agreed that becoming invincible would be difficult and promised to help Qin Wangchuan achieve his Way.

After Li Qingluan and Qin Wangchuan shared an unexpected kiss on the Immortal Path, Qin Wangchuan tried to start the special simulation, but it collapsed. He read its log, which revealed a future in which he sacrificed himself to save Li Qingluan and was left in an eternal slumber.

• Zhou Yunyi blurted out that Li Qingluan and Qin Wangchuan should kiss, prompting suggestive reactions from the crowd.
• Qin Wangchuan pulled Li Qingluan back and kissed her in front of everyone.
• Qin Wangchuan activated the special simulation, but the system reported that it had collapsed.
• Qin Wangchuan asked the system to display the simulation log.
• The log showed Li Qingluan waiting for Qin Wangchuan before they entered the Immortal Path together.
• The log described Qin Wangchuan taking a cursed Black Nail meant for Li Qingluan, after which the Qin Clan elders declared his Immortal Foundation ruined and said he might never awaken.

The log chronicled Qin Wangchuan’s long slumber, the Qin Clan’s collapse, and the wars that followed as Ye Jianwei took his Immortal Physique and returned with Qin Wangchuan as a force aligned with the Foreign Lands. After he devastated the world, Qin Wangchuan died in the narrator’s arms.

• The bride tried to kill Qin Hongchen on their wedding night to steal Qin Wangchuan’s sleeping Immortal Physique, and the Qin Clan’s Heavenly Emperor killed her and executed Qin Hongchen.
• Qin Xuanji became the new Divine Son as the Qin Clan’s younger generation scattered, and Ye Jianwei later defected to the Foreign Lands.
• The War of Heaven Slaying escalated into a widespread revolt against the Ten Directions Immortal Court, while the Three Heavenly Emperors vanished.
• Ye Jianwei returned with Qin Wangchuan, who wielded the Nine Extremes Sacred Technique and joined the Foreign Lands, slaughtering forces from both the Lower and Upper Realms.
• Qin Wangchuan led Wen Dao Palace and the Alien Race forces to destroy the Immortal Court, and the surviving realms united against him but could not defeat him.
• Qin Wangchuan died in the narrator’s arms.

Qin Wangchuan learned that his future self had become the Ten Directions Myriad Tribulation Immortal Venerable and used the Ten Directions Profound Sword to restart events after the War of Heaven Slaying. He chose the sword as his reward and vowed to honor Yuniang’s sacrifice, while Li Qingluan was struck by a sudden headache and heard a whisper.

• A vision revealed that Yuniang had used herself and the Ten Directions Profound Sword to send it back to the Primordial Beginning and give Qin Wangchuan another chance.
• Qin Wangchuan realized that the future figure who had destroyed the world was the Ten Directions Myriad Tribulation Immortal Venerable, and that the War of Heaven Slaying had driven his actions.
• Qin Wangchuan recalled his future self’s three instructions concerning the Immortal Path, Wandao Academy, and Xia Lingwei.
• Qin Wangchuan chose the ancient iron sword reward and recognized it as the Ten Directions Profound Sword, also called Shuyu or Yuniang.
• Qin Wangchuan vowed to honor Yuniang and the others who had struggled across timelines by cutting through the causes and effects ahead.
• Li Qingluan finished explaining things to her family, then suffered a splitting headache and heard a faint whisper in her mind.

Li Qingluan was overwhelmed by memories of a future in which Qin Wangchuan died and she fought him, then reached him and embraced him. She forgot the warning left by her future self, while Qin Wangchuan resolved to bear the cause and effect himself.

• Li Qingluan saw visions of Qin Wangchuan's death, her grief and revenge, and his final words about the Immortal Path.
• A message from another version of Li Qingluan urged her to stand by Qin Wangchuan, and she staggered into his Quiet Room and embraced him.
• Li Qingluan began to tell Qin Wangchuan what she had seen, but suddenly forgot the important message and panicked.
• Qin Wangchuan held Li Qingluan and comforted her until she calmed, then resolved to bear all the causes and effects himself.

Qin Wangchuan chose the cracked Iron Sword as his personal sword and returned the Guluan Sword to Li Qingluan, whose newly awakened Sword Spirit still wanted Qin Wangchuan as its master. After reuniting with Wen Dao Palace, he checked on the group and asked Meng Yu about the trip’s gains.

• Qin Wangchuan called the cracked Iron Sword an old friend and declared it would be his personal sword, despite Li Qingluan offering to find him a better one.
• Qin Wangchuan returned the Guluan Sword to Li Qingluan, and its newly born Sword Spirit struggled to return to him as its master.
• Qin Wangchuan and Li Qingluan left the Qin Clan Flying Ship and met Yin Qiyue and the Wen Dao Palace group, who reported that no one had fallen.
• Qin Wangchuan ordered healing pills distributed, then called Brother Hei by his real name, Meng Yu, and asked about his gains from the trip.
• The Wen Dao Palace disciples discovered Meng Yu’s hidden Storage Bags and teased him as he tried to reclaim them.

After the Immortal Path conflict, Qin Wangchuan inspected the shattered Iron Sword and learned it could evolve by devouring other weapons. He decided to begin restoring it, but his guard forgot what he had been asked to fetch.

• Zhou Yunyi unexpectedly called for Qin Wangchuan and Wen Dao Palace to be toppled, then denied having a grudge when Zhao Lingyun teased him.
• Qin Xuanji and Qin Kuangge praised Qin Wangchuan’s ability to unite the Prodigies, while Qin Xuanji reflected on the burden and future calamities that came with it.
• Aboard the returning Flying Ship, Qin Wangchuan examined the cracked Iron Sword and read that it could devour weapons to restore itself and eventually become the Ten Directions Profound Sword.
• Qin Wangchuan reviewed the ranks of weapons and resolved to feed the sword until it regained its former power.
• Qin Wangchuan ordered a guard to bring him a Sharp Weapon, but the guard immediately forgot what a Sharp Weapon was.

Qin Wangchuan repaired the Ten Directions Profound Sword with a Sharp Weapon, then visited Qin Wudao to learn why the Old Ancestor had compared their pasts. Qin Wudao revealed that Qin Hongchen had fallen in love with an Alien Race, leaving Qin Wangchuan to grasp the dangerous consequences for the Qin Clan and the Human Race.

• Qin Clan guards struggled to find a Sharp Weapon and sent someone to the Lower Realm to retrieve a steel longsword for Qin Wangchuan.
• Qin Wangchuan fed the longsword to the Ten Directions Profound Sword, healing a third of its cracks and greatly improving its toughness.
• Qin Wangchuan visited Qin Wudao and asked about the regretful affair that had once left his Eldest Brother covered in blood.
• Qin Wudao explained that Qin Hongchen had been a gifted cultivator who fell in love with Yue Fang Yun, a woman he should not have loved.
• Qin Wangchuan realized Yue Fang Yun was an Alien Race, and understood that the relationship threatened the Qin Clan's standing and its duty to defend the Human Race.

Qin Wudao told Qin Wangchuan how he had helped Sixth Brother marry Yue Fangyun, whose death led Sixth Brother to search for her reincarnation. When Wangchuan asked whom he would support if the brothers became enemies, Wudao chose Sixth Brother, revealing a possible cause of the future Qin Family Civil War; he then urged Wangchuan and Eighth Sister to attend Wandao Academy.

• Qin Wudao recounted how Sixth Brother had begged him to support his love for Yue Fangyun, and how he overruled the Qin Clan to let them marry.
• Yue Xingtian attacked the wedding and killed Yue Fangyun, so Qin Wudao pursued him into the Foreign Lands and killed him with the Taichu God-Burial Sword.
• Sixth Brother left home to search for Yue Fangyun's reincarnation, eventually settling at Wandao Academy to study forbidden ancient texts.
• Qin Wangchuan asked whom Qin Wudao would support if Wangchuan became Sixth Brother's enemy, and Wudao promised to take Sixth Brother's side.
• Qin Wangchuan realized that Qin Wudao could trigger the future Qin Family Civil War, while vowing to change that future.
• Qin Wudao advised Qin Wangchuan and Eighth Sister to attend Wandao Academy, and Wangchuan left considering the possibility of fighting his eldest brother.

Qin Wangchuan crossed the Old Ancestor’s trial bridge and met Qin Taiyi, who questioned his ruthless resolve. Qin Wangchuan declared that he would kick aside anyone or anything that obstructed what he had decided to do.

• Qin Wangchuan received a direct summons from the Old Ancestor and traveled to the Longevity Tenth Heaven.
• Qin Wangchuan stepped onto the chain bridge, where visions of suffering beings and thunderfire tested him.
• Qin Wangchuan kicked through the illusions and pressed onward through hundreds of trials without wavering.
• Qin Wangchuan reached the thatched hut and found Qin Taiyi playing chess alone in an ancient hall.
• Qin Taiyi questioned why Qin Wangchuan had shown no hesitation, and Qin Wangchuan said he would remove any obstacle in his way.