Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan and Yue Chenyuan began their plan to separate the Ninth-Grade Time Spirits from the guardians of the Time Essence. After Yue Chenyuan drew the two giants away, Qin Yan attacked the remaining Time Spirits with his Blood-Red Dark Storm.

• Qin Yan identified the silver orb inside the Time Cave as Time Essence and told Yue Chenyuan to follow their plan.
• Yue Chenyuan used Ninth-Rank Spirit Talismans to attack the cave and provoke the two Ninth-Grade Time Spirits.
• Yue Chenyuan fled with the two Ninth-Grade Time Spirits pursuing her, while the lower-grade spirits remained near the cave.
• Qin Yan rushed toward the Time Cave and faced the Seventh- and Eighth-Grade Time Spirits as they surged toward him.
• Qin Yan summoned the Blood-Red Dark Storm and sent it toward the spirits, locking dozens in place with its suction force.

Qin Yan and his Shadow Clones fought the Time Spirits as the Blood-Red Dark Storm devoured them and grew stronger. Little Black explained that its Shadow Clone was exceptionally powerful because it contained one percent of Darkness Essence.

• The Blood-Red Dark Storm swallowed a Seventh Grade Time Spirit and grew as it consumed more spirits and their Time Energy Fragments.
• An Eighth Grade Time Spirit charged the storm, but Qin Yan sent his Shadow Clone to confront it with the Dark Emperor Golden Body and Dark Vault Scepter.
• Three more Eighth Grade Time Spirits rushed toward the battle, so Qin Yan summoned Little Black's Shadow Clone and ordered it to fight the two strongest.
• Little Black's Shadow Clone overpowered the two five-hundred-zhang spirits and sent them tumbling backward.
• Little Black told Qin Yan that it had infused one percent of Darkness Essence into its Shadow Clone.

Qin Yan learned that one percent of Darkness Essence could grant tremendous power, but Little Black warned that his body could not withstand it. He attacked the remaining hundred-zhang Eighth-Rank Time Spirit and blasted it into fragments while the other spirits remained occupied.

• Qin Yan asked Little Black how much one percent of Darkness Essence would strengthen him, and learned it could bring an ordinary Martial Artist to peak mid-stage Grandmaster strength.
• Qin Yan asked Little Black to inject Darkness Essence into him, but Little Black warned that his body would explode because he was too weak and already carried much Yin-Yang Essence.
• Qin Yan hurried to the last hundred-zhang Eighth-Rank Time Spirit and summoned the Dark Emperor Golden Body, boosting his Mental Strength to 600 Hz with the Dark Vault Scepter.
• Qin Yan used Hand of the Dark Abyss to unleash six Dark Lasers from two tentacles at the Time Spirit.
• The Dark Lasers destroyed the Eighth-Rank Time Spirit, while the Shadow Clone and Little Black's clone kept its companions occupied.

Qin Yan defeated the Time Spirits and obtained the Time Essence, which gave him a new perception of the Dao of Time. After escaping the cave, he waited for Yue Chenyuan to return and showed her the prize.

• Qin Yan ordered Little Black's clone to finish the fight, and its black phoenix phantoms destroyed the four Eighth-Rank Time Spirits.
• Qin Yan collected more than a thousand Time Crystals, dispersed the Blood-Red Dark Storm, and tried to take the Time Essence but found it immovable.
• Little Black used Darkness Essence Rule Chains, which resonated with the Time Essence and caused the orb to fly into Qin Yan's body; most of it was sealed away.
• Qin Yan sensed his new talent in the Dao of Time and fled the cave before the two Ninth Grade Time Spirits returned to find the treasure and their descendants gone.
• Qin Yan hid in a secluded stretch of sea and waited for Yue Chenyuan, then showed her the silvery-white sphere of light.

Qin Yan shared the Time Essence with Yue Chenyuan, accepted her paired tracking treasure, and continued through the Sea of Time. Three days later, he confirmed Qian Xi and Chen Xun were fully enslaved and used their blood to activate Blood Shadow Tracking.

• Qin Yan gave Yue Chenyuan half of the Time Essence, and she removed the Thousand-Silk Red Rope from his wrist.
• Yue Chenyuan explained that the Thousand-Silk Red Rope and her Thousand-Silk Black Rope could sense each other's bearers, and Qin Yan reluctantly accepted the red rope.
• Yue Chenyuan left after teasing Qin Yan that he would become obsessed with her if he saw her face, and Qin Yan continued his journey.
• Little Black explained that it had used the Darkness Essence to resonate with the Time Essence and draw it into Qin Yan's body.
• Three days later, Qin Yan sensed that Qian Xi and Chen Xun had been completely enslaved and activated Blood Shadow Tracking with their blood.

Qin Yan reunited with Qian Xi and Chen Xun, learned that Qian Xi had become the Eternal River Scroll’s new master, and took them with him to search the Sea of Time. The three traveled inside the Eternal Palace as Qin Yan cultivated the Rule of Time on its Time Crystal bed.

• Qin Yan followed the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon’s guidance to the Eternal Palace and summoned Qian Xi and Chen Xun.
• Qian Xi and Chen Xun emerged and greeted Qin Yan as their master under the influence of the Dark Enslavement Rune.
• Qian Xi told Qin Yan that she had passed the Eternal River Scroll’s trial and gained control of it and the Eternal Palace, while its Artifact Spirit had fallen asleep to heal old injuries.
• Qian Xi and Chen Xun could offer Qin Yan no reliable information about undiscovered ruins or treasures in the Sea of Time.
• Qin Yan, Qian Xi, and Chen Xun entered the Eternal Palace, where Chen Xun steered it through the Sea of Time while Qin Yan cultivated on the Time Crystal bed.

Qin Yan gave all his Time Essence to Qian Xi to strengthen her standing in the Temple of Time while ordering her to treat him as an ordinary friend in public. With his Dark Enslavement of Qian Xi complete, he considered the secret secure and the dust settled.

• Qin Yan decided to postpone cultivating the Temporal Dao until he reached the True King or True Emperor Realm.
• Qin Yan ordered Qian Xi to treat him as an ordinary friend in front of outsiders, though she wanted to remain his servant.
• Qian Xi told Qin Yan that she held thirty ten-thousandths of the Time Essence.
• Qin Yan transferred all one percent of his Time Essence to Qian Xi to nurture her future rise in the Temple of Time.
• Qin Yan considered the risks and limits of Dark Enslavement and concluded that no one was likely to detect or undo his control over Qian Xi and Chen Xun.

Qin Yan and Qian Xi continued cultivating aboard the Eternal Palace as their hundred days in the Sea of Time ended. Elsewhere in the sea, Wen Ya was cornered by two Origin Hall Disciples who attacked him for his Time Crystals.

• Qian Xi thanked Qin Yan for giving her one percent of time essence, which greatly improved her comprehension of the rule of time.
• Qin Yan trained with the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon while Qian Xi cultivated on a bed of Time Crystals aboard the Eternal Palace.
• On September 30, Qin Yan and his companions prepared to leave the Sea of Time after spending a hundred days there.
• Two Peak Grandmaster Origin Hall Disciples pursued the wounded Wen Ya and demanded his Time Crystals.
• Wen Ya blocked one attack with a barrier of script, but the two Origin Hall Disciples trapped him and attacked together.

Qin Yan arrived with Qian Xi and Chen Xun just in time to save Wen Ya from two Origin Hall Disciples who had nearly killed him. After Wen Ya took a healing pill, the attackers summoned their Golden Body Dharma Images and challenged their opponent.

• Two Peak Grandmaster Origin Hall Disciples battered Wen Ya, stole his Spirit Brush, and prepared to kill him.
• Qin Yan's Dark Great Palm Print shattered an attack aimed at Wen Ya and sent both Origin Hall Disciples flying.
• Qin Yan emerged from a silver-white palace with Qian Xi and Chen Xun, and Wen Ya recognized him.
• Wen Ya took a Seventh Grade Healing Pill, thanked Qin Yan, and temporarily suppressed his injuries.
• The two Origin Hall Disciples summoned their Golden Body Dharma Images and roared at the person who had ambushed them.

Qin Yan effortlessly defeated and restrained two Origin Hall disciples who had attacked Wen Ya. Wen Ya began torturing them to learn why they wanted him dead.

• Qin Yan told Wen Ya to rest and challenged the two Origin Hall disciples to attack him together.
• The disciples combined their Peerless Fist and Palm, but Qin Yan shattered their attack and golden bodies with a casual darkness palm.
• Qin Yan bound the injured disciples with Darkness Chains and handed them to Wen Ya.
• Wen Ya demanded to know why they had pursued him, but one disciple claimed they only wanted to rob him of his Time Crystals.
• Wen Ya branded both disciples with the character for “Burn,” making them scream in agony.

After the Sea of Time trial ended, Qin Yan reunited with the surviving Mystic Sanctuary disciples and returned with them to Myriad Laws Palace. As the team prepared to leave for the Holy Land the next day, Qin Yan parted ways with Wen Ya and headed to the resource exchange center.

• Wen Ya killed two Origin Hall disciples after they confessed that they had been ordered to ambush Mystic Sanctuary disciples, then told Qin Yan that Origin Hall had been secretly targeting the Holy Land.
• Qin Yan invited the injured Wen Ya to travel with him, and the four of them cultivated together until their Time Tokens teleported them out of the Sea of Time.
• Qin Yan found the Mystic Sanctuary gathering point, where he and Wen Ya reunited as the remaining disciples regrouped.
• Elder Zhou Xuantong led the survivors through a spatial fissure back to Myriad Laws Palace and announced that they would return to the Holy Land the next day.
• Qin Yan reflected on how much his strength had grown, bid farewell to Wen Ya, and headed for the resource exchange center in the Core Zone.

Qin Yan spent his remaining time in the Temple of Time training, assessing his gains, and improving the Five Elements Chaos Genesis before leaving for the Mystic Sanctuary. As the departing group vanished, the chapter shifted to an ancient hall deep within the Temple of Time.

• Qin Yan exchanged Time Crystals for Seventh-Grade Spirit Medicines until the Steward told him he had reached the purchase limit, then resumed spear training.
• Qin Yan reviewed his Attribute Panel, saw his spirit remained at 599 Hz, and spent all 11,200 Skill Points to raise the second layer of the Five Elements Chaos Genesis by two percent.
• Qin Yan headed to the Teleportation Plaza on the day he was scheduled to leave the Temple of Time and joined the disciples and elders gathered there.
• Elder Zhou Xuantong confirmed everyone was present and led Qin Yan and the others through the teleportation formation to the Mystic Sanctuary.
• The teleportation plaza emptied as the story shifted to an ancient hall deep within the Temple of Time.

Qian Xi became an official candidate for Divine Maiden of the Temple of Time, while Qin Yan returned to the Mystic Sanctuary and found an announcement challenging qualified disciples to conquer Cangwu Small World. The chapter left Qin Yan suspecting the newly posted mission had been timed specifically for him.

• Qian Ningshuang declared Qian Xi a candidate for Divine Maiden after most Temple of Time elders approved her candidacy.
• Qian Xi thanked Qian Ningshuang and silently vowed to repay her master for the Time Essence that had helped her advance.
• Qin Yan returned to the Mystic Sanctuary with the other disciples and went back to his Cave Dwelling to rest and reflect on his time at the Temple of Time.
• Qin Yan woke on October first, replied to messages from fellow disciples, and read an announcement calling on qualified disciples to conquer Cangwu Small World.
• Qin Yan wondered whether the Mystic Sanctuary had posted the conquest mission to await his return.

Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli entered the Cangwu Small World seeking its World Origin and arrived in the ruined lands of the former Qingyun Kingdom. Qin Yan recognized that they were now in the Ten Thousand Beasts Kingdom’s territory, leaving Huang Jiuli astonished by how he knew.

• Qin Yan congratulated Huang Jiuli on her progress and told her he had trained in the Sea of Time.
• Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli traveled to the Cangwu Small World entrance, where Long Aotian entered ahead of them.
• Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli used their silver Tokens to enter the Cangwu Small World and emerged in its Eastern Region.
• Qin Yan identified their location as the ruins of the Qingyun Kingdom by reading a damaged sign and recalling the kingdom’s history.
• Qin Yan told Huang Jiuli they were in the Ten Thousand Beasts Kingdom’s territory, and she flew off to check before returning in disbelief.

Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli traveled to the Ten Thousand Beasts Kingdom to kill its two Demon Kings. They arrived as the Azure Ox Demon King and White Tusk Elephant King were preparing to flee, and confronted the gathered demons inside the royal palace.

• Huang Jiuli learned that Qin Yan’s mental strength had grown to nearly match or exceed his Martial Dao realm.
• Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli set out for the Ten Thousand Beasts Kingdom to eliminate its two Demon Kings.
• The Azure Ox Demon King and White Tusk Elephant King discussed a threat from Jin Gang Temple and decided to withdraw with everything they could carry.
• Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli appeared in the palace and warned the demons that none of them would leave alive.

Qin Yan killed the Azure Ox Demon King, the White Tusk Elephant King, and the Fierce Beasts in the palace with a single declaration, leaving Huang Jiuli stunned. He absorbed the blood energy and took the Demon Kings’ corpses, then left with Huang Jiuli, who joked that his words might accidentally kill her.

• The Azure Ox Demon King and White Tusk Elephant King sensed Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli were outsiders and questioned their presence in the Ten Thousand Beasts Kingdom.
• Qin Yan declared that all Fierce Beasts in the hall would perish, and his words caused the beasts and both Demon Kings to explode.
• Huang Jiuli wondered whether Qin Yan had used a Great Divine Ability, while Qin Yan absorbed the beasts’ blood energy and stored the Demon Kings’ corpses.
• Qin Yan left the remaining Fierce Beasts alive and told Huang Jiuli to come with him.
• Huang Jiuli warned Qin Yan to be careful what he said around her, and Qin Yan reassured her that he could not bear to lose her.

Jin Chan arrived at the Ten Thousand Beasts Kingdom and discovered that Qin Yan had killed its two Beast Kings instantly. Qin Yan chose Jin Gang Temple as his next target and decided to announce his approach before attacking.

• Jin Chan questioned a Fierce Beast, which lied that Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli had barely won a hard-fought battle against the two Beast Kings.
• Jin Chan investigated the palace and learned from the evidence and other witnesses that Qin Yan had killed the Beast Kings and the hall’s Fierce Beasts with a single sentence.
• Jin Chan left for Jin Gang Temple to cultivate the Arhat Heaven-Overturning Seal after recognizing the outsiders as a potential threat.
• Qin Yan told Huang Jiuli that they would target Jin Gang Temple next and that he would spread word of their approach.
• Huang Jiuli worried that the warning would give Jin Gang Temple time to prepare and draw other forces to watch, but Qin Yan remained confident and wanted the Cangwu Small World to feel his pressure.

Qin Yan announced that he would visit Jin Gang Temple in four days, drawing crowds and the attention of powerful figures across the Eastern Region. Jin Chan prepared to face him while Jin Gang Temple sought outside help, and Holy Land disciples headed to watch the confrontation.

• Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli spread news that Qin Yan would visit Jin Gang Temple in four days, prompting people across the Eastern Region to discuss the challenge and travel toward the temple.
• Jin Gang Temple's elders condemned Qin Yan, but Jin Chan estimated that he had only a sixty percent chance of defeating him and planned to cultivate the Arhat Heaven-Overturning Seal in seclusion.
• Jin Chan warned Zen Master Shikong that Huang Jiuli might also be formidable, and Jin Gang Temple's leaders discussed seeking outside help.
• Jiang Yunyan learned of Qin Yan's challenge and traveled toward Jin Gang Temple to gauge how much Qin Yan had improved.
• Zhao Wuji and other Holy Land disciples also set out for Jin Gang Temple to see Qin Yan's strength for themselves.

Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli cultivated for four days before flying to Jin Gang Temple to face the local force he had publicly challenged. The temple’s monks surrounded them and trapped them beneath a vajra barrier, where Huang Jiuli launched the first attack.

• Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli practiced their spear and sword techniques together for four days.
• Qin Yan checked his Attribute Panel, noted that his mental strength remained at 599 Hz, and accepted that breaking through would take time without time acceleration.
• Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli flew to Jin Gang Temple on the appointed day.
• Qin Yan identified himself to the gatekeeping monk, and Zen Master Shikong declared that he would not be allowed to leave.
• Zen Master Shikong used the Vajra Bracelet to raise a golden barrier around Qin Yan and Huang Jiuli as monks surrounded them.
• Huang Jiuli attacked the barrier with a Phoenix Sword Qi wreathed in Phoenix True Fire.

Qin Yan destroyed the Vajra Barrier, killed Zen Master Shikong and Jin Xuan, and reduced Jin Gang Temple to ruins with his strange word-based power. Jin Chan emerged from the rubble in fury and confronted him.

• Huang Jiuli's sword nearly cracked the Vajra Barrier, so Jin Xuan ordered the disciples to reinforce it with their Buddhist power.
• Qin Yan commanded the barrier to break, shattering it and causing the disciples linked to it to suffer a backlash.
• Qin Yan commanded Zen Master Shikong and Jin Xuan to be extinguished, killing both Late-Stage Grandmasters instantly.
• Qin Yan declared that Jin Gang Temple should collapse, and the temple and mountain crumbled into ruins.
• Jin Chan burst out of the rubble and confronted Qin Yan, enraged by the destruction and the deaths he had sensed.