Chapter Summaries

Qin Xi returned to the Heavenly Dao Dojo and helped Red Cloud's true body remove the demonic energy that had tainted him. After the upgraded Demon-Expelling Array restored Red Cloud, he emerged with his spiritual energy replenished and his divine sense clearer.

• Qin Xi returned to the Heavenly Dao Dojo and reunited with Red Cloud's true body, who had come back after hearing about his Good Incarnation.
• Qin Xi brought Red Cloud's true body to see the Good Incarnation, who mocked him for being tainted by demonic energy.
• Qin Xi silenced the Good Incarnation and had Yu Xue prepare a modified Demon-Expelling Array.
• Qin Xi placed Red Cloud's true body in the array and expelled the demonic energy as Red Cloud endured the pain.
• Red Cloud absorbed the array's Spiritual Veins, replenished his meridians, and emerged with a clearer divine sense and abundant spiritual energy.

Qin Xi gave Red Cloud a Grade Nine Sanqi Herb, allowing Red Cloud’s true body to prepare for merging with Good Incarnation Red Cloud. In the Heavenly Dao Field, the two began their fusion, though Good Incarnation Red Cloud resisted.

• Qin Xi gave Red Cloud the Grade Nine Sanqi Herb and explained that he had obtained it in the Phoenix Clan Secret Realm.
• Red Cloud’s true body refined and absorbed the herb, then said he was ninety percent confident he could merge with Good Incarnation Red Cloud.
• Qin Xi had Yu Xue bring Good Incarnation Red Cloud to the deepest part of the Heavenly Dao Field and removed his chains, but the field prevented him from using mana.
• Red Cloud’s true body confronted Good Incarnation Red Cloud, who rejected him and accused him of refusing to acknowledge his evil thoughts.
• Red Cloud’s true body transformed into green smoke and entered Good Incarnation Red Cloud’s sea of consciousness, where Good Incarnation Red Cloud tried to resist.

Red Cloud fused with his Good Incarnation and thanked Qin Xi before leaving the Heavenly Dao Field. Qin Xi then traveled with Yu Xue to the Kirin Clan and found its city deserted, with signs that the Demon Race had recently attacked.

• Red Cloud overcame his Good Incarnation's resistance, fused with him, and knelt to thank Qin Xi.
• Qin Xi told Red Cloud to rest, then agreed to take Yu Xue with him when he left the valley.
• Qin Xi and Yu Xue traveled on foot to the Kirin Clan, and Yu Xue complained about the slow journey.
• Qin Xi and Yu Xue entered the Kirin Clan's city and found its streets empty and desolate.
• Qin Xi sensed Demonic Energy and blood in the city and suspected that members of the Demon Race had attacked in secret.

Qin Xi and Yu Xue found the Kirin Clan slaughtered and met Qirui, the clan patriarch’s son. After learning that demons had likely killed his people, Qirui swore to follow Qin Xi, and the group set off for their next destination.

• Qin Xi and Yu Xue found the Kirin Clan residence bloodied and full of corpses, with lingering Demonic Energy suggesting the Demon Race was responsible.
• Qirui arrived, recognized Qin Xi, and accused him of killing the clan before Yu Xue explained they had just arrived.
• Qirui told Qin Xi that he had returned after receiving a warning, only to find his clan dead.
• Qin Xi urged Qirui to survive so he could one day avenge his clansmen, and Qirui swore to follow him.
• Qin Xi, Yu Xue, and Qirui left the Kirin Clan and stopped to rest and eat on their way to the next destination.

Qin Xi, Qirui, and Yu Xue crossed a desert, where Qirui tried a Merit Sweet Potato and learned more about his bond with Qin Xi. When Yu Xue entered a strange stretch of water to wash, she vanished along with the water, leaving Qin Xi and Qirui to search for a way beneath the desert.

• Qirui doubted the blackened sweet potato, then ate it and felt his fatigue disappear and his cultivation foundation stabilize.
• Qirui reflected that losing his clan after meeting Qin Xi had been unfortunate, but staying by Qin Xi's side had made him fortunate.
• Qin Xi, Qirui, and Yu Xue continued across the desert until Yu Xue spotted water and ran to bathe.
• Yu Xue entered the water and sensed it invigorating her body and Spirit Root, then screamed and disappeared.
• Qin Xi and Qirui found Yu Xue's clothing beside the vanished water, and Qin Xi concluded that the water had been an entrance beneath the desert.

Qin Xi and Qirui found a spiritually rich river in the desert and dived in, searching for the entrance to reach Yu Xue. They encountered powerful Spirit-Eating Fish that could heal in the water, and Qin Xi discovered their heads were their weakness.

• Qin Xi and Qirui searched the desert until they found the river they had seen earlier.
• Qin Xi deduced that the entrance was underwater, and he and Qirui dived into the seemingly bottomless river.
• A school of Spirit-Eating Fish attacked, and Qin Xi warned Qirui that they could drain spiritual energy through wounds.
• Qin Xi discovered that the water restricted their cultivation and Spirit Treasures while the fish remained stronger than them.
• Qin Xi found that severing a Spirit-Eating Fish's head stopped it from healing, but Qirui's attempt to strike one was dodged.

Qin Xi and Qirui descended through the river after defeating the Spirit-Eating Fish and found an underground city guarded by a barrier and a statue Qin Xi suspected depicted Pangu. They could not enter the city or find Yu Xue, leaving her whereabouts uncertain.

• Qirui killed the remaining Spirit-Eating Fish with Qin Xi, and the pair continued swimming deeper into the river.
• Qin Xi and Qirui reached a stone gate and statue at the bottom, where the water disappeared and they found themselves standing on solid ground.
• Qin Xi suspected the statue depicted Pangu and felt an inexplicable familiarity that brought a tear to his eye.
• Qirui tried to enter the city but was thrown back by a barrier, which Qin Xi believed Pangu had created.
• Qin Xi and Qirui found no sign of Yu Xue and wondered whether she had entered another way or been taken elsewhere.

Qin Xi, Qirui, and Yu Xue explored a mysterious, deserted Underground City that seemed older than the Primordial World. Inside a palace filled with treasures, Qin Xi chose to keep exploring and warned his companions not to touch anything; the room then transformed into a gloomy ruin.

• Qin Xi opened a hole in the barrier, entered the Underground City with Qirui, and watched the opening repair itself behind them.
• Qin Xi and Qirui explored the deserted city and met Yu Xue, who told them that a current had dragged her underwater before she woke there.
• Qin Xi suggested the city might belong to a civilization older than the Primordial World, and the three continued toward a magnificent palace.
• Qin Xi entered the palace and chose to keep exploring for an unknown mysterious gift pack rather than take treasures and leave.
• Qin Xi stopped Qirui from touching the treasures, and the room changed into a gloomy ruin as the treasures lost their spiritual energy and the door shut.

Qin Xi was trapped in a transformed palace and became caught in an illusion after sitting on its throne. He witnessed Pangu create heaven and earth, then awoke as Qirui and Yu Xue hurried to him.

• Qirui, Qin Xi, and Yu Xue discovered the palace gate was locked, and Qin Xi could not open it with his restricted spiritual power.
• Qin Xi sat on the throne, triggering a barrier that kept Qirui and Yu Xue from reaching him.
• Qin Xi entered an illusion where a soldier warned Pangu that Chaos was destroying their people.
• Pangu created heaven and earth with his axe and told Qin Xi he had used a wisp of his divine soul to create him.
• Qin Xi awoke on the throne with a tear in his eye, and Qirui and Yu Xue ran to him.

Qin Xi awakened from her vision, obtained the Pangu Axe, and led Qirui and Yu Xue toward the Death Gate. They opened it and found a hazy, empty void beyond.

• Qirui and Yu Xue found the barrier around Qin Xi gone and checked that she was unharmed.
• Qin Xi discovered the Pangu Axe on the chair and stored the ancient divine artifact in her space.
• Qin Xi explained the Life-and-Death Gate and chose the Death Gate, reasoning that death could lead to rebirth.
• Qirui and Yu Xue affirmed they would stay with Qin Xi, and the three approached the Death Gate together.
• Qin Xi pushed open the Death Gate, revealing a hazy, empty void that stunned all three.

Qin Xi, Qirui, and Yu Xue escaped the Chaos remnant when the Pangu Axe shattered it, then headed for the Dragon Clan to visit Ao Xin. They found the clan destroyed by a Demon Race attack and learned that Ao Xin had disappeared.

• Qin Xi took out the Pangu Axe, whose power shattered the Chaos and revealed a door out.
• Qin Xi, Qirui, and Yu Xue returned to the desert after the ancient city vanished behind them.
• Qin Xi decided to visit Ao Xin at the Dragon Clan, and Qirui agreed to go with him and Yu Xue.
• Qin Xi and his companions arrived at the Dragon Pearl and found the Dragon Clan in ruins, with its Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals dead or injured.
• A wounded Shrimp Soldier told Qin Xi that the Demon Race had ambushed the clan and Ao Xin was missing.
• Qin Xi rushed to the Dragon Clan Main Mansion and found it in ruins.

Qin Xi found the Dragon Clan slaughtered just like the Qilin Clan and suspected someone was targeting him. He ordered Luo Hou to investigate the massacres or face the destruction of the Demon Realm.

• Qin Xi searched the Dragon Clan for Ao Xin but found only corpses, while Qirui recognized the attack as similar to the one on the Qilin Clan.
• Qin Xi summoned Luo Hou and accused the Demon Realm after sensing its Demonic Energy at the Dragon Clan.
• Luo Hou denied that his people were responsible and said he had been in secluded cultivation for a hundred years.
• Qin Xi threatened to destroy the Demon Realm unless Luo Hou uncovered the culprit, so Luo Hou returned to investigate.
• Luo Hou ordered the Demon Race's Quasi-Sage elder to find whoever had exterminated the Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan.

A masked man held the wounded Ao Xin captive after the Dragon Clan and Kirin Clan were attacked, while Qin Xi returned to the Heavenly Dao Field to investigate. Ao Xin woke in the man's cave, where he threatened to eat her.

• An elder promised Ancestor Hongyun he would investigate who had broken Luo Hou's rule against harming the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans.
• A masked man ordered his followers to keep the unconscious Ao Xin in his cave until she woke.
• The Phoenix Clan announced it would withdraw from worldly affairs, then vanished along with Phoenix City.
• Qin Xi returned to the Heavenly Dao Field and told Yu Xue not to let anyone disturb him while he investigated.
• Di Qun and Ancestor Hongyun arrived at the Heavenly Dao Field, learned Ao Xin was missing, and agreed to wait for Qin Xi.
• Ao Xin woke in the masked man's cave, and he taunted her by wondering whether dragon meat tasted good.

Qin Xi used the Law of Time to witness Ao Xin’s Dragon Clan being attacked and captured by a mysterious Masked Man who seemed able to see him. He concluded the attackers came from another plane, but their identity remained unknown.

• Ao Xin recognized the Masked Man’s voice, but he sent her away and ordered his subordinates to meet her needs.
• Qin Xi watched the Dragon Clan celebrate before Demon Realm forces attacked and killed many of its people.
• Ao Xin fought back against the Demon Realm soldiers, then collapsed when a familiar pressure struck her.
• The Masked Man appeared beside Ao Xin, looked directly at Qin Xi, and declared that the real show was yet to come.
• Qin Xi told the gathered Ancestor Hongjun, Zhenyuanzi, Li Er, Zhurong, Red Cloud, and others that the attackers were from the Demon Realm, but even Luo Hou did not know who they were.

Qin Xi failed to locate the Masked Man and went to the Demon Realm to question Luo Hou, while the Masked Man left Ao Xin captive and headed for the Human Race. Qin Xi and Nuwa and Fuxi rushed to the Human Race after sensing danger, and Qin Xi urged the siblings to stay and guard it.

• Qin Xi told Zhenyuanzi to wait for Luo Hou to find the Masked Man, then traveled to the Demon Realm with Yu Xue and Qirui.
• Luo Hou told Qin Xi that he had no news of the Masked Man, and Qin Xi learned that nothing unusual had recently happened in the Demon Realm.
• The Masked Man refused to release Ao Xin and left for the Human Race, while Ao Xin feared both his strength and the Valley Master’s arrival.
• Qin Xi sensed danger to the Human Race and hurried there with Yu Xue and Qirui as Nuwa and Fuxi also ended their secluded cultivation and rushed over.
• After everyone found the Human Race peaceful, Qin Xi told Nuwa and Fuxi that the Dragon Clan and the Kirin Clan had been wiped out and Ao Xin was missing, then asked them to remain and guard the Human Race.

Qin Xi questioned the Masked Man’s strange threat against the Human Race while Nuwa and Fuxi settled among them. The Masked Man moved on toward the Monster Clan, intending to wipe out every race except humanity.

• The Masked Man told his subordinate that he had only used the Human Race as a distraction and that his targets included the Dragon Clan and Kirin Clan.
• Nuwa reassured the nervous Zhenyuanzi, Li Er, and Confucius, who described a sudden darkness and a frightening surge of Demonic Energy before Qin Xi arrived.
• Qin Xi suspected the Masked Man was deliberately drawing her into a chase, while chat members speculated about his strength and exchanged jokes.
• The Masked Man left the Human Race and headed toward the Monster Clan.

Di Qun’s return to the Monster Clan ended in a Demon Race attack, and a masked man took her after crushing the clan with his pressure. Qin Xi arrived too late to stop him, then calmed down, muted the Chat Group, and sent its members a Merit red packet as an apology.

• Di Qun received word that the Demon Race had invaded the Monster Clan and joined the fight, but the masked man overwhelmed her and crushed many of her people.
• Qin Xi learned of the attack from Di Qun’s message and rushed to the Monster Clan with Nuwa and Fuxi, leaving others behind to protect the Human Race.
• Qin Xi discovered that Di Qun had been taken by the masked man and ordered Nuwa and Fuxi to help the surviving Monster Clan members.
• Qin Xi released a terrifying pressure in anger, then withdrew it after Nuwa warned him that nearby living beings would suffer.
• Qin Xi muted the Chat Group for ten minutes, sent a Merit red packet as an apology, and Senju Tobirama was muted again after complaining.

Di Qun was imprisoned with Ao Xin while Qin Xi struggled to find the people who had disappeared and suspected a powerful new enemy had emerged in the Demon Realm. He decided to seek ancient Chaos God-Demon cultivation methods by visiting the Dragon Clan, and reluctantly agreed to let Yu Xue and Qirui accompany him.

• The Masked Man brought the unconscious Di Qun to the Demon Realm and ordered him locked up with Ao Xin, who tried to wake him.
• Qin Xi told Nuwa and Fuxi that Luo Hou knew nothing about the kidnappers and that a Primordial Great Expert stronger than himself might be behind the dense Karmic Debt.
• Qin Xi said he would seek cultivation methods left by ancient Chaos God-Demons and planned to visit the Dragon Clan first.
• Yu Xue and Qirui insisted on joining Qin Xi despite his warnings about the danger, and he eventually agreed.
• Qin Xi repeatedly told Yu Xue and Qirui to flee if danger arose, while Qirui admitted he hoped to find an opportunity to reach Quasi-Sage cultivation.

Qin Xi returned to the weakened Dragon Clan with Yu Xue and Qirui and headed for the Dragon Palace. He explained that they needed the elders’ permission to enter its restricted section.

• Qin Xi stopped Yu Xue and Qirui from arguing as they returned to the Dragon Clan, where few survivors and outside cultivators remained.
• Two cultivators speculated that Qin Xi was a fearsome Primordial Great Expert and hurried away, while Qin Xi wondered why others found him intimidating.
• Qin Xi told Yu Xue that they were going to the Dragon Palace, an ancient site whose secrets Ancestor Dragon had revealed to him.
• The Shrimp Soldiers recognized Qin Xi and escorted the group, but Qin Xi headed toward the Dragon Clan elders to ask permission to enter the restricted part of the Dragon Palace.

Qin Xi visited the injured Crab Elder, learned how to open the Dragon Palace and its secret realm, and entered the palace with Yu Xue and Qirui. He left the group livestreaming the palace’s splendor while the Dragon Clan’s crisis and the secret realm’s purpose remained ahead.

• Qin Xi and his companions went to the elders’ quarters, where Crab Elder explained that his injuries prevented him from opening the Dragon Clan’s secret realm himself.
• Crab Elder told Qin Xi the method for opening the Dragon Palace and its secret realm, following Ao Xin’s instruction to send him there, and Qin Xi gave him supplies for his injuries.
• Qin Xi used the secret method to open the Dragon Palace and started a group livestream for the Chat Group.
• Yu Xue and Qirui marveled at the palace’s ancestral tablets and treasures, while Qirui asked whether the items would be dangerous like those in Pangu’s Underground City.
• Qin Xi explained that the treasures were gifts for outer disciples and told Qirui they were less useful than his roasted sweet potatoes.