Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin gathered his party to travel discreetly to Liuli Sacred Land, motivated by the promise of six supreme treasures and the need for more help. Meanwhile, the Fifth Prince heard the White Lotus Sect elder’s report about the Third Prince’s escape and the blood-robed man who wounded Wang Cang, but angrily accused the elder of lying.

• Ye Lin decided to travel without the conspicuous Flying Boat and led Qin Unrivaled and the others toward Liuli Sacred Land.
• The Fifth Prince berated a White Lotus Sect elder for letting the Third Prince escape again.
• The elder explained that the First Prince had forced the White Lotus Sect’s disciples to withdraw from the Ten Thousand Sword Sect.
• The elder reported that the First Prince’s shadow guards killed the Ten Thousand Sword Sect’s ancestor, but the Third Prince’s people then killed the shadow guards.
• The elder said a blood-robed man stopped Wang Cang and severed one of his arms, prompting the Fifth Prince to accuse him of making up the story.

The Fifth Prince questioned the White Lotus Sect leader’s report that a seventh-level Golden Immortal had severed Wang Cang’s arm and protected Qin Unrivaled. He ordered the sect to track Qin Unrivaled, but remained doubtful about the reported cultivator’s strength.

• The White Lotus Sect leader knelt before the Fifth Prince and insisted that the report was true, saying the First Prince was returning and could confirm it.
• The Fifth Prince considered how a powerful protector would make it harder to kill Qin Unrivaled.
• The Fifth Prince ordered the White Lotus Sect to locate Qin Unrivaled and monitor his movements, whether or not the sect attacked.
• After the sect leader left, a silver-masked man appeared, and the Fifth Prince speculated that the backwater might have produced another True Dragon.
• The silver-masked man said the report was unlikely and suggested that the vermin had used some method to injure Wang Cang.

The Fifth Prince decided to strengthen his plan to assassinate Qin Unrivaled before the prince’s father could intervene. Meanwhile, Qin Unrivaled and Ye Lin’s group reached Liuli Sacred Land, where a seductive woman challenged their request to meet the Saintess.

• The Fifth Prince told the masked man they would wait for his eldest brother and then use four Golden Immortal seventh-layer powerhouses to kill Qin Unrivaled.
• Ye Lin and the others arrived at Liuli Sacred Land after a day and a night of travel.
• Qin Unrivaled said his friend, the Saintess, would help them and led the group toward the sacred land.
• A woman in a red dress stopped them and asked their business.
• Qin Unrivaled asked to see the Saintess, but the woman questioned whether he could meet her just because he wanted to.

Qin Unrivaled brought Ye Lin and the others to Liuli Sacred Land, claiming its Saintess Yun Feiyan was an old friend who might help them. The Saintess arrived furious over how Qin Unrivaled had left her a hundred years earlier, and he faced her wrath alone.

• A Liuli Sacred Land woman demanded to know who Qin Unrivaled was and why he had come.
• Qin Unrivaled asked her to tell the Saintess that Yun Feiyan had come to see her.
• Qin Unrivaled warned Ye Lin to be ready to flee and explained that he hoped the Saintess could become a powerful ally.
• Ye Lin and the others moved behind Qin Unrivaled as a terrifying killing intent enveloped him.
• Yun Feiyan accused Qin Unrivaled of abandoning her a hundred years earlier and threatened to break his legs.

Qin Unrivaled was captured by Yun Zhilan, who confronted him over his past betrayal and demanded an explanation. After hearing his story, she agreed to trust him for the first and last time, leaving him with her help to survive his current calamity.

• Yun Zhilan confronted Qin Unrivaled with a sword and seized him as he tried to flee.
• Yun Zhilan threatened to kill Qin Unrivaled unless his explanation satisfied her, then let him speak.
• Qin Unrivaled explained his identity and experiences, including what happened a hundred years ago.
• Qin Unrivaled asked Yun Zhilan for help and promised to marry her after surviving his calamity.
• Yun Zhilan stopped Qin Unrivaled from swearing an oath and said she believed him, but warned him not to disappoint her again.

Qin Unrivaled asked Yun Zhilan to escort him back to the Imperial Capital, where he planned to confront his four brothers. Yun Zhilan agreed after negotiating terms with him, and thanked Ye Lin and the others for protecting Qin Unrivaled.

• Qin Unrivaled told Yun Zhilan that his four brothers were hunting him and had sealed off the Imperial Capital, then asked her to escort him there.
• Yun Zhilan asked Qin Unrivaled why she should help him, leaving him unable to answer.
• Ye Lin reflected on Yun Zhilan's strength while he and the others waited for their discussion to end.
• Yun Zhilan and Qin Unrivaled finished negotiating, leaving Qin Unrivaled looking miserable and Yun Zhilan smiling.
• Yun Zhilan thanked Ye Lin and the others for saving and escorting Qin Unrivaled, and said she would need their help going forward.

Ye Lin, Qin Unrivaled, and the others set out from Liuli Sacred Land to escort Qin Unrivaled to the Imperial Capital. Yun Zhilan led them aboard her Flying Boat, confident she could deal with any pursuers.

• Yun Zhilan thanked Ye Lin for fighting to uphold his promise, and he introduced himself and his companions.
• Ye Lin urged the group to stop exchanging pleasantries and begin escorting Qin Unrivaled to the Imperial Capital.
• Yun Zhilan led the group out of Liuli Sacred Land and brought out a conspicuous Flying Boat.
• Qin Unrivaled worried that traveling openly would reveal his location to his pursuers, but Yun Zhilan said she feared neither seventh-layer nor eighth-layer Golden Immortals.
• The group boarded Yun Zhilan's Flying Boat, which sped toward the horizon.

Ye Lin traveled toward the Imperial Capital aboard the Flying Boat while cultivating, and the four princes plotted to stop Qin Unrivaled before he arrived. The princes prepared to deploy their forces, but one questioned whether their plan would cause too much commotion.

• Ye Lin wished he had Know-All's Cloud-Piercing Shuttle as he continued toward the Imperial Capital aboard the conspicuous Flying Boat.
• Ye Lin began cultivating in his room while the journey remained free of trouble.
• First Prince Qin Rulie warned the other princes that the Imperial Capital's blockade would fail within half a month.
• The Fifth Prince reported that Qin Unrivaled had recruited Yun Zhilan, a seventh-layer Golden Immortal, to accompany him toward the Imperial Capital.
• The Fourth Prince proposed sending their shadow guards and four seventh-layer Golden Immortal experts to kill Qin Unrivaled on the road.
• One of the princes questioned whether the planned ambush would cause too much commotion.

The Fourth Prince persuaded the First Prince to commit fully to an ambush against Qin Unrivaled, warning that Qin would target the First Prince first when he reached the Imperial Capital. The First Prince agreed to the plan, realizing he had been used by his brothers and had no safe way to back out.

• The First Prince worried that a large-scale attack on Qin Unrivaled would draw the attention of rival factions in Western Qin Phoenix Province.
• The Fourth Prince argued that they had to intercept and kill Qin Unrivaled before he reached the Imperial Capital, and said the First Prince would bear the blame for his earlier direct attack.
• The Fourth Prince mocked the First Prince for exposing himself while the others could still erase their traces.
• The First Prince agreed to follow the Fourth Prince's plan and use all their power to kill Qin Unrivaled.
• The First Prince regretted not accepting Qin Unrivaled's offer of an alliance and blamed his failure on the unexpected sixth-level Golden Immortal who had held off a seventh-level Golden Immortal.

The princes planned to assassinate Qin Unrivaled in Silver Moon Valley as he traveled toward the Imperial Capital. Qin Rulie realized that if the plan failed, his brothers would abandon him and leave him to face their father’s wrath alone.

• The Fifth Prince agreed with the Fourth Prince that they had to kill Qin Unrivaled and asked where and when to intercept him.
• The First Prince, Qin Rulie, proposed setting an ambush in Silver Moon Valley, the only route to the Imperial Capital that did not cross forbidden territory.
• The Sixth Prince suggested preparing forces elsewhere, but the Fifth Prince said their fallback would be a second defense outside the Imperial Capital.
• The other three princes told Qin Rulie that he would be unlucky if the plan failed, then left him to handle the consequences.
• Qin Rulie regretted volunteering to kill Qin Unrivaled and suspected his brothers would blame him to save themselves, before recognizing he might do the same in their position.

Qin Rulie decided to stake everything on his plan against Qin Unrivaled, while Qin Yin and the Fifth and Fourth Princes each secretly dispatched forces to target someone at a valley. The princes prepared to use expendable allies and sects, leaving the conflict poised to escalate.

• Qin Rulie rejected the idea of allying with Qin Unrivaled and decided to gamble all his power, fleeing if he failed.
• Qin Yin warned that the assassination plot could not escape notice and secretly ordered pledged clans to kill someone at Silver Moon Valley.
• The Fifth Prince ordered the White Lotus Sect and Yin-Yang Sacred Sect to mobilize for Dark Moon Valley, promising freedom if they succeeded and death if they failed.
• The Fourth Prince sent useless and imprisoned followers to act, offering them freedom and honored status if they succeeded.

Qin Rulie entrusted Wang Cang with leading the Dark Guards and Shadow Guards to assassinate the Third Prince in Silver Moon Valley, while preparing to flee if the plan failed. Qin Unrivaled and his companions discussed the valley’s dangers, and Ye Lin chose to face the route head-on.

• Qin Rulie ordered the beautiful woman to watch the area and leave no traces behind.
• Qin Rulie gave Wang Cang control of the Dark Guards and Shadow Guards and sent him to Silver Moon Valley to kill the Third Prince.
• Qin Rulie decided to prepare an escape in case the assassination plan failed.
• Qin Unrivaled warned Ye Lin and the others that Silver Moon Valley was unavoidable and likely filled with an ambush.
• Ye Lin rejected taking a detour and said they would go straight through Silver Moon Valley.

Yun Zhilan decided to take Qin Unrivaled through Silver Moon Valley, promising she could protect him despite his fears about an ambush. As the Flying Boat headed toward the dangerous shortcut, she reasoned that the princes competing for the throne also distrusted one another and that Qin Unrivaled had already identified several parties behind attempts on his life.

• Yun Zhilan declared that she could defeat any attackers at Golden Immortal Level Seven and chose the route through Silver Moon Valley.
• Qin Unrivaled reluctantly agreed after Ye Lin and the others raised no objections, though he feared the valley’s natural Illusion Formation and a possible ambush.
• Yun Zhilan assured the group that she would not gamble with Qin Unrivaled’s safety and said she had everything under control.
• The Flying Boat turned toward Silver Moon Valley to shorten the journey to the Imperial Capital.
• Yun Zhilan pointed out that the princes’ willingness to assassinate their own brother meant they likely distrusted one another, and noted that Qin Unrivaled had already linked attacks to the First Prince, the White Lotus Sect, and the Yin-Yang Sacred Sect.

On the Flying Boat, Yun Zhilan reasoned that the other three princes had turned Silver Moon Valley into a trap for the exposed First Prince, using Qin Unrivaled’s expected retaliation to eliminate a rival. Qin Unrivaled agreed with her assessment as they continued toward the Imperial Capital.

• Yun Zhilan told Ye Lin and Qin Unrivaled that the White Lotus Sect and the Yin-Yang Sacred Sect were likely acting for another prince, not the First Prince.
• Yun Zhilan concluded that the First Prince was now the real target and that Silver Moon Valley likely concealed his elite forces and foundation.
• Yun Zhilan explained that the other three princes could let Qin Unrivaled deal with the First Prince, then erase evidence of their own involvement.
• Qin Unrivaled considered the other princes’ motives and agreed that they would benefit from letting the First Prince take the blame and fall.

Yun Zhilan defended her confidence that the four princes would follow her predictions, while Li Xiaoyao and Qin Unrivaled listened. As the First Prince prepared his forces to ambush Qin Unrivaled at Silver Moon Valley, the other princes secretly revealed their hostility toward him.

• Li Xiaoyao asked what would happen if Yun Zhilan's guess was wrong, and she said she had a trump card and would fight their way out if necessary.
• The Sixth Prince said Qin Unrivaled would likely pass through Silver Moon Valley, and the First Prince said he had sent the Dark Guards, Shadow Guards, and Wang Cang ahead.
• The First Prince warned the Fourth and Fifth Princes not to betray him, saying he had leverage on all of them.
• The Fourth and Fifth Princes denied plotting against the First Prince, while all three princes concealed a flash of killing intent.

Qin Unrivaled explained why his four brothers competed for the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s throne instead of pursuing the Emperor Road. Their cultivation depended on the dynasty’s national fortune, and becoming Emperor promised immense power and a guaranteed path to ninth-level Golden Immortal cultivation.

• Yun Zhilan questioned why the four princes wanted the Emperor’s throne rather than the opportunities of the great era.
• Qin Unrivaled explained that his brothers had cultivated using the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s national fortune since childhood.
• Qin Unrivaled said that leaving the dynasty would weaken their cultivation and combat strength, and could even cause their realms to fall.
• Qin Unrivaled explained that becoming Emperor would grant them the dynasty’s national fortune and a sure path to ninth-level Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Qin Unrivaled said there was another reason for his brothers’ ambition.

Qin Unrivaled revealed that the Four Princes planned to sacrifice the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s citizens to seize control of the Heavenly Dao and help someone become a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. He explained that previous Qin Emperors had been restrained from pursuing the same plan because the Heavenly Dao killed powerful ancestors who emerged from seclusion.

• Qin Unrivaled explained that the Demon-Monster Realm intended to forge a fiendish weapon from living beings and use it to control the Heavenly Dao.
• Qin Unrivaled revealed that the Four Princes planned to unleash Great Qin’s national fortune, sacrificing its citizens to counter the Demon-Monster Realm and seize the Heavenly Dao’s authority.
• Yun Zhilan remarked that the Four Princes’ ambition exceeded her expectations and asked whether earlier Emperors had considered the same scheme.
• Qin Unrivaled said previous Emperors had such ambitions but were deterred because the Heavenly Dao would kill any Qin ancestor who emerged from seclusion.

Qin Unrivaled explained the Demon-Monster Realm’s plan and why he had to reach the Imperial Capital safely to stop it. As the group arrived at Silver Moon Valley, Yun Zhilan sensed the killing intent ahead.

• Qin Unrivaled said that returning to the Imperial Capital would let him overturn the princes’ plans and prevent the Demon-Monster Realm’s scheme from succeeding.
• Wang Tian remarked on the audacity of targeting the Heavenly Dao, and Qin Unrivaled said ruthless methods were necessary to survive.
• Yun Zhilan questioned whether Qin Unrivaled was ruthless, and he recalled how his compassionate brother Qin Shanming had died without explanation.
• Qin Unrivaled warned that the group had reached Silver Moon Valley and should prepare for the danger there.
• Yun Zhilan sensed killing intent ahead and turned toward it with a cold sneer.

Yun Zhilan led Ye Lin and the others toward Silver Moon Valley, where she sensed hidden enemies and expected a seventh-layer Golden Immortal to be waiting. As the group entered the ancient battlefield, Wang Tian spotted even Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals among the ambushers.

• Yun Zhilan identified Silver Moon Valley as the source of the filthy auras and warned that a seventh-layer Golden Immortal was likely hiding there.
• Yun Zhilan agreed to handle any seventh-layer Golden Immortals and left the remaining enemies to Ye Lin and the others.
• Ye Lin privately resolved to flee with Qin Unrivaled if the situation turned bad, rather than trust Yun Zhilan completely.
• Li Xiaoyao asked why they could not destroy the canyon, and Qin Unrivaled explained that the ancient battlefield was too solid to be shaken even by a peak ninth-layer Golden Immortal.
• Wang Tian spread his divine sense through the canyon, found the hidden enemies, and was surprised to detect Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals among them.

Wang Tian and the others escorted Qin Unrivaled through Silver Moon Valley, expecting an ambush at the valley’s central Illusion Formation. After their divine senses and perception were suppressed inside it, enemies attacked from all directions, calling for the Third Prince’s death.

• Wang Tian, Bao Xiaotou, Gu Qingzhi, and Ye Lin took defensive positions around the Flying Boat while Yun Zhilan waited for the hidden seventh-layer Golden Immortal cultivator to act.
• Yun Zhilan warned that the attackers would likely strike inside the Illusion Formation at Silver Moon Valley’s center.
• The Flying Boat entered the formation, where Ye Lin and the others found their divine senses blocked and their perception greatly weakened.
• Ye Lin activated the Thunder Domain with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor to protect the Flying Boat.
• Attackers shouted that they would kill the Third Prince, and killing intent surged toward the Flying Boat from all directions.