Recaps

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.

Ye Lin and the others fought off waves of controlled cultivators sent by the White Lotus Sect, while Qin Unrivaled identified his younger brother as the one behind the sect. Yun Zhilan confronted Wang Cang, a seventh-layer Golden Immortal who emerged from the darkness with more forces.

• Countless cultivators charged the Flying Boat, but Ye Lin killed them with his Thunder Sea before they could reach it.
• Yun Zhilan explained that the attackers had been controlled and had lost their Primordial Spirits.
• Qin Unrivaled concluded that the White Lotus Sect had been established by his younger brother, who was now trying to erase it.
• Yun Zhilan sensed the mastermind behind the attackers and left the Flying Boat to confront him.
• Yun Zhilan recognized Wang Cang and challenged the seventh-layer Golden Immortal as more figures appeared behind him.

Yun Zhilan blocked Wang Cang from reaching the Flying Boat and agreed to fight him in the heavens. With the two seventh-level Golden Immortals gone, Ye Lin and the others faced the remaining Golden Immortal force.

• Wang Cang warned Yun Zhilan to stand aside so he could reach the Flying Boat, but she refused and challenged him to a battle in the heavens.
• Wang Cang ordered his subordinates to carry out the First Prince's orders and headed into the heavens.
• Yun Zhilan taunted Wang Cang until he attacked, then transformed into Sword Qi and flew after him.
• Ye Lin saw that the remaining force included three sixth-level Golden Immortals, over a dozen fifth-level Golden Immortals, several fourth-level Golden Immortals, and dozens of weaker cultivators.

Ye Lin fought the Golden Immortal cultivators in the canyon, determined to become strong enough to control his own fate. After killing three fifth-layer Golden Immortals, he was trapped by the three sixth-layer cultivators’ formation, which suppressed his Immortal Fortune power.

• Ye Lin resolved to keep pursuing the Dao after seeing Golden Immortals reduced to prisoners.
• Ye Lin intercepted three sixth-layer Golden Immortals and five fifth-layer Golden Immortals to relieve pressure on Li Xiaoyao and the others.
• Ye Lin used Grass-Character Sword Art to kill three fifth-layer Golden Immortals with Sword Qi.
• The three sixth-layer Golden Immortals activated the Three-Character Ghost God Formation and bound Ye Lin in a blood-colored net.
• Ye Lin found that the net suppressed his Immortal Fortune power and left him unable to move.

Ye Lin countered three attackers with three identical figures, while First Prince Qin Rulie confronted the other princes over their failure to commit forces against Qin Unrivaled. The princes denied responsibility, leaving Qin Rulie isolated in the plot.

• Ye Lin sensed danger from a blade above him but remained confident as three identical figures appeared around him, startling the attackers.
• First Prince Qin Rulie accused the other three princes of setting him up and withholding their forces from the assassination plan.
• The Fifth Prince claimed he had sent the White Lotus Sect, and Qin Rulie rebuked him for deploying only weak cultivators.
• The other two princes said they had each deployed three squads and affiliated forces.
• Qin Rulie urged the princes to join forces against Qin Unrivaled, but they refused and blamed him for the plot.

The First Prince was exposed and threatened by his three younger brothers after his plot against Qin Unrivaled backfired. He fled the great hall, while the princes ordered the Imperial Capital sealed to stop his escape.

• The First Prince angrily threatened to expose his brothers, but they taunted him and claimed they would cover up his crimes.
• The First Prince realized he had lost his power and fled the great hall before Qin Unrivaled returned.
• The three princes admitted they had pinned other unsolved cases on the First Prince and ordered the Imperial Capital sealed to prevent his escape.
• The princes departed with their own schemes, while Qin Unrivaled learned the truth about his brothers.

After Yun Zhilan defeated and killed Wang Cang, Ye Lin and the others continued toward the Imperial Capital without further trouble. As the city came into view, Qin Unrivaled reflected on his return after three years away and the ambush that had nearly killed him.

• Ye Lin and the others finished defeating the remaining enemies at Silver Moon Valley and looked to the battle in the sky.
• Yun Zhilan froze the heavens with Extreme Cold Ice Seal, defeated Wang Cang, and said she had killed him after failing to recruit him.
• Yun Zhilan led the group aboard her Flying Boat toward the Imperial Capital, and they traveled without incident.
• Qin Unrivaled watched the Imperial Capital approach and recalled leaving three years earlier, being poisoned in an ambush, and meeting Ye Lin.

Qin Unrivaled returned to the Imperial Capital with Ye Lin and his companions, drawing the attention of ministers who suspected the city’s recent confinement was tied to his disappearance. He summoned Yan Xiongying, Shuo Feng, and Qingling to question them about what had happened while he was away.

• Qin Unrivaled ordered the Imperial Capital’s gates opened and entered the city aboard the Flying Boat.
• Ministers welcomed news of Qin Unrivaled’s safe return and anticipated a political reckoning over the city’s confinement.
• Qin Unrivaled brought Ye Lin and the others to his palace and summoned Yan Xiongying, Shuo Feng, and Qingling.
• Qin Unrivaled told the three that he had been assassinated, then asked what had happened in the Imperial Capital during his absence.

Qin Unrivaled learned that the Imperial Capital had been sealed off by the four princes while he was away and ordered an investigation into his three younger brothers. A mysterious voice mocked him in the hall, interrupting his show of authority.

• A woman reported that the four princes had sealed the Imperial Capital, preventing Qin Unrivaled's people from leaving to search for him.
• After learning that the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Princes had requested an audience, Qin Unrivaled suspected they were involved in the attempt on his life and refused to see them.
• Qin Unrivaled ordered three subordinates to investigate one prince each, arrest suspects, and find evidence within a month.
• Qin Unrivaled decided to search for the princes' other wrongdoing rather than follow clues from the assassination attempt, which he believed would lead back to the First Prince.
• An unknown speaker teased Qin Unrivaled about his imposing authority, causing his expression to darken.

Qin Unrivaled brought Ye Lin and the others to the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s treasury to fulfill his promise, but restricted them to its first three levels. The group reached the guarded treasury entrance, where Ye Lin discovered that its guards were seventh-level Golden Immortals.

• Qin Unrivaled invited Ye Lin and the others to follow him into the imperial palace, while refusing Yun Zhilan entry to the treasury.
• Qin Unrivaled explained that the treasury’s fourth level was inaccessible to him and reserved for the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s foundations.
• Qin Unrivaled promised that each person could choose one treasure from the first three levels, with Ye Lin allowed six.
• Qin Unrivaled led the group through an underground palace to a heavy gate guarded by two silver-armored experts.
• Ye Lin checked the guards and found that both were seventh-level Golden Immortals.

Qin Unrivaled used his status and threats to gain entry to the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s national treasury, while warning Ye Lin and the others away from its forbidden fourth floor. The chapter explained that the dynasty was controlled not only by the Qin Family but also by powerful families and long-lived ministers, leaving the Emperor with limited authority.

• Qin Unrivaled showed the treasury guards his Identity Token and demanded entry without an oral decree from the Emperor.
• Qin Unrivaled threatened the guards until they opened the treasury gates, then promised not to enter the fourth floor.
• Qin Unrivaled led Ye Lin and the others inside to take treasures from the first three floors.
• Qin Unrivaled reflected that the fourth floor required approval from the dynasty’s ancestors and reclusive ministers, and that even the Emperor could not take a treasure from it alone.
• The chapter described how long-lived ministers and powerful families gradually gained control of the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty, leaving the Qin Family as its helmsman.

Ye Lin explored the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s treasury and selected a Substitute Doll that could save him from one fatal crisis. Qin Unrivaled watched in dismay as Ye Lin continued deeper into the vault.

• Qin Unrivaled gave Ye Lin and the others one day to choose treasures from the treasury before he returned to recover from his injuries.
• Ye Lin searched the treasury for items useful to him while the others explored separately.
• Ye Lin discovered and took a Substitute Doll that could withstand one fatal crisis and teleport its user to safety.
• Qin Unrivaled regretted Ye Lin’s valuable find as Ye Lin continued deeper into the treasury.

Ye Lin found a mysterious blood-red crystal in the Great Qin treasure vault and took it after the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar identified it as containing a Transcender’s blood. Qin Unrivaled objected, and Ye Lin’s companions confronted him over breaking his promise to grant them the entire vault.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar directed Ye Lin to a blood-red crystal deep inside the vault.
• Qin Unrivaled rushed over and pleaded with Ye Lin not to take the crystal, which belonged to the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin the crystal held a Transcender’s blood that could nurture his Bloodthirsty Demon Sword.
• Ye Lin put the crystal away despite Qin Unrivaled’s protests that his family would punish him for losing it.
• Ye Lin’s companions reminded Qin Unrivaled that they had escorted him there and helped save his life, then challenged him for reneging on his promise of the entire treasure vault.

Ye Lin confronted Qin Unrivaled over repeatedly changing the terms of their agreement, and Qin finally promised to let him choose from the four remaining treasures. After Qin left, Ye Lin continued through the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s treasury, considering its immense wealth and passing over a sword because he already had enough.

• Ye Lin told Qin Unrivaled that if Qin would not honor their agreement, he could return Ye Lin’s life instead of keeping the treasures.
• Qin Unrivaled admitted Ye Lin was in the right and reluctantly agreed to let him choose from the four remaining items.
• Qin Unrivaled left rather than watch Ye Lin inspect the treasury further.
• Ye Lin reflected on how concentrated resources fueled inequality and how great wars released wealth that helped new cultivators rise.
• Ye Lin spotted a sword radiating Sword Qi but left it behind because he already had enough swords.

Ye Lin searched the treasure trove and found a Divine Splendor Fruit and a material for the fourth layer of the True King Sacred Body. With five hours remaining to find three more treasures, he hurried onward while Qin Unrivaled followed and watched.

• Ye Lin discovered and pocketed the Divine Splendor Fruit, which strengthened and repaired the Primordial Spirit.
• Qin Unrivaled secretly followed Ye Lin and grew frustrated at his ability to pick out supreme treasures.
• Qin Unrivaled reminded Ye Lin that seven hours had passed and five hours remained; Ye Lin sped up his search.
• Ye Lin found a cultivation material for the fourth layer of the True King Sacred Body, but learned he needed to reach the seventh level of Golden Immortal before he could cultivate it.

Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar’s advice to choose two more treasures from the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s vault, completing his selection before time ran out. Qin Unrivaled realized Ye Lin had taken items of immense value and saw him off stiffly.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to take a golden fragment of the Wordless Heavenly Book and a mysterious primordial pill box.
• Ye Lin immediately claimed both treasures while Qin Unrivaled watched in disbelief.
• Qin Unrivaled recognized the Wordless Heavenly Book fragment as the origin of cultivation methods and recalled that no one had ever opened the primordial box.
• Ye Lin thanked Qin Unrivaled for honoring his promise, and Qin Unrivaled stiffly accepted his farewell.

Ye Lin and his companions left the treasure vault with six valuable items, while Qin Unrivaled kept his soul essence as leverage. Qin Unrivaled invited them to stay with him, but Ye Lin had not yet answered.

• Qin Unrivaled asked Ye Lin to return his soul essence, but Ye Lin stayed silent and kept it.
• Qin Unrivaled escorted Ye Lin and his companions out of the treasure vault after they chose their treasures.
• Yun Zhilan asked Gu Qingzhi about the vault, then stopped her from describing it further.
• Qin Unrivaled asked Ye Lin about his plans, and Ye Lin said they would drift wherever they pleased.
• Qin Unrivaled invited Ye Lin and his companions to stay at his quiet, safe residence for a while.

After leaving the Imperial Capital, Ye Lin returned Qin Unrivaled’s soul of fate and led the group to a secluded valley to separate and pursue their plans. He entered a cave to study the items he had obtained, while Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi prepared to seek breakthroughs.

• Ye Lin returned Qin Unrivaled’s soul of fate from outside the Imperial Capital, then led the group into the wilderness to find a secluded place.
• Wang Tian and Bao Xiaotou left to travel, Gu Qingzhi and Li Xiaoyao prepared to pursue breakthroughs, and Shangguan Wanyu took Luo Yao out for a walk.
• Ye Lin examined Li Xiaoyao’s fate and learned that he was approaching the sixth level of Golden Immortal despite having recently reached the fifth.
• Ye Lin, Gu Qingzhi, and Li Xiaoyao entered separate places to cultivate or study, and Ye Lin took out the Wordless Heavenly Book in his cave.

Ye Lin could not understand the blank Wordless Heavenly Book, despite the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar claiming it contained the truths behind every Dao art. He set it aside to learn the jar’s secret technique and prepare the blood of a Transcendent Zenith Heaven being and his Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, leaving him to absorb the technique’s memories before using the blood.

• Ye Lin examined the Wordless Heavenly Book, but saw only a blank sheet and admitted he could not understand it.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that all cultivation arts originated from the book and urged Ye Lin to trust its value.
• Ye Lin set aside the book and asked the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to teach him its secret technique.
• Ye Lin placed the blood-red stone and Bloodthirsty Demon Sword nearby, preparing to use the blood of a Transcendent Zenith Heaven being to nourish the sword.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar sent a torrent of memories into Ye Lin and offered to guard him while he refined and absorbed them.