Chapter Summaries

Qin Huaian defeated Drifting Snow Palace’s remaining fighters, drawing attention to his extraordinary rise, then began a match against Nangong Chun of the Joyous Union Sect. Nangong Chun revealed hidden weapons and a flexible sword, leaving Qin Huaian facing a sudden attack to his chest.

• Qin Huaian defeated Pang Shuangshuang and Drifting Snow Palace’s fifth cultivator in fewer than ten moves, securing the match for the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect.
• Spectators discussed Qin Huaian’s rapid advancement and compared him with An Qianchen, while Li Li and Luo Lingsu exchanged sharp remarks.
• Qin Huaian stayed at the sect residence on the fourth day, then faced the Joyous Union Sect on the fifth day after Han Yijian won once and lost his next match.
• Qin Huaian introduced himself to Nangong Chun, who identified himself as a personal disciple of the Joyous Union Sect Master and attacked with a folding fan concealing flying needles.
• Nangong Chun blocked Qin Huaian’s thrust with his fan, drew a flexible sword from it, and struck toward Qin Huaian’s left chest.

Qin Huaian defeated all five Butterfly Valley cultivators, giving Yellow Mountain Sword Sect another sweep and securing at least second place. Before the final match against Origin Return Sect, Shen Canglan warned the disciples that the rival sect sought to undermine them and urged them to protect themselves against Huang Kai.

• Qin Huaian defeated Nangong Chun and the remaining Joyous Union Sect cultivators, earning Yellow Mountain Sword Sect the day's victory.
• He Zhiping asked about the next day's lineup, and Han Yunting said the sect master would decide who fought Origin Return Sect on the final day.
• Qin Huaian defeated all five Butterfly Valley cultivators, including a strong opponent with a single Heaven Burning Form strike.
• Ji Chenghao congratulated Shen Canglan on Yellow Mountain Sword Sect's five victories while thinking that Huang Kai would change the outcome the next day.
• Shen Canglan warned the disciples that Origin Return Sect was trying to weaken Yellow Mountain Sword Sect and told them to prioritize their safety against Huang Kai.

The Yellow Mountain Sword Sect prepared for its decisive match against the Origin Return Sect, and He Zhiping volunteered to face Huang Kai first. Huang Kai revealed a lightning-element cultivation technique and forced He Zhiping to concede, leaving the duel’s outcome uncertain as the remaining matches awaited.

• Shen Canglan warned the disciples that Huang Kai was exceptionally dangerous and assigned He Zhiping to fight first, followed by Qin Huaian, Xinghan, Yijian, and Yingzhu.
• On the seventh day, He Zhiping entered the arena to face Huang Kai as the two sects’ match determined first place in the grand competition.
• He Zhiping used the Shadow Hunt Sword Art to stay close and attack Huang Kai, but Huang Kai read his moves and gradually overwhelmed him with spear techniques.
• Huang Kai unleashed lightning from his spear, breaking He Zhiping’s sword-radiance defense and injuring him.
• He Zhiping conceded before Huang Kai could attack again, and a referee stepped between them.

Qin Huaian used his superior Sword Momentum and movement technique to defeat Huang Kai, whose lightning spear art had initially forced him back. Huang Kai conceded after Qin Huaian's flaming sword strikes broke through his defenses, leaving Qin Huaian victorious in the summit battle.

• He Zhiping warned the others that Huang Kai could see through his swordsmanship, and Qin Huaian entered the arena to fight him.
• Qin Huaian's Sword Momentum let him press Huang Kai with precise attacks, but Huang Kai's heaven-grade lightning spear technique forced him back.
• Qin Huaian avoided revealing his Exotic Flame and used his movement technique to evade Huang Kai's next attack and strike from behind.
• Qin Huaian appeared at Huang Kai's side and attacked again, breaking through his spiritual power barrier and injuring him.
• Huang Kai conceded as the referee stepped between them, and he privately asked his master what movement technique Qin Huaian had used.

Qin Huaian defeated Huang Kai with his superior movement technique, then faced Bai Jinghua, who sought revenge for his missing younger brother. After Bai Jinghua used a Burst Essence Pill to attack with strength beyond his realm, Qin Huaian overwhelmed him with rapid sword strikes.

• Huang Kai’s master warned him that Qin Huaian’s movement technique was unprecedented and urged him to prioritize cultivation.
• Qin Huaian reflected that Huang Kai’s strength and spear technique surpassed his own, but his speed had secured the victory.
• Ji Chenghao lamented that the competition had raised the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect’s prestige, while Shen Canglan exchanged barbed remarks with him.
• Bai Jinghua accused Qin Huaian of killing his younger brother Bai Jinglin, and Qin Huaian denied it before telling him to fight or yield.
• Bai Jinghua took a third-tier Burst Essence Pill and launched a lethal spear thrust, but Qin Huaian dodged and counterattacked with a barrage of sword strikes that shattered Bai Jinghua’s barrier and armor.

Qin Huaian killed Bai Jinghua after Bai Jinghua used a forbidden Burst Essence Pill, and Yellow Mountain Sword Sect went on to win the Supreme Purity Mountain grand competition. The chapter ended with Qin Huaian waiting for Shen Canglan to distribute the rewards so the sect could return home.

• Bai Jinghua took a forbidden third-grade Burst Essence Pill and attacked Qin Huaian, who killed him with a sword strike before he could concede.
• The referee declared Bai Jinghua defeated and reduced Origin Return Sect's match slots by one, while Shen Canglan demanded an explanation from Ji Chenghao.
• Qin Huaian returned to his sect's area, and Zhang Xinghan and Min Yingzhu won the remaining matches for Yellow Mountain Sword Sect.
• The grand competition rankings were announced, with Yellow Mountain Sword Sect in first place, Origin Return Sect in second, and Dragon Elephant Sect in third.
• Shen Canglan praised Yellow Mountain Sword Sect's disciples while Qin Huaian waited for the rewards and hoped to return home.

Shen Canglan awarded Qin Huaian and the other disciples Sect Contribution Points for their tournament victory, then exchanged five hundred high-grade spirit stones for Qin Huaian. After finding more spirit stones in Bai Jinghua’s storage pouch, Qin Huaian cultivated intensely for seven days, reaching late Foundation Establishment at 91/100 when someone knocked on his door.

• Shen Canglan awarded Qin Huaian two million Sect Contribution Points, He Zhiping one and a half million, and Min Yingzhu, Xinghan, and Yi Jian one million two hundred thousand each.
• Shen Canglan invited the disciples to watch the eight-day contest for the remaining thirty slots, which had attracted about five thousand entrants.
• Shen Canglan declined to change the sect’s annual exchange limit but personally gave Qin Huaian five hundred high-grade spirit stones in exchange for his contribution points.
• Qin Huaian discovered more than eight thousand mid-grade spirit stones and nearly two hundred high-grade spirit stones in Bai Jinghua’s storage pouch.
• Qin Huaian cultivated with his main body and two Mirror Bodies for seven days, reaching Foundation Establishment late stage 91/100 after using around two hundred high-grade spirit stones.
• Someone knocked on Qin Huaian’s door.

The Supreme Purity Domain’s teleportation formation began showing signs of opening, and Yellow Mountain Sword Sect prepared its Foundation Establishment disciples for the first inheritance-space entry. Qin Huaian cultivated to Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment as the opening drew near, while the sect’s Qi Refining disciples arrived at Supreme Purity Mountain.

• Min Yingzhu told Qin Huaian that the Supreme Purity Domain’s teleportation formation was becoming active, and He Zhiping led them to meet Sect Master Shen Canglan.
• Shen Canglan announced that the domain would likely open in about half a month and divided Yellow Mountain Sword Sect’s forty-two Foundation Establishment slots into groups of twenty-two and eighteen.
• He Zhiping explained how the remaining thirty entry slots would be decided through arena contests, and Qin Huaian visited the valley to see the forming teleportation vortex.
• Qin Huaian cultivated for ten days and reached Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment.
• Yellow Mountain Sword Sect’s two hundred Qi Refining Stage disciples arrived at Supreme Purity Mountain.

After entering the Foundation Establishment Inheritance Space, Qin Huaian fought horned cultivators in a points-based trial and discovered he could easily defeat them. As ten second-rank Green-Eyed Vajra Beasts appeared, the trial grew more dangerous.

• Qin Huaian joined the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples as they entered the teleportation passage, and he was sent to the Foundation Establishment Inheritance Space.
• The trial announced that candidates from World No. 77 had two hours to kill enemies, with the top one hundred by points advancing and death being real.
• Qin Huaian received a Teleportation Token and appeared on an emerald grassland, where ten horned cultivators charged at him.
• Qin Huaian killed the eight Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators and both great completion cultivators, earning points as he fought.
• Ten second-rank Green-Eyed Vajra Beasts appeared before Qin Huaian.

Qin Huaian continued fighting increasingly powerful demon beasts in the trial, while He Zhiping and Huang Kai fought through their own challenges and eventually left the Mustard Seed Space. The trial ended as Qin Huaian pursued Crimson Flame Condors, returning him to the white room.

• Qin Huaian killed ten Green-Eyed Vajra Beasts, then defeated a pack of peak second-tier Silver Moon Wolf Kings.
• He Zhiping killed the Ironclad Rhinoceroses, but teleported out when ten peak second-tier giant pythons appeared.
• Huang Kai defeated ten Foundation Establishment Perfection Devil Race cultivators, then teleported out when ten Shadow Panthers appeared.
• Qin Huaian pursued and attacked Crimson Flame Condors until a voice announced that time was up and returned him to the white room.

Qin Huaian finished the Supreme Purity Domain trial with the highest score and qualified for the Foundation Establishment Inheritance Space. Outside, the sect leaders learned that the trial involved horned opponents resembling the ancient Devil Race and wondered how many cultivation worlds existed.

• Qin Huaian waited in the white room, then learned that his score of 343 points had earned him qualification as candidate 077001.
• An array screen appeared in the valley, showing the top 100 candidates; only thirty-three of the 180 Foundation Establishment cultivators returned after the trial.
• The returned cultivators described facing monsters or horned giants, and Ji Chenghao noticed that the rankings carried the prefix 077.
• Shen Canglan and Gongsun Yanbo identified the horned opponents as resembling the Devil Race, which had fled to the Boundless Sea after an ancient war with humanity.
• Qin Huaian saw that he ranked first and settled in to await news of the inheritance rewards.

Qin Huaian entered the Foundation Establishment inheritance trial, where 10,800 cultivators from 108 worlds competed for points in a deadly shrinking arena. After accepting the trial and arriving in a dense forest, he detected an approaching opponent and prepared to fight.

• Qin Huaian heard that candidates could withdraw from the trial, but those who stayed risked death while competing for one another’s points.
• Qin Huaian picked up the Teleportation Token and was transported into a forest with 10,800 participants and a jade token showing nearby candidates.
• Qin Huaian learned that the trial area would shrink each day and last for one month, then observed the surrounding forest and mountains after the starting barrier disappeared.
• Qin Huaian spotted two candidates on his jade token, and one rapidly approached him while the other vanished.
• A rough-looking male cultivator confronted Qin Huaian and demanded his jade token and storage bag.

Qin Huaian defeated Wei Chen, the top Foundation Establishment cultivator from another world, and collected his points and belongings. While recovering and searching Wei Chen’s storage bag, Qin Huaian found a Golden Condensation Pill and a scroll describing the Blood Essence Reverse Meridian Curse.

• Qin Huaian fought Wei Chen, who used the Blood Essence Reverse Meridian Curse to boost his strength, but Qin Huaian escaped his sword-momentum lock and cut him down before he could teleport away.
• Qin Huaian took Wei Chen’s points jade token, raised his score from 10 to 20, and left with Wei Chen’s flying sword and storage bag.
• At a transmission passage, a white-bearded old man concluded that Wei Chen had likely died after his number vanished from the formation light screen.
• Qin Huaian rested in a massive tree while his main body and two Mirror Bodies restored their spiritual power, then broke the restriction on Wei Chen’s storage bag.
• Qin Huaian found abundant spirit stones, array disks, and a Golden Condensation Pill in the bag.
• Qin Huaian discovered a sheepskin scroll bearing the rune Wei Chen had drawn and the words “Blood Essence Reverse Meridian Curse.”

Qin Huaian learned about the Blood Essence Reverse Meridian Curse and decided to seek out more cultivators rather than stay in one place. He defeated a Buddhist cultivator who tried to rob him, gained the monk’s points, and flew toward two more targets.

• Qin Huaian recorded and understood the Blood Essence Reverse Meridian Curse, but chose not to learn it because its recovery period would leave him vulnerable.
• Qin Huaian flew away to hunt for other cultivators and followed a bright red dot on his jade token.
• A bald cultivator in kasaya-like robes attacked Qin Huaian with prayer beads while demanding his points, but Qin Huaian blocked the attack and struck him with the Heaven Burning Form.
• The monk blocked Qin Huaian’s sword with his kasaya, then teleported out when Qin Huaian pursued him with another strike.
• Qin Huaian took the monk’s 30-point jade token, bringing his total to 50, and found that the monk’s lotus-shaped treasure was only a top-grade Dharma Artifact.
• Qin Huaian spotted two dimmer red dots on his jade token and flew toward them.

Qin Huaian defeated two cultivators, took their point tokens, and raised his total to ninety before settling in for the night. When two stronger cultivators approached under concealment, he activated his defensive array and prepared to face them in a forest clearing.

• Qin Huaian interrupted two battling cultivators and demanded their point tokens, but one fled while the other fought him and teleported away after being defeated.
• Qin Huaian pursued the fleeing cultivator, killed him with the Heaven Burning Form, and collected his token and spoils.
• Qin Huaian discovered that the two tokens held ten and thirty points, bringing his total to ninety, and learned that token brightness only indicated whether others had more or fewer points than he did.
• Qin Huaian rested overnight in a tree cavity protected by a third-rank defensive array, while periodically checking the point-token radar.
• Qin Huaian detected two brighter red dots approaching and found that his divine sense could not locate their owners, so he moved to a clearing and activated his defensive array.

Qin Huaian fought two hooded cultivators who tried to force him out of the Mustard Seed Space and take his points jade token. After killing them, he fled and searched through their belongings as dawn approached.

• Qin Huaian spotted two concealed, black-clad cultivators approaching and waited inside his defensive formation.
• One hooded cultivator threatened Qin Huaian and attacked his formation with a third-tier Lightning-Drawing Talisman while the other struck from behind.
• The two cultivators shattered the formation, and Qin Huaian killed the rear attacker with the Heaven Burning Form.
• The remaining cultivator attacked Qin Huaian, but Qin Huaian dodged and killed him with a stronger Heaven Burning Form after the cultivator recognized his Exotic Flame.
• Qin Huaian collected the two points jade tokens, the storage bags, and his damaged formation disk, then fled and searched the items in a tree hollow.

Qin Huaian looted two cultivators, learned the Formless Dust-Returning Art, and continued hunting for points in the Mustard Seed Space. After eliminating a fleeing female cultivator, he faced two new challengers, one of whom he attacked before they could finish their threat.

• Qin Huaian took the two black-clad men's points and treasures, then recorded the Formless Dust-Returning Art and began deducing it with a Mirror Body.
• Qin Huaian refined three Lightning-Drawing Talismans and repaired a damaged third-rank defensive array plate.
• Qin Huaian pursued a female cultivator, broke through her defenses, and forced her to leave the Mustard Seed Space; her jade token raised his score to 370 points.
• Two cultivators approached Qin Huaian and demanded his point jade token, but he mocked them and attacked the tall cultivator with his crimson sword radiance.

After half a month of hunting in the shrinking Mustard Seed Space, Qin Huaian encountered a group led by the Heaven-Questioning Sect's holy son, who tried to seize his points. Qin Huaian escaped with six point tokens and several storage bags, while the holy son decided to gather reinforcements and hunt him later.

• Qin Huaian raised his score above 3,800 and reached the beginner level in the Formless Dust-Returning Art, learning that intense spiritual energy could expose him in battle.
• Qin Huaian spotted a gathering of cultivators and found the Heaven-Questioning Sect's holy son leading a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• The holy son offered Qin Huaian spirit stones for his points, but Qin Huaian refused and killed one of the cultivators before their battle formation activated.
• Qin Huaian evaded the formation's attacks, then broke away when four more cultivators arrived and killed them with sword strikes carrying Exotic Flame.
• Qin Huaian fled with six point tokens and several storage bags, while the holy son chose not to pursue him and planned to gather more cultivators from his sect.

Qin Huaian climbed to sixth place in the Foundation Establishment trial rankings while remaining alert to rivals who might pool their points. He encountered Sun, an old foe whose arm he had once severed, and prepared to fight as Sun ordered Chu Chu to cover him.

• Qin Huaian raised his score to 4,590 points after taking points from cultivators, then spent five more days pursuing opponents.
• Qin Huaian’s score reached 6,490, placing him seventh, and the ranking appeared on the trial’s formation screen.
• Qin Huaian gained more points from a male cultivator who was teleported out, raising his score to 6,740 and his rank to sixth.
• Qin Huaian spotted two cultivators approaching and recognized the male as the Sky Mist Sect cultivator surnamed Sun, whom he had fought years earlier.
• Sun drew his broadsword and told Chu Chu to cover him while he fought Qin Huaian, who became serious.

Qin Huaian defeated two cultivators, taking their points and rising to third place before the Mustard Seed Space announced rules that encouraged everyone to hunt the top ten. The chapter ended with Qin Huaian wary as the top ten candidates’ locations became visible to all.

• Qin Huaian fought Sun, discovered that Sun also possessed an Exotic Flame, and shifted from exchanging blows to attacking at speed.
• Chu Chu joined Sun’s fight, but Qin Huaian killed her before she could help; Sun escaped with a defensive spirit talisman.
• Qin Huaian took Sun and Chu Chu’s jade tokens, raised his score to 9,970 points, and climbed to third place.
• With five days remaining, the Mustard Seed Space announced point multipliers for defeating ranked candidates and made the top ten’s locations visible to everyone.
• Qin Huaian realized that the new rules would lead cultivators to hunt the top ten and grew wary.