Chapter Summaries

Qin An forced Ye Rou to scout the changing Verdant Forest and led Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue through a deadly underground passage while searching for Wood Element Divine Sense. They found the Zhao Household’s empty treasure box, and a secret passage opened in the cavern wall.

• Qin An ordered Ye Rou to lead the way through the Verdant Forest, using her to test traps as he followed with Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue.
• When the map no longer matched the forest, Qin An made Ye Rou jump into an unmarked pit, and the others followed her underground.
• Ye Rou opened an ancient bronze gate and was injured by a hidden thread; after confirming she was half crippled, Qin An killed her and continued into the passage with Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue.
• Qin An blocked a volley of True Essence arrows, then sealed Zhao Quan’s and Zhao Xue’s pores so they could cross a mind-corroding poisonous mist safely.
• The group entered a cavern covered in bones and found a Zhao Household wooden box, but it was empty; then a secret passage opened in the wall and a voice rang out.

Qin An entered the cavern after sensing that the Wood Element Divine Sense was inside, where he uncovered the Zhao Family Ancestor’s scheme to possess him and Zhao Quan. The Ancestor trapped them and prepared to fight when Qin An demanded the Divine Sense.

• A mysterious voice invited Qin An and the Zhao siblings into the passage, and Qin An entered because the Divine Senses in his mind stirred toward the Wood Element Divine Sense.
• Inside the cavern, the Zhao siblings found an Inheritance Crystal, but Qin An recognized the Wood Element Divine Sense in the old man’s hands and began to leave without taking the crystal.
• The old man sealed the tunnel and admitted that he had killed the people whose bones lay outside, using the Inheritance Crystal to lure victims and escape his confinement.
• Qin An deduced that the old man was the Zhao Family Ancestor, who had used Zhao Quan’s father to create the crystal and planned to possess Zhao Quan and Qin An.
• The Zhao Family Ancestor threatened Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue, but Zhao Quan refused to obey, and Qin An demanded the Wood Element Divine Sense before the Ancestor attacked.

Qin An defeated the Zhao Family Ancestor and absorbed the Wood Element Divine Sense. The surviving False God offered to reveal a Mind Method left by the man once known as the foremost figure in Xunyang Prefecture.

• The Zhao Family Ancestor attacked Qin An, who wounded him with the Blood Burning Eight Brocade Demon Sealing Hand but could not finish him with that strike.
• The Zhao Family Ancestor renewed his assault after returning to youth, but Qin An burned three Demon Cores and shattered both of his arms with a powerful counterattack.
• The dying Zhao Family Ancestor gave Qin An the Wood Element Divine Sense and told Zhao Quan to take the Inheritance Crystal before he died.
• Qin An summoned the False God hidden within the Wood Element Divine Sense and absorbed its essence, merging it with his other two Divine Senses.
• When Qin An threatened to kill him, the False God offered to lead him to a Mind Method left by the foremost figure in Xunyang Prefecture.

Qin An learned that a True Dragon’s Mind Method was hidden with its corpse in a river and set out to retrieve it after killing the False God. Meanwhile, Zhao Wuhuan and Heifeng fought for a treasure site and called for reinforcements, and Qin An received Zhao Wuhuan’s distress signal as he crossed a mountain.

• The False God told Qin An that a True Dragon had died in a river about three hundred li north, leaving a Mind Method concealed inside its corpse.
• Qin An killed the False God, absorbed its False Core, and parted ways with Zhao Quan and Zhao Xue before heading toward the river.
• Zhao Wuhuan and Heifeng fought demons and False Gods at a mountain where treasures had erupted, then sent a distress signal to the Evil Extermination Division.
• Qin An encountered a group of Mountain Patrol Bronze Generals and received Zhao Wuhuan’s message asking for help at the treasure site.

Qin An answered Zhao Wuhuan’s distress message and joined the fighters gathering at a mountain where rare treasures were about to emerge. When battle erupted, he killed Hu Yu and two Fox Women with ease, then headed into the melee to collect more Demon Cores.

• Qin An traveled with Wu Chenfeng to the mountain after receiving Zhao Wuhuan’s plea for help, and the two joined Zhao on the crowded midway platform.
• Zhao Wuhuan introduced Qin An and Wu Chenfeng before the human Cultivators and Demons prepared for battle over the treasures at the summit.
• Hu Yu arrived with Fox Women from Mount Xiaoyao and threatened Qin An, who refused Wu Chenfeng’s offer to fight her together.
• As the two sides clashed, Hu Yu attacked Qin An, but he wounded her, killed two Fox Women, and defeated Hu Yu despite her Heavenly Tail Technique.
• Qin An took Hu Yu’s Demon Core and strode into the battlefield, eager to gather more cores to advance his Cultivation Methods.

Qin An helped defeat the Demons and False Gods, claimed a Death Substitution Needle from the treasure at Mountain Summit, and left to search for the True Dragon’s body in the Great River. As he prepared to enter the water, the river changed and a hazy figure emerged in the distance.

• Qin An cut down Demons until their forces routed, then accepted Zhao Wuhuan’s thanks for saving him.
• Qin An chose the Death Substitution Needle from the Jade Stone’s treasures, and the other practitioners took their own treasures.
• Qin An bid farewell to Zhao Wuhuan and Wu Chenfeng and left Mountain Summit.
• Qin An reached the Great River and prepared to search underwater for the True Dragon’s body.
• The Great River grew calm as mist rose, and Qin An drew Cold Star when a hazy figure began to emerge in the distance.

Qin An encountered a strange Boatman on the Great River and learned that a hidden treasure site lay beneath it. When the Boatman offered him a Water Element Divine Sense, Qin An accepted the risk and descended, where the young man revealed himself as a True Dragon and asked him to hear the story of the Twin Siblings.

• Qin An destroyed the straw-bodied Boatman, but an identical Boatman soon returned to ferry people across the Great River.
• A middle-aged Martial World man told Qin An that visitors used the boat to reach a gap in the riverbed and search for treasures.
• When Qin An tried to leave, the Boatman sealed the river and revealed a Water Element Divine Sense to persuade him to come below.
• Qin An leaped into the river, and the young man sent the other visitors back to shore before closing the waters.
• Qin An met the young man by a crude underwater building and learned he was a True Dragon who would give him the Water Element Divine Sense in exchange for a favor.
• The True Dragon offered to explain the story of the Twin Siblings, and Qin An agreed to listen.

Qin An met Long Tianxing beneath the river and agreed to refine a Divine Spirit Pill in exchange for a True Dragon cultivation method and Water Element Divine Sense. After leaving the Ancient Battlefield Ruins, he reached its exit and learned that ten Bronze Generals had been killed, with Mount Xiaoyao suspected.

• Long Tianxing explained his history with his sister, the Zhao Family Ancestor, and the Ancient Battlefield Ruins, then asked Qin An to heal his damaged foundation.
• Qin An agreed to refine a Divine Spirit Pill for Long Tianxing in exchange for a cultivation method upfront and Water Element Divine Sense upon delivery.
• Long Tianxing parted the river, and Qin An left, resolving to find a way to obtain the rare Heavenly Spirit Grass needed for the Pill.
• Qin An traveled toward the human exit of the Ancient Battlefield Ruins, where he noticed several dark-uniformed figures carrying ten identity plaques.
• At the Mountain Summit, a Mountain Patrol Silver General revealed that Ye Rou and nine other Bronze Generals had died and suspected Mount Xiaoyao because of a Fox Demon aura.

After killing ten Mountain Patrol Bronze Generals, Qin An learned that Ye Xin and Hu Long planned to use the Fox Woman of Mount Xiaoyao to kill him. A Mountain Patrol Silver General warned him, and Qin An left to focus on raising his professions while Hu Long's message reached Mount Xiaoyao.

• Qin An left the Mountain Summit after realizing the Evil Extermination Division had found the badges of the Bronze Generals he killed.
• Ye Xin confronted Hu Long over the death of his daughter Ye Rou, but Hu Long warned him that Qin An had Jin Fengyu's protection.
• Hu Long persuaded Ye Xin to track Qin An's missions and deliver a tuft of the Fox Woman's fur to Mount Xiaoyao so she could be told of an opportunity to kill him.
• A Mountain Patrol Silver General loyal to Jin Fengyu warned Qin An about Hu Long and Ye Xin's plan, but Qin An remained unfazed and departed.
• Qin An returned to the Evil Extermination Division, rested, and planned to raise his Alchemist and Formation Master professions before focusing on his Scholar profession.
• At Mount Xiaoyao, Fox Consort ordered Fox Woman to gather more human heads for the flowers, and another Fox Woman arrived with news from Hu Long.

The Fox Consort arranged an ambush for Qin An after Hu Long’s contact offered to track his movements, while Qin An raised his Alchemist Profession to level eleven. He then visited Zhou Yuanfeng, examined his injury, and said he had learned a Pill Formula that might heal it.

• The Fox Consort ordered Fox Lotus to lead ten Outer Core Realm Fox Demons and kill Qin An when he left Xunyang Prefecture.
• Qin An declined the Alchemist Alliance Master’s offer of a deputy alliance master position and stopped training there after reaching Alchemist level eleven.
• Qin An decided to strengthen his professions before taking another mission, then went to visit Zhou Yuanfeng.
• Qin An examined Zhou Yuanfeng’s injury and told him that a Pill Formula he had learned might resolve his predicament.

Qin An offered Zhou Yuanfeng the Heavenly Profound Elixir to heal his old injury, but Xu Qingfeng arrived with an insulting condition from their master for Qin An to become a disciple. Qin An attacked Xu Qingfeng after he blocked his way, leaving him unconscious with Cold Star at his throat.

• Qin An told Zhou Yuanfeng that the Heavenly Profound Elixir could reverse his injury and wrote down its rare ingredients.
• Zhou Yuanfeng retrieved the ingredients from the Confidential Archives and returned to find Xu Qingfeng waiting in his courtyard.
• Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Yuanfeng argued over Xu Qingfeng's past disregard for common people's lives and his disrespect toward his senior brother.
• Xu Qingfeng told Qin An that their master would accept him only if he killed a hundred Outer Core Realm Demons and publicly severed ties with Jin Fengyu.
• When Xu Qingfeng blocked his departure, Qin An slapped him, broke his hand in a clash, and held Cold Star to his throat until Xu Qingfeng passed out.

Qin An defeated Xu Qingfeng, then brewed a Heavenly Profound Elixir that healed Zhou Yuanfeng and helped him advance to the Inner God Realm. As Qin An left to pursue his training, Fox Lotus approached Xu Qingfeng and proposed that they work together to kill Qin An.

• Qin An spared the injured Xu Qingfeng and went with Zhou Yuanfeng to the Alchemist Alliance.
• Xu Qingfeng woke, swore revenge on Qin An, and left without telling his teacher about the humiliation.
• Qin An taught the Alliance Master how to make a Heavenly Profound Elixir and gave the finished elixir to Zhou Yuanfeng.
• Zhou Yuanfeng healed his injuries, advanced to Minor Completion in the Inner God Realm, and promised to repay Qin An's kindness.
• Qin An left the Alchemist Alliance to continue his training, while Zhou Yuanfeng planned to seek promotion to Golden Prefecture General.
• Fox Lotus and her Outer Core Realm followers intercepted Xu Qingfeng in the Wilds, and Fox Lotus proposed joining forces to kill Qin An.

Fox Lotus coerced Xu Qingfeng into helping the Fox Women lure Qin An out and evade the Mountain Patrol Generals, while Zhou Yuanfeng and Tang Zizhen learned the demons had slaughtered several villages to provoke Qin An. Qin An reached level eleven in Formation mastery as the chapter ended.

• Fox Lotus used a pink mist and the threat of exposing their affair to make Xu Qingfeng agree to warn the Fox Women about Mountain Patrol General deployments.
• Xu Qingfeng agreed to help the Fox Women draw Qin An out by causing trouble in villages, and Fox Lotus threatened to expose him if he betrayed her.
• Zhou Yuanfeng showed Tang Zizhen a report describing Qin An's deeds at the Ancient Battlefield Ruins, but she remained reluctant to admit she had misjudged him.
• Zhou Yuanfeng questioned Tang Zizhen about Xu Qingfeng's unusual habit of quickly taking assignments, then a Silver Prefecture General reported that demons had slaughtered several villages and left a Letter challenging Qin An.
• Zhou Yuanfeng and Tang Zizhen set off for Qin An's residence to tell him about the slaughter and the Fox Women's challenge.
• Qin An completed a Formation practice using teacups and reached level eleven in Formation mastery.

Qin An learned that demons from Mount Xiaoyao were using massacres to lure him from Xunyang Prefecture, and he suspected a traitor was helping them. He planned to leave after reaching Outer Core Great Completion, then revealed he could counter Divine Consciousness attacks, prompting Tang Zizhen to suspect he possessed Five Elements Divine Sense.

• Qin An reached Formation Master Level Eleven and decided to focus on raising his Scholar Profession.
• Zhou Yuanfeng and Tang Zizhen brought Qin An a report that demons had slaughtered civilians to draw him out of Xunyang Prefecture.
• Qin An suspected that a traitor was leaking information to the demons and that an Inner God Realm demon might be waiting for him.
• Zhou Yuanfeng suspected Xu Qingfeng of warning the Fox Demon, while Tang Zizhen objected that they lacked evidence.
• Qin An said he would leave after half a month, when he expected to reach Outer Core Great Completion, and claimed he could counter Divine Consciousness attacks.
• Tang Zizhen realized Qin An might possess Five Elements Divine Sense.

Qin An prepared to confront Xu Qingfeng and an Inner God Realm enemy, refusing Tang Zizhen’s offer to join her teacher while asking her and Zhou Yuanfeng to suppress the Demons and resolve Xu Qingfeng’s case. After Tang Zizhen revealed a plan to have Qin An kill Xu Qingfeng and conceal the truth, Qin An studied True Dragon Transformation, bringing his Scholar Profession to the brink of Level Twelve.

• Qin An confirmed that he possessed Five Elements Divine Sense and said he could escape danger using a Death Substitution Needle, persuading Zhou Yuanfeng that confronting the enemy was worth attempting.
• Tang Zizhen offered to recommend Qin An to her teacher, but Qin An refused and asked her and Zhou Yuanfeng to curb the Demons and deal with Xu Qingfeng.
• Tang Zizhen told Zhou Yuanfeng that evidence linked Xu Qingfeng to colluding with Demons to slaughter civilians, then proposed killing him and hiding his crimes to protect her teacher’s bid to become Chief Prefecture Head.
• Tang Zizhen said Qin An would kill Xu Qingfeng during his journey and that the death would be blamed on Demons, then sent Zhou Yuanfeng to tell Qin An to set out.
• Qin An read True Dragon Transformation, a method that increased a cultivator’s True Essence, and raised his Scholar Profession proficiency to its limit.

Qin An advanced his Mind Method to Outer Core Great Completion by merging True Dragon Transformation with the Bodhi Five Elements Art, then left Xunyang Prefecture to confront Mount Xiaoyao’s foxes. He broke the Fox Women’s formation and attacked Fox Lotus, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Qin An used his Scholar talents and ten Demon Cores to merge True Dragon Transformation with the Bodhi Five Elements Art into the Bodhi Golden Dragon Five Elements Art.
• Zhou Yuanfeng confirmed Qin An’s breakthrough and warned him to kill Xu Qingfeng if they met; Qin An agreed and left the Courtyard.
• Qin An traveled three hundred li from Xunyang Prefecture, dismissed his Swift Horse, and called out the ambushing Fox Lotus.
• Fox Lotus arrived with ten Outer Core Realm Fox Women and ordered them to attack Qin An.
• The ten Fox Women surrounded Qin An with Oil Lamps and formed a net, but Qin An neutralized the Formation, causing their lamps to explode and the Fox Women to be thrown back.
• Qin An used Three-Blade Fusion to slash at Fox Lotus.

Qin An killed Fox Lotus and the ten remaining Fox Demons, then confronted Ye Xin, who had arranged the ambush and murdered Xu Qingfeng. Ye Xin attacked Qin An, but Qin An evaded the strike, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Qin An feigned exhaustion, dodged Fox Lotus's attack, and killed her by burning ten Demon Cores and striking her heart.
• Qin An killed the ten remaining Fox Demons, took their Demon Cores, and carried Fox Lotus's head toward the Evil Extermination Division.
• Ye Xin revealed that he had informed Fox Lotus of Qin An's departure, and he killed the bound Xu Qingfeng.
• Ye Xin admitted he wanted revenge for his daughter Ye Rou and said he planned to make Qin An's death look like a mutual killing with the Fox Demons.
• Ye Xin attacked Qin An with a Divine Consciousness-infused finger, but Qin An evaded it with a Movement Technique.

Qin An was nearly defeated by the corrupt Silver General Ye Xin before Green Luo and her tiger False God intervened. After Green Luo executed Ye Xin and gave Qin An a Blade Technique manual, Qin An accepted a nearby mission to earn Merits.

• Ye Xin attacked Qin An with his Corroding Heart Finger, forcing Qin An to consider using his Death Substitution Needle.
• Green Luo and Tiger Er Niu stopped Ye Xin from fleeing, and Green Luo revealed that Jin Fengyu had sent her to help Qin An.
• Green Luo rejected Ye Xin's plea for mercy and ordered Tiger Er Niu to swallow him.
• Green Luo gave Qin An the Heaven and Earth Ruthless Blade manual and warned him to use the Silver Needle in grave danger.
• Qin An decided to pursue a mission for Merits and accepted a nearby assignment.

Qin An accepted a mission to hunt Wang Longjie, a traitorous Mountain Patrol Bronze General, and traveled to Sanyuan Prefecture to seek clues. There, Chief Prefecture Master Meng Yunzhou helped him identify a passage in the Records of Customs that had caught Wang Longjie’s attention.

• Qin An accepted the mission to kill Wang Longjie and set out for Sanyuan Prefecture.
• Fox Consort learned that Qin An had killed Fox Lotus and ten Fox Women, then ordered a force of elite demons to hunt him down.
• Fox Consort threatened to expose Hu Long’s collusion with the Demon Race unless he helped her pursue Qin An.
• Qin An entered Sanyuan Prefecture under a Human-Skin Mask and went to the local Evil Extermination Division to ask about Wang Longjie.
• Meng Yunzhou recalled that Wang Longjie had paused at a particular section of the Records of Customs, and Qin An stopped at that passage and found the custom interesting.

Qin An investigated the Festival of Remembering Relatives and discovered that Changnan County’s surrounding peaks formed a Soul Gathering Formation. After tracking down the Great Shaman, he learned that Wang Longjie was meeting him at one of the four peaks and that the shaman gained his unnatural strength by burning stolen souls.

• Meng Yunzhou explained that Changnan County’s Festival of Remembering Relatives involved a shaman supposedly communicating with the dead.
• Qin An spotted a Soul Gathering Formation around Changnan County and learned that it could preserve souls forcibly taken from the living.
• Qin An went to Changnan County in disguise and watched the Great Shaman perform at the festival without revealing himself.
• After dusk, Qin An followed the Great Shaman beyond the city, saw through his feigned death, and confronted him about Wang Longjie.
• The Great Shaman revealed that Wang Longjie met him at one of the Four Peaks of Soul Gathering, then confessed that burning stored souls gave him his powers.