Chapter Summaries

Qin An killed Wang Longjie at the Four Peaks of Soul Gathering, but Wang Longjie’s refusal to identify his powerful patron suggested that the traitor had an ally inside the Evil Extermination Division. After returning to train his professions, Qin An encountered an injured Mountain Patrol General whose aura seemed to carry Earth Element Divine Sense.

• Qin An learned from the Great Shaman that Wang Longjie could devour and burn souls using an art from the Ancient Battlefield Ruins, then killed the Great Shaman.
• Qin An used his Formation Master knowledge to find Wang Longjie among more than a thousand soul jars at the Four Peaks of Soul Gathering.
• Qin An defeated Wang Longjie after he devoured souls to strengthen himself, but Wang Longjie killed himself rather than reveal his patron.
• A black-robed figure with a Silver Patterned Waist Token arrived at the clearing and resolved to report Wang Longjie’s death to their lord.
• Qin An returned to the Evil Extermination Division, reviewed his profession progress, and planned to train at the Butcher Shop.
• The next morning, Qin An saw Prefecture Officers carrying an injured Mountain Patrol General and sensed Earth Element Divine Sense from him.

After discovering that a Formation had injured a Mountain Patrol General in the Sea Withered Desert, Qin An planned to search the Ancient Battlefield Ruins for Earth Element Divine Sense. A month later, he reached Level Twelve in both his Butcher and Blacksmith professions, forged soft armor, and burned his Vital Blood to merge two Blade Techniques into the Ice Flame Ruthless Blood Transformation Blade.

• Qin An diagnosed the Mountain Patrol General's injuries as the work of a Formation and treated him, then learned the Formation was in the Sea Withered Desert.
• Qin An learned that the injured General had encountered the Formation while hunting a demon in the Ancient Battlefield Ruins and planned to search the desert for Earth Element Divine Sense.
• Qin An raised his Butcher and Blacksmith professions to Level Twelve and forged lightweight soft armor and reforged Cold Star.
• Qin An exchanged for Chaotic Star Fist and studied Green Luo's Heaven and Earth Ruthless Blade manual, reaching Great Completion in the technique.
• Qin An burned his Vital Blood to merge the Ice Fire Blood Transformation Blade with Heaven and Earth Ruthless Blade, creating the Ice Flame Ruthless Blood Transformation Blade at Great Completion.

Qin An mastered and fused two fighting techniques before accepting a mission to protect the Mystic Heart Sect Master, hoping the sect’s troubles would lead him to Heavenly Spirit Grass. After arriving with fellow Mountain Patrol Generals Li Ru Yue and Xiang Ying Tian, he learned the Sect Master might already be dead.

• Qin An mastered the Ice Flame Ruthless Blood Transformation Blade and Chaotic Star Fist, then burned Vital Blood to fuse the Chaotic Star Fist with the Blood Burning Eight Brocade Demon Sealing Hand into the Blood Burning Eight Brocade Chaotic Star Seal.
• Qin An searched his Mountain Patrol General badge for a mission that might reveal Heavenly Spirit Grass and accepted a mission to protect the Mystic Heart Sect Master during his breakthrough.
• Qin An traveled to the Mystic Heart Sect, where he met fellow Mountain Patrol Generals Xiang Ying Tian and Li Ru Yue, who had accepted the same mission.
• Elder Zhang led Qin An, Xiang Ying Tian, and Li Ru Yue to a house near the Sect Master's secluded Cave.
• Li Ru Yue told Qin An and Xiang Ying Tian that the Mystic Heart Sect Master might already be dead.

Qin An investigated the missing Heavenly Spirit Grass, killed the wounded Toad Demon, and learned that the supposedly dead Mystic Heart Sect Sect Master had taken the grass. He and Li Ru Yue and Xiang Ying Tian decided to confront the Sect Master, then overheard a report in the Cave as they approached his retreat.

• Li Ru Yue said a martial wanderer had told her that the Mystic Heart Sect Sect Master died attempting a breakthrough three months earlier, leaving the mission's account in doubt.
• Qin An searched the scorched ground near the sect and found the severed stalk of a Heavenly Spirit Grass, then followed the Toad Demon's cry into the woods.
• Qin An killed the wounded Toad Demon, who said the Sect Master had taken the Heavenly Spirit Grass after wounding him.
• Qin An told Li Ru Yue and Xiang Ying Tian what he had learned, and Li Ru Yue proposed going straight to the Sect Master's secluded Cave.
• The three Mountain Patrol Bronze Generals bypassed the guards and entered the Cave, where they overheard someone report that the three had been settled in and ask the Sect Master what to do next.

Qin An, Li Ru Yue, and Xiang Ying Tian uncovered the Mystic Heart Sect Master's plans to refine divine souls and use them to reach the Inner God Realm, then attacked him before the full moon. Qin An seized the Heavenly Spirit Grass and struck the Sect Master, but the wounded man unleashed even more divine soul power and appeared to be breaking past the Outer Core Realm.

• Qin An, Li Ru Yue, and Xiang Ying Tian overheard the Sect Master and Elder Zhang discuss the Blood Feasts, the Sect Master's planned breakthrough, and the Secret Art bestowed by a mysterious lord.
• Qin An recognized the Sect Master's connection to divine soul refinement and spotted the Heavenly Spirit Grass among the bones.
• The three attacked, but the Sect Master used Elder Zhang as a shield, killing him and escaping their coordinated strikes.
• The Sect Master fought Li Ru Yue and Xiang Ying Tian with black Qi and divine soul power while Qin An slipped away to take the Heavenly Spirit Grass.
• Qin An wounded the Sect Master with Cold Star and confronted him about creating False Gods, but the Sect Master vanished and unleashed enough power to threaten a breakthrough beyond the Outer Core Realm.

Qin An fought the Mystic Heart Sect Master after the Sect Master used a Secret Art to reach half-step Inner God, killing him with his fists and saber. He then opened a Formation-guarded chest hidden in the cavern and frowned at its contents.

• The Mystic Heart Sect Master forced his way to half-step Inner God, leaving Li Ru Yue and Xiang Ying Tian despairing, while Qin An prepared to test himself against him.
• Li Ru Yue and Xiang Ying Tian attacked alongside Qin An, but the Sect Master repelled them and wounded them; Qin An then cut the Sect Master's palm with Three-Blade Fusion.
• Qin An traded blows with the Sect Master using Blood Burning Eight Brocade Chaotic Star Seal, burning Demon Cores to overpower him and destroy his arms.
• Qin An stabbed the Sect Master with his Cold Star Blade and killed him, then absorbed his False Core as Li Ru Yue and Xiang Ying Tian watched in shock.
• Qin An used his Formation Master skill to open a trapped wooden chest at the far end of the cavern and frowned at what he found inside.

After discovering that a Mountain Patrol Golden General was likely colluding with the Sect Master, Qin An returned to the Evil Extermination Division and focused on becoming stronger. A month later, Alchemist and Physician reached Level Twelve, while Fox Consort sent Fox Women to seek Earth Element Divine Sense in the Ancient Battlefield Ruins to secure Hu Long’s cooperation.

• Qin An identified the blank letter as using an erasure technique employed by the Evil Extermination Division and warned Li Ru Yue and Xiang Ying Tian to keep their suspicions about a Mountain Patrol Golden General secret.
• Qin An returned to the division, planned to raise several professions to Level Twelve, and decided to practice Alchemist first before sleeping.
• Two black-robed agents inspected the massacre at the Mystic Heart Sect, identified Qin An as the one who had intervened, and agreed to continue their experiments more discreetly.
• Fox Consort explained that Hu Long wanted leverage with his Mountain Patrol Golden General superior and sent a Fox Woman with a Formation Breaking Stone to find Earth Element Divine Sense in the Ancient Battlefield Ruins.
• A month later, Qin An announced that Alchemist and Physician had both reached Level Twelve.

Qin An advanced his Alchemist and Physician professions, mastered the Evergreen Green Tree Technique, and merged it into his Heavenly Physician Dharma Form to strengthen his recovery. He began refining a Divine Spirit Pill at the Alchemist Alliance, where the Alliance Master watched as Qin An added Heartbreak Grass to the open furnace.

• Qin An gained Level Twelve Alchemist and Physician traits and talents, including the Heart Refining Method and the ability to use poison.
• Qin An cultivated the Evergreen Green Tree Technique and merged it into his Heavenly Physician Dharma Form, greatly improving its recovery power.
• Qin An exchanged for Divine Spirit Pill ingredients and went to the Alchemist Alliance to refine the pill.
• The Alliance Master recognized the Divine Spirit Pill materials, lit Qin An's furnace, and watched him begin refining with the furnace open.
• Qin An added Heartbreak Grass to the furnace, shocking the Alliance Master.

Qin An secretly refined a Divine Spirit Pill laced with Heartbreak Grass as insurance against Long Tianxing, then raised his Formation Master and Dancer professions to Level Twelve and merged two Movement Techniques. He prepared to seek entry to the Ancient Battlefield Ruins and continue gathering the Five Elements Divine Sense so he could advance to the Inner God Realm.

• Qin An added Heartbreak Grass to the Divine Spirit Pill, creating a poison-laced pill to use as a countermeasure if Long Tianxing betrayed him, and warned the Alliance Master to keep the recipe secret.
• Qin An trained his Dancer and Formation Master professions to Level Twelve, gaining new talents in Movement Techniques, Formation materials, and Heart Formations.
• Qin An learned the Illusory Moon Movement Technique and merged it with Dragon's Roar Shadow Steps into Dragon's Roar Illusory Moon Shadow Steps.
• Qin An searched the mission listings but found no assignment to the Ancient Battlefield Ruins, so he planned to visit its entrance and ask the Mountain Patrol Silver General under Jin Fengyu to let him enter.
• Qin An decided to obtain the Five Elements Divine Stone, advance to the Inner God Realm, and earn more Merits and Demon Cores through missions.

Qin An entered the Ancient Battlefield Ruins and traded the Divine Spirit Pill to Long Tianxing for the Water Element Divine Sense. He then traveled to the Sea Withered Desert to find the Earth Element Divine Sense, where he discovered someone had reached the formation-shrouded sand mountain before him.

• Qin An persuaded the Mountain Patrol Silver General to let him enter the Ancient Battlefield Ruins, then passed through the Bronze Gate into the Bamboo Sea Forest.
• Qin An met Long Tianxing beneath the Great River and gave him the Divine Spirit Pill, restoring his human form and powerful aura.
• Long Tianxing gave Qin An the Water Element Divine Sense and warned him that a powerful False God who practiced Divine Soul Refinement had gravely wounded him.
• Qin An left Long Tianxing and traveled to the Sea Withered Desert to search for the Earth Element Divine Sense using his formation mastery.
• Qin An reached a formation-shrouded mountain of yellow sand and realized someone else had arrived before him.

Qin An entered the Sand Dune Mountains, outmaneuvered the Fox Demons guarding the Earth Element Divine Sense, and absorbed it to complete his collection of all five. He fled the cavern with Hu Qing in pursuit and reached the dunes, where he prepared to use his formations against her.

• Qin An found the natural Formation damaged by the Fox Demons of Mount Xiaoyao and rebuilt it into a network of deadly formations.
• Qin An entered the cave and discovered Hu Qing and ten Outer Core Realm Fox Demons guarding the Earth Element Divine Sense.
• Qin An secretly used his Five-colored True Essence to make the Formation Breaking Stone explode, then crossed the formations and absorbed the Earth Element Divine Sense.
• Hu Qing recognized Qin An and ordered the Fox Demons to kill him, but Qin An escaped the cavern and raced through the passageway.
• Hu Qing pursued Qin An onto the dunes, and he remarked that the sand would make an excellent burial ground.

Qin An used the dunes’ Natural Formation to trap Hu Qing and her ten Fox Women, then fought Hu Qing through repeated clashes and healing until he killed her. Hu Qing was left defeated on the sand as Qin An stood over her.

• Hu Qing pursued Qin An into the dunes with ten Fox Women, but Qin An’s formations gravely wounded them and he killed all ten to collect their Demon Cores.
• Qin An taunted Hu Qing from within the formations, then pretended to leave before returning to ambush her and make her trigger another wave of attacks.
• Hu Qing and Qin An exchanged powerful blows, leaving both injured, but Qin An healed himself with his Heavenly Physician Dharma Form.
• Qin An burned Demon Cores to strengthen his attacks and struck Hu Qing again, while the surrounding formations battered her.
• The formations disappeared, and Qin An stood over the bloodied Hu Qing as she begged him to spare her.

Qin An killed Hu Qing in the Ancient Battlefield Ruins and secured the Five Elements Divine Sense, prompting Fox Consort to plot with Hu Long to kill him. After raising his Scholar Profession to level thirteen, Qin An began cultivating the Barren Wood Art and prepared to spend his Demon Consciousness on a deduction.

• Qin An killed Hu Qing, took her Demon Consciousness, and left the Ancient Battlefield Ruins with the Five Elements Divine Sense.
• Fox Consort learned Hu Qing had died and, after hearing the envoy identify Qin An as the killer, ordered a plan to kill him with Hu Long.
• Qin An spent a month and a half reading in the Confidential Archives and raised his Scholar Profession to level thirteen.
• Qin An exchanged for the Barren Wood Art, instantly cultivated it to Perfection, and began using his Demon Consciousness to deduce the Bodhi Golden Dragon Five Elements Art.

Qin An successfully entered the Inner God Realm by merging his cultivation arts, then accepted a mission to investigate the Fox Woman’s killings in Shuiyun Prefecture. There, he met the other Mountain Patrol Generals and confronted Kong Zhi over his connection to Hu Long.

• Qin An merged the Bodhi Golden Dragon Five Elements Art and the Barren Wood Art into the Bodhi Golden Dragon Six Harmony Art, advancing his Mind Method to the Inner God Realm.
• Qin An accepted a mission to investigate the Fox Woman’s disturbances at Mount Xiaoyao and rode to Shuiyun Prefecture.
• Qin An learned that Mountain Patrol Silver Generals had already arrived and went to meet them at the Evil Extermination Division.
• Ding De, Kong Zhi, and Jiang Siyi introduced themselves, and Jiang Siyi recognized Qin An from the Ancient Battlefield Ruins.
• Qin An noticed Kong Zhi’s reaction to his name, asked whether he was connected to Hu Long, and challenged him to try killing him.

Qin An clashed with Kong Zhi before Ding De laid out a plan to lure the Fox Women of Mount Xiaoyao to an evacuated faction. After three days without a sign of the enemy, the Mountain Patrol Generals debated changing tactics until a report revealed that everyone at Hengyang Gate had been killed.

• Kong Zhi threatened Qin An, but Ding De intervened and Jiang Siyi prevented their dispute from disrupting the mission.
• Ding De showed the Mountain Patrol Generals a map of destroyed factions and proposed waiting at an evacuated target while Evil Extermination Division watchers monitored it.
• Qin An examined his Inner God Realm breakthrough, spotted a mysterious figure outside his room, and chose to wait for the mission rather than pursue it alone.
• Three days passed without word from Ding De's watchers, and Kong Zhi argued that the group should split up to guard different factions.
• A Prefecture Clerk reported that every member of Hengyang Gate had been killed.

After the Fox Woman massacred Hengyang Gate, Qin An suspected a mole inside the Evil Extermination Division and devised a trap with Ding De. The trap pointed to Kong Zhi, and the Mountain Patrol Generals set out for the Fire Fist Sect, where the Fox Woman’s forces were waiting.

• Ding De learned that the Fox Woman had slaughtered everyone at Hengyang Gate, and the Mountain Patrol Generals went to inspect the massacre.
• Qin An told Ding De he suspected a mole in the Evil Extermination Division and proposed pretending to split their forces to draw the mole out.
• Ding De publicly accepted Kong Zhi’s suggestion to divide the forces, while Qin An and Ding De secretly prepared a trap.
• A dark figure left Kong Zhi’s room at night, and Jiang Siyi confirmed that Kong Zhi’s room was empty.
• Ding De changed the destination to the Fire Fist Sect, and the Mountain Patrol Generals followed him there.
• Several figures lurked outside the Fire Fist Sect as a fox tail appeared beneath the blood moon.

Qin An and the Mountain Patrol Silver Generals lured Hu Cai’s Fox Demons into a trap, only for Kong Zhi to reveal himself as a traitor. As the battle turned against Ding De and Jiang Siyi, Qin An struck from hiding and revealed that he had reached the Inner God Realm.

• Hu Cai led the Fox Demons to the deserted Fire Fist Sect, where Ding De, Jiang Siyi, Kong Zhi, and the Mountain Patrol Bronze Generals waited in ambush.
• Hu Cai recognized Qin An and vowed to kill him, while Qin An taunted the Fox Demons.
• Kong Zhi appeared beside Hu Cai and admitted he had betrayed the Evil Extermination Division to gain power through Mount Xiaoyao.
• Hu Cai and the other Inner God Realm fighters attacked Ding De and Jiang Siyi, who struggled against their combined strength.
• Qin An vanished during the fighting, then stabbed Kong Zhi from behind with Cold Star and revealed his Inner God Realm cultivation.

Qin An revealed his breakthrough to the Inner God Realm and fought Hu Cai while Ding De and Jiang Siyi held off the other Fox Women. After Qin An defeated Hu Cai with his supreme foundations, the Evil Extermination Division members killed the remaining demons and secured the Fire Fist Sect grounds.

• Qin An revealed that he had reached the Inner God Realm, surprising the Fox Women and explaining why he and Ding De had kept Jiang Siyi uninformed.
• Qin An fought Hu Cai while Ding De and Jiang Siyi engaged the other two Inner God Realm Fox Women.
• Hu Cai struck Qin An with her Soul-Devouring Fox Tail, but Qin An countered with Three-Blade Fusion as Ding De and Jiang Siyi killed their opponents.
• Qin An emerged from the dust holding Hu Cai by the neck, then killed her and removed her Demon Consciousness after revealing his supreme foundations.
• The Mountain Patrol Bronze Generals killed the remaining Fox Women, and the battle at the Fire Fist Sect ended.

Qin An returned to Xunyang Prefecture after killing Hu Cai and was promoted to Mountain Patrol Silver General by Jin Fengyu. Fox Consort learned of Qin An’s growing strength and planned to kill him within two months while preparing the Blood Spirit Secret Technique.

• Qin An reflected on his narrow victory over Hu Cai, prioritized advancing his blade art, and led the Mountain Patrol Bronze Generals back to the city.
• A concealed Fox Woman reported Qin An’s victory and advancement to Fox Consort, who ordered her followers to gather Blood Feasts and prepare the Blood Spirit Secret Technique for a two-month plan to kill him.
• Qin An received his tallied Merits and learned that Jin Fengyu was waiting to meet him in a secluded Courtyard.
• Jin Fengyu gave Qin An a Silver Token, confirming his promotion to Mountain Patrol Silver General, and praised the foundations behind his combat strength.
• Jin Fengyu asked Qin An whether he knew about the supreme foundations of realms beyond the Inner God Realm.

Qin An learned how to obtain Human-grade True Intent and received a letter of introduction to the Sacred Origin Sect, while Hu Long and three Mountain Patrol Silver Generals plotted to kill him with the Blood God Method. Two months later, Qin An reached level thirteen in both Butcher and Blacksmith, preparing to pursue the next steps in his cultivation and settle his grudges.

• Jin Fengyu explained Unity Realm and the three kinds of Unity True Intent, then gave Qin An a secret letter to the Sacred Origin Sect so its Sect Master could cleanse his marrow and impart Human-grade True Intent.
• Qin An told Jin Fengyu he planned to settle his grudge with Hu Long, and Jin Fengyu agreed to arrange the confrontation after Hu Long finished his mission.
• Hu Long persuaded three Mountain Patrol Silver Generals to ally with Fox Woman of Mount Xiaoyao and gave them the Blood God Method to learn within two months.
• Zhou Yuanfeng told Tang Zizhen that Qin An had been promoted to Mountain Patrol Silver General, leaving her to question her earlier decision to reject him as a disciple.
• After two months of work, Qin An reached level thirteen in both Butcher and Blacksmith, and the resulting information surged into his mind.