Chapter Summaries

Qin An perfected and fused two pairs of cultivation methods, greatly increasing his offensive power, then traveled to the Sacred Origin Sect to seek Human-grade True Intent. Hu Long arranged to ambush him on his return and killed a subordinate who knew of the plan, while Sect Master Ke Mingzhe received Qin An with visible unease.

• Qin An perfected the Golden Sharp Blade Technique and fused it with the Ice Flame Ruthless Blood Transformation Blade to create the Three-Colored Ruthless Blood Transformation Blade.
• Qin An perfected the Water-Fire Hand and fused it with the Blood Burning Eight Brocade Demon Sealing Hand, creating the Water-Fire Blood-Stained Demon-Sealing Hand and raising his offensive power to Initial Proficiency in the Inner God Realm.
• Qin An collected a horse and a map, then rode toward the Sacred Origin Sect to obtain Human-grade True Intent through a marrow cleansing.
• Hu Long learned that Qin An was headed to the Sacred Origin Sect and decided to ambush him on his return rather than attack the sect.
• Hu Long killed the Mountain Patrol Bronze General who had informed him of Qin An's destination to prevent the plan from being exposed.
• Ke Mingzhe welcomed Qin An at the Sacred Origin Sect, but looked troubled when Qin An referred to Lord Jin's explanation for his visit.

Qin An learned that Ji Cheng, a fellow Mountain Patrol Silver General backed by a rival of Jin Fengyu, also sought the Human-grade True Intent. The two agreed to compete in the Sacred Origin Sect’s Spiritual Sense Secret Realm the next day, leaving their rivalry poised to erupt.

• Ke Mingzhe told Qin An that Ji Cheng had arrived seeking the Human-grade True Intent and explained that Ji Cheng’s teacher was a Mountain Patrol Golden General connected to Zhou Yuanfeng and Tang Zizhen.
• Ke Mingzhe led Qin An to meet Ji Cheng, who insulted him for choosing Jin Fengyu over their teacher.
• Qin An and Ji Cheng exchanged threats and agreed to settle their competition for the Human-grade True Intent through their abilities.
• Ke Mingzhe proposed that they fight in a Spiritual Sense Secret Realm, where the loser’s spiritual sense would be injured but recover with time.
• Qin An agreed to stay overnight and compete the next day, while Ji Cheng warned that he would make Qin An lose everything.

Qin An and Ji Cheng entered Ke Mingzhe’s Spiritual Sense Realm to fight for the Human-grade True Intent. Qin An matched Ji Cheng’s attacks and appeared behind him with Cold Star as their battle continued.

• Qin An rejected Ji Cheng’s threat and decided that claiming the Human-grade True Intent was essential to strengthening himself, despite the political consequences.
• The next morning, Qin An met Ji Cheng in the Main Hall, where Ke Mingzhe explained that they would fight through their Divine Consciousness in the Spiritual Sense Realm.
• Ji Cheng entered the realm first, and Qin An followed with his Six-colored True Essence before drawing Cold Star in the white expanse.
• Ji Cheng attacked Qin An with his sword, and Qin An countered with Cold Star and the Water-Fire Blood Burning Demon Sealing Hand.
• After they exchanged powerful blows and retreated, Qin An vanished from Ji Cheng’s sight and appeared behind him with his saber.

Qin An defeated Ji Cheng in the Spiritual Sense Secret Realm and demanded the promised Human-grade True Intent. When Ji Cheng tried to renege and threatened the Sacred Origin Sect, Qin An killed him in the great hall.

• Qin An overwhelmed Ji Cheng’s strength-boosting Secret Art with a punch, then beheaded him in the Spiritual Sense Secret Realm.
• Qin An returned to the Sacred Origin Sect’s great hall, where Ke Mingzhe agreed to cleanse his marrow and grant him the Human-grade True Intent.
• Ji Cheng recovered from the trial and demanded that Ke Mingzhe give the Human-grade True Intent to him instead.
• Ke Mingzhe confronted Ji Cheng but held back when Ji Cheng threatened to have his teacher destroy the Sacred Origin Sect.
• Qin An stabbed Ji Cheng, argued that their agreed duel made the killing legitimate, and killed him when Ji Cheng asked why.

After killing Ji Cheng, Qin An obtained the Human-grade True Intent through Ke Mingzhe’s marrow-cleansing ritual and left the Sacred Origin Sect determined to seek the other grades. On his return to the Evil Extermination Division, Hu Long’s group and Fox Consort ambushed him on the imperial road, surrounding him as the battle began.

• Qin An killed Ji Cheng and persuaded Ke Mingzhe to present the death as the result of a mutually accepted duel.
• Ke Mingzhe cleansed Qin An’s marrow, allowing the Human-grade True Intent to strengthen the bridge between his Divine Sense and True Essence.
• Qin An rejected Ke Mingzhe’s warning against pursuing the other grades of True Intent and left the Sacred Origin Sect for the Evil Extermination Division.
• On the moonlit road, Qin An sensed an ambush, tied up his horse, and faced four Mountain Patrol Silver Generals and six fox women.
• Hu Long revealed that he had joined forces with the fox women to kill Qin An, while their leader introduced herself as Fox Consort of Mount Xiaoyao.
• Fox Consort and the others surrounded Qin An, who drew Cold Star as darkness closed in around them.

Qin An survived Fox Consort’s Blood God Remnant attack by using the Death Substitution Needle, then tracked Hu Long and the Mountain Patrol Silver Generals. He ambushed them at a river and killed one of the generals, beginning his counterattack.

• Fox Consort and Hu Long’s group used the Great Blood God Method against Qin An, whose apparent body burst apart beneath the Blood God Remnant’s fist.
• Qin An revealed that the Death Substitution Needle had created a false body while his true body escaped a hundred miles away.
• Qin An sensed Fox Consort and Hu Long through the Blood and Qi Power, accepted the mission to eliminate Mount Xiaoyao, and set out after Hu Long’s group.
• Hu Long and the three Mountain Patrol Silver Generals agreed to conceal their role in Qin An’s supposed death and parted by a river.
• Qin An appeared before the four men and stabbed one Mountain Patrol Silver General through the chest with Cold Star.

Qin An killed Hu Long and the remaining Mountain Patrol Silver Generals, then tracked the Fox Consort and her Fox Women toward Mount Xiaoyao. He ambushed them in One-Line Gorge, killing one Fox Woman as the others discovered he was alive.

• Qin An killed two Mountain Patrol Silver Generals and pursued Hu Long across the river.
• Hu Long unleashed the Flame Blade Secret Technique, but Qin An overcame him and killed him despite his pleas for mercy.
• Qin An sensed the Fox Consort through the sealed Blood Essence and set out to destroy Mount Xiaoyao.
• The Fox Consort and five Inner God Realm Fox Women headed back to Mount Xiaoyao, while she worried that Qin An might still be alive.
• As the Fox Women entered One-Line Gorge, Qin An emerged from the shadows and killed one of them.

Qin An fought the Fox Consort and her four Fox Women after pursuing them into a gorge, killing two and watching the Fox Consort kill the other two. After wearing down the Fox Consort’s life-burning Secret Art, Qin An survived their final clash, and the Fox Consort collapsed and died.

• The Fox Consort and four Fox Women transformed and attacked Qin An, who killed one with a burning-fist strike and escaped their counterattack using the Heavenly Physician Dharma Form.
• Qin An killed a second Fox Woman, and the frightened survivors tried to retreat before the Fox Consort ambushed and killed them to absorb their strength.
• The Fox Consort used a life-consuming Secret Art to reach Perfection of the Inner God Realm, forcing Qin An to flee as she pursued him.
• Qin An stopped when the Fox Consort’s power waned, then faced her final claw attack with the Water-Fire Blood Burning Demon Sealing Hand.
• After the clash, the Fox Consort laughed as if she had survived, but Qin An called out her pretense and she collapsed dead.

Qin An killed the Fox Consort, wiped out Mount Xiaoyao, and returned to the Evil Extermination Division covered in blood. Tang Zizhen learned that the Chief Prefecture Head’s transfer order had arrived, then followed Zheng Qunshan as he set out to confront Qin An, only for an unknown woman to challenge him.

• Qin An absorbed the Fox Consort’s Demon Consciousness, then raided Mount Xiaoyao and collected over a hundred Demon Cores from its fox women.
• Qin An returned to the Evil Extermination Division, where Tang Zizhen and the gathered Prefecture Generals were stunned when he said he had wiped out Mount Xiaoyao.
• Tang Zizhen reflected on how badly she had underestimated Qin An, then met Zheng Qunshan in her courtyard.
• Zheng Qunshan told Tang Zizhen that the Chief Prefecture Head’s transfer order had arrived and instructed her to watch the Golden Generals as the succession struggle approached.
• Zheng Qunshan decided to teach Qin An a lesson, and Tang Zizhen followed to stop the confrontation.
• An unknown woman challenged Zheng Qunshan, asking who had given him the right to teach anyone a lesson in the Evil Extermination Division.

Green Luo punished Zheng Qunshan for threatening Qin An and declared her support for Jin Fengyu, while Qin An considered the dangers around him and planned to strengthen himself. Green Luo then visited Qin An and offered to tell him where to find Earth-grade True Intent in exchange for something he could provide.

• Green Luo injured Zheng Qunshan and crippled his arms, then ordered him not to cause Qin An trouble inside the Evil Extermination Division.
• Green Luo told Zheng Qunshan she had taken Jin Fengyu's side in his teacher's dispute, and Zheng Qunshan left after agreeing to pass on her words.
• Tang Zizhen wondered how Qin An had gained the favor of two Mountain Patrol Golden Generals.
• Qin An reviewed the threats against him and planned to raise his Professions and Cultivation Methods before entering the Ancient Battlefield Ruins.
• Green Luo visited Qin An and revealed that she knew of Earth-grade True Intent in the Ancient Battlefield Ruins, offering the information as a trade.
• Qin An agreed to hear Green Luo's price for telling him where to find the True Intent.

Qin An revealed what he knew about the Divine Soul Refinement Technique to Green Luo, who gave him a Jade Stone pointing to an Earth-grade True Intent in the Ancient Battlefield Ruins. As Qin An focused on training, Lu Wufeng learned that Qin An had killed the Fox Consort and vowed revenge.

• Green Luo and Tiger Er Niu confronted Qin An about the Divine Soul Refinement Technique and warned that its spread could destabilize Da Gan Nation.
• Qin An told Green Luo that a Mountain Patrol Golden General was involved, the technique came from an otherworldly False God, and the True Dragon Long Tianxing might hold clues.
• Green Luo recommended investigating Long Tianxing, told Qin An about Zheng Qunshan, and gave him a Jade Stone marking an Earth-grade True Intent in the Ancient Battlefield Ruins.
• Qin An decided to leave the investigation to the Mountain Patrol Golden Generals for now and went to a Medical Hall to train his Physician Profession Proficiency.
• Lu Wufeng celebrated reaching Perfection of the Inner God Realm and learning that the Fox Consort was carrying his child, but a Deer Demon reported that she and more than a hundred Fox Demons had been killed.
• Lu Wufeng learned that Qin An had killed the Fox Consort and swore to flay him alive.

Lu Wufeng ordered his subordinates to investigate Qin An and vowed to kill him, while Qin An spent months training and deduced two powerful Cultivation Methods. After mastering them, Qin An decided to take an assignment and test his transformed strength.

• Lu Wufeng sent a Deer Demon to gather detailed information on Qin An and vowed to kill him himself.
• Tang Zizhen heard Prefecture Generals discussing Qin An's rise and regretted not recommending him to her teacher, while continuing to watch the Golden Prefecture General.
• Qin An raised his Physician and Dancer Professions to level thirteen and perfected the Water-Fire Body Forging Method and Ice Flame Movement Technique.
• Qin An burned Vital Blood to combine the Water-Fire Body Forging Method with the Heavenly Physician Dharma Form, creating the Two Forms Dharma.
• Qin An combined Ice Flame Movement Technique with Dragon's Roar Shadow Steps to create Dragon's Roar Two Forms Shadow Steps, then decided to take an assignment.

Qin An accepted a mission to investigate whether the Crescent Moon Sect was colluding with a demon and traveled toward the sect. He joined forces with the blind Mountain Patrol Silver General Jiang Chi, who sought revenge on the Sect Master, and they arrived as an agonized scream sounded from within the mist.

• Qin An accepted a mission to investigate the Crescent Moon Sect and absorbed the eight units of Demon Consciousness he had left before setting out.
• Qin An rode toward the Crescent Moon Sect and considered its Mind Method, which required practitioners to have physical impairments.
• Jiang Chi stopped Qin An on the mountain road and asked to join him, explaining that he could counter the sect's Mind Method.
• Jiang Chi told Qin An that the Sect Master had developed Mad Blood Syndrome and confessed that he wanted revenge for being cheated out of an advanced Mind Method.
• Qin An agreed to travel with Jiang Chi, and they approached the Crescent Moon Sect in their Evil Extermination Division uniforms.
• Qin An and Jiang Chi reached the sect gate, where several Mountain Patrol Silver Generals were speaking with the disciples, just as an agonized scream came from within the mist.

Qin An and the Mountain Patrol Silver Generals arrived at the Crescent Moon Sect, where the Sect Master's illness prevented them from meeting him that night. After Qin An defeated Gao Huang and the others formed an alliance, Jiang Chi revealed the scars left by the Sect Master’s nephew after his expulsion.

• A Crescent Moon Sect Elder named Liu Gan led Qin An, Jiang Chi, and the Mountain Patrol Silver Generals to guest rooms because the Sect Master's attacks had grown more frequent.
• Qin An confronted Gao Huang after he mocked Jiang Chi, quickly subdued him, and forced him to yield.
• Dai Lin, Lin Feng, and Gao Huang formed an alliance and identified Qin An as the Mountain Patrol Silver General who had wiped out Mount Xiaoyao alone.
• Qin An asked Jiang Chi why Liu Gan had not recognized him, and Jiang Chi removed his Human-Skin Mask to reveal scars caused by the Sect Master's nephew.

Qin An and Jiang Chi joined the other Mountain Patrol Silver Generals to investigate whether the Crescent Moon Sect had colluded with demons, but the Sect Master appeared blameless during their visit. Qin An chose to wait for the Sect Master’s Mad Blood Syndrome to flare again, while the Sect Master warned Liu Gan that the visitors had refused their chance to leave safely.

• Qin An offered Jiang Chi a chance to seek Jin Fengyu’s protection if he survived the mission, and Jiang Chi agreed to watch for evidence of human blood.
• Qin An, Jiang Chi, Dai Lin, Lin Feng, and Gao Huang visited the Crescent Moon Sect’s main hall and found its Sect Master coughing hot, bright-red blood.
• Jiang Chi detected no trace of human blood on the Sect Master, who denied colluding with demons and allowed the visitors to stay and investigate.
• Qin An left with Jiang Chi and decided to wait for the Sect Master’s Mad Blood Syndrome to flare again.
• The Sect Master told Liu Gan that the visitors had refused a way out and should not blame him for what followed.

The Crescent Moon Sect Master planned to kill the investigators and use their blood to conceal his demon collusion, while Dai Lin and Lin Feng decided to seek Qin An’s help. Gao Huang refused to join them to protect his chance of becoming a disciple of a powerful Mountain Patrol Golden General, then wavered when the Sect Master offered him a path to greater strength in exchange for help.

• The Sect Master told Liu Gan that Mount Lu would send reinforcements and planned to kill the investigators when his Mad Blood erupted, then use Purest Demon Blood to rebuild his body and pursue the Unity Realm.
• Lin Feng and Dai Lin agreed to seek Qin An as an ally, but Gao Huang refused because he feared working with Qin An would cost him his chance to join the faction of the Mountain Patrol Golden General behind him.
• After Dai Lin and Lin Feng left, Gao Huang chose to avoid danger and protect his political prospects, while an unseen shadow passed his door.
• A leg-only disciple reported the investigators’ disagreement to the Sect Master, who saw a chance to exploit Gao Huang’s ambition and summoned him.
• The Sect Master revealed the Crescent Moon Sect’s alliance with Mount Lu and offered to help Gao Huang reach Great Completion of the Inner God Realm if he helped the Sect Master escape the crisis; Gao Huang asked how he could advance.

Gao Huang accepted the Sect Master's offer to help kill Qin An in exchange for a path to greater power, while Qin An's group waited for the Sect Master's Mad Blood Syndrome to expose the Crescent Moon Sect's crimes. When the Sect Master's blood frenzy erupted, Jiang Chi revealed the human blood within him, and Qin An killed Liu Gan before the fight fully began; the Sect Master then roared for everyone to kill.

• Gao Huang agreed to cooperate with the Sect Master, hoping to reach Great Completion of the Inner God Realm and settle his grudge against Qin An.
• The Sect Master assured Liu Gan that Gao Huang's greed and ambitions would keep him from betraying them.
• Qin An, Dai Lin, Lin Feng, and Jiang Chi waited for the Sect Master's Mad Blood Syndrome to flare, while Dai Lin and Lin Feng reported finding no clues.
• The Sect Master's syndrome erupted, and Qin An's group hurried to the main hall, where Gao Huang was already waiting.
• Jiang Chi exposed the strong human-blood aura hidden in the Sect Master's body, and Gao Huang called on everyone to act.
• Qin An killed Liu Gan with a saber and a palm strike, then the Sect Master roared for the gathered disciples to kill.

The Sect Master used the Crescent Moon Secret Art to restore his body, while Qin An and the Mountain Patrol Silver Generals faced him, three Deer Demons, and the traitor Gao Huang. The battle left Jiang Chi, Dai Lin, and Lin Feng tied down as Qin An and the Sect Master exchanged powerful attacks, and screams from the Crescent Moon Sect disciples broke out below the hall.

• The Sect Master absorbed the Crescent Moon Sect disciples’ Blood Essence, restored his body, and revealed that he had sacrificed his nephew to test the Mad Blood Mystic Technique.
• Three Deer Demons arrived, and Gao Huang joined the Sect Master, revealing his betrayal of the Evil Extermination Division and his ambition to become a lord’s disciple.
• Qin An attacked Gao Huang, but the Sect Master blocked his strike and ordered the Deer Demons and Gao Huang to fight Jiang Chi, Dai Lin, and Lin Feng.
• Jiang Chi used the Heart War Technique to hold off Gao Huang and a Deer Demon, while Dai Lin and Lin Feng fought the other Deer Demons.
• The Sect Master, whose strength had risen to Great Completion of the Inner God Realm, clashed with Qin An’s Three-Blade Fusion and unleashed a Secret Art to withstand it.
• Qin An remained unhurt after the clash, then turned toward screams rising from the Crescent Moon Sect disciples below the hall.

Qin An fought the Crescent Moon Sect Master, whose Secret Art transferred his injuries to his disciples, and repeatedly overpowered him by burning Demon Consciousnesses. After killing Gao Huang and the Deer Demons, Qin An was pressed back by the Sect Master's Frenzied Blood, and the chapter ended as he burned two more Demon Consciousnesses.

• The Sect Master used a Secret Art to pass his injuries onto Crescent Moon Sect disciples, who died in his place as Qin An and the others struggled against the Sect's fighters.
• Qin An struck the Sect Master with the Water-Fire Blood Burning Demon Sealing Hand, burned a Demon Consciousness, and then unleashed a second attack that killed the remaining disciples serving as shields.
• The Sect Master activated Frenzied Blood and charged Qin An, while Qin An used the clash to kill Gao Huang and another Deer Demon before absorbing the latter's Demon Consciousness.
• The Sect Master fought Qin An with more than twenty blows and drove him back to the hall wall as Jiang Chi, Dai Lin, and Ye Feng prepared to intervene.
• Qin An said the Sect Master still could not reach the threshold of Perfection of the Inner God Realm, then burned two Demon Consciousnesses.

Qin An destroyed the Crescent Moon Sect and returned to the Evil Extermination Division, while Zhou Yuanfeng defended him against Zheng Qunshan’s accusations over Ji Cheng’s death. Zheng Qunshan declared that Qin An had to be punished, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Qin An killed the Crescent Moon Sect’s Sect Master, and Jiang Chi, Dai Lin, and Lin Feng cleared the battlefield with him.
• Jiang Chi thanked Qin An for helping him get revenge, while Dai Lin and Lin Feng promised to help him if needed; Qin An then left for the Evil Extermination Division.
• A black-robed figure with a Silver Patterned Waist Token surveyed the corpses and resolved to investigate who had destroyed the sect.
• After returning to the Evil Extermination Division, Qin An began practicing his Formation Master Profession.
• Zheng Qunshan confronted Zhou Yuanfeng and Tang Zizhen about Qin An’s killing of Ji Cheng, and Zhou Yuanfeng defended Qin An as Zheng pressured him.
• Zheng Qunshan said Qin An had committed a crime by killing a colleague and therefore had to be punished.