Chapter Summaries

Qin Sheng and his companions cornered Duan De and demanded an explanation for the Saint's Burial Mound and compensation for Ye Fan. After learning Duan De had found Yin-Yang Fish in the tomb, Qin Sheng began negotiating over Duan De's offer to give him a share in exchange for Black Emperor.

• Qin Sheng introduced the crude Wushi Killing Formation and the group's weapons as a show of brotherly welcome, while Black Emperor demanded that Duan De explain himself.
• Duan De revealed that the Saint's Burial Mound had a false tomb and a hidden true tomb, and that he had used the holy lands to breach the false one and create a chance to enter the real tomb.
• Duan De explained that he had avoided bringing Qin Sheng into the tomb because Qin Sheng had repeatedly ruined his plans and taken his treasures, but Qin Sheng said he had tracked him to Chiyuan Ancient City.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan pressed Duan De for compensation, citing Ye Fan's lost five hundred thousand jin of Source; Duan De handed over a cloth record and three Sea of Bitterness weapons, then admitted the tomb's greatest treasure was a pair of Yin-Yang Fish.
• After Xiao Nannan whispered to Qin Sheng, Duan De offered him one-tenth of the Yin-Yang Fish in exchange for Black Emperor, and Qin Sheng asked him to add more.

At the Yaochi Grand Gathering, Qin Sheng cheated Black Emperor and Duan De out of the Yin Fish, then arrived in a grand carriage with Xiao Nannan. He reunited with Ye Fan and Black Emperor at Jade Lake, where the gathering’s peach garden and a Stone-Appraisal Gathering became the focus of attention.

• Qin Sheng negotiated with Duan De for half the Yin Fish, then joined him and Ye Fan in overpowering Black Emperor and fleeing with Xiao Nannan.
• Ye Fan and Black Emperor arrived at Jade Lake before Qin Sheng, but Qin Sheng soon entered in an elaborate carriage as Eastern Immortal and was welcomed into the holy land.
• Qin Sheng explained Jade Lake’s Flat Peach Tree and its diminished fruit, then agreed to help the Yaochi Saintess investigate several unresolved stones at the Stone-Appraisal Gathering.
• Qin Sheng spotted the Fighting Saint Ape arriving at Jade Lake and warned that it might be targeting the Peach Garden, while Xiao Nannan revealed that Black Emperor had already tried to steal peaches.
• Black Emperor threatened to call on the Western Emperor Pagoda unless Qin Sheng handed over the Yin Fish, but Qin Sheng challenged him to summon it.

Qin Sheng and Ye Fan met Saint Prince, the son of the Fighting Saint Emperor, who sought a Flat Peach to save a woman sealed in a Source Stone. At Yaochi’s Immortal Pool, Qin Sheng confronted Ouyang Ye and drove the hostile Source Arts experts away.

• Saint Prince revealed that he needed a Flat Peach to save a woman and had arranged to nourish Yaochi’s Stone King with his blood in exchange for one.
• Saint Prince asked Qin Sheng about trading for Immortal Qilin Medicine seeds, but Qin Sheng said there were other ways to save the woman.
• Qin Sheng led Saint Prince, Ye Fan, and Black Emperor to Yaochi’s Immortal Pool, where they saw the Flat Peach Tree and the nine-aperture Source Stone.
• Ouyang Ye challenged Qin Sheng, and Qin Sheng blasted apart his body with a single rebuke before warning the other Source Arts experts to leave.
• Saint Prince sensed the experts’ malice, and Qin Sheng told Ye Fan that people often wanted to kill him wherever he went.

At Yaochi, Qin Sheng and Ye Fan discussed the Nine-Aperture Stone King's developing Saint Spirit and confidently predicted their future strength. Qishi Mansion invited them to the Central Plains, and Ye Fan considered traveling there on his own.

• Yaochi's Great Ability warned Qin Sheng to show restraint at the Grand Gathering, and Qin Sheng agreed while the Saint Prince challenged him to a future fight.
• The Black Emperor warned that Yaochi's Nine-Aperture Stone King could become a dangerous Saint Spirit, while Yaochi's Great Ability insisted it had been taught and purified to become a guardian.
• The Saint Prince gave blood to the Stone King, and Ye Fan used Source Technique to help the Divine Embryo absorb it; Yaochi expected it to emerge in about five thousand years.
• Qin Sheng declared that he would become emperor and kill the Saint Spirit if necessary, while Ye Fan and the Saint Prince voiced confidence in their future strength.
• Qishi Mansion invited Qin Sheng and Ye Fan to cultivate in the Central Plains; Qin Sheng accepted the invitation, while Ye Fan only said he would consider it and planned to travel alone.

Qin Sheng spoke with the Saint Prince about Wang Teng, the Divine Silkworm Princess, and secrets of Beidou before Infinite Land brought him face to face with another Qin Sheng. The newcomer had died after ascending to Heaven in A Chinese Ghost Story and wanted to reestablish the Heavenly Court and slaughter the Heavenly Dao.

• Qin Sheng learned that Wang Teng had vanished with the Immortal Crane and hoped the Northern Emperor would overcome his inner demons and grow stronger.
• The Saint Prince planned to visit the Divine Ruins to recover his clan’s Immortal Peach Medicine, while Ye Fan offered the Nine Wonderful Immortal Medicine to help save the Divine Silkworm Princess.
• The Saint Prince revealed that the Human Race had first appeared in the Desolate Forbidden Land, and Black Emperor said the sacred land that raised a Saint Spirit had been reduced to ashes.
• Qin Sheng entered Infinite Land and met an ancient-attired version of himself, who had transmigrated to A Chinese Ghost Story and died after ascending to Heaven.
• A Chinese Ghost Story Qin Sheng said he had an Innate Dao Body, defeated the world’s demons and monsters, and wished to reestablish the Heavenly Court and slaughter the Heavenly Dao.

Qin Sheng learned that A Chinese Ghost Story Qin Sheng had rebuilt the Human and Nether Realms before dying while confronting his world’s Fallen Heavenly Dao. After inheriting his memories, Qin Sheng let the Heavenly Dao merge with him, but kept his consciousness intact through his other selves and became its lucid incarnation.

• A Chinese Ghost Story Qin Sheng explained that his world’s collapsed Heavenly Court and corrupted Heavenly Dao had caused the Three Realms’ calamities, and Qin Sheng promised to fulfill his wishes to restore the world and destroy the Fallen Heavenly Dao.
• A Chinese Ghost Story Qin Sheng dispersed after asking Qin Sheng to survive and fulfill his wishes, creating the twentieth star and granting twentyfold amplification.
• Qin Sheng examined A Chinese Ghost Story Qin Sheng’s memories and learned how he had defeated major demons, restored order to the Human and Nether Realms, and ascended into the ruined Heavenly Court.
• Qin Sheng learned from the dead Heavenly Emperor’s memories that the Heavenly Dao had been born corrupted and had turned the Heavenly Emperor and the immortals into demons.
• The Fallen Heavenly Dao tried to assimilate Qin Sheng and make him its incarnation, but he used his World-Shaking Wisdom and connections to his other selves to retain his consciousness while merging with it.

Qin Sheng used his assimilation into the Heavenly Dao of A Chinese Ghost Story to comprehend that world's laws while planning to eventually replace the Fallen Heavenly Dao. Back in the Shrouding the Heavens World, he advanced through his final Immortal Platform First Heaven tribulation and arrived at the Yaochi Grand Gathering.

• Qin Sheng accepted assimilation by the Heavenly Dao of A Chinese Ghost Story, preserved his independent consciousness, and gained insight into the world's origins and laws.
• Qin Sheng concluded that he could eventually overcome the Fallen Heavenly Dao, replace it, restore the world, and fulfill A Chinese Ghost Story Qin Sheng's wishes.
• Qin Sheng returned to the Shrouding the Heavens World and drew on his new insights, then left Yaochi to undergo his final Immortal Platform First Heaven tribulation.
• Qin Sheng defeated the Human-Shaped Lightning from both his own tribulation and the Human Emperor Banner's tribulation, reaching the ninth minor stage of Immortal Platform First Heaven.
• Qin Sheng returned to Yaochi, teased Ye Fan about his cultivation and conflicts, and joined him and Xiao Nannan before the Yaochi Grand Gathering began.
• The Black Emperor arrived excitedly for the Flat Peach Banquet, and Qin Sheng noticed that the Saint Prince was there too.

Qin Sheng attended Yaochi’s gathering with Xiao Nannan, Ye Fan, and Saint Prince, where Great Ability Nangong arrived and recounted the deadly dangers inside the Bronze Immortal Palace. Ye Fan suspected Nangong Zheng’s account was dishonest, while Qin Sheng focused on feeding Xiao Nannan.

• Qin Sheng brought Xiao Nannan, Ye Fan, and Saint Prince into Yaochi’s Heavenly Palace, while the Black Emperor was left outside because he had no seat among the Saint Lords.
• Xiao Nannan struggled to see through the mist, received a cushion from the Yaochi Queen Mother, and shared a flat peach with Saint Prince as other guests questioned their companions’ presence.
• Nangong Zheng arrived to great excitement, and the assembled experts pressed him for details about his expedition into the Bronze Immortal Palace.
• Nangong Zheng said he had been the sole survivor after deadly hazards, including Chaos sword radiance, the Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Gate, and the Gate of Myriad Wonders, killed the Living Fossils who accompanied him.
• Ye Fan privately told Qin Sheng that Nangong Zheng’s account did not match their own safe trip through the Bronze Immortal Palace and suspected he was making excuses.

At the Yaochi gathering, Nangong Zheng revealed that the Bronze Immortal Palace held Ruthless Emperor’s corpse fragments and traces of her past, while Qin Sheng explained how she had lived at least three lifetimes. Xiao Nannan wished Qin Sheng and Ye Fan could remain with her for a long time, as the gathering ended with Qin Sheng praising Ruthless Emperor.

• Ye Fan questioned Nangong Zheng and Saint Prince about the Bronze Immortal Palace, and Nangong Zheng explained that its gate bore deadly blood and led to a realm filled with a terrifying aura.
• Nangong Zheng identified Ruthless Emperor as the source of that aura and said the group had found her Ghost Face Mark, signs of her life, and traces of the True Dragon Immortal Medicine beyond the gate.
• Nangong Zheng and the Ji Family connected the fragments found in the palace to an Emperor Corpse that several factions had divided seventy thousand years earlier.
• Qin Sheng explained that Ruthless Emperor created the Immortal Heavenly Technique to live a second lifetime without an Immortal Elixir, then could have used one to live a third.
• Saint Prince was stunned that Ruthless Emperor had lived multiple lifetimes, while Xiao Nannan asked Qin Sheng and Ye Fan to stay with her for a long time.
• Qin Sheng told Ye Fan that he admired Ruthless Emperor and defended his praise of her as the truth.

At a gathering about the Bronze Immortal Palace, Nangong Zheng revealed its connection to the Ruthless Emperor, and Qin Sheng and Ye Fan faced accusations that they had inherited her legacy. Qin Sheng turned suspicion toward Nangong Zheng and confronted the Yin-Yang Sect, ending with a threat to sink the Central Plains if the sect challenged him.

• Nangong Zheng told the gathered leaders about the Bronze Immortal Palace and identified Qin Sheng and Ye Fan as people who had entered it and obtained the Mother Qi Source Root of All Things.
• An unseen speaker suggested Qin Sheng and Ye Fan had taken the Ruthless Emperor's legacy, so Qin Sheng injured a Yin-Yang Sect Great Ability and challenged the sect's accusations.
• Qin Sheng argued that Nangong Zheng was the one most likely to know whether the Bronze Immortal Palace held a legacy, leaving Nangong Zheng to deny being a Ruthless Successor.
• A speaker raised Ye Fan's possession of True Dragon Immortal Medicine liquid, and Ye Fan said he had obtained it in the Northern Territory.
• Wang Yangzhan pressed Ye Fan to reveal where he found the Divine Medicine, while Qin Sheng accused the Yin-Yang Sect of using baseless charges and warned he would face the sect directly.

At the Yaochi Grand Gathering, Qin Sheng defended Ye Fan from pressure to reveal the True Dragon Immortal Medicine’s location and secured treasures as compensation before Ye Fan led a party to Ten Thousand Dragon Nest. Qin Sheng stayed behind to investigate the River of Rebirth, while the expedition encountered the Primordial Clan and suffered heavy losses.

• Qin Sheng clashed with Wang Yangzhan and defended Ye Fan as the gathered leaders demanded the location of the True Dragon Immortal Medicine.
• Ye Fan agreed to guide the leaders to the medicine after Qin Sheng demanded compensation, and the holy lands handed over treasures.
• Qin Sheng refused to join the expedition and barred Shaking Light Holy Land from going, then went with the Yaochi Saintess to study records about the River of Rebirth.
• Ye Fan led the Saint Lords, the Saint Prince, and the Black Emperor to Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, where they found extraordinary phenomena and awakened the Primordial Clan.
• The Primordial Clan fought the expedition, killing several Great Abilities, including the Myriad Beginning Holy Lord, before Great Ability Nangong slew a purple Primordial Creature.
• The surviving leaders regretted ignoring Qin Sheng’s warning as they recognized Ten Thousand Dragon Nest as a deadly place.

Qin Sheng learned that Yaochi’s records tied the River of Rebirth to Ancient Yaochi and hinted that an ancient Western Queen Mother had encountered an Oni. After Saint Lords died searching for the True Dragon Immortal Medicine, Qin Sheng defended Ye Fan and challenged the Yin-Yang Sect, ending with a public call for the heroes of all five Beidou regions to face him.

• Qin Sheng read Yaochi’s records of the River of Rebirth and learned that a vanished Western Queen Mother had left the words “It is an Oni” on a recovered treasure.
• Yao Xi told Qin Sheng that the Yaochi Queen Mother had taken the Holy City Stone Token to rescue Saint Lords besieged by the Primordial Clan.
• He Wendao tried to recruit Xiao Nannan into the Yin-Yang Sect, and Qin Sheng challenged him to a life-or-death duel on Yaochi’s Ancient Battle Platform.
• The Yaochi Queen Mother returned with the surviving Saint Lords, while many powerful figures, including the Myriad Beginning Holy Lord and the Purple Mansion Holy Lord, were reported dead.
• Qin Sheng used an Image-Recording Jade to show that the expedition members had accepted the risk, and Ye Fan returned to Yaochi and defended himself against their accusations.
• Qin Sheng confronted Wang Yangzhan and He Wendao, demanded a battle, and challenged anyone in the Beidou Five Regions to come fight him.

At the Yaochi Grand Gathering, Qin Sheng challenged He Wendao despite warnings and revealed that he had broken through into the true Divine Taboo Domain. He killed He Wendao in one move, then stood over the stunned crowd and demanded to know who else would fight him.

• Qin Sheng rejected Yao Xi, Ye Fan, Saint Prince, and others’ attempts to dissuade him, and challenged the Yin-Yang Sect to send someone out.
• He Wendao accepted the challenge, and the Yaochi Queen Mother opened the ancient battle platform for their duel.
• He Wendao brought out the Ancient Yin-Yang Mirror, but Qin Sheng’s Dark Abyss Divine Tower repelled it without making him move.
• He Wendao unleashed the Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Reincarnation Realm, while Qin Sheng used the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye and Nine Secrets: Qian to see its workings and glimpse the future.
• Qin Sheng broke through the eightfold taboo into the true Divine Taboo Domain and used Nine Secrets: Jie and Ten Thousand Spirits Transmute into Dao, Ganges Sands Count to overwhelm He Wendao’s technique.
• Qin Sheng emerged from the collapsing chaos black hole carrying He Wendao’s head, and the crowd realized he was a Half-Step Great Ability before he called out, “Who else?!”

Qin Sheng defeated a series of Saint Lords at the Yaochi Grand Gathering, entered the Divine Taboo Domain for a second time, and silenced the gathering. As the guests resumed the Flat Peach Banquet, a Primordial Creature from the Primordial Ancient Mine arrived on behalf of the Ancient Clan.

• Qin Sheng killed the Golden Family Great Ability and the Jade Serpent King, then defeated Sky-Deficient Venerable, who died after thanking him for granting his wish.
• Qin Sheng entered the Divine Taboo Domain again while fighting Purple Cloud Ancestor, whose final attack ended when his lifespan ran out.
• Qin Sheng ended the challenges, collected the battle spoils, and warned the gathering not to slander him over the Bronze Immortal Palace.
• Qin Sheng returned to the Heavenly Palace, where Ye Fan and Saint Prince reacted to his battle power and the guests resumed the Flat Peach Banquet.
• A Yaochi disciple reported that a Primordial Creature from the Primordial Ancient Mine had arrived to discuss matters on behalf of the Ancient Clan.

The Primordial King’s letter warned that the Ancient Clans would emerge within one to five thousand years and requested territory, prompting Qin Sheng to urge the Human Race factions to reveal their hidden strength. After returning from the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, Ye Fan shared what they had found there, including the Immortal Treasure Diagram and a sealed Human Race Saint from the Primeval Era, whom Qin Sheng recognized as the Primordial Human Demon.

• Gu Daoya delivered a Primordial King’s letter announcing the future return of the Primordial Myriad Clans and requesting land around their sleeping kings.
• Qin Sheng warned the Human Race leaders that many Primordial Kings would return and urged their factions to bring out their hidden foundations.
• Ye Fan told Qin Sheng that the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest held multiple Primordial Kings and was connected to the Ruthless Emperor, whose remains had been buried there.
• Black Emperor grieved over the possibility that Emperor Wushi was dead, while Ye Fan gave Xiao Nannan the Divine Medicine Liquid to keep it from Black Emperor.
• Ye Fan showed Qin Sheng the Immortal Treasure Diagram that had flown from the Ruthless Emperor’s coffin into his cauldron.
• Ye Fan brought out a sealed Human Race Saint from the Primeval Era, and Qin Sheng recognized him as the Primordial Human Demon, who had cultivated both the Sun and Taiyin Ancient Scriptures.

Qin Sheng took Dongfang Taiyi into his care and joined Ye Fan at Yaochi’s Stone-Appraisal Gathering, where the Immortal Emperor’s Son was eventually exchanged to the Primordial Creatures. After the gathering, Qin Sheng stayed in Yaochi to study the Flying Immortal Stone Wall while Ye Fan prepared to head for the Central Plains.

• Qin Sheng decided to take Dongfang Taiyi with him and investigate how to resolve the conflict between his Sun and Lunar Saint Powers, while Ye Fan and the Saint Prince discussed the scarcity of Primordial Creatures sealed to the present age.
• At Yaochi’s Stone-Appraisal Gathering, Ye Fan cut out a Twin-Bloom Immortal Flower and gave it to Qin Sheng, who shared it with Yao Xi and Yan Ruyu.
• Yaochi brought out its Stone Kings, and Qin Sheng recognized the egg inside one as the Immortal Emperor’s Son; the Primordial Creatures later traded a large quantity of divine sources to take him away.
• Yao Xi departed for the Central Plains, while Qin Sheng stayed in Yaochi with Ye Fan and the Saint Prince, who needed to nourish the Nine-Aperture Stone Embryo with his blood.
• The Yaochi Saintess led Qin Sheng to the Flying Immortal Stone Wall, where he sent his divine sense into it and saw countless visions of himself demonstrating different paths and techniques.

Qin Sheng immersed himself in the Flying Immortal Stone Wall’s techniques while news of his strength shook the Beidou Five Regions. In the Battle Through the Heavens World, he refined another Heavenly Flame, reunited with Medusa, and returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Yun revealed that the Hall of Souls had been using its resources to control the sect and threaten his family.

• Qin Sheng studied the Flying Immortal Stone Wall as reports spread that he had surpassed the Ninth Ultimate Number and slain Saint Lords at the Yaochi Grand Gathering.
• The Kun Family Head raged over Qin Sheng mastering his son's Emperor Scripture, Southern Demon questioned Qin Sheng's easy progress in the Divine Taboo Domain, and Qishi Mansion ordered an opponent unsealed for him.
• After a year of cultivation and alchemy in the Battle Through the Heavens World, Qin Sheng left Ancient Dragon Island to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree and answered Medusa's soul-token call.
• Medusa told Qin Sheng that the Firmament Alliance had found the Xuanhuang Flame, which Qin Sheng refined, then he rewarded her with shoes and brought her back to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Qin Sheng reunited with Yun Yun, who explained that the Hall of Souls had sent the sect resources containing safeguards that could exploit its members' souls and intended to use a Child Flame of the Void Devouring Flame to control Qin Sheng.

Qin Sheng returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, neutralized the Hall of Souls' control over the sect, and took Yun Yun, Medusa, Yun Shan, Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin to the Desolate Ancient Domain. After finding the Bodhi Ancient Tree, he offered to cure its corrupted spirit in exchange for its treasures and a session of Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation.

• Qin Sheng told Yun Yun and Yun Shan to accept the Hall of Souls' resources and orders while only pretending to carry them out, and he secretly took control of Guardian Wu.
• Qin Sheng discovered from Guardian Wu's memories that Xiao Yan had joined the Hall of Souls under the name Yan Xiao.
• Qin Sheng brought Yun Yun, Medusa, Yun Shan, Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin to the Desolate Ancient Domain, where he found and collected the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Qin Sheng used a Bodhi Seed to locate the Bodhi Ancient Tree, subdued its five Half-Saint puppets, and led his companions inside.
• Qin Sheng learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree's spirit had been corrupted by a Dou Di's negative emotions and offered to cleanse it in exchange for Bodhi Seeds, the Bodhi Heart, and Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation.
• Qin Sheng cleansed one-third of the Bodhi Ancient Tree's negative emotions and waited for it to accept his proposed deal.

Qin Sheng cleared the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s corruption, used its enlightenment to rise to Four-Star Dou Sheng, and brought the tree back to the Misty Cloud Sect. He then took Medusa to the Beast Region to pursue her evolution into a Nine-Colored Heaven-Devouring Python, freed Yao Ming, and left her sealed inside the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to evolve.

• Qin Sheng cleansed the Bodhi Ancient Tree and let Yun Yun and the others cultivate through its Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation, while he advanced from Half-Saint to Four-Star Dou Sheng.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Qin Sheng a Bodhi Heart and Bodhi Seeds, then agreed to follow him and learn to cultivate; Qin Sheng planted it at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Qin Sheng gave Yun Yun a Nine-Grade Heaven Dawn Pill and the Bodhi Heart, then took Medusa to the Beast Region with a Nine-Colored Origin Stone to seek her evolution.
• At the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, Qin Sheng freed Yao Ming, the imprisoned former clan leader of the Nine Netherworld Pythons, and had him agree to serve.
• Medusa entered the Heaven-Devouring Python nest to attempt her evolution, while Qin Sheng sealed the Yellow Springs and delivered Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder to Yao Ming.

Qin Sheng recruited the Yellow Springs Demon Saint by promising to help him become a Dou Di, then sought out the Pure Lotus Demon Fire and entered its sealed space. He subdued and consumed the flame while experts across the Central Plains waited outside, unaware that it had already been claimed.

• Qin Sheng entered the Yellow Springs Stele, overwhelmed its trials, and persuaded the Yellow Springs Demon Saint to follow him with the promise of future revival and a path to becoming a Dou Di.
• Qin Sheng instructed Yao Ming to settle the Nine Netherworld Python clan's affairs and search for Heavenly Flames and treasures, then left with the Demon Saint Essence Blood.
• Qin Sheng used the Demon Flame Map to locate and force his way into the Pure Lotus Demon Fire's sealed space, causing a heavenly phenomenon that drew powerful experts from across the Central Plains.
• Qin Sheng reinforced the seal to keep other experts out and suppressed the Pure Lotus Demon Fire and the formation left by the Pure Lotus Demon Saint.
• After the Pure Lotus Demon Fire asked him to preserve its intelligence, Qin Sheng erased it, consumed the flame with Ninth-Rank Pills, and began cultivating while the experts outside continued waiting.